Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions has revealed the main key visual and theme song artists for Aoashi Season 2, the continuation of the TV anime adaptation of Yūgo Kobayashi’s Aoashi manga. Aoashi Season 2 will premiere on October 4 on the NHK Educational channel and run for 24 episodes in a 12-episode, split-cour format.
Rock band 10-FEET will perform the opening theme song for Aoashi Season 2, while singer-songwriter Ai Higuchi will perform the ending theme song. In addition, cast members Kouki Osuzu, Shunsuke Takeuchi, and Yuichiro Umehara shared one-line comments regarding their roles in the anime.
- Kouki Osuzu (Ashito Aoi): “Soccer at a level even closer to the pros!!”
- Shunsuke Takeuchi (Nagisa Akutsu): “Keep your eyes on that slick buzz cut!!”
- Yuichiro Umehara (Haruhisa Kuribayashi): “Anguish.”
“AOASHI Panel: Changing the Game of Sports Anime!” will be held at Anime Expo 2026 on July 3 at 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. PT in Room 408AB of the Los Angeles Convention Center. During the panel, series producer Junichi Katsutani will go behind the scenes and share the world-first glimpse at advance Aoashi Season 2 footage. The panel will be hosted by anime YouTuber and Trash Taste podcast co-host Gigguk, and he will be joined by anime and manga content creator Jay D. Legend. Fans can also expect on-stage segments, giveaways, prizes, and a special announcement.
The staff and cast of the anime include:
Staff
- Original Work: Based on the original graphic novel “Aoashi” by Yugo KOBAYASHI, published
by Shogakukan Inc. - Director: Kazuki Yokoyama
- Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani
- Character Design: Manabu Nakatake, Asami Taguchi, Junko Yamanaka
- Sound Director: Shoji Hata
- Music: Masaru Yokoyama
- Animation Production: TMS Entertainment
Voice Cast
- Ashito Aoi: Kouki Osuzu
- Eisaku Otomo: Tatsumaru Tachibana
- Soichiro Tachibana: Seiichiro Yamashita
- Keiji Togashi: Taku Yashiro
- Kampei Kuroda: Shun Horie
- Martis Jun Asari: Wataru Kato
- Yuma Motoki: Junya Enoki
- Ryuichi Takeshima: Kentaro Kumagai
- Nagisa Akutsu: Shunsuke Takeuchi
- Haruhisa Kuribayashi: Yuichiro Umehara
- Taira Nakamura: Kensho Ono
- Yoichi Kiriki: Koki Uchiyama
- Eita Takasugi: Makoto Furukawa
- Kenta Yoshitsune: Kazuyuki Okitsu
- Enshin Akiyama: Hiromichi Tezuka
- Hana Ichijo: Maki Kawase
- Anri Kaido: Reina Ueda
- Tatsuya Fukuda: Chikahiro Kobayashi
- Nozomi Date: Hiroki Yasumoto
Based on an original story concept by Naohiko Ueno, Kobayashi launched the Aoashi manga in Weekly Big Comic Spirits in January 2015. A total of 40 volumes has been released.
Crunchyroll streamed the first season of the Aoashi anime series as it aired in Japan. The anime premiered in April 2022. Here’s an overview of the anime series, via Crunchyroll:
After a loss in his last junior high school soccer tourney, Ehime Prefecture’s ace player, Ashito Aoi, is devastated but in every loss there’s a victory. Tatsuya Fukuda, manager of an organization that trains students for one of the leading clubs in the J-League, sees Ashito’s raw talent and offers a tryout to his group. Together they’ll bring the youth club and Aoshi’s talents to new heights!
