The live-action film of Wataru Watanabe’s (渡辺航) cycling manga “Yowamushi Pedal” (弱虫ペダル) reveals new cast visuals for the Sohoku (総北) Bicycle Racing Club. It is scheduled to open in Japan on 14th August 2020.
The newly announced cast members include, top left, clockwise, Ryōta Bandō (坂東龍汰) as Shōkichi Naruko (鳴子章吉) , Ryō Ryūsei (竜星涼) as Shingo Kinjō (金城真護), Shuntarō Yanagi (栁俊太郎) as Yūsuke Makishima (巻島裕介), Sarutoki Minagawa (皆川猿時) as Kōji Kanzaki (寒咲幸司, a film original character) , Mizuki Inoue (井上瑞稀) as Terufumi Sugimoto (杉元照文), and Ken Sugawara (菅原健) as Jin Tadokoro (田所迅).
Idol group King & Prince’s Ren Nagase (永瀬廉), star as the protagonist, Sakamichi Onoda (小野田 坂道), together with Kentaro Ito (伊藤 健太郎), as Sakamichi’s rival and friend Shunsuke Imaizum (今泉 俊輔), and Kanna Hashimoto (橋本 環奈), 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”.
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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.