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"Idol" (Japanese: アイドル, Hepburn: Aidoru) is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their third EP, The Book 3 (2023). It was released as a single on April 12, 2023, by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, serving as the opening theme to the first season of the 2023 Japanese anime series Oshi no Ko.
On March 2, 2023, Queen Bee announced that they would perform the ending theme of anime series Oshi no Ko, titled "Mephisto", alongside the band's Japan tour Mephisto Shōkan. [2] The single was released to digital music and streaming platforms on April 20, and on CD single on May 17 with two versions—limited and anime editions. [3]
Oshi no Ko [a] (【推しの子】, "My Favorite Idol's Children" or "Their Idol's Children") [3] is a Japanese manga series written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari. It was serialized in Shueisha 's Weekly Young Jump from April 2020 to November 2024, with its chapters collected in 16 tankōbon volumes.
Oshi no Ko's first episode — a 90-minute special that takes place a number of years before the events of the show — aired on April 12, and new episodes are released every Wednesday at 3 pm GMT.
It was released by Mastersix Foundation on July 4, 2024, as the opening theme for the second season of Japanese anime series Oshi no Ko. Commercially, the song peaked at number three on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and number two on the Oricon Combined Singles Chart.
Apart from the project, the duo released the theme song for Universal Studios Japan's 2023 Unibaru campaign "Adventure", [6] and two anime series opening themes: "Shukufuku" for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury and "Idol" for Oshi no Ko, which the latter became the duo's most successful song to date in both Japan and overseas. [7] [8] [9]
[2] [3] From May 2023 to February 2024, the duo released four English-language singles: "Idol", an opening theme for the anime series Oshi no Ko (2023); [4] "Biri-Biri", a collaboration for the first anniversary of role-playing video games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet; [5] "The Brave" ("Yūsha"), the first opening theme for the anime series ...
The ending theme for the second season of Oshi no Ko was announced on June 30, 2024, at the advance screening event for the anime's first episode at Marunouchi Piccadilly, Chiyoda, Tokyo, to be "Burning", performed by Hitsujibungaku.