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Live-Action 'If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die' Series Reveals More Cast, Theme Song

The official If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die (Oshi ga Budōkan Ittekuretara Shinu) manga revealed on Tuesday more new cast . In addition, the revealed that the cast playing Cham Jam in the series will perform the theme song "Zutto Cham Jam," a cover of a song from the manga's anime adaptation.

The new cast include:

Hiyori Katada as Reina, Motoi's younger sister
Mayuko Nishiyama as Sakiko, Eripiyo's mother
Idol group CUBERS member 9tarō Sueyoshi as Itō, Hihio Iwanaga as Fumi-kun, and Sekai Kujira comedy duo member Yūto Murata as Shirai, fans of Cham Jam

The cast also includes:

Sayuri Matsumura as main character Eripiyo

Himena Irei as Maina Ichii

Riho Nakamura as Reo Igarashi

@onefive member MOMO as Sorane Matsuyama

@onefive member KANO as Maki Hakata

@onefive member SOYO as Yumeri Mizumori

@onefive member GUMI as Yūka Teramoto

Miu Wada as Aya Yokota

The series will premiere on ABC TV on October 9.

Moe Hyūga (If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die anime) is composing the music.

The manga's comedy story centers on a woman called "Eripiyo," who is an extreme idol fan. She is wildly enthusiastic about Maina, the shy and lowest-ranking member of the minor underground idol group Cham Jam that performs in Okayama Prefecture. She gets so wrapped up in her love for Maina during a particular performance, that she has a major nosebleed. Eri will continue to give her complete devotion to Maina until the day she can perform at Budōkan (a major performing venue in Tokyo).

Hirao launched the manga in Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook in 2016. The manga has reached over 1 million cumulative copies in circulation.

The manga inspired a television dub.

Sources: Twitter (link 2, link 3), Comic Natalie