Back Street Girls

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Back Street Girls
Cover of Back Street Girls volume 1
バックストリートガールズ
(Bakku Sutorīto Gāruzu)
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written byJasmine Gyuh
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Young Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 16, 2015 – September 15, 2018
Volumes12 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Back Street Girls: Gokudolls
Directed byChiaki Kon
Written bySusumu Yamakawa
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed byNetflix
Original networkBS11, Tokyo MX, MBS
Original run July 4, 2018 – September 5, 2018
Episodes10
Live-action film
Directed byKeinosuke Hara
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2019 (2019-02-08)

Back Street Girls (バックストリートガールズ, Bakku Sutorīto Gāruzu) is a Japanese manga series by Jasmine Gyuh. It is about three yakuza men forced by their boss to become a female idol group. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from March 2015 to September 2018 and was compiled into 12 volumes. The manga is licensed digitally in English by Kodansha USA. A 10-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Chiaki Kon, aired from July to September 2018 on BS11 and other channels. A live-action adaptation, Back Street Girls: Gokudols, was released in February 2019.

Plot

After an unspecified major failure, Yakuza underlings Kentaro, Ryo and Kazuhiko are forced by their boss, Inugane, to either commit seppuku and sell their organs or go to Thailand to undergo sex reassignment surgery, and train to become idols. They choose the latter and debut as Airi, Mari and Chika, the Gokudols. They suffer abuse from Inugane as he trains them to become idols. Still, their hearts are Yakuza, and their brotherhood is strong.

Characters

Airi Yamamoto (山本 アイリ, Yamamoto Airi) / Kentaro Yamamoto (山本 健太郎, Yamamoto Kentaro)
Voiced by: Yuka Nukui (Airi), Daisuke Ono (Kentaro)[2] (Japanese); Erika Harlacher (Airi), Kaiji Tang (Kentaro)[3] (English)
Played by: Natsumi Okamoto (Airi), Jin Shirasu (Kentaro)
Formerly Kentaro Yamamoto, the "Aniki" (Big Brother) of the Yakuza trio. Kentaro was abandoned by his parents and held odd jobs until he joined the Yakuza. He always drinks after a fight. As Airi, she is the leader of the Gokudols and she always gets luxury items as gifts.
Mari Tachibana (立花 マリ, Tachibana Mari) / Ryo Tachibana (立花 リョウ, Tachibana Ryō)
Voiced by: Kaori Maeda (Mari), Satoshi Hino (Ryo)[2] (Japanese); Cherami Leigh (Mari), DC Douglas (Ryo)[3] (English)
Played by: Ruka Matsuda (Mari), Masato Hanazawa (Ryo)
Formerly Ryo Tachibana, Kentaro's right-hand man. He is a fan of actor Hitoshi Takamura, collecting his films and even trying to give herself to him as Mari (which didn't work out). As Mari, she is considered the cool member of the trio. She always gets fan letters, which attracts the jealousy of the others, Chika especially. She hates sweets, to the point of breaking up with his previous girlfriend over it. Mari's ex-Yakuza father is transgender. She also suffers butt problems, notably hemorrhoids.
Chika Sugihara (杉原 チカ, Sugihara Chika) / Kazuhiko Sugihara (杉原 和彦, Sugihara Kazuhiko)
Voiced by: Hikaru Akao (Chika), Kazuyuki Okitsu (Kazuhiko)[2] (Japanese); Christine Marie Cabanos (Chika), Zach Aguilar (Kazuhiko)[3] (English)
Played by: Akane Sakanoue (Chika), Reiya Masaki (Kazuhiko)
Formerly Kazuhiko Sugihara, the youngest of Kentaro's Yakuza trio. As Chika, she is the ditsy one. She had a girlfriend as Kazuhiko, whom she caught with another man at one of their concerts. She always gets cute items, much to Mari's irritation, and occasionally slips "cute" idol words, again much to the others' irritation. It took a long time for his/her father to acknowledge him/her after transitioning.
Lina (リナ) / George (ジョージ)
Voiced by: Minami Takahashi (Lina), Shinji Kawada (George)[2] (Japanese); Laura Stahl (Lina)[3] (English)
A Mafia member sent from the US to research the Gokudols, having also undergone gender reassignment surgery for similar reasons. However, the research plan was scrapped, and Lina was left to Inugane's hands, much to her shock.
Kimanjiro Inugane (犬金 鬼万次郎, Inugane Kimanjiro)
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara[2] (Japanese); Richard Epcar[3] (English)
Played by: Koichi Iwaki
The idol-obsessed leader of the Inugane Yakuza Group. He forced his screw up underlings to undergo gender reassignment surgery to become idols. His wife is former enka singer Natsuko Tanaka, who ironically hates idols. He bullies his underlings with threats and actual physical violence.
Mandarin Kinoshita (マンダリン 木下, Mandarin Kinoshita)
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[4] (Japanese); Ray Chase[3] (English)
A producer and self-proclaimed "girlology" master. He shapes the girls into idols, though he's not usually successful due to being left in the dark about their secret.
Kōji Nagata (永田 晃司, Nagata Kōji)
Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya[4] (Japanese); Jon Bailey (English)
The yakuza trio's captain. He was imprisoned by their blunder.
Kimura (木村, Kimura)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[4]
Played by: Tetsuya Sugaya
The Gokudols' gopher or servant boy. Initially Kazu's underling, their friendship turned sour when he was revealed to be Chika's fan, to the point of her face being on his briefs.
Natsuko Tanaka (田中 なつ子, Tanaka Natsuko)
Voiced by: Kimiko Saitō (Japanese); Rachel Robinson (English)
Secretly the wife of Boss Inugane. A famous enka singer who hates idols after they eclipsed her in popularity.
Yui Nakamura (中村 結衣, Nakamura Yui)
Voiced by: Ayumi Mano[2] (Japanese); Faye Mata[3] (English)
Played by: Arisa Komiya
The new trainee member of the Gokudols. She's a very cheerful and upbeat girl who held the Gokudols in high regard, much to Inugane's pleasure and the trio's bewilderment.

Media

Manga

Back Street Girls is written and illustrated by Jasmine Gyuh. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from March 16, 2015 to September 15, 2018.[5][6] Kodansha published 12 tankōbon volumes between August 6, 2015 and January 3, 2019.[7][8] The manga is licensed in English by Kodansha USA.[9]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 August 6, 2015[10]978-4-06-382649-4August 14, 2018[11]9781642124354
2 December 4, 2015[12]978-4-06-382711-8August 14, 2018[13]9781642124576
3 March 4, 2016[14]978-4-06-382742-2August 14, 2018[15]9781642124583
4 July 6, 2016[16]978-4-06-382808-5September 18, 2018[17]9781642124781
5 October 6, 2016[18]978-4-06-382859-7November 20, 2018[19]9781642125399
6 February 6, 2017[20]978-4-06-382903-7December 18, 2018[21]9781642125726
7 May 2, 2017[22]978-4-06-382963-1January 15, 2019[23]9781642126327
8 September 6, 2017[24]978-4-06-510151-3February 19, 2019[25]9781642126747
9 December 6, 2017[26]978-4-06-510541-2March 19, 2019[27]9781642126983
10 March 6, 2018[28]978-4-06-511078-2April 16, 2019[29]9781642128147
11 June 6, 2018[30]978-4-06-511761-3May 28, 2019[31]9781642128796
12 January 4, 2019[32]978-4-06-514159-5July 30, 2019[33]9781642129502

Anime

An anime television series adaptation, produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Chiaki Kon,[1][34] aired between July 4 and September 5, 2018 on BS11 and other channels. The scripts were handled by Susumu Yamakawa, and sound direction was handled by Jin Aketagawa.[35] The anime has been licensed by Netflix.[36]

Live-action

Main article: Back Street Girls: Gokudols

A live-action film, titled Back Street Girls: Gokudols and directed by Keinosuke Hara, premiered on February 8, 2019 in Japan.[37] The staff and cast of the film also returned for a six-episode live-action television series that premiered on February 17, 2019.[38]

References

  1. ^ a b "Back Street Girls Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. November 30, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Sherman, Jennifer (May 28, 2018). "Back Street Girls TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, July 3 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Go and Become an Idol or Die!". Back Street Girls. Episode 1. USA: Netflix. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Cast.
  4. ^ a b c Sherman, Jennifer (June 25, 2018). "Back Street Girls Anime Casts Junichi Suwabe, Yasuhiro Mamiya, Natsuki Hanae". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  5. ^ "Back Street Girls Manga Ends on September 15". Anime News Network. September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  6. ^ "週刊ヤングマガジン16号 « ヤングマガジン公式サイト" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  7. ^ "Back Street Girls (1)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  8. ^ "Back Street Girls (12)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  9. ^ "Kodansha Comics Adds 3 Digital Manga, 5 Digital Yaoi Manga in August". Anime News Network. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  10. ^ "『Back Street Girls（1）』（ジャスミン・ギュ）｜講談社コミックプラス". Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  11. ^ Back Street Girls 1 - Kodansha Comics. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  12. ^ "『Back Street Girls（2）』（ジャスミン・ギュ）｜講談社コミックプラス". Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  13. ^ Back Street Girls 2 - Kodansha Comics. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
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  15. ^ Back Street Girls 3 - Kodansha Comics. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  16. ^ "『Back Street Girls（4）』（ジャスミン・ギュ）｜講談社コミックプラス". Retrieved 2019-05-12.
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  31. ^ Back Street Girls 11 - Kodansha Comics. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  32. ^ "『Back Street Girls（12）』（ジャスミン・ギュ）｜講談社コミックプラス". Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  33. ^ Back Street Girls 12. Retrieved 2019-09-25. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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  36. ^ "Back Street Girls Listed on Netflix for December 12". Anime News Network. November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
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