Ongaku Shoujo (Anime)

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**Ongaku Shōjo** (音楽少女) is a Japanese anime series produced by Studio Deen. It spawned from a short film that was produced by Studio Deen for Young Animator Training Project's Anime Mirai 2015. The anime television series started airing on July 6, 2018.

A single titled "ON STAGE LIFE" was released on June 6, 2018, under the fictional group's name.

## About

*(Source: MAL)*
There are eleven girls who make up the C-class Ongaku Shoujo idol unit under PINE RECORDS. Despite generating red sales marks and not being very popular, Producer Ikehashi and the members are trying their very best to up their levels. Nevertheless, Ikehashi suggests recruiting a new member for Ongaku Shoujo; someone who can act as a catalyst for the success of the group. Thus, an audition was opened, leading to the soon-to-be legendary group's meeting to a girl named Hanako Yamadagi.

## Characters

**Hanako Yamadagi** (山田木 はなこ, ***Hanako Yamadagi***?)
Voiced by: Seria Fukagawa
Hanako works for Pine Records. Despite having just about everything she needs to be an idol, she is hopelessly tone deaf when it comes to music. She loves and has a lot of respect for the work of idols. She was also both born and raised overseas although her parents are both Japanese. Both are also global musicians and fly all over the world for touring. It was while looking through her mother’s music collection that she first heard idol music, and since then nothing has shined brighter to her than idols.

**Sasame Mitsukuri** (箕作沙々芽, ***Sasame Mitsukuri***?)
Voiced by: Karin Takahashi
As an extremely curious person, no matter what happens around Sasame, she seems to enjoy it! She also wears glasses, although they don’t actually have lenses in them. It seems like all sorts of fun things will happen around Hanako, so Sasame tends to stick around her. She also understands Hanako well.

**Miku Nishio** (西尾 未来, ***Miku Nishio***?)
Voiced by: Miho Okasaki
Miku has a curvy figure, stunning and fluffy hair, wonderful skin, and long eyelashes, all of which make her popular. She is also very talented at dancing which she first started doing as a way to lose weight, but dancing ultimately made her hungry which made her eat, creating a never-ending cycle.

**Hiyo Yukino** (雪野 日陽, ***Hiyo Yukino***?)
Voiced by: Yūko Ōno
An absolute genius with an IQ of over 200. This unfortunately resulted in school being extremely boring for her so she started to skip, and now she goes to a school dedicated for gifted students. She understands everything immediately so she has no experience or interest in memorizing everything. Despite seeing mostly everything as dull, there was one exception for her: music. This led her parents to actually push her to pursue music.

**Shupe Gushiken** (具志堅シュープ, ***Shupe Gushiken***?)
Voiced by: Miyuri Shimabukuro
Ever since seeing a girl with a plain look like herself turn into a stunning idol on TV, Shupe was deeply moved and has pursued becoming an idol. Her mother is a makeup artist, as well, which led to her deep love for makeup including both putting it on herself and putting it on others. She looks like an entirely different person after putting it on. She has a slightly abrasive personality and comes from Okinawa.

**Roro Morooka** (諸岡ろろ, ***Roro Morooka***?)
Voiced by: Nako Eguchi
Despite looking 10, Roro is actually 18! She was raised by her grandmother, so her likes and things she knows are also a bit old-fashioned. When she catches a cold she wraps a green onion around her neck and puts umeboshi skin on her forehead.

**Kotoko Kintoki** (迎金時 琴子, ***Kotoko Kintoki***?)
Voiced by: Lynn
The leader of the Ongaku Shoujo. Kotoko has been modelling since she was a baby so she has incredible style and experience which lead to her being like an older sister to the group. Being in the public spotlight has led to her being unable to know what her “true self” is. She’s the oldest child of her family, as well, and has many younger siblings, so she feels responsible for helping out with them by earning money.

**Uori Mukae** (迎羽織, ***Uori Mukae***?)
Voiced by: Yui Ogura
Kiri’s younger sister. Uori puts an endless amount of effort into her work and is the center of the group. Outside of her idol talent, she is also quite a great chef. She’s quick to say what’s on her mind and can be quite confrontational with Hanako as the the two cannot seem to get on the same page. She loves her older sister a great deal.

**Kiri Mukae** (迎 桐, ***Kiri Mukae***?)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka
Uori’s older sister who is quite sickly. Kiri was not allowed to live at Dolce due to her strict parents, and she formed a sister unit with Uori at the time of her debut.

**Haru Chitose** (千歳 ハル, ***Haru Chitose***?)
Voiced by: Manami Numakura
A senior idol and a member of the unit H☆E☆S. Haru is spoiled, greedy, loves Eri, and is a bit of a dummy when it comes to her dynamic with Eri.

**Eri Kumagai** (熊谷 絵里, ***Eri Kumagai***?)
Voiced by: Asami Seto
A senior idol and another member of the unit H☆E☆S along with Haru. Eri plays the straight man in the pair’s comedy duo, and she is candid, calm, and precise. Eri also composes the music for Ongaku Shoujo.

**Sarasa Ryuoh** (竜王 更紗, ***Sarasa Ryuoh***?)
Voiced by: Mai Fuchigami
A senior idol, model, and another member of the unit H☆E☆S. Sarasa is lively, gluttonous, and loves learning new things.

## Promotional Videos

* PV 1
* PV 2
* CM

## Trivia

* The TV Anime is an adaptation of the *Young Animator Training Project's Anime Mirai 2015* short film of the same name. The short film is focused on Eri and Haru.

## External Links

* Official Website
* Pine Records Official Website