Ahead of an April 2026 broadcast, the Scenes from Awajima anime today unveiled a second character visual and announced the casting of Ai Kayano as Ryoko Ueda (pictured right), a junior high classmate of Kinue (pictured left) who chose a different path. The music drama series stars Niina Nakabayashi as Wakana Tabata and Yo Taichi as Kinue Takehara. Scenes from Awajima Character Visual RELATED: Scenes from Awajima Anime Reveals Main Cast, April 2026 Broadcast in 1st Trailer Morio Asaka ( Chihayafuru ) directs the Scenes from Awajima anime at studio MADHOUSE, with series composition by Yasuhiro Nakanishi ( My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 ), character designs by Kunihiko Hamada ( NANA ) and music by Takahiro Obata ( The Promised Neverland ). Yen Press recently licensed Takako Shimura's original manga and describes the story: Awajima Opera School—where countless girls from across the country flock in hopes of one day standing on the big stage. As they work toward achieving their dreams of stardom, their time at Awajima is filled with as much friendship and admiration as competition and jealousy. The precious feelings of girls who are at once both classmates and rivals, tenderly captured in the portraits of an ensemble cast! Source: Official X (formerly Twitter)
