![]() Initially Kazu's underling, their friendship turned sour when he was revealed to be Chika's fan, to the point of her face being on his briefs. Kimura ( 木村, Kimura) Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae Played by: Tetsuya Sugaya The Gokudols' gopher or servant boy. Kōji Nagata ( 永田 晃司, Nagata Kōji) Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya (Japanese) Jon Bailey (English) The yakuza trio's captain. ![]() He shapes the girls into idols, though he's not usually successful due to being left in the dark about their secret. Mandarin Kinoshita ( マンダリン 木下, Mandarin Kinoshita) Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (Japanese) Ray Chase (English) A producer and self-proclaimed "girlology" master. He bullies his underlings with threats and actual physical violence. His wife is former enka singer Natsuko Tanaka, who ironically hates idols. He forced his screw up underlings to undergo gender reassignment surgery to become idols. Kimanjiro Inugane ( 犬金 鬼万次郎, Inugane Kimanjiro) Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese) Richard Epcar (English) Played by: Koichi Iwaki The idol-obsessed leader of the Inugane Yakuza Group. However, the research plan was scrapped, and Lina was left to Inugane's hands, much to her shock. Lina ( リナ) / George ( ジョージ) Voiced by: Minami Takahashi (Lina), Shinji Kawada (George) (Japanese) Laura Stahl (Lina) (English) A Mafia member sent from the US to research the Gokudols, having also undergone gender reassignment surgery for similar reasons. It took a long time for his/her father to acknowledge him/her after transitioning. She always gets cute items, much to Mari's irritation, and occasionally slips "cute" idol words, again much to the others' irritation. She had a girlfriend as Kazuhiko, whom she caught with another man at one of their concerts. Chika Sugihara ( 杉原 チカ, Sugihara Chika) / Kazuhiko Sugihara ( 杉原 和彦, Sugihara Kazuhiko) Voiced by: Hikaru Akao (Chika), Kazuyuki Okitsu (Kazuhiko) (Japanese) Christine Marie Cabanos (Chika), Zach Aguilar (Kazuhiko) (English) Played by: Akane Sakanoue (Chika), Reiya Masaki (Kazuhiko) Formerly Kazuhiko Sugihara, the youngest of Kentaro's Yakuza trio. She also suffers butt problems, notably hemorrhoids. ![]() She hates sweets, to the point of breaking up with his previous girlfriend over it. She always gets fan letters, which attracts the jealousy of the others, Chika especially. As Mari, she is considered the cool member of the trio. He is a fan of actor Hitoshi Takamura, collecting his films and even trying to give herself to him as Mari (which didn't work out). Mari Tachibana ( 立花 マリ, Tachibana Mari) / Ryo Tachibana ( 立花 リョウ, Tachibana Ryō) Voiced by: Kaori Maeda (Mari), Satoshi Hino (Ryo) (Japanese) Cherami Leigh (Mari), DC Douglas (Ryo) (English) Played by: Ruka Matsuda (Mari), Masato Hanazawa (Ryo) Formerly Ryo Tachibana, Kentaro's right-hand man. As Airi, she is the leader of the Gokudols and she always gets luxury items as gifts. Kentaro was abandoned by his parents and held odd jobs until he joined the Yakuza. Still, their hearts are Yakuza, and their brotherhood is strong.Ĭharacters Airi Yamamoto ( 山本 アイリ, Yamamoto Airi) / Kentaro Yamamoto ( 山本 健太郎, Yamamoto Kentaro) Voiced by: Yuka Nukui (Airi), Daisuke Ono (Kentaro) (Japanese) Erika Harlacher (Airi), Kaiji Tang (Kentaro) (English) Played by: Natsumi Okamoto (Airi), Jin Shirasu (Kentaro) Formerly Kentaro Yamamoto, the "Aniki" (Big Brother) of the Yakuza trio. They suffer abuse from Inugane as he trains them to become idols. They choose the latter and debut as Airi, Mari and Chika, the Gokudols. A live-action adaptation, Back Street Girls: Gokudols, was released in February 2019.Īfter an unspecified major failure, Yakuza underlings Kentaro, Ryo and Kazuhiko are forced by their boss, Inugane, to either commit seppuku and sell their organs or go to Thailand to undergo sex reassignment surgery, and train to become idols. A 10-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Chiaki Kon, aired from July to September 2018 on BS11 and other channels. The manga is licensed in English by Kodansha USA. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from March 2015 to September 2018 and was compiled into 12 volumes. It is about three yakuza men forced by their boss to become a female idol group. Back Street Girls ( バックストリートガールズ, Bakku Sutorīto Gāruzu) is a Japanese manga series by Jasmine Gyuh.
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