Wake Up, Girls!: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Wake Up, Girls! (2014): Drama, Anime, Music. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
On Christmas 2013, the band Wake Up, Girls plays their debut song to a small audience without much fanfare. After the concert, the group's manager takes off with the money, leaving Green Leaves Entertainment on the verge of closure and the band without a future.
Despite this tumultuous beginning, the girls get a second chance, thanks to a mysterious benefactor and a shady business proposal. From here it's a rocky climb to the top, but it's a climb the girls are ready to make. Wake Up, Girls! follows the internal and external struggles of being a small-time idol girl band, from finding and accepting gigs to competing in popularity against other pop bands.
Through the band, the girls come to accept their pasts and become more certain about their futures. Faced with increasing stakes and popularity, each of the band's seven members must find the strength and courage inside herself to give her all to the band.
Series details
- Title: Wake Up, Girls!
- Format: Animation
- Language: Japanese
- Genres: Drama, Anime, Music
- Premiere date: 2014-01-11
- Final broadcast date listed: 2014-03-29
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
- Network country: Japan
- Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 16157
- IMDb ID: tt3199306
- TVDB ID: 275609
Cast and credited roles
- Eino, Airi — Hayashida, Airi
- Nanami Yamashita — Hisami, Nanami
- Kaya Okuno — Kikuma, Kaya
- Yoshino Aoyama — Nanase, Yoshino
- Mayu Yoshioka — Shimada, Mayu
- Kaori Fukuhara — Aizawa, Nanoka
- Yuka Ōtsubo — Iwasaki, Shiho
- Kiyono Yasuno — Kobayakawa, Tina
- Emiri Katō — Kondou, Mai
- Shintaro Asanuma — Matsuda, Kouhei
- Nozomi Yamamoto — Suzuki, Moka
- Satomi Akesaka — Suzuki, Reina
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2014-01-11; final listed air date 2014-03-29; episode order: 12.
Source and licence
Adapted from Wake Up, Girls! 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.
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