Five more voice actors are joining the cast of Medalist, next season’s sports anime about a young savant figure skater racing up the ranks. Plus, the series has released another “pairs” visual, showing more characters as they’ll appear in the anime.The fifth pair visual shows father and son Shiniciro and Rio Sonidori. Shinichiro is a former men’s singles champion who now works as a youth coach, and Rio is his young son aiming to follow in his father’s footsteps:
The five voice actors joining the cast are:
Shinichiro Sonidori voiced by Taito Ban (Shun Mizushino in Solo Leveling)
Suzu Kamoto voiced by Ayasa Ito (Arisa Ichigaya in BanG Dream!)
Hitomi Takamine voiced by Emiri Kato (Becky Blackbell in SPY x FAMILY)
Nozomi Yuitsuka voiced by Ami Koshimizu (Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon Crystal)
Mamoru Sekoma voiced by Manabu Muraji (Jerry Smith in Rick and Morty: The Anime)
Yasutaka Yamamoto (Aharen-san wa Hakarenai) directs the Medalist TV anime at animation studio ENGI, while Jukki Hanada (Love Live!) provides the series composition and scripts and Chinatsu Kameyama (In Another World with My Smartphone 2) provides the character designs.The main voice cast members include:
Inori Yuitsuka voiced by Natsumi Haruse (Kaoru Ryuzaki in THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS)
Tsukasa Akeuraji voiced by Takeo Otsuka (Haru Tennouji in TRILLION GAME)
Hikaru Kamisaki voiced by Kana Ichinose (Riine in Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?)
Jun Yodaka voiced by Yuma Uchida (Megumi Fushuguro in JUJUTSU KAISEN)
Riou Sonidori voiced by Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuki in THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS)
Ryoka Miketa voiced by Hina Kino (Akira Shinonome in Train to the End of the World)
Mario Nachi voiced by Megumi Toda (Ayumu Maihama in THE IDOLM@STER Million Live!)
Ema Yamato voiced by Kotori Koiwai (Renge Miyauchi in Non Non Biyori)
Yudai Jakuzure voiced by Takahiro Miyake (Yoshitsuna Sasaki in The Case Files of Jeweler Richard)
The original Medalist manga by TSURUMAIKADA is serialized in Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon manga magazine since May 2020.Kodansha USA, which releases the manga’s English language edition, describes the first volume:
Inori is a little girl who dreams of becoming a figure skater. Yet, the obstacles to this dream feel insurmountable: Inori’s already “too old” (she’s 11); she’s always had trouble at school; and, worst of all, her older sister’s skating dreams ended in failure, so her mother is dead set against putting her other daughter through a similar experience. Still, the rink is the only place Inori can be herself, and she’s out on the ice when a fateful meeting takes place. Tsukasa, a frustrated coach on the edge of giving up competitive skating himself, will join Inori to form an unstoppable duo powered by hard work, transcendent joy, and an unshakeable belief that they can prove everyone wrong.
Source: Comic Natalie
