B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious

B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious
B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious Promotional Poster
B-PROJECT～鼓動＊アンビシャス～ (B-PROJECT: Kodō Ambitious)
Genre	Music, Comedy
Anime television series
Directed by	Eiji Suganuma
Music by	Masato Nakayama
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Network	Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, ABC, CBC
Original run	July 3, 2016 – September 24, 2016
Episodes	12

B-PROJECT (B-PROJECT～鼓動＊アンビシャス～, B-Project: Kodō Ambitious) is a Japanese anime, written by the creators of Uta no Prince-sama.

Plot

The story follows Tsubasa, a new hire in the A&R department of the major recording company Gandala Music. Tsubasa is immediately assigned to oversee the idol unit "B-PROJECT," which is made up of three idol groups: Kitakore, THRIVE, and MooNs. This is Tsubasa's first job, and she gets involved in various incidents and accidents as she deals with this group of young men who each have their own differing personalities.

Characters

Main Characters

Tsubasa Sumisora (澄空 つばさ Sumisora Tsubasa)

Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto

The main protagonist of the series. She is shy at first while meeting the boys, but slowly becomes more outgoing as the series goes on. She has a very keen hearing ability to any type of distinction in music and nature. She was also said to be hired directly by the chairman of the company; she now works as the A&R of the all-boy group, B-Project.

Idol Groups And Their Members

MooNs

Hikaru Osari (王茶利 暉 Osari Hikaru)

Voiced by: Shotaro Morikubo

The "eye candy" of the idol group, MooNs. In episode 7, it is revealed that Hikaru has an incurable disease. He has had it even before the auditions for B-Pro. It is also known that Nome has known about this when they met at the auditions which causes him to have a protective personality when it comes to Hikaru.

Tatsuhiro Nome (野目 龍広 Nome Tatsuhiro)

Voiced by: Genki Okawa

MooNs' "musclebound idiot" He and Hikaru share a deep friendship as they were shown to have met in the auditions for B-Pro and have been together since then.

Kazuna Masunaga (増長 和南 Masunaga Kazuna)

Voiced by: Yūto Uemura

He is called MooNs' Leader but doesn't agree to it but nevertheless accepts it for the time being. He is quite conscious of Tomohisa's actions. He also thinks that Tomohisa shines brighter that anyone while not considering his bright self. The MooN's members are fond of him as seen in episode 3.

Momotaro Onzai (音済 百太郎 Onzai Momotaro)

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara

MooNs' member. In episode 6, it is revealed that he can see avenging spirits in items. A very quiet cool type of person unlike Sekimura. He is close to Sekimura.

Mikado Sekimura (釈村 帝人 Sekimura Mikado)

Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda

He is the most energetic idol of the group. He is a really huge fan of Mamirin. He keeps a keychain of Mamirin on his bag, and keeps it as a good luck charm. He knows about Onzai's ability to see spirits and also is very close to him.

Kitakore (キタコレ)

Ryūji Korekuni (是国 竜持 Korekuni Ryūji)

Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio

A shy person who naturally can't confess his emotions easily. He is mostly seen with a candy in his mouth, mostly a lollipop. In the past, his mother would dress him up in girl clothes because he looked cute. His family is famous in the Entertainment business. He has been bullied due to people thinking he used his father's influence to get into B-Project.

Tomohisa Kitakado (北門 倫毘沙 Kitakado Tomohisa)

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono

He is a confident and also a rich person since his family runs a hospital although his personality says otherwise. He is very close to Ryūji who is in the same idol group as him. They share a close friendship since they met at a party when they were younger. At the party, he met Ryuji who was wearing girl's clothes at that time which causes Tomohisa to think he was really a girl. Also he cares for Masunaga whom he had also known for a long time.

THRIVE

Goushi Kaneshiro (金城 剛士 Kaneshiro Goushi)

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Goushi doesn't like being an idol, even though he passed the auditions to become a B-Pro member.

Kento Aizome (愛染 健十 Aizome Kento)

Voiced by: Kazuki Kato

He is the play boy type in the group. He is mostly seen holding a mirror and fixing his bangs and according to Tsubasa, is always alert and pays attention to his surroundings. In episode 9, it was seen that he gets really annoyed when his bangs gets messed up. It was also revealed that he had a bit of a rough childhood causing him to have a play boy personality.

Yūta Ashū (阿修 悠太 Ashū Yūta)

Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae

The cute idol of the group. Has a Lolita boy personality but is also quite conscious about his nature. Close to almost every member of b project

Supporting Characters

Sakurato Yashamaru (夜叉丸 朔太郎 Yashamaru Sakurato)

Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi

Yashamura is the company director of Gandara music and Tsubasa's boss. B-Pro is extremely close to him since he was the one who created their group and he guides Tsubasa through her job as an A&R. However, it is later revealed in the final episode that creating B-Pro and hiring Tsubasa was his plot in order to exact revenge on Tsubasa's father whom he claimed had "killed" his family.

Media

Anime

The opening theme is Kodō*Ambitious (鼓動＊アンビシャス) by B-Project while the first ending theme is Hoshi to Tsuki no Sentence (星と月のセンテンス) by キタコレ. The second ending theme is "Starlight" by THRIVE. The third ending theme is Yume Miru Power (夢見るPOWER) by MooNs.

Episode list

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No.	Title	Insert Song	Original air date
1	"Boys Meets Girl"	Hoshi to Tsuki no Sentence	July 3, 2016
The episode starts with boys singing their rehearsal song. Afterwards, the boys seeing someone from the backstage went to greet someone called Yashamaru after performing their rehearsal. Yashamaru then introduces the girl standing by earlier as Tsubasa Sumisora, saying that she will be B-Project's new A&R. Yashamaru then, receives a call. After the news that their debut at the festival was cancelled, each of the groups proceeded with their own jobs for the day with Tsubasa accompanying Kitakore for their song recording. As they record the song, they notice how Tsubasa was able to note the dissonance in the song and how and why they sing that way. The episode ends with them heading home in a taxi where Tsubasa falls asleep in between Kitakore. Tomohisa suddenly sneaks a kiss on Tsubasa's cheek while she sleeps which startles and embarrasses Ryuji, and Tomohisa silently gestures Ryuji to keep it a secret between them.
2	"The Bad End isn't so bad"	Starlight	July 10, 2016
The episode starts with the photo shoot of Kitakore. Since Kitakore's song turned out so well, MooNs tells them that they, too would sing a song just as good, causing them to receive a commercial deal. Tsubasa is then assigned to accompany THRIVE who will be doing a photoshoot for a page in the magazine called Kiss and Hug. During the photoshoot, Goshi refuses to act "cute" by wearing a cat ear headband which causes the editor-in-chief of the magazine to provoke him to the point where he dashes out of the studio. After learning that Yashamaru had been convincing the editor-in-chief to let THRIVE be included in the magazine, Tsubasa, Yuta and Kento chase him down and confront him. They return to the studio to continue the photoshoot and they end up having their photos taken with a cat. The photos are a success and THRIVE gets more than one page for the magazine. The episode ends with Yuta and Kento trying to get Goshi to perfect a cat pose.
3	"Let's go with Brilliant"	Yume Miru Power	July 17, 2016
The episode starts off with the MooNs members on the bus with everyone asleep and resting before the commercial. After trying to explain about them sleeping, Yashamaru hangs up on Tsubasa. At the CM site, Tsubasa overhears some staff members belittling them behind the make-up bus. Thankfully, MooNs' members did not hear them. As the commercial rolls about, MooNs makes curry as a competition between members, Nome and Hikaru versus Onzai and Sekimura, with Masunaga as judge. After filming the first few scenes, a monkey manages to catch Tsubasa off-guard when she was on the phone with Yashamaru. After chasing the monkey, the CM director changes the location of the commercial to the hot spring that they found.
4	"Break out Star"	Hoshi to Tsuki no Sentence, Kodou*Ambitious	July 24, 2016
The episode starts off with Tsubasa sitting with the members of B-Pro. Yashamaru is impatiently texting, calling and pacing Tsubasa's phone. When she finally notices, they all rush to the concert venue stage where they cause people to get angry. As the dance practice starts, the stage had many props around, making it hard to dance. As the B-Pro members start to argue, other bands of the same concert, as well as staff, start to look down on them. The weather wasn't too favorable to them either as it started to rain, as well as a mishap with the costumes. As Tsubasa worked fast on fixing the problem, the B-Pro members dance shirtless in order to give her time. On the last song, Tsubasa barely manages to fix the costume in time. The rain lets up on the last song as well. Yashamaru praises the boys on a job well done, and a look at his phone shows that he told Tsubasa the wrong time. The episode ends in him buying Omi Beef steaks for the B-Pro members as punishment.
4.5	"Special Premium Episode"	N/A	July 31, 2016
A talk with Genki Okawa, Daisuke Kishio, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Natsuki Hanae, Toshiki Masuda and Yuto Uemura.
5	"Back to the Baby"	Hoshi to Tsuki no Sentence	August 7, 2016
The episode starts off with the members of B-Pro practicing to Kodou*Ambitious. As they take a break, a little flashback about Ryuji's life at the audition is shown. A stalking paparazzi man is seen talking to Ryuji. A scandal page is shown to him and Ryuji lashes out by running away from him which caused Ryuji to fall down a set of stairs unconscious. Unbeknownst to them, Yuuta and Tomohisa were listening. When Ryuji wakes up he has amnesia. As the photo shoot goes on, Ryuji puts on a dress for the shoot. Ryuji sees Tomohisa talking to Tsubasa, making him jealous and runs off. The paparazzi man shows up to make a scandal about Ryuji having amnesia. As the man tries to catch up to him, Ryuji doesn't see the traffic walking signal and as a truck is about to collide with him,Tomohisa jumps in to save him. Ryuji finally recovers his memories and they continue the shoot.
6	"Six Sense Blade"		August 14, 2016
The episode starts with Tsubasa, Mikado, Momotaro and Goshi on their way to an audition for a samurai play. The play will be produced by Ryuji's father, Kenzo Matsukura who will also star in it. The guys practice sword-fighting for the play and one of the auditions gets possessed by a spirit in the katana and Momotaro gets chosen to fight with him resulting him getting his hand struck by the katana. When Momotaro asks Kenzo why he didn't visit Ryuji at the hospital (Episode 5), Kenzo explains that both he and his son are now professionals, work before family. When the actor who injured Momotaro gets the role of the main character, it's spirit possess the others, causing Mikado, Momotaro and Goshi to fight them off. Afterwards, Kenzo asks B-Pro if they would be the main roles together. All three agree as the show goes on.
7	"BULLET of the Heart"	Sing for Me	August 21, 2016
The episode starts of with the filming of a popular lunch show, with Nome, Hikaru, Tomohisa, Kazuna, and Kento. Before filming, Nome finds Hikaru panting. Hikaru tells Nome that he forgot his medicine but he'd be fine for filming. When they discuss their shoot, Hikaru suddenly coughs up blood and is taken to his room. It is then revealed that Hikaru has an incurable disease which he had before the first B-Pro audition. After figuring to find some godaiso (mugwort), Nome manages to find some on the side of the cliff, but falls down. As a search party for Nome is away, Hikaru finds Nome singing. After they all get back, the rest of B-Pro come and surprise them. They reveal that Ryuji was contacted by Tomohisa to search for the medicine and they all pitched in. The episode ends with filming the rest of the episode where the Mountain Team surprises the Ocean Team with water jetpacks.
8	"Bye Bye Yesterday"		August 28, 2016
The episode begins with B-Pro at the beach where they are filmed to promote their first fanbook. It starts to rain and the sea becomes rough causing B-Pro's boat to get separated from the others. They wake up to find themselves on a deserted island. They try to contact Tsubasa using Kento's cell phone, but the call is cut short. B-Pro then hear mysterious rumble causing them to get a bit scared and decide to look for shelter. They find a cave and split up to look for food and create fire. When Kazuna seemingly goes missing, Tomohisa searches for him and finds him. They bump into Yuta and Ryuji who tell them that they found a nice spot in the cave. The rest of B-Pro join them and through a radio, they hear their songs played and they realize that Tsubasa had recommended their songs to the radio station. After listening to their songs, B-Pro decide to escape the island together. It is then revealed that the island was one of Tomohisa's Family research facilities. The episode ends with Tsubasa greeting B-Pro who return safely from the island.
9	"Flirtatious PLAY BOY"		September 4, 2016
The episode starts with THRIVE and Kitakore starring in a film; "The Barking Dogs". The star of the film was revealed to be Kento who was chosen by the director herself. While filming, Ryuji and Yuta was doing bloopers by pranking the other members. The next scene was to be shot at a big river, but they didn't have permission to do that. Kento being in favor of the director tries to convince her to let the situation drop but instead, the director replies something that puts Kento in shock as it reminded him of his traumatic past. The next day they shoot the river scene but Kento ends up causing a bit of trouble and he heads out. Tsubasa goes to Kento for company and to confront him about the shoot. Tsubasa tells him that he was not as alone as he thinks he is and this convinces Kento. Their last scene for the film proves Tsubasa's point which causes Kento's expression to soften. However, the last scene turned out to be B-Pro's prank to THRIVE. The episode ends with Kento wanting to aologize to Yuta and Goshi but was shy to say so and it ends up with him treating everyone for ramen.
10	"Birthday"		September 11, 2016
The episode starts off with Tsubasa noticing how B-Pro is becoming more popular than before. She receives a call from Yashamaru who tells her to come to the agency to make an important announcement. Yashamaru announces that B-Pro will perform at the Japan Dome for Christmas Eve. They begin rehearsing for the event and when Halloween approaches, Tsubasa buys B-Pro some Halloween-themed doughnuts as a treat, prompting B-Pro to remember that Yashamura's birthday is coming soon, so they decide to throw a surprise party for him. As they shop for food and decorations, Tsubasa learns from B-Pro that Yashamaru has always been there for them since he created B-Pro. While waiting for Yashamaru, some disasters happen, but after some encouragement from Tsubasa, they re-decorate the apartment, but it ends with Yashamaru not coming.
11	"Beyond You"		September 18, 2016
The episode begins with B-Pro on a talk show about their upcoming Japan Dome concert. The next day, Tsubasa, Goshi, Ryuji, Momotaro and Nome go to the recording studio to record the centerpiece song for their concert. While recording, they notice that Tsubasa seems to be overworking herself. However, on the way back from the shoot, Tsubasa notices that their song has been taken by another idol group. With the concert just two weeks away, Tsubasa suddenly suggests that they make a new song. This motivates B-Pro and a new song and arrangement is prepared. B-Pro decide that they will write the lyrics to their new song and they use the theme "invincible". Tsubasa later visits MooNs apartment to deliver their schedule and stays a bit to discuss their new song. The next day, B-Pro show Tsubasa their lyrics for their song and she praises them. Then, Tsubasa receives a message from Yashamaru who tells them to turn on the TV. When they do, a shocking announcement is shown, B-Pro is transferred to another agency. Tsubasa tries to contact Yashamaru, but can't reach him.
12	"Boys Be Ambitious!"		September 25, 2016
Tsubasa still tries to contact Yashamura, but he doesn't pick up. When Yashamura finally calls her, he confirms that the announcement of B-Pro being transferred to another agency before telling her that he hates her and the agency. Yashamura then goes to inform B-Pro about the transfer and convinces them to accept it. Even at the new agency, B-Pro is unfazed by how they are not allowed to contact Tsubasa, and Yashamaru lies to them that she quit. When Tsubasa manages to confront Yashamura, he reveals to her that ten years ago, her father "killed" his family. He also tells her that B-Pro has agreed to transfer and they'll be getting a new A&R, claiming that B-Pro doesn't need her anymore. The next day, a guilt-ridden Tsubasa goes to the Japan Dome where the concert was supposed to take place and cries, only to be interrupted when the stage lights turn on and B-Pro suddenly appear on stage. B-Pro reveals that they decided not to transfer, because the deal the agency offered them did not appeal to them and they want her to be their A&R. The episode ends with the boys performing in the Japan Dome.

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