Long Riders!

Long Riders! (ろんぐらいだぁす!) is a Japanese manga series by Taishi Miyake, which began serialization in Ichijinsha's shōnen manga magazine Comic Rex from 2012 and has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes. Another volume containing material which predated the first Comic Rex chapter was published on May 27, 2014, as Volume 0. An anime television adaptation by Actas aired in Japan between October and December 2016, with the remaining episodes aired on February 5, 2017. A light-novel version by Kei Aramoto began with Volume 1 in August 2020.[2]

Plot

Upon seeing someone ride on a bike, college student Ami Kurata buys a folding bike and takes up cycling with her friend Aoi Niigaki. After meeting experienced cyclists Hinako Saijo, Yayoi Ichinose, and Saki Takamiya, Ami starts going further into the world of road cycling and soon forms her own team, Fortuna.

Characters

• Ami Kurata (倉田 亜美)
• A slightly clumsy college student who takes up cycling. She owns a red Pontac folding bicycle, which she nicknames "Ponta-kun", and later gets a road bike.
• Aoi Niigaki (新垣 葵)
• Ami's best friend who owns a Gigant bicycle.
• Hinako Saijō (西条 雛子)
• A cyclist whose family runs a Chinese restaurant, a common prank in the series is when she works in her family's restaurant, she is forced to use cosplay as bunny girl or chinese dress to get a better pay.
• Yayoi Ichinose (一之瀬 弥生)
• Hinako's friend who often rides with her.
• Saki Takamiya (高宮 紗希)
• Hinako's friend, who often rides to various places instead of taking public transport.
• Miya Saeki (佐伯 美弥)
• Ami's colleague at college who becomes inspired by her to take up cycling herself and later joins Team Fortuna.
• Emi Kurata (倉田 恵美)
• Ami's younger sister.
• Alpaca Cycle Manager (アルパカサイクル店長)
• The manager of a local bicycle shop who always wears an alpaca motif.

Media

External links

• Official website
• Official anime website