WOWOW has released a new promotional video for the live-action TV drama adaptation of Io Sakisaka's Blue Spring Ride (Ao Haru Ride) manga, which reveals additional cast and the drama's January 19, 2024 premiere date for Season 2.
The theme song titled, "Kono Ame ga Yandara" (When the Rain Stops) is by Kana Adachi feat. Yuito Takeuchi.
The series will have two seasons. The first season will have 8 episodes, with Season 2 having 6 episodes.
Natsuki Deguchi stars as Futaba Yoshioka, while Kaito Sakurai stars as Kō Mabuchi.
After meeting each other again, Futaba realizes that he has gone through many changes. He acts more cool and even had his last name changed to Mabuchi. Gradually the two rekindle their love while piecing together what had happened in the time that they were apart.
The series will have two seasons. The first season will have 8 episodes, with Season 2 having 6 episodes.
Natsuki Deguchi stars as Futaba Yoshioka, while Kaito Sakurai stars as Kō Mabuchi.
The first season of the Blue Spring Ride TV drama premiered on WOWOW on September 22, 2023.
The second seasong of the drama is set to premiere on January 19, 2024.
Masato Kimura is directing all of the show's episodes except the fifth and seventh episodes, which Yūsuke Matsuda will direct.
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🍀#アオハライド Season2🍀
2024/1/19(金) 放送・配信スタート✨
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TVアニメ『アオハライド』で馬渕洸の声を演じた声優・#梶裕貴 がナレーションを務める、Season2特報映像を解禁‼️#WOWOW #咲坂伊緒 #出口夏希 #櫻井海音 pic.twitter.com/ftJnjfdZ0x
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENT:
Karin Fujiyoshi as Yui Narumi
The cast includes:
Natsuki Deguchi as Futaba Yoshioka
Kaito Sakurai as Kō Mabuchi
Sara Shida as Shūko Murao
Daiki Kanechika as Yōichi Tanaka
Sol Miyazato as Haruhiko Uchimiya
Riko as Yūri Makita
Taisuke Niihara as Aya Kominato
Ryōsuke Sota as Tōma Kikuchi
Kaito Sakurai as Kō Mabuchi
Sara Shida as Shūko Murao
Daiki Kanechika as Yōichi Tanaka
Sol Miyazato as Haruhiko Uchimiya
Riko as Yūri Makita
Taisuke Niihara as Aya Kominato
Ryōsuke Sota as Tōma Kikuchi
Manami Higa as Kaori Ichijō
Keisuke Watanabe as Yūdai Kodama
Mio Kudō as Asumi Nitō
Toru Nomaguchi as Toshio Hasebe
Keiko Horiuchi as Akari Mabuchi
Itsuji Itao as Yoshimasa Kajiwara
Satoshi Jimbo as Takanori Kuroda
TEASER VISUAL:
At the end of her first year of high school, the main heroine, Futaba suddenly has a chance encounter with her first love, Tanaka Kou. Three years ago, he transferred schools before she was able to say how she felt about him.
After meeting each other again, Futaba realizes that he has gone through many changes. He acts more cool and even had his last name changed to Mabuchi. Gradually the two rekindle their love while piecing together what had happened in the time that they were apart.


