The live-action film Tonari no Trans Shōjo-chan, based on the manga by Tora-sho, has been confirmed for a nationwide Japanese release beginning Saturday, November 7, 2026, starting at Shinjuku K’s Cinema in Tokyo before rolling out to other venues across the country. A new poster visual has also been unveiled alongside the announcement.
Story
The film adapts the short story “Mirai kara Kita Trans-chan” (“The Trans Girl Who Came from the Future”), one entry in a short-story collection depicting the everyday lives of transgender people. Set in the old downtown neighborhoods of Osaka, the story follows Yuta, a second-year middle school student living with his single mother, who begins to feel a growing sense of difference from those around him as adolescence sharpens the physical and psychological boundaries of gender. When a version of himself from the future — Yuka — appears, their conversations push Yuta to explore what it means to live as himself. The film portrays emotions too complex for a simple male/female binary and inner conflicts that resist easy labels, all filtered through a comedic lens.
Staff
Shoji Tsuyoshi serves as screenwriter, director, and producer. The full crew is as follows:
- Original work: Tora-sho, Tonari no Trans Shōjo-chan — story “Mirai kara Kita Trans-chan” (Zaiya-sha)
- Screenplay / Director / Producer: Shoji Tsuyoshi
- Music: Watanabe Takashi
- Cinematography: Kanda So
- Lighting: Maruyama Kazushi
- Sound Recording: Omachi Hibiki
- Sound Design: Sasai Kota
- Art Direction: Aoki Taishi, Yamamoto Shiori
- Editing / VFX: Shoji Tsuyoshi
- Hair & Make-up: Tanaka Miho
- Stylist: Goto Anri (DEXI)
- Assistant Director: Koike Takumi
- Line Producer: Urabe Naoki
- Logo Design / Publicity Art: Azuma Kahori
- Associate Producers: Zaiya-sha, Akaruku, Out Japan, Arikawa Rie
- Production Cooperation: Office UR
- Production: Minomushi Film
- Distribution: Mikata Entertainment
Cast
- Nakagawa Miyu — Yuka (the future self; Nakagawa is herself a transgender woman)
- Takahashi Sota — Yuta, a second-year middle school student living with his single mother
- Haruna Ai — Yuta’s mother
- Takeuchi Daiki, Terayama Takeshi, Ishizaka Hiroshi, Kuruhi Yuki, Tanaka Yura, Mizuno Ashura, Ishizuka Yu (voice)
Comments
Tora-sho (Original Author)
I love stories that help people face forward. I love people who struggle to keep moving ahead. Yuta and Yuka from the future are exactly those kinds of people. The film is set in the old downtown of Osaka — my hometown. The shopping street in the film is one I walked as a boy, spilling the water I was trying so hard to carry. I once hated that past self for being foolish. But I kept walking, time passed, and I found myself living as a woman, meeting wonderful people, and somehow my manga became a film. I’m still carrying that full cup of water, sloshing as ever. So now I can say: “Well, that’s just how it goes.” I hope everyone who watches this film can relax their shoulders a little and laugh.
Shoji Tsuyoshi (Director)
I’ve never been very comfortable with coming-of-age films, because I rarely see myself in them. During adolescence, LGBTQ+ kids are forced to confront themselves before they ever get to experience the “normal” teenage milestones of clubs and romance — asking why they’re different from their parents and friends, wondering if something is wrong with them, painfully feeling their way toward a place in society. In a blunt sense, that struggle is what “youth” means for sexual minorities. I made this film to reach the middle-schooler I once was. I’m deeply grateful to Tora-sho for the beautiful source material, and to Nakagawa Miyu for performing with such careful introspection. It’s a comedy, so please come and enjoy it.
Nakagawa Miyu (as Yuka)
Have you ever wanted to go back to the past? I have, many times — wishing I’d acted sooner, or studied harder. But I think there’s real meaning in carving out your own future yourself. Who I am today exists because of everything that came before. Playing this character, who keeps moving forward despite doubt and conflict, gave me a great deal of courage. I hope this film lets a little light into the futures of everyone who watches it. It has laughter and tears — please give it your support!
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