Oshi no Ko

Oshi no Ko (【推しの子】, "My Favorite Idol" or "Their Idol's Children";[3] stylized as【Oshi No Ko】) is a Japanese manga series written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump since April 2020, with its chapters collected in 11 tankōbon volumes as of March 2023. It has been licensed for release in North America by Yen Press and simultaneously published by Shueisha on their Manga Plus platform. It follows a doctor and his recently-deceased patient who became reborn as twins to a famous Japanese pop idol and navigate the highs and lows of the country's entertainment industry as they grow up together through their lives.

Oshi no Ko
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ai Hoshino
【推しの子】
Genre
Manga
Written byAka Akasaka
Illustrated byMengo Yokoyari
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 23, 2020 – present
Volumes11
Anime television series
Directed byDaisuke Hiramaki
Written byJin Tanaka
Music byTakurō Iga
StudioDoga Kobo
Licensed bySentai Filmworks
Original networkTokyo MX, CTC, GTV, SUN, KBS, BS11, SBS, TVA, tvk, TVS, GYT, MRO, KHB, HOME, TVh, TVQ, BSN, AT-X
Original run April 12, 2023 – present
Episodes6

An anime television series adaptation produced by Doga Kobo premiered in April 2023.

Plot

Gynecologist Gorou Amemiya is tasked with helping deliver the children of Ai Hoshino, a Japanese idol whom he admires, without the knowledge of the general public. However, the night of Ai's delivery, Gorou is murdered by an obsessive fan of Ai's, and is reincarnated as Aquamarine "Aqua" Hoshino, Ai's son, retaining his memories of his previous life. Aqua's fraternal twin, Ruby Hoshino, is also a reincarnation, though she refuses to admit her original identity as one of Gorou's patients who got him interested in Ai in the first place. Four years later, Ai is murdered by the same obsessive fan, who later commits suicide. However, Aqua pieces together that the fan must have had his and Ruby's father as an accomplice and thus resolves to enter the acting world to find and kill his father.

Twelve years later, Aqua joins various productions to get DNA samples to test against his own. He eventually meets his half-brother, Uehara Taiki, during a stage production, who tells Aqua that Taiki's parents committed a double suicide, but Aqua learns that their suicide happened before Ai's murder. Aqua's girlfriend, Akane Kurokawa, finds that the twins' actual father—Hikaru Kamiki—is alive, but Aqua cuts ties in an effort to protect her. Meanwhile, Ruby starts an idol group under the same name as Ai's original group, joined by aspiring actress Kana Arima and Youtuber Mem-Cho. On an out-of-town MV shooting, Ruby finds Gorou's corpse and runs into a mysterious child who confirms that her father was responsible for both Gorou and Ai's murders. Fueled by revenge, Ruby throws herself into her idol career, propelling both her solo and idol group's careers, though it ostracizes her from Aqua, Kana, and Mem-Cho. Desperate to prove herself, Kana successfully establishes inroads with a famous director, but a tabloid captures her following the director back to his apartment and prepares to write an article suggesting that she is his mistress. To prevent this, Aqua leaks his and Ruby's identity as Ai's children, fracturing the twins' relationship.

Characters

Main characters
Aquamarine Hoshino (星野 愛久愛海, Hoshino Akuamarin) / Aqua (アクア, Akua)
Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka (Aqua, teen), Yumi Uchiyama (Aqua, child), Kent Itō (Gorou)[4] (Japanese); Jack Stansbury (Aqua, teen), Chaney Moore (Aqua, child), Jeremy Gee (Gorou)[5] (English)
Originally an obstetrician in his mid-thirties named Gorou Amemiya (雨宮 吾郎, Amemiya Gorō), he 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 and got 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.
Ruby Hoshino (星野 瑠美衣, Hoshino Rubii)
Voiced by: Yurie Igoma (Ruby), Tomoyo Takayanagi (Sarina)[4] (Japanese); Alyssa Marek (Ruby), Savanna Menzel (Sarina)[5] (English)
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.
Kana Arima (有馬 かな, Arima Kana)
Voiced by: Megumi Han[6] (Japanese); Natalie Rial[5] (English)
Kana was considered an acting prodigy as a child and known as "a genius child actor who can cry in ten seconds". Kana first met Aqua when the show she was in needed an extra and Aqua stepped in. As a teenager, the 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 started developing feelings for Aqua. Still struggling to make it big in the acting industry, Ruby persuades Kana to join her 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 (黒川 あかね, Kurokawa Akane)
Voiced by: Manaka Iwami[7]
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 another female character 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. 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
Ai Hoshino (星野 アイ, Hoshino Ai)
Voiced by: Rie Takahashi[8] (Japanese); Donna Bella Litton[5] (English)
A popular and charismatic idol singer. 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 a deranged 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",[Jp. 1] in reference to the six-pronged stars in her and her children's eyes.
Ichigo Saitō (斎藤 壱護, Saitō Ichigo)
Voiced by: Hisao Egawa (Japanese); Brandon Hearnsberger[5] (English)
Ichigo is the president of Strawberry Productions. He is the husband of Miyako Saitou. 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 (斎藤 ミヤコ, Saitō Miyako)
Voiced by: Lynn (Japanese); Christina Kelly[5] (English)
Miyako is the wife of Ichigo Saitou 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 (MEMちょ, MEM-cho)
Voiced by: Rumi Okubo[7]
MEM-cho is a YouTube and TikTok star 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 (ぴえヨン)
Voiced by: Taishi Murata
Pieyon is a anonymous famous physical training Youtuber affiliated with Strawberry Productions, who coaches choreography for B-Komachi members.

Stars/Performers
Frill Shiranui (不知火 フリル, Shiranui Furiru)
Voiced by: Asami Seto
Frill 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 (鳴嶋 メルト, Narushima Meruto)
Voiced by: Seiji Maeda
Melt 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 (寿みなみ, Kotōbuki Minami)
Voiced by: Hina Yōmiya
Minami is a student in the Performing Arts Program of Youtou High School and a classmate of Ruby Hoshino and Frill Shiranui. In the show business industry, she works as a gravure model.
Yuki Sumi (鷲見 ゆき, Sumi Yuki)
Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi
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 (姫川 大輝, Himekawa Taiki)
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 (五反田 泰志, Gotanda Taishi)
Voiced by: Yasuyuki Kase (Japanese); Ty Mahany[5] (English)
Taishi Gotanda 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 (鏑木 勝也, Kaburagi Masaya)
Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma
Kaburagi 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 (吉祥寺 頼子, Kichijōji Yoriko)
Voiced by: Shizuka Itō
The mangaka behind the popular manga series I'll Go With Sweet Today and Abiko's mentor. She also serves as producer for it's live action drama where Kana is starring.
Abiko Samejima (鮫島アビ子, Samejima Abiko)
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 (カミキ ヒカル, Kamiki Hikaru)
Kamiki is the mastermind of Ai's and Goro'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 follower 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
A 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.

Media

Manga

Oshi no Ko, written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari, has been serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since April 23, 2020.[9][10] Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on July 17, 2020.[11] As of March 17, 2023, eleven volumes have been released.[12]

In April 2022, Shueisha began publishing the series in English on the Manga Plus website and mobile app.[13] In July 2022, at Anime Expo, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for an English release.[14]

The series has been licensed in Taiwan by Chingwin Publishing Group,[15] in South Korea by Daewon C.I.;[16] in Indonesia by M&C!;[17] in Thailand by Luckpim,[18] in France by Kurokawa;[19] in Germany by Altraverse;[20] in Italy by Edizioni BD;[21] in Argentina and Spain by Editorial Ivrea;[22][23] and in Poland by Studio JG.[24]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 July 17, 2020[11]978-4-08-891650-7January 17, 2023[25]978-1-975-36317-8
2 October 16, 2020[26]978-4-08-891717-7May 23, 2023[27]978-1-975-36319-2
3 February 19, 2021[28]978-4-08-891801-3August 22, 2023[29]978-1-975-36321-5
4 May 19, 2021[30]978-4-08-891872-3——
5 August 18, 2021[31]978-4-08-892056-6——
6 November 19, 2021[32]978-4-08-892135-8——
7 February 18, 2022[33]978-4-08-892224-9——
8 June 17, 2022[34]978-4-08-892363-5——
9 October 19, 2022[35]978-4-08-892429-8——
10 January 19, 2023[36]978-4-08-892535-6——
11 March 17, 2023[12]978-4-08-892630-8——
12 July 19, 2023[37]978-4-08-892780-0——

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced in June 2022.[38] The anime, later revealed to be a television series, will be produced by Doga Kobo and directed by Daisuke Hiramaki, with Chao Nekotomi serving as assistant director, Jin Tanaka writing the scripts, Kanna Hirayama handling the character designs, and Takurō Iga composing the music.[39] It premiered on April 12, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[40] The 90-minute first episode also premiered at selected theaters in Japan on March 17 of the same year.[41][42] The opening theme song is "Idol" (アイドル) performed by Yoasobi, while the ending theme song is "Mephisto" (メフィスト) performed by Queen Bee.[6][43]

At Anime NYC 2022, Sentai Filmworks announced that they licensed the series, and started streaming it on Hidive.[44][45] Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific and is streaming it on Ani-One Asia YouTube channel,[41] Netflix,[46] Bilibili,[47] and iQIYI.[48]

Episode list
No.Title [49][50]Directed by [49]Written by [49]Storyboarded by [49]Original air date [51]
1"Mother and Children"Daisuke Hiramaki, Chao Nekotomi, Asami Nakatani, Ryōta Itō, Sung Min KimJin TanakaDaisuke Hiramaki, Chao Nekotomi, Asami NakataniApril 12, 2023 (2023-04-12)

Doctor Gorou Amemiya is an avid fan of the idol Ai Hoshino, spurred on partly due her being the favorite idol of Sarina Tendouji, a previous patient of his who died at the age of 12 from a terminal illness. Gorou is shocked when Ai quietly arrives at his rural hospital 20 weeks pregnant with twins, though she refuses to divulge who the father is. Ai confides in Gorou that as an orphan, she wanted to experience the happiness of raising her own family, but at the same time does not want to give up her idol career so she intends to raise her children in secret. Gorou swears to make sure Ai gives birth to healthy babies and takes care of her for the rest of her pregnancy. However, on Ai's due date, Gorou is confronted by a man stalking Ai and ends up being pushed off a cliff, dying at the same moment Ai goes into labor. He then wakes up and discovers he has been reborn as Ai's son Aquamarine and lives together with her and his twin sister Ruby. Ruby herself is the reincarnation of Sarina, but she does not tell Aqua her previous identity. Ai's manager Ichigo Saitou then begins making plans for Ai's comeback, arranging for his wife Miyako to take care of the twins while Ai is performing. When Miyako begins to get anxious about being relegated to the role of babysitter and considers blowing the whistle on Ai's secret pregnancy, the twins use their intelligence to trick Miyako into thinking they are gods in human form, securing her cooperation.

As time passes, the twins steadily learn more and more about the intricacies and realities of the idol and entertainment industries. One year later, Aqua becomes acquainted with a film director, who offers to secure Ai a role in one of his films if Aqua stars in it as well. During filming, Aqua meets child actress Kana Arima who is skeptical of Ai's acting ability. Aqua is able to play his part flawlessly, which frustrates Kana who forms a one sided rivalry. Two years later, the film ends up being a modest success which helps propel Ai's career upward. However, on the day of her first major Tokyo Dome performance, the same stalker who killed Gorou tracks down Ai and fatally stabs her before fleeing in regret. In her final moments, Ai comforts the twins, telling them that she loves them and is reassured that her love for them is genuine. Afterwards, the stalker is found to have committed suicide and a memorial is held for Ai, but she is quickly forgotten by the public. The twins are formally adopted by the Saitous. Ruby decides she wants to follow in Ai's footsteps and become an idol, while Aqua deduces that their biological father leaked Ai's address to the stalker with the intent of getting her killed. Aqua reasons that his father is also a figure in the entertainment industry and decides to train as an actor, finding a new purpose in life by tracking down his own father and killing him in revenge for Ai's death. Many years later, the twins head out to their first day of high school, and Aqua sets his revenge plan in motion.
2"Third Option"
Transcription: "Mittsume no Sentakushi" (Japanese: 三つ目の選択肢)		Sung Min KimJin TanakaKoji MasunariApril 19, 2023 (2023-04-19)
In the 10 years since Ai's death, Ichigo has fallen out of contact, Ai's idol group B Komachi was disbanded, and Miyako closed down Strawberry Production's idol unit to focus on internet personalities instead. Ruby meanwhile has been auditioning to become an idol, unaware that Aqua has been using his acting skills to secretly sabotage her applications and give her false rejection notices. However, he cannot stop Ruby from being scouted by an underground idol group. Not trusting the management of the underground idol group and wanting to support Ruby's wish to become an idol, Miyako decides to finally reopen Strawberry Production's idol unit with Ruby as its first member. Meanwhile, Aqua works as director Gotanda's apprentice, but has given up on trying to be an actor and is content working behind the scenes to find his father. Gotanda advises Aqua not to give up on his dreams so easily, causing him to recall Ai's last words to him. Aqua and Ruby are later admitted into the prestigious Youtou High School which has a performing arts department. While visiting the school, the twins encounter Kana again, who is glad to see Aqua again but is shocked that he is enrolled in the general education department instead of performing arts.
3"Manga-Based TV Drama"
Transcription: "Manga Gensaku Dorama" (Japanese: 漫画原作ドラマ)		Kōki UchinomiyaJin TanakaTakudai Kakuchi,
Kenta Ōnishi		April 26, 2023 (2023-04-26)
Kana is eager to reconnect with Aqua and tries to talk him into getting back into acting, offering a role in a live action adaptation of the manga series Sweet Today. She mentions she has connections to famed producer Masaya Kaburagi, who Aqua recognizes as one of names on Ai's secret contact list he found on her personal phone. Aqua agrees to take a role as an excuse to get close to Kaburagi. Kana secures a role as the show's villain for Aqua, but he discovers the show is a very low quality production. Kana admits the show cast young male models and prioritized their looks over their acting ability, and she has been forced to hold back her own acting talent so as not to overshadow them. She further explains due to her spoiled behavior as a child, she quickly fell out favor in the acting industry after she grew older and she has been slowly working her way back up. During a break in filming, Aqua manages to collect some saliva samples from Kaburagi's discarded cigarettes and overhears that Kaburagi is only taking advantage of Kana with no intention of advancing her career. Despite having gotten what he came for, Aqua decides to stay and go all out on his acting.
4"Actors"
Transcription: "Yakusha" (Japanese: 役者)		Kuniyasu NishinaJin TanakaRyōta ItōMay 3, 2023 (2023-05-03)
Aqua uses his skills to set the scene up for Kana’s performance by ad-libbing some of his performance, using the environment, and riling up the lead actor to make his actions look more genuine. This gives Kana the opportunity to show off her true acting skills, which earns the praise of the people still watching the show. At Sweet Today‘s wrap party, Aqua meets Kaburagi again, now knowing he is not his father thanks to a paternity test. Kaburagi mentions that he knows about someone Ai had been spending time with in secret, and offers to tell Aqua who it is in return for starring in a reality dating show. Some time later, Aqua and Ruby attend their first day at Youtou High School, where Aqua befriends fellow student and gravure model Minami Kotobuki. She introduces Minami to Aqua, and also mentions that the famous professional entertainer Frill Shiranui is also a member of her class, who she idolizes. Aqua introduces himself to Frill, and she recognizes both him and Minami from their respective works. This makes Ruby self conscious about the fact that she does not have an established place in the entertainment industry yet. She pesters Miyako about Strawberry Productions moving forward with forming their idol group, but Miyako points out that it is not easy for a small company like theirs to recruit idols. Aqua then suggests that they recruit Kana.
5"Reality Dating Show"
Transcription: "Ren'ai Riaritī Shō" (Japanese: 恋愛リアリティショー)		Sung Min KimJin TanakaSung Min KimMay 10, 2023 (2023-05-10)
While reluctant to risk her acting career by becoming an idol, Kana decides to sign up with Strawberry Productions so she can work alongside Aqua. However, she is shocked that his next job is for a reality dating show called "My Love with a Star Begins Now", where he stars alongside fashion model Yuki Sumi, dancer Nobuyuki Kumano, actress Akane Kurokawa, internet personality MEM-cho, and musician Kengo Morimoto. Even though Aqua is putting on a act for the show, Kana feels jealous at how he is interacting with his female co-stars. Meanwhile, Miyako gets to work starting up Strawberry Productions' new idol unit. She decides to have Ruby and Kana make their debut online, and enlists the help of one of their veteran internet personalities, Pieyon, a masked physical training YouTuber. Pieyon determines that the quickest way for the girls to gain a following is to collaborate with his established channel. They perform a rigorous workout dance routine for an hour straight, with Ruby earning Kana's respect after seeing her last the entire hour. Pieyon then asks them what their group name will be, and Ruby decides to revive the name of B Komachi.
6"Egosurfing"
Transcription: "Ego Sāchi" (Japanese: エゴサーチ)		Kuniyasu NishinaJin TanakaKuniyasu NishinaMay 17, 2023 (2023-05-17)

Reception

By April 2021, Oshi no Ko had over 1 million copies in circulation;[52] it had over 3 million copies in circulation by October 2022;[8] over 5 million copies in circulation by March 2023;[53] and over 7 million copies in circulation by May 2023.[54]

Oshi no Ko ranked 11th on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2021 for male readers;[55] it ranked seventh on the 2022 list.[56] The series ranked fourth on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021" by the Honya Club website.[57][58] The series ranked 13th on the 2021 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine;[59] it ranked 25th on the 2022 list.[60] Oshi no Ko was nominated for the 14th Manga Taishō in 2021 and placed fifth with 59 points;[61][62] it was nominated for the 15th edition in 2022 and placed eighth with 49 points.[63][64] In August 2021, Oshi no Ko won the Next Manga Award in the print category.[65] The manga was nominated for the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category in 2021;[66] and for the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2022.[67] It was also nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2022.[68] The series ranked fifth on AnimeJapan's 5th "Most Wanted Anime Adaptation" poll in 2022.[69]

The anime premiere was reported by Hidive as the most successful premiere in the streaming service's history in terms of total viewers, new subscribers, and free trial signups.[70][71] Yoasobi's opening theme song "Idol" reached a total of 100 million worldwide stream and video views on Spotify and Youtube within two weeks after the anime's release.[72]

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