{"id":149439,"date":"2026-03-07T09:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=149439"},"modified":"2026-03-07T10:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T18:07:01","slug":"kirio-fan-club-releases-2nd-key-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/03\/07\/kirio-fan-club-releases-2nd-key-visual\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirio Fan Club Releases 2nd Key Visual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\u00a0Kirio Fan Club<\/a><\/em> TV anime has received a second key visual. The show is set to begin airing on April 2 (effectively April 3 at 12:26 AM JST).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a9Chikyu no Osakana Ponchan, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha\/ Kirio Fan Club Anime Production Committee <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Kirio Fan Club <\/em>is based on the manga by Chikyuu no Osakana Ponchan<\/strong>. The story follows two girls who like the same guy. The anime\u2019s description reads:<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Kirio-kun, I like you. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But I didn\u2019t know\u2026 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

That liking someone could be this painful. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I really, really like you, Kirio-kun. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I want to eat hamburgers with you. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I want to share an umbrella with you. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I want to smash plates together with you. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I want to go on a journey searching for every mole on your body. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I want the day I met you to be a national holiday. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Aimi and Nami, sharing their thoughts about the person they love\u2014these are their precious moments together. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

They thought these ordinary days would last forever. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But this chain of one-sided feelings is about to change their everyday life. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kirio Fan Club <\/em>manga debuted on Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha\u2019s COMIC Ruelle in 2022 and released its sixth and final volume in September 2024. It has inspired a live-action drama adaptation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staff<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Director: So Toyama<\/strong> (The Apothecary Diaries<\/em> Episode 16 storyboard artist and director)<\/span>
\u2022 Series composer and scriptwriter: Aya Satsuki<\/strong> (Solo Camping for Two<\/em>)<\/span>
\u2022 Character designer: Nami Hayashi<\/strong> (Tasuketsu<\/em> -Fate of the Majority<\/em>)<\/span>
\u2022 Main key animator: Kikuko Sadakata<\/strong> (Twin Star Exorcists<\/em> character designer)<\/span>
\u2022 Animation production: SATELIGHT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Nene Hieda<\/strong> as Aimi Miyoshi<\/span>
\u2022 Shion Wakayama<\/strong> as Nami Sometani<\/span>
\u2022 Gakuto Kajiwara <\/strong>as Ken Kirio<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source:<\/strong> Press release<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Kirio Fan Club TV anime has received a second key visual. The show is set to begin airing on April 2 (effectively April 3 at 12:26 AM JST). Kirio Fan Club is based on the manga by Chikyuu no Osakana Ponchan. The story follows two girls who like the same guy. The anime\u2019s description reads: Dear Kirio-kun, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":149454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[12240],"class_list":["post-149439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-kirio-fan-club"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kirio-Fan-Blub-KV2_ENlogo%C2%A9small-1-e1772905975713.jpg?fit=1416%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-CSj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149439"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149457,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149439\/revisions\/149457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}