**Hometown:** Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
**Height:** 149 cm

Ai is the daughter of a former superstar idol in Japan, Mai Hidaka. She is very peppy and motivated by the fame of her mother, although she cries at defeat. She is a hot blooded girl, known for having a lot of energy and her determination.

She is a hot blooded girl, known for having a lot of energy and her determination. Ai is prone to shouting most of her speech, especially when excited. She is also good at all kinds of television shows.

765 Production Studio manages the unique talents of 13 professional idols as they slowly make their way to the top and become country-wide celebrities. But the girls' journey is far from just fun and games: hard work, sweat, and tears are some of the prerequisites needed to flourish in this industry—and for 765 Pro in particular, a watchful eye out for their rival, the infamous 961 Production.

As the girls' fame grows, however, their time together as a family diminishes, and now the very popularity they sought is threatening to tear them apart. A difficult balance of work and bonding must be achieved, or they risk everyone going their separate ways. The personal and professional ordeals of these idols can't be conquered alone, but with each other's loving support, any obstacle or hardship can be overcome!

__Height:__ 165 cm

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Tomatsu debuted in 2007, starring in Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica as Corticarte Apa Lagranges. Since then, she has had other major roles such as Lala Satalin Deviluke in To Love-Ru and Shiho Sannomiya in Zettai Karen Children. Before graduating from high school in 2008, she used to live in Ichimomiya city where she often took the shinkansen, traveling back and forth between Nagoya and Tokyo to attend recordings. On January 11, 2019, she married a man from outside the entertainment industry.

One of the members of the voice actress unit [Sphere](https://anilist.co/staff/103636).

__Non-anime roles:__
~!- Mary - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Karenina - Punishing: Gray Raven (VG)
- Saileach - Arknights (VG)
- Nicola - Resonance Solstice (VG)
!~

Based on the Idolmaster Dearly Stars DS game. 
Ryou has always had a problem with his feminine appearance. As a child he was often mistaken as a girl, and to his disappointment, that didn't change even after he got to high school. One day he came up with his best idea yet for gaining masculinity; he decided to become a male idol! 
His cousin Ritsuko worked in the idol industry, so she was able to get him an audition. Unfortunately for his master plan, the company decided that he would make a wonderful female idol. Now, to even have a chance at becoming a male idol, he must first become successful as a girl!

This manga adapts Eri's route from the game Idolm@ster Dearly Stars. 
Eri Mizutani,mostly known as ELLIE on Internet,is a hikikomori that spends most of her time chatting on the Internet with people that she hardly knows. 
One day she receives a message from a producer named Ozaki who encourages her to debut as a real idol. Eventually she is able to build up the courage to meet Ozaki.Then she makes her debut at the 876 productions. She meets Ai and Ryo there and decides to give up her life as a net idol and hikkikimori. Will Eri be succesful in the idols world?

Ai, wishing to become an idol as famous as her mother once was, has been participating in tests at various talent agencies, but she has failed every single one of them. Her inability to even begin to follow into her mother's footsteps becomes a complex to her. 
As Ai bursts into tears, alone in a public park, she is approached by 765 Production idol Haruka Amami, who was a special judge at one of the tests Ai has taken. Having sensed something special about Ai's singing, Haruka comforts her and introduces her to 876 Production's president Ishikawa. The president is very quick to invite Ai into 876, as she believes that her mother's name alone should be enough to propel Ai to the top. Ai protests, stating that she wants to become an idol using only her own strength. She is then given one chance to prove herself, at a rookie idol audition. 
(Source: project-imas.com/wiki)

The manga is based on THE iDOLM@STER, a music-oriented game franchise in which the player guides 13 idol singers as their producer.


Irregularly serialized in The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls social mobile game app itself, this "cute, comical" manga follows the idols' "real" daily life that can only be found in these panels.
 
(Source: Anime News Network, edited)

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