Smile Down the Runway (2020–2020)

TV ShowEndedAnimation, Drama1 season, 12 episodes
Smile Down the Runway posterReview score: 73%

Plot

Chiyuki Fujito was going to be a professional runway model until she stopped growing. Poor Ikuto Tsumura is not even sure if he wants to be a fashion designer because of his family responsibilities. Faced with overwhelming adversity, they need to decide if their dreams are worth pursuing. It’s not impossible – they’ll just have to be creative in how they get there!

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Smile Down the Runway S01E10Must Not LoseS01E10 · 8.5The Geika Festival kicks off and Tsumura presents his first fashion show. His family shows up to support and an all-star panel of judges evaluate his work.
  2. 02Smile Down the Runway S01E11The PromiseS01E11 · 8.5Kokoro and Chiyuki team up for the Geika Festival fashion show. Things are tense between them at first, but they learn to work together, even as rivals.
  3. 03Smile Down the Runway S01E12This Is My StoryS01E12 · 8.5After Toh presents his designs, the Geika Festival fashion show comes to an end. The results place everyone on their path for their next venture.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2020Aired 7.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Smile Down the Runway S01E01This Is Your StoryJanuary 11, 2020 7.0High school student Chiyuki Fujito is determined to become a Paris Fashion Week model despite being told it's impossible because of her heig
  2. S01E02Smile Down the Runway S01E02A Professional's WorldJanuary 18, 2020 5.7Tsumura stands up to President Fujito and earns a shot to work with Hajime Yanagida, an independent designer. They go to Tokyo Fashion Week
  3. S01E03Smile Down the Runway S01E03Smile Down the RunwayJanuary 25, 2020 8.0Both Chiyuki and Tsumura are met with unexpected challenges facing the runway. They help each other through the most difficult moments and s
  4. S01E04Smile Down the Runway S01E04Young TalentsFebruary 1, 2020 7.0Toh Ayano and Kokoro Hasegawa, both Geika Fashion School students, join Tsumura to help Yanagida fulfill an important order placed by a clie
  5. S01E05Smile Down the Runway S01E05Individual StylesFebruary 8, 2020 7.5Tsumura is set to participate in the Geika Festival fashion show where the winner gets support to launch their own brand and a trip to Paris
  6. S01E06Smile Down the Runway S01E06Superiority and InferiorityFebruary 15, 2020 7.5Tsumura presents his work for the preliminary round as Geika students Kaoru Kizaki and Ryunosuke Eda volunteer themselves to be the judges.
  7. S01E07Smile Down the Runway S01E07AuraFebruary 22, 2020 8.0Chiyuki shows up to a shoot where Kokoro is featured as the main model. Despite all the criticism, Chiyuki pulls it together. Kokoro struggl
  8. S01E08Smile Down the Runway S01E08The Designer's CapacityFebruary 29, 2020 7.0Tsumura's mother undergoes an emergency operation. Now in a financial pinch, he decides to quit his part-time design jobs for better paying
  9. S01E09Smile Down the Runway S01E09RivalsMarch 7, 2020 7.5Tsumura prepares for the Geika Festival on his own, now with rivals to compete against. Chiyuki and Kokoro meet again for the first time aft
  10. S01E10Smile Down the Runway S01E10Season's bestMust Not LoseMarch 14, 2020 8.5The Geika Festival kicks off and Tsumura presents his first fashion show. His family shows up to support and an all-star panel of judges eva
  11. S01E11Smile Down the Runway S01E11The PromiseMarch 21, 2020 8.5Kokoro and Chiyuki team up for the Geika Festival fashion show. Things are tense between them at first, but they learn to work together, eve
  12. S01E12Smile Down the Runway S01E12This Is My StoryMarch 28, 2020 8.5After Toh presents his designs, the Geika Festival fashion show comes to an end. The results place everyone on their path for their next ven

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Castfull cast & details

Yumiri HanamoriYumiri HanamoriChiyuki Fujito (voice)Natsuki HanaeNatsuki HanaeIkuto Tsumura (voice)Ai KayanoAi KayanoKokoro Hasegawa (voice)Yui IshikawaYui IshikawaHonoka Tsumura (voice)Hibiku YamamuraHibiku YamamuraAoi Tsumura (voice)Hikaru AkaoHikaru AkaoIchika Tsumura (voice)Ryohei KimuraRyohei KimuraToh Ayano (voice)Ayaka FukuharaAyaka FukuharaKaoru Kizaki (voice)

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