His passionate performance however led to the writers promoting Hiromi from a one-off intended to die in the first episode to a major character. Junya Komatsu likewise initially auditioned to play the role of Ikki, but was turned down due to his age of 27 being judged too old for a lead.Mei Hanakawa had initially auditioned for the role of Sakura Igarashi, but due to her age she was cast as Aguilera.Kentaro Maeda is a huge fan of Yokohama F.C. (who is also one of the show's sponsors) footballer Kazuyoshi Miura on one of its walls, with Ikki fanboying over meeting Miura himself in the final episode. Happy Spa has a poster of Yokohama F.C.Lovekov, who's a member of the Igarashi family by virtue of being Sakura's demon, is played by Mutsumi Igarashi, who's an actual bearer of the surname.Junya Komatsu is from Miyagi Prefecture, specifically Ishinomaki (which is also the hometown of Shotaro Ishinomori). Hiromi uses the Miyagi Prefecture slang gaga to refer to his mother when he's wondering aloud.Akaishi's penchant for quoting proverbs was requested by Jun Hashimoto himself after reading the script for #18.In a very interesting case, most of the karate Sakura uses in-series was taught to Ayaka Imoto by Kentaro Maeda (Ikki), who holds a second degree black belt.

Actor Allusion: Part of the Ryō Horikawa voiced Juuga Vistamp’s announcement in the Revice Driver is “Over Nine”, referring to the memetic line delivered by Horikawa’s most famous role.Subaru Kimura voices Vice and plays as himself.Danki Sakae is suit actor for the Wolf Deadman, Vail's demon form/Crimson Vail, Over Demons (II), and Chic.Kenjiro Tsuda voices Vail, along with the Vail and Demons Drivers and the Kuwagata and Crimson Vistamps.Shingo Fujimori voices Chic from Birth of Chimera and Battle Familia, in addition to the majority of the Drivers and Vistamps.Yuji Nakata pulls triple duty as main suit actor for both Evil and Live, and Present!Masumi's physical self.Mei Hanakawa portrays both Hana and her inner demon in Girls Remix.This is the case for some of the Chameleon Deadman's disguises and the people he impersonates.Wataru Hyuga portrays both Daiji and his inner demon Kagero.

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