Rina Kawaguchi is cast in Magic Girl Inshu Village as Shi Yakushido, a game slated for 2026 on Nintendo Switch and PC, and in three anime: Shozen (April 2027), Seven Sleeping Beauties (2027), and a seventh-episode role in From Overshadowed to Overpowered.
Rina Kawaguchi's recent credits span four announced projects, all confirmed between July and September 2026. The earliest of these, a July 7 announcement, places her as Eliza in the Seven Sleeping Beauties television anime, set for a 2027 debut. The series is produced by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ SMASH, with Mankyu directing and Keiichiro Ochi handling series composition. On August 5, the Shozen anime revealed its first trailer and an April 2027 premiere, with Kawaguchi voicing the title character, Shozen, alongside Hiroshi Kamiya as Dozen. Itsuro Kawasaki directs at Dangan Pictures and Cannon Code. A day later, on August 6, the From Overshadowed to Overpowered anime added Kawaguchi to its cast for a character appearing in the seventh episode, joining Shinichirō Kamio and Hiroki Takahashi. The series premiered in Japan on June 25 and streams on Crunchyroll.
Most recently, on September 4, Acacia announced Kawaguchi as Shi Yakushido in Magic Girl Inshu Village, a magic girl and superstition suspense novel game for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam, set for 2026. Across these roles, Kawaguchi moves between lead and supporting parts: she is the named title character in Shozen, one of seven princesses in Seven Sleeping Beauties, and a late-arc addition in From Overshadowed to Overpowered. The game role is her only confirmed non-anime credit in this set. No further casting or production updates for these projects have been reported.
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On September 4, Acacia announced that Rinna Kawaguchi will voice Shi Yakushido in Magic Girl Inshu Village, a magic girl and superstition suspense novel game for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam, set for 2026. Kawaguchi is known for roles like Luka Ikaruga in THE iDOLM@STER Shiny Colors and Niko Wakatsuki in Witch Watch.
The staff for the From Overshadowed to Overpowered anime revealed three new cast members for characters appearing in the seventh episode. Shinichirō Kamio, Rina Kawaguchi, and Hiroki Takahashi join the cast. The anime premiered in Japan on June 25 and streams on Crunchyroll.
The television anime adaptation of Jiang Jia Meizi's Chinese manhua Shang Shan, titled Shozen, received its first promotional video on Wednesday, confirming an April 2027 premiere. The series will air in the B8station programming block on Fuji TV and other venues. The story follows the wandering Taoist priest Dozen, who meets a young girl raised by supernatural creatures. He names her Shozen and takes her on as his disciple, teaching her about human emotion and love. The cast includes Rina Kawaguchi as Shozen, Hiroshi Kamiya as Dozen, Daisuke Sakuma as Ryojin, Aoi Yuki as Kensei, and Ayumu Murase as Chiro. Itsuro Kawasaki directs and writes the scripts at Dangan Pictures and Cannon Code, with Eri Osada handling character designs and Takuro Iga composing the music. Alongside the trailer, Micro Magazine's RaiComi website began releasing the manhua's Japanese version, starting with the first twenty chapters on Wednesday. The original series continues to run on bilibili Manga.
Fiok Lee's fantasy romantic comedy manga Seven Sleeping Beauties (Shichinin no Nemuri-hime) is receiving a television anime adaptation scheduled for a 2027 debut. The announcement was made on July 7, 2026, via a new website that also released an ultra teaser visual and a commemorative illustration by Lee. The anime will be produced by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ SMASH, with Mankyu directing. Keiichiro Ochi is handling series composition and scripts, and Masaru Koseki is designing the characters. The main cast features seven voice actresses portraying the sleeping princesses: Aya Yamane as Flora, Yoshino Aoyama as Kiara, Miku Itō as Claire, Ayasa Itō as Mia, Kana Ichinose as Charlotte, Fūka Izumi as Yūka, and Rina Kawaguchi as Eliza. The story follows Alec, the third prince of the Kingdom of Rudbeckia, who travels to the small kingdom of Amaryllis after a witch's curse puts its people to sleep. He must awaken the seven princesses with a kiss, but when they all wake up, the rest of the kingdom remains asleep, forcing the prince and princesses to live together while searching for a way to break the curse. The manga began serialization in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine in March 2023, and its 12th compiled volume is set for release on July 16, 2026.