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Yumiri Hanamori
Hanamori voices the protagonist and all four souls in UN:Me, the Shueisha Games soul triage adventure now set for a 2027 release, and she joined the cast of Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2 Part 2 as Cyber Demon Lord Giga ahead of its October 11 premiere. She stepped down from the role of Hitomi Koshigaya in Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc., recast for its second season.
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Yumiri Hanamori's 2026 slate is shaped by two casting decisions moving in opposite directions. She stepped down from Hitomi Koshigaya in Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc., and the second season recast the role with Mariko Higashiuchi when it premiered July 4 on NTV. In the same stretch she took on two new parts: Hana Ichinose in the Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games anime, which premiered July 7, and Cyber Demon Lord Giga in Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2 Part 2, announced with four other cast members ahead of an October 11 premiere on MBS, TBS, and 26 other channels.
Her largest role is in UN:Me, the soul triage adventure from developer Historia and publisher Shueisha Games. She voices the protagonist, a girl carrying four souls, and plays all four souls. The production recorded each soul on separate days rather than switching between them in one session. The role shaped the schedule: the team added motion capture after her performance, and Shueisha Games pushed the game from 2026 to 2027 for more quality work. A trial version with her recorded voice was playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, where producer Taiichi Kawai, planner and scenario writer Takuya Yamanaka, and director Shun Sasaki discussed the project. The game is set for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC at an undecided price.
Elsewhere she sang insert songs as Oniyasha in The World Is Dancing, the Noh theater historical drama that premiered July 2 on Tokyo MX and KBS Kyoto and added Yoji Matsuda and Miyuki Sawashiro to its cast.
Key facts
- Role in Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2
- Stepped down as Hitomi Koshigaya, recast with Mariko Higashiuchi ↗
- Role in Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games
- Hana Ichinose ↗
- Role in Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2 Part 2
- Cyber Demon Lord Giga ↗
- Role in UN:Me
- Protagonist; voices all four souls ↗
- UN:Me release window
- 2027, moved from 2026; motion capture added after her performance ↗
- UN:Me platforms
- PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC at an undecided price ↗
- Role in The World Is Dancing
- Oniyasha, including vocal insert songs ↗
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- voices all four souls · 2026-10-03
- Announced
- stepped down from role of Hitomi Koshigaya · 2026-05-26
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- Confirmed Yumiri Hanamori voices Mission: Yozakura Family Oct 4 · source
- Confirmed stepped down from role of Hitomi Koshigaya May 26 · source
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Oct 5
UN:Me, a soul triage adventure game, is set for release in 2027. Historia Inc. is developing it and Shueisha Games is publishing. An interview tied to Tokyo Game Show 2026 features general producer Taiichi Kawai, Historia director Shun Sasaki, planner and scenario writer Takuya Yamanaka, and Yumiri Hanamori, who plays the protagonist. The protagonist is a girl who holds four souls, and players decide which one remains last.
Oct 4
The staff for the Mission: Yozakura Family anime released a new promotional video on Friday naming five cast members: Hochu Otsuka as Alexandryu, Miku Ito as Shura, Yumiri Hanamori as Cyber Demon Lord Giga, Sumire Uesaka as Dr. Mozu, and Naomi Shindoh as Hulang. The video also introduced the character Kosmos Akizakura without naming a voice actor. Part 2 premieres October 11 on MBS, TBS, and 26 other channels.
Oct 3
Shueisha Games will release UN:Me, a soul triage adventure for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC, in 2027 at an undecided price. The game follows a girl carrying four souls, labeled I through IV, each claiming to be the body's true owner. Players explore her unstable inner world, gather clues, talk with each soul, then erase souls one by one and choose who remains. Historia, the studio behind the Caligula series, handles planning and development. Yumiri Hanamori voices all four souls, a role that led the team to record each soul on separate days rather than switch between them in one session. Producer Taiichi Kawai, planner and scenario writer Takuya Yamanaka, and director Shun Sasaki discussed the project at Tokyo Game Show 2026. The team also pushed the release from an earlier date to 2027 and added motion capture after Hanamori's performance.
Sep 17
Shueisha Games has moved UN:Me from 2026 to 2027, saying the adventure game needs more quality work. The studio also named Yumiri Hanamori as the protagonist's voice, and detailed the four souls inside the girl, including the laid-back Soul II and the aggressive Soul IV. A trial version with Hanamori's recorded voice will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Jun 19
The television anime adaptation of Eri Ejima's manga Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games revealed four additional cast members and a main promotional video on Friday. Yumiri Hanamori joins as Hana Ichinose, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Gekido, Yohei Azakami as Cafe Au Lait, and Taku Yashiro as Seshiro. The trailer previews both the opening theme song "Inochi Mijikashi Tai Suru Otome yo!" by rock band Hanabie and the ending theme song "New Game" by halca. The anime is set to premiere on July 7 across AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, BS NTV, and Nagasaki Broadcasting Company channels. Shota Ihata is directing the series at studio Diomedéa, with Wataru Watari handling series scripts, Mayuko Matsumoto designing characters, and Kana Hashiguchi composing the music. The previously announced main cast includes Ikumi Hasegawa as Aya Mitsuki, Kana Ichinose as Mio Yorue, Sayaka Senbongi as Yu Inui, Shino Shimoji as Tamaki Ichinose, and Maria Naganawa as Arisa Fujimiya. Real-life fighting game player and commentator Aru voices the in-story commentator Flamberge. The anime was delayed from its originally planned 2025 debut.
Jun 5
The staff of the television anime adaptation of Kazuto Mihara's manga The World Is Dancing released a music trailer and announced two new cast members on Friday. Veteran voice actor Yoji Matsuda, known for his role as Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke, joins the cast as Inuo, a mysterious man who appears and disappears while influencing the protagonist Oniyasha. Matsuda stated that this is his first regular role in a serialized TV anime. Miyuki Sawashiro, whose credits include Fujiko Mine in Lupin the Third and Kurapika in Hunter x Hunter (2011), voices Shirabyoshi, a woman struggling to survive in difficult circumstances. The trailer also previews vocal insert songs performed by Yumiri Hanamori as Oniyasha and Romi Park as Zojiro. The anime is set to premiere on July 2 on Tokyo MX and KBS Kyoto in Japan, with additional broadcasts on other networks starting July 3. Toshimasa Kuroyanagi directs the series at Cygames Pictures, with character designs by Keigo Sasaki. The story follows a boy named Oniyasha born into a family of sarugaku theater performers in 1374, who would later shape the art of Noh and be remembered as Zeami.
May 26
The official website for the Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. anime released the first promotional video for its second season on May 26, 2026, announcing a July 4 premiere on NTV in Japan. The video previews the ending theme song "BooooM!!!" performed by VTuber Marine Houshou. Two new cast members were revealed: Sayumi Watanabe joins as Iroha Akasaka, and Mariko Higashiuchi takes over the role of Hitomi Koshigaya, replacing Yumiri Hanamori, who stepped down. The season introduces several new staff members, including assistant director Hiroyasu Oda, sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami, and art director Shun Yoshii. Toshinori Fukushima directs the season at J.C.Staff, replacing first-season director Masahiro Hiraoka. Michiko Yokote handles series composition and scripts, while Masahiro Fujii returns as character designer and Makoto Miyazaki returns as composer. The first season aired from October to December 2024, and the manga by Sekka Iwata and Yu Aoki concluded in July 2025 with 160 chapters.