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Live-Action Princess Jellyfish Series Casts Kento Kaku as Kai Fish
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Fashion industrialist character debuts in show's 7th episode
The official The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.) will play the fashion industrialist Kai Fish in the series starting in the seventh episode.
The previously announced cast includes:
- Kyōko Yoshine as Tsukimi Kurashita
- as Kuranosuke Koibuchi
- as Shū Koibuchi
- Haruka Kinami as Jiji
- Rena Matsui as Banba
- Rio Uchida as Mayaya
- Chieko
- Hanamori
- Kinya Kitaōji as Keiichirō Koibuchi
- as Kotone Kiriyama
- Koyuki as Tsukimi's mother (guest role)
- Yumi Adachi as Nomu
- Noriko Eguchi as Nisha
- Mayumi Wakamura as Kuranosuke's mother Lina

The series premiered on January 15 on performing the opening theme song "Go Sign wa 1 Coin."
Kodansha Comics describes the original manga's story:
Tsukimi, who has loved jellyfish from a young age, resides in Amamizukan, a fangirl-only dorm. One evening at the local pet store, Tsukimi sees a lovely jellyfish in danger, but a beautiful woman comes to the rescue. They go back to Amamizukan together, but this "woman"... is actually a man!
Higashimura launched the series in nominated for an Eisner Award last year.
Source: Comic Natalie