Chiaki appears in the main cast of Yusanchi! from Yu-hachi, which debuts October 5 inside Fuji TV's Nonstop! and Kansai TV's Shunkan Live Toretate!, with streaming on FOD, TVer, and Fuji TV's anime YouTube channel. Other 2026 series have separately announced Chiaki among their casts ahead of October premieres.
Chiaki's 2026 work is spread across several announced series rather than one production. In June, the anime adaptation of The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me named Chiaki among six new cast members and set an October 2026 premiere, directed by Fumihiro Yoshimura at Tezuka Productions. In July, the television anime of Heir to a Monstermancer announced Chiaki as Hakura, reprising the role from a voice drama released with the first novel volume in 2024, with Chihiro Kumano directing at Project No.9. The same month, NHK added six actors to the cast of its period drama Zenigata Heiji starring Kazuya Kamenashi, though the updates did not tie a role to this Chiaki.
August brought two more credits. The second season of A Wild Last Boss Appeared! revealed Chiaki Takahashi as Scorpius among seven new cast members, with an October premiere on Tokyo MX, BS Asahi, and Kansai TV, and streaming one week early on ABEMA and U-NEXT. A talk event for the 1998 anime serial experiments lain, closing the SEVESKIG presents "let's all love lain" screening on September 9 at Ikebukuro HUMAX Cinemas, listed writer Chiaki J. Konaka among the returning staff.
The most recent announcement, in September, places Chiaki in the main cast of Yusanchi! from Yu-hachi, an omnibus short anime adapting three Yu-hachi manga. It debuts October 5, airing within Fuji TV's Nonstop! and Kansai TV's Shunkan Live Toretate!, with streaming on FOD, TVer, and Fuji TV's anime YouTube channel after each episode. Across these stories the name Chiaki appears as a voice actor, a writer, and an actor, and only the Yusanchi! announcement identifies Chiaki directly among a main cast.
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Fanworks announced on Friday that Yusanchi! from Yu-hachi, an omnibus short anime adapting three Yu-hachi manga, will debut on October 5. It airs within Fuji TV's Nonstop! on Mondays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m., and within Kansai TV's Shunkan Live Toretate! on Mondays and Fridays at 3:30 p.m., with streaming on FOD, TVer, and Fuji TV's anime YouTube channel after each episode airs. The main cast is Chiaki, Hina Kawata, Fuka Izumi, Ryota Suzuki, Kenta Sasa, and Tomo Miyazawa.