Kirarin Revolution is a Japanese manga series that was adapted into an animated series from 2006 to 2009. Music for the series was managed by Up-Front Works and released under the Zetima label. Throughout its run, the show has released three studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, nine video singles, eleven singles, five soundtrack albums, and twelve music videos.
Koharu Kusumi from the Japanese idol girl group Morning Musume made her solo singing and acting debut as the main character, Kirari Tsukishima; portraying the character both in the anime and in a real-world context made her one of the pioneers of the "idol voice actor" crossover beginning in the late 2000s. Along with providing Kirari Tsukishima's voice for the series, Kusumi released music as Kirari under the name , including providing the opening and ending themes to Kirarin Revolution.
From June to September 2007, Mai Hagiwara from Cute was cast as the anime-original character, Hikaru Mizuki, and became part of the in-show idol subunit Kira Pika with Kusumi. The duo released the single "Hana o Pūn / Futari wa NS", which were used as the opening and ending themes to Kirarin Revolution. Hagiwara would also make live television appearances portraying the character and appeared as a special guest during Kirarin Revolutions final concert event on May 4, 2009.
The second season, Kirarin Revolution Stage 3, cast Sayaka Kitahara and You Kikkawa from Hello Pro Egg as the anime-original characters Noel Yukino and Kobeni Hanasaki, who form the in-show Japanese idol group MilkyWay with Kirari. Takuya Ide and Shikou Kanai were cast as the new voice actors for Hiroto Kazama and Seiji Hiwatari, the members of the in-show group Ships. Like Kusumi, MilkyWay and Ships released music and made appearances at concerts and other television shows, such as Haromoni and Oha Suta, as their characters.
Albums Studio albums
Title Year Album details Peak chart positions SalesJPN 2007Released: February 28, 2007 Label: Zetima Formats: CD 16 26,403+ Released: December 19, 2007 Label: Zetima Formats: CD 17 30,803+ 2008Released: December 17, 2008 Label: Zetima Formats: CD 26 12,571+ "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Compilation albums
Title Year Album details Peak chart positions SalesJPN 2009Released: March 11, 2009 Label: Zetima Formats: CD 18 11,600+ "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Soundtrack albums
Title Year Album details Peak chart positions SalesJPN 2006Released: October 18, 2006 Label: Zetima Formats: CD 23 12,140+ Released: November 22, 2006 Label: Zetima Formats: CD 185 — 2007Released: September 12, 2007 Label: Zetima Formats: CD 47 3,325+ 2008Released: July 23, 2008 Label: Zetima Formats: CD 97 3,327+ Released: August 27, 2008 Label: Zetima Formats: CD 78 2,860+ 2009Released: March 18, 2009 Label: Zetima Formats: CD 101 1,548+ "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album JPN Oricon Weekly Hot 100 2006 12 — 38,650+ Mitsuboshi 8 — 72,709+ 2007 2 — 57,278+ Kirarin Land 9 — 46,127+ 9 — 47,057+ 2008 3 24 49,492+ Kirari to Fuyu 11 64 20,595+ "Tokyo Friend Ships" 69 — — Kirarin Revolution Song Selection 4 8 38 16,667+ Kirari to Fuyu 140 — — Kirarin Revolution Song Selection 5 2009 9 — 14,468+ Best Kirari "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Videography Video albums
Title Details Peak chart positions SalesJPN Released: February 25, 2009 Label: Zetima Formats: DVD 65 — Released: July 8, 2009 Label: Zetima Formats: DVD 27 —
Video singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales JPN 2006 30 8,832+ 13 7,720+ 2007 15 7,007+ 27 6,232+ 33 4,738+ 2008 22 6,043+ 11 3,284+ 23 4,098+ 2009 30 2,690+
Music videos
Title Year Director Ref. "Koi Kana" 2006 — — "Balalaika" Hideo Kawatani "Happy" 2007 Hideo Kawatani "Hana o Pūn" — — "Futari wa NS" — — "Chance!" Toshiyuki Suzuki "Anataboshi" 2008 Hideo Kawatani "Pa-Pancake" Toshiyuki Suzuki "Tokyo Friend Ships" Takayuki Ohmoto "Tan Tan Tan!" Toshiyuki Suzuki "Kimi ga Iru" — — "Happy Happy Sunday!" 2009 Toshiyuki Suzuki
Tours
Headlining (2008) (2009)
Concert participation (2006) (2007) (2007) (2008)
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