A trailer and visual have been released for Medalist Season 2, which also announced a January 24 (effectively January 25 at 1:30 AM JST) premiere date.
Other reveals include J-pop group HANA‘s “Cold Night” being the opening theme song and figure skater Rika Hongo participating in the motion capture. There are also ten new cast announcements:
• Natsuko Abe as Yuna Yagi
• Mao Ito as Rinna Sarukawa
• Maria Naganawa as Manaka Roba
• Minami Tanaka as Yotsuha Ushikawa
• Hikaru Tono as Kurumi Risu
• Takako Tanaka as Sakina Anaguma
• Yuko Natsuyoshi as Sana Niwatori
• Hibiku Yamamura as Iruka Okazaki
• Kotomi Aihara as Rina Kojo
• Ai Kayano as Marika Kurione
Medalist‘s first season aired during the Winter 2025 anime season. The anime is based on the Kodansha-published manga by Tsurumaikada, which began serialization in seinen magazine Monthly Afternoon in 2020 and has 13 volumes as of June 2025. Kodansha USA describes the source material as such:
Tsukasa, whose dreams were crushed. Inori, left to fend for herself. These two share a dream…and their tenacity may be the only thing that sees them through. Their destination? The ice…on the world’s stage!
Disney+ will stream Medalist Season 2.
The manga was the winner of the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taisho 2022 award in the comics category and the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.
Staff (reprising)
• Director: Yasutaka Yamamoto
• Series composer: Jukki Hanada
• Character designer and co-chief animation director: Chinatsu Kameyama
• Animation production company: ENGI
Cast
• Natsumi Haruse as Inori Yuitsuka
• Takeo Otsuka as Tsukasa Akeuraji
• Kana Ichinose as Hikaru Kamisaki
• Yuma Uchida as Jun Yodaka
• Makoto Koichi as Rioh Sonidori
• Taito Ban as Shinichiro Sonidori
Source: Medalist anime website
