{"id":30646,"date":"2026-06-26T21:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/hokuto-no-ken-2nd-cour-debuts-in-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:25:06","slug":"hokuto-no-ken-2nd-cour-debuts-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/hokuto-no-ken-2nd-cour-debuts-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Hokuto no Ken 2nd Cour Debuts in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The second cour for the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> anime series will debut in Japan sometime in 2027. The first cour <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">began airing in Japan<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on April 10, 2026 and ran for 14 episodes until June 26, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">A 15-second trailer previewing the anime\u2019s upcoming 15th episode (which will kickstart the second cour) has also been released.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Hiroshi Maeda<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Genesis of Aquarion<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> compositing director) is directing the new <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">anime series, with <\/span>Kazuhiko Inukai <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bakugan: Armored Alliance<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer, <\/span>Kazuma Ogasawara <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as assistant director, <\/span>Naoki Hisatsune<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Magic Kaito 2010 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sub-character designer) as character designer,<\/span> Koji<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (written in katakana) as animation director, and <\/span>Yuki Hayashi <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Hero Academia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as music composer. <\/span>TMS Entertainment <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is in charge of the animation production, with <\/span>NIA Animation<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span>Kishida Studio BACU<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> credited with the production cooperation\/CG production.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Meanwhile, the anime\u2019s main voice cast stars:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Shunsuke Takeuchi <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Kenshiro<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Daiki Yamashita<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Bat<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>M.A.O<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Rin<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Koji Yusa<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Shin<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Saori Hayami<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Yuria<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Yuichi Nakamura<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Rei<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Ruriko Aoki <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Mamiya<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is the latest anime adaptation of the post-apocalyptic manga series (known simply as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hokuto no Ken<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Fist of the North Star<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) written by <\/span>Buronson<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and drawn by <\/span>Tetsuo Hara<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It was serialized in Shueisha\u2019s Weekly Shonen Jump from September 13, 1983 to August 8, 1988. A total of 27 tankobon volumes were published in Japan. VIZ Media released the manga in English in hardcover format under its VIZ Signature imprint.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">previously inspired two TV anime series and an anime film in the 1980s. A new series made up of OVAs and films was released between 2006 and 2008 with five installments. Other media include a 1995 live-action film, a stage play, and video games.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A novel titled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hokuto no Ken: Jubaku no Machi<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was published in 1996 and received a 2003-2004 three-episode OVA adaptation titled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Fist of the North Star<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A motion comic adaptation of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> gag manga spin-off, titled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh\u2019s Army Grunts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, was released in January 2026 and is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">returning with a second cour<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on July 6, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 \u6b66\u8ad6\u5c0a\u30fb\u539f\u54f2\u592b\uff0f\u30b3\u30a2\u30df\u30c3\u30af\u30b9, \u300c\u5317\u6597\u306e\u62f3\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amazon\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prime Video<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> service licensed the 2026 Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken anime for streaming in select countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main premise as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the year 199X, the world was engulfed in nuclear fire!! Yet\u2026humanity somehow survived!! A lone man with seven scars on his chest emerges. His name is Kenshiro, heir to Hokuto Shinken. In a world where only the strong survive, Kenshiro forges a path with his iron fists!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Sources<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hokutonokeninfo\/status\/2070544222617522178\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the North Star Official X\/Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-06-26\/new-hokuto-no-ken-fist-of-the-north-star-anime-2nd-part-premieres-in-2027\/.238994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anime News Network<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second cour for the Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken anime series will debut in Japan sometime in 2027. The first cour began airing in Japan on April 10, 2026 and ran for 14 episodes until June 26, 2026.\u00a0 A 15-second trailer previewing the anime\u2019s upcoming 15th episode (which will kickstart the 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