The official website for the live-action television series based on Akiko Higashimura’s Princess Jellyfish manga announced on Monday that Asuka Kudō is playing the character Shū Koibuchi.
The manga inspired a 2010 television anime series that Funimation released in North America and a 2014 live-action film.
Shū is Kuranosuke’s brother with a past trauma regarding women, and an assistant to their politician father.
Kyōko Yoshine plays protagonist Tsukimi Kurashita, while Koji Seto plays the lead male character Kuranosuke Koibuchi.