Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers Anime Reveals 2nd Promo Video, 5 More Cast Members

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posted on 2025-12-23 21:28 IST by Alex Mateo

Trailer previews ending theme song for January 6 anime

The official website for Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers, the new sequel anime of the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers series, unveiled on Tuesday the second promotional video and more cast members. The trailer previews the ending theme song "POWER" by boy group ONE OR EIGHT.

The remaining cast members for the "Ten Braves," who serve Ramaga, the emperor of the Demon Realm, are:

Kenichi Suzumura as Nezu

Chiharu Sawashiro as Anayama

Ryōta Takeuchi as Unno

Daichi Endō as Kakei

Toshiki Kumagai as Mochizuki

The anime will premiere on January 6 on the Tokyo MX channel at 11:30 p.m. JST (9:30 a.m. EST), and will start streaming on U-NEXT, Anime Hōdai, and d Anime Store at 24:00 JST (effectively, January 7 at 12 midnight JST). The anime will then run on Kansai TV and BS11.

The anime stars:

Hiiro Ishibashi as Gai
Junya Enoki as Kaito Uesugi/Sōkyū no Kaito
Ayumu Murase as Musashi Hōjō/Suiren no Musashi
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Yamato Hōjō/Kōya no Yamato
Kentarō Kumagai as Shion Ishida/Senkō no Shion

The additional cast includes:

Lynn as Mirei Aragaki
Toshiki Masuda as Ryūsei Oda
Katsuyuki Konishi as Ramaga
Takuya Satō as Sasuke
Kōsuke Toriumi as Saizō
Takuma Terashima as Kamanosuke
Tomokazu Sugita as Seikai Nyūdō
Kōhei Amasaki as Isa Nyūdō

Yōichi Fujita (Gintama, Mr. Osomatsu) is directing the new anime at Sunrise. Shōgo Mutō (Crows Zero) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Hajime Yatate, the collective penname for the creative staff at Sunrise, is credited with the original story. The character designers include Yūhei Murota (Love Live!) for main characters, Tsukasa Kotoboki (MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THE ORIGIN MSD Cucuruz Doan's Island) for villains, Hideo Okamoto (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers) for the original Yoroi Gear designs, and Takuya Suzuki (Brave King GaoGaiGar Final Grand Glorious Gathering) for the Yoroi Gear designs in animation. Shūji Katayama (Overlord) is composing the music.

The additional staff members are:

Chief Animation Directors: Junko Yamanaka, Tomoko Tanaka
Main Animator: Hiroyuki Nishimura
Screen Design Director: Akira Saitoh
Art Director: Osamu Tayama
Color Key Artist: Miho Tanaka
CG Directors: Masaomi Suzuki, Keisuke Takahashi
Compositing Director of Photography: Rumi Ishiguro
Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
Sound Director: Ryō Tanaka

Rock band blank paper perform the anime's opening theme song "YOAKE" (Dawn).

The new anime takes place in present-day Shinjuku and tells the story of five boys who don Yoroi Gear samurai armor to fight the demon emperor Arago.

Sunrise created the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers) action television anime in 1988-1989, and Cartoon Network ran it as Ronin Warriors in the United States. Bandai Entertainment previously released the series on DVD, and Discotek Media released the full series on DVD with English subtitles in 2015. Discotek also released the Samurai Troopers OVA series with both English and Japanese audio. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.