So, after a series of teasing photos, we’ve the cover image for the new Joker Game stage... which will clearly be based on “Double Joker”.
The cast as of now is listed as:
CAST
Kido Yūya 木戸邑弥
Yamamoto Ikkei 山本一慶
Okutani Chihiro 奥谷知弘
Matsumoto Gaku 松本 岳
Saigawa Kōji 才川コージ
Maeda Takeshi 前田剛史
Taniguchi Masashi 谷口賢志
and more…
Although there’s a promising ‘and more’ so far the big names that were in the previous stage and are missing in this one are:
Suzuki Shogo
Omi Shoichiro
Abe Kaisei
Kousen
Orakio
Now... Miyoshi is dead, so unless we’ll have flashbacks there’s no hope to see him and the author who played him... that or Gamo Jiro is going to turn out as his twin or something.
Sakuma... well, this one is hard to say as Sakuma came back to D Agency but we don’t know when exactly.
Odagiri... well, the previous stage completely forgot about him after he left D Agency (they had Sakuma came back but not Odagiri) so I don’t really have hopes for him.
It’ll be interesting if Muto were to show up. He wasn’t in the plot of ‘Double Joker’, of course, but the same applies to most of D Agency so we can never know.
As for Gordon... he said he would turn into a double spy and that he hoped to show up in the next stage so... well, I’d like to have him back... or at least Orakio. I loved his performance in the first stage!
Still, it’ll be interesting to see how this will develop but really, I also would love a new anime series... or a movie... or an OAV... or something... I miss my boys and this time we don’t even have an anime version of the cover, they just jumped to the stage one...
I think this stage could expand the genre of 2.5 dimension.
A new stage of Joker Game, which got the audience excited last year, has been decided. This time, the stage will be set in Double Joker-hen which is very popular in the original work. Jitsui’s actor, Kido Yuya, will continue as the key person in this stage.
Kido: In the previous stage, I had this feeling, “The original work is really fun. If this was to be a stage, I’m sure it will be fun too.” The casts and staff—everyone was confident and looking forward to the stage. Everyone talked about how they want to do it again. Now that those hopes have come true, I’m really happy.
Fans of the original work also cheered in delight. It was said that the secret behind these fans' delight came from the very cool vibe that’s only found in the stage.
Kido: The spotlight of the previous stage—of course—is the opening. The moment all of D Kikan’s spies assembled, it was really cool that we as the actors shivered in excitement as well. The theme song was also the same as the anime, and from that alone, the audience’s hearts were captured in one blow. This time too, I’m sure the stage will bring out the same cool vibes.
D Kikan, an organization consisting of resourceful spies who have passed the super human selection test. The previous stage got the audience excited with the poker scene as the key scene.
Kido: Clapping hands and tapping the table, following the rhythm. Nishida (Daisuke) -san the director said that it is something we should try by ourselves, so we (the actors) created the idea (to clap hands and tap the table along the rhythm). But when we tried it, it was harder than we've expected (lol). If there’s even one mistake, everything will be a mess. I’m sure the same nervous feeling will appear in the next stage.
This is the second time you act as Jitsui. Your attachment for this character is special.
Kido: Among the cool D Kikan members, Jitsui is a cute character, yet he can act like a guy or a girl. He’s able to bring out each of his personality really well and doesn’t put his hands in his pocket. He’s also an actor who likes to make up various schemes out of trivial things. Although Jitsui is cute, there is a side of him which are ruthless and malicious. Maybe I resemble him a bit (lol)
Among entertaining scenes in the stage, you can also have a taste of action, deep battle scenes, shade of adulthood(?).
Kido: The charm is to enjoy the excitement of the stage. I think that this work could expand the genre of 2.5 dimension, so this time too, I will fight with great spirit.
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Note: This is my first time translating an article. My English and Japanese are still bad so I’m sorry if there are a few mistakes here and there. Thank you for reading~
Jitsui/Morishima Kunio’s character profile: Part 1 (Joker Game Universe)
Jitsui/Morishima Kunio’s character profile: Part 1 (Joker Game Universe)
(Very tentative version as no translation for ‘Double Joker’ novel version had been released)
Spy Surname: Jitsui - 実井(じつい)
Spy Name: Unknown
Real name: Unknown
Rank: Army Second Lieutenant (陸軍少尉 - Rikugun-Shōi) (According to the novel)
Role at D Agency: Spy (スパイ)
Direct superior officer: Lieutenant Colonel Yūki (結城中佐 Yūki-Chūsa)
Affiliation: D Agency (D機関 D Kikan)
Height: Unknown (165 cm according to the Anime)
Age: Unknown
Impersonates: Military Police Superior Private (憲兵上等兵- Kenpei-Jōtōhei) (Anime only), Morishima Kunio/Ikeda Kunio (森島邦雄/池田邦雄) (According to the Anime)
Appearances:
Novel: Vol. 1 Chapter 1 “Joker Game” (ジョーカー・ゲーム Joker Game)
D no Maō manga: Vol 1 chap 1-5 “Joker Game” (ジョーカー・ゲーム Joker Game)
Anime: Ep 1-2 “Joker Game” (ジョーカー・ゲーム Joker Game) , EP 9 “Double Joker” (ダブル・ジョーカー Double Joker), EP 12 “XX Double Cross” (XX ダブル・クロス XX Double Cross), OAV “Adventure of Black Cat Yoru” (黒猫ヨルの冒険 Kuroneko Yoru no Bōken)
Joker Game The Animation Manga: Chap 1, 2, 3 “Joker Game” (ジョーカー・ゲーム Joker Game), 5 “Miscalculation” (誤算 Gosan), 10 “Asia Express” (アジア・エクスプレス Asia Express), Chap 14, 15 “Double Joker (Part 1)” (ダブル・ジョーカー(前編)Double Joker (Zenpen)), Chap 16, 17 “Double Joker (Part 2)” (ダブル・ジョーカー(後編)Double Joker (Kōhen))
Drama cd: “Joker Game” Drama CD Metropolitan Police Department D Section Investigation Files (「ジョーカー・ゲーム」ドラマCD 警視庁D課捜査ファイル “Joker Game” Drama CD Keishichō D-ka sōsa files), “Joker Game” Drama CD Go For It! Year 2 Class D Sakuma Sensei (「ジョーカー・ゲーム」ドラマCD それいけ!2年D組佐久間先生 “Joker Game” Drama CD Sore ike! 2-Nen D-gumi Sakuma sensei ), “Joker Game” Drama CD Return! Year 2 Class D Sakuma Sensei (「ジョーカー・ゲーム」ドラマCD 帰ってきた! 二年D組佐久間先生 “Joker Game” Drama CD Kaettekita! 2-Nen D-gumi Sakuma sensei), “Joker Game” Drama CD Parody Box Full of What Ifs (「ジョーカー・ゲーム」ドラマCD 〝もしも″だらけのパロディBOX “Joker Game” Drama CD “Moshimo″ darake no parody box)
Voice Actor: Fukuyama Jun - 福山 潤(ふくやま じゅん)
Stage project actor: Kido Yuya - 木戸 邑弥(きど ゆうや)
Brief introduction
In the novel Jitsui is mentioned merely as one of the twelve (twelve, not eight as in the anime) D Agency students belonging to the first batch of trainees, and he probably took part to the search in Gordon’s house (though we’ve no confirmation about this). The D no Maō manga doesn’t mention him at all.
The anime though (and, as a consequence of this, the ‘Joker Game The Animation’ Manga) decided that Jitsui is also Morishima Kunio, the spy who appears in the novel chapter ‘Double Joker’ giving him his backstory. ‘Double Joker’ isn’t transposed in the D no Maō manga therefore Morishima Kunio doesn’t show up in it. As for the novel… nowhere it’s said if the two are the same person. Might be, might be not.
As ‘Double Joker’ isn’t translated yet, I’ve no idea if it added relevant info about Morishima Kunio’s backstory and therefore I will go with the anime version of it.
Jitsui is one of the students scouted by Yūki, who passed the selection and enters in his spy school. His real name isn’t Jitsui, Jitsui is just the surname given to him when he became a student in D Agency.
Later he graduates from D Agency and he’s told to keep under observation Shirahata Kiichirō.
In order to do so he pretends to be an university student named Morishima Kunio and starts working at the Shirahata villa as houseboy. While he’s working there he’s then contacted by Kazato Akimasa who has no idea he’s a D Agency spy and tries to black mail him in order to use him as spy. He pretends to comply. Once Kazato got the info he wanted he tries to drug him and have him killed but he manages to fake taking the drug Kazato tried administering him and defeat the one who wanted to kill him.
He then shows up to Shirahata’s villa to support Yūki against Kazato. He’ll then leave the villa with Yūki.
Morishima Kunio’s past, which Kazato used to blackmail him was fake and deliberately constructed so that people would try to blackmail him and this would work as some sort of alarm that another spy agency was targeting Shirahata. In the novel Morishima Kunio is supposed to keep hidden the fact he was half Korean, in the anime instead he’s hiding the fact he skipped military service.
In the movie Jitsui is a spy tasked with supporting a spy named Katō in retrieving the Black Note. He seems to die in an explosion but it turns out he survived and merely faked his death as he will meet up again with Katō. Later he will be assigned for a mission in France.
Personality
He smiles often and looks gentle and friendly however he can show a sadistic ruthlessness against enemies. Generally he uses ‘-san’ when talking about other people.
Physical appearance
In the novel is said that Morishima is fair and beautiful.
In the anime Miwa Shiro said he gave Jitsui round eyes that make him appear like a rodent and that he designed him so that he could either look weak or strong instantly, with the Morishima “Double Joker” episode in mind. His official profile confirms he also has an androgynous body, with black hair and brown eyes.
When in D Agency Jitsui wears a brown three piece suit with a belt. In his mission As Shirahata’s villa he switches to a student uniform.
In the Live Action Movie Jitsui has a slight bear, moustache and always wear a hat. He seems older than Katō Jirō and smokes a cigar.
In the Stage Project he still seems to wear a three piece suit.
Relationships
Mutō
The two never interacted but we know that Mutō finds D Agency a thorn to his side and sent Sakuma there in the hope one of Yūki’s students would make a mistake that would allow him to close the place.
Yūki
We don’t really see Jitsui or Morishima Kunio interacting with Yūki although he was with the man when he faced Kazato Akimaza and later on he drove the car on which they left. Still Yūki is the man who trained him and taught him how to be a spy and that assigned him to that mission.
Sakuma
Sakuma’s interaction with Jitsui is extremely small.
In Novel Jitsui is merely listed as one of the D Agency students while Sakuma is being the liaison but we don’t know if they ever interacted. He’s never mentioned in D no Maō.
In the original script for Ep 1 Jitsui is the one that manages to anger Sakuma the most during the Tennosei system discussion, to the point that, if Sakuma had had it, he would have pulled out his sword.
In the original script and in the Anime Jitsui is also one of those who play the Joker Game against Sakuma. In Joker Game The Animation, after learning that Sakuma will act as leader when they’ll investigate Gordon’s house Jitsui expressed concern for Sakuma, claiming that if he repeats the same mistake he might end up being stripped of everything he has.
According to his official profile he cared for Sakuma… though in one of the cards released for Joker Game, although he excused Sakuma for never coming out with them by saying it was because he’s diligent he also says Sakuma is an “Ishibekinkichi Tetsu Kabuto” (右部金吉鉃兜 “man of incorruptible character with an iron helmet”), so serious that they’re stubborn, have no interests and are boring.
Miyoshi
Miyoshi and Jitsui’s interactions are extremely small.
In the novel they’re merely two D Agency students who trained at the same time. It’s unknown if Jitsui also took part to the mission at Gordon’s house as Miyoshi did.
In the anime also there’s little interaction between them two, making them two D Agency students who trained at the same time and took part to the Joker Game and to the mission at Gordon’s house.
In a card set Miyoshi and Jitsui talk about blossoming flowers (sakura and ume) and agree to come drinking under the sakura with the others only if Kaminaga and Amari promise they wouldn’t get drunk.
Kaminaga
Kaminaga’s interaction with Jitsui is extremely small.
In the novel they’re merely two D Agency students who trained at the same time. It’s unknown if Jitsui also took part to the mission at Gordon’s house as Kaminaga did.
In D no Maō Amari isn’t mentioned as one of the spies. It might be he’s one, it might be he’s not.
In the anime also there’s little interaction between them two, making them two D Agency students who trained at the same time and took part to the Joker Game and to the mission at Gordon’s house.
Kaminaga and Jitsui will also be involved when Yūki will go to Shirahata’s villa but their interaction won’t be shown on the screen.
In the Live Action Movie Kaminaga, along with Yūki gives him the task to cooperate with Katō and Jitsui to retrieve the Black Note.
Hatano
In the Preview to Ep 10 Hatano tells Jitsui an English expedition has gone to Egypt to which Jitsui replies one should be prepared for consequences if one goes tomb-raiding as sometimes the mummy hunter might end up becoming the mummy.
In a manga cover we see Hatano and Jitsui talk as they are likely planning to drink together. In another Hatano is carrying many books, possibly moving them to where Jitsui is saying.
In a card we see Hatano and Jitsui talking about how Hatano finds Sakuma is unsociable as he doesn’t want to get out with them to which Jitsui replies Sakuma is an “Ishibekinkichi Tetsu Kabuto” (右部金吉鉃兜 “man of incorruptible character with an iron helmet”), so serious that they’re stubborn, have no interests and are boring, though Hatano doesn’t get the reference.
Amari
Jitsui’s interaction with Amari is extremely small.
In the novel they’re merely two D Agency students who trained at the same time. It’s unknown if they also took part to the mission at Gordon’s house.
In D no Maō neither of the two is mentioned as one of the spies. They might be among them, they might be not.
In the anime also there’s little interaction between them two, making them two D Agency students who trained at the same time and took part to the Joker Game and to the mission at Gordon’s house.
There’s vaguely more in the manga, where we’ve a scene in which, while he and Jitsui are carrying some boxes, Amari is singing something and Jitsui asks him which song is it. When Amari replies it’s Bizet’s Farandole” the two talk a tiny bit about it.
Tazaki
Tazaki and Jitsui’s interaction is extremely small.
There’s no character named Tazaki in the novel. Although there’s a character named Seto Reiji there’s no known interaction between him and Amari.
Characters named Tazaki or Seto Reiji don’t appear in the D no Maō manga.
In the anime, fundamentally, although they appear in scenes together (when the boys go out to drink, when they play the Joker Game, when Tazaki talks about “The demon king” song before Miyoshi will join them to tell them they’ll inspect Gordon’s house, when they inspect Gordon’s house) they’re never heard exchanging a word.
It’s worth to note though that in class they were seated at the same desk.
Interesting enough though, Itazu Yoshimi, the author of the end cards, said that when instructed to draw the end cards he was told to “Draw the spies in their daily lives that aren’t seen in the main animation” and that Director Nomura gave him information on the character’s personality and whom they get along with occasionally draw Tazaki and Jitsui together, which might imply they get along.
Fukumoto
Fukumoto and Jitsui’s interaction is extremely small.
There’s no character named Fukumoto in the novel. Although there’s a character named Shiozuka Hajime/Kusanagi Yukihito there’s no known interaction between him and Jitsui/Morishima Kunio.
Characters named Fukumoto or Shiozuka Hajime/Kusanagi Yukihito don’t appear in the D no Maō manga.
In the anime, fundamentally, although they appear in scenes together (when the boys go out to drink, when they play the Joker Game, when they’ll be in the dormitory before Miyoshi will join them to tell them they’ll inspect Gordon’s house, when they inspect Gordon’s house) they’re never heard exchanging a word.
The only time they talk to each other is in the preview for Ep 4 Jitsui notes that Fukumoto had been really into gambling lately and asks him why, to which Fukumoto reply ‘for the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat’.
Odagiri
There’s no known interaction between Jitsui and Odagiri in the novel beyond that they’re both D Agency students.
Characters named Odagiri or Jitsui or Morishima Kunio don’t appear in the D no Maō manga.
In Ep 1 Jitsui was one of the spies who used Odagiri’s signals to beat Sakuma at poker. In the manga it’s implied Odagiri ‘betrayed him’ and made an allegiance with Amari when he asked Amari for a cigarette.
In Ep 12 Jitsui points out that Schneider’s suicide note was written by Schneider himself, since it seems Odagiri is supporting the idea that Schneider was killed.
In the Live Action Movie Odagiri and Jitsui support the investigations of Katō in order to retrieve the Black Note. They seem to get along well together.
Gamō Jirō
In the novel it’s unsaid if they ever met while studying at D Agency or not.
In the preview for Ep 8 Gamō Jirō is playing chess. Jitsui observes him and claim that was a tough move to which Gamō Jirō replied chess is a violent sport and asks him if he wants to play a game.
In the anime Gamō Jirō was there when Morishima Kunio was recruited, possibly he was the one who pointed his name to Kazato Akimasa and, later, he was tasked with killing Morishima Kunio, who had supposedly been drugged by Kazato Akimasa. The plan backfired though as Morishima Kunio, in truth Jitsui in disguise, only pretended to be drugged and easily got rid of Gamō Jirō by causing him to faint. Gamō Jirō didn’t though much of Morishima Kunio before he knew of his true identity. Jitsui also think Gamō Jirō doesn’t amount to much as he was hoping, with his disguise, to catch a bigger fish.
John Gordon
John Gordon is merely the target of D Agency’s investigation. The two don’t really interact, Odagiri was merely just one of the D Agency men who inspected his house (it’s unclear if he did the same in the novel and in D no Maō).
Shirahata Kiichirō
Officially Morishima Kunio is a student who works in Shirahata’s residence as houseboy. Shirahata Kiichirō seems to appreciate him and allows him to spend time at the inn with Oharu. In truth Morishima is a D Agency spy who’s taking Shirahata Kiichirō under control.
Oharu
Oharu dotes on him and worries for him when she believes he could end up on getting reproached due to the other customers getting him drunk. As for Jitsui/Morishima he’s probably being friendly with her as part of the role he’s playing while working at the Shirahata estate.
Kazato Akimasa
Kazato Akimasa tries to blackmail him taking advantage of how he’s supposedly half Korean and if people were to know this, it would put him in troubles. Morishima pretends to cooperate with Kazato, only for Kazato to attempt to drug him and then have him killed when he doesn’t need him anymore. However not only Morishima manages to survive but reveals him he was a D Agency spy and that he tattled out all of Kazato’s move to Yūki.
In the anime Kazato tried to blackmail Morishima by using the fact he didn’t make military service.
Katō Jirō
In the Live Action Movie Katō and Jitsui cooperate to retrieve the Black Note. Jitsui provides him with info and scolds him occasionally.
Abilities
He knows how to drive. In the manga it seems he’s not visibly affected by truth serum.
Trivia
Itazu Yoshimi, the author of the end cards, said that when instructed to draw the end cards he was told to “Draw the spies in their daily lives that aren’t seen in the main animation” and that Director Nomura gave him information on the character’s personality and whom they get along with. In his end cards we see Jitsui in the Ginza Lion Beer Hall with Amari, Kaminaga and Miyoshi, at Tokyo station with Kaminaga, in front of Shibuya station with Tazaki, Odagiri and Hatano and in Nihonbashi with Miyoshi. The last card he drew is a ‘group picture’ of some sort as all the spies, Yūki included, are in them. Jitsui is definitely drawn more frequently with Miyoshi and Kaminaga (3 times). It’s worth to note he’s drawn with Fukumoto only in the last end card (the one with the group picture). While this is no proof, we can speculate Jitsui was meant to better get along with Miyoshi and Kaminaga and had the worst compatibility with Fukumoto (ironically in the 3rd drama cd Fukumoto seems to be the only one who can scare Jitsui).
Jitsui is the only spy who’s never shown smoking a cigarette (or that did so in a drama cd).
Jitsui always uses ‘-san’ with the other D Agency boys.