This year's 30th issue of Shueisha 's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that Nobuhiko Okamoto ( Haikyu!! 's Yū Nishinoya, Blue Exorcist 's Rin Okumura) and Chinatsu Akasaki ( Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! 's Shinka Nibutani, Senki Zesshō Symphogear 's Yumi Itaba) will join the cast of the Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma television anime series. Okamoto will play Ryō Kurokiba, and Akasaki will play Alice Nakiri. The two will debut in the 13th episode, which will air on June 27 in Japan.

Additionally, the issue is revealing that Nagoya rock band Misokkasu will perform the show's second opening theme song, and Seiko Oomori will perform the second ending theme song.