Nobunaga Shimazaki is an active voice actor with three announced roles across 2026 and 2027: Alan in the Star Detective Precure! film, Eumenes in the Historie TV anime, and Ouga Kiyama in The Ogre's Bride anime.
Nobunaga Shimazaki has three upcoming roles announced across 2026 and 2027, each in a different genre and format. In May 2026, he was cast as Ouga Kiyama in the television anime adaptation of The Ogre's Bride, a light novel series with over 5.8 million copies in circulation across its light novel and manga formats. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan in July 2026.
Later that same month, Shimazaki was announced as the lead voice actor for Eumenes in the television anime adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki's historical manga Historie. The series is set to premiere in January 2027, with LIDEN FILMS handling animation production. The manga has 12 compiled volumes as of June 2024 and has won multiple awards, including the 2010 Ministry of Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Award for manga and the 2012 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
In August 2026, Shimazaki was cast as Alan, a fairy who watches over the character Karin, in the Star Detective Precure! film. The film opens in Japan on September 18. Across these three roles, Shimazaki is attached to a mix of original film characters, a lead role in a historical adaptation, and a supporting role in a fantasy romance anime.
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The television anime of Kazuto Mihara's The World Is Dancing manga has cast Nobunaga Shimazaki as the protagonist Oniyasha as a young adult. Shochiku announced the casting on Monday and unveiled a visual of the character. The adult Oniyasha appeared briefly at the end of episode 10 and will feature in episode 11 on Wednesday.
The Jujutsu Kaisen anime closed its 5th anniversary with Jujutsu Fest 2026 at K Arena Yokohama on August 29 and 30. Day 1 brought the main cast on stage, live songs from Who-ya Extended, KITANI TATSUYA and jo0ji, a fan-voted awards corner, and a new super teaser visual for TV anime Season 4, the Culling Game Part 2, centered on Ryomen Sukuna. Yuichi Nakamura told the crowd to wait for the next season to begin.
The staff for the Star Detective Precure! film announced the cast for three film-original characters in a new video on Sunday. Akari Kito voices Karin, a 14-year-old girl who holds the key to the story. Nobunaga Shimazaki voices Alan, a fairy who watches over Karin, and Koki Uchiyama voices Rain, a fairy who requests the Detective Precures' help. The film opens in Japan on September 18.
The television anime adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki's historical manga Historie will premiere in January 2027, with Nobunaga Shimazaki voicing the lead role of Eumenes. The announcement came via the July issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine on Monday, alongside a second teaser visual and the first promotional video. LIDEN FILMS is handling animation production. The cast also includes Ryota Suzuki as Eumenes' brother Hieronymus, Kazuya Ichijo as his father Hieronymus, Yuko Kaida as Teresila, Wataru Takagi as Charon, Satoshi Tsuruoka as Hecataeus, Anri Katsura as Trax, Tsuguo Mogami as Aristotle, Miki Kariya as Periala, Seiyu Fujiwara as Nicogenes, and Junya Enoki as Tormides. Iwaaki began serializing Historie in Afternoon in 2003 (some sources say 2004), and the manga has 12 compiled volumes as of June 2024, with over 4.7 million copies in circulation. The series previously won the 2010 Ministry of Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Award for manga, the 2012 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and the Best General Manga category at the 49th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2025. Iwaaki noted he first conceived the story over four decades ago.
The staff for the television anime adaptation of Kureha's light novel series The Ogre's Bride revealed three additional cast members in a new trailer on Saturday. Taito Ban will voice Takamichi Araki, Nobunaga Shimazaki will voice Ouga Kiyama, and Aya Endo will voice Sakurako Kiyama. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan in July 2026. The previously announced cast includes Saori Hayami as Yuzu Shinonome, Yuichiro Umehara as Reiya Kiryuin, and others. Kazuhito Omiya is directing the series at Colored Pencil Animation Japan, with Yumi Kamakura handling series scripts and Hikari Tanaka designing characters. The light novel series began on Starts Publishing's Novema! platform in 2019 and has nine volumes as of May 2024. A manga adaptation by Jun Togashi launched in December 2021. The light novel and manga together have over 5.8 million copies in circulation. A live-action film adaptation opened in Japanese theaters on March 27.