Scripted series · MBS
Kakegurui
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Minami Hamabe
Yumeko Jabami
15 eps
Mahiro Takasugi
Ryota Suzui
15 eps
Aoi Morikawa
Meari Saotome
15 eps
Taishi Nakagawa
Kaede Manyuda
15 eps
Yurika Nakamura
Sayaka Igarashi
15 eps
Natsume Mito
Runa Yomozuki
15 eps
Ruka Matsuda
Itsuki Sumeragi
15 eps
Matsumoto Kiyo
Nanami Tsubomi
15 eps
Natsumi Okamoto
Yuriko Nishinotoin
15 eps
Yuma Yamoto
Jun Kiwatari
15 eps
Miki Yanagi
Midari Ikishima
15 eps
Onodera Akira
Nitobe Kyuu
5 eps
Misato Morita
2 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 Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
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
Children from influential families in politics and businesses attend the Hyakkaou Private Academy. There, the hierarchy of the students are classified by a series of games. Students that win the games are on the ruling side and the students who lose become slaves. One day, a mysterious girl, Yumeko Jabami (Minami Hamabe), is transferred to Hyakkaou Private Academy. She looks pure and pretty, but she is actually a compulsive gambler and seeks out the thrill of taking calculated risks.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Tsutomu HanabusaDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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