Live‑Action Blue Lock Film Adds Two New Cast Members
The upcoming live‑action adaptation of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura’s soccer manga BLUE LOCK has announced two more actors joining the project.
New Cast
- Sōshō Tomimoto as Ikki Niko (Team Y)
- Keisuke Kida as Hibiki Ohkawa
Previously Announced Cast
- Fumiya Takahashi – Yoichi Isagi
- Kaito Sakurai – Meguru Bachira
- Kyōhei Takahashi – Hyoma Chigiri
- Kōta Nomura – Rensuke Kunigami
- Yuzu Aoki – Gurimu Igarashi
- Shō Nishigaki – Asahi Naruhaya
- Yūki Tachibana – Gin Gagamaru
- Raizō Ishikawa – Jingo Raichi
- Joey Iwanaga – Okuhito Iemon
- Shunya Asano – Wataru Kuon
- Yūki Sakurai – Yudai Imamura
- Yūki Kura – Ryosuke Kira
- Masataka Kubota – Jinpachi Ego
- Kōhei Higuchi – Zantetsu Tsurugi
- idol group &TEAM’s K – Seishiro Nagi
- Keito Tsuna – Reo Mikage
- Mei Hata – Anri Teieri
Production Details
Director: Yūsuke Taki
Screenwriter: Tetsuo Kamata
Producer: Shinzō Matsuhashi
Production Companies: CREDEUS (known for the live‑action Golden Kamuy film) and TOHO (distributor)
The film is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters on August 7, 2026.
About the Source Material
The BLUE LOCK manga, created by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura, debuted in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in August 2018. It follows a radical Japan Football Union program that gathers 300 of the country’s most promising youth players to forge an “ace striker” capable of leading Japan to World‑Cup glory. The series won the 2021 Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shōnen Manga and has sold over 38 tankōbon volumes.
The manga was adapted into a 24‑episode anime that aired from October 2022, streamed worldwide by Crunchyroll (including an English dub). A second TV season, BLUE LOCK vs. U‑20 JAPAN, aired in October 2024, and a third season is slated for the future. A spinoff manga, BLUE LOCK – Episode Nagi, ran from 2022 to 2025 and received its own anime film in April 2024.
Sources
- Blue Lock movie’s official X/Twitter posts
- Cinema Today
