Board Thread:Naruto News/@comment-945885-20150611114734/@comment-945885-20150621231253

Bumping this thread rather than starting a new one, since it's all tied into the reveal of the main visual.

The new villain is named, and is described as a mysterious man who launches a surprise attack against Konoha. He's voiced by Daisuke Namikawa. Momoshiki has a loyal subordinate named, voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto.

Additional voice actors were also revealed: Ryuichi Kijima as Mitsuki, Atsushi Abe as Inojin Yamanaka, Saori Hayami as Himawari Uzumaki, and Kensho Ono as Shikadai Nara. Saori Hayami notably played Sāra in The Lost Tower, and sang the song Hikari ni Wa.

Doing a bit of research... I don't believe Momoshiki is named after any particular folkloric figure. Momoshiki means "one hundred stones," and is a phrase famously used in a poem written by Emperor Juntoku, who ruled shortly after the end of the Heian era, which was also adapted into a fairly well known bilingual choir piece. "In this house, / Paved with a hundred stones, / Ferns grow in the eaves; / But numerous as they are, / My old memories are more." Don't know if that's an intended reference, but given Kaguya's connections to ancient Japanese folklore and history, I thought it was pretty neat anyway.