Wake Up, Girls! (anime) (2025)

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Wake Up, Girls! is the first season of television anime of the Wake Up, Girls!, follows after Wake Up, Girls! Seven Idols. It was aired between January 11, 2014 and March 29, 2014. The opening theme of the first two episodes is "Tachiagare!", and from episode 3 onwards is "7 Girls War", both credited by the cast of Wake Up, Girls!. The ending theme is "Kotonoha Aoba", also performed by Wake Up, Girls!.

The television series was later succeeded by the movie Wake Up, Girls! Shadow of Youth.

1 Plot
2 Episodes
3 Staff
- 4.1 Wake Up, Girls!
- 4.2 I-1club
- 4.3 Others
5 Music
- 5.1 Theme Song
- 5.2 Insert Song
6 Gallery
7 Video
8 External Links
9 Navigation

Plot[]

On Christmas 2013, the idol group Wake Up, Girls plays their debut song to a small audience without much fanfare. After the concert, the group’s manager takes off with the money, leaving Green Leaves Entertainment on the verge of closure and the group without a future.

Despite this tumultuous beginning, the girls get a second chance, thanks to a mysterious benefactor and a shady business proposal. From here it’s a rocky climb to the top, but it’s a climb the girls are ready to make. Wake Up, Girls! follows the internal and external struggles of being a small-time idol girl group, from finding and accepting gigs to competing in popularity against other pop groups.

Through the group, the girls come to accept their pasts and become more certain about their futures. Faced with increasing stakes and popularity, each of the group’s seven members must find the strength and courage inside herself to give her all to the group.

Episodes[]

No.	Title	Air Date

01	"A Quiet Beginning" (静かなる始動 "Shizukanaru Shidō"^?)	January 11, 2014
On Christmas 2013, the new idol group "Wake Up, Girls!" performed their debut concert on an outdoor stage in a small park in Sendai. However, their agency's president Tange disappeared with the company's money. The remaining manager Matsuda was at a loss, and the seven members were uncertain of their group's future.

02	"Girls Standing Onstage" (ステージを踏む少女たち "Sutēji o Fumu Shōjo-tachi"^?)	January 17, 2014
Wake Up, Girls! resumes activity thanks to a Producer Sudo brought in by Matsuda. However, the job involved wearing risque swimsuits at a health spa. Despite their doubts about the obviously shady Sudo, the girls resolve to stand onstage, but the requirements continue to escalate.

03	"Kindest" (一番優しく "Ichiban Yasashiku"^?)	January 24, 2014
The missing President Tange returns to Green Leaves, and WUG resumes activity in earnest. The president secures a 3 minute weather report and gourmet report mini-corner on a variety show for the girls. The members split into two groups to work on their segments, and Minami's eating habits attract attention.

04	"Scandal" (スキャンダル "Sukyandaru"^?)	January 31, 2014
Following their TV program, Wake Up, Girls! makes smooth progress on the road to idoldom by appearing on a radio program and beginning work on their second song. However, as word of their activity spreads, people begin sharing less than kind words about former I-1 Club member Mayu.

05	"Heaven or Hell" (天国か地獄か "Tengoku ka Jigoku ka"^?)	February 7, 2014
With their second song complete, Wake Up, Girls! prepares for their second concert. However, WUG's concert falls on the same day as the I-1 Club's Sendai Theater opening concert. The town is painted in the colors of the I-1 Club and WUG is overwhelmed by the idol group's power, but the girls put their best efforts into their lessons and advertise their own concert.

06	"Not Yet" (まだまだだよ "Madamada dayo"^?)	February 14, 2014
Music Producer Hayasaka suddenly reaches out to Green Leaves. While he was one of the people responsible for raising the I-1 Club to stardom and continues working with them, he now wants to produce Wake Up, Girls!

07	"Wonderful Friends" (素晴らしき仲間たち "Subarashiki Nakama-tachi"^?)	February 21, 2014
Hayasaka announces his decision to remove Airi from Wake Up, Girls! and threatens to fire the remaining members if they do not agree.

08	"Commotion" (波乱 "Haran"^?)	February 28, 2014
Wake Up, Girls! enters the annual Idol Festival in which idol groups from across the country compete to be crowned number one. When they learn the winning team will receive a contract with a mainstream record label, the members feel motivated.

09	"Living Here" (ここで生きる "Koko de Ikiru"^?)	March 7, 2014
When Yoshino's reservations towards Mayu's resistance to talking about her past with I-1 boils over and a dark cloud hangs over the group, Wake Up, Girls! takes a trip at Kaya's suggestion.

10	"Gateway to Success" (登竜門 "Tōryūmon"^?)	March 14, 2014
The Tohoku preliminaries of the Idol Festival approach. As everything from orthodox to unique idol groups enter the competition, President Tange asks the girls what it means to be Wake Up, Girls!.

11	"Idol Rhapsody" (アイドル狂詩曲(ラプソディー) "Aidoru Rapusodī"^?)	March 21, 2014
Do to unexpected events, Wake Up, Girls! is forced to learn a new song with no time remaining. Not only that, but the song and choreography are far more difficult than the songs they've done before.

12	"No Regrets in This Moment" (この一瞬に悔いなし "Kono Isshun ni Kui Nashi"^?)	March 28, 2014
As their performance approaches, Mayu and the others notice something is wrong with Yoshino. Wake Up, Girls! can't conceal their panic when a problem develops just before they go onstage.

Staff[]

Studio: Ordet, Tatsunoko Production
Director: Yutaka Yamamoto
Series Composition: Touko Machida
Script: Touko Machida
Music: Satoru Kousaki, MONACA
Original Concept: Yutaka Yamamoto
Character Design: Sunao Chikaoka

Cast & Characters[]

Wake Up, Girls![]

Mayu Yoshioka as Mayu Shimada
Airi Eino as Airi Hayashida
Minami Tanaka as Minami Katayama
Yoshino Aoyama as Yoshino Nanase
Nanami Yamashita as Nanami Hisami
Kaya Okuno as Kaya Kikuma
Miyu Takagi as Miyu Okamoto

I-1club[]

Yuka Otsubo as Shiho Iwasaki
Nozomi Yamamoto as Moka Suzuki
Emiri Kato as Mai Kondo
Minami Tsuda as Megumi Yoshikawa
Kaori Fukuhara as Nanoka Aizawa
Satomi Akesaka as Rena Suzuki
Yasuno Kiyono as Tina Kobayakawa

Others[]

Shintaro Asanuma as Kouhei Matsuda
Noriko Hidaka as Junko Tange
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Toru Shiraki
Kenichi Suzumura as Tasuku Hayasaka
Hiro Shimono as Kuniyoshi Ota
Kana Hanazawa as Anna
Haruka Tomatsu as Karina
Chuna as Serika Kurokawa
Kenta Matsumoto as Director Suzuki
Noriko Suzuki as Isokawa
Ryusei Nakao as Sudō
Miki Itou as Airi's Mother
Sayuri Sadaoka as Mayu's Grandmother
Sumi Shimamoto as Mayu's Mother
Tomomichi Nishimura as Mayu's Grandfather

Music[]

Theme Song[]

Opening Theme

Tachiagare! (1-2 TV)

7 Girls War (3-12 TV; 1-12 BD)

Ending Theme

Kotonoha Aoba

Insert Song[]

Episode 1
- Tachiagare! (Blu-ray)
Episode 2
- Tachiagare!
- Taiyou Iwaku Moeyo Chaos
Episode 3
- Tachiagare!
Episode 5
- 16-Sai no Agape
- Jera
- DATTE
Episode 6
- Aa Hikarizuka Kagekidan
Episode 10
- Gokujou Smile

Gallery[]

Video[]

Promotional Video
OP Theme CM
ED Theme CM

External Links[]

Official Website
TV Tokyo

Navigation[]

v • e Animation of Wake Up, Girls!
Wake Up, Girls! 1	Wake Up, Girls! Seven Idols • A Quiet Beginning • Girls Standing Onstage • Kindest • Scandal • Heaven or Hell • Not Yet • Wonderful Friends • Commotion • Living Here • Gateway to Success • Idol Rhapsody • No Regrets in This Moment
Wake Up, Girls! 2	Wake Up, Girls! Shadow of Youth • Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom
Wake Up, Girls! 3	We Are Wake Up, Girls! • This is Our Home • I Am My Ponytail • When It's Tasty, It's Tasty, Meow! • Dreaming the Same Dream • WUG Alone, WUG Together • Special Show - WUGBAN! New Chapter • When The Going Gets Tough, Smile • Believe You're Making Progress • WUG! Makes Me Think Of...? • Sprout New Buds! • What We Can Do! • Towards The Light
OVA / ONA	Wake Up, Girls! Recording of the Encounter ~A Brief Recording~ • Wake Up, Girl ZOO!