The anime has also unveiled a new trailer.
Jojo Fridays are gearing up to be back in full swing soon! JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run has revealed three new cast members ahead of the premiere of its second and third stages, which will begin streaming on 25 September, 2026 on Netflix.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run
Premiere date: 25 September, 2026 (Stages 2 & 3)
Animation studio: David Production
Streaming platform: Netflix
Who are the cast members of “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run”?
The newly announced cast includes:
- Tomoaki Maeno as Mountain Tim
- Yoko Hikasa as Hot Pants
- Tomokazu Sugita as Funny Valentine
While the rest of the cast are:
- Johnny Joestar - Shogo Sakata
- Gyro Zeppeli - Yohei Azakami
- Diego Brando - Kaito Ishikawa
- Lucy Steel - Rie Takahashi
- Steven Steel - Kenta Miyake
Who is in the staff of “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run”?
Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi are once again co-directing the anime at David Production. Other returning staff members include series director Toshiyuki Kato, script writer Yasuko Kobayashi, character designer Daisuke Tsumagari, music composer Yugo Kanno, and sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami.
What is “Steel Ball Run” all about?
Steel Ball Run is the seventh main story arc of the Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure manga series, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was serialised in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from January to October 2004 as a shounen series, before being moved to Ultra Jump, and thereby being classified as seinen, from 2005 to 2014.
Initially, Steel Ball Run was published without any connection to the overarching lore of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. However, it was later revealed that the serialisation was the official seventh arc of the series. The manga had a total of 95 chapters, which were combined into 24 tankobon volumes as volumes 81 to 104 of the entire series.
The manga has recently been licensed for an English release by Viz Media, with the first volume released in May 2025. The plot is described as:
Riders from around the world gather in the Wild West for the race of the century! Johnny Joestar, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, comes to spectate, and momentarily regains the ability to walk while watching a duel fought by Gyro Zeppeli. Desperate to learn more about this power, Johnny joins the race alongside Gyro and embarks on the most epic and bizarre race to ever cross the American frontier!