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Aikatsu Stars! (TV)

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Alternative title:
アイカツ スターズ！ (Japanese)
Themes: idols
Plot Summary: Yume Nijino aims to become a top idol, and she enrolls in the Yotsusei Gakuen (Four Stars Academy). This academy has a special group called the S4, who are the top four active idols in the school. Yume and the other first-year students aim to become a part of the S4.
Running time: half hour
Episode titles: We have 100
Vintage: 2016-04-07
Opening Theme:
#1: "Start Line!" (スタートライン!) by Sena & Rie from AIKATSU☆STARS!
#2: "1,2,Sing for You!" by AIKATSU☆STARS!
#3: "MUSIC of DREAM!!!" by AIKATSU☆STARS！
Ending Theme:
#1: "episode Solo" by Ruka, Nanase, Kana, & Miho from AIKATSU☆STARS!
#2: "So Beautiful Story" by AIKATSU☆STARS!
#3: "Mori no Hikari no Pirouette" (森のひかりのピルエット) by AIKATSU☆STARS！
News: Show:
Aikatsu Planet! Film's Teaser Announces July 15 Opening, Joint Screening With 10th Anniversary Film (Apr 13, 2022)
Noriyasu Agematsu, Elements Garden, RUCCA's Technoroid Project Video Unveils Story, TV Anime Staff, Smartphone Game in Early 2022 (Nov 6, 2021)
Aikatsu Planet! Idol TV Series Gets Film Next Summer (Oct 3, 2021)
My Senpai Is Annoying TV Anime's 1st Video Unveils Theme Songs, October 9 Debut (Aug 27, 2021)
Aikatsu Planet Show Outlines Cast, Staff, Story, Characters (Aug 10, 2020)
Aikatsu! Idol Franchise Unveils Live-Action/Anime Show Aikatsu Planet (Aug 10, 2020)
Aikatsu! Idol Franchise Gets New Project Airing on TV This Fall (Mar 8, 2020)
Aikatsu on Parade! TV Anime to Unite Previous Shows' Idols (Aug 17, 2019)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 2-8 (Jul 10, 2018)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, April 2-8 (Apr 10, 2018)
Aikatsu Friends! Debuts in April as 3rd Aikatsu Idol TV Anime (Jan 24, 2018)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 1-7 (Jan 9, 2018)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 2-8 (Oct 10, 2017)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 3-9 (Jul 11, 2017)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, April 3-9 (Apr 11, 2017)
Aikatsu Stars Anime Enters 2nd Season With 'Hoshi no Tsubasa' in April (Jan 26, 2017)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 2-8 (Jan 11, 2017)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 10-16 (Oct 18, 2016)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 3-9 (Oct 11, 2016)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, August 29 - September 4 (Sep 6, 2016)
Aikatsu Stars! First Appeal Nintendo 3DS Game's Promo Shows Games Features (Jul 23, 2016)
Aikatsu Stars! My Special Appeal 3DS Game Announced (Jun 28, 2016)
Miyu Tomita Narrates Aikatsu Stars! TV Anime's Promo (Mar 19, 2016)
Aikatsu Stars! Anime Casts Miyu Tomita, Minami Tsuda (Mar 12, 2016)
Aikatsu Stars! TV Anime Premieres in April With Film Following in August (Feb 21, 2016)
Interest:
Aikatsu Stars Meets Aikatsu in 2-Episode Cross-Over (Jul 24, 2017)
Other article:
Bandai Namco Pictures Registers 'Aikatsu Stars!' Trademark (Feb 15, 2016)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Teruo Sato
Series Composition: Yuuko Kakihara
Script: Yuuko Kakihara (eps 1-3) 
Screenplay:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (17 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 21, 28, 33, 40, 42, 48, 55, 62, 71, 75, 79, 88, 94
)
Konomi Shugo (eps 82, 89)
Misaki Morie (15 episodes
eps 5, 9, 15, 22, 24, 31, 38, 44, 54, 61, 70, 77, 84, 91, 93
)
Misuzu Chiba (14 episodes
eps 7, 10, 13, 20, 27, 34, 39, 45, 50, 57, 64, 67, 76, 87
)
Touko Machida (14 episodes
eps 17, 23, 29, 36, 41, 46, 53, 58, 66, 74, 83, 86, 95-96
)
Yoshimi Narita (18 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 14, 19, 26, 32, 37, 43, 47, 52, 60, 65, 73, 80, 92, 97-98
)
Yuuichi Nomura (5 episodes
eps 56, 63, 72, 81, 90
)
Yuuko Kakihara (15 episodes
eps 1-2, 18, 25, 30, 35, 49, 51, 59, 68-69, 78, 85, 99-100
)
Storyboard:
Atsuo Tobe (ep 9)
Kenji Kodama (11 episodes
eps 6, 11, 17, 20, 28, 43, 52, 60, 66, 79, 85
)
Kiyoko Sayama (eps 7, 13)
Kyōhei Ishiguro (ED)
Masaki Kitamura (eps 8, 12)
Mitsuhiro Yoneda (ep 10)
Naoya Ando (ep 14)
Ryota Itoh (4 episodes
eps 21, 37, 49, 88
)
Teruo Sato (OP; eps 1-2)
Episode Director:
Harume Kosaka (ep 13)
Ka Hee Im (ep 1)
Mitsuhiro Yoneda (ep 10)
Mitsuto Yamaji (ep 2) 
Naoki Murata (ep 11)
Naoya Ando (ep 14)
Ryota Itoh (4 episodes
eps 21, 37, 49, 88
)
Teruo Sato (ep 1)
Yasuaki Fujii (ep 12)
Yūsuke Onoda (ep 9)
Unit Director:
Kyōhei Ishiguro (ED)
Naoya Ando (OP)
Music: onetrap
Character Design: Yukiko Aikei
Art Director: Kenichi Tajiri
Animation Director:
Akira Takahashi (23 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, 28, 33, 38, 42, 46, 52, 56, 60, 64, 66, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97
)
Asami Mitsui (ep 9)
Hayato Hashiguchi (OP; eps 1, 10)
Hiromi Maezawa (eps 2, 12)
Koichi Kikuchi (ep 4)
Mayumi Hidaka (ep 9)
Mayumi Oda (ep 9)
Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 5)
Sakurako Mitsuhashi (ep 6)
Shuichi Shimamura (OP)
Shuko Okutani (ep 12)
Shūto Yamamoto (10 episodes
eps 14, 22, 32, 40, 50, 61, 71, 80, 88, 100
)
Toyoaki Fukushima (ep 7)
Tsutomu Ono (ep 11)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 10)
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
Director of Photography: Youichi Oogami
Executive producer:
Masayuki Ozaki
Nobuhiko Momoi
Yōsuke Imai
Yukio Kawasaki (TV Tokyo)
Producer:
Hirokazu Hara
Nobuyuki Hosoya (TV Tokyo)
Takanori Itō

2nd Key Animation:
Akane Nishikiba (ep 100)
Ayako Ōki (ep 36)
Kai Lun You (Artbox; ep 11)
Midori Matsumoto (ep 96)
Naoto Kaneda (ep 100)
Shūto Yamamoto (ep 14)
CG Assistant Producer: Taisuke Iwakiri
CG Design Production: Masaya Aramaki
CG Producer: Kiichiro Inoue
Color design: Masumi Ootsuka
Design: Satomi Watabe
Editing: Kazuhiro Nii
In-Between Animation:
Akiyoshi Fukunaga (Nakamura Production; eps 25, 44)
Hiroki Koga (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 12, 16, 25, 44
)
Hiroko Yoshida (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 12, 16, 25, 44
)
Kensuke Tanaka (Nakamura Production; eps 12, 25)
Kiyoka Makino (Studio Elle; ep 26)
Naoki Motoyama (Nakamura Production; eps 16, 25)
Reo Takada (eps 58, 98)
Ryota Iwanaga (Nakamura Production; eps 16, 25)
Ryuuji Iwabuchi (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 12, 16, 25, 44
)
Shin Kodama (Nakamura Production; eps 16, 25, 44)
Yukiko Koyama (Studio Elle; eps 26, 39)
Yumiko Mizuno (Studio Elle; eps 26, 39)
Yusuke Matsui (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 12, 16, 25, 44
)
In-Between Check: Reo Takada (4 episodes
eps 58, 67, 87, 98
)
Key Animation:
Aika Hamamoto (eps 5-6)
Akane Imada (ep 4)
Aki Yamauchi (ep 9)
Akira Watanabe (ep 4)
Atsushi Komatsu (ep 7)
Ayako Kakiuchi (eps 4, 9)
Ayako Takahashi (ep 12)
Ayano Okahara (ep 5)
Ayumi Ogawa (ep 11)
Azusa Nakano (ep 2)
Chiho Fujiwara (ep 11)
China (ep 9)
Daisuke Agata (ep 9)
Eiji Kaneda (ep 7)
Emi Kojima (ep 6)
Hayato Hashiguchi (ep 1)
Hideaki Tsukioka (ep 10)
Hideo Amemiya (ep 2)
Hideo Maru (ep 7)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 2, 10)
Hiroshi Konno (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Sato (ep 4)
Junichi Higuchi (ep 4)
Junko Asano (ep 9)
Kana Miyai (ep 9)
Kanako Baba (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Kanako Inoue (ep 4)
Kanako Ōyabu (ep 7)
Kaoru Endou (eps 3, 8)
Katsunori Enokimoto (eps 3, 8)
Katsutoshi Kobayashi (ep 4)
Kazuaki Shimada (OP)
Kazuhiko Ishii (eps 5, 9, 11)
Kazuhito Tominaga (ep 5)
Kazuya Saitō (5 episodes
eps 10, 78, 86, 91, 95
)
Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 6)
Keiji Shigesawa (ep 7)
Keiko Fukumoto (ep 4)
Keiko Yamamoto (eps 2, 6, 12)
Kenji Kajiwara (ep 11)
Kenji Nishikawa (ep 5)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 6)
Koichi Kikuchi (ep 4)
Kōichi Takai (eps 6, 9)
Kōji Nobuhara (ep 12)
Kōki Fujimoto (ep 39)
Konomi Satō (4 episodes
eps 2, 14, 37, 49
)
Kōta Sera (ep 1)
Kyōko Yoshimi (ep 12)
Kyosuke Matsui (ep 9)
Maiko Onishi (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Manabu Nii (OP)
Manami Hattori (ep 9)
Marie Nagano (ep 12)
Masahiro Furihata (ep 10)
Masahiro Sunaga (ep 1)
Masahiro Yoshizaki (ep 7)
Masahito Onoda (OP)
Masako Itou (ep 1)
Masayuki Yoshiki (ep 10)
Michi Yamamoto (ep 5)
Miho Aoki (ep 6)
Miki Nomura (ep 4)
Miki Urashima (ep 53)
Miyuki Matsumoto (ep 12)
Mizuki Takahashi (ep 4)
Moe Matsuda (ep 5)
Motoki Yagi (ep 11)
Naoto Yoshida (ep 2)
Narumi Takahashi (ep 6)
Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 5)
Noboru Kawamori (ep 9)
Noboru Okada (ep 4)
Nobuhiro Okazaki (ep 7)
Nozomi Ōnuki (ep 6)
Osamu Kurosawa (eps 7, 10)
Reo Takada (eps 58, 67, 76)
Rie Nakanishi (ep 6)
Ryou Kodama (ep 10)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (ep 40)
Saori Hosoda (ep 9)
Satoshi Furuhashi (OP; ep 9)
Satoshi Horisawa (ep 6)
Shiori Araki (ep 2)
Shirō Tamaki (eps 2, 6)
Shouji Endo (ep 5)
Shūichi Inoue (ep 11)
Shuko Okutani (eps 1, 10, 12)
Shūto Yamamoto (OP1; 9 episodes
eps 1, 22, 32, 50, 71, 80, 88, 96, 100
)
Taeko Ōgi (ep 4)
Takahiro Sasaki (OP)
Takashi Yoshiyama (eps 6, 9)
Takayuki Nakao (ep 6)
Takehiro Hamatsu (ep 10)
Takeshi Hirayama (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 10, 12
)
Takeshi Morita (OP; 25 episodes
eps 1, 19, 21, 25, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 50-51, 59, 62, 65, 70-71, 74-75, 79, 84, 88, 90, 92, 95, 100
)
Takeshi Moriyama (ep 20)
Tarō Kawashima (ep 8)
Tatsuya Urano (ep 9)
Teruko Takeshima (ep 2)
Tetsuya Akutsu (ep 4)
Tetsuya Sunaga (ep 11)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (ep 2)
Tomoko Isobe (ep 4)
Tomoko Kusuki (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Tsutomu Ono (ep 11)
Tsuyoshi Kakihara (eps 2, 9)
Wakako Yoshida (eps 6, 10)
Yasuhiro Ueno (ep 10)
Yasushi Shingō (ep 9)
Yōko Shirai (ep 12)
Yoshiaki Taniguchi (ep 4)
Yoshiaki Wada (eps 3, 8)
Yoshiki Hirakawa (ep 9)
Yoshiki Mizuno (ep 4)
Yoshiko Imazato (ep 2)
Yoshinori Fujii (eps 3, 8)
Yoshio Yoshimatsu (ep 9)
Yoshiteru Kobayashi (ep 7)
Yuji Gotou (ep 11)
Yukie Nishimura (ep 4)
Yukio Okano (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 12
)
Yumi Nakamura (ep 10)
Yumiko Kinoshita (ep 7)
Yurie Iijima (ep 5)
Yūsuke Inoue (ep 9)
Music producer:
Manabu Kuroda
Ryutaro Usukura
Planning: Shunsuke Ikuchi
Planning Manager:
Makoto Takahashi
Shinryō Akima (TV Tokyo)
Tetsuya Endo
Yuriko Yamada (TV Tokyo)
Recording Adjustment: Masanori Tsuchiya
Recording Assistant: Hiroyuki Kawakazu
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama
Supervision: Ryuichi Kimura
Theme Song Performance:
Kana Matsuzawa (ED)
Miho Amane (ED)
Nanase Matsuoka (ED)
Ruka Endō (ED)
Miyu Tomita as Yume Nijino

Akemi Kanda as Anna Tachibana
Ayaka Asai as Laura Sakuraba
Ayaka Ohashi as Yozora Kasumi
Azusa Tadokoro as Yuzu Nikaidō
Daisuke Hirakawa as Hikaru Moroboshi
Kaori Maeda as Aria Futaba
Megumi Yamaguchi as Koharu Nanakura
Minami Tsuda as Hime Shiratori
Nako Eguchi as Kirara Hanazono
Natsumi Fujiwara as Rei Kizaki
Natsumi Murakami as Ako Saotome
Sumire Morohoshi as Tsubasa Kisaragi
Yōko Hikasa as Elza Forte

Aimi Tanaka as Maaya Kanno (ep 2)
Ami Naitō as Saki Nonomiya (ep 1)
Aoi Koga as
Airi Amemiya (ep 4)
Idol (ep 9)
Umi Kaiyama (ep 8)
Upperclassman (ep 2)
Yuri Ashida (eps 1, 5, 10)
Atsushi Kakehashi as FD Yamaguchi (eps 4, 10)
Aya Hisakawa as Kyōko Nijino (ep 10)
Ayumi Takeo as Eri Sajō (ep 10)
Azusa Satou as Upperclassman (ep 2)
Chitose Morinaga as Student (ep 10)
Eimi Okada as Momoko Yachigusa (eps 2-3)
Emiko Takeuchi as Classmate (ep 2)
Fuminori Komatsu as Masaru Nijino (ep 10)
Hina Kino as Ayumi Naruse (ep 9)
Kana Yūki as Miki Katsura (ep 5)
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Tamagorō Miwa (eps 2, 4, 8)
Kenta Matsumoto as Dave Satō (ep 2)
Kenta Ōkuma as Yamada (ep 7)
Konami Saitou as Nana Hanahata (eps 2, 6)
Maika Takai as Masumi Oda (ep 4)
Misaki Ikeda as Upperclassman (ep 2)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Kanta Hōshaku (ep 7)
Mitsuru Ogata as Director Jirō Okamoto (eps 6, 10)
Nanako Mori as Kawada (ep 7)
Rei Shimoda as Kaoru Kōmoto (eps 9-10)
Risa Kubota as Mayu Midō (ep 10)
Sayaka Kitahara as Upperclassman (ep 2)
Shōta Chōnan as
Announcement (ep 1)
Announcer (ep 9)
Morita (ep 7)
Staff (ep 4)
Taku Yashiro as Subaru Yūki (eps 1, 3, 6, 10)
Takuma Sasaki as
Guide (ep 7)
Photographer (ep 4)
Store employee (ep 9)
Takuya Masumoto as Instructor (ep 3)
Yū Wakui as
Girl (ep 7)
Kaoru Kazama (ep 3)
Nico (eps 9-10)
Sakura Maruyama (ep 4)
Student (ep 5)
Yūki Kuwahara as
Chiharu Aoyama (eps 1, 8)
Coco (ep 10)
Girl (ep 7)
Miss Romance (ep 5)
Naho Aoyama (ep 9)
Seshiru Minaba (ep 4)
Yūki Yoshida as Upperclassman (ep 2)
Yume Miyamoto as Mahiru Kasumi (ep 8)
Yūto Uemura as Nozomu Igarashi (eps 3, 6)

Shun Horie
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A-Real
Studio Angle
Animation Planet
Anitus Kōbe
Artbox
Big Bang
BONES
G&G Direction
Jumondo
Kagura
Kino Production
M.S.J Musashino Production
Mouse
Nakamura Production
PRA
Reboot
Seven Arcs Pictures
Studio Gimlet
Studio Gram
Studio Mark
Studio Neun
Studio Luna
Studio Victory
Studio Wanpack
Triple A
3D Cooperation:
Atelier Bitol
Digital Media Lab
Shiitake Digital
Studio Easter
Animation Production: Bandai Namco Pictures
Backgrounds: Mukuo Studio
Broadcaster:
AT-X
Biwako Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
BS Japan
Fukushima Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Hiroshima Home TV
Nagasaki Broadcasting Company
Niigata Sogo Television Inc.
Aichi Television Broadcasting
TV Hokkaido
TV Osaka
TV Setouchi
TV Tokyo
TV Wakayama
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Yamagata Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Finish Animation:
ANIK
Jumondo
M.S.J Musashino Production
Niandai Animation
Reboot
SILVER LINK.
Studio Elle
Triple A
White Line
Wish
Xuyang Animation
Youli Animation
In-Between Animation:
A-Line
Actas
Studio Angle
ANIK
Anime R
Anitus Kōbe
APPP
Arms
Asahi Production
AZETA PICTURES
C-Station
Candy Box
diomedéa
Doga Kobo
Ekura Animal
ingresA
Jumondo
Kino Production
M.S.C
M.S.J Musashino Production
Nakamura Production
Niandai Animation
P.A. Works
PRA
Reboot
Rising Force
Seven Arcs Pictures
SILVER LINK. Overseas Division
Snow Light Staff
Studio Add
Studio Cosmo
Studio Dub
Studio Elle
Studio Flad
Studio Gimlet
Studio Gram
Studio Live
Studio Mark
Studio Mu
Studio Neun
Studio Ribra
Studio Zaendou
Sunshine Corporation
TNK
Triple A
Wao World
White Line
Wish
Xuyang Animation
Youli Animation
Key Animation: Studio Wanpack (ep 7)
Line Test: M.S.J Musashino Production
Production Cooperation:
amo (ep 17)
PINE JAM (eps 9, 20)
Studio Elle (4 episodes
eps 4, 15, 39, 48
)
Title Logo: Stereotype

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