Anime · MBS
Kakegurui
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tatsuya Tokutake
Ryōta Suzui (voice)
24 eps
Saori Hayami
Yumeko Jabami (voice)
24 eps
Minami Tanaka
Mary Saotome (voice)
24 eps
Ayaka Fukuhara
Sayaka Igarashi (voice)
24 eps
Karin Nanami
Yuriko Nishinotouin (voice)
24 eps
Yuuki Wakai
Itsuki Sumeragi (voice)
24 eps
Tomokazu Sugita
Kaede Manyuuda (voice)
24 eps
Mayu Udono
Runa Yomotsuki (voice)
24 eps
Mariya Ise
Midari Ikishima (voice)
24 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Kakegurui actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Kakegurui reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholders. And if that’s not terrifying enough, some games can result in losing an eye, one’s fingernails, or even their life! But the system is shocked when transfer student Yumeko Jabami arrives. Dark, mysterious and attractive, she’s a wildcard who plays for the thrill of it…
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E12
Gambling Woman
Yumeko and student board president Kirari both wager self-expulsion from the academy as Ryota becomes the key to the final outcome of their game.
- Directed by Yuichiro Hayashi
- Written by Yasuko Kobayashi
S01E11
The Woman Who Bets Her Life
Itsuki, no longer wanting to be under Manyuda's control, offers to bankroll 100 chips after Yumeko goes all-in and loses on the previous hand.
- Directed by Nobuyoshi Arai
- Written by Hiroshi Seko
S01E05
The Woman Who Became Human
Kiwatari continues to lose as Yumeko and Mary bluff their way through the game, but the final outcome all comes down to Tsubomi.
- Directed by Yasunori Goto
S01E10
Selective Woman
Yumeko's odds are stacked against her when she challenges the well-funded student board treasurer, Manyuda, in an original game of poker.
- Directed by Yasunori Goto
S01E03
Slit-Eyed Woman
To regain her status, Mary duels student board member Yuriko in a game of "life or death." With Mary's crushing defeat, Yumeko offers to play next.
S02E04
The Connected Girls
Playing in Yumeko's place, Mary orders Ryota to show his cards; Miyo tries to convince Ryota to keep his cards to himself.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E12
The Zero Girl
S02E11
The X Girl
S02E10
The Logical Girl
S02E09
The Adjacent Girl
S02E08
The Undefeatable Girl
S02E07
The Traitorous Girl
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Shoichi HottaProducer
- Akiko NabeiwaProducer
- Masao FukudaProducer
- Yoshinori HasegawaProducer
- Yanghwe YoonProducer
- Hideo MomodaProducer
Writing
- Yasuko KobayashiWriter
- Hiroshi SekoWriter
- Shigeru MurakoshiWriter
Direction
- Yuichiro HayashiDirector
- Kenji TakahashiDirector
- Nobuyoshi AraiDirector
- Konosuke UdaDirector
- Yasunori GotoDirector
Cinematography
- Takashi YanagidaDirector of Photography
Music
- Tomohisa IshikawaOriginal Music Composer
- Tohru FujimuraOriginal Music Composer
- Youhei MatsuiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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