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New Character Visuals Show Ex-Aid’s Shoma Kai For Live Action Kakugo Wa Li Ka Soko No Joshi
The website for the live action TV adaptation of Kakugo Wa Li Ka Soko No Joshi was updated with new character visuals revealing Shoma Kai (Parad/Kamen Rider Para-DX) in costume.
Nana Shiiba’s manga, Kakugo Wa Li Ka Soko No Joshi (Are you Ready? Hey You Girl!), is a romantic comedy with a live action film adaptation which releases in Japanese movie theaters later this year. A five-episode TV series will act as a prologue to the film, and the official website for the series has now shown three newly announced cast members through special character visuals which can be viewed below.
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid‘s Shoma Kai (Parad/Kamen Rider Para-DX) has been revealed to be playing Ichiya Sawada alongside Kentaro as Ritsu Niimi and Jiei Wakabayashi as Ryusei Kuze. These cast members were announced in the most recent issue of the magazine, Margaret. All three characters are good friends with the main protagonist, Towa Furuya, who is played by Taishi Nakagawa. The main heroine’s actress has not yet been announced, but will be featured in the next issue of Margaret which hits store shelves on June 5th.
Kakugo Wa Li Ka Soko No Joshi is about Towa Furuya who has always had admirers but has never had a girlfriend. After deciding to find a girlfriend, he asks out a freshman named Misono Miwa. When she rejects Towa, he begins falling more in love with her. The film releases on on October 12th, and the TV show begins airing on June 24th.
Source: Anime News Network