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poster: "[[サンクチュアリ-聖域 - Sanctuary POSTER.jpg]]"
sources:
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_(Japanese_TV_series)
tags:
  - tvseries/japanese
country:
  - Japan
title: Sanctuary
original-title: サンクチュアリ-聖域
status: watched
year: "2023"
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![[サンクチュアリ-聖域 - Sanctuary POSTER.jpg]]
# Notable Actors

[[Wataru Ichinose]] as **Kiyoshi Oze**, an outspoken and violent young man who joins the world of professional sumo under the _[shikona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikona "Shikona")_, or ring name, **Enno** for the sake of money and fame.
[[Pierre Taki]] as **Ensho-_oyakata_**, a _[toshiyori](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiyori "Toshiyori")_ who used to be an _[ōzeki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuuchi#%C5%8Czeki "Makuuchi")_ under the name Enfu. He recruited Kiyoshi within his stable after he saw his talent during a [judo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo "Judo") competition.
[[Kutsuna Shioli]] as **Asuka Kunishima**, a progressive journalist who grew up abroad and finds herself transferred from the political department to the highly confidential sumo correspondents' department.
[[Koyuki]] as **Hana**, the wife of Ensho and _[okami-san](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_sumo_terms#okamisan "Glossary of sumo terms")_ at Ensho stable.


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