Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS- (2018)
A group of 3 yakuza failed their boss for the last time. After messing up an important job, the boss gave them 2 choices: honorably commit suicide, or go to Thailand to get a sex reassignment surgery in order to become "female" idols. After a gruesome year training to become idols, they successfully debut, with overwhelming popularity, much to their dismay. This is where their tragedy truly begins.
Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-: Season 1 - 10 Episode s
1x1 - We Became Idols / Boss! Sensei Producer! / Bittersweet Memories / He Understands / Down With The Yakuza
July 3, 2018
Forced to surgically alter their bodies into girls, three Yakuza brothers debut on the underground J-Pop idol scene after a year of intense training.
1x2 - But... / Unthinkable / The Trick to Talk Shows / What's Girl Talk? / Do You Love Each Other?
July 10, 2018
Junior Yakuza member Kimura becomes the idol unit's personal assistant. Boss Inugane books a live radio interview to promote the Gokudols.
1x3 - Girl Master / Star of the Silver Screen / Redoing / Fourth Man / Idol at the Trail
July 17, 2018
The Gokudols are sent to audition for a Yakuza movie. Mari and Chika visit their fathers for the first time since their transformations.
1x4 - Secret of Gokudols / live legend / super love / soul food / scratch / grudge
July 24, 2018
Chika sees her former lover in the audience of one of their performances. The Gokudols visit a local old-fashioned café for a television appearance.
1x5 - Glory free winner / Fall in love / Japanese dream / Don and boss / Family bond / Gokudolls victim meeting
July 31, 2018
After hearing of blood brother Inugane's lucrative idol business, the New York mafia boss Steve sends one of his own members to join the Gokudols.
1x6 - Worker, unite! / Showdown Baba / Pigeon / Honesty / Couples Zenya / Five Devils
August 7, 2018
The overworked girls inform Boss Inugane that they're too tired to perform. An influential enka singer insults the Gokudols during a live radio show.
1x7 - Nirvana / Something important / Parent's teachings / Big Rookie / High school girl / Senpai and Kouhai
August 14, 2018
The Gokudols must share the theater stage with an actual high school girl after Boss Inugane allows her to join the idol unit as their understudy.
1x8 - Hidden Camera / Taking Courage / Shall We Dance or Revenge / Interview / Lower Body Exercise / Beard and Bust
August 21, 2018
With enka singer Natsuko's financial backing, the men and women whose lives were ruined by the Gokudols cast their own idol unit to take them head-on.
1x9 - Change of Group / My Angel / It's Amazing!! / Miserable... / With a Musical Instrument / Amazingly Breathtaking / Coverage
August 28, 2018
While dejected that the fans are unresponsive to her efforts, understudy Yui informs Boss Inugane that another talent agency has recruited her.
1x10 - Soul of Yakuza / Came to Nothing / Hell-p Me! / Graduation / Step-Up / The Last Time...
September 4, 2018
Tired of berating the Gokudols for their lack of showmanship, Boss Inugane gives them a surprising ultimatum that will alter the idol unit's future.
Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-: 1 Season
Actors in Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-
Daisuke Ono
Kentarō Yamamoto, Kentarō Yamamoto (voice)
Satoshi Hino
Ryū Tachibana, Ryū Tachibana (voice)
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Kazuhiko Sugihara, Kazuhiko Sugihara (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Inugane, Inugane (voice)
Kaori Maeda
Mari Tachibana (voice), Mari Tachibana
Yuka Nukui
Airi Yamamoto (voice), Airi Yamamoto
Junichi Suwabe
Mandarin Kinoshita, Mandarin Kinoshita (voice)
Natsuki Hanae
Kimura, Kimura (voice)
Ayumi Mano
Yui (voice), Yui
Hikaru Akao
Chika Sugihara (voice), Chika Sugihara
Shinji Kawada
George, George (voice)
Yasuhiro Mamiya
Kōji Nagata, Kōji Nagata (voice)
Atsushi Ono
Teppei Okamoto, Teppei Okamoto (voice)
Hisao Egawa
Tarou Iwamura, Tarou Iwamura (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Shinji Takemura, Shinji Takemura (voice)
Kimiko Saito
Natsuko Tanaka, Natsuko Tanaka (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Oil Shock Yamakoshi, Oil Shock Yamakoshi (voice)
Yutaka Aoyama
Tooru Oguroda, Tooru Oguroda (voice)
Minami Takahashi
Rina, Rina (voice)
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