(c) Fanfare Anime Project
What You Need to Know:
- An additional cast of the TV anime "Gunjou no Fanfare" has been announced. Chiaki Kobayashi will appear in the role of Maki Sakai.
- "Gunjou no Fanfare," which will air in the Spring of 2022, is a youth ensemble drama that depicts boys aiming to become jockeys at a horse racing school. Sakai is a 15-year-old from Fukushima prefecture, who was taken to the racetrack by his grandfather at an early age, became a horse racing enthusiast—and his enthusiasm hit the gates of the horse racing school. A bright and solid hard worker, he is a data-type horse racing nerd who remembers all the results of major races in the past. Kobayashi's comments are posted below.
(c) Fanfare Anime Project
Maki Sakai, who I play, is a straight boy who is honest and attentive. I'm really looking forward to seeing how he works hard with his classmates and grows up in the special space of a horse racing school.
Comment from Chiaki Kobayashi (role of Maki Sakai)
Synopsis
Keiba School’s Jockey Program.
Only 1 in 10 to 20 applicants are admitted to this prestigious program. Applicants need to not only be able to pass academic exams but also physical and motor function tests.
A boy who belongs to a popular idol group discovers a new dream...
A boy who grew up on an island yearns to run with horses...
A boy from England must face his dreams while struggling with the course laid out for him by his parents...
This is the story of their youth, as they spend three years at a horse racing school, each dreaming of becoming a jockey.
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