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Oshi no Ko (TV)



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Alternative title:
Oshi no Ko: Mein*Star (German) 
【Oshi No Ko】 (Japanese) 
【推しの子】 (Japanese) 
Genres: psychological 
Themes: tragedy 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: Goro Amamiya is an obstetrician-gynecologist in a rural Japanese town tasked in assisting idol singer Ai Hoshino, who has taken a secret hiatus from her role in the idol group B-Komachi after becoming pregnant with twins. On the night of Ai's delivery, Goro is murdered by a deranged fan of Ai and is reincarnated as Ai's son Aquamarine. In addition, Aqua's twin sister Ruby is a reincarnation of Sarina Tendoji, one of Goro's patients and a fan of Ai. Four years later, Ai is murdered by the deranged fan before he commits suicide, and Aqua deduces that it was their biological father who planned the murder. As Aqua and Ruby reach their teenage years, they struggle to find their father and avenge their mother. 
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Ratings: 368 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 52 votes (sub:45, raw:3, dub:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 80 votes (sub:67, dub:7, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 82 votes (sub:73, dub:6, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 70 votes (sub:63, dub:4, raw:1, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Decent: 37 votes (sub:35, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 19 votes (sub:19)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:10, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 694 s, rank: #1695 (of 9997)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.562 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.9439, rank: #1677 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.584 (Very good−), rank: #1467 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.62 / seen some: 6.96 / won't finish: 3.31)
Bayesian estimate: 7.580 (Very good−), rank: #1168 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 11 
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2023-04-12 
Opening Theme:
"Idol" (アイドル) by YOASOBI 
Ending Theme:
"Mephisto" (メフィスト) by Queen Bee 
Insert song:
"Full moon...!" by Kana Arima [Megumi Han] (ep 9) 
"HEART's♡KISS -Ai Solo Ver-" by Ai [Rie Takahashi] (ep 1) 
"Pieyon Boot Dance" (ぴえヨンブートダンス) by Pieyon [Taishi Murata] (ep 5) 
"Piment Taisou" (ピーマン体操; Bell Pepper Exercises) by Kana Arima [Megumi Han] (ep 9) 
"Sign wa B -Ai Solo Ver-" (サインはB -アイ Solo Ver.-) by Ai [Rie Takahashi] (ep 1) 
"Sign wa B -New Arrange Ver-" (サインはB -New Arrange Ver.-) by B-Komachi [Yurie Igoma, Megumi Han, Rumi Ōkubo] (ep 11) 
"STAR☆T☆RAIN -Ai Solo Ver-" by Ai [Rie Takahashi] (ep 1) 
"STAR☆T☆RAIN -New Arrange Ver-" by B-Komachi [Yurie Igoma, Megumi Han, Rumi Ōkubo] (ep 11) 
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Oshi no Ko ‒ Episode 9 (Jun 15, 2023)
Oshi no Ko ‒ Episode 7 (May 25, 2023)
Oshi no Ko ‒ Episode 6 (May 18, 2023)
Oshi no Ko ‒ Episode 5 (May 11, 2023)
Oshi no Ko ‒ Episode 3 (Apr 27, 2023)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Oshi no Ko - Season 1 Collection (Blu-ray) 2024-06-25 (from $29.49)
    Oshi no Ko - Season 1 [Collector's Edition] (Blu-ray) 2024-07-23 (from $64.76)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Daisuke Hiramaki 
Series Composition: Jin Tanaka 
Script:
Jin Tanaka  (ep 1)  (eps 2-4)  (ep 5)  (ep 6)  (ep 7)  (ep 8)  (ep 9)  (ep 10)  (ep 11) 
Storyboard:
Yūsuke Yamamoto (OP) 
Episode Director:
Yûji Tokuno (ep 10) 
Unit Director:
Yūsuke Yamamoto (OP) 
Music: Takurō Iga 
Original creator:
Mengo Yokoyari 
Character Design: Kanna Hirayama 
Art Director: Tetsuya Usami (Studio Easter) 
Chief Animation Director:
Tomoya Atsumi  (ep 3)  (ep 6)  (ep 9) 
Animation Director:
Yūsuke Murata (ep 9) 
Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera 
Director of Photography: Takafumi Kuwano 
Executive producer:
Shōtarō Usui 
Producer:
Yusuke Aomura 

2D Work: Hiromi Iwase (eps 2-11) 
2nd Key Animation:
Michiko Oda (Doga Kobo; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 10
)
Zakuro (eps 1, 4) 
Animation producer: Ryo Kobayashi 
Animation Training Director:
Michiko Oda (ep 2)  (eps 1-11) 
Art Setting: Kōta Mizumoto (Studio Easter) 
Assistant Chief Animation Director:
Tomoya Atsumi (ep 10)  (ep 11) 
Assistant Director: Ciao Nekotomi 
Assistant Director of Photography: Yasushi Kudō 
Background Art: Ayuumu Sakurai (Studio Easter; eps 1-11) 
Character Supervision:
Kanna Hirayama (ep 3)  (ep 4)  (ep 6)  (ep 7)  (ep 9)  (ep 10) 
Color design: Kei Ishiguro 
Color Script:
Kuniyasu Nishina (ep 4)  (ep 6)  (ep 11) 
Cooperation:
Tomoyo Inoue (eps 4-11) 
Digital In-between Animation:
Zi Hao Wang (DR MOVIE; ep 1) 
Distribution Licensing:
Yukiko Ishibashi 
Domestic Licensing:
Ryunosuke Kadota 
Editing: Kentarō Tsubone 
HD Editing Desk: Yōsuke Ariyama (McRAY) 
In-Between Animation:
Michiko Oda (Doga Kobo; ep 1)  (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-11
)
Yume Kitajima (studio daisy; ep 1) 
In-Between Check: Makoto Oohara (OP, ED; eps 1-11) 
Insert Song Arrangement:
Yūsuke Shirato ("Sign wa B -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11) 
Insert Song Choreography Collaboration:
Sho Suehiro (from YZ Entertainment)  ("Pieyon Boot Dance" ep 5)  ("Piment Taisou" ep 9)  ("STAR☆T☆RAIN -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11)  ("Sign wa B -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11) 
Insert Song Composition:
Yūsuke Onodera ("STAR☆T☆RAIN -Ai Solo Ver-" ep 1)  ("STAR☆T☆RAIN -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11) 
Insert Song Lyrics:
Yūsuke Onodera ("STAR☆T☆RAIN -Ai Solo Ver-" ep 1)  ("STAR☆T☆RAIN -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11) 
Insert Song Performance:
Yurie Igoma (as Ruby)  ("STAR☆T☆RAIN -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11)  ("Sign wa B -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11) 
Key Animation:
Iori Fukuya (ep 1)  (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 11
)
Zi Yi Zhuo (ep 1)  (Doga Kobo, OP; eps 3, 7, 11) 
Key Animaton: Honoka Yokoyama (ep 4) 
Live Part Storyboard: Ciao Nekotomi (ep 11) 
Live Part Unit Director: Ciao Nekotomi (ep 11) 
Main Animator:
Takeshi Osame 
Music producer: Chieko Mizutori 
Official Site Management:
Shōta Inoue (Maverica) 
Online Editor:
Yuzuka Sugiura (McRAY; eps 4, 6-11) 
Original Work Assistant:
Yoshikazu Masuzawa (Weekly Young Jump Editorial Dept.) 
Overseas Licensing:
Yuna Kishita 
Photography:
Yui Fukuoka (eps 1-12) 
Planning:
Takeshi Kikuchi 
Production Advancement:
Takurō Masuda (eps 1, 7, 11) 
Production Advancement Assistant: Takumi Ochi (eps 10-11) 
Production Chief: Takurō Masuda 
Production Desk: Daiki Maeda 
Prop Design:
Nanami Hakoda 
Publicity:
Manuela Leon 
Publicity Assistant:
Kenta Tajima 
Publicity Producer:
Rinko Furudate 
Recording Adjustment: Hiroyuki Suzuki 
Recording Assistant: Keisuke Taira 
Sales Promotion:
Yōhei Ōki 
Setting Production:
Saori Tanaka 
Sound Effects: Kiyotaka Kawata 
Sound Production Manager:
Yūsuke Uchimura 
Studio Management:
Tazuko Fukudo 
Sub-Character Design: Shun Sawai 
System Management: Kazuto Okada 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Queen Bee (ED) 
Theme Song Collaboration: Kenta Tasaka (OP) 
Theme Song Composition:
Ayase (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ayase (OP) 
Theme Song Performance:
YOASOBI (OP) 
Vehicle Cooperation: Hiroki Watanabe 
Megumi Han as Kana Arima 
Rie Takahashi as Ai Hoshino 
Takeo Ōtsuka as Aquamarine Hoshino 
Yurie Igoma as Ruby Hoshino 

Lynn as Miyako Saitō 
Manaka Iwami as Akane Kurokawa 
Rumi Okubo as Memcho 

Akihiro Mine as Policeman (ep 7) 
Asaki Yuikawa as Idol (ep 11) 
Asami Seto as Frill Shiranui (eps 4, 9) 
Atsushi Tamaru as Ryōsuke (ep 1) 
Ayano Shibuya as Lala (ep 2) 
Daichi Hayashi as Drama Director (eps 3-4) 
Erina Koga as Female High School Student (ep 8) 
Genta Nakamura as Rookie Actor (ep 3) 
Hana Satō as Kana's Mother (ep 10) 
Hina Koyanagi as Idol (ep 11) 
Hina Natsume as Assistant (ep 4) 
Hina Yomiya as Minami Kotobuki (eps 4-5, 9) 
Hisao Egawa as Ichigo Saitō (ep 1) 
Hiyori Nitta as Mana Suzushiro (ep 11) 
Junichi Yanagita as SNS Voice (ep 6) 
Kanna Nakamura as SNS Voice (ep 6) 
Kenichi Suzumura as Sumiaki Raida (ep 11) 
Kenichirō Matsuda as Agency President (ep 6) 
Kent Itō as Gorō Amemiya 
Kimiko Saitō as Taishi's Mother (eps 2-3) 
Kōhei Yanagi as Male Student (ep 4) 
Kōji Okino as Rookie Actor (ep 3) 
Konomi Inagaki as Female Student (ep 4) 
Kōseki Kogure as Fan (ep 11) 
Kōsuke Tanabe as SNS Voice (ep 6) 
Marie Ōi as Akane's Mother (eps 6-7) 
Masahide Yamaguchi as Kanzaki (ep 2) 
Masaki Terasoma as Masaya Kaburagi (6 episodes
eps 3-5, 8-9, 11
)
 
Masaya Fukunishi as Fan (ep 11) 
Mayuko Kazama as Female Student (ep 4) 
Minami Kurisaka as Idol (ep 10) 
Naoya Miyase as Child Actor Agency Manager (ep 10) 
Natsu Yorita as Female Student (ep 2) 
Natsuki Miwa as MEM-cho's Mother (ep 9) 
Reo Osanai as SNS Voice (ep 6) 
Ryōko Maekawa as Female High School Student (ep 8) 
Saki Takahashi as Idol (ep 11) 
Saori Ōnishi as Yuki Sumi (eps 5-8) 
Seiji Maeda as Melt Narushima (eps 3-4) 
Seina Katō as Idol (ep 10) 
Seiyū Fujiwara as Music Producer (ep 10) 
Shizuka Itō as Yoriko Kichijouji (ep 4) 
Sōhei Horikane as Staff (ep 11) 
Taishi Murata as Pieyon (eps 5, 10) 
Taito Ban as Kengo Morimoto (eps 5-8) 
Takeo Ōtsuka as Pieyon (Aqua; ep 10) 
Tomohiro Ōno as Nobuyuki Kumano (eps 5-8) 
Tomohito Takatsuka as Fan (ep 11) 
Tomomi Tanaka as SNS Voice (ep 6) 
Tomoyo Takayanagi as Sarina Tendoji 
Yasuhiro Kikuchi as Manager (eps 6, 11) 
Yasuyuki Kase as Taishi Gotanda (eps 1-4) 
Yū Okano as Male Student (ep 4) 
Yū Wakabayashi as Drama Assistant Director (ep 4) 
Yui Hashimoto as
Assistant (ep 4) 
Drama Assistant Director (ep 3) 
Yumi Uchiyama as Aquamarine Hoshino (young) 
Yurina Amami as SNS Voice (ep 6) 
Yuuki Sanpei as Director (eps 5-8) 

Haruka Shamoto (ep 1) 
Hazuki Ogino (ep 1) 
Hikaru Iida (ep 1) 
Kō Bonkobara (ep 1) 
Kōhei Fukuhara (ep 1) 
Kōichi Sōma (ep 1) 
Misa Katō (ep 1) 
Ryōsuke Higa (ep 1) 
Ryūho Nagaoka (ep 1) 
Shiho Hisajima (ep 1) 
Tasuku Kida (ep 1) 
Yu Kawada (ep 1) 
Yuga Sato (ep 1) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Yostar Pictures (ep 1) 
3DLO: Studio Easter (eps 1-7) 
Animation Direction:
PSD Delivery (ep 6)  (ep 7)  (ep 9) 
Animation Production: Dōga Kōbō 
Backgrounds: Studio Easter 
Chief Animation Direction:
PSD Delivery (ep 6)  (ep 7)  (ep 9)  (ep 10) 
Color Inspection: Jumondo (ep 1) 
Color Specification: Jumondo (ep 1) 
Digital In-between Animation: DR Movie (ep 1) 
Finish Animation:
Triple A (ep 1) 
In-Between Animation:
Triple A (ep 1) 
Internet Streaming: Disney+ 
Key Animation:
Dōga Kōbō (ep 1) 
Photography Assistance:
Triple A (ep 1) 
Production:
Shueisha 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Shannon D. Reed 
Translation: Jake Jung 
ADR Script:
Shannon D. Reed 
Executive producer: John Ledford 

Audio Engineer:
Patrick Marrero (eps 8-11) 
Blu-Ray Authoring: Rynn Anthony 
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Sarah Cain 
Business Affairs: Griffin Vance 
Director of Studio Operations: Joey Goubeaud 
Graphic Design Manager: Larry Koteff 
Head Translator: Ian Fagen 
Mixing: David Lascoe 
Packaging Design: Sarah Cain 
Product Manager: Angelica Pizarro 
Production Assistant:
Rynn Anthony 
Production Coordination: Janice Williams 
Production manager: Son Phan Le 
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz 
Senior Acquisitions Coordinator: Toru Iwakami (Japan) 
Studio Engineer: Michael Olesch 
Studio Management: Joey Goubeaud 
Subtitling: Jordan Hemann 
Subtitling Manager: Son Phan Le 
Supervising Translator: Natalie Jones 
Translation Manager: Janice Williams 
Alyssa Marek as Ruby Hoshino 
Donna Bella Litton as Ai Hoshino 
Jack Stansbury as Aquamarine Hoshino 
Natalie Rial as Kana Arima 

Christina Kelly as Miyako Saitō 
Juliet Simmons as Memcho 
Kristen McGuire as Akane Kurokawa 

Adam Gibbs as Kengo Morimoto (eps 5-8) 
Alejandro Saab as Sumiaki Raida (ep 11) 
Andrew Love as Pieyon (eps 5, 10) 
Annie Wild as Frill Shiranui (eps 4, 9) 
Brandon Hearnsberger as Ichigo Saitō (ep 1) 
Brittany Lauda as Minami Kotobuki  (eps 4-5, 9) 
Bryson Baugus as Melt Narushima (eps 3-4) 
Chaney Moore as Aquamarine Hoshino (young) 
Christie Guidry as Mem-Cho’s Mom 
Ellen Evans as Mana Suzushiro (ep 11) 
Gabriel Regojo as Ryōsuke (ep 1) 
Genevieve Simmons as Nurse 
Greg Cote as Chief Director 
Jay Hickman as Manager (ep 11) 
Jeremy Gee as Gorou Amemiya 
Joe Daniels as Hikaru Kanzaki (ep 2) 
John Swasey as Akane’s Manager 
Justin Doran as Kaburagi 
Kelly Greenshield as Yoriko Kichijouji (ep 4) 
Kiba Walker as Director 
Mai Le as Lala 
Marcy Bannor as Taishi’s Mom 
Monica Rial as Akane’s Mom 
Olivia Swasey as Yuki Sumi (eps 5-8) 
Patricia Duran as Kana’s Mom 
Rob Mungle as Company President 
Savanna Menzel as Sarina Tendoji 
Scott Gibbs as Nobuyuki Kumano (eps 5-8) 
Ty Mahany as Taishi Gotanda 

English companies
Distributor: Distribution Solutions (United States and Canada) 
Internet Streaming:
Hulu 
Licensed by:
Sugoi Co (Australia & New Zealand) 
Production: Sentai Studios 
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Jessie Lambotte 

Coralie Thuilier as Ruby Hoshino 
Estelle Darazi as Aquamarine Hoshino (enfant) 
Marie Facundo as Ai Hoshino 
Martin Faliu as Aquamarine Hoshino 

Audrey Sablé as Memcho 
Clara Quilichini as Akane Kurokawa 
Damien Boisseau as Goro Amemiya 
Geneviève Doang as Sarina Tendoji 
Kelly Marot as Kana Arima 
Laura Préjean as Miyako Saito 
Marie Nonnenmacher as Yoriko Kichijouji 

Alan Aubert as Ryosuke 
Alexis Tomassian as Pieyon 
Anne-Charlotte Piau as Frill Shiranui 
Boris Rehlinger as Taishi Gotanda 
Clara Soares as Yuki Sumi 
Emilie Marié as Mana 
Fred Colas as Nobuyuki Kumano 
Grégory Quidel as Koni 
Hugo Brunswick as Melt Narushima 
Jérémy Prévost as Sumiaki Raida 
Joseph Laurent as Toma 
Julie Jacovella as Mère de Memcho 
Julien Kramer as Masaya Kaburagi 
Martial Leminoux as Ichigo Saito 
Maryne Bertiaux as Rara 
Nessym Guetat as Kengo Morimoto 
Sonia Petit as Kyun 
Valerie Bescht as Minami Kotobuki 

French companies
Dubbing: Time-Line Factory 
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network 
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
ADR Director: Mercedes Hoyos (Spain dub) 
Translation: Maite Madinabeitia (Spain dub) 
Internet Streaming:
Netflix (Spain) 
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain) 
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub) 
Spanish cast
Gracia Comitre as Kana Arima (Spain dub) 
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Yamato Video 
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video (Anime Generation) 
Italian cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Dubbing Director: Bartosz Bludau 
ADR Script: Bartosz Bludau 
Dorothea Zwetkow as Aquamarine Hoshino (Kind) 
Helen Blaschke as Ruby Hoshino 
Lina Rabea Mohr as Ai Hoshino 
Moira May as Kana Arima 
Ricardo Richter as Aquamarine Hoshino 

Anne Düe as Miyako Saitō 

Daniel Kröhnert as Melt Narushima (eps 3-4) 
Daniela Molina as Sarina Tendouji (ep 1) 
Francis Dichmann as Minami Kotobuki (eps 4-5, 9) 
Franciska Friede as Frill Shiranui (eps 4, 9) 
Johannes Berenz as Masaya Kaburagi (5 episodes
eps 3-5, 8, 9 & 11
)
 
Judith Steinhä as Taishis Mutter (eps 2-3) 
Laurine Betz as Yoriko Kichijouji (ep 4) 
Marco Wittorf as Ichigo Saitō (ep 1) 
Marco Sven Reinbold as Ryousuke (ep 1) 
Nick Forsberg as Taishi Gotanda (eps 1-4) 
Rainer Fritzsche as Pieyon (eps 5, 10) 
Rajko Geith as Regisseur (eps 3-4) 
Sabrina Schwarz as Lala (ep 2) 
Vincent Fallow as Gorō Amemiya 
German companies

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