Season 2Episode 1

The Athlete's Pledge

Premiere date: 25 January 2026
Runtime: 23 min
TMDB episode rating: 7.0 / 10 · 3 votes

Episode overview

The Chubu Block championship arrives, bringing Inori her chance to qualify for the All-Japans Novice Contest. At the venue, Inori is overwhelmed with emotion at finally being in the place she has always dreamed of. There, she meets the other Novice A skaters, but the atmosphere shifts when former Olympian Riina Kojoh appears.

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Episode crew

Yasutaka Yamamoto山本靖貴 Director Jukki Hanada花田十輝 Writer Chika Kameyama亀山千夏 Animation director Masayo Kitajima北島雅代 2D Artist Midori Nakamura中村碧 3D Modeller Hajime Nakajima中嶋基 3D Animator Hiromi Wakabayashi若林大海 Background designer

Shinichi Watanabeワタナベシンイチ Storyboard artist Huang Xianglin黄翔麟 Key animator Emi Kanai金井英美 3D Modeller Rina Sakai坂井里奈 Background designer Mika Yagi八木海香 Background designer Tsutomu Ohno大野勉 Animation director, Opening/Ending Animation Yuji Wada和田祐二 Key animator, Animation director Tatsuo Nakajima中島達央 Animation director, Opening/Ending Animation Noa Kawamura川村乃愛 Animation director, Opening/Ending Animation Haruka Maruyama丸山遥花 Animation director, Opening/Ending Animation Eriko Ishizu石津江里子 Crew member Shiori Matsubara松原汐里 Crew member Hiroaki Moriyama森山弘章 Crew member Yuki Tsukamoto塚本有紀 3D Animator Natsumi Takamura高村菜摘 3D Animator Ryoma Hasegawa長谷川凌真 Key animator Takashi Ueno上野卓志 Opening/Ending Animation Sachiko Iwata岩田幸子 Opening/Ending Animation, Key animator Hinata Takekawa武川陽 Opening/Ending Animation Ayumi Takeuchi竹内あゆみ Opening/Ending Animation Kisa Fukuda福田希彩 Opening/Ending Animation Eri Kimura木村衣里 Opening/Ending Animation Asumi Ozawa小澤明日美 Opening/Ending Animation Hiroya Iijima飯島弘也 Opening/Ending Animation Shiori Ozeki大関志緒利 Supervising animation director Ayaka Murakami村上彩香 Animation director Yuuki Kitajima北島勇樹 Animation director Yuna Akioka秋岡優那 Animation director, Opening/Ending Animation Aya Miyajima宮島彩 Animation director Penareペンアレ Animation director Saki Hasegawa長谷川早紀 Key animator Sota Matsunaga松永颯太 Key animator Norihiko Tamaki玉置典彦 Key animator Xercharles Anonat Key animator Manel Hiresh Key animator Kazuhiko Wanibuchi鰐渕和彦 Key animator Minoru Ezaki江崎稔 Key animator Kafei Kafei咖飞咖飞 Key animator Lee Hyun-dae이현대 Key animator Go-geon고건 Key animator Yoon Ji-hui윤지희 Key animator Misuzu Yoshida吉田美寿々 Assistant art director Shiho Sudo須藤志帆 Background designer Risa Mizukami水上梨沙 Background designer YUKIMON Art designer, Crew member

Takeshi Watahiki綿引健 3D Modeller Ariyoshi Hara原有吉 3D Animator Morine Kuwasaki桑崎森音 3D Animator Kotaro Kohashi孝橋虎汰郎 3D Animator Ibuki Kunimasa國政生吹 Compositing Artist Ryuto Yagi八木瑠翔 Compositing Artist Yuka Yamajo山条裕香 Compositing Artist Akihiro Fujishima藤島明弘 Compositing Artist Yuki Teramoto寺本友紀 Compositing Artist Yahiro Miyashita宮下弥大 Production Assistant

Tsumugi紬衣 Theme song performer

Fuka楓華 Theme song performer

Sayaka彩楓 Theme song performer Takeshi Moriyama森山剛史 Opening/Ending Animation Akiko Toyoda豊田暁子 Opening/Ending Animation Emiri Sugiyama杉山笑梨 Opening/Ending Animation Sara Watanabe渡邊更 Opening/Ending Animation Katsuhiro Kumagai熊谷勝弘 Opening/Ending Animation Yuhi Suzuki鈴木夕陽 Opening/Ending Animation melomyめろま Opening/Ending Animation