The series Prince of Stride: Alternative revolves around the extreme sport "Stride", a sport where a team of 5 plus a relationer runs relay races in towns. The story takes place at Hōnan Academy where first year high school students Takeru Fujiwara and Nana Sakurai try to re-establish the school's "Stride" team by recruiting 6 members. Their goal is to join other schools to compete and win Eastern Japan's top Stride competition, the "End of Summer". Takeru asked Nana to become a relationer as well as a manager. They asked Riku Yagami to join the team, but he turns them down stating that "Stride" is something that he does not want to do, but has to after finishing in a dead-heat against the upperclassmen.
Hōnan's Stride club is so small that all members automatically enters into the Shogi club (which only has Ayumu) as well since each club must have at least three members.
Nana Sakurai (桜井 奈々, Sakurai Nana)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese); Natalie Hoover (English)
The female protagonist. She's a hardworking girl who's moved alone from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and has transferred to Hōnan Academy due to her admiration of the old Stride team. Soon after joining, she was given the position of the relationer of the Stride club by Fujiwara as well as her role as a manager. Since her father is known as the "King of Stride", Nana is unofficially known as the "Princess of Stride".
Riku Yagami (八神 陸, Yagami Riku)
Voiced by: Ryohei Kimura (Japanese); Austin Tindle (English)
The male protagonist. Riku is another freshman who becomes friends with Nana on their first meeting. He is cheerful and friendly, also has good motor skills. He loves all kinds of sports except Kabbadi, and wishes to join all of the sports club in the school. His family runs a bakery and his older brother is Tomoe.
Takeru Fujiwara (藤原 尊, Fujiwara Takeru)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Ricco Fajardo (English)
Always cool and stoic. His only interest is stride. In middle school, he was a famous stride player. He usually wears glasses with no frames on top, but during practice he uses contacts. He seems to have strong faith in Riku's athletic ability as Riku finished in a dead-heat in the 2-on-2 race against Heath. He tends to feel people's legs to determine their talent. It is later revealed that he can't swim.
Hozumi Kohinata (小日向 穂積, Kohinata Hozumi)
Voiced by: Kensho Ono (Japanese); Clifford Chapin (English)
Looks cute, loves collecting small animal plushies, but actually loves terrible jokes and wants to work in the theater. Even if he's injured, he always carries a smile. The caring eldest son of a big family. He especially cares for Ayumu. His technique is such that he relies more on acrobatic parkour skills rather than running speed to overtake others, thus being touted as "The Trickster of Hōnan".
Heath Hasekura (支倉 ヒース, Hasekura Heath)
Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Japanese); Jason Liebrecht (English)
Leader of the Stride club. Full of manly spirit, he has a dependable aura. He's half British and has two sisters; one is president of a company, the other is a model. Heath himself also models sometimes against his will. He didn't feel practice was necessary since the club doesn't have enough members to even race, and thus was de-registered by the Japanese Stride Association (JSA). He later regains hope when Nana, Riku, and Takeru join the Stride club. He manages to convince Kuga to come back, as well.
Kyōsuke Kuga (久我 恭介, Kuga Kyōsuke)
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (Japanese); Ivan Jasso (English)
A former member of Hōnan's stride club. He's considered as a somewhat scary person because an incident where he took the blame for and quit stride club. Kuga has a mysterious vibe to him and may often appear as a loner. He's finally convinced to rejoin the Stride club by Heath.
Ayumu Kadowaki (門脇 歩, Kadowaki Ayumu)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (Japanese); Micah Solusod (English)
He is a passionate Shogi player first, self-proclaimed "King" and leader of the Shogi club (the only true member), reluctant runner second. He has green hair and wears glasses. He was a relationer last year, and relayed information to Heath and Hozumi in the 2-on-2 race. He then contemplated quitting the team and the Shogi club because he has no talent as a runner.
Yūjirō Dan (壇 悠次郎, Dan Yūjirō)
Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu (Japanese); J. Michael Tatum (English)
The coach and advisor of the Stride team. He often speaks using four-character idiomatic phrases. Somehow, he never uses the same ones.
Team name: Galaxy Standard, which is also an idol band, and is the first rival of Honan, having been matched up on their debut match.
Reiji Suwa (諏訪 怜治, Suwa Reiji)
Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (Japanese); Justin Briner (English)
The captain of Saisei Stride Club. A competitive person, and his competitiveness triggered an after match with Fujiwara Takeru.
Shizuma Mayuzumi (黛 静馬, Mayuzumi Shizuma)
Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa (Japanese); Garret Storms (English)
The relationer of Saisei Stride Club and faithful aide of Suwa Reiji. Dubbed as "superhuman" because he can do everything (maybe except cooking) by his younger brother, Mayuzumi Azuma. He can give accurate command to his runners.
Bantarō Chiyomatsu (千代松 万太郎, Chiyomatsu Bantarō)
Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi (Japanese); Josh Grelle (English)
Likes to be referred to as "Ban-chan". He is also known as the "Trickster" of Saisei, is lively, and full of enthusiasm.
Tasuku Senoo (妹尾 匡, SenooTasuku)
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese); Shawn Gann (English)
He is very serious and will do almost anything to help Mr. Reiji win. He will often shove the other Stride team to the side, like he did with Heath.
Asuma Mayuzumi (黛 遊馬, Mayuzumi Asuma)
Voiced by: Yūki Ono (Japanese); Joel McDonald (English)
Younger brother of Mayuzumi Shizuma. Called the most plain in the group because of minimal stage presence and is made fun of because of that by his teammates. Close with Yagami Riku, he jokes they both have "superhuman" as older brothers.
Kaede Okumura (奥村 楓, Okumura Kaede)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Japanese); Jean-Luc Hester (English)
Huge fan of Kuga Kyosuke. He tries his best to beat Kuga, and often shows off while running in a Stride race.
Kei Kamoda (鴨田 慶, Kamoda Kei)
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)
The captain of Mihashi Stride Club. He also is the secret true Relationer of the team. He wants to win since it was his brother, Kamoda Yu,'s last summer.
Yū Kamoda (鴨田 侑, Kamoda Yū)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese); Jerry Jewell (English)
The Relationer of Mihashi Stride Club in name only. He mainly bluffs and calls out false sets.
Aoi Shima (嶋 葵, Shima Aoi)
Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi (Japanese); Derick Snow (English)
Hisato Harigaya (針ヶ谷 久人, Harigaya Hisato)
Voiced by: Daiki Hamano (Japanese); Chris Guerrero (English)
Takeshi Eifuku (永福 武志, Eifuku Takeshi)
Voiced by: Taishi Murata (Japanese); Christopher Bevins (English)
Nobuhiko Nagatsuka (長塚 乃彦, Nagatsuka Nobuhiko)
Voiced by: Itaru Yamamoto (Japanese); Kaiji Tang (English)
Yuri Himemiya (姫宮 悠李, Himemiya Yuri)
Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English)
A third-year runner who looks like a girl and has the best parkour skills on his team. He's sworn Hozumi as his enemy.
Shiki Dozono (堂園 志貴, Dozono Shiki)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (Japanese); Chris Patton (English)
The third-year Relationer who is very sadistic and tries to use past traumas against their opponents. He thinks the Relationer is supreme, and that the others can't run without him.
Kaoru Shishibara (獅子原 馨, Shishibara Kaoru)
Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi (Japanese); Cris George (English)
A third-year runner who was pitted against Kuga. He's been naturally blessed with an excellent body, a simple mind, and has never felt any stress or troubles.
Kiyoto Washimi (鷲見 紀世斗, Washimi Kiyoto)
Voiced by: Hiromichi Tezuka (Japanese); Marcus D. Stimac (English)
A third-year runner who was the anchor for Ichijikan. He was badly outmatched by Takeru. He's one of Himemiya Yuri's henchmen.
Arata Samejima (鮫島 改, Samejima Arata)
Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi (Japanese); Kyle Phillips (English)
A third-year runner who's popular with the girls. He's one of Himemiya Yuri's three henchmen.
Tetsu Hachiya (蜂屋 鉄, Hachiya Tetsu)
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese); Anthony Bowling (English)
A third-year runner who is very talkative, annoying, and noisy. He fell in love with Yuri without knowing he was a guy. He's one of Yuri's three henchmen.
Tomoe Yagami (八神 巴, Yagami Tomoe)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn (English)
Yagami Riku's older brother. A former member of the Hōnan Stride team who left in his third year of high school to study abroad in America. He returns to invite Kuga to join his school.
Amatsu Ida (維田 天, Ida Amatsu)
Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara (Japanese); Greg Ayres (English)
Tōya Natsunagi (夏凪 瞳弥, Natsunagi Tōya)
Voiced by: Shouta Aoi (Japanese); Aaron Dismuke (English)
Nampei Aoba (青葉 南平, Aoba Nampei)
Voiced by: Ikuji Nose (Japanese); Oscar Seung (English)
Hajime Izumino (五十公野 哉, Izumino Hajime)
Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka (Japanese); Chris Burnett (English)
Ryō Izumino (五十公野 了, Izumino Ryō)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese); Seth Magill (English)
Joe Sakurai (桜井 ジョウ, Sakurai Jō)
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa (Japanese); Robert McCollum (English)
The new coach of the Kakyôin Stride team and Nana's father. He is known as the "King" for making the sport popular in Japan. He was working in America at the start of the series before coming back just before the End of Summer tournament.
Diane Hasekura (支倉 ダイアン, Hasekura Daian)
Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (Japanese); Elizabeth Maxwell (English)
Heath's elder sister and the president of a fashion company. In exchange for sponsoring the Honan Stride Club, she has the team members model her company's clothes. Initially, the deal was that they win Kichijoji Spring Festival. After suffering through the bragging of a rival company (who was sponsoring the Saisei Stride Team), Diane continued to sponsor Honan and created new jerseys for the team to wear for official matches.
The anime Opening Theme song is "Strider's High" by OxT (Masayoshi Ōishi x Tom-H@ck). Ending theme is "Be My Steady" by Galaxy Standard. The unit "Galaxy Standard" is composed of the voice actors from the anime's Saisei Academy Stride Club. The voice actors include: Mamoru Miyano, Daisuke Hirakawa, Takuya Eguchi, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Yuuki Ono, and Toshiyuki Toyonaga. Funimation has licensed the anime to stream the anime in both subtitled and dubbed versions.
All episode are numbered by Step followed by the title of the episode.
