Shuhei Uesugi has been revealed to be the actor for Kazuma Kuwabara in Netflix’s upcoming live-action Yu Yu Hakusho. A promotional image has been released.

The previously revealed main cast members include Takumi Kitamura as Yusuke Urameshi, Jun Shison as Kurama, and Kanata Hongo as Hiei.

Uesugi has acted in various series and movies, including Netflix’s Followers and the upcoming Hulu original Anata ni Kikasetai Uta ga Arun da. He is also set to appear as one of the lead characters of the first episode of One Night Morning, a manga-based TV drama that follows multiple couples.

Yu Yu Hakusho is set to premiere in December 2023. It is produced by ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS, the production company of the live-action Alice in Borderland Netflix series. Shou Tsukikawa (Kimi wa Tsukiyo ni Hikari Kagayaku, Soshite Ikiru) is directing with a script from Tatsurou Mishima (Sam no Koto).

The show is based on the Shueisha-published supernatural action manga by Yoshihiro Togashi, which ran from 1990 to 1994 and has 19 tankoubon volumes. The manga inspired an anime adaptation that ran from 1992 to 1995 and is currently available to stream on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Hulu. There have also been an anime movie, a 2018 OVA, video game adaptations, and a stage adaptation in 2019.

Viz Media describes the manga as:

Yusuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life…by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn’t know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the beshest of Botan, the spirit guide of the dead, and Koenma, her pacifier-sucking boss from the “other side.” But what strange things await him on the borderline between life and death?

Source: @NetflixAnime