The official website for the anime adaptation of ESE and Kiyohito Natsuki's Wanna Be the Strongest in the World (Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai!) manga announced more of the anime's cast on Thursday.

Kana Hanazawa as Juri Sanada

Rina Satou as Kanae Fujishita

Eri Kitamura as Makoto Kirishima

Suzuko Mimori as Chinatsu Suzumoto

Sumire Uesaka as Kurea Komiyama

Yuka Ōtsubo as Nanami Kanno

Miku Itou as Yuuho Mochizuki

Sora Amamiya as Aika Hayase

Sora Tokui as Hornet

The new cast will be joining Ayana Taketatsu as Sakura Hagiwara, the main vocalist of the nationally renowned idol group Sweet. Sakura suddenly decides to become a female professional wrestler one day. Kana Asumi will play Erena Miyazawa, the singer who competes with Sakura to be the top idol in Sweet.

Rion Kujo (Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero, Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku) is directing the anime at the studio ARMS (MAOYU, Ikki-Tousen). Rin-Sin (Queen's Blade, Ikki-Tousen) is designing the characters for the first 30-minute television anime based on a manga from the Comic Earth Star magazine.

The anime will premiere in October. The manga version launched in the inaugural issue of Comic Earth Star in 2011, and the fourth compiled book volume will ship on September 12.

Source: MoCa News

Image © ESE/Wanna Be the Strongest in the World Production Committee