The Summer Hikaru Died
TV FINISHED SUMMER 2025 12 eps 81%
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Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable… until the day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. “Something” has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings… and everything they know begins to unravel.
(Source: Netflix)
(Source: Netflix)
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Characters
Yoshiki Tsujinaka
MAIN
VA: Chiaki Kobayashi
Hikaru Indou
MAIN
VA: Shuichirou Umeda
Tanaka
SUPPORTING
VA: Chikahiro Kobayashi
Rie Kurebayashi
SUPPORTING
VA: Wakana Kowaka
Asako Yamagishi
SUPPORTING
VA: Yumiri Hanamori
Yuki Tadokoro
SUPPORTING
VA: Shion Wakayama
Yuuta Maki
SUPPORTING
VA: Yoshiki Nakajima
Kaoru Tsujinaka
SUPPORTING
VA: Seika Hirose
Toshinori Tsujinaka
SUPPORTING
VA: Fuminori Komatsu
Satoko Tsujinaka
SUPPORTING
VA: Ryouko Shiraishi
Hajime Takeda
SUPPORTING
VA: Kouji Ishii
Tooru Mikasa
SUPPORTING
VA: Bin Shimada
Yoshihiko Matsushima
SUPPORTING
VA: Kousuke Gotou
Yuki Indou
SUPPORTING
VA: Chie Nakamura
Matsuura-san
SUPPORTING
VA: Kazuko Sugiyama
Matsuura no Musume
SUPPORTING
VA: Yukiko Mannaka
Indou Hikaru Sofu
SUPPORTING
VA: Masayuki Omoro
Takeda no Jiisan
SUPPORTING
VA: Takayuki Sugou
Staff
Mokmok Len
Original Creator
Ryouhei Takeshita
Director
Ryouhei Takeshita
Series Composition
Yuuichi Takahashi
Character Design
Shouko Nagasawa
Sub Character Design
Mai Watanabe
Sub Character Design
Hiroko Seigan
Sub Character Design
Ryuunosuke Ouji
Prop Design
Kouhei Honda
Art Director
Yoshihiro Sono
Art Design
Takeyuki Takahashi
Art Design
Shuuhei Tada
Art Design
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Stats
Average Score
81
Mean Score
81
Popularity
106,402
Favourites
3,840
Status Distribution
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Score Distribution
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20: 65
30: 137
40: 224
50: 605
60: 1284
70: 3727
80: 7399
90: 7254
100: 4329
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