Mendol

Mendol
Network	TV Tokyo
Number of episodes:	12
First episode:
Original airing:	October 10, 2008 - December 26, 2008
Opening:	Relax! by No Sleeves
Ending:	Ogoe Diamond by AKB48
Genre:

Mendol (メン☆ドル, Mendol^?), with the tagline "Good-looking Idol", is a drama about 3 girls who are aspiring idols, but struggle with auditions.

Synopsis

The story revolves around three ordinary girls named Asahi, Nami, and Hinata who are aiming to become idols, but they repeatedly fail in their auditions. One day, they witness a serious crime, and they are forced to flee from the culprits. Fortunately, they are saved by a producer who is willing to let them debut, but they have to hide their true identities and dress up as boys instead.

Cast

Correlation chart

• Haruna Kojima as Asahi Wakamatsu / Riku
• Minami Takahashi as Nami Kawachi / Kai
• Minami Minegishi as Hinata Otawa / Kuu
• Reona Hirota as Saeko
• Yingling (垠凌, インリン) as Marilyn
• Naoki Kawano as Jiro
• Yosuke Tagawa (太川陽介) as Keiji Sarukawa
• Hanako Takigawa (多岐川華子) as Rei
• Hakuryu (白竜) as the killer

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Masako Iwamura (岩村匡子)
• Producer: Shinji Okabe (岡部紳二), Noboru Morita, Nobuko Iga (伊賀宣子), Masakazu Oyamada (小山田雅和)
• Director: Takao Kinoshita, Junichi Tsuzuki, Masataka Takamaru (高丸雅隆), Masakazu Oyamada (小山田雅和), Kazumasa Nemoto (根本和政)
• Music: PPM

External Links

• Official site
• Japanese Wikipedia