Blue Orchestra: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In the fall of his third and final year of middle school, Hajime Aono, a violin prodigy, stopped playing violin for his own personal reasons. But it was also that year when he got to know a girl who told him about a high school with a prestigious school orchestra. Suddenly, the gears in the clock of Aono's life began to turn again. This is the story of a youth drama that brings forth the harmony between music and the heart!

Series details

• Title: Blue Orchestra
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2023-04-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-03-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 67231
• IMDb ID: tt26450255
• TVDB ID: 418904

Cast and credited roles

• Shōya Chiba — Hajime Aono
• Ai Kakuma — Ritsuko Akine
• Shimba Tsuchiya — Nao Saeki
• Minako Satō — Haru Kozakura
• Junya Enoki — Sō Harada
• Makoto Furukawa — Ichirō Yamada
• Chiwa Saito — Hajime's Mother
• Kaori Maeda — Chika Yonezawa
• Daisuke Ono — Hiroaki Ayukawa
• Shintaro Asanuma — Yō Hatori
• Konomi Kohara — Mari Tateishi
• Ryotaro Okiayu — Ryūjin Aono

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-04-09; final listed air date 2023-10-08; episode order: 24.
• Season 2: premiered 2025-10-05; final listed air date 2026-03-01; episode order: 21.

Source and licence

Adapted from Blue Orchestra 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.