Tsuchiya plays Masachika Jingū in the August 2 drama
The official Twitter account for the live-action film adaptation of Masamitsu Nigatsu's manga Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards (Akabane Honeko no Bodyguard) revealed on Sunday that Tao Tsuchiya will join the film's cast as Masachika Jingū.
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Raul (member of idol group Snowman) will play the main character Arakuni Ibuki.
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Other cast members include:
Natsuki Deguchi as Akabane Honeko
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Daiken Okudaira as Sumihiko Somejima
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Hikaru hashi as Nei Togeya
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The film will open in Japan on August 2. Junichi Ishikawa (live-action Princess Jellyfish series, Fragile, Innai Keisatsu) will direct the film and Hiroyuki Yatsu will write the script.
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Kodansha's K MANGA service is publishing the manga in English and describes the story:
They have only one goal – kill Honeko Akabane! One day, Arakuni Ibuki learns that his childhood friend, Honeko Akabane, is being targeted by assassins! They are both in grades 3-4 at Sosoji High School, and Ibuki is ordered to protect Akabane for a year. His goal is to ensure that she graduates safely, but he must do so without her realizing. And so his secret life as a school bodyguard begins! However, it seems there are more secrets in”Class 3-4″…?! This is the beginning of a new and exciting school action comedy!!
Nigatsu launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in September 2022. Kodansha published the manga's seventh compilation volume on February 16.
Source: Live-action Honeko Akabane's Bodyguard Twitter account, Natalie Comics