Everyone's Darling Has a Secret adds three ≒JOY members to its cast and previews Aiiro Impulse's ending theme
The April 2027 anime of Kashiko Amane's idol romcom cast Aimi Ozawa, Renon Esumi and Aoi Onishi of ≒JOY on November 7, and gave a first listen to "Naritai Watashi," sung by the in-story unit Aiiro Impulse.
The fictional idol group at the heart of Everyone's Darling Has a Secret (Houkago no Idol ni wa Himitsu ga Aru) now has a song. On November 7 the anime's official site gave a first partial listen to its ending theme, "Naritai Watashi," credited to Aiiro Impulse, the idol unit that exists inside the story. A 90-second version of the track is posted on the site.
Because Aiiro Impulse is made up of three of the show's characters, the voices behind the song belong to their actresses: Hikaru Tono as Rei Kuromiya, Iori Noguchi of =LOVE as Sakura Akai, and Ami Maeshima as Sora Konno.
Three real idols join the cast
The same update filled out the supporting cast with three members of the idol group ≒JOY. Aimi Ozawa plays Hofu, Renon Esumi plays Saito, and Aoi Onishi plays Okaniwa. Two of them already have anime work on our pages: Ozawa's credits include There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, so I Tried Confessing to Her, which is getting a second season, and Esumi appears in Gacha Girls Corps, which premieres on January 7.
What the show is about
Hizashi Hiruno (Reiji Kawashima) is a first-year at an elite high school, and one of his classmates is a genuine, working idol. Rei Kuromiya is a star on stage and near the top of the class academically, yet she keeps something hidden from everyone. Hizashi stumbles onto that secret by chance, and from then on the two start spending their after-school hours together. Anime Corner adds how he lands there: a paperwork error wrecks his result on a proficiency test, and he is sent to remedial lessons.
The anime adapts Kashiko Amane's romantic comedy manga, which first appeared as a preview run in Young Animal in July and August 2022 before regular serialization began that September on Manga Park and the Young Animal web service. Hakusensha released the tenth volume on October 29. Yen Press picked up the English rights in August 2024, and its fourth volume came out on June 9.
Staff and schedule
Studio Gekkou is animating under director Hikaru Sato, who served as chief animation director on the second season of My Happy Marriage. Fumihiko Shimo, whose credits include Clannad, handles series composition and scripts, and Kibidango 14-go designs the characters. Satoru Kosaki (The Apothecary Diaries) and MONACA (Summertime Render) share the music.
The TV adaptation was announced in late September along with a teaser visual, and its April 2027 window still stands. No broadcaster or exact start date has been named yet.
