About Run with the Wind
Run with the Wind (Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru) follows Kakeru Kurahara, a gifted but disillusioned runner who, after a falling-out with his high school team, is taken in by Haiji Kiyose, a charismatic university senior living in a ramshackle dormitory called Chikusei-so. Haiji has a seemingly impossible dream: to enter their ten housemates in the Hakone Ekiden, Japan's most prestigious and grueling collegiate long-distance relay race.
The catch is that almost none of the residents are runners. Among them is Akihiro Hirata, nicknamed 'Prince,' a manga-obsessed introvert who has never run competitively in his life. As Haiji slowly reveals his true intentions and coaxes the reluctant tenants into training, the series charts their transformation from a mismatched group of students into a genuine team chasing a near-mythical goal within a single calendar year.
Produced by Production I.G and adapted from Shion Miura's award-winning novel, the anime balances grounded athletic drama with intimate character study. It explores what it means to be 'strong' versus 'fast,' the toll and beauty of distance running, and the bonds that form when ordinary people commit to something extraordinary together. The 23-episode run builds steadily toward the two-day Hakone Ekiden, where each runner must carry the team's hopes across a single leg of the course.