Voice actor Shoya Ishige has been announced as the latest voice cast member addition for the ongoing The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom TV anime series. The anime began broadcasting in Japan on October 3, 2026.
Ishige will voice the character Johann, who is a knight from a noble house and will appear in the show’s third episode. He has previously voiced Leonardo El Vandimion in May I Ask for One Final Thing?
He joins a voice cast that stars:
- • Kengo Takanashi as Insomniac
- • Makoto Tanigawa as Fraternity
- • Haruki Ishiya as Feverish
- • Satoshi Inomata as Chilly
- • Kiyoto Mizuno as Beast Tamer
- • Taishi Murata as Swordsman
- • Reiji Kawashima as Hungry
- • Akeno Watanabe as Baribara
- • Sho Hayami as Narrator
- • Mitsuki Saiga as Zoe
- • Natsuki Hanae as Justice
- • Miyuri Shimabukuro as Colette
Kiyoko Sayama (Vampire Knight) is directing the anime series, with Shinzo Fujita (To Your Eternity) as series composer and Yuriko Maeda as character designer. J.C.STAFF is handling the animation production.
The historical fantasy manga series by Nana Iwamoto began serialization in Shogakukan’s josei Monthly Flowers magazine on September 28, 2016. Eleven tankobon volumes have been released in Japan as of June 2026. VIZ Media licensed the manga for English release earlier this month.
The series placed first in the This Manga is Amazing! 2018 ranking’s female category. It is known in Japanese as Marronnier Oukuni no Shichinin no Kishi.
Prime Video is streaming The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom anime worldwide and describes the synopsis as:
At the heart of a continent of eight kingdoms lies the Marronnier Kingdom. Its general, Baribara, has seven sons, each with a unique gift and serving as a knight commander. Bound by a single noble cause of heroically rescuing a princess someday, the brothers set out as goodwill ambassadors to the seven neighboring kingdoms. What encounters, trials, and destinies await them in these unknown lands?
Sources: The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom Official X/Twitter, official anime website, Anime News Network
