Japan is been renowned for combining the most unlikely of things. Earlier this month, they did it again with the Good Smile Racing (GSR) Cup held at the New Tokyo Circuit in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture.
“Bike racing while listening to anime songs, eating food, and then back to racing! It’s an event for anyone who loves characters and bikes.” proclaims the event’s official site. Right of the bat you could tell that this was not going to be your average bike race with organizers encouraging participants to wear jerseys designed with the motifs of their favorite anime, manga or video game series. And yes, full blown cosplays were also encouraged.
Let’s take a look at this year’s event.
The track layout for the New Tokyo Circuit, the location of this year’s GSR.
The official Twitter account for the event, GSR Swemy kept everyone up to date with the on-goings of the event:
おはようございます！ 雨は大丈夫そうです。#gsrcup pic.twitter.com/vmG6wMzp0Y
— GSRスエミィー (@gsr_swemy) September 5, 2014
“Good morning! It looks like it’s not going to rain”
ミクZ4とTT零13改が並びました。囲いがないので超接写できますw #gsrcup pic.twitter.com/sJdIhyJpAv
— GSRスエミィー (@gsr_swemy) September 5, 2014
“The Miku Z4 and TT Rei 13 Kai are on display. They were not fenced up so we could get up close with them.”
右京さんが戦闘モードに入りました。#gsrcup pic.twitter.com/0SZvYiMaiW
— GSRスエミィー (@gsr_swemy) September 5, 2014
“Mr Ukyo has entered battle mode”
アキ代表も右京さんと組んで走ります。#gsrcup pic.twitter.com/iXsvhtl042
— GSRスエミィー (@gsr_swemy) September 5, 2014
“Representative Aki will be in the race with Mr Ukyo”
ミクサポちゃんも到着しました！ #gsrcup pic.twitter.com/3NQp9e4Ixe
— GSRスエミィー (@gsr_swemy) September 5, 2014
“Mikusapo-chan has also arrived!”
クリテリウムスタートしました！#fightgsr #gsrcup pic.twitter.com/XJem6XI4Ly
— GSRスエミィー (@gsr_swemy) September 6, 2014
“The criterium (a short bike race) has started!”
Some spectators got in on the act and uploaded some photos of the event as well:
キクミミさん走りを見てるとミニベロ欲しくなる。 #gsrcup pic.twitter.com/mVLkAXCjIZ
— まんぷく＠0923深窓音楽演奏会 (@m_manpuku) September 6, 2014
“After seeing Kikumimi-san racing, I want a small wheel bicycle too.”
箱 #GSRcup pic.twitter.com/tkyzwBoFmC
— 紅い鈴 (@redbell00) September 6, 2014
“Box”
いつもの光景～♪ 祭壇はこんな感じに。 #fightgsr #gsrcup pic.twitter.com/pabl6ajB09
— SAMMA(TM)＠マジカルミライ東京 (@samma_tm) September 6, 2014
“The usual scenery～♪.The alter looks something like this.”
量産されてるw #gsrcup pic.twitter.com/QiIGufEi6a
— まんぷく＠0923深窓音楽演奏会 (@m_manpuku) September 6, 2014
“They’re being mass produced”
こんな人が走ってましたよ #gsrcup pic.twitter.com/7JN87i6Fjo
— ひめ (@Milly) September 6, 2014
“This person joined the race too!”
3時間エンデューロ キャラクタージャージの部、音ノ木坂自転車部は5チーム19人で参加して1位と3位を獲得！ 応援ありがとうございました！！ #lovelive #gsrcup pic.twitter.com/VQvvSmyV4A
— おすら (@Othra) September 7, 2014
“A Team wearing Love Live! Character jerseys for a three hour enduro (an off-road motocycle sport with different obstacles and challenges) race/ The Otonokizaka Bicycle club competed with five teams made up of nineteen participants and came in first and third. Thank you for your support!”
ミクさん猛追 #fightgsr #gsrcup pic.twitter.com/SYLeFFfchI
— TAKE (@takegtx) September 6, 2014
“Miku-san is in hot pursuit”
If you enjoy cycling and think you will be in Chiba in September next year, bring your own costume and you could be part of the event as well!
Source: Twitter, RocketNews24
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