ZERO RISE is a basketball-themed 
cross-media project
that tells the story of those who fight to 
RISE up from ZERO.

Launching with a stage performance in 
2026, the project will unfold its story 
across multiple forms 
of media, including 
stage plays, anime, music, and comics.

The actors portraying the characters on 
stage will also voice the same characters 
in the anime.

With the passion ignited on stage as its 
starting point, ZERO RISE will be brought 
to audiences
through a variety of media 
experiences.

They live in an extremely stratified society 
where even the smallest mistake is 
unforgivable,
and a flawless existence is 
demanded of all.

People erased and cast aside 
because of their pasts.

Young people driven from the sunlit courts 
of their schools
and forced to survive in the shadows 
of the streets.

Even so, they could never let go of the 
basketball.

Then, a former professional 
basketball player
named JIGEN appears before 
them.

JIGEN leads them to an 
underground street basketball 
league—
ZERO RISE.

If they win, they can return to the 
place they once belonged.

The sins they carry, the time they 
have lost, the power 
they have gained,
and the truth they seek to prove— 
With their own resolve 
in their hearts,
they step forward into the fight.

As they fight to 
RISE up from 
ZERO.