Cast and Crew of March Comes in Like a Lion

Cast of
March Comes in Like a Lion

About March Comes in Like a Lion

Rei is a 17-year old professional shōgi player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, and who also keep a numerous number of cats.

Main Cast of March Comes in Like a Lion

Secondary Cast of March Comes in Like a Lion

Izumi Takiuchi
plays Announcer (voice) (1 episode)

Izumi Takiuchi as Announcer (voice)

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Yumiko Konatsu
plays Old Lady A (voice) (1 episode)

Masumi Taira
plays Flower Shop Lady (voice) (1 episode)

Masumi Taira as Flower Shop Lady (voice)

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Yumiko Ōfuku
plays Masachika's Wife (voice) (1 episode)

Yu Kitada
plays Yamamoto (voice) (1 episode) , Reporter B / Convenience Store Clerk (voice) (1 episode) , Shogi Official (voice) (1 episode) , Kiwako's Husband (voice) (1 episode)

Yu Kitada as Yamamoto (voice)

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Chie Arikawa
plays Miyanogawa Clerk (voice) (1 episode) , Old Lady B (voice) (1 episode) , Relative (voice) (1 episode) , Old Lady (voice) (1 episode)

Chie Arikawa as Miyanogawa Clerk (voice)

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Kazuo Oka
plays Shouichi Matsunaga (voice) (1 episode)

Kazuo Oka as Shouichi Matsunaga (voice)

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Kana Asumi
plays Lance Cat / Rook Cat / Angel Cat (voice) (1 episode) , Dragon Cat (voice) (1 episode)

Kana Asumi as Lance Cat / Rook Cat / Angel Cat (voice)

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Fukushi Ochiai
plays Shogi Association Staff Member (voice) (1 episode)

Fukushi Ochiai as Shogi Association Staff Member (voice)

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Ai Nonaka
plays Promoted Pawn Cat / Gold General Cat (voice) (1 episode) , Pawn Cat (voice) (1 episode) , Pawn Cat / Gold General Cat (voice) (1 episode)

Ai Nonaka as Promoted Pawn Cat / Gold General Cat (voice)

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Hiroshi Naka
plays Rei's Grandfather (voice) (1 episode) , Arimoto (voice) (1 episode)

Hiroshi Naka as Rei's Grandfather (voice)

About Hiroshi Naka

Hiroshi Naka is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Ken Production.

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Mutsuki Iwanaka
plays Student (voice) (1 episode) , After School Burners Club Member (voice) (1 episode) , Classmate (voice) (1 episode)

Mutsuki Iwanaka as Student (voice)

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Yuko Sanpei
plays More Stubborn Cat (voice) (1 episode) , Young Harunobu Nikaidou / Nikaidou Household Mistress (voice) (1 episode) , Young Harunobu Nikaidou (voice) (2 episodes)

Yuko Sanpei as More Stubborn Cat (voice)

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Binbin Takaoka
plays Izumida (voice) (2 episodes)

Binbin Takaoka as Izumida (voice)

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Tomisaburo Horikoshi
plays Kai's Grandfather (voice) (3 episodes)

You Taichi
plays Kaneda (voice) (1 episode) , Sai Kawamoto (voice) (1 episode) , Cafeteria Employee (voice) (1 episode) , Announcement (voice) (1 episode) , Grandmother (voice) (1 episode)

You Taichi as Kaneda (voice)

About You Taichi

You Taichi is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture. She is affiliated with VIMS. She passed her audition...

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Yusuke Takashima
plays Student (voice) (1 episode)

Kiyono Yasuno
plays Interviewer (voice) (1 episode) , Female Shogi Player (voice) (2 episodes) , Takashi (voice) (3 episodes)

Kiyono Yasuno as Interviewer (voice)

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Katsuyuki Miura
plays Shogi Player 3 (voice) (1 episode) , Classmate (voice) (1 episode)

Katsuyuki Miura as Shogi Player 3 (voice)

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Kentaro Tone
plays Elderly Person (voice) (1 episode) , Rei's Father (voice) (1 episode) , Old Man (voice) (1 episode) , TV Audio (voice) (1 episode) , Classmate (voice) (1 episode) , Student's Parent 2 (voice) (1 episode) , Master (voice) (1 episode) , Reporter A / Calligraphy Teacher (voice) (1 episode) , Authorized Person 1 (voice) (1 episode) , Reporter (voice) (1 episode) , Nakamura (voice) (1 episode) , Elementary School Teacher (voice) (1 episode) , After School Burners Club Member (voice) (1 episode) , Shogi Player 1 (voice) (1 episode) , Shogi Player (voice) (1 episode) , Yuusuke's Grandfather (voice) (1 episode) , Worker (voice) (1 episode) , Shogi Official (voice) (1 episode) , PE Teacher (voice) (1 episode) , Friend 1 (voice) (1 episode) , Student 3 (voice) (1 episode) , Ohta (voice) (2 episodes) , Announcer (voice) (2 episodes) , Yuusuke's Father (voice) (2 episodes) , Scorekeeper (voice) (3 episodes) , Moderator (voice) (3 episodes)

Kentaro Tone as Elderly Person (voice)

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Tadanori Date
plays Friend 3 (voice) (1 episode) , Authorized Person 3 (voice) (1 episode) , After School Burners Club Member (voice) (1 episode)

Tadanori Date as Friend 3 (voice)

About Tadanori Date

Tadanori Date (伊達 忠智, Date Tadanori, October 21) is a Japanese voice actor born in Nagano Prefecture. He left I'm Ent...

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Asuka Nishi
plays Ichigo (voice) (2 episodes) , Chiho Sakura (voice) (3 episodes)

Asuka Nishi as Ichigo (voice)

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Shinya Takahashi
plays Student Council Member (voice) (1 episode) , Reporter (voice) (1 episode) , Friend 2 (voice) (1 episode) , Elderly Person (voice) (1 episode) , Kai's Father (voice) (1 episode) , Authorized Person 2 (voice) (1 episode) , Old Man (voice) (1 episode) , Sakisaka (voice) (1 episode) , Lecturer (voice) (1 episode) , Aono (voice) (1 episode) , Shogi Association Staff Member (voice) (1 episode) , Teacher (voice) (1 episode) , Shogi Player 2 (voice) (1 episode) , Authorized Person 1 (voice) (2 episodes) , Visitor (voice) (2 episodes)

Shinya Takahashi as Student Council Member (voice)

About Shinya Takahashi

Shinya Takahashi (高橋 伸也, Takahashi Shinya, born December 5, 2015) is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and moderator b...

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Juri Nagatsuma
plays Student 1 (voice) (1 episode) , Kawashima (voice) (1 episode) , Student's Parent 1 (voice) (1 episode)

Juri Nagatsuma as Student 1 (voice)

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Chitose Morinaga
plays Student 2 (voice) (1 episode) , School Girl (voice) (1 episode) , Clerk (voice) (1 episode) , Woman 1 (voice) (1 episode) , Kimura (voice) (3 episodes)

Chitose Morinaga as Student 2 (voice)

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Kumiko Nakane
plays Woman 2 (voice) (1 episode) , Kimura's Hairdresser Lady (voice) (1 episode) , Nakai (voice) (1 episode) , Moderator (voice) (2 episodes)

Kumiko Nakane as Woman 2 (voice)

About Kumiko Nakane

Kumiko Nakane (中根 久美子, Nakane Kumiko, August 18) is a Japanese voice actress (seiyū) from Fukushima Prefecture. She i...

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Daisuke Sakaguchi
plays Okuyasu Yokomizo (voice) (8 episodes)

Daisuke Sakaguchi as Okuyasu Yokomizo (voice)

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Ryoko Shiraishi
plays King Cat (voice) (1 episode) , King Cat / Silver General Cat (voice) (2 episodes)

Ryoko Shiraishi as King Cat (voice)

About Ryoko Shiraishi

Ryoko Shiraishi is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She was a member of the now disbanded idol unit Drops.

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Kosuke Kobayashi
plays Concierge (voice) (1 episode) , Authorized Person 4 (voice) (1 episode) , Authorized Person 2 (voice) (2 episodes)

Kosuke Kobayashi as Concierge (voice)

About Kosuke Kobayashi

Kosuke Kobayashi (小林 康介, Kobayashi Kōsuke, born January 28, 1980) is a Japanese voice actor from Toyama Prefecture. H...

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Satomi Arai
plays Megumi's Mother (voice) (2 episodes)

Satomi Arai as Megumi's Mother (voice)

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Yuji Ueda
plays Eisaku Noguchi (voice) (5 episodes)

Yuji Ueda as Eisaku Noguchi (voice)

About Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda is a Japanese voice actor.

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Mikako Takahashi
plays Mikako Kawamoto (voice) (3 episodes)

Mikako Takahashi as Mikako Kawamoto (voice)

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Hitoshi Bifu
plays Doctor (voice) (1 episode)

Hitoshi Bifu as Doctor (voice)

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Sumi Shimamoto
plays Masachika's Wife (voice) (1 episode)

Sumi Shimamoto as Masachika's Wife (voice)

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Jin Yamanoi
plays Masachika Kouda (voice) (2 episodes)

Jin Yamanoi as Masachika Kouda (voice)

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Kana Hanazawa
plays Hinata Kawamoto / Tora-chan (voice) (1 episode) , Hinata Kawamoto (voice) (14 episodes) , Hinata Kawamoto / Mike-chan (voice) (18 episodes)

Kana Hanazawa as Hinata Kawamoto / Tora-chan (voice)

About Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with the Office Osawa talent agency. In 2012 she made her debut ...

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Ai Kayano
plays Akari Kawamoto / Kuro-chan / Commuting Cat (voice) (1 episode) , Akari Kawamoto (voice) (15 episodes) , Akari Kawamoto / Kuro-chan (voice) (17 episodes)

Ai Kayano as Akari Kawamoto / Kuro-chan / Commuting Cat (voice)

About Ai Kayano

Ai Kayano is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Pro-Fit.talent agency; she is represented by Office ...

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Crew of March Comes in Like a Lion

Visual Effects

Shigeru Chiba
Key Animation

Yoshihiro Maeda
Animation Director , Key Animation

Mizue Ogawa
Key Animation

Isamu Utsuki
Animation Director

Rika Kanetaka
Animation Director

Yoko Sugita
Animation Director

Shoko Kushibiki
Key Animation

Ai Mochida
Key Animation

Atsushi Kasano
Key Animation

Kenichi Shimizu
Animation Director , Key Animation

Konomi Sakurai
Animation Director

Shinya Takahashi
Key Animation

Kouichi Sato
Animation Director

Nanako Ninomiya
Key Animation

Toshiharu Sugie
Key Animation

Toshihiro Kikuchi
Animation Director

Tomoyuki Kitamura
Key Animation

Takanori Suzuki
Key Animation

Kururu Shiozawa
Key Animation

Saori Hosoda
Animation Director

Misao Abe
Key Animation

Haruka Kudo
Key Animation

Masato Okada
Key Animation

Kaori Higuchi
Key Animation

Hiroyuki Ookaji
Animation Director

Yuichi Kikuchi
Key Animation

Hisatoshi Motoki
Key Animation

Tomoya Atsumi
Animation Director

Konomi Sato
Key Animation

Ken Yamamoto
Key Animation , Opening/Ending Animation

Kumiko Kawashima
Key Animation , Animation Director

Tomoki Kouda
Animation Director

Yasuhiro Nakura
Key Animation , Layout Supervisor

Takumi Yokota
Key Animation , Animation Director , Supervising Animation Director

Manami Umeshita
Animation Director , Key Animation , Supervising Animation Director

Miyuki Katayama
Key Animation , Animation Director

Kim Jung-nam
Key Animation , Animation Director

Kazunori Aoki
Key Animation , Animation Director

Etsuko Sumimoto
Key Animation , Animation Director , Supervising Animation Director

Toru Akiba
Key Animation , Animation Director

Miho Ayabe
Animation Director , Key Animation

Yoshiaki Ito
Animation Director , Key Animation

Kazuko Hayakawa
Animation Director , Key Animation

Kazuki Baba
Animation Director , Key Animation

Momoko Yamada
Key Animation , Animation Director

Akihisa Takano
Animation Director , Key Animation

Shoshi Ishikawa
Key Animation , Animation Director

Aya Tajima
Key Animation , Animation Director

Mika Inoue
Key Animation

Yosuke Anai
Key Animation

Miyuki Nakamura
Key Animation

Seika Saruwatari
Animation Director

Nana Miura
Key Animation

Kenichi Yamaguchi
Key Animation

Gen'ichirou Abe
Key Animation

Hitoshi Morikawa
Key Animation

Issei Aragaki
Animation Director

Yuna Fueki
Key Animation

Misako Izumi
Key Animation

Hiroki Takagi
Key Animation

Takashi Koizumi
Key Animation

Hiromi Daimi
Animation Director

Tomokazu Shimabukuro
Animation Director

Shingo Tamagawa
Key Animation

Eri Irei
Key Animation

Hiroyuki Okuno
Animation Director

Yayoi Takano
Animation Director

Saki Hisamatsu
Animation Director

Hiromi Fushimi
Animation Director

Katsuyuki Yamazaki
Key Animation

Yoshinori Nakamura
Key Animation

Yuta Masaki
Key Animation

Michiko Noda
Key Animation

Saori Koike
Key Animation

Masahiro Sasaki
Key Animation

Hirona Okada
Key Animation

Yugo Ohashi
Key Animation

Nobuhiro Okazaki
Key Animation

Satoshi Aoki
Key Animation

Ryouga Fujiwara
Key Animation

Hiroshi Konno
Key Animation

Chen Dali
Key Animation

Takayuki Noguchi
Key Animation

Takeshi Ito
Key Animation

Kyohei Oyabu
Key Animation

Kou Yoshinari
Key Animation

Yuuya Kumagai
Animation Director

Taisuke Iwasaki
Animation Director

Kazuko Shibata
Animation Director

Shinji Yamamoto
Key Animation

Takashi Yasui
Key Animation

Shota Tsukiyama
Key Animation

Kenta Mizusaki
Key Animation

Ryou Komori
Key Animation

Ken Nishio
Key Animation

Kazuhiro Ohmame
Key Animation

Hyo-jeong Ahn
Animation Director

Kanako Ueda
Key Animation

Liu Yunliu
Animation Director

Shinya Nishizawa
Key Animation , Animation Director

Kazuya Shiotsuki
Key Animation , Animation Director , Supervising Animation Director

Satoshi Harayama
Key Animation

Airi Komori
Key Animation

Yumi Shimizu
Key Animation

Akio Sugino
Key Animation

Nanako Egami
Key Animation

Natsumi Sugawara
Key Animation

Riki Matsuura
Animation Director

Satoshi Shimada
Key Animation

Katsumi Aoshima
Key Animation

Yasue Katori
Key Animation

Hitoshi Miyajima
Key Animation , Animation Director

Shuntaro Yamada
Animation Director , Key Animation

Hirotoshi Arai
Key Animation , Animation Director

Chihiro Nishikawa
Key Animation , Animation Director

Kayo Nomichi
Key Animation , Animation Director

Yasuko Miyazaki
Key Animation

Kazutoshi Azuma
Key Animation

Sayuri Sugito
Key Animation , Animation Director

Yoshio Kozakai
Animation Director

Ayumi Kurokawa
Key Animation

Junya Sato
Key Animation

Rikiya Okano
Animation Director

Motoki Yagi
Key Animation

Miyuki Koga
Key Animation

Shosuke Shimizu
Key Animation , Animation Director

Takayo Nishimura
Key Animation

Takashi Hirabayashi
Key Animation

Mayumi Nakamura
Key Animation

Yohko Ariizumi
Key Animation

Nobuhiro Sugiyama
Animation Director , Supervising Animation Director , Character Designer

Michinosuke Nakamura
Animation Director

Tsutomu Shibutani
Key Animation , Opening/Ending Animation

Yoshihisa Sato
Animation Director

Akane Yano
Animation Director

Mayu Fujimoto
Key Animation , Animation Director

Kousei Kudo
Key Animation

Naoko Masui
Key Animation

Akio Kitahara
Animation Director

Kayoko Suzuki
Key Animation

Shohei Yamanaka
Key Animation

Itaru Saito
Key Animation

Aiko Wakatsuki
Animation Director

Kazuya Saito
Animation Director

Atsuko Yamazaki
Animation Director

Takaoka Kiichi
Animation Director

Akihito Asai
Animation Director

Hironori Tanaka
Opening/Ending Animation

Shin'ya Takano
CGI Director

Yasuko Watanabe
Color Designer

Izumi Takizawa
Color Designer

Art

Hiroshi Hamasaki
Storyboard Artist

Tomohiko Ito
Storyboard Artist

Atsushi Morikawa
Background Designer

Kenichi Imaizumi
Storyboard Artist

Toshimasa Suzuki
Storyboard Artist

Kentaro Miura
Art Department Assistant

Kazuya Sakamoto
Storyboard Artist

Osamu Nakajima
Background Designer

Sagako Itakura
Background Designer

Etsuko Abe
Background Designer

Ayano Kato
Background Designer

Hiroko Kazui
Storyboard Artist

Midori Yoshizawa
Storyboard Artist

Kenjirou Okada
Storyboard Artist

Mamoru Kurosawa
Storyboard Artist

Marie Kitai
Background Designer

Ayami Hidaka
Background Designer

Kouji Maruyama
Background Designer

Hajime Ohtani
Storyboard Artist

Shinsaku Sasaki
Storyboard Artist

Takashi Kawabata
Storyboard Artist

Mie Oishi
Storyboard Artist

Shouji Saeki
Storyboard Artist

Yumi Shimizu
Prop Designer

Seiki Tamura
Art Direction

Yasuhiro Nakura
Art Designer

Kohei Nawata
Title Designer

Directing

Hidekazu Hara
Director

Hajime Ohtani
Co-Director , Director

So Toyama
Director

Yuichi Wada
Director

Tomoyuki Itamura
Director

Noriko Hashimoto
Director

Sayaka Iwai
Director

Seimei Kidokoro
Director

Takakazu Nagatomo
Director

Takudai Kakuchi
Director

Yutaka Kawasaki
Director

Tetsuya Miyanishi
Director

Takashi Kawabata
Director

Yukihiro Miyamoto
Director

Kenjirou Okada
Director , Series Director

Midori Yoshizawa
Director

Yoshiko Mikami
Director

Akiyuki Simbo
Series Director

Sound

Kenshi Yonezu
Theme Song Performance

Kohei Yoshida
Sound Recordist

Yukari Hashimoto
Original Music Composer

Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Effects

Toshiki Kameyama
Sound Director

Masaharu Yamanouchi
Music Producer

Camera

Takayuki Aizu
Director of Photography

Shinichiro Eto
Director of Photography

Rei Egami
Director of Photography

Production

Jun Sakata
Producer

Masayuki Sano
Producer

Kazuhiko Yusa
Producer

Miku Ooshima
Producer

Takahiro Yoshikawa
Producer

Masahiro Nojima
Producer

Tadao Iwaki
Producer

Ryo Tomoda
Producer

Fuminari Fukino
Producer

Akiko Yodo
Producer

Editing

Hiromi Sasaki
Assistant Editor

Akane Shiraishi
Assistant Editor

Rie Matsubara
Editor

Costume & Make-Up

Kazuya Shiotsuki
Costume Designer

Writing

Akiyuki Simbo
Series Composition

Fuyashi Tou
Series Composition

Chica Umino
Comic Book

Yukito Kizawa
Writer

Miku Ooshima
Writer