Live-Action BLUE LOCK Film Casts Yusei Yagi (FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE) as Rin Itoshi

BLUE LOCK live-action film has revealed three additional cast members, including FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE member Yusei Yagi as Rin Itoshi.

Yagi is joined by Keisuke Watanabe as Jyubei Aryu and Taiko Natsuo as Aoshi Tokimitsu. Character visuals showing all three actors in costume were also released.

The film began screening in Japan on August 7 and recorded 188,212 admissions and ¥277,648,800 ($1.7 million USD) at the box office from August 7 to 9.

Additional theatrical formats are also on the way. Starting on August 21, the film will screen in MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema. A cheer screening will also take place simultaneously at five Japanese theaters on August 14.

The movie was announced alongside Season 3 of the TV anime, with Mei Hata recently joining the cast as Anri Teieri. You can see more of the cast below.

• Fumiya Takahashi as Yoichi Isagi
• Kaito Sakurai as Meguru Bachira
• Kyohei Takahashi as Hyoma Chigiri
• Kota Nomura as Rensuke Kunigami
• Yuzu Aoki as Gurimu Igarashi
• Sho Nishigaki as Asahi Naruhaya
• Yuki Tachibana as Gin Gagamaru
• Raizo Ishikawa as Jingo Raichi
• Joey Iwanaga as Okuhito Iemon
• Shunya Asano as Wataru Kuon
• Yuki Sakurai as Yudai Imamura
• Yuki Kura as Ryosuke Kira
• Masataka Kubota as Jinpachi Ego
• Mei Hata as Anri Teieri

The staff for the film includes:

• Director: Yusuke Taki
• Screenplay: Tetsuo Kamata
• Producer: Shinzo Matsuhashi
• Production: Credeus
• Distribution: Toho

Muneyuki Kaneshiro writes the BLUE LOCK manga, with art by Yusuke Nomura. Kodansha is publishing the manga in English. The story follows BLUE LOCK, the project to create the ultimate egoistical striker that will take Japan to a World Cup trophy. Animated by 8bit, the anime has released two TV anime seasons and the BLUE LOCK -Episode Nagi- movie so far.

We had the chance to interview Kazuki Ura (Isagi’s Japanese voice actor), Ryoya Arisawa (anime producer), and Megumu Tsuchiya (manga editor) at last year’s Anime Expo. We talked with them about working on the manga and anime series, the challenges they faced in creating the work loved by fans worldwide, and more about Season 2. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.

Source: BLUE LOCK Official X
© Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura / BLUE LOCK Film Production Committee