The official website for the upcoming spring 2024 TV anime HIGHSPEED Étoile announced today the launch of HIGHSPEED Étoile Racing, a collaboration racing team featuring women drivers.28-year-old Kotomi Maeda and 26-year-old Ai Shimizu will serve as the team’s main drivers. Their first race will be the All Japan EV-GP Series, an electric vehicle race held at Tsukuba Circuit on April 27, 2024.The team’s racing cars are a VITA-1 — a domestic racing machine developed and marketed by Japanese racing car constructor West Racing Cars — and Tesla’s electric car “Model S Plaid.” Both cars are decorated with illustrations of the anime’s main characters, Rin Rindo and Kanata Asakawa.
The team’s official website describes the team’s concept:
Among sports, motorsports is a field in which there are still few opportunities for women to play an active role. In response to the voices of women who are thirsting for challenges that transcend gender boundaries, such as “I want to be active on a higher stage” and “There are no opportunities in the areas I want to challenge,” we have focused on motorsports, which is expected to develop in the future, to support all women who take up challenges, and we have formed a racing team of female drivers to be a symbol for women to shine. Driving Skills, Driver mind, we will show their strong and beautiful driving as female drivers.
The futuristic racing sports-themed original TV anime HIGHSPEED Étoile is set to premiere on Tokyo Broadcasting System and other stations in Japan on April 5, 2024.
Sources: HIGHSPEED Étoile anime official website / Twitter, HIGHSPEED Étoile Racing official website © PLATINUM FACTORY Co., Ltd. © HSE Project
