Los Angeles, March 24 -- The cast of season 2 of 'Shogun' has been expanded.

Risei Kukihara, Ryo Sato, Seishiro Nishida, Mantaro Koichi and Takashi Yamaguchi have joined the new season of the historical drama series.

As per Variety, Kukihara will essay the role of Gabriel; Sato ("Silence") will play Rin; Nishida ("Tobu ga Gotoku") will be seen as Joshin; Koichi ("Emergency Room 24 Hours") will play Saito; and Yamaguchi ("Letters from Iwo Jima," "Pachinko," "Accused") will play Kano.

They joined the previously announced cast members Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Fumi Nikaido, Ren Meguro, Asami Mizukawa, Shinnosuke Abe, Hiroto Kanai, Masataka Kubota, Sho Kaneta, Yuko Miyamoto, Yuka Kouri, Tommy Bastow, Jun Kunimura, Yoriko Doguchi, Eita...