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Live-Action 'If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die' Series Unveils ChamJam Idols' Casting, October 8 Debut
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The official website for the live-action If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die (Oshi ga Budōkan Ittekuretara Shinu) manga revealed more cast and the show's October 8 premiere date on Tuesday.
Four of the new cast are of real-life idol group @onefive, and all seven new cast play the of the idol group ChamJam within the story of the show. In the story, ChamJam is a local underground idol group active in Okayama, and protagonist Eripiyo heavily s the ChamJam member Maina Ichii.
The new cast include:
Riho Nakamura as Reo Igarashi
@onefive member MOMO as Sorane Matsuyama
@onefive member KANO as Maki Hakata
@onefive member SOYO as Yumeri Mizumori
@onefive member GUMI as Yūka Teramoto
Miu Wada as Aya Yokota
As previously Sayuri Matsumura (pictured below) will play the main character Eripiyo.
The series will premiere on ABC TV on October 9.
Moe Hyūga (If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die anime) is composing the music.
The manga's comedy story centers on a woman called "Eripiyo," who is an extreme idol fan. She is wildly enthusiastic about Maina, the shy and lowest-ranking member of the minor underground idol group Cham Jam that performs in Okayama Prefecture. She gets so wrapped up in her love for Maina during a particular performance, that she has a major nosebleed. Eri will continue to give her complete devotion to Maina until the day she can perform at Budōkan (a major performing venue in Tokyo).
Hirao launched the manga in Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook in 2016. The manga has reached over 1 million cumulative copies in circulation.
The manga inspired a television dub.
Sources: If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die live-action series' website, Comic Natalie
