List of Oshi no Ko characters

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The Oshi no Ko manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Aka Akasaka. The story follows a doctor and his recently deceased patient are reborn as twins to a famous Japanese musical idol and navigate the highs and lows of the Japanese entertainment industry as they grow up together through their lives.

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Main characters

Aquamarine Hoshino / Aqua

Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka (Aqua, teen), [1] Yumi Uchiyama (Aqua, child), [1] Kent Itō (Gorou) [1] (Japanese); Jack Stansbury (Aqua, teen), [2] Chaney Moore (Aqua, child), [2] Jeremy Gee (Gorou) [2] (English)
Portrayed by: Kaito Sakurai [3]

Originally an obstetrician-gynecologist in his mid-thirties named Gorou Amamiya (雨宮 吾郎, Amamiya Gorō),Aquamarine Hoshino (星野 愛久愛海, Hoshino Akuamarin) (also known as Aqua (アクア, Akua)) was a big fan of Ai Hoshino and also responsible for delivering Ai's babies. He met his demise after Ai's stalker killed him, causing him to be reincarnated as the son of Ai himself. When his mother was murdered, he swears to discover the truth behind the murder. He theorizes that his father is in the entertainment industry and suspects he may be responsible for giving information about Hoshino's whereabouts, which leads him into pursuing a career in acting to find him and avenge his mother and murder his father. He temporarily starts dating Akane, but breaks up with her for her safety after she discovers his true motivation for tracking down his father.

Ruby Hoshino

Voiced by: Yurie Igoma (Ruby), [1] Tomoyo Takayanagi (Sarina) [1] (Japanese); Alyssa Marek (Ruby), Savanna Menzel (Sarina) [2] (English)
Portrayed by: Nagisa Saito [3]

Ruby Hoshino (星野 瑠美衣, Hoshino Rubii) was originally a terminally ill patient named Sarina Tendōji (天童寺 さりな, Tendōji Sarina) under the care of Gorou, she finds herself reincarnated along with her twin-brother, Aquamarine, as the daughter of Ai Hoshino. Before her reincarnation, Sarina obsessed over idols and dreamed to become one. A few years after being reincarnated, Ai is murdered. After Ai's death, Ruby trains to be an idol like her mother was. However, she is still not very good at singing. At the age of 14, Ruby auditioned to become an idol but was rejected through a fake phone call made by Aqua, who did not want her to follow in Ai's footsteps. Instead, Miyako offers Ruby the opportunity to form her own idol group under Strawberry Productions. The idol group, named B-Komachi in honor of Ai's old group, consists of her, Kana Arima and Mem-cho. As Sarina, she was deply in love with Gorou, and these feelings resurfaced when she discovered that he reincarnated as Aqua, despite the fact he is currently her brother.

Ai Hoshino

Voiced by: Rie Takahashi [4] (Japanese); Donna Bella Litton [2] (English)
Portrayed by: Asuka Saitō [3]

A popular and charismatic pop idol. Ai Hoshino (星野 アイ, Hoshino Ai) lived in the countryside without her father, missing from birth, and her mother, who was arrested. She grew up in an orphanage and at age 12, she was scouted by the president of Strawberry Productions, Ichigo Saitou, to become an idol. Ai did not believe she could become an idol due to not knowing love. Ichigo explains that she can lie and pretend to show love to her fans. She eventually becomes the face of the idol group, B-Komachi. At age 16, Ai was pregnant with twins. She decided to keep them and hid the fact from the world to experience a family and puts her idol activities on hiatus. After the birth of twins, Aquamarine and Ruby, she returned to her idol activities. At age 20, she was murdered by an obsessive fan after tracking her down in a new apartment. In the last moments of her life, she realizes that she really loved her children, and wished to be a bigger part of Aqua's and Ruby's life, finally being able to feel what it was like to truly love. Her death had become a pivotal moment that led her son, Aqua, to pursue his acting career with the intention to seek revenge. Her name in Japanese order can translate to "starry eye", [lower-alpha 1] in reference to the six-pronged stars in her and her children's eyes.

Kana Arima

Voiced by: Megumi Han [5] (Japanese); Natalie Rial [2] (English)
Portrayed by: Nanoka Hara [3]

Kana Arima (有馬 かな, Arima Kana) was considered an acting prodigy as a child and known as "a genius child actor who can cry in ten seconds", and Ruby refers to her as "the child who licks baking soda". Kana first met Aqua when a movie she was featured in needed an extra and Aqua stepped in at the request of Director Gotanda after accompanying Ai to the shoot. As a teenager, her number of acting roles decreased because she would always steal the spotlight from her peers. To survive in the acting industry, Kana decided to hold back her acting talent. Kana reunited with Aqua and Ruby in high school and found herself falling in love with Aqua, even though he does not reciprocate. Still struggling to make it big in the acting industry, Aqua and Ruby persuade Kana to join Ruby's idol group, B-Komachi. Kana joins and becomes the center of the group. After 2 years as a member of B-Komachi, Kana leaves the group to focus on her revived acting career.

Akane Kurokawa

Voiced by: Manaka Iwami [6] (Japanese); Kristen McGuire [7] (English)
Portrayed by: Mizuki Kayashima [3]

Akane Kurokawa (黒川 あかね, Kurokawa Akane) is a stage actress who signs up for a teenage reality dating show, My Love with a Star Begins Now (LoveNow), where she meets Aqua. During the show, Akane was an overlooked character who wanted to make her presence known to promote the Lalalie Theatrical Company that she is affiliated with. On an episode of LoveNow, she accidentally scratches fellow cast member Yuki Sumi in the face. The viewers of the show lashed out and began insulting her on social media with death threats. After reading the death threats, she was going to commit suicide. Aqua stops her after getting her to calm down. Near the end of the show, her image improves due to the efforts of the rest of the cast and Aqua kisses her during the last episode. The couple decides to stay together after the show to maintain appearances, and Akane later genuinely falls in love with Aqua, which only fuels Kana's jealousy. Her approach to stage acting has her research the characters she is playing and infer much about their motivations and characteristics, much like method acting. Several months into their relationship, she figures out Aqua's plans to avenge his mother and vows to support him any way she can. However, Aqua breaks up with her soon after for her own safety. When Aqua enters the final phase of his plan for revenge against his father through Ai's biographical film, she vows to stop him from stumbling into the darkness of his personality permanently.

Strawberry Productions

Ichigo Saitō

Voiced by: Hisao Egawa [8] (Japanese); Brandon Hearnsberger [2] (English)

Ichigo Saitō (斎藤 壱護, Saitō Ichigo) is the president of Strawberry Productions. He is the husband of Miyako Saitō. Ichigo was responsible for the recruitment of Ai Hoshino to B-Komachi. He acts as the caretaker for Aqua and Ruby after Ai's death. Soon after Ai's death, he disappeared for a decade until Ruby tracked him down in order to get advice on her own plans for revenge on her mother's killer. Soon after, he was tracked down by Aqua as well, and expressing a fellow desire for revenge on the killer, assists Aqua with his plans.

Miyako Saitō

Voiced by: Lynn [8] (Japanese); Christina Kelly [2] (English)

Miyako Saitō (斎藤 ミヤコ, Saitō Miyako) is the wife of Ichigo Saitō and acts as the primary caretaker for Aqua and Ruby after Ai's death. She manages Strawberry Productions and keeps the business afloat after the disbandment of the original B-Komachi and the disappearance of Ichigo.

Mem-cho

Voiced by: Rumi Okubo [6] (Japanese); Juliet Simmons [7] (English)
Portrayed by: Ano [3]

Mem-cho (MEMちょ) is a YouTuber and TikTok influencer that signs up for LoveNow. She pursued a dream to become an idol but could not due to her family situation. She decided to become a livestreamer and lied about her age to gain many followers. After LoveNow, Aqua recruits her to B-Komachi. She was reluctant due to her age, but ultimately decides to join.

Pieyon

Voiced by: Taishi Murata [8] (Japanese); Andrew Love [9] (English)

Pieyon (ぴえヨン) is a anonymous famous physical training Youtuber affiliated with Strawberry Productions, who coaches choreography for B-Komachi members. He makes over 100 million yen a year.

Entertainment industry

Stars/performers

Frill Shiranui

Voiced by: Asami Seto [8] (Japanese); Annie Wild [7] (English)

Frill Shiranui (不知火 フリル, Shiranui Furiru) is a student of Youtou High School's Performing Arts Program and one of Ruby's classmates. She is a multi-talented performer who can sing, dance, and act. She later is expected to play Ai's Manager in Director Gotanda's and Aqua's planned Ai biographical movie after originally being chosen for the role of Ai before allowing Ruby to play the role following a self audition where she was impressed by Ruby's acting skill and conviction.

Melt Narushima

Voiced by: Seiji Maeda [8] (Japanese); Bryson Baugus [9] (English)

Melt Narushima (鳴嶋 メルト, Narushima Meruto) is a model and actor affiliated with Sonic Stage Productions. He was an arrogant and untrained actor when playing the male lead in the Sweet Today live-action adaptation, but still managed to deliver a solid performance for the final scene after being provoked by Aquamarine Hoshino. The experience humbled him and he has worked on improving his acting skills by the time he joined the stage production of Tokyo Blade. He later is expected to play the president of Strawberry Productions on Director Gotanda's and Aqua's planned Ai biographical movie.

Minami Kotobuki

Voiced by: Hina Yōmiya [8] (Japanese); Brittany Lauda [9] (English)

Minami Kotobuki (寿 みなみ, Kotobuki Minami) is a student in the Performing Arts Program of Youtou High School and a classmate of Ruby and Frill. In the show business industry, she works as a gravure model.

Yuki Sumi

Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi [8] (Japanese); Olivia Swasey [7] (English)

Yuki Sumi (鷲見 ゆき, Sumi Yuki) is a fashion model and a participant in the reality dating show The Beginning of My Love With An Idol or LoveNow. Initially imagining she would fade into the background, she used her character to create drama and interest.

Taiki Himekawa

Voiced by: Koki Uchiyama [10]

Taiki Himekawa (姫川 大輝, Himekawa Taiki) is an award-winning stage actor affiliated with the Lalalie Theatrical Company, first seen as the main star of the Tokyo Blade stage production. It is later revealed that he is also Aqua and Ruby's older half-brother, conceived when his mother cheated on his legal father with their father. However, he himself remains unaware that he is the product of an affair.

Production

Taishi Gotanda

Voiced by: Yasuyuki Kase [8] (Japanese); Ty Mahany [2] (English)

Taishi Gotanda (五反田 泰志, Gotanda Taishi) is the film director who scouted Aqua and convinced him to become an actor when he saw his potential. After Ai's death, he recruited Aqua as his student at Aqua's request. He is one of the few people who knows the real identity of Aqua. He was once recruited by Ai to make a documentary film of her prior to her death. The creation of this biographical film of Ai's life is part of Aqua's plan of revenge against his father and Ai's killer.

Masaya Kaburagi

Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma [8] (Japanese); Justin Doran [7] (English)

Masaya Kaburagi (鏑木 勝也, Kaburagi Masaya) is a producer affiliated with an internet TV Station Dot TV!, and producer of the Sweet Today live-action adaptation and the webshow Dig Deep! One Chance. He seems to have deep ties with Ai at the past.

Yoriko Kichijouji

Voiced by: Shizuka Itō [8] (Japanese); Kelly Greenshield [7] (English)

Yoriko Kichijouji (吉祥寺 頼子, Kichijōji Yoriko) is the mangaka behind the popular manga series I'll Go With Sweet Today and Abiko's mentor. She also serves as producer for its live action drama where Kana is starring.

Abiko Samejima

Abiko Samejima (鮫島 アビ子, Samejima Abiko) is the mangaka behind the popular manga series Tokyo Blade, and became a producer for its stage play after expressing displeasure with how its adaptation and script was progressing. She used to be Yoriko's assistant and student.

Hikaru Kamiki

Hikaru Kamiki (カミキ ヒカル, Kamiki Hikaru) is the mastermind of Ai's and Gorou's murder, and also biological father of Aqua and Ruby. He was molested by a married adult actress who gave birth to his first child, Taiki, when he was just 11-years-old. At age 15, he meets Ai at the Lalalie Theatrical Company where he was teaching as an alumni, and the two began a brief relationship resulting in her pregnancy with the twins. He is suspected by Aqua to have recruited an obsessive fan of Ai to commit her murder, and has been involved in numerous orchestrated murders of other actresses. He is identified by Akane through clues gleaned from Aqua and her own research into Ai and after she comes across him at a film award ceremony, which leads Aqua to move forward with exacting his plan of revenge.

Others

Crow Girl

Crow Girl is mysterious unnamed girl in the woods who is a seemingly supernatural being who is aware of everything that transpires within the story, including Aqua and Ruby's reincarnation. She originally was a wounded crow who was rescued and treated by Gorou and Sarina and watched over them until their passing. By Aqua's request, she manifests in the real world to portray the infant twins in 15 Years of Lies.

Notes

  1. ↑ Read as "星のアイ"

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