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Characters

Oshi no Ko is a Japanese manga series written by Aka Akasaka and drawn by Mengo Yokoyari. The series takes place in a modern-day Japan and features a number of characters involved in the Japanese entertainment industry, most of which are unnamed, or have names but lack backstory or relevance to the story. These characters are listed here, categorized by Named or Unnamed Characters, and listed by the order of their introduction to the story based on the Story Arcs.

Named Characters

Anime Manga	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 1
	Anime:	Episode 1
	Description Other A member of the original incarnation of B-Komachi, she can be identified by the cat hairpin. She is portrayed by Mem-Cho in the movie The 15 Year Lie. Trivia Meimei is identified as the one with the bob cut with a cat hairpin in an anime behind the scenes video.

Anime Manga	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 2
	Anime:	Episode 1
	Description Other A member and founder of the original incarnation of B-Komachi, she can be identified by the dog hairpin. She is portrayed by Akane Kurokawa in the movie The 15 Year Lie. Some time after B-Komachi's disbandment, she becomes a mother, raising her own child. Trivia Takamine is identified in Chapter 129 when Akane, who is portraying her is shown wearing a dog hairpin during the filming of The 15 Year Lie.

	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 2
	Anime:	Episode 1
	Description Other A member and founder of the original incarnation of B-Komachi, she can be identified by the frog hairpin. Trivia As of the release of Chapter 129, all other members of the original incarnation of B-Komachi have been identified, therefore Watanabe can be identified through process of elimination.

	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 2
	Anime:	Episode 1
	Description Other A member of the original incarnation of B-Komachi, she can be identified by the hamster hairpin. She was present for the video of baby Aqua and Ruby otaku dance went viral. Trivia Ari is identified using the subtitles of Episode 1 available in Japan version of Netflix.

	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 2
	Anime:	Episode 1
	Description Other A member of the original incarnation of B-Komachi, she can be identified by the penguin hairpin. She was present for the video of baby Aqua and Ruby otaku dance went viral. Trivia Kyun is identified using the subtitles of Episode 1 available in Japan version of Netflix.

Anime Manga	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 12
	Anime:	Episode 2
	The scout who try to recruit Ruby Hoshino to become an idol.

Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 12	Japanese:	Ayano Shibuya
	Anime:	Episode 2	English:	Mai Le
	An idol from a company that wants to scout Ruby Hoshino to become its idol.

	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 12 (mentioned)	Japanese:	Masahide Yamaguchi
	Anime:	Episode 2	English:	Joe Daniels
	An employee of Ichigo Production, Inc, whose identity Aqua Hoshino takes to investigate the company wanting to recruit Ruby Hoshino to be an idol.

Anime Manga	Debut		VA		Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 41	Japanese:	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Stage Play:	Shun Ishida
	Anime:	Episode 12	English:	Cody House
	Description Gallery Other An actor in the Lala Lai Theatrical Company, who acted in the Tokyo Blade stage play adaptation and has been cast in the role of Ichigo Saitou in the movie The 15 Year Lie. Stage Play Trivia: Rio's name was originally translated as Norio Mita but was later changed to Rio Mitano with the Volume release.

Anime Manga	Debut		VA		Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 41	Japanese:	Akira Sekine	Stage Play:	Arisa Koga
	Anime:	Episode 12	English:	Melissa Molano
	Description Gallery A stage actress in the Lala Lai Theatrical Company, who acted in the Tokyo Blade stage play adaptation. Stage Play

Anime Manga	Debut		VA		Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 41	Japanese:	Saku Mizuno	Stage Play:	Sachi Nagata
	Anime:	Episode 12	English:	Cat Thomas
	Description Gallery A stage actress in the Lala Lai Theatrical Company, who acted in the Tokyo Blade stage play adaptation. Stage Play

Anime Manga	Debut		VA		Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 41	Japanese:	Chiharu Sawashiro	Stage Play:	Shuhei Miura
	Anime:	Episode 12	English:	Scott D. Forsyth
	Description Gallery A stage actor in the Lala Lai Theatrical Company, who acted in the Tokyo Blade stage play adaptation. Stage Play

Anime Manga	Debut		VA		Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 41	Japanese:	Wataru Tsuyuzaki	Stage Play:	Naoto Tada
	Anime:	Episode 12	English:	Alan Brincks
	Description Gallery A stage actor in the Lala Lai Theatrical Company, who acted in the Tokyo Blade stage play adaptation. Stage Play

Anime Manga	Debut		VA		Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 43	Japanese:	Katsumi Fukuhara	Stage Play:	Samukawa Shogo
	Anime:	Episode 12	English:	Shannon D. Reed
	Description Gallery Other A stage actor who took part in the rehearsal of the stage play Tokyo Blade as the stand-in for Taiki Himekawa. Stage Play Trivia: the first name, Tanji, was never provided in the manga, it is only provided by the casting information of the Stage Play.

	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 67	Japanese:	Satomi Amano
	Anime:	Episode 20
	She is a waitress who works at a bar that Taiki Himekawa frequents.

Anime Manga	Debut		VA		Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 70	Japanese:	Daisuke Hirakawa	Live-Action:	Terunosuke Takezai
	Anime:	Episode 21
	Description Other An entertainer before he became a composer. He used to compose songs for the previous incarnation of B-Komachi, before he was asked again to make a new song for the current incarnation of B-Komachi. Etymology: While the surname Himura is written in katakana (ヒムラ), which has no special meaning, its kanji could mean "sun, day" (日) (hi) and "town, village" (村) (mura) Trivia: Himura is aged 45 when he was first introduced.

Anime Manga	Debut		VA		Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 74	Japanese:	Yukana	Live-Action:	Anna Ishii
	Anime:	Episode 23
	Description Other A friend of Mem-Cho and a fellow Instagrammer and video creator who is based at Miyazaki. Etymology: The name Anemone is named after a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.

	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 86
	The director for the web variety show Dig Deep! One Chance. His actions behind the scenes caused a PR nightmare and is forced to apologize on screen.

	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 91
	Description Other Chief director for the web variety show Dig Deep! One Chance. Etymology: The name Mimoji is written in katakana (ミモジ) and has no special meaning, its kanji could mean "three" (三) (mi) and "word, character" (文字) (moji) or 三文字 (3 characters), making ミモジ/三文字/Mimoji autological (ie a word which describes itself) because it contains 3 katakana characters. While the name Kote could mean forearm. "small, little" (小) (ko) and "hand" (手) (te').

	Debut				Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 99			Live-Action:	Himena Kikuchi
	A fellow actor and friend of Kana's. It is through her that Kana meets director Shima, which nearly leads to a scandal.

	Debut				Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 99			Live-Action:	Sho Aoyagi
	Description Other An influential and award-winning director. He has a reputation of a playboy and is known to be seeing other woman behind his wife's back. Kana is nearly caught up in a scandal after being photographed going to his private work place with him. After the near-miss, Kana would go on to star in his movie Overlooking. Etymology: The name Masanori means "regular, normal, proper, correct, systematic" (正則). Masanori's surname Shima means "island" (嶋).

	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 100
	Description Other A weekly entertainment true story writer, a rather shameless person who has no problem with writing up scandalous stories about young actors provided that they are legal adults. However, as noted by Aqua Hoshino, this is not done out of any sort of malice but rather to secure his paycheck. Because of this, he is willing to make deals and drop stories in return for an even bigger scandal. Etymology: The surname Itano means "board, plank" (板) (ita) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).

	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 109
	Description Other Manager of SA Entertainment. Etymology: The name Mio means "waterway, wake" (澪). The surname Honda means "base, root, origin, source" (本) (hon) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).

	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 128
	An actress who has been cast in the role of Miyako Saitou in the movie The 15 Year Lie.

	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 128
	An actor who has been cast in the role of Ryosuke Sugano in the movie The 15 Year Lie.

	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 131
	The real mother of Ai Hoshino whom she raised as a single mother. When Ai was 8 or 9, Ayumi's began to believe that her boyfriend, whom she had prospects of marrying, had begun to become attracted to Ai. In jealousy, Ayumi began to abuse Ai until she was eventually arrested for petty theft, resulting in Ai being sent to an orphanage. After being released from jail, she never picked up Ai from the orphanage . Aqua Hoshino later tracks her down and confronts her about her and Ai's past.

Unnamed Characters

Unnamed Nurse
Anime Manga	Debut		VA		Potrayal
	Manga:	Chapter 1	Japanese:	Miyuri Shimabukuro	Live-Action:	Mari Hamada
	Anime:	Episode 1	English:	Genevieve Simmons
	Description Other Unnamed nurse who works with Gorou Amamiya at Miyazaki. Trivia: For the Live action project, her name is given as Eriko Kawamura.

Otaku Fan
Anime Manga Redrawn Original	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 4
	Anime:	Episode 1
	Description Other A fan of various idol groups, including both the original and current incarnation of B-Komachi. He is referred as Tenchō, meaning "store manager" and base on the panel he appears in, he is most likely the manager of the Akiba Idol store. Trivia: Otaku Fan was drawn differently but was changed for the volume release.

Taishi Gotanda's Mother
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 13	Japanese:	Kimiko Saitou
	Anime:	Episode 2	English:	Marcy Bannor
	The mother of Taishi Gotanda. She has light-purple hair in a short-afro hairstyle and hair clips toward the right side of her hair. Over her white long-sleeved shirt, she wears an orange apron with a small flower on its left side. She persistently interrupts her son and Aqua Hoshino because she thinks being in good nutrition is important.

Sweet Today's Director
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 16	Japanese:	Daichi Hayashi
	Anime:	Episode 3	English:	Greg Cote
	The director of the drama series I'll Go With Sweet Today.

LoveforReal's Director
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 21	Japanese:	Yuuki Sanpei
	Anime:	Episode 5	English:	Kiba Walker
	The director of the dating reality show We're About to Fall in Love for Real. Age 35. He guided Akane Kurokawa to be a bad girl, so she could stand out in the show. When Akane suffered from cyberbullying, at first he didn't want to give the footage that can save her face; however, after hearing Aqua Hoshino's persuasion, he reluctantly agreed to help.

Akane Kurokawa's Manager
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 23	Japanese:	Yasuhiro Kikuchi
	Anime:	Episode 6	English:	John Swasey
	The manager of Akane Kurokawa who tried his best to protect her from his president's critism for her vague appearance in LoveforReal and her cyberbullying for her action to Yuki Sumi.

President of Akane Kurokawa's Agency
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 23	Japanese:	Kenichirou Matsuda
	Anime:	Episode 6	English:	Rob Mungle
	The president of Akane Kurokawa's Agency who chose her for the TV show LoveforReal, hoping she can leave a mark and gain more fames, but he was disappointed because she rarely appeared on the show, making him throw his anger to Akane's manager.

Akane Kurokawa's Mother
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 25	Japanese:	Marie Oi
	Anime:	Episode 6	English:	Monica Rial
	The mother of Akane Kurokawa who really cares about her daugher's health, mentality and career. She concerned about her daughter's conditions when Akane suffered from cyberbullying; she even advised Akane to take a day off from school to recover. She is very delighted when her daughter has a boyfriend and has happy days with him.

Unnamed Policeman
	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 26	Japanese:	Akihiro Mine
	Anime:	Episode 7
	Unnamed policeman who discovered Aqua Hoshino and Akane Kurokawa on an bridge in a storm.

Mem-Cho's Mother
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 32 (flashback)	Japanese:	Natsuki Miwa
	Anime:	Episode 9 (flashback)	English:	Christie Guidry
	The mother of Mem-Cho who encouraged her to become an idol and worked hard to support her daughter; unfortunately, she got ill due to overwork, making Mem-Cho abandon her dream and take part-time jobs to earn money.

Kana Arima's Music Producer
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 37 (flashback)	Japanese:	Seiyu Fujiwara
	Anime:	Episode 10 (flashback)
	The man managing Kana Arima's singer career. When she released her single CDs and nobody purchased them, he advised her to wait for the right time to continue her singing path.

Kana Arima's Child Actor Agency Manager
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 37 (flashback)	Japanese:	Naoya Miyase
	Anime:	Episode 10 (flashback)
	The manager of the child actor company of which Kana Arima had once been a member. When Kana grew up and didn't have any jobs, he advised her to leave the company and look for regular agencies to find work.

Kana Arima's Mother
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 37 (flashback)	Japanese:	Hana Satou
	Anime:	Episode 10 (flashback)	English:	Patricia Duran
	The mother of Kana Arima. Kana's mother has always aspired to be an actress however, being unable to accomplish it herself, she imparted all her wishes onto Kana. As her daughter became popular as a prodigy actress, she could meet her favorite entertainers. In those times, she was all smiles and showed affection to Kana. However, as Kana's popularity dipped, her mother became extremely toxic to everyone around her, becoming neglectful of their entire family.

Abiko Samejima's Editor
Anime Manga	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 44	Japanese:	Hiromichi Tezuka
	Anime:	Episode 12	English:	Blake Weir
	The editor of Abiko Samejima, he is seen accompanying Abiko to watch the rehearsals of the Tokyo Blade stage adaptation and has been serving as the intermediary of Abiko and the production staff of the stage play.

Akane Kurokawa's Father
	Debut		VA
	Manga:	Chapter 59 (flashback)	Japanese:	Shinya Takahashi
	Anime:	Episode 18 (flashback)
	The father of Akane Kurokawa who encouraged his daughter to try acting which led to Akane's fateful meeting with Kana Arima.

Mem-Cho's friend
	Debut
	Manga:	Interlude Chapter 1
	A friend of Mem-Cho, who is aware of her real name as well as her aspiration to be an idol.

Boss of Melt Narushima's Agency
	Debut
	Manga:	Interlude Chapter 2
	The boss of Melt Narushima's Agency who warned him against becoming part of a band.

Ruby, Frill and Minami's friend
	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 134
	A friend of Ruby Hoshino, Frill Shiranui and Minami Kotobuki. Not much is know about her except she also studies at Youtou High School.

Unnamed Child Actor
	Debut
	Manga:	Chapter 139
	An unnamed child actor who has been cast as Taiki Himekawa for The 15 Year Lie.

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Ai Hoshino • Takamine • Fuyuko Niino • Watanabe • Meimei • Ari • Kyun Ruby Hoshino • Kana Arima • Mem-Cho Aqua Hoshino • Pieyon Ichigo Saitou • Miyako Saitou • Shun Yoshizumi Kana Arima • Aqua Hoshino • Ruby Hoshino • Frill Shiranui • Minami Kotobuki Akane Kurokawa • Taiki Himekawa • Toshirou Kindaichi (Founder) Masaya Kaburagi • Hikaru Kamiki • Ai Hoshino

Ai Hoshino • Kana Arima • Aqua Hoshino Taishi Gotanda (Director) Kana Arima • Melt Narushima • Aqua Hoshino Masaya Kaburagi (Producer) Yoriko Kichijouji Yuki Sumi • Akane Kurokawa • Mem-Cho Aqua Hoshino • Nobuyuki Kumano • Kengo Morimoto Masaya Kaburagi (Producer) Taiki Himekawa • Kana Arima • Melt Narushima Akane Kurokawa • Aqua Hoshino • Sakuya Kamoshida Toshirou Kindaichi (Director) • Goa (Scriptwriter) • Sumiaki Raida (Producer) Abiko Samejima Aqua Hoshino • Ruby Hoshino • Kana Arima Tetsu Urushibara (Director) • Shun Yoshizumi (Assistant Director) • Masaya Kaburagi (Producer) Ai Hoshino • Hikaru Kamiki • Airi Himekawa Fuyuko Niino • Gorou Amamiya • Seijuro Uehara Ruby Hoshino • Aqua Hoshino • Tsukuyomi • Frill Shiranui Mem-Cho • Kana Arima • Akane Kurokawa • Melt Narushima • Taiki Himekawa Taishi Gotanda (Screenplay, Director) • Masaya Kaburagi (Producer) Yoriko Kichijouji (Script Doctor) • Abiko Samejima (Script Doctor)