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The second season of the figure skating anime “Medalist” has unveiled four new characters and their voice actors. New visuals for the characters have also been revealed. Season 2 began airing on 24 January, 2026.
Medalist Season 2 new cast details
The four new voice actors joining the cast are:
- Natsuki Hanae as Kakeru Uobuchi
- Konomi Inagaki as Miku Ahiru
- Shoya Ishige as Kohei Kamogawa
- Yuki Ono as Juna Shirator
Kakeru, Kohei, and Juna are coaches while Miku is an athlete.
The main voice cast of the anime includes:
- Natsumi Haruse as Inori Yuitsuka
- Takeo Otsuka as Tsukasa Akeuraji
- Kana Ichinose as Hikaru Kamisaki
- Yuma Uchida as Jun Yodaka
- Makoto Koichi as Rioh Sonidori
- Taito Ban as Shinichiro Sonidori
Previously announced characters who debuted in Medalist Season 2 are:
- Natsuko Abe as Yuna Yagi
- Mao Ito as Rinna Sarukawa
- Maria Naganawa as Manaka Roba
- Minami Tanaka as Yotsuha Ushikawa
- Hikaru Tono as Kurumi Risu
- Takako Tanaka as Sakina Anaguma
- Yuko Natsuyoshi as Sana Niwatori
- Hibiku Yamamura as Iruka Okazaki
- Kotomi Aihara as Riina Kojoh
- Ai Kayano as Marika Kurione
Yasutaka Yamamoto continues to direct the second season at Studio ENGI. Jukki Hanada continues to write the scripts, while Chinatsu Kameyama designs the characters. Yuuki Hayashi is composing the music. Hazuki Nakamura has joined as the new art director while Kentaro Kashiwagi is the new director of photography. Takasumi Miura has joined as the animation producer.
It was also announced that Medalist will be getting an anime movie in 2027, although the release date hasn’t been confirmed yet.
The anime is based on Tsurumaikada’s manga series of the same name which began publishing in May 2020 in Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon magazine. Kodansha also publishes the manga in English and describes the story as:
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.