The Sakamoto Days Season 2 trailer went up on Netflix’s YouTube channel on 21 August 2026, revealed at Anime NYC. It is a character trailer, 53 seconds long, and its entire job is to name three new faces: Amane, Etsuko Satoda and Yotsumura. Season 2 premieres on Netflix in January 2027.
Trailer via Netflix on YouTube. Timestamps below were read off the video. Quoted lines are the trailer’s own burned-in English subtitles.
| Detail | Confirmed |
|---|---|
| Premiere | January 2027 |
| Platform | Netflix |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Director | Daisuke Nakajima (new for Season 2) |
| Supervising director | Masaki Watanabe |
| Series composition | Taku Kishimoto |
| Character design | Yō Moriyama |
| Music | Yūki Hayashi |
| Source | Yuto Suzuki’s Sakamoto Days manga |
| Trailer runtime | 0:53 |
The trailer states its own remit at 0:02.8
Three seconds in, the trailer puts three faces side by side in monochrome and stamps NEW CHARACTERS across the bottom in yellow. That is unusually blunt, and it is worth taking at face value: this is not a plot trailer or a hype reel, it is a cast introduction with a date card bolted on the end. Everything between 0:04 and 0:32 is organised around three name cards.
Name card one, 0:06.3 — Amane
The card holds the kanji 周 against the romanised AMANE, over a young character with black hair in a white shirt carrying a shinai — a bamboo practice sword — slung over one shoulder. Reporting from the Anime NYC panel identifies this as Amane Yotsumura, a 14-year-old student at the JCC. The shinai matters: it places the character inside the school setting rather than the assassin world, at least at the point the trailer is showing.
The stretch immediately after is the trailer’s only sustained action: a corridor and canteen brawl from 0:08 to 0:12, with someone vaulting a stainless-steel counter at 0:08.8 and a body flipped over a dojo floor at 0:11.6. The subtitles across it read “They’re cruel and ruthless” and then “They should all drop dead.”
Name card two, 0:14.0 — Etsuko Satoda
佐藤田悦子 sits beside ETSUKO SATODA, over a character with slicked-back dark hair, a heavily lined face and a wry half-smile. The subtitle underneath is “You two failed the test.” A wide shot at 0:13.4 gives that line its setting: a traditional hall with two rows of students in green tracksuits, two figures in dark clothing at centre and another adult in a lavender kimono at the right of frame.
Panel reporting describes Satoda as a retired assassin now teaching at the JCC. One note on identification, because it cuts both ways: a long-haired figure in purple with pearl earrings and a pearl bracelet appears at 0:19.3 delivering a line about someone weak enough to die in an instant. The three faces in the 0:02.8 card map one-to-one onto the three name cards that follow, and the left-hand face in that trio carries the same pearl earrings and the same wry half-smile as both this shot and the Satoda card. That is a strong structural argument that they are one character — but the trailer never puts a name on the 0:19.3 shot, so we are stopping at the argument rather than asserting it.
Name card three, 0:23.1 — Yotsumura
四ツ村 and YOTSUMURA run over a shadowed profile with long dark hair. Note the difference in construction: the first card gave a given name and this one gives a surname, which is how the trailer distinguishes Amane from the elder Yotsumura without spelling out the relationship. Reporting from the panel identifies him as Satoru Yotsumura, Amane’s father and a founding member of the assassins’ organisation known as the Order.
The subtitle across this section — “Three active members of the Order is too many to handle” — runs over a domestic shot at 0:22.5 of a traditional room with several figures seated and three more watching from the foreground, a markedly quieter register than the school brawl.
The most striking image is the one with no name on it
At 0:25.2 a figure in a long dark coat and a wide brim stands dead centre of a bright, symmetrical corridor, holding two weapons horizontally across the body. It is the best-composed shot in the trailer and it directly follows the Yotsumura card, which invites the assumption that they are the same person — but the face is in shadow and we cannot confirm it from the frame.
The last ten seconds move to rooftops and silhouettes, with subtitles about staying undetectable and keeping intent to kill invisible, before the logo lands at 0:32.9 and the date card at 0:36.4.
What’s new here
The genuinely new information is narrow and specific: three named characters, and nothing else.
- Amane Yotsumura — reported as a 14-year-old JCC student; shown with a shinai.
- Etsuko Satoda — reported as a retired assassin turned JCC teacher.
- Satoru Yotsumura — reported as Amane’s father and a founding member of the Order.
One correction worth making, because a fair amount of coverage has framed this trailer as a date announcement: January 2027 is not new. That window was confirmed in late June 2026 alongside the previous teaser, the new director and the earlier round of cast additions. The card at 0:36.4 is restating a date that has been public for two months. The three character reveals are the actual story here.
What the Sakamoto Days Season 2 trailer doesn’t show
Observations from watching it back, not reporting.
- Taro Sakamoto and Shin. The returning leads are essentially absent. Two figures appear in silhouette against the logo at 0:00.2, and the shapes are suggestive, but a silhouette is not an identification. For a 53-second trailer, giving the title character no clear shot is a real choice.
- X. The figure the season is reportedly built around does not appear.
- Voice cast. No Japanese or English actors are credited on screen for any of the three new characters.
- A specific date. The card says January 2027 and stops there — no day, and no confirmation of whether the season drops weekly or in parts, as Season 1 did.
Where to watch
Season 1 is streaming on Netflix now, and Season 2 follows in January 2027. For everything else landing this season, see our Fall 2026 anime lineup. Netflix also used Anime NYC to date Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 and Blue Eye Samurai Season 2, which shares Sakamoto Days’ January 2027 window.
Reporting referenced here: Anime News Network on the June staff and date announcement, Bleeding Cool on the three new characters, and What’s on Netflix on the wider Anime NYC slate.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Sakamoto Days Season 2 coming out?
January 2027 on Netflix. The window was announced in late June 2026 and restated in the character trailer on 21 August 2026; no exact day has been given.
Who are the new characters in Sakamoto Days Season 2?
The trailer names three: Amane, Etsuko Satoda and Yotsumura. Panel reporting identifies them as Amane Yotsumura, a 14-year-old JCC student; Etsuko Satoda, a retired assassin now teaching at the JCC; and Satoru Yotsumura, Amane’s father and a founding member of the Order.
Is Sakamoto Days Season 2 made by the same studio?
Yes. TMS Entertainment returns, but Daisuke Nakajima takes over as director, with Masaki Watanabe as supervising director.
Does Sakamoto appear in the Season 2 character trailer?
Not clearly. Two figures show up in silhouette against the logo at 0:00.2 and the shapes are suggestive, but the trailer gives neither Sakamoto nor Shin an identifiable shot.
How long is the Sakamoto Days Season 2 character trailer?
53 seconds, of which roughly the last 15 are Netflix’s standard end card. The trailer proper ends around 0:37.
