Two more new cast members have been announced for the upcoming Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota TV anime series. The series is scheduled to premiere in Japan on October 4, 2025.
The two new cast members play the respective older siblings of the main characters, and include Shiori Mikami as Oota’s sister and Daisuke Kishio as Kashiwada’s brother.
They join a main voice cast that stars:
- • Akane Fujita as Kashiwada-san
- • Kyohei Natsume as Oota-kun
- • Yuya Hirose as Tadokoro-kun
- • Sohei Horikane as Sata-kun
- • Yumiri Hanamori as Tabuchi-san
- • Mayu Mineda as Odajima-san
Tomohiro Kamitani (Mix: Meisei Story Season 2) is directing the anime series, with Michiko Yokote (Call of the Night) as series screenwriter and Naoto Nakamura (DATE A LIVE IV and V) as character designer and chief animation director. STUDIO POLON is in charge of the animation production.
The anime is based on the romantic comedy manga by Fuyu Azuma, which was serialized in KADOKAWA’s Dragon Comics Edge from June 22, 2018 to June 9, 2023. Ten tankobon volumes were released in total. BookWalker Global and MangaPlaza have both released the manga in English digitally.
A new spinoff manga by Azuma was also released on October 13, 2023 and has published two tankobon volumes as of April 2025.
Crunchyroll will stream the Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota worldwide, and describes the main synopsis as:
Kashiwada-san’s face is a masterpiece of stoicism. Her classmate Oota-kun? A walking explosion of emotions determined to crack her calm with over-the-top antics. (Spoiler: It’s not working.) But between his failed surprises and her secret smiles, these polar-opposite classmates might just be into each other! Witness a rom-com where love speaks louder than expressions.
Sources: Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota Official Twitter (2), Official Anime Website, Anime News Network
