The official website for the live-action film of Wataru Yoshizumi’s Marmalade Boy manga announced on Thursday that EXILE member and FANTASTICS leader Taiki Satō will play Ginta Suō.
In addition to the television anime adaptation, the manga inspired a 1995 anime film and a 2001 live-action Taiwanese television series.
The North American publisher Tokyopop released the classic romance manga and its 1994-1995 anime adaptation in English.
Ginta is Yū and Miki’s classmate, a tennis ace who has feelings for Miki.