The first key visual for the TV anime Hana-Kimi, based on Hisaya Nakajo’s manga, has been revealed. It was also announced that YOASOBI will perform both the opening and ending themes. The anime is set to premiere in January 2026, with Crunchyroll confirmed as the streaming platform.
Key Visual:
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Yuichiro Umehara as Minami Nanba
Jun Fukuyama as Hokuto Umeda
Reiji Kawashima as Senri Nakao
Koki Uchiyama as Daiki Kayashima
Wataru Komada as Kyogo Sekime
Anan Furuya as Shinji Noe
Koutaro Nishiyama as Wataru Nihonbashi
Yuko Natsuyoshi as Julia M.
CAST:
Aya Yamane as Mizuki Ashiya
Taku Yashiro as Izumi Sano
Kikunosuke Toya as Shuichi Nakatsu
STAFF:
Director: Natsuki Takemura
Assistant Director: Shigeru Ueda
Series Composition: Takawo Yoshioka
Character Design: Shiyi Su
Music: Masaru Yokoyama
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Animation Production: Signal.MD
Hisaya Nakajo (passed away in October 2023), the creator of the Hana-Kimi manga, originally published the series in Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine from 1996 to 2004, resulting in 23 volumes in Japan. VIZ Media handles the English edition of the manga, and describes the first volume as follows:
Japanese-American track-and-field star Mizuki has gotten herself to transfer to a high school in Japan…but not just any school! To be close to her idol, high jumper Izumi Sano, she’s going to an all-guys’ high school…and disguising herself as a boy! But as fate would have it, they’re more than classmates…they’re roommates! Now, Mizuki must keep her secret in the classroom, the locker room, and her own bedroom. And her classmates–and the school nurse–must cope with a new transfer student who may make them question their own orientation…
Sources: Aniplex Online Fest 2025, Official Website
©Hisaya Nakajo, Hakusensha / “Hana-Kimi” Production Committee
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