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Live-Action Romantic Killer Film Casts Shō Yonashiro as Mysterious Soldier

The official website for the live-action film of Wataru Momose's Romantic Killer manga began streaming a promotional video for the film on Friday. The video reveals that JO1 boy band member Shō Yonashiro is joining the film's cast as a "mysterious soldier" who becomes one of the men with a romantic destiny related to Anzu. Yonashiro's role has him speaking a foreign language, with no lines in Japanese.

The film stars Moka Kamishiraishi as protagonist Anzu Hoshino. Naniwa Danshi idol group member Kyōhei Takahashi plays the handsome and mysterious high schooler Tsukasa Kazuki. INI idol group member Masaya Kimura plays Junta Hayami, a high school baseball ace and Anzu's childhood friend. FANTASTICS idol group member Sōta Nakajima plays Hijiri Koganei, a privileged prince of a distant country.

Naniwa Danshi, INI, and FANTASTICS are all contributing new theme songs created specifically for the film.

Tsutomu Hanabusa (live-action Kakegurui, Tokyo Revengers, 3D Kanojo Real Girl, Mr. Osomatsu) is directing the film off a script by Junpei Yamaoka (Delicious Party♡Precure, Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure episode scripts).

The manga previously inspired an anime series that debuted on Netflix in October 2022. Netflix describes the anime:

Anzu Hoshino is a "non-heroine type" high school girl who pays no attention to fashion or romance and spends every day playing video games. When the wizard Riri suddenly appears, Anzu is forced to participate in the Magical World's project to stop population decline. This romantic comedy depicts what happens when Anzu goes from living a life immersed in her three favorite things — video games, chocolate, and cats — to being surrounded by handsome guys. Anzu is steadfast in her claim that she never wanted to live in a dating simulation game. She meets a handsome guy who is so popular it hurts, a clean-cut and athletic childhood friend, and a beautiful rich young guy who is naive about the outside world. By meeting Anzu, they all begin to change gradually.

Momose launched the manga in Shonen Jump+ in July 2019, and ended it in June 2020. Shueisha published the fourth and final compiled book volume in September 2020. Viz Media released the manga in English, and published the manga's fourth volume in English in July 2023.

Momose launched the Me and My Gangster Neighbour (Boku to Jingi Naki Ojisan) manga on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service in December 2022, and ended it in October 2023. Shueisha published the manga's fourth and final compiled book volume in November 2023. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service publishes the manga in English digitally.

Momose recently launched the My Marriage to Saneka (Saneka no Yomeiri) manga on Shonen Jump+ on January 21. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service publishes the manga in English digitally.

Sources: Romantic Killer live-action film's website, Comic Natalie