Live-Action Tengu no Daidokoro Season 3 Reveals More Cast, October 1 Debut – News

BS-TBS revealed a new visual, cast members, and the October 1 premiere date for the third season of the live-action series based on Ai Tanaka‘s Tengu no Daidokoro (Tengu’s Kitchen) manga on Friday.

The new cast members include Robin Furuya (top row leftmost in image above) as Jiu Atago, Hinata Hiiragi (top row center left) as Nagi Shiramine, Shūji Okui (top row center right) as Jōji Kunihiro, Yuno Nagao (top row rightmost) as Hina, Akihiro Kakuta (bottom row leftmost) as the voice of Mugi, Makiko Watanabe (bottom row center left) as Ichino Izuna, and Taizō Harada (bottom row right) as Eris Wilson.

Furuya, Kakuta, Watanabe, and Harada are reprising their roles from previous seasons.

The series will premiere on the “Mokuyō Drama 23” time slot on BS-TBS on October 1.

In the third season, On Izuna goes to New York where his parents are, Motoi Izuna stays in the tengu village, while his childhood friend Yui Atago seeks to start his own company.

The returning cast members include Kiita Komagine as Motoi Izuna, Akihisa Shiono as Yui Atago, and Keitatsu Koshiyama as On Izuna.

Kakeru Nagashima is returning as director alongside Miyuki Hatanaka, Moeka Miyazaki, and Ryōta Koyama. Yukiko Sode, Chihiro Amano, and Hiromu Kumamoto are also returning as writers. VaVa (SUMMIT, Inc.) is once again composing the music.

The first season premiered on BS-TBS and BS-TBS 4K in October 2023. The second season premiered in October 2024.

The manga centers on two brothers, On and Motoi. Both are descendants of tengu, flying goblin-like creatures in Japanese folklore, and On has only recently learned of his heritage at 14 years of age. Together, On lives with his brother, separated from normal society, with the story following their everyday lives.

Tanaka launched the manga in Kodansha‘s Afternoon magazine in September 2021. Kodansha published the manga’s sixth compiled book volume in July 2025, and will publish the seventh volume on April 23.

Tanaka’s Apple Children of Aeon (Sennen Mannen Ringo no Ko) manga ran in Kodansha‘s ITAN magazine from 2011 to 2014. Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English.

Tanaka’s King in Limbo manga ran in ITAN from 2016 to June 2018, when the magazine ceased publication. The manga moved to Kodansha‘s Comic Days app in August 2018, and ended in August 2019. Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English.

Sources: BS-TBS Drama 23’s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie