The official website for Golden Kamuy: Karafuto Tsuiseki-hen (Golden Kamuy: Karafuto Pursuit Arc) — the latest live-action series based on Satoru Noda‘s manga — announced two additional cast members and a new key visual on Monday.

Newly Announced Cast

• Ayana Shiramoto as Sofia Golden Hand
• Hiroto Ōshita as Kirawus

Staff

Kenji Katagiri returns to direct alongside new director Masaaki Yoshimura. Tetsuo Kamata, known for the live-action BLUE LOCK film, joins as the new scriptwriter. Composers Yutaka Yamada and Yoshiaki Dewa are back for the music, while Hiroshi Nakagawa and Debo Akibe continue as Ainu language and cultural advisers. CREDEUS is again producing the series.

The series is set to debut on streaming platform WOWOW on January 24.

Franchise Background

The first live-action Golden Kamuy film opened in Japan in January 2024, topping the domestic box office in its opening weekend with 356,000 tickets sold and approximately 533,848,690 yen (around US$3.44 million) earned in its first three days. Netflix began streaming the film in May 2024.

The follow-up live-action series, Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-, was helmed by Katagiri, Ken Ochiai, and Yōsuke Satō alongside original film director Shigeaki Kubo. Rock group ACIDMAN performed the theme song “Kagayakerumono” (Those Who Shine). The series launched in October 2024, with Netflix adding it in February 2025.

Kento Yamazaki reprises his role as Saichi Sugimoto and Anna Yamada returns as Asirpa. Yū Inaba, Sōkō Wada, and Tetta Sugimoto joined the cast as Tokishige Usami, Toshiyuki Kadokura, and Anji Toni, respectively. Rock band 10-FEET performed the theme song “Kowarete Kieru made” (Until It Breaks and Disappears).

About the Source Manga

Noda’s Golden Kamuy manga ran in Shueisha’s Young Jump magazine from 2014 until its conclusion in April 2022, and has been adapted into four anime seasons. The anime’s final arc premiered on January 5 and will continue this winter with the climactic “Runaway Train” arc.