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Aikatsu Friends! (TV)

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Alternative title:
アイカツフレンズ! (Japanese)
Themes: idols
Plot Summary: Aine Yūki is good at making friends, and is enrolled in Star Harmony Academy's general education track. She befriends Mio Minato, the school's top idol, and becomes an idol herself.
Vintage: 2018-04-05
Opening Theme:
#1: "Arigato⇄Daijōbu" by Aine & Mio from BEST FRIENDS!
#2: "Soko ni Shikanai Mono" by Aine, Mio, Ema, & Maika from BEST FRIENDS!
Ending Theme:
#1: "Believe it" by Karen & Mirai from BEST FRIENDS!
#2: "Pride" by Karen & Mirai from BEST FRIENDS!
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tatsuya Igarashi
Series Composition: Yūko Kakihara
Script:
Ayumu Hisao (10 episodes
eps 3, 8, 14, 18, 24, 30, 35, 39, 45, 49
)

Keiichirō Ōchi (12 episodes
eps 4, 6, 11, 15, 20, 26-27, 32, 37, 40, 46, 50
)

Konomi Shugo (5 episodes
eps 12, 22, 29, 36, 43
)

Misuzu Chiba (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19
)

Takahiko Kyōgoku (ep 23)
Yoshimi Narita (eps 34, 44, 48)
Yūko Kakihara (8 episodes
eps 1, 9, 16, 21, 28, 31, 38, 42
)

Yuuichi Nomura (7 episodes
eps 5, 10, 17, 25, 33, 41, 47
)

Storyboard:
Daisuke Nakajima (ep 13)
Hirokazu Hisayuki (6 episodes
eps 2, 15, 19, 25, 30, 35
)

Ka Hee Im (4 episodes
eps 10, 27, 39, 48
)

Katsuya Oshima (ep 43)
Kazunobu Fuseki (eps 3, 8)
Kei Umabiki (ep 31)
Kiyoko Sayama (5 episodes
eps 9, 16, 28, 34, 42
)

Marie Tagashira (ep 11)
Masami Shimoda (eps 22, 38)
Megumi Yamamoto (eps 21, 33)
Mitsuhiro Yoneda (eps 7, 17)
Mitsuto Yamaji (eps 26, 46)
Ryuichi Kimura (ep 37)
Shun Daichi (eps 20, 29)
Takahiko Kyōgoku (4 episodes
eps 4, 23, 36, 44
)

Tatsuya Igarashi (eps 1-3, 8, 38)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (eps 6, 12, 18)
Yasuaki Fujii (ep 47)
Yasunao Aoki (6 episodes
eps 5, 14, 24, 32, 41, 50
)

Episode Director:
Daisuke Nakajima (ep 13)
Ka Hee Im (4 episodes
eps 10, 27, 39, 48
)

Katsuya Oshima (ep 43)
Kohei Kuratomi (9 episodes
eps 4, 12, 14, 22, 29, 34, 37, 41, 49
)

Megumi Yamamoto (6 episodes
eps 3, 11, 21, 33, 40, 47
)

Mitsuhiro Yoneda (eps 7, 17)
Mitsuto Yamaji (6 episodes
eps 6, 18, 26, 32, 38, 46
)

Moe Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 15, 24, 30, 35
)

Noriko Hashimoto (ep 2)
Osamu Sekita (ep 12)
Takahiko Kyōgoku (eps 8, 23)
Takahiro Hasui (4 episodes
eps 20, 28, 36, 44
)

Yasuaki Fujii (eps 1, 9, 19)
Yohei Shindo (ep 45)
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (6 episodes
eps 5, 16, 25, 31, 42, 50
)

Character Design: Satomi Watabe
Animation Director:
Akira Takahashi (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34
)

Risa Miyadani (ep 59)
Takuro Shinbo (4 episodes
eps 35, 43, 52, 59
)

Tatsuya Akitsu (4 episodes
eps 15, 23, 31, 40
)

Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta

2nd Key Animation:
Asami Shimizu (Team Harada; eps 47, 50, 58)
Daisuke Takafuji (Nakamura Production; ep 59)
Eri Ōba (Team Harada; eps 47, 50)
Hidechika Midorikawa (8 episodes
eps 5, 7-8, 13, 17, 20, 23, 31
)

Kaori Komai (Team Harada; eps 47, 58)
Mineko Satō (Nakamura Production; ep 59)
Naoki Motoyama (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Naoko Tanaka (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Sō Ikuyama (Nakamura Production; ep 59)
Somsak Mahamongkol (Team Harada; ep 37)
Background Art:
Hironori Ishikawa
Keiko Makino
Kyoko Kitano
Taketo Gonpei (Imagnet; 4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16
)

Yoshimi Sakai (Tezuka Productions)
CG Producer: Kiichiro Inoue
In-Between Animation:
Airi Sakai (PINE JAM; ep 19)
Akihiro Satō (ep 40)
Akihisa Katō
Akiyoshi Fukunaga (Nakamura Production)
Aoi Yamaguchi
Ayaka Aoki (Makaria)
Hidechika Midorikawa (ep 5)
Hikaru Yamaguchi
Hiroki Koga (Nakamura Production)
Hiroko Yoshida (Nakamura Production)
Kaoru Kikuta (Nakamura Production)
Kazuki Chiba (ep 40)
Kotono Iwai
Makoto Nakamura
Misaki Suzuki (Nakamura Production)
Ryōnosuke Kuroki (eps 39-40)
Ryuuji Iwabuchi (Nakamura Production)
Saori Koga
Shihomi Nara (Nakamura Production)
Shunpei Gun'yasu (ep 40)
Shuta Sato (PINE JAM)
Tetsuya Sakurai (ep 40)
Yūki Sone
Yusuke Matsui (Nakamura Production)
In-Between Check: Hidechika Midorikawa (eps 8, 16)
Key Animation:
Akemi Roppongi (ep 3)
Akiko Higaki (ep 29)
Ako Nakazawa (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34
)

Atsuki Shimizu (OP1)
Daisuke Satō (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)
Emi Kojima (ep 3)
Hayato Hashiguchi (eps 2-3)
Hideaki Tsukioka (ep 3)
Hidechika Midorikawa (ep 16)
Hidenori Miyahara (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 35, 43, 52, 59
)

Hideo Maru (ep 8)
Hirofumi Masuda (OP2)
Hirokazu Hayami (ep 12)
Hiromi Kurosawa (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 35, 43, 52, 59
)

Hironori Tanaka (OP1)
Hiroya Iijima (OP2)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 28)
Hiroyuki Terada (ep 12)
Jikō Abe (OP2)
Junko Matsushita (ep 12)
Kana Nishijima (OP1)
Kaori Endō (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34
)

Kasumi Sakai (ep 1)
Katsunori Enokimoto (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34
)

Kazuhiro Itakura (eps 8, 32)
Kazuhiro Ono (ep 8)
Kazuya Saitō (OP2; eps 7, 19, 28)
Kazuyuki Ikai (eps 28, 48)
Keiko Ichihara (ep 1)
Keiko Matsumoto (ep 29)
Kenji Fukazawa (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 32)
Koichi Kikuta (OP2)
Kōji Ogawa (OP1; eps 1, 3)
Konomi Satō (ep 7)
Kyōko Yoshimi (ep 1)
Manabu Katayama (ep 1)
Manabu Nii (OP1-2)
Manato Onishi (Makaria; ep 74)
Mariko Kawamoto (ep 1)
Masahiko Itojima (OP1)
Masahiro Kase (ep 29)
Masahito Onoda (OP1)
Michitaka Kikuchi (ep 29)
Mitsuhiro Yoneda (OP2)
Miyachi (ep 25)
Muneaki Nitta (ep 3)
Naomi Utsuno (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 35, 43, 52, 59
)

Reiko Saito (ep 8)
Rie Ōtani (eps 1, 3)
Rika Kanno (Studio Cosmo; 4 episodes
eps 8, 24, 28, 32
)

Risa Miyadani (eps 32, 59)
Saina Nishio (Nakamura Production; eps 35, 43, 52)
Saki Tanaka (ep 3)
Sanae Shimotani (ep 3)
Satomi Watabe (OP1; eps 2-3)
Satoshi Horisawa (ep 1)
Shingo Fujisaki (ep 24)
Shinsuke Kasahara (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 35, 43, 52, 59
)

Shinya Kameyama (ep 3)
Shinya Nogami (ep 3)
Shiori Fujisawa (ep 3)
Shirō Tamaki (eps 3, 32)
Shoichiro Nishimi (ep 8)
Shuko Okutani (OP1; ep 2)
Shūto Yamamoto (OP1)
Taeko Mitsuhashi (eps 3, 24, 33)
Takafumi Hino (OP2; ep 1)
Takahiro Ōkawa (eps 2, 24)
Takashi Yoshiyama (ep 3)
Takeshi Morita (OP1-2; eps 2-3, 32, 59)
Takumi Inagaki (ep 12)
Takuro Shinbo (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 35, 43, 52, 59
)

Takuya Miyahara (OP1-2; ep 3)
Tatsunori Ozawa (ep 8)
Tatsuo Nakajima (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 35, 43, 52, 59
)

Tatsuya Akitsu (OP1; eps 15, 23, 31)
Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 12)
Tomoe Kikuchi (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 35, 43, 52, 59
)

Tomomi Kumata (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)
Tomomi Noda (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Tajima (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 35, 43, 52, 59
)

Tōru Yoshida (ep 29)
Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 3)
Yasuaki Aoki (ep 8)
Yasuko Chiba (Studio Cosmo; 4 episodes
eps 8, 24, 28, 32
)

Yasuko Miyazaki (ep 3)
Yayoi Komiyama (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34
)

Yōko Shirai (OP2; ep 3)
Yoshiaki Wada (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34
)

Yoshihiro Tanaka (ep 12)
Yoshinori Fujii (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34
)

Yoshitaka Sato (ep 32)
Yuka Takemori (Studio Cosmo; 4 episodes
eps 8, 24, 28, 32
)

Yukie Suzuki (ep 8)
Yukio Okano (4 episodes
eps 1, 3, 24, 32
)

Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 35, 43, 52, 59
)

Yuri Saitō (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)
Setting Production: Saaya Sawada
Supervision: Ryuichi Kimura
Theme Song Performance:
Akane Matsunaga (OP1)
Ayaka Ōhashi (ED1)
Azusa Tadokoro (ED1)
Ibuki Kido (OP1)
Akane Matsunaga as Aine Yūki
Emiri Suyama as Sakuya Shirayuri
Ibuki Kido as Mio Minato
Yūki Kuwahara as Kaguya Shirayuri

Aya Saitō as Yoshitsune Yuki
Ayaka Ōhashi as Mirai Asuka
Azusa Tadokoro as Karen Kamishiro
Daisuke Hirakawa as Ken Mayuzumi
Haruki Ishiya as Kazune Yuki
Karen Miyama as Maika Chōno
Mai Nakahara as Tamaki Enjouji
Makoto Yasumura as
Masamune Yuki
Penne
Misako Tomioka as Inoue Iroha
Rina Satō as Chiharu Hachiya
Sanae Fuku as Suzune Yuki
Takako Tanaka as Himari Hirata
Yui Ninomiya as Ema Hinata
Yuki Masuda as Nene Yuki
Yūki Takada as Momone Yuki

Aimi Tanaka as Marin Manami (6 episodes
eps 21, 26-27, 33, 36, 38
)
Akari Kitō as
Female Staff (ep 30)
Kazune Yuki (Young; ep 16)
Rinna Shinkai (6 episodes
eps 21, 26-27, 33, 36, 38
)
Aki Nakajima as Editor (eps 3, 42)
Amane Makino as High School Fan (ep 19)
Anna Mugiho as Sugar (ep 48)
Aoi Koga as Idol (ep 5)
Ayaka Asai as Mamiko Habara (ep 45)
Azusa Satō as Fan (ep 43)
Eimi Okada as Designer (ep 4)
Emiko Takeuchi as Clerk (ep 4)
Erina Sato as Fan (ep 22)
Haruka Itou as Eru Ayukawa (eps 27, 32, 37)
Hazuki Hoshino as Customer (ep 12)
Hirosato Amano as Father (ep 10)
Hiroshi Naka as Oniemon Gankoyama (ep 25)
Hiyori Kono as High School Fan (ep 19)
Ikumi Hasegawa as High School Girl (ep 15)
Junichi Suwabe as Kenshirou Chouno (eps 23, 44)
Juri Nagatsuma as Child (ep 35)
Kana Ichinose as Chihori Kumano (eps 27, 32, 37)
Kei Hayami as Owner of the Cat House (ep 48)
Kei Kinoshita as
Dancer (ep 34)
Staff (ep 23)
Kenshō Ono as Maito Chouno (eps 23, 44)
Kentarō Tone as Sound Director (ep 30)
Kōsuke Toriumi as Mushirou Haryuu (8 episodes
eps 22, 24, 26-27, 30, 34, 40, 46
)
Kunpei Sakamoto as Director Minamino (eps 7, 23, 29)
Live Mukai as Customer (ep 12)
Maiko Nomura as Michi (ep 46)
Makoto Yasumura as Picture (eps 3-5, 11)
Masaaki Ihara as Judge (ep 33)
Masamichi Kitada as Staff (ep 5)
Mei Shibata as
Girl (ep 10)
Heren Henmi (eps 13, 32)
Idol (ep 17)
Passerby (ep 40)
Tsukasa Tsukino (7 episodes
eps 15, 18, 20, 23, 31, 36, 49
)
Minami Iinuma as Idol (ep 5)
Misako Tomioka as
Child (eps 35, 45)
Customer (ep 12)
Fan (4 episodes
eps 13, 18, 22, 46
)

Guest (ep 48)
Idol (eps 5, 17)
Nako Ebihara (5 episodes
eps 4, 11, 26-27, 32
)

Receptionist (ep 24)
Student (eps 23, 44)
Mitsuki Nakae as
Emiri Esaka (eps 13, 32)
Fan (eps 19, 42-43)
Girl (eps 10, 44)
Judge (ep 18)
MC (ep 3)
Mother (ep 9)
Receptionist (ep 4)
Mitsuki Saiga as Noa Shimendou (eps 23, 34)
Nanako Mori as Kagami Noto (4 episodes
eps 21, 28, 36, 44
)
Natsuki Aikawa as
Female Reporter (ep 28)
Greengrocer's Sister (eps 15, 42)
Reporter (ep 29)
Wife (ep 5)
Nene Hieda as Mika Shishimaru (eps 27, 33)
Reiō Tsuchida as Staff (ep 1)
Risa Kubota as Fan (eps 19, 43)
Risa Sekiguchi as
Fan (ep 29)
Fan #22
Risa Tsumugi as Yuzuki Yukimura (5 episodes
eps 12, 15, 20, 23, 36
)
Risa Watanabe as Mika (ep 46)
Risae Matsuda as Neru Nerima (ep 2)
Sanae Fuku as Student (ep 44)
Satoru Murakami as
Kuroko (ep 44)
Staff (eps 2, 5, 8)
Television Crew (ep 18)
Satsuki Miyahara as
Passerby (ep 40)
Shiina Yamahara (eps 27, 33)
Shinya Takahashi as
Announcement (eps 23, 25)
Announcer (ep 45)
Announcer Masuda (7 episodes
eps 35, 39-42, 47, 49
)

Assistant Director Kakuta (ep 7)
Dancer (ep 34)
Director (eps 2, 10)
Director Tsunoda (ep 29)
Fan (ep 9)
Floor Director (ep 13)
Interviewer (ep 5)
Judge (eps 32-33)
Male Staff (ep 38)
Man (ep 44)
MC (ep 30)
Photographer (ep 1)
Program MC (eps 8, 15)
Staff (7 episodes
eps 3, 6, 17-19, 22, 24
)
Shō Okumura as
Kawano (ep 46)
Male Staff (ep 25)
Shotaro Uzawa as
Judge (ep 17)
Photographer (ep 18)
Staff (eps 15, 23, 34)
Takahiro Miwa as Director (ep 24)
Takaki Ōtomari as Director (ep 17)
Takako Tanaka as
Children (eps 4, 35, 45)
Fan (4 episodes
eps 18, 22, 29, 46
)

Girl (eps 6, 10)
High School Girl (ep 8)
Kanata Kazami (eps 17, 26, 32)
Student (ep 44)
Takashi Onozuka as Monsieur Zac Balun (eps 8, 25, 44)
Takeaki Masuyama as Photographer (ep 3)
Takeo Ōtsuka as Fan (ep 19)
Takuma Inoue as Dancer (ep 34)
Takuma Sasaki as
Manager (ep 10)
Staff (ep 6)
Tasuku Kida as Staff (eps 1-2)
Tomohiro Ōmachi as Staff (eps 5, 22)
Tomokazu Sugita as Osamu Minato (ep 43)
Tomomi Tanaka as
High School Girl (ep 15)
Niko Nishino (eps 26-27, 32)
Tomoyo Takayanagi as
Idol (ep 5)
Nonoha Nonomura (7 episodes
eps 12, 15, 20, 23, 31, 36, 49
)

Villager of Nonowa (ep 18)
Tooru Sakurai as Kawano (eps 13, 46)
Yū Wakui as Urara Utagawa (ep 19)
Yuka Amemiya as Eri (ep 1)
Yūki Shin as
Fan (ep 9)
Male Staff (ep 40)
Reporter (ep 49)
Yūki Takada as High School Fan (ep 19)
Yukina Shutō as
Child (ep 35)
Fan (ep 19)
Yūko Kaida as Reiko Minato (eps 21, 28, 43)
Yuri Yamaoka as Suzuka Ise (eps 21, 42)
Yuriko Yamaguchi as Mai Chono (ep 23)
Yurina Amami as Girl (ep 10)
Yūto Nishida as Dancer (ep 34)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Bandai Namco Pictures
In-between Check: Studio Dub (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Art Base Bam (ep 28)
Nakamura Production (ep 35, 43, 59; 1 episodes
ep 52 uncredited
)

Studio Cosmo (4 episodes
eps 8, 24, 28, 32
)

Photography: Anime Film (OP1-2)
Production Cooperation: amo (ep 12)

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