B Project

Overview

B-PROJECT follows four (initially three) Japanese idol groups that perform both as separate units and as a whole group. When the project first began the units were: Kitakore (キタコレ), THRIVE and MooNs, but on December 4, 2015, a fourth group known as KiLLER KiNG was added. The first single for the series, "Eikyuu Paradise (永久パラダイス)", was released digitally on September 11, 2015, alongside a promo video for the series and a teaser of a new single, "dreaming time", from THRIVE. It was later revealed that in addition to "dreaming time" from THRIVE, MooNs & Kitakore would also be releasing singles on November 25, 2015, "Glory Upper" and "Koiseyo Otome (恋セヨ乙女)" respectively.

Shortly after the introduction of KiLLER KiNG the next round of singles was announced on January 24, 2016. KiLLER KiNG's debut single would be "Kira Kira Smile (キラキラスマイル, Kira Kira Sumairu)", THRIVE's new single would be "Maybe Love", Kitakore's new single would be "Mysterious Kiss", and MooNs' new single would be "Brand New Star". Unlike the first round of singles the release dates were split into two batches; "Kira Kira Smile" and "Maybe Love" were released on March 23, 2016, while "Mysterious Kiss" and "Brand New Star" weren't released until April 6, 2016.

On September 9, 2016, it was announced that from December 2016 to March 2017 there would be six consecutive releases, with at least one single from each unit. The releases began on December 21, 2016 with the release of "Muteki*Dangerous (無敵＊デンジャラス)" by B-Project as a whole, and "Hungry Wolf" by KiLLER KiNG. The next single, "Summer Mermaid" by MooNs, was released January 18, 2017. "Needle No.6" by THRIVE is set to be released on February 22, 2017, while "Wonder☆Future (ワンダー☆フューチャー, Wandā☆Fyūchā)" by Kitakore was set to be released on February 8, 2017, but was pushed back to March 15, 2017, the same release day as KiLLER KiNG's next single, Break it down, for unspecified reasons.

In total, the series has seen the release of 13 singles, with 3 more with slated for release in the near future. In addition to musical releases B-Project also features an anime produced by MAGES that ran during the Summer of 2016 for a total of 12 episodes, a manga written by Morino Mizu that ran for 6 chapters in late 2016 in the monthly magazine Cheese!, an ongoing web-radio series, and a mobile musical game is currently in development for a 2017 release. The anime was later released in 6 DVD & Blu-ray volumes; volumes 2-6 came packaged with 2 character songs each, 1 song for each unit member who made an appearance in the anime. The series has also seen a variety of special events, all of which have taken place in Japan and usually feature several of the voice actors from the series. These events have usually been to announce upcoming singles or projects, however one was to celebrate first anniversary of the series. So far the series has seen the following special events: Happy Summer Eastar, KING of CASTE, Brilliant＊Party, and LOVE & ART FAMILY MTG 2017.

MooNs

Hikaru Osari (王茶利 暉, Osari Hikaru)

Voiced by: Shotaro Morikubo

The "eye candy" of the idol group, MooNs. In episode 7, it is revealed that Hikaru has an incurable disease. He has had it since before the auditions for B-Pro. It is also known that Nome has known about this when they met at the auditions which causes him to have a protective personality when it comes to Hikaru.

Tatsuhiro Nome (野目 龍広, Nome Tatsuhiro)

Voiced by: Genki Okawa

MooNs' "musclebound idiot" He and Hikaru share a deep friendship as they were shown to have met in the auditions for B-Pro and have been together since then.

Kazuna Masunaga (増長 和南, Masunaga Kazuna)

Voiced by: Yūto Uemura

He is called MooNs' Leader but doesn't agree to it but nevertheless accepts it for the time being. He is quite conscious of Tomohisa's actions. He also thinks that Tomohisa shines brighter that anyone while not considering his own brightness. The MooN's members are fond of him as seen in episode 3.

Momotaro Onzai (音済 百太郎, Onzai Momotaro)

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara

MooNs' member. In episode 6, it is revealed that he can see avenging spirits in items. A very quiet cool type of person unlike Sekimura. He is close to Sekimura.

Mikado Sekimura (釈村 帝人, Sekimura Mikado)

Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda

He is the most energetic idol of the group. He is a really huge fan of Mamirin. He keeps a keychain of Mamirin on his bag, and keeps it as a good luck charm. He knows about Onzai's ability to see spirits and also is very close to him.

Kitakore (キタコレ)

Ryūji Korekuni (是国 竜持, Korekuni Ryūji)

Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio

A shy person who naturally can't confess his emotions easily. He is mostly seen with a candy in his mouth, mostly a lollipop. In the past, his mother would dress him up in girl clothes because he looked cute. His family is famous in the Entertainment business. He has been bullied due to people thinking he used his father's influence to get into B-Project.

Tomohisa Kitakado (北門 倫毘沙, Kitakado Tomohisa)

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono

He is a confident and also a rich person since his family runs a hospital although his personality says otherwise. He is very close to Ryūji who is in the same idol group as him. They share a close friendship since they met at a party when they were younger. At the party, he met Ryuji who was wearing girl's clothes at that time which causes Tomohisa to think he was really a girl. He cares for Masunaga whom he had also known for a long time. He is known as the "Prince".

THRIVE

Goushi Kaneshiro (金城 剛士, Kaneshiro Goushi)

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Goushi doesn't like being an idol, even though he passed the auditions to become a B-Pro member.

Kento Aizome (愛染 健十, Aizome Kento)

Voiced by: Kazuki Kato

He is the play boy type in the group. He is mostly seen holding a mirror and fixing his bangs and according to Tsubasa, is always alert and pays attention to his surroundings. In episode 9, it was seen that he gets really annoyed when his bangs gets messed up. It was also revealed that he had a bit of a rough childhood causing him to have a play boy personality.

Yūta Ashū (阿修 悠太, Ashū Yūta)

Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae

The cute idol of the group. Has a Lolita boy personality but is also quite self-conscious about his nature. Close to almost every member of B-project.

KiLLER KiNG

Yuzuki Teramitsu (寺光唯月, Teramitsu Yuzuki)

Voiced by: Kōtarō Nishiyama

One of the twins, much quieter than his brother and appears to be a bit shy.

Haruhi Teramitsu (寺光遙日, Teramitsu Haruhi)

Voiced by: Taku Yashiro

One of the twins, the more extroverted and talkative of the two like his band-mate, Akane.

Akane Fudo (不動明謙, Fudo Akane)

Voiced by: Shōya Choba

Like Yūta of THRIVE, Akane seems to be the cute idol of his group and appears to be quite talkative and friendly.

Miroku Shingari (殿 弥勒, Shingari Miroku)

Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi

Like Yuzuki or Nome of MooNs, Miroku seems to be the quiet and stoic type of idol.

Anime Exclusive Characters

Tsubasa Sumisora (澄空 つばさ, Sumisora Tsubasa)

Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto

The main protagonist of the anime series. She is shy at first while meeting the boys, but slowly becomes more outgoing as the series goes on. She has a very keen hearing ability to any type of distinction in music and nature. She was also said to be hired directly by the chairman of the company; she now works as the A&R of the all-boy group, B-Project.

Sakurato Yashamaru (夜叉丸 朔太郎, Yashamaru Sakurato)

Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi

Yashamura is the company director of Gandara music and Tsubasa's boss. B-Pro is extremely close to him since he was the one who created their group and he guides Tsubasa through her job as an A&R. However, it is later revealed in the final episode that creating B-Pro and hiring Tsubasa was his plot in order to exact revenge on Tsubasa's father whom he claimed had "killed" his family.

Manga

On April 8, 2016, shortly after the announcement of the anime series it was revealed that a manga series known as "B-Project: Mousou＊Scandal (B-PROJECT 妄想＊スキャンダル, B-PROJECT Mousou＊Sukyandaru)" would begin serialization in the magazine "Cheese!" the following month. The series began on May 24, 2016, and concluded on October 24, 2016, after 6 chapters, the series focused largely on the units of THRIVE and KiLLER KNG.

Game

On August 6, 2016, it was announced that in addition to the anime and manga the series had just begun development on a rhythm game app for smartphones known as Muteki＊Dangerous (無敵＊デンジャラス, Muteki＊Denjyarasu). As of February, 2017, the game is yet to receive a release date but pre-registration has opened on the game's website, with users receiving bonuses for collectively clearing certain "stages" of pre-registration (stages are determined by the amount of people signed up so far), the most recent stage to be cleared was 200,000+ users.

Radio

The first release in the series was the web-radio show, premiering on September 7, 2015, on nicovideo and known as "B-Project Radio: Gandara Broadband". The radio series currently has 16 installments as of December, 2016, but also often hosts special announcements and messages, such as the special broadcasts done as part of the first anniversary and the announcement of special events such as KING of CASTE.

Anime

On March 26, 2016, at AnimeJapan MAGES. announced that B-PROJECT would be receiving an anime adaptation called B-Project: Kodou＊Ambitious (B-PROJECT～鼓動＊アンビシャス～, B-PROJECT~Kodō＊Anbishasu~) in the Summer of 2016. The series began airing in Japan on July 3, 2016 and ran for a total of 12 episodes before concluding on September 25, 2016. The series focuses on the units of Kitakore, MooNs and THRIVE, with KiLLER KiNG only making a brief, non-voiced cameo in one episode, as well as featuring several unique characters that have not appeared in any other media for the series as of yet.

The opening theme is Kodō＊Ambitious (鼓動＊アンビシャス, Kodō＊Anbishasu) by B-Project while the first ending theme is Hoshi to Tsuki no Sentence (星と月のセンテンス) by Kitakore. The second ending theme is "STARLIGHT" by THRIVE. The third ending theme is Yume Miru Power (夢見るPOWER) by MooNs.

The story follows Tsubasa, a new hire in the A&R department of the major recording company Gandala Music. Tsubasa is immediately assigned to oversee the idol unit "B-PROJECT," which is made up of three idol groups: Kitakore, THRIVE, and MooNs. This is Tsubasa's first job, and she gets involved in various incidents and accidents as she deals with this group of young men who each have their own differing personalities.

Episode list

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