Yasha: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The story is about a set of twin baby boys who were created/cloned in the laboratory as a part of gene altering/gene therapy experiment. Because of the nature of the project, the twins were born with superior physical strength, supernatural powers and extremely high IQ. Unfortunately, the twins were separated at birth. One of the brothers, Sei, grew up to be an elite bio-chemistry scientist in America. He was assigned to a project where he has to travel to a small island in Japan to investigate an unidentified virus that is spreading on the island. By a freak of nature, he found out that he has a twin brother, Rin, whose evil, dark personality is entirely opposite of him.

What is going to happen when they finally meet face to face? What are their true identities? Why were they separated at birth, what other secrets are hidden from them? Does the fast spreading virus has anything to do with the twins? Who created them? And why?

Series details

• Title: Yasha
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Action, Crime
• Premiere date: 2000-04-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-06-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 35592
• IMDb ID: tt1160699
• TVDB ID: 81653

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-04-21; final listed air date 2000-06-30; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Yasha 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.