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Shogi Meshi Live-Action Series Casts Taiko Katono, Yū Inaba
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the live-action series Nagisa Matsumoto's Shogi Meshi (Shogi Food or Meals shogi player loved) manga revealed more cast and the theme song artist for the series on Friday. The new cast include:
Yū Inaba as Tokihiko Kurose, a seventh dan shogi player
Other cast include Nao Nekota, Erika Asakura, Hikari Kiyose, Masayuki Itō, and Akio Kaneda.
O-jii-san no Lamp) is performing the theme song for the series.
The previously announced cast member includes:
The eight-episode live-action series premiered on the Fuji TV starting on Wednesday at 2:40 a.m. (effectively Thursday morning).
Gorō Azumi is directing the series, and Yoriko Kodama (Kodoku no Gourmet seasons 2, 3, 5, and 6) is writing the script.
The manga centers on female professional shogi player Nayuta Tōge. On breaks during her matches, Nayuta must choose the perfect meal to eat that will give her the edge to win her match. Nayuta analyzes her food options and the food decisions of her opponents just like she analyzes every move on the shogi board.
Matsumoto launched the manga in ComicWalker website. Pro shogi player Akihito Hirose (eighth dan) serves as a supervisor on the series. Kadokawa published the manga's first volume on January 23.
Source: Comic Natalie
