Oshi no Ko
Oshi no Ko (【推しの子】, "My Favorite Idol" or "Their Idol's Children") 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 thirteen tankōbon volumes as of November 2023. It has been licensed for release in North America by Yen Press and is simultaneously published by Shueisha on their Manga Plus platform. It follows a doctor and his recently deceased patient who were 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 by | Aka Akasaka |
| Illustrated by | Mengo Yokoyari |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Young Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | April 23, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 13 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Daisuke Hiramaki |
| Written by | Jin Tanaka |
| Music by | Takurō Iga |
| Studio | Doga Kobo |
| Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, CTC, Gunma TV, SUN, KBS Kyoto, BS11, SBS Shizuoka, TV Aichi, tvk, TVS, GYT, MRO, KHB, HOME, TVh, TVQ, BSN, AT-X |
| Original run | April 12, 2023 – present |
| Episodes | 11 |
An anime television series adaptation, produced by Doga Kobo, aired its first 11-episode season from April to June 2023. A second season is set to premiere in 2024. In North America, Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series with an English dub, which premiered on Hidive in May 2023.
By November 2023, Oshi no Ko had over 15 million copies in circulation.