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Smile Down the Runway S1E9 — Rivals

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Smile Down the Runway•Season 1•Episode 9

Rivals

7.6/10 · 19 votesMar 7, 202025 min

Ranked #7 of 12 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

Tsumura prepares for the Geika Festival on his own, now with rivals to compete against. Chiyuki and Kokoro meet again for the first time after the tension-filled shoot.

Directed byYouichirou Aoki, Takanori Yano

Written byMisaki Morie

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Cast13

Yumiri Hanamori

Yumiri Hanamori

Chiyuki Fujito (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

Natsuki Hanae

Ikuto Tsumura (voice)

Ai Kayano

Ai Kayano

Kokoro Hasegawa (voice)

Yui Ishikawa

Yui Ishikawa

Honoka Tsumura (voice)

Hibiku Yamamura

Hibiku Yamamura

Aoi Tsumura (voice)

Hikaru Akao

Hikaru Akao

Ichika Tsumura (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

Ryohei Kimura

Toh Ayano (voice)

Ayaka Fukuhara

Ayaka Fukuhara

Kaoru Kizaki (voice)

Kohei Amasaki

Kohei Amasaki

Ryuunosuke Eda (voice)

Keiko Han

Keiko Han

Youko Takaoka (voice)

Yui Makino

Yui Makino

Seira (voice)

Mayumi Asano

Mayumi Asano

Mai Ayano (voice)

Crew12

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Youichirou Aoki

Director

M

Misaki Kaneko

Supervising Animation Director

N

Naho Koyama

Animation Director

T

Takuro Sakurai

Animation Director

K

Kazuko Nakayama

Supervising Animation Director

T

Takanori Yano

Director

Y

Yusuke Shibata

Supervising Animation Director

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Nobuyoshi Nagayama

Storyboard Artist

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Ryosuke Shibuya

Storyboard Artist

M

Misaki Morie

Writer

H

Hisayuki Sugiura

Key Animation

T

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Storyboard Artist

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Episode Summary

"Rivals" is episode 9 of Smile Down the Runway season 1. It scored 7.6/10 from 19 votes, ranking #7 of 12 episodes this season (season average 7.7). Directed by Youichirou Aoki, Takanori Yano and written by Misaki Morie, it aired on March 7, 2020.

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