Ya Boy Kongming!

Ya Boy Kongming! is a 2022 anime series based on the manga series with the same written by Yuto Yotsuba and illustrated by Ryo Ogawa. It was serialized and published on December 31, 2019 in Kodansha's Comic Days (December 31, 2019–November 16, 2021) ,agazine and currently in Weekly Young Magazine (November 22, 2021–present) magazine.

The snime series was announced in November of 2021. It was animated by P.A. Works, directed by Shū Honma, series composition by Yōko Yonaiyama, composed by Genki Hikota, and it premiered in Japan from April 5, 2022 to June 21, 2022, consisting of 12 episodes. Sentai Filmworks licensed an produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on HIDIVE's streaming service on September 23, 2022.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

Fate and reincarnation deliver brilliant military strategist, Kongming, from warring, ancient China to Japan’s modern party hot spot in Shibuya City, Tokyo. After a lifetime of battles and military skirmishes, Kongming wished with his last breath to be reborn in a world of peace and prosperity. It’s nearly two millennia later and he’s finding his way in a very different world than that of his past life. When he meets Eiko, an amateur musician with big dreams, the unlikely duo strikes up an even unlikelier friendship. Eiko has street smarts to help Kongming navigate this strange new world, and Kongming will use his strategic mind to help Eiko achieve stardom!

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Eiko Tsukimi	Kaede Hondo	Juliet Simmons
	Eiko Tsukimi	96Neko (Singing)	not dubbed
	Zhuge Kongming	Ryōtarō Okiayu	Joe Daniels
Secondary Characters
	Kabetaijin	Shōya Chiba	Antonio Lasanta
	Nanami Kuon	Hibiku Yamamura	Teresa Zimmerman
	Nanami Kuon	Lezel (Singing)	not dubbed
	Owner Kobayashi	Jun Fukushima	David Matranga
	Ichika	Shizuka Ishigami	Annie Wild
	Futaba	Narumi Kaho	Cara Nguyen
	Steve Kido	Daichi Endō	Jovan Jackson
	Karasawa / Toshihiko Karasawa	Mitsuaki Madono	Blake Weir
Recurring Characters
	Sekitoba Kung Fu	Subaru Kimura	Orlanders Jones
	Sasaki	Yukihiro Nozuyama	Camryn Nunley
	Liu Bei	Daisuke Namikawa	Blake Jackson
	Part-Timer / BB Bartender	Eiji Miyashita	Jeremy Gee
Narration
	Narrator	Yasunori Masutani	Ian Sinclair

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Official	Hayato Kaneko	¿?	1
Partyer's	Shōgo Sakata	¿?
	Kazuki Miyagi	¿?
	Nico	¿?	1-2
	Yuki Kuri	¿?
	Konami Ota	¿?
Mia Iriomote	Yū Kobayashi	Rachael Messer	2
Lu Xun	Hayato Kaneko	Jeremy Gee
Mia's Manager	Masaaki Mizunaka	Brandon Hearnsberger
Radio DJ	Takumi Fujita	¿?
MC (Z2O)	Kazuki Miyagi	¿?
MC (WAAARP)	Shōgo Sakata	¿?
Masa	Shōgo Sakata	Benjamin McLaughlin	3
Taku	Makoto Kaneko	Ronson Hawkins
Cosplayer	Sayumi Suzushiro	¿?
Staff Member	Hayato Kaneko	¿?
Guests	Kazuki Miyagi	¿?
Guests	Riho Sugiyama	¿?
Ryo	Kenji Akabane	Jack Stansbury	3-4
Tsuyoshi Kondō	Hōchū Ōtsuka	Josh Morrison	4
Partyer's	Shūhei Iwase	¿?
	Saima Nakano	¿?
	Chikako Sugimura	¿?
	Daisuke Takahashi	¿?
Kondō's Secretary	Rina Satō	Molly Searcy	4-5
Rapper	Kazuki Miyagi	¿?	5
Boyfrind	Chado Horii	¿?
Girlfriend	Misono Suzuki	¿?
Sekitoba Kung Fu Fan	Shōgo Sakata	Labraska Washington
MC	Hayato Kaneko	¿?
Schoolboy	Shōgo Sakata	¿?	6
Schoolgirls	Saima Nakano	¿?
Schoolgirls	Chikako Sugimura	¿?
Audience Members	Kazuki Miyagi	¿?	6, 11
Audience Members	Hayato Kaneko	¿?	6, 11-12
Middle School Students	Kenya Hatsumura	¿?	7
Officer	Megumi Sano	¿?	7
Sato	Kazuki Miyagi	Clint Bickham	7-8
Middle School Students	Shōgo Sakata	¿?
Middle School Students	Hayato Kaneko	¿?
Schoolgirls	Hikari Kubota	¿?	8
Schoolgirls	Sena Koizumi	¿?
Public Bath Visitors	Kenya Hatsumura	¿?
Public Bath Visitors	Saeko Akiho	¿?
Tourist	Mari Uchiyama	¿?	9
Kabe's Rap Buddies	Kazuki Miyagi	¿?	9-10
	Hayato Kaneko	¿?	9-10
	Shōgo Sakata	¿?	10
Passerby's	Saima Nakano	¿?
Passerby's	Chikako Sugimura	¿?
Rap Battle Host	DJ KOO	¿?
Kongming's Spy	Natsuki Hanae	Gabriel Regojo	11
Audience Member	Shōgo Sakata	¿?	11
Kobori	Yūki Shin	James Marler	11-12
Crew Cut Chorīzu	Shunichi Maki	Clint Bickham
Twintailed Azaelea Fan	Hina Kino	Chaney Moore
Audience Members	Kazuki Miyagi	¿?
	Hayato Kaneko	¿?
	Shūhei Iwase	¿?
	Saima Nakano	¿?
	Chikako Sugimura	¿?
Manager	Kazuki Miyagi	¿?	12
Staff Member	Shōgo Sakata	¿?	12

Additional Voices[]

Multimedia[]

Clips[]

Ya Boy Kongming! Official DUBCAST Clip

Note(s)[]

This is Jack Whelan's second anime role.

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date	Category	Format	Classification	Content		Country
	September 23, 2022	Anime	Digital	TV-14	Season 1	12 Eps.	United States

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
	2023		The Complete Series	A DVB-T	United States
	2023		2 Discs	A DVB-T	United States

References[]

External Links[]

Ya Boy Kongming! at the Internet Movie Database.
Ya Boy Kongming! (anime) on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.
Ya Boy Kongming! on Behind The Voice Actors.

[1] HIDIVE Reveals English Dub Cast for Ya Boy Kongming! Anime

[2] Ya Boy Kongming! English Dub Takes the HIDIVE Stage on September 23!

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