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Netflix confirms production of Sanctuary season 2
Netflix has confirmed production of Sanctuary season 2, its drama set in Japan’s professional sumo world.
Wataru Ichinose will return as Kiyoshi Oze, a rough young wrestler known by his ring name, Enno.
Season 1 followed Enno’s rise in sumo after he entered the sport to earn money and repay his father’s debt.
The series showed him clashing with sumo’s traditions before gradually becoming drawn to the sport.
The first season reached the top 10 in more than 50 countries and regions and ranked sixth in Netflix’s global non-English series chart.
Director Kan Eguchi and screenwriter Tomoki Kanazawa will also return for the new season.
No release date was announced, but Ichinose said he would give everything to the role again.
Netflix has confirmed production of season 2 of its sumo drama series Sanctuary.
Wataru Ichinose will return as the lead, playing the wrestler Enno.
Director Kan Eguchi and screenwriter Tomoki Kanazawa will also return.
The first season was released in 2023 and reached the top 10 in more than 50 countries and regions.
Ichinose said he would put everything into returning to the ring.
- Who
- Netflix is producing the series. Wataru Ichinose returns as lead actor.
- What
- Production of season 2 of Sanctuary has been confirmed.
- When
- Netflix announced the decision on October 26, 2026.
- Where
- The story is set in the world of professional sumo in Japan.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The first season of Sanctuary was released.
Netflix announced that it had decided to produce season 2.
- Lead actor
- Wataru Ichinose
- Returning director
- Kan Eguchi
- Returning screenwriter
- Tomoki Kanazawa
- First-season release
- 2023
- International top-10 rankings
- More than 50 countries and regions
- Netflix weekly global ranking
- No. 6 among non-English series
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What people are saying
I will once again give everything I have and throw myself into it.
Hey, Enno. Let’s go wild one more time.
Together with Wataru Ichinose and Tomoki Kanazawa, we will once again step into an unknown Sanctuary that no one has ever seen.
The power of the images and the heat of the drama are being taken to the next level by the cast and crew.