Kindergarten Wars Anime Casts Tetsu Inada as Gordon
The casting of Tetsu Inada, a veteran voice actor known for roles in series like Always a Catch!, adds a prominent name to a cast already stacked with recognizable talent for an adaptation that has drawn attention for its action-comedy premise and the manga's substantial readership.
Key Facts
- Tetsu Inada will voice Gordon, the vice-principal and school nurse at Kindergarten Noir, in the Kindergarten Wars anime.
- The anime is set to premiere in Japan in spring 2027.
- The cast includes Atsumi Tanezaki as Rita, Kentaro Kumagai as Doug, Hitomi Ohwada as Hana, Satoshi Hino as Luke, and Mariya Ise as Silvia.
- The manga has over 2 million copies in circulation and entered its final arc in March 2025.
- A spinoff manga focused on the character Luke launched in November 2024.
Reporting from 4 sources: Anime News Network, Crunchyroll News, Anime Trending, The Fandom Post.
The staff for the television anime adaptation of Yu Chiba's Kindergarten Wars manga announced on Thursday that Tetsu Inada will voice the character Gordon, the vice-principal and school nurse at the school. The anime is set to premiere in Japan in spring 2027. Inada joins a previously announced cast that includes Atsumi Tanezaki as Rita, Kentaro Kumagai as Doug, Hitomi Ohwada as Hana, Satoshi Hino as Luke, and Mariya Ise as Silvia. Shinsuke Gomi is directing the anime at Sunrise and Felix Film, with Junko Yamanaka designing the characters. The manga launched on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ app and website in September 2022 and has 17 compiled volumes in Japan as of April 2026. Yen Press publishes the series in English physically and digitally, while Shueisha's MANGA Plus platform offers digital chapters. The manga entered its final arc in March 2025 and has over 2 million copies in circulation. A spinoff manga focused on the character Luke launched in November 2024.
Inada, known for roles including Kaoru Kogori in The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt and Maria's Father in Always a Catch!, plays Gordon, the vice-principal and school nurse at Kindergarten Noir. According to Crunchyroll News, Gordon is a former soldier who "abhors violence and is the most caring member of the school."
Director Shinsuke Gomi previously worked as an episode director on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Secrets of the Silent Witch. Character designer Junko Yamanaka previously worked on Kamisama Kiss, Servamp, and Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life. The anime adaptation was first announced in October 2025.
The manga, which launched on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ app in September 2022, received an honorable mention at the 3rd LINE Manga Taisho. Creator Yu Chiba's previous work was the 2018 series Dricam, which ran for 103 chapters. The spinoff manga Kindergarten WARS -LUKE- is a 180-page story focused on the character Luke.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Kindergarten Wars Anime Casts Tetsu Inada
- Crunchyroll News Kindergarten Wars Anime Casts Tetsu Inada as Gordon
- Anime Trending Kindergarten Wars TV Anime Adds Tetsu Inada to Voice Cast
- The Fandom Post Tetsu Inada Joins The ‘Kindergarten Wars’ Anime