{"id":62042,"date":"2023-05-25T08:02:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=62042"},"modified":"2023-05-25T08:06:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:06:25","slug":"oshi-no-kos-idol-theme-song-gets-english-version-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/05\/25\/oshi-no-kos-idol-theme-song-gets-english-version-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHI NO KO&#8217;s &#8220;Idol&#8221; Theme Song Gets English Version Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The Ayase\/YOASOBI YouTube channel has released an English version music video of &#8220;Idol,&#8221; the popular opening theme song for the currently airing <em>OSHI NO KO<\/em> anime adaptation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The lyrics are included in the video&#8217;s description. <strong>Konnie Aoki <\/strong>handled the translation of <strong>Ayase<\/strong>&#8216;s original lines.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YOASOBI \/ Idol (\u300c\u30a2\u30a4\u30c9\u30eb\u300dEnglish Ver. )\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RkjSfZ30GM4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/yoasobi_idol_eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English version of &#8220;Idol&#8221;<\/a> was announced on May 18. The Japanese language music video was released on April 12, the date of the anime&#8217;s premiere, and currently has 119 million views. <strong>Naoya Nakayama<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cChika Dance\u201d ending sequence from <em>Kaguya-sama Love is War<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=akcBV589e-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cstars we chase\u201d<\/a>\u00a0performance sequence from<em>\u00a0Love Live!\u00a0Nijigasaki High School Idol Club<\/em> Season 2) directed, storyboarded, and unit directed the animated MV.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> At the time of writing, the Japanese version of &#8220;Idol&#8221; is ranked first on Billboard Japan&#8217;s Hot 100, TikTok Weekly Top 20,&nbsp; Streaming Songs, Top User Generated Songs, and Hot Animation charts. The song is based on the &#8220;45510&#8221; story written by the <em>OSHI NO KO <\/em>manga&#8217;s <strong>Aka Akasaka<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The entertainment industry-themed<em> OSHI NO KO<\/em> anime is streamed by HIDIVE and Bilibili outside of Japan. The manga, written by Akasaka with art by <b>Mengo Yokoyari<\/b>, began serialization in Weekly Young Jump in 2020 and has 10 tankoubon volumes as of January 2023. It is published under the Young Jump Comics label.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Yen Press describes the premise as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who\u2019s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he\u2019s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol\u2019s greatest weapon in this outrageous manga from Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Mengo Yokoyari (Scum\u2019s Wish).&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The anime\u2019s staff includes&nbsp;<strong>Daisuke Hiramaki<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Selection Project<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Asteroid in Love<\/em>) as director,&nbsp;<strong>Chao Nekotomi<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Shikimori\u2019s Not Just A Cutie<\/em>&nbsp;opening director and storyboarder,&nbsp;<em>Selection Project&nbsp;<\/em>Episode 7 dance part director and storyboarder et al.) as assistant director, <strong>Kanna Hirayama<\/strong> (<em>Rent-A-Girlfriend<\/em>) as character designer and chief character designer, and <strong>Jin Tanaka<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club<\/em>,<em>&nbsp;Laid-Back Camp<\/em>) as series composer. <strong>Doga Kobo<\/strong>&nbsp;is the animation production company.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the cast includes <strong>Rie Takahashi<\/strong> as Ai Hoshino, <strong>Takeo Ootsuka<\/strong> as Aqua Hoshino,&nbsp;<strong>Yurie Igoma<\/strong> as Ruby Hoshino,<strong> Megumi Han<\/strong> as Kana Arima, <strong>Manaka Iwami<\/strong> as Akane Kurosawa, and <strong>Rumi Ookubo<\/strong> as Mem-Cho.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Ayase\/YOASOBI YouTube channel <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ayase\/YOASOBI YouTube channel has released an English version music video of &#8220;Idol,&#8221; the popular opening theme song for the currently airing OSHI NO KO anime adaptation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":62044,"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":[14,1625,356,122,4697,2940],"class_list":["post-62042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-anime-adaptation","tag-doga-kobo","tag-manga","tag-oshi-no-ko","tag-yoasobi"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/oshinoko_idolenglishmusicvideoscreenshot.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-g8G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62042"}],"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=62042"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62049,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62042\/revisions\/62049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}