Season 2Episode 4

Ascendance

Premiere date: 15 February 2026
Runtime: 23 min
TMDB episode rating: 8.2 / 10 · 4 votes

Episode overview

Tsukasa Akeuraji has vowed to make Inori a gold medalist, and with that promise echoing in her heart, she takes the ice. While her program may appear straightforward at first glance, there is more to it than meets the eye. Tsukasa has crafted a strategy that plays to Inori's strengths, with a trump card for the final stretch. After the performance, Inori and Tsukasa sit together in the kiss and cry, waiting to see if their efforts have paid off.

Episode stills

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Episode crew

Kohei Kawai河合昂平 Director Jukki Hanada花田十輝 Writer Kisa Fukuda福田希彩 Key animator, Opening/Ending Animation Eri Kimura木村衣里 Key animator, Opening/Ending Animation Hinata Takekawa武川陽 Key animator, Opening/Ending Animation Midori Nakamura中村碧 3D Modeller Hajime Nakajima中嶋基 3D Animator Hiromi Wakabayashi若林大海 Background designer Huang Xianglin黄翔麟 Key animator Emi Kanai金井英美 3D Modeller Yuka Togashi富樫柚香 Production Assistant Rina Sakai坂井里奈 Background designer Masaru Yoshioka吉岡勝 Animation director Eri Kaneko金子江里 Background designer Mika Yagi八木海香 Background designer Tatsuo Nakajima中島達央 Animation director, Opening/Ending Animation Hiroya Iijima飯島弘也 Animation director, Opening/Ending Animation Eriko Ishizu石津江里子 Crew member Mayu Nagi凪真由 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 Yuna Akiba秋葉侑那 3D Animator Yuki Kishiyama岸山裕己 3D Animator Rio Matsumoto松本梨緒 3D Animator Alisara Arial Songwriter Takashi Ueno上野卓志 Opening/Ending Animation Sachiko Iwata岩田幸子 Opening/Ending Animation, Key animator Noa Kawamura川村乃愛 Opening/Ending Animation, Key animator Haruka Maruyama丸山遥花 Opening/Ending Animation, Key animator Ayumi Takeuchi竹内あゆみ Opening/Ending Animation Asumi Ozawa小澤明日美 Opening/Ending Animation Shiori Ozeki大関志緒利 Supervising animation director Yuji Wada和田祐二 Animation director Xercharles Anonat Key animator Go-geon고건 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 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 Takeshi Moriyama森山剛史 Animation director, Opening/Ending Animation Saki Hasegawa長谷川早紀 Animation director Kes Key animator Yuhi Suzuki鈴木夕陽 Key animator, Opening/Ending Animation Yuriko Takase高瀬ゆり子 Key animator Kennedy Freeman Key animator Yo Shinomiya篠宮よう Crew member Asuka Saito斎藤あすか Compositing Artist Masashi Okumura奥村正志 Storyboard artist Katsuhiro Kumagai熊谷勝弘 Animation director, Opening/Ending Animation Chika Noumi能海知佳 Animation director Rio Terauchi寺内理桜 Key animator Kokunen Oh王國年 Key animator Yuiro Toshima戸嶋唯郎 Key animator melomyめろま Key animator, Opening/Ending Animation Ryoko Oka岡遼子 Key animator Park Se-young박세영 Key animator Taiki Yoshino吉野泰輝 3D Modeller Daisuke Matsumoto松本大輔 3D Animator Masayo Ogura小掠雅代 2D Artist

Tsumugi紬衣 Theme song performer

Fuka楓華 Theme song performer

Sayaka彩楓 Theme song performer Tsutomu Ohno大野勉 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 Yuna Akioka秋岡優那 Opening/Ending Animation