March Comes In Like a Lion
Overview
This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened with deep loneliness. Rei lives alone in an old town in Tokyo, but after becoming acquainted with three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, he begins to change little by little…
Cast

Kengo Kawanishi
Rei Kiriyama (voice)

Kentaro Tone
Shogi Master (voice) / Shogi Official (voice) / Student's Parent 2 (voice) / Voice from TV (voice) / Student 3 (voice) / Friend 1 (voice) / Rei's Father (voice) / Worker (voice) / Elementary School Teacher (voice) / Elderly Person (voice) / Nakamura (voice) / Yuusuke's Grandfather (voice) / Moderator (voice) / Scorekeeper (voice) / Authorized Person 1 (voice) / After School Burners Club Member (voice) / Ohta (voice) / Classmate (voice) / Old Man (voice) / PE Teacher (voice) / Reporter (voice) / Shogi Player 1 (voice) / Yuusuke's Father (voice) / Reporter A / Calligraphy Teacher (voice) / Shogi Player (voice) / Announcer (voice)

Kana Hanazawa
Hinata Kawamoto / Mike-chan (voice) / Hinata Kawamoto / Tora-chan (voice) / Hinata Kawamoto (voice)

Ai Kayano
Akari Kawamoto / Kuro-chan (voice) / Akari Kawamoto / Kuro-chan / Commuting Cat (voice) / Akari Kawamoto (voice)

Misaki Kuno
Momo Kawamoto (voice) / Momo Kawamoto / Shiro-chan (voice)

Nobuhiko Okamoto
Harunobu Nikaidou (voice)

Shigeru Chiba
Someji Kawamoto (voice)

Shinya Takahashi
Teacher (voice) / Friend 2 (voice) / Tournament Attendee (voice) / Elderly Person (voice) / Reporter (voice) / Authorized Person 2 (voice) / Kai's Father (voice) / Old Man (voice) / Shogi Association Staff Member (voice) / Shogi Player 2 (voice) / Student Council Member (voice) / Aono (voice) / Sakisaka (voice) / Authorized Person 1 (voice) / Lecturer (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki
Kai Shimada (voice)

Tomokazu Sugita
Tatsuyuki 'Smith' Misumi (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai
Takashi Hayashida (voice)

Marina Inoue
Kyouko Kouda / Ayumu Kouda (voice) / Kyouko Kouda (voice)
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Tessyo Genda
Takanori Jinguuji (voice)

Subaru Kimura
Issa Matsumoto (voice)

Daisuke Sakaguchi
Okuyasu Yokomizo (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya
Yuusuke Takahashi (voice)

Yoji Ueda
Hanaoka / Scorekeeper (voice) / Hanaoka (voice)

Chitose Morinaga
Woman 1 (voice) / Kimura (voice) / Schoolgirl (voice) / Student 2 (voice) / Clerk (voice)

Hochu Otsuka
Sakutarou Yanagihara (voice)

Yumi Uchiyama
Rei Kiriyama as a Child (voice)

Kiyono Yasuno
Takashi (voice) / Female Shogi Player (voice) / Interviewer (voice)

Hiroki Touchi
Masamune Gotou (voice)

Michiko Neya
Misaki Kawamoto (voice)

Toru Okawa
Masachika Kouda (voice)

Asuka Nishi
Ichigo (voice) / Chiho Sakura (voice)

You Taichi
Announcement (voice) / Kaneda (voice) / Grandmother (voice) / Sai Kawamoto (voice) / Cafeteria Employee (voice)

Kumiko Nakane
Moderator (voice) / Hostess (voice) / Woman 2 (voice) / Kimura's Hairdresser Lady (voice)

Sayaka Ohara
Hinata's Homeroom Teacher (voice)

Kenjiro Tsuda
Morio Shigeta (voice)

Akira Ishida
Touji Souya (voice)

Aoi Yuki
Megumi Takagi (voice)

Yuji Ueda
Eisaku Noguchi (voice)

Yu Kitada
Yamamoto (voice) / Reporter B / Convenience Store Clerk (voice) / Kiwako's Husband (voice) / Shogi Official (voice)

Chie Arikawa
Miyanogawa Clerk (voice) / Old Lady B (voice) / Relative (voice) / Old Lady (voice)

Yuko Sanpei
Harunobu Nikaidou as an Elementary School Boy / Nikaidou Household Mistress (voice) / More Stubborn Cat (voice) / Harunobu Nikaidou as an Elementary School Boy (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura
Takeshi Tsujii (voice)

Kosuke Kobayashi
Authorized Person 4 (voice) / Concierge (voice) / Authorized Person 2 (voice)

Ai Nonaka
Pawn Cat (voice) / Promoted Pawn Cat / Gold General Cat (voice) / Pawn Cat / Gold General Cat (voice)

Mutsuki Iwanaka
After School Burners Club Member (voice) / Classmate (voice) / Student (voice)

Tomisaburo Horikoshi
Kai's Grandfather (voice)

Ryota Takeuchi
Kengo Kumakura (voice)

Tadanori Date
After School Burners Club Member (voice) / Friend 3 (voice) / Authorized Person 3 (voice)

Juri Nagatsuma
Kawashima (voice) / Student 1 (voice) / Student's Parent 1 (voice)

Ryoko Shiraishi
King Cat / Silver General Cat (voice) / King Cat (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki
Kokubu (voice)

Mikako Takahashi
Mikako Kawamoto (voice)

Kana Asumi
Dragon Cat (voice) / Lance Cat / Rook Cat / Angel Cat (voice)

Yuka Iguchi
Stubborn Cat (voice) / Knight Cat / Bishop Cat / Angel Cat (voice)

Hiroshi Naka
Arimoto (voice) / Rei's Grandfather (voice)

Binbin Takaoka
Izumida (voice)

Katsuyuki Miura
Classmate (voice) / Shogi Player 3 (voice)

Shun Horie
Sho-Sci Club Member (voice) / Baseball Club Member (voice)

Hiroki Yasumoto
Junkei Yamazaki (voice)

Daisuke Ono
Gakuto Sakurai (voice)

Nozomi Nishida
Reception Attendant (voice) / Front Desk Clerk (voice)

Ryo Sugisaki
Reporter (voice)

Ryusei Nakao
Gan-chan (voice)

Satomi Arai
Megumi's Mother (voice)

Jin Yamanoi
Masachika Kouda (voice)

Izumi Takiuchi
Announcer (voice)

Yumiko Konatsu
Old Lady A (voice)

Masumi Taira
Flower Shop Lady (voice)

Yumiko Ofuku
Mrs. Kouda (voice)

Yu Kobayashi
Dog (voice)

Kazuo Oka
Shouichi Matsunaga (voice)

Mitsuo Iwata
Manabu Yasui (voice)

Ryuichi Kijima
Shogi Player (voice)

Yoshiaki Hasegawa
Shogi Player (voice)

Fukushi Ochiai
Shogi Association Staff Member (voice)

Kohei Amasaki
Classmate (voice)

Akio Otsuka
Raidou Fujimoto (voice)

Shota Yamamoto
Reporter (voice)

Maria Naganawa
Student (voice)

Ryoko Maekawa
Student (voice)
Yusuke Takashima
Student (voice)

Hiroyuki Yoshino
Subaru Hachiya (voice)

Naomi Kusumi
Principal (voice)

Atsushi Imaruoka
Vice Principal (voice)

Motomu Kiyokawa
Tohno (voice)

Koji Seki
Authorized Person 3 (voice)

Yoshimitsu Shimoyama
Komigawa (voice)

Hitoshi Bifu
Doctor (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto
Mrs. Kouda (voice)
- Country
- Japan
- Rating source
- TMDB
- Keywords
- #anime, #based on manga, #bukatsu, #bullying, #child prodigy, #coming of age, #competition, #depression, #dysfunctional family, #family, #high school, #japanese high school, #moving forward, #personal growth, #prodigy, #school life, #seinen, #shogi, #slice of life, #sports, #strategy game, #tournament















