The official website for the upcoming live-action series adaptation of Fumiya Sato and Seimaru Amagi’s detective manga The Kindaichi Case Files is the fifth actor to play the titular detective Hajime Kindaichi, and this will be his first solo starring role in a live-action series.
The manga inspired other spinoff manga, anime movies, original video anime (OVA) projects, and a television anime series.
The Kindaichi Case Files manga centers around a high school boy named Hajime Kindaichi who usually seems dull.
Kamishiraishi previously appeared in a different role in the Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo N (neo) live-action series, which aired in 2014.