“Prodigy skater Kensei joins skate-leading team to defeat rival Reo, facing teamwork challenges and internal conflicts.”
Skate-Leading Stars
スケートリーディング☆スターズ
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Synopsis
Prodigy skater Kensei joins skate-leading team to defeat rival Reo, facing teamwork challenges and internal conflicts.
Child figure skating prodigy Kensei Maeshima abruptly quits the sport after his one-sided rival, Reo Shinozaki, refuses to acknowledge his skill. Now, as a student at Inodai High School, Kensei uses his athletic skills to assist the other sports teams, but he never officially joins one. One day, Reo announces his switch from singles figure skating into team-based skate-leading and joins St. Clavis Gakuin High School—last year's Grand Prix champions. Hayato Sasugai, a classmate with a mysterious connection to Reo, convinces Kensei to switch to skate-leading in order to finally defeat his rival in a competition. Kensei's sudden entry into the Inodai Skate-Leading Club is met with backlash from the current members. Although he is a very strong singles skater, Kensei lacks the teamwork skills required to perform well in skate-leading. Factoring in his hot-headed, impatient attitude, inconsistent skating performances, and a complicated history with some of the members, Kensei's teammates do not believe he is a good fit to be their "Lead." The team must work together to resolve these issues, however, if they wish to qualify for the Grand Prix Finals and even stand a chance at defeating St. Clavis Gakuin.
What people say
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Derived from 33 sampled reviews
What 33 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.83 · split reception
4.1 pts
Recommenders 7.3 · others 3.1
↓ 2.15
Running avg · Jan 2021 → Feb 2026
- 7 “Despite starting with rock-bottom expectations simply because it featured ice skating like Yuri!!! On Ice, I found myself completely hooked after binging the first three episodes and grew genuinely...”
- 7 “Skate-Leading Stars scratches the figure-skating itch for Yuri on Ice fans and delivers entertaining character dynamics plus flashy performance sequences. Yet the plot stays simple and clichéd,...”
- 9 “Absolutely loved this anime’s art style and Maeshima’s character hooked me from a TikTok clip, making the series thoroughly enjoyable despite its rushed pacing. The 12-episode run felt too short,...”
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A Tv Production · Winter 2021
J.C.Staff.- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2021 – Mar 2021 Winter 2021
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-15911 catalog
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- Funimation Licensor