Voice actresses Noriko Hidaka and Misato Fukuen have joined the voice cast of the ongoing Hono no Tokyujo: Dodge Danko TV anime series. The anime began airing in Japan on July 6, 2026.
Hidaka will voice Misato Ichigeki, who is the mother of protagonist Danko Ichigeki. She also voices a younger version of Danko’s father, Danpei, in some flashback scenes in Hono no Tokyujo: Dodge Danko and is a narrator for the series. Hidaka previously voiced Danpei in the 1991 Hono no Tokyuji Dodge Danpei anime series.
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In addition, Fukuen will voice Danko’s grandmother, Haruka Ichigeki. She is most recently known as the voice of Himko Toga from My Hero Academia.
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They join a voice cast that include:
- • Manaka Nakayama as Danko Ichigeki
- • Kaori Maeda as Chinko Kobotoke
- • Akira Sekine as Mochiko Etai
- • Yo Taichi as Susan Canon
- • Yu Sasahara as Honey Otohana
- • Katsuyuki Konishi as Danpei Ichigeki
- • Tetsu Inada as Chinnen Kobotoke
- • Yuki Wakai as Peiko Nikaido
- • Yuka Iguchi as Jyuri Igarashi
- • Satomi Akesaka as Ruka Sakamoto
- • Fairouz Ai as Zoe
- • Mariya Ise as Ran Mido
- • Sumire Uesaka as Hako Mikasa
- • Kanna Nakamura as Hayami Miura
Ikehata Hiroshi (Witch Watch, Dark Gathering) is directing the anime series, with Kazuho Hyodo (365 Days to the Wedding, Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You) as series composer and Narihito Sekikawa (If My Wife Became an Elementary School Student) as character designer. CUE is in charge of the animation production.
The anime is based on Tetsuhiro Koshita‘s dodgeball-themed manga series, which began serialization in Shogakukan’s Weekly Corocoro Comic website on November 28, 2022. Six tankobon volumes have been released in Japan as of August 2025.
The 2022 manga series is a Reiwa-set sequel to Koshita’s Hono no Tokyuji Dodge Danpei manga, which ran in CoroCoro Comic magazine in 1989 and ended in 1995. It inspired its own TV anime adaptation between 1991 and 1992, as well as several video games.
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Hono no Tokyujo: Dodge Danko follows a young girl named Danko Ichigeki — the daughter of the first series’ protagonist Danpei Ichigeki.
Sources: Dodge Danko Official X/Twitter (2), Anime News Network
