Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods Anime Casts Yūichirō Umehara as Saiga Harima
Kadokawa released a new trailer for the upcoming anime adaptation of Enju’s Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods (Kami no Niwatsuki Kusunoki-tei) light novel series, confirming that Yūichirō Umehara is joining the cast as Saiga Harima. In Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods, Saiga Harima is an honest and calm modern-day exorcist.
Shōgo Sakata will star as Minato Kusunoki alongside Shinshū Fuji as Yamagami in the Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods anime, which premieres in 2026.
Additional cast members include:
- Minako Kotobuki as Torika
- Shinnosuke Tokudome as Seri
- Makoto Koichi as Utsugi
Enju Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods novel launched on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in April 2021, followed by its serialization on Kakuyomu in December of the same year. The third volume of the light novel series releases on November 11.
What’s more, Akira Anzai launched the manga adaptation on Kadokawa’s ComicWalker website in November 2021. Kadokawa published the manga’s first compiled book volume in August 2022, and the fourth volume on December 26, 2024.
Lastly, Yen Press publishes the light novels in English and describes it as follows:
Deep in the countryside, Minato Kusunoki is left in charge of a terrifying house overflowing with evil spirits—or at least it was, until his extraordinary ability cleared them all out!
Instead, a procession of unique and peculiar gods is drawn to the comfort of the purified Kusunoki residence, and Minato spends his days relaxing in the company of his spiritual neighbors. What else lies in store for Minato as he lives peacefully surrounded by gods?
