Entertainment news magazine Variety reported on Friday that Netflix’s upcoming live-action series based on Yoshihiro Togashi’s Yu Yu Hakusho manga has cast actor Takumi Kitamura (live-action Tokyo Revengers, Let Me Eat Your Pancreas).
Togashi (Hunter X Hunter) published the original Yu Yu Hakusho manga from 1990 to 1994.
Netflix’s first production there is the live-action Yu Yu Hakusho series.
Kitamura, who is also the vocalist and guitarist for rock band DISH//, will portray the role of Yusuke Urameshi in the series.