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Rinkai! Women's Cycling Anime Reveals 3 More Cast Members
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the Rinkai! project revealed three more cast members for its anime series. The three cast members will all start performing in the anime's second episode on Tuesday.
The new cast members are (from image above, top to bottom):
- Yukari Anzai as Chigiri Toyohashi
- Miho Morisaki as Suzu Matsusaka
- Yuka Ozaki as Sora Iwakitaira
Like the main character Izumi Itō, these three take part in the track summer camp to fulfill their dreams of becoming competitive cyclists. Not coincidentally, Toyohashi, Matsusaka, and Iwakitaira come from the cities of Toyohashi, Matsusaka, and Iwaki, respectively.
The story centers on the sport of women's cycling, which debuted in Japan shortly after World War II. However, organized competitions folded after just 15 years and laid dormant for several decades. Then the Rinkai! League launched to revive the sport.
The anime stars:
- Umino Kawamura as Izumi Itō
- Azusa Aoi as Nana Hiratsuka
- Rena Hasegawa as Miko Yahiko
- Saika Kitamori as Sachi Nagoya
- Riho Sugiyama as Kinusa Takamatsu
- Minami Hinata as Ai Kumamoto
- Rico Sasaki as Tsutsuji Kurume
Rico Sasaki, who plays the role of Tsutsuji Kurume performs the opening theme song "Windshifter," and the rest of the cast perform the ending theme song "Override!” as Nana and the other characters.
Takaaki Ishiyama (Fairy Musketeers, Sakura Wars) is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment's 6th Studio, in collaboration with Maruga Factory. Hideki Shirane (Date A Live, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) is in charge of the series scripts, and Hiromi Ono (key animator for InuYasha, Saber Marionette J) is designing the characters.
Additional staff includes:
- Sound Director: Ryō Tanaka
- Art Director: Niki Higaki
- Color Key Artist: Haruko Nobori
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yūko Kamahara
- CG Director: Yuichi Goto
- Editing: Megumi Uchida
- Music: Shuichiro Fukuhiro, Yoshihei Ueda, Mana Hirano
- Music Production: Lantis
The project's manga series titled Rinkai! Azalea launched on the Manga Bang! service on April 9. Kiyoshi Yamane is drawing the manga, and Rinkai! Project is credited for the original work.
Sources: Rinkai! project's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
