As production on season two of Shōgun ramps up, the Emmy-winning drama is adding more actors to its cast.
Risei Kukihara, Ryô Satô, Seishiro Nishida, Mantaro Koichi and Takashi Yamaguchi have joined the ensemble for season two of the FX series, which is filming in Vancouver for a likely premiere sometime in 2027. Details of who the actors will play are being kept quiet, save for character names: Gabriel (Kukihara), Rin (Satô), Jōshin (Nishida), Saitō (Koichi) and Kanō (Yamaguchi).
Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis will reprise their roles in season two, which is set more than a decade after the events of the first season. Fumi Nikaidô, Shinnosuke Abe, Hiroto Kanai, Yoriko Dôguchi, Tommy Bastow, Yuko Miyamoto, Eita Okuno and Yuka Kouri will also return.
FX officially renewed the series in April 2025 and has subsequently cast Asami Mizukawa, Masataka Kubota, Sho Kaneta, Takaaki Enoki, Jun Kunimura and Ren Meguro.
Of the five new additions to the cast, Yamaguchi is probably best known to U.S. audiences, having appeared in Letters From Iwo Jima, Apple TV’s Pachinko and episodes of CBS’ Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and Fox’s Accused. Satô had a role in Martin Scorsese’s Silence and has a host of film and TV credits in Japan, as does Koichi. Nishida’s 2021 film Ōtsunahiki no Koi/Love and the Grand Tug-of-War won him the best producer award at the 16th Japan Film Festival Los Angeles. Shōgun will mark Kukihara’s first major role.
FX Productions is the studio for Shōgun. Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks created the series for television, based on James Clavell’s novel, and executive produce with Michaela Clavell, Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca and Sanada.
Kukihara is repped by 42 and CAA.
