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Yusuke Onuki

Yusuke Onuki is the president of Bushiroad Move and a producer whose credits include 100 Girlfriends and Grisaia: Phantom Trigger. He also appears as a cast member in the live-action Osomatsu-san film, which held its first-day stage greeting in Tokyo on June 12.

Synthesized from 2 Yomimono stories · updated Sep 19

Yusuke Onuki holds two positions in the anime and live-action space. He is the president of Bushiroad Move and a producer on titles including 100 Girlfriends and Grisaia: Phantom Trigger. He also appears in the cast of the live-action Osomatsu-san film, based on the anime by Fujio Akatsuka, alongside Seimei Yoshinori, Masaki Sawa, Ken Kojima, Masaya Sano, Takuya Nishimura, Miho Watanabe, Naenano, and Iori Noguchi.

His producer role and his remarks on the business side are the center of the newer story. Onuki says overseas streaming money now decides which anime get made. A 12- to 13-episode late-night series needs roughly 350 million yen. Production committees lean on Minimum Guarantee advance payments from Netflix, Disney+, and Crunchyroll to cover costs before broadcast.

The other story is about the Osomatsu-san film, which was postponed by about five months before release. At a first-day stage greeting on June 12 at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya in Tokyo, director Taisuke Kawamura said the choreographer told him the sextuplet actors could handle the most difficult dance, so he requested maximum difficulty choreography. The cast learned it in two hours and described it as more challenging than Ae! group's own songs. Filming the dance took a full day, like a music video. Koji Mukai of Snow Man, who played Osomatsu in the 2022 film, appears as Old Osomatsu and added ad-libs that raised the cast's morale.

Key facts

Role
President of Bushiroad Move ↗
Producer credits
100 Girlfriends and Grisaia: Phantom Trigger ↗
Stated cost of a late-night anime series
A 12- to 13-episode late-night series needs roughly 350 million yen ↗
Stated financing mechanism
Production committees lean on Minimum Guarantee advance payments from Netflix, Disney+, and Crunchyroll to cover costs before broadcast ↗
Cast role
Appears in the cast of the live-action Osomatsu-san film alongside Seimei Yoshinori, Masaki Sawa, Ken Kojima, Masaya Sano, Takuya Nishimura, Miho Watanabe, Naenano, and Iori Noguchi ↗
Film event
First-day stage greeting on June 12 at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya in Tokyo ↗
Choreography
Director Taisuke Kawamura requested maximum difficulty choreography after the choreographer said the sextuplet actors could handle the most difficult dance; the cast learned it in two hours ↗

Timeline

Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every fact links the story it came from.

Facts

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President of Bushiroad Move · 2026-09-16
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Overseas streaming money now decides which anime get made · 2026-09-16

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Sep 16

Producer Yusuke Onuki Says Overseas Streaming Minimum Guarantees Decide Anime Greenlights

Yusuke Onuki, president of Bushiroad Move and a producer on titles including 100 Girlfriends and Grisaia: Phantom Trigger, says overseas streaming money now decides which anime get made. A 12- to 13-episode late-night series needs roughly 350 million yen, and production committees lean on Minimum Guarantee advance payments from Netflix, Disney+, and Crunchyroll to cover costs before broadcast.

Jun 12

Ae! Group Performs Maximum Difficulty Dance in Osomatsu-san Film

The cast of "Osomatsu-san: Jinrui Kuzuka Keikaku!!!!!?" appeared at a first-day stage greeting on June 12 at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya in Tokyo. The live-action film, based on the anime by Fujio Akatsuka, follows the sextuplet Matsuno brothers as they confront a world that has begun praising their lazy lifestyle. Members of Ae! group-Seimei Yoshinori, Masaki Sawa, Ken Kojima, and Masaya Sano-star alongside Takuya Nishimura, Miho Watanabe, Yusuke Onuki, Naenano, and Iori Noguchi. Director Taisuke Kawamura revealed that the choreographer said the sextuplet actors could handle the most difficult dance, so he requested maximum difficulty choreography, which the cast learned in two hours. The actors described the dance as more challenging than Ae! group's own songs and said it took a full day to film, like a music video. Koji Mukai of Snow Man, who played Osomatsu in the 2022 film, appears as "Old Osomatsu" and added ad-libs that raised the cast's morale. The film was postponed by about five months before its release.