Oshi no Ko

Oshi no Ko (【推しの子】) 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^[1][2]. Medialink also licensed the series for Southern and Southeast Asia. Hulu also added the anime to their streaming serivce on July 1, 2024^[3]. 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^[4]. The English Dub of the second season premiered on September 13, 2024^[5][6].

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	Season(s).	Ep(s).
Main Characters
	Aquamarine Hoshino / Aqua	Takeo Ōtsuka	Jack Stansbury	1-2
		Yumi Uchiyama (young)	Chaney Moore	1-2
		Kento Itō (Gorō Amemiya)	Jeremy Gee	1-2
	Ruby Hoshino	Yurie Igoma	Alyssa Marek	1-2
		Tomoyo Takayanagi (Sarina Tendōji)	Savanna Menzel	1
	Ai Hoshino	Rie Takahashi	Donna Bella Litton	1-2
Secondary Characters
	Kana Arima	Megumi Han	Natalie Rial	1-2
	Akane Kurokawa	Manaka Iwami	Kristen McGuire	1-2
				2	18
	Mem-Cho	Rumi Ōkubo	Juliet Simmons	1-2
Recurring Characters
Ichigo Productions
	Ichigo Saitō	Hisao Egawa	Brandon Hearnsberger	1
	Miyako Saitō	Lynn	Christina Kelly	1-2
Ruby's Classmates
	Minami Kotobuki	Hina Yōmiya	Brittany Lauda	1-2
	Frill Shiranui	Asami Seto	Annie Wild	1-2
Entertainment Industry
Talents
	Melt Narushima	Seiji Maeda	Bryson Baugus	1-2
	Yuki Sumi	Saori Ōnishi	Olivia Swasey	1-2
	Kengo Morimoto	Taito Ban	Adam Gibbs	1-2
	Nobuyuki Kumano	Tomohiro Ōno	Scott Gibbs	1-2
	Pieyon	Taishi Murata	Andrew Love	1
	Sakuya Kamoshida	Yūsuke Kobayashi	Josh Swasey	2
Staff/Creators
	Taishi Gotanda	Yasuyuki Kase	Ty Mahany	1-2
	Director	Yūki Sanpei	Kiba Walker	1
	Masaya Kaburagi	Masaki Terasoma	Justin Doran	1
	Sumiaki Raida	Kenichi Suzumura	Alejandro Saab	1-2
	GOA	Daisuke Ono	Dylan Godwin	2
	Abiko’s Editor	Hiromichi Tezuka	Blake Weir	2
Manga Artists
	Yoriko Kichijōji	Shizuka Itō	Kelly Greenshield	1-2
	Abiko Samejima	Ayane Sakura	Jad Saxton	2
Lala Lai Theatrical Company
	Toshirō Kanedaichi	Tomoyuki Shimura	Luis Galindo	2
	Taiki Himekawa	Kōki Uchiyama	Daman Mills	2
	Norio Mita	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Cody House	2
	Mei Adashino	Akira Sekine	Melissa Molano	2
	Koyuki Yoshidomi	Saku Mizuno	Cat Thomas	2
	Kiiro Hayashibara	Chiharu Sawashiro	Scott D. Forsyth	2
	Ryōma Funato	Wataru Tsuyuzaki	Alan Brincks	2
Others
	Taishi's Mother	Kimiko Saitō	Marcy Bannor	1-2
	Tsukuyomi	Hina Kino	Luci Christian	2

Episodic Characters[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Season One
	Nurse		TBA	1
	Ryōsuke Kaihara	Atsushi Tamaru	Gabriel Regojo
	Idols		TBA
			TBA
	Student	Natsu Yorita	TBA	2
	Lala	Ayano Shibuya	Mai Le
	Hikaru Kanzaki	Masahide Yamaguchi	Joe Daniels
	Rookie Actors	Genta Nakamura	TBA	3
		Kōji Okino	TBA
	Sweet Today Assistant	Yui Hashimoto	TBA
	Chief Director	Daichi Hayashi	Greg Cote	3-4
	Manga Assistants	Hina Natsume	TBA	4
		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
	Mana Suzushiro	Hiyori Nitta	Ellen Evans	11
	The Manager	Masaya Fukunishi	Jay Hickman
	Fans	Kōseki Kogure	TBA
		Tomohito Takatsuka	TBA
	Idols	Asaki Yuikawa	TBA
		Hina Koyanagi	TBA
		Saki Takahashi	TBA
Season Two
	Yamanaka	Katsumi Fukuhara	Shannon D. Reed	12
	Himekawa’s Manager	Juri Nagatsuma	Cara Nguyen	13
	Rights Manager	Masashi Yamane	TBA
	Akane's Father	Shinya Takahashi	TBA	18
	Bartender	Tomohiro Yamaguchi	TBA	20
	Runa	Satomi Amano	TBA
	Hostess	Saya Hitomi	TBA
	Himura	Daisuke Hirakawa	TBA	21
	Nurse	Rio Tsuchiya	TBA	23
	Anemone Monemone	Yukana	TBA	23-24
	Hikaru Kamiki	Mamoru Miyano	Austin Tindle	24
	Yura Katayose	Ikumi Hasegawa	TBA

Additional Voices[]

Ryan Anthony Alexandra Bedford Kell Jettson Bernardo Maya Boyd Shelley Calene-Black Star Carter Elissa Cuellar Joe Daniels Ellen Evans Jeremy Gee Jay Hickman Cody House Kyle C. Jones Natalie Jones Antonio Lasanta David Lascoe Emi Lo Andrew Love Sophia Marcelle

Maggie Maxwell Ry McKeand Tristan Scott McNelly Nick Meriwether Chaney Moore Josh Morrison Cara Nguyen Kali Marie Potter Shannon D. Reed Gabriel Regojo Crystal Ruiz Coqui Saporana Genevieve Simmons Samantha Stevens John Swasey Gerardo Velasquez Blake Weir Annie Wild

Notes[]

• Many of the voice actors who are in Oshi no Ko also voiced characters from Kaguya-sama: Love is War, another anime based on a manga by Aka Akasaka.
  • Kristen McGuire who voice Akane previously voiced Erika Mose.
  • Brittany Lauda who voice Minami previously voiced Kyoko Otomo
  • Jad Saxton who voice Abiko previously voiced Chika Fujiwara.
  • Daman Mills who voice Taiki previously voiced Kazeno.

Multimedia[]

Trailers[]

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date(s)	Category	Format	Content		Classification	Country
	May 24, 2023	Anime	Digital	Season 1	11 Eps.	TV-14	United States
	September 13, 2024			Season 2	13 Eps.
	July 1, 2024			Season 1	11 Eps.

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
	2024		Episodes 1-11	A DVB-T	United States
			2 Discs

See Also[]

• Kaguya-sama: Love is War

References[]

External Links[]

• Oshi no Ko at the Internet Movie Database.
• Oshi no Ko (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
• Oshi no Ko on Behind The Voice Actors.