Kiznaiver: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The anime's setting is a fictional Japanese city named Sugomori City. One day, Noriko Sonosaki tells her classmate Katsuhira Agata, "You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver." The Kizuna System, which allows Katsuhira to share his wounds, connects him to the classmates whose lives and personalities completely differ from his. The Kizuna System is an incomplete system for the implementation of world peace that connects people through wounds. All those who are connected to this system are called Kiznaivers. When one Kiznaiver is wounded, the system divides and transmits the wound among the other Kiznaivers. Sugomori City is built on reclaimed land, but as the years go by, the city's population is decreasing. The story is set in this town where Katsuhira and the others live.

Series details

• Title: Kiznaiver
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Action, Anime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2016-04-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-06-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 13931
• IMDb ID: tt5225712
• TVDB ID: 305679

Cast and credited roles

• Yûki Kaji — Katsuhira Agata
• Kōtarō Nishiyama — Yoshiharu Hisomu
• Rina Satou — Honoka Maki
• Misaki Kuno — Nico Niiyama
• Hibiku Yamamura — Noriko Sonozaki
• Yuka Terasaki — Chidori Takashiro
• Tomoaki Maeno — Hajime Tenga
• Nobunaga Shimazaki — Tsuguhito Yuta

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-09; final listed air date 2016-06-25; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kiznaiver on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.