{"id":36810,"date":"2026-07-15T21:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/noriko-hidaka-misato-fukuen-join-dodge-danko-tv-anime-voice-cast\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:10:43","slug":"noriko-hidaka-misato-fukuen-join-dodge-danko-tv-anime-voice-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/noriko-hidaka-misato-fukuen-join-dodge-danko-tv-anime-voice-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Noriko Hidaka &#038; Misato Fukuen Join Dodge Danko TV Anime Voice Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Voice actresses <\/span>Noriko Hidaka <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span>Misato Fukuen<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">joined the voice cast<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the ongoing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hono no Tokyujo: Dodge Danko<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> TV anime series. The anime began airing in Japan on July 6, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hidaka will voice Misato Ichigeki, who is the mother of protagonist Danko Ichigeki. She also voices a younger version of Danko\u2019s father, Danpei, in some flashback scenes in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hono no Tokyujo: Dodge Danko<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and is a narrator for the series. Hidaka previously voiced Danpei in the 1991 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hono no Tokyuji Dodge Danpei<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> anime series.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9\u3053\u3057\u305f\u3066\u3064\u3072\u308d\uff0f\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u30c9\u30c3\u30b8\u5f3e\u5b50\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\">In addition, Fukuen will voice Danko\u2019s grandmother, Haruka Ichigeki. She is most recently\u00a0 known as the voice of Himko Toga from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Hero Academia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9\u3053\u3057\u305f\u3066\u3064\u3072\u308d\uff0f\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u30c9\u30c3\u30b8\u5f3e\u5b50\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">They join a voice cast that include:\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>Manaka Nakayama <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Danko Ichigeki<\/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>Kaori Maeda<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Chinko Kobotoke<\/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>Akira Sekine<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Mochiko Etai<\/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> Yo Taichi <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Susan Canon<\/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>Yu Sasahara <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Honey Otohana<\/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>Katsuyuki Konishi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Danpei Ichigeki<\/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>Tetsu Inada<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Chinnen Kobotoke\u00a0<\/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> Yuki Wakai <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Peiko Nikaido\u00a0<\/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>Yuka Iguchi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Jyuri Igarashi\u00a0<\/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>Satomi Akesaka<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Ruka Sakamoto\u00a0<\/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>Fairouz Ai<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Zoe\u00a0<\/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>Mariya Ise <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Ran Mido\u00a0<\/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>Sumire Uesaka<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Hako Mikasa<\/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>Kanna Nakamura<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Hayami Miura<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Ikehata Hiroshi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Witch Watch, Dark Gathering)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is directing the anime series, with <\/span>Kazuho Hyodo<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">365 Days to the Wedding, Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer and <\/span>Narihito Sekikawa<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If My Wife Became an Elementary School Student<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as character designer. <\/span>CUE<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is in charge of the animation production.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The anime is based on <\/span>Tetsuhiro Koshita<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018s dodgeball-themed manga series, which began serialization in Shogakukan\u2019s Weekly Corocoro Comic website on November 28, 2022. Six tankobon volumes have been released in Japan as of August 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 2022 manga series is a Reiwa-set sequel to Koshita\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Hono no Tokyuji Dodge Danpei <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9\u3053\u3057\u305f\u3066\u3064\u3072\u308d\uff0f\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u30c9\u30c3\u30b8\u5f3e\u5b50\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\">Hono no Tokyujo: Dodge Danko<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> follows a young girl named Danko Ichigeki \u2014 the daughter of the first series\u2019 protagonist Danpei Ichigeki.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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\/dodge_danko\/status\/2076608825969504549\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dodge Danko Official X\/Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dodge_danko\/status\/2076607571998212127\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-07-14\/flaming-dodgeball-girl-danko-anime-casts-noriko-hidaka-misato-fukuen\/.239571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anime News Network<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.\u00a0 Hidaka will voice Misato Ichigeki, who is the mother of protagonist Danko Ichigeki. She also voices a younger version of Danko\u2019s father, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11622],"tags":[195,1027,26459,12566,26458,26456,889,26457,26455,3313],"class_list":["post-36810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animeplug","tag-anime","tag-cast","tag-danko","tag-dodge","tag-fukuen","tag-hidaka","tag-join","tag-misato","tag-noriko","tag-voice"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",0,0,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",0,0,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",0,0,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",150,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",300,300,false],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",1024,1024,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",1536,1536,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",2048,2048,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",370,265,false],"kava-thumb-s":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",150,85,false],"kava-thumb-s-2":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",230,230,false],"kava-thumb-m":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",400,400,false],"kava-thumb-m-vertical":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",370,500,false],"kava-thumb-m-2":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",570,450,false],"kava-thumb-l":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",1170,650,false],"kava-thumb-xl":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",1920,1080,false],"kava-thumb-masonry":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",600,999,false],"kava-thumb-justify":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",640,640,false],"kava-thumb-justify-2":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dodge-danko-two-new-characters-visual.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1",1280,640,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"#RiseCelestialStudios","author_link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/author\/ralph-c\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/category\/animeplug\/\" rel=\"category tag\">ANIME PLUG<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Voice actresses Noriko Hidaka and Misato Fukuen have joined the voice cast of the ongoing Hono no Tokyujo: Dodge Danko TV anime series. 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