Handlung
Im Leben des 17-jährigen Rei Kiriyama gibt es wenig außer Shogi, mit dem er als Profi auch seinen Lebensunterhalt verdient. Er hat eine eigene Wohnung, lebt alleine und hat nur wenige Leute, die er als so etwas wie Freunde oder zumindest gute Bekannte bezeichnen könnte. Engeren Kontakt hat er nur zur in der Nähe lebenden Kawamoto Familie, die aus der älteren Schwester Akari und ihren jüngeren Geschwistern Hinata und Momo sowie einer Anzahl von Katzen besteht. Die Schwestern versuchen ihn ein wenig aus der Tristesse seines Lebens zu reißen, leiden jedoch selbst wie auch Kiriyama noch unter dem Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit.
Staffeln
Hauptdarsteller
Kengo Kawanishi
Rei Kiriyama (voice)
Kentaro Tone
Moderator (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Hinata Kawamoto / Mike-chan (voice)
Ai Kayano
Akari Kawamoto / Kuro-chan (voice)
Misaki Kuno
Momo Kawamoto / Shiro-chan (voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Harunobu Nikaidou (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Someji Kawamoto (voice)
Shinya Takahashi
Tournament Attendee (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kai Shimada (voice)
Tomokazu Sugita
Tatsuyuki 'Smith' Misumi (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Takashi Hayashida (voice)
Marina Inoue
Kyouko Kouda (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Takanori Jinguuji (voice)
Subaru Kimura
Issa Matsumoto (voice)
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Okuyasu Yokomizo (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Yuusuke Takahashi (voice)
Yoji Ueda
Hanaoka (voice)
Chitose Morinaga
Kimura (voice)
Hochu Otsuka
Sakutarou Yanagihara (voice)
Yumi Uchiyama
Rei Kiriyama as a Child (voice)
Kiyono Yasuno
Takashi (voice)
Hiroki Touchi
Masamune Gotou (voice)
Michiko Neya
Misaki Kawamoto (voice)
Toru Okawa
Masachika Kouda (voice)
You Taichi
Grandmother (voice)
Asuka Nishi
Chiho Sakura (voice)
Sayaka Ohara
Hinata's Homeroom Teacher (voice)
Kumiko Nakane
Moderator (voice)
Kenjiro Tsuda
Morio Shigeta (voice)
Akira Ishida
Touji Souya (voice)
Aoi Yuki
Megumi Takagi (voice)
Yuji Ueda
Eisaku Noguchi (voice)
喜多田悠
Shogi Official (voice)
有川知江
Old Lady B (voice)
Yuko Sanpei
Harunobu Nikaidou as an Elementary School Boy (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Takeshi Tsujii (voice)
小林康介
Authorized Person 2 (voice)
Ai Nonaka
Pawn Cat (voice)
Mutsuki Iwanaka
Classmate (voice)
堀越富三郎
Kai's Grandfather (voice)
Ryota Takeuchi
Kengo Kumakura (voice)
伊達忠智
Friend 3 (voice)
Juri Nagatsuma
Kawashima (voice)
Ryoko Shiraishi
King Cat / Silver General Cat (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki
Kokubu (voice)
Mikako Takahashi
Mikako Kawamoto (voice)
Kana Asumi
Dragon Cat (voice)
Yuka Iguchi
Knight Cat / Bishop Cat / Angel Cat (voice)
Hiroshi Naka
Arimoto (voice)
Binbin Takaoka
Izumida (voice)
三浦勝之
Shogi Player 3 (voice)
Shun Horie
Sho-Sci Club Member (voice)
Hiroki Yasumoto
Junkei Yamazaki (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Gakuto Sakurai (voice)
西田望見
Front Desk Clerk (voice)
Ryo Sugisaki
Reporter (voice)
Ryusei Nakao
Gan-chan (voice)
Satomi Arai
Megumi's Mother (voice)
Jin Yamanoi
Masachika Kouda (voice)
瀧内泉
Announcer (voice)
小夏ゆみこ
Old Lady A (voice)
平ますみ
Flower Shop Lady (voice)
大福弓子
Mrs. Kouda (voice)
Yu Kobayashi
Dog (voice)
Kazuo Oka
Shouichi Matsunaga (voice)
Mitsuo Iwata
Manabu Yasui (voice)
Ryuichi Kijima
Shogi Player (voice)
長谷川芳明
Shogi Player (voice)
Fukushi Ochiai
Shogi Association Staff Member (voice)
Kohei Amasaki
Classmate (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Raidou Fujimoto (voice)
山本祥太
Reporter (voice)
Maria Naganawa
Student (voice)
前川涼子
Student (voice)
高島佑典
Student (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Subaru Hachiya (voice)
楠見尚己
Principal (voice)
伊丸岡篤
Vice Principal (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa
Tohno (voice)
Koji Seki
Authorized Person 3 (voice)
Yoshimitsu Shimoyama
Komigawa (voice)
上別府仁資
Doctor (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto
Mrs. Kouda (voice)