Cinderella Athletes Manga Ends on Comic Days
Kodansha’s Comic Days manga platform published the final chapter of Cinderella Athletes by Nyoijizai on Tuesday.
The story follows Keisuke Kaneda, a high-performing businessman who loses his place in a corporate power struggle and is reassigned as general manager of his company’s neglected all-female athletics team, Asterias. The team features a colorful roster including a tsundere tennis player, a stoic long-distance runner, a lively gyaru judo athlete, and two tall childhood-friend volleyball players with contrasting personalities.
© Nyoijizai, Kodansha
The manga launched on Comic Days in April 2025. Kodansha released the first compiled volume in June 2025, with the third volume shipping on December 10.
Nyoijizai is also known for Harukana Receive, which ran in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Forward from 2015 to 2020 and inspired a TV anime adaptation that premiered in July 2018, streamed by Crunchyroll. Other works by the creator include Silver Pole Flowers, Succubus-ka no Majime na Pure-san, and RePAIR: Kono Sekai wa Jizoku Kanōdesu ka?, all of which concluded between 2021 and 2023.
