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

  • Released on March 18, 2017
  • Drama

Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in an traffic accident when he was little. One day, Rei Kiriyama meets three sisters who are his neighbors. The three sisters are Akari Kawamoto, Hinata Kawamoto and Momo Kawamoto. This is his first meeting with someone outside of the shogi world in many years. Having meals with the Kawamoto family brings warm feelings to Rei Kiriyama. As Rei Kiriyama continues his shogi career, his interactions with his neighbors allows him to grow as a shogi player and as a person.

Full Cast of March Comes in Like a Lion

Kasumi Arimura
plays Kyoko Koda

Kana Kurashina
plays Akari Kawamoto

Kaya Kiyohara
plays Hinata Kawamoto

Kuranosuke Sasaki
plays Kai Shimada

Ryo Kase
plays Toji Soya

Gin Maeda
plays Someji Kawamoto

Issey Takahashi
plays Takashi Hayashida

Hideaki Ito
plays Masamune Goto

Etsushi Toyokawa
plays Sachika Koda

Ryo Iwamatsu
plays Takanori Jinguji

Shigeru Saiki
plays Sakutaro Yanagihara

Tomoya Nakamura
plays Tatsuyuki Misumi

Hiroyuki Onoue
plays Issa Matsumoto

Eita Okuno
plays Junkei Yamazaki

Masahiro Koumoto
plays Manabu Yasui

Chise Niitsu
plays Momo Kawamoto


Crew of March Comes in Like a Lion