Free!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways. Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.

Series details

• Title: Free!
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Sports
• Premiere date: 2013-07-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-04-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 9747
• TVDB ID: 270065

Cast and credited roles

• Hiroshi Yanaka — Gorō Sasabe
• Kenjiro Tsuda — Seijūrō Mikoshiba
• Yoshimasa Hosoya — Sōsuke Yamazaki
• Kenichi Suzumura — Momotarou Mikoshiba
• Kouki Miyata — Aiichirō Nitori
• Tatsuhisa Suzuki — Makoto Tachibana
• Daisuke Hirakawa — Rei Ryugazaki
• Nobunaga Shimazaki — Haruka Nanase
• Mamoru Miyano — Rin Matsuoka
• Tsubasa Yonaga — Nagisa Hazuki
• Akeno Watanabe — Gō Matsuoka
• Satsuki Yukino — Miho Amakata

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-07-04; final listed air date 2013-09-26.
• Season 2: premiered 2014-07-03; final listed air date 2017-10-01; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2018-06-23; final listed air date 2022-04-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Free! on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.