Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! (Japanese: サラリーマンが異世界に行ったら四天王になった話, Hepburn: Sararīman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennō ni Natta Hanashi) is a Japanese manga series written by Benigashira and illustrated by Muramitsu. It began serialization on Overlap’s Comic Gardo manga website in December 2019. An anime television series adaptation produced by Geek Toys and CompTown premiered in January 2025.
Characters
[edit]Dennosuke Uchimura (ウチムラデンノスケ, Uchimura Dennosuke)Voiced by: Yūki Ono[1]A Japanese salaryman who is hardworking and dedicated to his tasks, but was constantly overlooked by his superiors despite his achievements in the field. Overrun by a careless motorist, he is abruptly summoned into another world where a Demon King has decided to appoint him as one of his Four Elite Generals (“Four Heavenly Kings” (四天王, Shiten’nō) in Japanese) to raise an army and conquer the world. As an “Overseas Manager”, the Demon King has assigned him to a rank representing the element of water. He has a knack for analyzing a given situation and determine the best way of negotiating the resulting hazards, which gives him a huge advantage over the denizens of the new world, who are used to thinking in straight lines.Ulmandra (ウルマンダー, Urumandā)Voiced by: Konomi Kohara[1]A red-haired demon woman with a very short temper, one of the Demon King’s Four Elite Generals who bears the title Inferno Assailant, representing the element of fire. She is a powerful melée combatant, and can use her innate magic to generate fire and cover her skin with dragon armor and sharp claws. She is at first unimpressed with Uchimura, considering him too weak to join the Elite Generals’ ranks. But upon seeing his skill and patience in negotiating vital alliances for the Demon King (a sector in which she has constantly failed due to her impatience), she gradually begins to form a crush on him.Demon King (魔王, Maō)Voiced by: Akio Otsuka[1]Uchimara’s new employer in a fantasy world, who was impressed by his work record and organization skills, and has therefore decided to make him one of his Generals to forge alliances with neighboring humanoid tribes and raise a Demon Army to conquer the world.Sylphid (シルフィード, Shirufīdo) / Belinda (ベリンダ, Berinda)Voiced by: Takanori Hoshino[2]A well-endowed, spectacle-wearing demon woman, Sylphid is one of the Four Elite Generals bearing the title Mage of Storms, associated with the element of air, and the Demon King’s magic specialist. In public, she habitually keeps herself hidden under a bulky leather outfit and an oversized, six-eyed hood, even from her fellow Generals, in an attempt to remain anonymous whenever she wants to laze around. When someone visits her, she passes herself off as her own personal assistant, Belinda. After Uchimura uncovers her ruse, he learns the basics of magic from her by the Demon King’s order.Genome (ゲーノーム, Gēnōmu)Voiced by: Nene Hieda[2]A cat-eared female demihuman, one of the Four Elite Generals and bearer of the titulation Earth Defender, as an association with the element of earth. She usually keeps most of her features hidden beneath a winter coat, a scarf covering her mouth, and her bangs, leaving only one eye visible. She is in a feud with Ulmandra, whom she dislikes, and constantly riles the latter’s temper with her steadfast and calm demeanor.Orle (オルル, Oruru)Voiced by: Chitose Morinaga[2]A female ogre and Ogre’s daughter. More empathic than her father, and aware of the dilapitated state of her tribe, she wants to prevent a failure of her father’s succession and the resulting civil war. After Uchimura has Orle negotiate with the ogre tribe’s declining allies to join the Demon King instead, and thus making Ogre realize that he needs to change his policies, she later joins Uchimura, on whom she has formed a crush, as his personal aide and a representative of her people in the Demon Army.