Sōjirō & Aoshi Roles Been Cast for Rurouni Kenshin Sequel/s

There is much anticipation for the upcoming RUROUNI KENSHIN Sequel "Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc" The role of the main villain Shishio has already been named (we reported some time ago that it was gonna be Tatsuya Fujiwara), now fans are asking: who will portray the characters Aoshi Shinomori And Sōjirō Seta? Now we have an answer; Ryunosuke Kamiki will play Sōjirō Seta, the right-hand man of the former government assassin Shishio. While Yusuke Iseya will play Aoshi Shinomori, the head of the Oniwabanshū ninja. [hit the jump to continue]

The September issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine has announced the casting news.

Kamiki played Markl in Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle film, as well as various roles in other Studio Ghibli films. Kamiki also played Kyū in the live-action adaptation of Tadashi Agi and Fumiya Satō's Tantei Gakuen Q manga. Iseya played Shinobu Morita in the live-action adaptation of Chika Umino's Honey & Clover manga. More recently, he was cast as Tōru Rikiishi, the rival of the title character in the live-action film of Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba's classic boxing manga Ashita no Joe.

The sequels will see the return of Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura and Keishi Ōtomo in the director's chair. Filming is currently underway for the back-to-back shoot with both films set for release 2014.