The official Twitter account for Wataru Watanabe’s Yowamushi Peda (Yowapeda) live-action adaptation has just dropped profile shots of the cast in costume. Check them all out here!
The original manga centers on Sakamichi Onoda, an otaku who goes to Sōhoku High School. He loves anime and games so much that he would cycle to Akihabara (about 90kms in a round trip) just to get his fix. He eventually encounters his school’s cycling team and his life changes when he takes part in competitive bike racing.
Some of the cast have already been revealed previously, butyou can catch the most recently released profile shots below.
First we have Eiji Takigawa as Juichi Fukutomi (from the stage plays)
Ryō Kitamura as Jinpachi Tōdō (from the stage plays)
Ryūtarō Akimoto as Yukinari Kuroda (from the stage plays)
Hiroki Suzuki as Yasutomo Arakita (from the stage plays)
Shuuto Miyazaki as Hayato Shinkai (from the stage plays)
Soramu Aoki as Tōichirō Izumida
Keisuke Ueda as Sangaku Minami (from the stage plays)
Yūki Tomotsune as Jin Tadokoro (from the stage plays)
Ryōma Baba as Yūsuke Makishima (from the stage plays)
Kousuke Kujirai as Junta Teshima (from the stage plays)
Ryō Yashima as Hajime Aoyagi (from the stage plays)
Mitsu Murata as Akira Midōsuji
The series is set to premiere 26 August on BS SKY PerfecTV in Japan.
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