A live-action film is confirmed for Wataru Watanabe’s (渡辺航) cycling manga “Yowamushi Pedal” (弱虫ペダル) and will open in Japan on 14th August 2020.
Idol group King & Prince’s Ren Nagase (永瀬廉), above, will star as the protagonist, Sakamichi Onoda (小野田 坂道), together with Kentaro Ito (伊藤 健太郎), left below, as Sakamichi’s rival and friend Shunsuke Imaizum (今泉 俊輔), and Kanna Hashimoto (橋本 環奈), right below, as the cycling team manager Miki Kanzaki (寒咲 幹).
The film is directed by Kōichirō Miki (三木康一郎), who also directed the live-action movie “Anonymous Noise” and “The Travelling Cat Chronicles”.
▍Ren Nagase’s Comment Video
▍Story
The story follows Sakamichi Onoda, who is an otaku and a freshman in Sohoku High School (総北高校). Since he was a little boy, Onoda has ridden his commuter bicycle—a simple and bulky bicycle designed for short rides—for transportation and fun. A fellow freshman Shunsuke Imaizumi notices Onoda riding this bike and mocks him inwardly until he sees Onoda riding up a steep hill with little effort. He thus convinces him to join the bicycle racing club and aims for the top of the national cycling tournament.
▍About Yowamushi Pedal
“Yowamushi Pedal” began serialization in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion in 2008, and Akita Shoten will publish the 65th compiled book volume on 7th February.
An anime television series adaptation aired from October 2013 to July 2014, followed by a second season aired from October 2014 to March 2015, a third season aired from January to June 2017 and a fourth season aired from January to June 2018.
