One author on the weekly. A studio, a director, a character designer, three anime voices, a voiced-comic quartet. This page is the credit roll. The life and the interviews live on the author file. The countdown lives on the anime page. Roles that have not been announced stay off the list.
Manga
Takeru Hokazono (外薗 健). Born 6 September 2000, Osaka. Kagurabachi is his first long work, Weekly Shōnen Jump 2023 issue 42. Earlier: Tezuka Award Enten (different kanji, different story), Roku no Meiyaku, other Giga and Jump shorts. He talked to a working swordsmith so the workshop and Part 2’s kiln would not be cosplay. Full file: Hokazono. Publication numbers: the record.
Shueisha serializes. Jump Comics tankōbon. VIZ Media is the English publisher. This site does not invent editor names that Jump has not put on a volume colophon we have logged.
Anime (April 2027)
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Studio | Cypic |
| Director | Tetsuya Takeuchi |
| Character designs | Keigo Sasaki |
| Chihiro Rokuhira | Taihi Kimura |
| Kunishige Rokuhira | Tomokazu Seki |
| Togo Shiba | Katsuyuki Konishi |
Crunchyroll outside Japan, with the listed exceptions. Official hub: anime.kagurabachi.jp. Accounts: @kb_anime_jp, @kb_anime_en. Cour length and stopping chapter are not confirmed. Page: the anime. Legal doors: how to watch.
Voiced comic
- Chihiro, Shoya Ishige
- Kunishige, Kenta Fujimaki
- Shiba, Jun Fukushima
- Hinao, Akari Tadano
Those four are the announced comic voices on this site. The longer cast file, same rule, announced roles only: voices.
Cards
UNION ARENA (Bandai). Set UE16BT. Hokazono drew new illustrations for the product. The encyclopedia file, with pictures of the popular singles, is UNION ARENA.