The official X/Twitter account and website of the ongoingMy Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t WickedTV anime series have announced thatYo Taichiisjoining the show’s voice cast. The anime began broadcasting in Japan on July 8, 2026.
Taichi will voice the character Riru Kazan, who is a fellow classmate of the main heroine Miya. She is voicing Suzu Harashima inSparks of Tomorrowand Yuji Fukanaga fromLiar Game.
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Riru is also highlighted in a preview trailer for the anime’s upcoming fifth episode.
Taichi joins amain voice castthat stars:
- •Hina Suzukias Miya Nakamura
- •Kujiraas Teru Konokura
- •Yu Serizawaas Marika Konokura
- •Yuka Nukuias Arisa Konokura
- •Anna Mugihoas Gungnir
- •Miyari Nemotoas Yaeko Konokura
- •Yumi Uchiyamaas Nago
- •M.A.Oas Mitsuya
Keisuke Inoue(My Next Life as a Villainess) is directing the anime series, withNanami Hoshinoas series composer andMutsumi Sasaki(Yuru CampSeason 1, 2 and movie) as character designer.NEWONis handling the animation production.
REMOWlicensed the animefor streaming in select territories on the It’s Anime YouTube channel and Prime Video. Rakuten Viki also streams the series in North America, among other services.
The historical comedy manga series byOtsujibegan serialization on Ichijinsha’s Comic Pool website on November 19, 2020. Nine tankobon volumes have been released in Japan as of February 2026. It is known in Japanese asIbittekonai Gibo to Gishi.
Seven Seas Entertainmentlicensed theMy Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wickedmanga for English release, describing the series as:
Miya is the illegitimate child of a certain prominent family. When her mother dies, she’s convinced she knows what awaits her in her new home: a life of servitude and misery at the hands of her wicked stepmother and stepsisters! Yet when she finally meets the women she expects to treat her like dirt, they actually end up being…sweet?!
