Cast and Crew of Awaiting Kirin

Cast of
Awaiting Kirin

About Awaiting Kirin

  • Released on January 19, 2020

After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring states begin to emerge in an attempt to unify the country and rule in these turbulent times. In the mid-1540s, there is a young wandering samurai in Mino which is strategically located between the East and West. His name is Akechi Mitsuhide. At this time, there is plenty of internal strife within the Toki clan which rules Mino. Surrounded by the Oda of Owari, the Imagawa of Suruga and the Asakura of Echizen, Mino has constantly faced the risk of invasion. Mitsuhide is pulled into battle and destroys the enemy. His bravery as well as stratagem catches the attention of Saito Toshimasa, the chief retainer of the Toki clan, and he is singled out. This man who is also known as Saito Dosan will go on to takeover the Toki and make Mino his own.

Full Cast of Awaiting Kirin

Masahiro Motoki
plays Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the "Viper of Mino"] (44 episodes)

Shota Sometani
plays Oda Nobunaga (44 episodes)

Shota Sometani as Oda Nobunaga

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Hiroki Hasegawa
plays Akechi Mitsuhide (44 episodes)

Haruna Kawaguchi
plays Oda Kicho [Nobunaga's legal wife] (44 episodes)

Satoshi Tokushige
plays Fujita Dengo [Akechi family retainer] (44 episodes)

Katsunori Takahashi
plays Oda Nobuhide [Nobunaga's father] (44 episodes)

Sayuri Ishikawa
plays Akechi Maki [Mitsuhide's Mother] (44 episodes)

Rei Dan
plays Dota Gozen [Nobunaga & Nobukatsu's mother] (44 episodes)

Marie Machida
plays Bamboo [Prostitute] (44 episodes)

Shotaro Mamiya
plays Akechi Samanosuke (44 episodes)

Sei Ando
plays Miki (44 episodes)

Yusuke Santamaria
plays Asakura Yoshikage [Asakura family head] (44 episodes)

Masahiko Nishimura
plays Akechi Mitsuyasu [Mitsuhide's uncle] (44 episodes)

Masato Yano
plays Toki Yorizumi (44 episodes)

Jingi Irie
plays Maeda Toshiie (44 episodes)

Kyôko Maya
plays Genouni [Motoyasu's grandmother] (44 episodes)

Machiko Ono
plays Iroha-dayu (44 episodes)

Shunsuke Kazama
plays Matsudaira Takechiyo (44 episodes)

Reo Tamaoki
plays Iheiji (44 episodes)

Fumino Kimura
plays Akechi Hiroko [Mitsuhide's wife] (44 episodes)

Kaho Minami
plays Miyoshino [Dousan's concubine] (44 episodes)

Jun Hasegawa
plays Saitou Magoshiro [Dosan's younger son] (44 episodes)

Mugi Kadowaki

Ayumu Mochizuki
plays Hosokawa Tadaoki (44 episodes)


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