Rinkai!
Rinkai! is a Japanese mixed-media project about women's keirin cycling created by Mixi. A manga series by Kiyoshi Yamane titled Rinkai! Azalea began serialization in Amazia's Manga Bang! service in April 2024. An anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment aired from April to June 2024.
Characters
As per their official profiles, every character is a cyclist each representative from a different Japanese prefecture, associated with a specific velodrome situated there. Each character's surname shares in turn the name of the city which is home to such velodrome.Main characters (Protagonists)
;Izumi Itō;Nana Hiratsuka
;Miko Yahiko
;Sachi Nagoya
;Kinusa Takamatsu
;Ai Kumamoto
Minor characters
;Tsutsuji Kurume;Chigiri Toyohashi
;Suzu Matsusaka
;Sora Iwakitaira
;Remi Hiroshima
;Midori Maebashi
;Rika Matsudo
;Rio Kishiwada
;Yakuko Toyama
;Momoka Tamano
;Kōme Hōfu
;Remu Tachikawa
;Miyako Mukomachi
;Sawamitsu
;Yamada
Media
Manga
A manga series by Kiyoshi Yamane titled Rinkai! Azalea began serialization in Amazia's Manga Bang! service April 9, 2024.Anime
An anime television series was announced alongside the manga series at the AnimeJapan 2023 event. The series is produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Takaaki Ishiyama, with Hideki Shirane handling series composition, Hiromi Ono designing the characters, and Shuichiro Fukuhiro, Yoshihei Ueda and Mana Hirano composing the music. It aired from April 9 to June 25, 2024, on Tokyo MX and BS Fuji. The opening theme song is "Windshifter", performed by Rico Sasaki, while the ending theme song is "Override!", performed by the main cast.Medialink licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel. Jonu Media also licensed the series in Spain.