Inori Minase is an active voice actor with four announced roles across anime productions premiering in 2026 and 2027, including a lead in A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage and supporting roles in three other series.
Inori Minase appears across four upcoming anime productions, with roles spanning lead and supporting characters. Her most prominent recent role is Tsugumi Kuchinashi in A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage, a silent high school girl who communicates through doodles on a drawing pad. That series is set for a January 2027 premiere, with Tomoaki Maeno voicing the detective lead. She also voices Melissa in The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power, Khulan in Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, and Hikaru Sekiryū in Draw This, Then Die!.
Three of these roles were announced in 2026, with premiere dates spread across the year and into 2027. The Oblivious Saint and Draw This, Then Die! are both scheduled for July 2026 premieres, with Minase announced as part of their casts in May. Jaadugar adds her character Khulan in its sixth episode, airing in August 2026. The January 2027 debut of A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage was revealed in August 2026, making it the latest announced project featuring Minase.
Across these productions, Minase works with different studios and directors, including EMT Squared, Science SARU, Shinei Animation, and Magic Bus with Picante Circus. The roles cover a range of character types, from a silent girl to supporting figures in fantasy and comedy settings.
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Aug 21
The television anime adaptation of A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage is set to premiere in January 2027, as announced on Friday. King Amusement Creative revealed a teaser promotional video, a teaser visual, and the main cast and staff. Tomoaki Maeno will voice Eiji Kirisame, a forty-year-old detective, and Inori Minase will voice Tsugumi Kuchinashi, a silent high school girl who communicates through doodles on a drawing pad, one of which proposes marriage. Takaaki Ishiyama directs the series at EMT Squared, with Shigeru Murakoshi overseeing series scripts, Miyuki Nakamura designing characters, Hiroto Morishita as sound director, and Kana Hashiguchi composing the music. The source manga, written by Shinichi Sawaragi and illustrated by Tank Gasuyama, began serialization in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine in December 2022 and has 400,000 copies in circulation. Yen Press licensed the manga in English and released the first volume on March 24.
Aug 5
The staff for Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia revealed three new cast members on Thursday. Akira Ishida plays Dayir, Inori Minase plays Khulan, and Shōya Chiba plays Kurtogan. The characters appear in the anime's sixth episode on Saturday.
May 17
The television anime adaptation of Minoru Toyoda's manga Draw This, Then Die! will premiere on July 3. The first promotional video, released on Friday, reveals and previews the opening theme song "Isho" by Tatsuya Kitani. The series will air on NTV's "Friday Anime Night" programming block at 11:30 p.m. JST. The anime is directed by Hiroaki Akagi at Shinei Animation, with series scripts overseen by Hiroko Fukuda. The cast includes Akira Sekine as Ai Yasumi, Saori Hayami as Rei Teshima, and Inori Minase as Hikaru Sekiryū, among others. The manga, which launched in Shogakukan's Monthly Shonen Sunday in November 2021, won an award at the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards in January 2025 and the 16th Manga Taisho awards in 2023. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the manga for English release.
May 16
The television adaptation of The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power added two voice actors to its roster on Friday. Shunichi Toki will play Theodore, and Inori Minase will play Melissa. The announcement came through the show's second promotional video, which also previews the ending theme song "Unknown Me" by Utahime Dream All Stars. The anime is scheduled to begin airing in Japan in July on Tokyo MX, BS11, and AT-X. The previously announced main cast includes Rie Takahashi as Carolina, Makoto Furukawa as Edward, and Haruka Shiraishi as Flora. Mitsutaka Noshitani is directing the production at studios Magic Bus and Picante Circus. Toko Machida is handling series scripts, Taihei Nagai is designing the characters, and SUPA LOVE is composing the music. Musical artist Kaya performs the opening theme "Windmaker." The source material is a light novel series by storywriter Almond with illustrations by Yoshiro Ambe. Earth Star Entertainment published the four-volume series in print between June 2021 and June 2023. J-Novel Club released the complete novel series in English. A manga adaptation by Yona Etou launched on the Comic Earth Star website in April 2022 and is still ongoing.