Netflix teases Sins of Kujo

Netflix has released a teaser for its live-action series *Sins of Kujo*, putting Yuya Yagira and Hokuto Matsumura at the center of a crime drama about a lawyer who defends society’s worst offenders. (netflix.com) The series is based on Shohei Manabe’s manga *Kujō no Taizai*, which Netflix said has run in *Big Comic Spirits* since October 2020 and had topped 4 million copies in circulation by the time Netflix announced the adaptation on October 19, 2025. (about.netflix.com) Netflix’s official site lists the show as a 10-episode 2026 drama, with Yagira playing attorney Taiza Kujo and Matsumura playing fellow lawyer Shingi Karasuma. The service describes Kujo as a man who uses the law to defend “thugs” and “yakuza,” while Karasuma questions his ethics. (netflix.com) The teaser that Netflix posted ahead of release frames the series as a legal thriller built around morally ambiguous cases rather than a conventional courtroom story. Netflix’s YouTube description says Kujo pursues his idea of justice through methods Karasuma sees as gray, and asks whether he is “truly a wicked lawyer or not.” (youtube.com) That setup carries over a core tension from Manabe’s manga, which follows clients tied to fraud, coercion, gangs and other crimes at the edge of ordinary life. Shogakukan’s recent volume descriptions have tied the comic to subjects including scam labor recruitment spread through social media. (shogakukan.co.jp) Netflix announced the adaptation with a larger cast that includes Elaiza Ikeda, Keita Machida, Takuma Otoo and Tsuyoshi Muro. The company also said Nobuhiro Doi, Takeyoshi Yamamoto and Hiroshi Adachi directed the series, with Nonji Nemoto credited for the script in the teaser materials. (about.netflix.com) (youtube.com) The project also fits Netflix’s continuing push into Japanese manga-based crime dramas with global release plans. In its October 2025 announcement, Netflix said *Sins of Kujo* would stream worldwide in spring 2026, and the teaser materials later fixed the release date at Thursday, April 2, 2026. (about.netflix.com) (youtube.com) By the time the teaser arrived, Netflix had already positioned *Sins of Kujo* less as a star vehicle than as a bleak portrait of law, crime and social breakdown. The official episode list now points to cases involving hit-and-run crimes, fraud at a nursing home and gang conflicts, which is exactly the kind of detail-heavy world the teaser is selling. (netflix.com)