The Idolmaster KR
{{short description|South Korean television drama}}
{{Expand Korean|topic=cult|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox television
| image = The Idolmaster KR.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| genre = Drama
| based_on = {{based on|The Idolmaster|Bandai Namco Entertainment}}
| starring = {{ublist
| Kim Sori
| Kwon Haseo
| Lee Jeewon
| Mint
| Lee Yeeun|Cha Jiseul
| Lee Suji
| Chun Jane
| Jung Taeri
}}
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| num_episodes = 24
| company = Interactive Media Mix, Inc
| network = SBS Plus, SBS funE, SBS MTV (pay TV)
Amazon Video (streaming)
| first_aired = {{Start date|2017|04|28}}{{efn|SBS Plus, SBS funE, and SBS MTV}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2017|10|06}}
}}
The Idolmaster KR (stylized The IDOLM@STER.KR) is a South Korean television drama based on Bandai Namco Entertainment's The Idolmaster video game series. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 28, 2017{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-25/amazon-to-stream-idolm@ster.kr-live-action-s-korean-show-to-prime-members-globally/.105749|title= Amazon to Stream Idolm@ster.KR Live-Action S. Korean Show to Prime Members Globally|date= August 25, 2016|access-date= August 26, 2016|work= Anime News Network}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.kpopmap.com/review-reaction-watch-the-idolmaster-kr-2017-drama-episode-1/|title=[Review & Reaction] Watch "THE IDOLM@STER.KR" (2017 Drama) Episode 1 | date=2017-05-01|work=Kpopmap - Global Hallyu Online Media|access-date=2017-12-21|language=en-US}} as an Amazon original series. It ran for 24 episodes.{{Cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-04/live-action-idolm@ster.kr-show-english-subtitled-trailer-streamed/.115670|title=Live-Action IDOLM@STER.KR Show's English-Subtitled Trailer Streamed|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2017-12-21|language=en}}
The series was later picked up by the SBS-owned pay TV channels SBS Plus, SBS funE, and SBS MTV. It premiered on these channels on April 28, 2017.{{Cite news|url=http://sports.donga.com/3/all/20170303/83153312/1|title=드라마 '아이돌마스터.KR-꿈을 드림' 4월 28일 첫방 확정|work=Sports Donga|access-date=2017-12-21|language=ko}}
==Cast==
Real Girls Project
- Lee Su-ji (이수지) as Suji/Suah
- Heo Youngjoo (허영주) as Youngjoo
- Sori (김소리) as Sori
- Yukika Teramoto (寺本來可 / 테라모토유키카) as Yukika
- Kwon Ha-seo (권하서) as Haseo
- Lee Jee-won (이지원) as Jeewon
- Jung Tae-ri (정태리) as Taeri
- Mint (민트) as Mint
- Lee Ye-eun (이예은) as Yeeun
- Cha Ji-seul (차지슬) {{cite news |language=ko|url=http://www.idolmaster-kr.com/news?uid=13&mod=document |title= 멤버교체에 대한 공지 |date= October 13, 2016 |work= IdolM@ster Kr. Official Notice}} as Jiseul
- Chun Jane (천재인) as Jane
Red Queen
- Jo So-jin as Hyeju
- Kim Sun-young as Mina
- Han Hye-ri{{cite news |language=ko|url=http://www.ajunews.com/view/20161111173259911 |title= 애프터스쿨·나인뮤지스·타히티·I.B.I, 드라마 '아이돌마스터.KR'로 뭉친다! |date= November 11, 2016 |work= Ajunews}} as Yeri
- Lee Ka-eun as Chae Na-kyung
825 Entertainment
- Sung Hoon{{cite news |language=ko|url=http://joynews.inews24.com/php/news_view.php?g_menu=700210&g_serial=984029&rrf=nv |title= 성훈, 사전제작 '아이돌마스터.KR' 캐스팅…천재 프로듀서役 |date= October 8, 2016 |access-date= October 17, 2016|work= Joynews}} as Kang Shin-hyuk, the former Producer of Red Queen.
- Park Chul-min as Shim Min-chul, CEO of 825 Entertainment.
- Kang Ye-seul as Yeseul, the girls' manager at 825 Entertainment.
Other characters
- Heo Joungjoo as Joungjoo, Youngjoo's younger sister who is a singer-songwriter.
- Lee Coco as Coco, an internet broadcast MC.
- Jin Nayoung as Nayoung, Sori's friend.
- Bae Seul-ki as Kim Dan-oh, a composer and vocal trainer.
Cameo
- Kim Jung-ah as vocal training judge
- Jung Tae-woo
- Euna Kim as a rapper
- Gowoon as Bom-yi
- Jung Hee-chul as Haseo's brother
- Lee Moo-saeng as Chief Yang
Production
On October 13, 2016, The Idolmaster KR official website posted a notice of a member replacement; an original member of Real Girl Project, Hanabyul, had been replaced by sub-member Jiseul for the series, as Hanabyul was noted to have suffered from a leg injury. One month later, it was revealed that After School's Lee Ka-eun, Nine Muses' Sojin, Tahiti's Ari and I.B.I's Han Hye-ri would be joining the cast as members of 'Red Queen', a popular girl group at the time of Real Girl Project's debut, in the live-action series.
Soundtrack
=Korean releases=
==OST Part 1==
{{track listing
| headline = Released on {{start date|2017|5|15}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = Kkumeul Dream
| note1 = 꿈을 Dream, sung by Real Girls Project
| length1 = 03:07
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title2 = One For All
| note2 = sung by Real Girls Project
| length2 = 03:10
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title3 = Memories
| note3 = 메모리즈, sung by Suji and Jeewon
| length3 = 03:42
| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music3 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title4 = Lost In The Summer
| note4 = sung by Jane and Youngjoo
| length4 = 03:24
| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Albi Albertsson}}
| music4 = {{hlist|Albi Albertsson}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Albi Albertsson}}
| total_length = 13:23
}}
==OST Part 2==
{{track listing
| headline = Released on {{start date|2017|5|22}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = Super Girl Magic
| note1 = sung by Red Queen
| length1 = 03:12
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Pinch Hitter}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Steven Lee|Andreas Oberg|Maria Marcus}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Maria Marcus}}
| title2 = Acacia
| note2 = sung by Red Queen
| length2 = 03:28
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title3 = Attention
| note3 = sung by Red Queen
| length3 = 03:39
| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Yung Kyoung (Jam Factory)|Song Carat (Jam Factory)}}
| music3 = {{hlist|Steven Lee|RIKE BOOMGAARDEN}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Steven Lee}}
| total_length = 10:19
}}
==OST Part 3==
{{track listing
| headline = Released on {{start date|2017|6|16}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = I Must Go!{{efn|name=original1|Original song by 765 Production.}}
| note1 = sung by Real Girls Project
| length1 = 07:14
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Jam Factory|Hiroyuki Onoda}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Koji Nakagawa|Keiki Kobayashi}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Keiki Kobayashi}}
| title2 = Growl{{efn|name=exo|Original song by EXO.}}
| note2 = 으르렁, sung by Rookie Team
| length2 = 03:28
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Seo Ji-eum}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Jordan Kyle|John Major|Jarah Gibson|DK|Hyuk Shin|Master Key}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Jordan Kyle|John Major|Hyuk Shin}}
| title3 = 2nd Confession{{efn|name=btob|Original song by BtoB.}}
| note3 = 두번째 고백, sung by Debut Team
| length3 = 03:55
| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Seo Jae-woo|Seo Young-bae|Lee Min-hyuk|Jung Il-hoon}}
| music3 = {{hlist|Seo Jae-woo|Seo Young-bae}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Seo Jae-woo|Seo Young-bae}}
| title4 = Wanna Be Your Star
| note4 = sung by Haseo, Jane, and Yeeun
| length4 = 04:05
| lyrics4 = {{hlist|OBROS|Haseo}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Master Key|OBROS}}
| music4 = {{hlist|Master Key|OBROS}}
| total_length = 18:42
}}
==OST Part 4==
{{track listing
| headline = Released on {{start date|2017|10|13}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = Not End...But And!!
| note1 = sung by Real Girls Project
| length1 = 03:05
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title2 = Let's Get Started
| note2 = sung by Real Girls Project
| length2 = 03:20
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title3 = The World Is All One!!{{efn|name=original1}}
| note3 = sung by Suji and Jeewon
| length3 = 03:10
| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Jam Factory|RIONA}}
| music3 = {{hlist|Tashiro Tomokazu}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Araki Keiroku}}
| total_length = 09:35
}}
=Japanese releases=
==Episode 1==
{{track listing
| headline = Released on {{start date|2017|4|7}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = Kkumeul Dream
| note1 = 꿈을 Dream, sung by Real Girls Project
| length1 = 03:07
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title2 = The Idolmaster{{efn|name=original1}}
| note2 = sung by B-Side (Sori, Yukika, Jeewon, Yeeun, Jiseul)
| length2 = 02:56
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Jam Factory {{small|(Korean lyric)}}| Megumi Nakamura}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Hiroto Sasaki}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Hiroto Sasaki}}
| title3 = Acacia
| note3 = sung by Red Queen
| length3 = 03:29
| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music3 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title4 = One For All
| note4 = sung by Real Girls Project
| length4 = 03:10
| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music4 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| total_length = 12:42
}}
==Episode 2==
{{track listing
| headline = Released on {{start date|2017|7|25}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = Lost In The Summer
| note1 = sung by Jane and Youngjoo
| length1 = 03:24
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Albi Albertsson}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Albi Albertsson}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Albi Albertsson}}
| title2 = Memories
| note2 = 메모리즈, sung by Suji and Jeewon
| length2 = 03:42
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title3 = Super Girl Magic
| note3 = sung by Red Queen
| length3 = 03:12
| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Pinch Hitter}}
| music3 = {{hlist|Steven Lee|Andreas Oberg|Maria Marcus}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Maria Marcus}}
| title4 = Attention
| note4 = sung by Red Queen
| length4 = 03:39
| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Yung Kyoung (Jam Factory)|Song Carat (Jam Factory)}}
| music4 = {{hlist|Steven Lee|RIKE BOOMGAARDEN}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Steven Lee}}
| total_length = 13:57
}}
==Episode 3==
{{track listing
| headline = Released on {{start date|2017|8|16}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = I Must Go!{{efn|name=original1}}
| note1 = sung by Real Girls Project
| length1 = 07:14
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Jam Factory|Hiroyuki Onoda}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Koji Nakagawa|Keiki Kobayashi}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Keiki Kobayashi}}
| title2 = Wanna Be Your Star
| note2 = sung by Haseo, Jane, and Yeeun
| length2 = 04:05
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|OBROS|Haseo}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Master Key|OBROS}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Master Key|OBROS}}
| total_length = 11:19
}}
==Episode 4==
{{track listing
| headline = Released on {{start date|2017|8|16}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = Growl{{efn|name=exo}}
| note1 = 으르렁, sung by Rookie Team
| length1 = 03:28
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Seo Ji-eum}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Jordan Kyle|John Major|Jarah Gibson|DK|Hyuk Shin|Master Key}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Jordan Kyle|John Major|Hyuk Shin}}
| title2 = 2nd Confession{{efn|name=btob}}
| note2 = 두번째 고백, sung by Debut Team
| length2 = 03:55
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Seo Jae-woo|Seo Young-bae|Lee Min-hyuk|Jung Il-hoon}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Seo Jae-woo|Seo Young-bae}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Seo Jae-woo|Seo Young-bae}}
| total_length = 07:23
}}
==Episode 5==
{{track listing
| headline = Released on {{start date|2017|10|29}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = Not End...But And!!
| note1 = sung by Real Girls Project
| length1 = 03:05
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title2 = Let's Get Started
| note2 = sung by Real Girls Project
| length2 = 03:20
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Kamen Rider}}
| title3 = The World Is All One!!{{efn|name=original1}}
| note3 = sung by Suji and Jeewon
| length3 = 03:10
| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Jam Factory (music publisher)|RIONA}}
| music3 = {{hlist|Tashiro Tomokazu}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Araki Keiroku}}
| total_length = 09:35
}}
Discography
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Singer(s) ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| KOR {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL|title=Gaon Digital Chart|publisher=Gaon Music Chart}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Kkeumeul Dream" {{small|(꿈을 Dream)}}
| 2016 | — | Real Girls Project | Kkeumeul Dream |
| scope="row" | "The Idolm@ster"{{efn|Credited under B-Side, Real Girls Project sub-unit.}}
| rowspan="2" | 2017 | — | Sori, Yukika, Jeewon, Yeeun, Jiseul | rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Pingpong Game"
| — | Suji, Sori, Yukika, Jeewon, Yeeun |
| colspan="8" style="font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Real Girls Project}}
- {{Official website|http://www.idolmaster-kr.com/}}
- [http://program.sbs.co.kr/builder/programMainList.do?pgm_id=22000010342 The Idolmaster KR] at SBS.co.kr
- [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZNKX78/ The Idolmaster KR] at Amazon Prime Video
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