Kizuna: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

From childhood friends (since elementary) to lovers (since high school), Kei and Ranmaru have been through a long road consisting of hardships and fond memories. Now in college, they face a new challenge to their relationship when the son of a Yakuza boss (and incidentally Kei's half-brother), Kai, attempts to steal Ranmaru from Kei (and, of course, fails). Ranmaru is the best fencer in his school. One day while he and his friend, Enjoji, are walking home from school, Yakuza from a rival syndicate try to run his friend over with their car. Ranmaru pushed his friend out of the way and gets hit instead. This event sparks the romance between Ranmaru and Enjoji. A few years later the relationship between them is still strong until Enjoji's half-brother, Kai, shows up and trys to take Ranmaru away from Enjoji. Then Masa, Kai's companion and mentor, shows up to see Kai.

Series details

• Title: Kizuna
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime, Romance, Adult
• Premiere date: 1994-08-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-03-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Typical episode runtime: 35 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 91177
• TVDB ID: 255588

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-08-12; final listed air date 1995-09-29.
• Season 2: premiered 2001-03-03; final listed air date 2001-03-03.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kizuna 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.