{"id":530882,"date":"2026-07-08T08:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/530882\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:12:14","slug":"red-river-anime-casts-minami-takayama-kazuhiko-inoue-as-yuris-parents-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/530882\/","title":{"rendered":"Red River Anime Casts Minami Takayama, Kazuhiko Inoue as Yuri&#8217;s Parents &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Takayama, Inoue previously played main pair Yuri, Kail in drama CD for manga<\/p>\n<p>The official website for\u00a0the television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-02-14\/chie-shinohara-red-river-shojo-manga-gets-tv-anime-this-summer\/.234197\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=21519\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chie Shinohara<\/a>&#8216;s Red River (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=38471\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/lexicon.php?id=3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sh\u014djo<\/a> manga announced on Wednesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=845\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minami Takayama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=722\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kazuhiko Inoue<\/a> have joined the anime&#8217;s cast as the protagonist Yuri&#8217;s mother and father, respectively. Takayama previously voiced Yuri, and Inoue previously voiced the co-lead character Kail, in a drama CD for the manga.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"yuurisparents.png\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/239413\/yuurisparents.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vap.co.jp\/sorahaakaikawanohotori\/news\/20260708.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Red River anime&#8217;s website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 \u7be0\u539f\u5343\u7d75\uff0f\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u5929\u306f\u8d64\u3044\u6cb3\u306e\u307b\u3068\u308a\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" alt=\"redriverkv2\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.9\/237589\/redriverkv2.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tenkawa_anime\/status\/2057295318811644029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Red River anime&#8217;s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 \u7be0\u539f\u5343\u7d75\uff0f\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u5929\u306f\u8d64\u3044\u6cb3\u306e\u307b\u3068\u308a\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p data-pasted=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=4552\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Viz Media<\/a> describes the manga&#8217;s first volume:<\/p>\n<p>Yuri, a pretty Japanese girl, is ecstatic after passing her college entrance exam and having her first kiss with her childhood friend-turned boyfriend. However, her luck soon changes. She starts to notice that water becomes agitated whenever she goes near it. One night, hands appear out of a puddle on the street and drag her into the water! Transported to an ancient village in the Middle East, she is then captured by armed troops and taken to the Queen&#8217;s palace for a human sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>The cast includes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=191605\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mirai Tachibana<\/a> as Yuri<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=151799\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wataru Kat\u014d<\/a> as Kail Mur\u0161ili (later King Mur\u0161ili II)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=71069\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aya Uchida<\/a> as Queen Nakia, the queen of the Hittite Empire<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=97379\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sh\u014dya Chiba<\/a> as Zannanza Hattu\u0161ili, the fourth-born prince of the Hittite Empire<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=46653\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tomoaki Maeno<\/a> as Ilbani, Prince Kail&#8217;s aide and advisor<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=51073\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">K\u014dji Yusa<\/a> as Urhi, Nakia&#8217;s servant<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=3445\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">K\u014dsuke Toriumi<\/a> as Prince Mattiwaza, the Prince of Darkness of the chariot-riding Mitanni kingdom<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=197487\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tomohiro \u014cno<\/a> as Kikkuri, Prince Kail&#8217;s servant<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=144761\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shiki Aoki<\/a> as Hadi, a daughter of the Hatti clan, servant of Kail, and elder sister to Ryui and Shala<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=155490\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natsumi Kawaida<\/a> as Ryui and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=53103\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Misato Matsuoka<\/a> as Shala, Hadi&#8217;s younger twin sisters<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=124503\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Haruki Ishiya<\/a> as Kash, the leader of the Hittite chariot corps<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=109167\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Junya Enoki<\/a> as Rusafa, the leader of the Hittite archer corps<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=143925\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shinichir\u014d Kamio<\/a> as Mittannamuwa, the leader of the Hittite infantry corps<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" alt=\"Red River anime key visual\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.9\/234197\/red-river-kv.jfif.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tenkawa_anime\/status\/2022868472729088438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Red River anime&#8217;s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 \u7be0\u539f\u5343\u7d75\uff0f\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u5929\u306f\u8d64\u3044\u6cb3\u306e\u307b\u3068\u308a\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=115080\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">K\u014dsuke Kobayashi<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=24477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Waccha PriMagi!<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=19934\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alice or Alice<\/a>) is directing the anime at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=591\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tatsunoko Production<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=107216\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yoriko Tomita<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=27523\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Elusive Samurai<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=24306\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Dress-Up Darling<\/a>) is overseeing the series scripts, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=29718\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenji Fujisaki<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=20479\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=15136\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blood Lad<\/a>) is designing the characters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=435\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yoshihisa Hirano<\/a> is composing the music, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=107159\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hiroto Morishita<\/a> is the sound director. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=25097\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team Kawadon<\/a> is credited for sound production. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=127203\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hiroki Nanami<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-06-18\/red-river-anime-new-video-previews-hiroki-nanami-opening-song\/.238679\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">performing<\/a> the anime&#8217;s opening theme song &#8220;Akatsuki no Sora&#8221; (Dawn Sky).<\/p>\n<p data-pasted=\"true\">Historical researchers include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=293821\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kimiyoshi Matsumura<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=30025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daisuke Yoshida<\/a>, who are members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=27456\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology<\/a> as part of the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan.<\/p>\n<p data-pasted=\"true\">The anime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-05-20\/red-river-anime-unveils-7-cast-members-july-7-tv-premiere\/.237589\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=124\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NTV<\/a> &#8216;s &#8220;AnichU&#8221; programming block on July 7 at 25:35 (effectively, July 8 at 1:35 a.m.), and on BS NTV on July 8. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchyroll<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-06-30\/crunchyroll-to-stream-one-piece-heroines-bang-dream-yume-mita-the-frontier-lord-begins-with-zero-\/.239144\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streaming<\/a> the anime as it airs in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Viz Media started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2004-02-18\/viz-licenses-red-river\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">releasing<\/a> the manga in English in 2004, and released all 28 volumes between 2004 to 2010. The company then started re-releasing the manga in 3-in-1 omnibus editions in October 2024, and released the seventh omnibus volume on April 21.<\/p>\n<p>Shinohara originally serialized the manga from 1995 to 2002 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=57\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shogakukan<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=4012\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sh\u014djo Comic<\/a> (Sho-Comi) magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The manga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2017-12-04\/red-river-manga-gets-new-chapter-musical-by-takarazuka-revue\/.124819\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inspired<\/a> a stage play by the famed all-female <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=26737\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Takarazuka Revue<\/a> troupe in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: Red River anime&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vap.co.jp\/sorahaakaikawanohotori\/news\/20260708.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">website<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/natalie.mu\/comic\/news\/679758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Comic Natalie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Takayama, Inoue previously played main pair Yuri, Kail in drama CD for manga The official website for\u00a0the television&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-530882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}