‘Shōgun’ Season 2 Adds Five to Cast

FX is filling out the cast of “Shōgun,” with Risei Kukihara, Ryô Satô, Seishiro Nishida, Mantaro Koichi and Takashi Yamaguchi joining Season 2 of the historical drama series

Kukihara as will play Gabriel; Satô (“Silence”) will play Rin; Nishida (“Tobu ga Gotoku”) will play Jōshin; Koichi (“Emergency Room 24 Hours”) will play Saitō; and Yamaguchi (“Letters from Iwo Jima,” “Pachinko,” “Accused”) will play Kanō. They join previously announced cast members Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Fumi Nikaidô, Ren Meguro, Asami Mizukawa, Shinnosuke Abe, Hiroto Kanai, Masataka Kubota, Sho Kaneta, Yûko Miyamoto, Yuka Kouri, Tommy Bastow, Jun Kunimura, Yoriko Dôguchi, Eita Okuno and Takaaki Enoki.

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Kukihara, whose casting in “Shōgun” marks his first role in a major production, is repped by 42 and CAA. Casting for Season 2 has been led by Kei Kawamura and Laura Schiff, who won an Emmy for drama casting after Season 1.

FX has not yet divulged specific details about the new characters, or about the plot of Season 2 besides that it is “set over a decade after the events of the first season and continues the historically-inspired saga of these two men from different worlds [Yoshii Toranaga and John Blackthorne, played by Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis] whose fates are inextricably entwined.”

“Shōgun” is adapted from the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell. Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks created the series and serve as showrunners. Executive producers include Kondo and Marks alongside Michaela Clavell, Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca and Sanada. FX Productions is the studio.