Nobuhiko Okamoto is joining the voice cast of the ongoing Wind Breaker TV anime series as second-year Grade captain Ren Kaji. The anime first premiered in Japan on April 5, 2024 and will air for a total of 13 episodes.
Kaji is also spotlighted in a short 32-second trailer, featuring the character’s main designs.
Okamoto joins a main voice cast that includes:
- • Yuuma Uchida as Haruka Sakura
- • Koki Uchiyama as Kyoutaro Sugishita
- • Nobunaga Shimazaki as Hayato Suo
- • Yuuichi Nakamura as Hajime Umemiya
- • Ryota Suzuki as Touma Hiragi
- • Shoya Chiba as Akihiko Nirei
- • Kengo Kawanishi as Taiga Tsugeura
- • Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Mitsuki Kiryu
- • Ikumi Hasegawa as Kotoha Tachibana
Toshifumi Akai (Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia) is directing the anime, with Hiroshi Seko (Jujutsu Kaisen) as screenwriter, Taishi Kawakami ( “White Snow,” Akebi’s Sailor Uniform co-sub-character designer) as character designer, Ryo Takahashi as music composer, Yasunao Moriyasu (Bocchi the Rock! art director) as art director and designer, Asuka Yokota (Bocchi the Rock!) as color designer, and Yukiko Nagase (UniteUp!) as compositing director. CloverWorks is in charge of the animation production.
Crunchyroll is streaming Wind Breaker worldwide in select territories, outside of Japan.
The anime series is based on the delinquent manga series by Satoru Nii, which was first launched on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket in January 13, 2021 under the Kodansha Comics label. Seventeen tankobon volumes have been released as of May 2024.
Kodansha USA releases the manga series in English, describing the main synopsis as:
Haruka Sakura wants nothing to do with weaklings—he’s only interested in the strongest of the strong. He’s from Fuurin High School, a school of near-dropout degenerates known only for their brawling strength. And in a town known for its territorial disputes, Haruka’s got only one goal — become the hero his town deserves.