The news was paired with a commercial video featuring the cast.
The upcoming anime “Tojima Tanzaburo Wants to Be a Kamen Rider”, based on the manga series by Yokusaru Shibata, has revealed new information following its announcement last March. The announcement revealed additional cast members as well as a commercial video interviewing the voice actors.
“Tojima Tanzaburo Wants to Be a Kamen Rider” new cast and other information
The new cast members are:
- Aki Toyasaki as Yuri Okada
- Kenichi Suzumura as Hajime Shimamura
- Soma Saito as Mitsuba Shimamura
- Ai Fairouz as Yukaris
The previously announced main character, the titular Tojima Tanzaburo, will be voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi.
Aniplex is producing the series with Liden Films as animation studio. Takahiro Ikezoe is helming as director, with scripts written by Touko Machida. The character designs were made by Cindy H. Yamauchi, and the music will be composed by TeddyLoid. The series is set to premiere in October 2025, with Crunchyroll streaming for the global audience.
The anime adapts the manga by Yokusaru Shibata, which began serialisation in Hero’s Inc.’s seinen manga magazine “Monthly Hero’s” in 2018, but was transferred to the Comiplex website after Monthly Hero’s became defunct back in 2020. The series has been collected into 16 tankobon volumes as of April 2025, and is yet to receive an official English license.
The story follows a 40-year old Tojima Tanzaburo, who has dreamed of becoming a Kamen Rider since his youth. One day, Tojima springs into action when a criminal known as “Shocker” tried to rob a convenience store. Tojima dons a plastic Kamen Rider mask and attempts to fight the criminal, but becomes an internet laughing stock in the process. Determined to get to the bottom of this criminal activity, Tojima finally tries to make his dream to become a Kamen Rider come true.
