To Become a Real Heroine! The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hiyori Suzumi, who left her hometown to continue pursuing her passion of track and field, enrolls in Tokyo's Sakuragaoka High School. In searching for a part-time job, Hiyori ends up becoming an apprentice manager for her classmates Yuujirou Someya and Aizou Shibasaki, who are members of the idol group LIPxLIP. The story follows the struggles that Hiyori faces with school, extracurricular activities, and her managing job, as well as the idol group LIPxLIP as they perform on stage.

Series details

• Title: To Become a Real Heroine! The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Anime, Music
• Premiere date: 2022-04-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-06-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 61389
• TVDB ID: 409264

Cast and credited roles

• Inori Minase — Hiyori Suzumi
• Kouki Uchiyama — Yujiro Someya
• Nobunaga Shimazaki — Aizo Shibasaki
• Ai Kayano — Mayu Uchida
• Ayane Sakura — Juri Hattori
• Saori Hayami — Chizuru Nakamura
• Miyuki Sawashiro — Rei Tamura
• Momo Asakura — Hina Setoguchi
• Hikaru Midorikawa — Saku Akechi
• Natsuki Hanae — Kotaro Enomoto

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-04-07; final listed air date 2022-06-23.

Source and licence

Adapted from To Become a Real Heroine! The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task 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.