“Shinkalion Change the World” – Hatanaka Yu has been chosen to play the new Shinkalion driver “Umikaze Tsukumo”! Stills from the “Special Edition Battle Record” broadcast on the 18th have also arrivedNew character information has been released from “Shinkalion Change the World,” which will begin airing every Sunday from April 7, 2024!

Yu Hatano has been chosen to play Umikaze Tsukumo, a Shinkalion N700S Kamome driver belonging to the ERDA Kyushu Headquarters.

Additionally, stills from the special episode, “Record of Battle,” which will air on the 18th, have also arrived.

A second-year junior high school student who drives the Shinkalion N700S Kamome train.

She has a bright and refreshing personality, and loves her younger brother Kai and younger sister Suzu, who live far away.

Her hobby is visiting industrial heritage sites in her hometown of Nagasaki and taking photos.

■Comment from Hatanaka Tasuku (role of Umikaze Tsukumo)

I’ve been chosen to play the role of Tsukumo! I’m Hatanaka Tasuku! I can’t believe I’m finally going to be in Shinkalion! I’m incredibly happy! I loved trains when I was little, so it was fun to talk about trains with Ishibashi-kun, who plays Taisei, during breaks in the recording!

I hope to portray Tsukumo, who has both passion and kindness, energetically but carefully! I look forward to working with you!

A relentless battle between the Unknown and the Shinkalions that suddenly attack! A series of fierce battles that risked the peace and security of Japan! See once again the many heroic figures of the Shinkalions who never gave in and continued to stand up, even when they were forced to fight an uphill battle! A special edition that looks back on the battles so far, with commentary by announcer Akira Fukuzawa.

I kept barking at the culmination of my life as a commentator, trying not to lose out to the speed and intensity of the Shinkalion battles. I’m firing up to the max.

For the past week, I have been getting more sleep and drinking less alcohol in order to get my throat in order, and I have been preparing for the battle with the Unknown. I am now in the mindset of an athlete competing in the Paris Olympics.

As someone who was born the year before the Tokaido Shinkansen opened, and as someone who loves Shinkansen trains across the country, I would like to connect you to the rails of hope. I’m sure it will strike a chord with your hearts.

Akira Fukuzawa

■Profile

Date of birth: September 14, 1963. Born in Tokyo.

Graduated from Waseda University’s School of Letters in 1988. Joined Nippon Television in the same year.

Appeared on numerous hit programs as an announcer.

Became a freelance announcer in July 2005.

Hobbies: Sake, trains (drinking trains), Japanese sweets, tree watching

Special skills: Table tennis, Kanji (Japanese Kanji Aptitude Test Level 2),

Longest shout (Guinness World Record certified)

★From 2024, Nittaku will assume the role of “Passionate Table Tennis Evangelist”

Past episodes are available for viewing on the official YouTube channels of “Shinkalion TV” and “Takara Tomy Channel”!

It is currently being streamed for a limited time only from 8/8 (Thu) 17:00 to 8/19 (Mon) 17:00! Please take a look.

Shinkalion’s official YouTube channel “Shinkalion TV”

Takara Tomy’s official YouTube channel “Takara Tomy Channel”