The author first saw Kubota acting in a CM for the 2011 film We Can’t Change the World.
Kubota is best known for his portrayal as Light Yagami in the Death Note TV drama aired last summer, and Shimizu played Yuki Jojima, the main heroin in Kamen Rider Fourze, the 13th Heisei Kamen Rider TV series aired from September 2011 to August 2012.
As reported yesterday, Kubota is the one whom the manga’s original author Ishida has wanted to play the character for a long time.