The staff of Medalist Season 2 have revealed four more cast members for the anime series, along with visuals for the their respective characters.
The new cast members include:
- Natsuki Hanae as Kakeru Uobuchi
- Konomi Inagaki as Miku Ahiru
- Shōya Ishige as Kōhei Kamogawa
- Yūki Ono as Juna Shiratori
The Medalist Season 2 anime premiered on January 24 at 25:30 JST / 11:30 a.m. EST on the “NUMAnimation” programming block on TV Asahi and 23 other affiliates channels. After the second season ends, a new
HANA performs the opening theme song “Cold Night.” Conton Candy performs the ending theme song “Rookies.”
The main cast members of Medalist Season 2 include:
- Natsuko Abe as Yūna Yagi
- Mao Itou as Rinna Sarukawa
- Maria Naganawa as Roba Manaka
- Minami Tanaka as Yotsuha Ushikawa
- Hikaru Tōno as Kurumi Risu
- Takako Tanaka as Sakina Anaguma
- Yūko Natsuyoshi as Sana Niwatori
- Hibiku Yamamura as Iruka Okazaki
- Kotomi Aihara as Riina Kojō
- Ai Kayano as Marika Kurione
Hazuki Nakamura is the art director of Medalist Season 2, and Kentaro Kashiwagi is the compositing director of photography. Japanese figure skater Rika Hongo will take part in the anime’s motion capture film alongside former Olympic skater Akiko Suzuki, who choreographed the skating routines for the first season. Suzuki collaborated with retired figure skater Yuhana Yokoi and active figure skater Hinano Isobe.
Tsurumaikada launched the manga in May 2020 in Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine, and it’s still ongoing. Kodansha USA Publishing licenses the manga in the US.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga, via Kodansha:
Tsukasa, whose dreams were crushed. Inori, left to fend for herself. These two share a dream…and their tenacity may be the only thing that sees them through. Their destination? The ice…on the world’s stage!
