The Sakamoto Days Season 2 trailer went up on Netflix’s YouTube channel on 21 August 2026, fresh from Anime NYC. It’s a 53-second character trailer with one job: introduce three new faces — Amane, Etsuko Satoda and Yotsumura. Season 2 premieres on Netflix in January 2027.
Trailer via Netflix on YouTube. Quoted lines are the trailer’s own 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 | 53 seconds |
It Tells You Exactly What It’s Here For
Right at the start, three faces appear in black and white with NEW CHARACTERS stamped across the bottom in yellow. Pretty blunt! This isn’t a plot trailer. It’s a cast introduction built around three name cards, with a date card tacked on the end.
First Up: Amane
The card shows the kanji 周 next to AMANE, over a young character with black hair in a white shirt, 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. That shinai matters: it puts the character in the school world rather than the assassin world, at least for now.
Right after comes the trailer’s only real stretch of action: a brawl through a corridor and canteen, with someone vaulting a stainless-steel counter and a body flipped across a dojo floor. The subtitles over it read “They’re cruel and ruthless” and then “They should all drop dead.”
Next: Etsuko Satoda
佐藤田悦子 sits beside ETSUKO SATODA, over a character with slicked-back dark hair, a lined face and a wry half-smile. The subtitle: “You two failed the test.” Just before, a wide shot shows a traditional hall with two rows of students in green tracksuits.
Panel reporting describes Satoda as a retired assassin who now teaches at the JCC. Later, a long-haired figure in purple with pearl earrings and a pearl bracelet delivers a line about someone weak enough to die in an instant. The left-hand face on the opening card has those same earrings and that same half-smile, which makes a strong case it’s Satoda — but the trailer never names the figure in that shot.
And Finally: Yotsumura
四ツ村 and YOTSUMURA appear over a shadowed profile with long dark hair. Notice the switch: the first card used a given name, and this one uses a surname. That’s how the trailer tells Amane apart from the elder Yotsumura without spelling out how they’re related. Panel reporting identifies him as Satoru Yotsumura, Amane’s father and a founding member of the assassins’ organisation known as the Order.
The subtitle here — “Three active members of the Order is too many to handle” — plays over a much quieter scene: a traditional room with several figures seated and three more watching from the foreground. Quite a change from the school brawl.
The Coolest Shot Doesn’t Have a Name on It
A figure in a long dark coat and a wide brim stands dead centre in a bright, symmetrical corridor, holding two weapons flat across the body. It’s the best-looking shot in the trailer, and it comes right after the Yotsumura card, so it’s tempting to assume it’s him. But the face is in shadow, and the trailer doesn’t say.
The last stretch heads to rooftops and silhouettes, with subtitles about staying undetectable and keeping your intent to kill invisible. Then the logo lands, followed by the date card.
What’s New Here
The truly new information is short and sweet: three named characters, and that’s it.
- 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.
And despite how some coverage framed it, January 2027 is not new. That window was confirmed in late June 2026 alongside the previous teaser, the new director and an earlier round of cast additions. The three characters are the real story.
What the Sakamoto Days Season 2 Trailer Doesn’t Show
- Taro Sakamoto and Shin. The returning leads are basically missing. Two figures show up in silhouette against the logo in the very first moment, and the shapes are suggestive, but you can’t actually tell who they are. For a 53-second trailer, not giving the title character one clear shot is a bold choice.
- X. The figure the season is reportedly built around doesn’t appear.
- Voice cast. No Japanese or English actors are credited on screen for any of the three new characters.
- An exact date. The card says January 2027 and stops there — no day, and no word on 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 repeated 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 the very start, and the shapes are suggestive, but the trailer never gives Sakamoto or Shin a clear shot.
How long is the Sakamoto Days Season 2 character trailer?
53 seconds, and roughly the last 15 of those are Netflix’s standard end card. The trailer itself wraps up at around the 37-second mark.
