Oshi no Ko

Oshi no Ko is a 2023 anime series based on the manga series written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari. It began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine on April 23, 2020.

The anime was announced in June 2022. An extended 90-minute version of the first episode premiered at selected theaters in Japan on March 17, 2023, then it premiered in North America exclusively at Anime Boston on April 7, 2023. It was animated by Doga Kobo, directed by Daisuke Hiramaki, and premiered in Japan from April 12, 2023 to June 28, 2023, consisting of 11 episodes. The second season of the series started airing in Japan on July 3, 2024.

Sentai Filmworks licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on HIDIVE on May 24, 2023. Medialink also licensed the series for Southern and Southeast Asia. Hulu also added the anime to their streaming serivce on July 1, 2024^[1]. On July 17, 2024, it was announced that the English Dub of the second season will have a world premiere screening at Anime NYC on August 23, 2024^[2].

Synopsis
Gorō Amemiya works as an OB-GYN in a small rural town and is a huge fan of upcoming idol Ai Hoshino. After an unexpected meeting, Goro ends up dying suddenly only to be reborn as one of Ai's children; a boy named Aquamarine Hoshino (or Aqua for short). He and his twin sister Ruby then grows up as one of show-biz's biggest secrets.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Aquamarine Hoshino / Aqua	Takeo Ōtsuka	Jack Stansbury
		Yumi Uchiyama (young)	Chaney Moore
		Kento Itō (Gorō Amemiya)	Jeremy Gee
	Ruby Hoshino	Yurie Igoma	Alyssa Marek
	Ruby Hoshino	Tomoyo Takayanagi (Sarina Tendōji)	Savanna Menzel
	Ai Hoshino	Rie Takahashi	Donna Bella Litton
	Kana Arima	Megumi Han	Natalie Rial
	Akane Kurokawa	Manaka Iwami	Kristen McGuire
	Mem-Cho	Rumi Ōkubo	Juliet Simmons
Recurring Characters
Ichigo Productions
	Ichigo Saitō	Hisao Egawa	Brandon Hearnsberger
	Miyako Saitō	Lynn	Christina Kelly
Ruby's Classmates
	Minami Kotobuki	Hina Yōmiya	Brittany Lauda
	Frill Shiranui	Asami Seto	Annie Wild
Entertainment Industry
Talents
	Melt Narushima	Seiji Maeda	Bryson Baugus
	Yuki Sumi	Saori Ōnishi	Olivia Swasey
	Kengo Morimoto	Taito Ban	Adam Gibbs
	Nobuyuki Kumano	Tomohiro Ōno	Scott Gibbs
	Pieyon	Taishi Murata	Andrew Love
	Sakuya Kamoshida	Yūsuke Kobayashi	TBA
	Taiki Himekawa	Kōki Uchiyama	TBA
Staff/Creators
	Taishi Gotanda	Yasuyuki Kase	Ty Mahany
	Director	Yūki Sanpei	Kiba Walker
	Masaya Kaburagi	Masaki Terasoma	Justin Doran
	Sumiaki Raida	Kenichi Suzumura	Alejandro Saab
	Toshirō Kanedaichi	Tomoyuki Shimura	TBA
	GOA	Daisuke Ono	TBA
Manga Artists
	Yoriko Kichijōji	Shizuka Itō	Kelly Greenshield
	Abiko Samejima	Ayane Sakura	TBA

Episodic Characters[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Season One
	Nurse		TBA	1
	Ryōsuke Kaihara	Atsushi Tamaru	Gabriel Regojo
	Idols		TBA
	Idols		TBA
	Student	Natsu Yorita	TBA	2
	Lala	Ayano Shibuya	Mai Le
	Hikaru Kanzaki	Masahide Yamaguchi	Joe Daniels
	Taishi's Mother	Kimiko Saitō	Marcy Bannor	2-3
	Rookie Actors	Genta Nakamura	TBA	3
		Kōji Okino	TBA
			TBA
	Sweet Today Assistant	Yui Hashimoto	TBA
	Chief Director	Daichi Hayashi	Greg Cote	3-4
	Manga Assistants	Hina Natsume	TBA	4
	Manga Assistants	Yui Hashimoto	TBA
	Students	Kōhei Yanagi	TBA
		Yū Okano	TBA
		Konomi Inagaki	TBA
		Mayuko Kazama	TBA
	Company President	Kenichirō Matsuda	Rob Mungle	6
	Akane’s Mother	Marie Ōi	Monica Rial	6-7
	Akane's Manager	Yasuhiro Kikuchi	John Swasey	6, 11
	Mem-Cho's Mother	Natsuki Miwa	TBA	9
	Pieyon (Aqua)	Takeo Ōtsuka	Jack Stansbury	10
	Kana's Mother	Hana Satō	TBA	10
	Mana Suzushiro	Hiyori Nitta	Ellen Evans	11
	The Manager	Masaya Fukunishi	Jay Hickman
	Fans	Kōseki Kogure	TBA
	Fans	Tomohito Takatsuka	TBA
	Idols	Asaki Yuikawa	TBA
		Hina Koyanagi	TBA
		Saki Takahashi	TBA
Season Two
	Yamanaka	Katsumi Fukuhara	TBA	12
	Rio Mitano	Kazuyuki Okitsu	TBA	12-13
	Mei Kitano	Akira Sekine	TBA
	Koyuki Yoshidomi	Saku Mizuno	TBA
	Kiiro Hayashibara	Chiharu Sawashiro	TBA
	Ryōma Funato	Wataru Tsuyuzaki	TBA
	Scriptwriter's Manager	Juri Nagatsuma	TBA	13
	Rights Manager	Masashi Yamane	TBA	13
	Editor	Hiromichi Tezuka	TBA	13-14