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Run with the Wind

Run with the Wind

20187.61 Season23 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment "Chikuseisou" where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan. Kakeru soon finds out that all of the residents except for Haiji and himself are complete novices.

Created by Kozue Kananiwa
Written by Kohei Kiyasu
Produced by Hiroyuki Inage, Wakana Okamura, Masaki Shiode
NetworksNippon TV

Top Cast

Takeo Otsuka

Takeo Otsuka

Kakeru Kurahara (voice)

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Haiji Kiyose (voice)

Miyu Irino

Miyu Irino

Akane Kashiwazaki (voice)

Hideaki Kabumoto

Hideaki Kabumoto

Musa Kamala (voice)

Takanori Hoshino

Takanori Hoshino

Akihiro Hirata (voice)

Riki Kitazawa

Riki Kitazawa

Youhei Sakaguchi (voice)

Yuto Uemura

Yuto Uemura

Joujirou Kizuki (voice)

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Yukihiko Iwakura (voice)

Koki Uchiyama

Koki Uchiyama

Takashi Sugiyama (voice)

Junya Enoki

Junya Enoki

Joutarou Kizuki (voice)

Themes & Keywords

competitionbased on novel or booktrainingdormitorysportsrivalrytournamenttrack and fieldhigh school rivalryschool lifeseinenanimeschool clubprodigyjapanese high schoolbukatsu

About Run with the Wind

Run with the Wind is a animation, drama series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of competition, based on novel or book, training, dormitory, sports, rivalry. Created by Kozue Kananiwa, it stars Takeo Otsuka, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Miyu Irino. Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment "Chikuseisou" where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan. Kakeru soon finds out that all of the residents except for Haiji and himself are complete novices.

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