Aikatsu!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ichigo Hoshimiya is a regular, ordinary middle school girl. But when her best friend Aoi invites her to join the idol training academy, Starlight Academy, her whole world is turned upside down. As she encounters all kinds of rivals and learns what it takes to be an idol, she uses her Aikatsu Cards to challenge countless auditions.

Series details

• Title: Aikatsu!
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime
• Premiere date: 2012-10-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-03-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4904

Cast and credited roles

• Kawakami Chihiro — Madoka Amahane
• Akira Sekine — Miyabi Fujiwara
• Aya Saitō — Juri Kurebayashi
• Yūki Takada — Rin Kurosawa
• Manami Numakura — Yurika Toudou
• Sumire Morohoshi — Ichigo Hoshimiya
• Azusa Tadokoro — Aoi Kiriya
• Tomoyo Kurosawa — Otome Arisugawa
• Minako Kotobuki — Mizuki Kanzaki
• Chuna — Saegusa, Kii
• Kaori Ishihara — Seira Otoshiro
• Yui Ishikawa — Hinaki Shinjou

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-10-08; final listed air date 2013-09-26; episode order: 50.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-10-03; final listed air date 2014-09-25; episode order: 51.
• Season 3: premiered 2014-10-02; final listed air date 2015-09-24; episode order: 51.
• Season 4: premiered 2015-10-01; final listed air date 2016-03-31; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Aikatsu! on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.