Shōgun Season 2 to begin production in January 2026: Here are all the latest updates about the upcoming chapter

Production for Season 2 of FX's Shōgun begins in Vancouver in January 2026, so the show will soon take over hearts (again). According to Deadline, the Japanese period drama will bring back Cosmo Jarvis as the English explorer John Blackthorne and Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Yoshii Toranaga.

Asami Kizukawa (Aya), Masataka Kubota (Hyūga), Sho Kaneta (Hidenobu), Takaaki Enoki (Lord Ito), and Jun Kunimura (Gōda) will be among the new members of the ensemble cast. Fan favorites like Shinnosuke Abe's Buntaro and Fumi Nikaidô's Ochiba will also be back.

Its first season ruled at the 2024 Emmy Awards with 18 wins out of 25 nominations, among them were top acting awards for Sanada and Anna Sawai. So it makes sense that the expectations for season 2 are super high!

All we know about Shōgun Season 2

The second season won't keep going from where the first one ended. It will be a more mature continuation of Toranaga and Blackthorne's lives and will unfold ten years after what occurred in Shōgun Season 1.

Together with a writers' room that includes Shannon Goss, Matt Lambert, Maegan Houang, Emily Yoshida, Caillin Puente, and Sofie Somoroff, Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks will once again co-create the season that is to come.

Heavyweights Anthony Byrne (Peaky Blinders), Kate Herron (Loki), and Marks himself will be behind the camera alongside directors Hiromi Kamata and Takeshi Fukunaga, who are back from Season 1.

Shōgun will maintain historical authenticity, even though FX has kept the plot secret for now. Because of its time jump, viewers get to see how Toranaga's glory changed Japan and how Blackthorne, a foreigner who once sailed up on its shores, adapts to a new global order he helped set up.

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Season 2 could look at legacy, loyalty, and the stakes of power. Expect a more thorough examination of Japan's evolution in the early 1600s.

Shōgun Season 1 recap and lessons for Season 2

The first season, which was based on James Clavell's landmark novel, put viewers in a violent Japan where politics affected all aspects of life.

As an English pilot named John Blackthorne became both a pawn and a partner in a game of survival, Lord Toranaga struck alliances. Strict codes of honor drive their dynamic, but there was also ambition and curiosity.

By employing Mariko (Anna Sawai) as the cultural link, Shōgun steers clear of Orientalist clichés. Her arc focused on the overlap between identity and death. Toranaga's hold on power grew stronger as Season 1 ended. But Blackthorne's future was unclear after Mariko's death left a mess.

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The ten-year jump in Season 2 may show how the sorrow shaped Toranaga's rule and whether Blackthorne continues to carry Mariko's spirit. The violence and pacing of the series will return, but with a new level of maturity.

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Watch Shōgun Season 1 on Hulu and Disney+. Season 2 will debut on FX and stream on Hulu the following day.

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