Noah Lyles teases wedding details from a shared passion with fiancée Junelle Bromfield

Olympic champion Noah Lyles and his Jamaican fiancée Junelle Bromfield, are planning to celebrate their upcoming wedding with a unique personal touch: their shared passion for anime.

The couple, who got engaged in October 2024, are set to marry in the spring of 2026. Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE, Lyles revealed that several elements of the ceremony will be inspired by the Japanese art form.

"We have a few things — we have quite a few things anime-related," the 28-year-old sprinter teased.

Lyles, an eight-time world champion, has been an anime fan since childhood. He proudly takes credit for introducing Bromfield to the genre, though he admits his first attempt was a bit clumsy.

"I got Junelle into anime," he stated, before explaining the initial hiccup. "I got her into Manga first and she didn't get into it."

He later learned the reason for her confusion. "She told me later that the reason she didn't initially like it at first was because I forgot to tell her that you read it from right to left instead of left to right," Lyles explained. "But then she said a few years later, she went back and started reading Manga by herself, and she started falling in love with it."

The American track star gave a historic performance at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, where he secured his fourth consecutive 200-meter world title, a feat only previously achieved by Usain Bolt.

While competing in the birthplace of anime, Lyles was inundated with gifts from appreciative fans.

"I had so many freaking figurines. People were just gifting me Goku figurines and towels, blankets, pictures, a ton of stuff," he recalled. The volume of gifts became overwhelming. "I was like, 'I don't have any more space, guys. Please stop sending me stuff! I appreciate it, but it's too much.'"

When asked where he keeps the fan memorabilia, Lyles confirmed it has a dedicated home. "I don't have a shrine, but I have a room that's full of my collectibles, so it's going in that room," he said.