Voice actors Jin Urayama and Chiharu Sawashiro have been cast for newly revealed roles in the upcoming The Catcher in the Ballpark! TV anime series. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan in 2025.
Urayama will play Ryuichi Igarashi (right), who is described as a veteran stadium security guard with years of experience. Sawashiro will play Takimoto (left), a new stadium security guard who likes baseball, but loathes his job and Igarashi.
They join previously announced cast members that include:
- • Fairouz Ai as Ruriko
- • Satoshi Inomata as Murata
- • Ikumi Hasegawa as Aona
- • Satoshi Tanaka as Omatsu
- • Yoji Ueda as Nakaizumi
- • Ayumi Mano as Natsuno Yamada
- • Momoko Seto as Kokoro
Junichi Kitamura (Fluffy Paradise) is directing the anime, with Shigeru Murakoshi (I Parry Everything) as series screenwriter, Fumio Ida (Yadamon, Basquash! co-character designer) as character designer, and MONACA (Protocol: Rain) as music composer. EMT Squared is in charge of the animation production.
The original sports comedy manga series by Tatsuro Suga began serialization on September 3, 2020 in Kodansha’s Morning magazine and has released 15 volumes as of November 2024.
The Catcher in the Ballpark! follows an ordinary office worker named Murata, who attends a baseball game and meets Ruriko — a gyaru beer vendor. Despite becoming her first regular customer, Ruriko acts quite cold towards Murata on a daily basis, but her innocent personality pops up whenever he’s away.
