The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal manga released six new casting announcements.
The additional cast includes:
Ryota Bando as Shoukichi Naruko
Ryo Ryusei as Shingo Kinjou
Shuntaro Yanagi as Yuusuke Makishima
Ken Sugawara as Jin Tadokoro
Mizuki Inoue from idol group HiHi Jets as Terufumi Sugimoto
Sarutoki Minagawa as Kouji Kanzaki (the main heroine Miki's father)
Ren Nagase of the idol group King & Prince will star in the film as Sakamichi Onoda.
The film also stars Kentaro Ito as Shunsuke Imaizumi, Sakamichi's rival, and Kanna Hashimoto as the cycling team manager, Miki Kanzaki.
Kōichirō Miki is directing the film.
The film will premiere in Japan on August 14, 2020.
Daiki Yamashita, who voiced Sakamichi in the anime, narrates the film's title in the trailer.
Yen Press publishes the manga in English and describes the series as:
For the love of all things otaku--anime, video games, figures, you name it!
Power-pedaling Sakamichi Onoda has long been conquering the steepest slopes and regularly making the ninety-kilometer round-trip to Akihabara on a mommy bike!! But when his bike commute to his new high school lands him in a confrontation with the serious first-year road racer Imaizumi, Onoda has a major showdown on his hands! Can this meek geek really out-pedal the future ace of the school road-racing team?!
The additional cast includes:
Ryota Bando as Shoukichi Naruko
Ryo Ryusei as Shingo Kinjou
Shuntaro Yanagi as Yuusuke Makishima
Ken Sugawara as Jin Tadokoro
Mizuki Inoue from idol group HiHi Jets as Terufumi Sugimoto
Sarutoki Minagawa as Kouji Kanzaki (the main heroine Miki's father)
Ren Nagase of the idol group King & Prince will star in the film as Sakamichi Onoda.
The film also stars Kentaro Ito as Shunsuke Imaizumi, Sakamichi's rival, and Kanna Hashimoto as the cycling team manager, Miki Kanzaki.
Kōichirō Miki is directing the film.
The film will premiere in Japan on August 14, 2020.
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Yen Press publishes the manga in English and describes the series as:
For the love of all things otaku--anime, video games, figures, you name it!
Power-pedaling Sakamichi Onoda has long been conquering the steepest slopes and regularly making the ninety-kilometer round-trip to Akihabara on a mommy bike!! But when his bike commute to his new high school lands him in a confrontation with the serious first-year road racer Imaizumi, Onoda has a major showdown on his hands! Can this meek geek really out-pedal the future ace of the school road-racing team?!