"Medalist" Season 2 begins airing in January 2026 on TV Asahi's "NUMAnimation" block.
A feeling that the intense battles of the Chubu Block Competition for a spot in the All-Japan Championships will be depicted with the tag team of Inori Yusoku, a girl challenging the world of figure skating, and Tsukasa Akeuroji, the coach who guides her.
The "awakening arc" where Inori, who learned the basics in Season 1, jumps into the world of serious competition finally begins ✨
If Season 1 was "the beginning of encounter and growth," Season 2 seems like it will be a hot development depicting "awakening as a competitor and serious competition" 🔥
Entering the Full-Scale Competition Arc
The teaser PV shows depictions of the "Chubu Block Competition," and from here the path to nationals and All-Japan opens. As Inori's first official competition debut, her standing on the rink in new costume and new program is depicted ⛸️
Inori's Technical and Mental Growth
Not just skating technique, but mental strength on the big stage and deepening trust with her coach are depicted. All techniques greatly evolve from Season 1—jump rotation speed, step trajectory, spin beauty 💫
Appearance of Powerful Rivals
Unique rival skaters appear: Hikaru Ozaki, Jun Yotaka, Rio Soridori, and more. Each has different strengths and is depicted as a mirror for Inori's growth. The genius vs effort structure is hot 🔥
Coach Tsukasa's Trials and Resolve
Development where Tsukasa, who coaches Inori, faces new challenges and conflicts as a coach and as someone carrying the past. His passion behind the strictness and how he faces past setbacks are deeply depicted 🧑🏫
Overwhelming Evolution of Skating Expression
In Season 2, technical depiction evolves more finely—skating on ice, spins, jumps. The beauty of figure skating is realistically recreated—ice texture, light reflection, costume movement, fusion with music ✨
Deepening Emotional Drama
Not just Inori and Tsukasa, but relationships with rival athletes, conflicts from winning and losing, feelings toward dreams are deeply depicted. The sentiment in the famous quote "Even if you fall, just stand up with a calm face" resonates 😭
Chubu Block Competition Results
Will Inori win or achieve good results? This turning point becomes the key to opening the path to All-Japan. How much Inori can show her ability in her first real competition will be a major highlight 🏆
Appearance of New Rivals
Strong rival skaters who didn't compete in Season 1 appear, intensifying competition with Inori. Each is unique—genius girl Hikaru Ozaki's provocative attitude, technical Jun Yotaka's precise performance ⚡
Trust Between Inori and Tsukasa
Moments where Tsukasa as coach shows not just strictness but passion become important. In scenes of great tension at competitions, Tsukasa's seriousness of resolve is expected to be depicted 💪
Breaking Technical Limits
Possibility of Inori challenging new programs—jump types, program composition, expression. Technical growth seems likely—challenging double axel, step sequence beauty 🌟
The Moment Effort Proves Talent
The moment Inori proves "effort is talent" is approaching. The theme becomes balancing technique × expression, and the development where Inori awakens as a "figure skater" is coming ✨
Fusion of Program Composition and Music
Programs Tsukasa creates have narrative, with composition embedding Inori's growth and emotions into music and choreography. With expression-focused finishes, her innate power to move audiences' hearts explodes 🎵
Hikaru Ozaki
A genius girl skater. Confident, talent-type, with an aggressive stance toward competition. The type who gets fired up seeing Inori, an existence that heightens the story. She carries loneliness and pressure because of her genius ⚡
Jun Yotaka
A cool, craftsman-type skater. Stronger in technique than expression, the type who stabilizes rankings with precise program composition. Inori is greatly influenced by Jun's stability ❄️
Rio Soridori
A high-expression type skater. Programs have strong narrative and audience appeal. Depicted as a contrast to Inori's "narrative performances" 🔥
The Essence of Inori's Genius
Inori possesses special talents—how she perceives music, core strength, spatial awareness. These serve as foreshadowing connecting to a world-level "expression genius" in the future 🌟
Coach Tsukasa's Past
Foreshadowing not yet fully told—why Tsukasa quit as an athlete, the ice dance era incident, why he chose coaching. Linked with Inori's growth, development where Tsukasa faces his past is coming 💭
Hikaru's Family Environment
Hikaru was raised in a sports-obsessed, coercive family, which is the root of her talent and conflicts. Loneliness from being a genius, pressure, an overly delicate spirit create the biggest contrast structure with Inori ⚡
Inori's Limits
Inori has mentally delicate aspects, and what happens when success experiences and pressure rapidly increase hasn't been depicted yet. This mental growth seems like it will be an important Season 2 theme 😭
Skating Federation Politics
Competitions aren't just sports—adult circumstances enter like selection quotas, program component scores, evaluation criteria, federation policies. Foreshadowing that this realistic behind-the-scenes of competition will start moving in Season 2 📊
Inori Yusoku
A girl skater who pours passion into figure skating. In Season 2, she aims for competition entry with further growth expected. Her perception of music is genius-level, and expression becomes her greatest weapon ✨
Tsukasa Akeuroji
Inori's coach. His way of being as an instructor and his past conflicts seem likely to be deeply explored. Exceptionally skilled at expression-focused, emotional line design—his compatibility with Inori is the best 🧑🏫