The official website for the upcoming stage play adaptation of Auri Hirao's underground idol-themed manga If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die revealed 19 main cast members on October 12. Aika Kobayashi, best known as the voice of Yoshiko Tsushima in Love Live! Sunshine!! and as a member of the anime's voice actor unit Aqours, plays the protagonist, Eripiyo, while Anzu Omura, a member of Japanese female idol group SKE48, is cast as Eripiyo's favorite idol, Maina Ichii. Additionally, 14 other members of SKE48 plays the idol characters in the play. Main visual The main cast members include: Eripiyo played by Aika Kobayashi Kumasa played by Kotori Kojima Motoi played by Tatsuyuki Kawaratani [ChamJam] members: Reo Igarashi played by Kaho Sato (SKE48) Sorane Matsuyama played by Rika Aoki (SKE48) Maki Hakata played by Miyo Nomura (SKE48) Yumeri Mizumori played by Miyu Nakasaka (SKE48) Yuka Teramoto played by Yune Hara (SKE48) Aya Yokota played by Ami Kurashima (SKE48) Maina Ichii played by Anzu Omura (SKE48) [Maple ♡Doll] members: Mei played by Momoyo Koyama Ruri played by Kokomi Ito (SKE48) Hinaka played by Riina Sugimoto (SKE48) [Stellights] members: Harumi Iwaoka played by Mio Nishii (SKE48) Hanami Inoue played by Kyoka Shinohara (SKE48) Ryoka Noda played by Reona Ida (SKE48) Natsumi Murai played by Misato Kawauchi Kana Yamazaki played by Yoshino Kitagawa (SKE48) Maria played by Kimie Akahori (SKE48) Ichidai Matsuda, who recently worked on a stage play adaptation of Square Enix's War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius game, serves as writer and director. Elements Garden, a music composer group known for their contribution to the Uta no Prince-sama and Symphogear series, is responsible for creating the original songs performed during the live segment. Three groups—ChamJam, Maple♡Doll, and Stellights—will each receive original songs newly produced for the stage. The stage play If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die is set to perform at Tokai City Arts Theater Main Hall in Nogoya- City, Aichi Prefecture from February 20 to 23, 2026, then at the Hikosen Theater in Tokyo from February 27 to March 1. The fastest advance ticket sales are being accepted from October 12 to November 16. RELATED: If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die Stage Play Adaptation Announced for 2026 Auri Hirao's original I f My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I would Die manga has been serialized in Tokuma Shoten's COMIC Ryu since June 2015 and its lates t12th tankobon volume is set to release in Japan on December 12, 2025. The manga's TV anime adaptation aired for 12 episodes from January to March 2020, and then the live-action TV drama adaptation also aired for ten episodes from October to December 2022, and followed by a sequel feature film in May 2023. Crunchyroll, which streams the TV anime , describes the synopsis as such: Passionate music-lover Eripiyo only wants to see her favorite underground pop group, ChamJam, make it to the big stage at Budokan. Because they’ve enriched her life by their very existence, Eri is willing to dedicate everything she has to see this dream fulfilled – even her health. At their last performance she got a crazy nosebleed. Hey, no one said being a super-fan was easy! Source: "If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die" stage play official website / X (formerly Twitter) , Bushiroad press release
