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Onihei

Onihei

20177.81 Season13 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The historical novel series depicts Heizou Hasegawa, who metes justice on wrongdoers and supervises the crackdown on arsonists and robbers in Japan's Edo period (1603-1868).

Created by Shotaro Ikenami
Written by Shotaro Ikenami
Produced by Ryota Hasegawa, Ayaka Sugiura, Masao Maruyama
NetworksTV Tokyo

Top Cast

Kenyu Horiuchi

Kenyu Horiuchi

Heizō Hasegawa (voice)

Junko Iwao

Junko Iwao

Hisae (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Tatsuzō (voice)

Romi Park

Romi Park

Omasa (voice)

Sayaka Senbongi

Sayaka Senbongi

Ojun (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi

Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi

Kenji Hamada

Kenji Hamada

Themes & Keywords

samuraipsychologypolicecombatmedievaledo period

About Onihei

Onihei is a drama, animation, crime series that first aired in 2017 exploring themes of samurai, psychology, police, combat, medieval, edo period. Created by Shotaro Ikenami, it stars Kenyu Horiuchi, Junko Iwao, Daisuke Namikawa. The historical novel series depicts Heizou Hasegawa, who metes justice on wrongdoers and supervises the crackdown on arsonists and robbers in Japan's Edo period (1603-1868).

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