IDOLiSH7

IDOLiSH7 (アイドリッシュセブン () , Aidorisshu Sebun), abbreviated as i7 (アイナナ () , Ainana), is a Japanese mobile app released by Bandai Namco. The game was launched on August 20, 2015.^[1] Arina Tanemura drew the character designs for the game.^[2] Idolish 7 is a multimedia project, which includes music, multiple manga series, a novel,^[3] and an anime series.^[4]

The story follows the player's character, Tsumugi Takanashi, the manager of IDOLiSH 7 as she attempts to train seven singers to become top idols.^[3]

Characters[]

Main article: List of Idolish 7 characters


Character	Voice	Age	Height	Birthday	Notes
Iori Izumi	Toshiki Masuda	17	174cm	January 25	Mitsuki's sharp-tongued brother
Yamato Nikaido	Yusuke Shirai	22	177cm	February 14	Idolish 7's "big brother"
Mitsuki Izumi	Tsubasa Yonaga	21	165cm	March 3	Iori's cheerful older brother
Tamaki Yotsuba*	Kenn	17	183cm	April 1	The moody prodigy of Idolish 7
Sogo Osaka*	Atsushi Abe	20	175cm	May 28	Hard-working member of Idolish 7
Nagi Rokuya	Takuya Eguchi	19	180cm	June 20	A flirty half-European
Riku Nanase	Kensho Ono	18	173cm	July 9	Idolish 7's dependable member

Character	Voice	Age	Height	Birthday	Notes
Gaku Yaotome	Wataru Hatano	22	183cm	August 16
Tenn Kujo	Soma Saito	18	173cm	July 9
Ryunosuke Tsunashi	Takuya Sato	23	190cm	October 12

Character	Voice	Age	Height	Birthday	Notes
Momo	Soichiro Hoshi	25	173cm	November 11
Yuki	Shinnosuke Tachibana	26	178cm	December 24

Haruka Isumi	Yuya Hirose	17	170cm	December 6
Toma Inumaru	Subaru Kimura	20	176cm	November 29
Torao Mido	Takashi Kondo	21	185cm	March 15
Minami Natsume	Kotaro Nishiyama	19	174cm	June 8
Takanashi Production Office
Character	Voice	Age	Height	Birthday	Notes
Tsumugi Takanashi†		18			Idolish 7's manager
Banri Ogami	Kazuyuki Okitsu	27	180cm	September 8	works at Takanashi Agency
Otoharu Takanashi	Susumu Chiba	48	177cm		Tsumugi's father; agency president
Kinako		??	??		The agency's pet rabbit
Others
Character	Voice	Age	Height	Birthday	Notes
Sosuke Yaotome	Katsuyuki Konishi	48	185cm		President of Yaotome Agency
Kaoru Anesagi	Yoshihisa Kawahara	??	178cm		Trigger's manager
Rinto Okazaki	Makoto Furukawa	27	173cm		Re:vale's manager
Ryo Tsukumo	Hiroki Takahashi	30	178cm

Notes:

* - Tamaki and Sogo are also a part of the idol duo, MEZZO.
† - Tsumugi is the player's character.

Media[]

Novel[]

A novel by Bunta Tsushimi titled Idolish 7: Prayer to the Shooting Star (アイドリッシュセブン流星に祈る () , IDOLiSH 7 Ryūsei ni Inoru)^[5] began serialization on Hakusensha's Novels website in July 2015.^[6] The book version was published on December 4, 2015^[7] with cover art by Arina Tanemura.^[8] A second novel, Idolish 7: Ainana Academy (アイドリッシュセブンアイナナ学園 () , IDOLiSH 7 Ainana Gakuen), was published in January 4, 2018.^[9] It was written by Teiko Sasaki and illustrated by Tanemura.^[10]

Manga[]

Nokoshi Yamada was commissioned to create an Idolish 7 manga based on Arina Tanemura's designs and Bandai Namco's drafts. The manga began serialization on July 24, 2015 on Hakusensha's Hana LaLa Online.^[6] As of January 4, 2018, the series has been collected into five volumes.^[15]

In February 2016, Tanemura illustrated a spin-off manga, Idolish 7: TRIGGER -before The Radiant Glory- in LaLa DX. It is based on Bunta Tsushimi's novel.^[16] The series concluded in June,^[17] and was collected into one volume published on August 19, 2016.^[18] In October 2016, a second spin-off manga titled Idolish 7: MEZZO - Murasaki Ao no Hekireki by Tanemura debuted in LaLa DX.^[5]

Music[]

Tanemura returned the project in February 2016 by designing the the cover of Idolish 7's single "GOOD NIGHT AWESOME". The Japanese drama, Nemesis also used the track of the album as its theme.^[19]^[20]

Idolish 7's "MONSTER GENERATiON" and "NATSU☆Shiyoze!" (NATSU☆しようぜ! () , "NATSU☆Shiyoze!"), Mezzo's "Koi no Kakera" (恋のかけら () , "Koi no Kakera"), Trigger's "SECRET NIGHT", and Re:vale's "SILVER SKY" have all been released as singles.^[21] Idolish 7's first album i7 was released on August 24, 2016.^[22] Trigger's album Regality was published in September 2017. The album topped Oricon's weekly album chart.^[23]

Anime[]

On August 20, 2016, the first anniversary of Idolish 7, an anime adaptation was announced during a broadcast of NicoNico Live.^[24] All the voice actors reprised their roles from the game.^[4] The seventeen-episode anime premiered in January 2018.^[25] A spin-off, titled Idolish 7: Vibrato, debuted on YouTube on February 17, 2018.^[26] A second season to the anime was announced in July 2018.^[27]

References[]

External links[]

Idolish 7 official website
Idolish 7 anime official website
Idolish 7 (@iD7Mng_Ogami) on Twitter
Idolish 7 on Wikipedia
Idolish 7 on Japanese Wikipedia
IDOLiSH7 Wiki on Wikia

[1] ttp://natalie.mu/comic/news/157395 (Japanese)

[2] ttp://natalie.mu/comic/news/149947 (Japanese)

[ANN-3] 3.0 ^3.1 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-10/full-moon-arina-tanemura-designs-idolish-7-game-manga/.89093

[A-4] 4.0 ^4.1 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-18/idolish-7-anime-project-includes-both-tv-anime-and-spinoff-series/.117654

[M-5] 5.0 ^5.1 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-08-08/idolish-7-project-gets-2nd-manga-by-arina-tanemura/.105156

[B-6] 6.0 ^6.1 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-07/studios-bones-naz-animate-music-videos-for-idolish-7-multimedia-project/.95115

[7] ttps://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4592217470/ (Japanese)

[8] ttp://natalie.mu/comic/news/163814 (Japanese)

[9] ttps://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4592218485/ (Japanese)

[10] ttps://natalie.mu/comic/news/263830 (Japanese)

[11] ttps://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4592212010/ (Japanese)

[12] ttps://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4592212029/ (Japanese)

[13] ttps://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4592212037/ (Japanese)

[14] ttps://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4592212045/ (Japanese)

[V5-15] 15.0 ^15.1 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4592212053/ (Japanese)

[16] ttp://natalie.mu/comic/news/175703 (Japanese)

[17] ttp://natalie.mu/comic/news/190384 (Japanese)

[18] ttp://natalie.mu/comic/news/198604 (Japanese)

[19] ttp://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-02-03/arina-tanemura-draws-idolish-7-project-good-night-awesome-album-jacket/.98286

[20] ttp://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-02-16/idolish-7-characters-get-first-figures-by-tamashii-nations/.98765

[21] Idolish 7's discography on Japanese Wikipedia

[22] ttp://natalie.mu/music/news/196399 (Japanese)

[23] ttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-26/idolish-7-trigger-album-is-1st-by-male-characters-to-top-weekly-chart/.121861

[24] ttp://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1471621311 (Japanese)

[25] ttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-03/crunchyroll-streams-1st-2-episodes-of-idolish7-anime-adds-more-catalog-titles/.123547

[26] ttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-07/idolish7-vibrato-net-spinoff-anime-series-premieres-february-17/.127470

[27] ttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-08/idolish7-anime-2nd-season-announcement-video-streamed/.133991

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