Sanrio Boys

Sanrio Boys

• Kota Hasegawa (長谷川 康太)
• [6]
• Kota is a fan of Pompompurin after being given a Pompompurin plush toy by his grandmother as a child. He is embarrassed to openly admit he likes Pompompurin until he meets Yu and Shunsuke.[7]
• Yu Mizuno (水野 祐)
• [6]
• Yu is Kota's outgoing classmate who is open about his love for My Melody. He is popular with his classmates for his friendly and sociable personality.[8]
• Shunsuke Yoshino (吉野 俊介)
• [6]
• Shunsuke is the ace striker of the soccer team and a fan of Hello Kitty, who he refers to with respect. He has a serious and stoic personality.[9]
• Ryo Nishimiya (西宮 諒)
• [6]
• Ryo is a shy and beautiful first year student who likes Kiki and Lala from Little Twin Stars.[10]
• Seiichiro Minamoto (源 誠一郎)
• [6]
• Seiichiro is the president of the student council and a member of the archery team. He loves Cinnamoroll.[11]
• Subaru Amagaya (雨ケ谷 昴)
• [12]
• Subaru is a wannabe delinquent who loves Bad Badtz-Maru.[11] He was introduced in April 2017.[4]
• Naoki Sugami (菅見 直樹)
• [12]
• Naoki is a biology teacher who loves Keroppi.[13] He was introduced in April 2017.[4]

Kansai Sanrio Boys

• Yumenosuke Toyohara (豊原夢ノ介)
• Yumenosuke is a fan of Hello Kitty.[14] He was first introduced as a character for Miracle Stage: Sanrio Boys at Sanrio Expo 2018.
• Torao Hagura (羽倉虎男)
• Torao is a friend of Yumenosuke who loves Kuromi[15] thanks to him. He was first introduced as a character for Miracle Stage: Sanrio Boys at Sanrio Expo 2018.
• Tomohiro Kashiwagi (柏木智博)
• Tomohiro is the president of the mandolin guitar club.[16] He is a fan of Pochacco. He was first introduced as a character for Miracle Stage: Sanrio Boys at Sanrio Expo 2018.
• Yuzu Wakano (若野ゆず)
• Yuzu is Tomohiro's roommate/childhood friend and a fan of Kirimi.[17] He was first introduced as a character for Miracle Stage: Sanrio Boys at Sanrio Expo 2018.
• Jun Fujita (藤田潤)
• Fujita is a teacher who loves Tuxedo Sam.[18] He was first introduced as a character for Miracle Stage: Sanrio Boys at Sanrio Expo 2018.

Secondary characters

• Yuri Mizuno (水野 由梨)
• [19]
• Yuri is Yū's younger sister and is in middle school. She has a strained relationship with him, and disapproves of him liking My Melody.
• Tadashi Tsuchiya (土屋 正)
• Yamato Machida (町田 大和)
• Tomo Matsuo (松尾智)

Manga

Sanrio Boys was adapted into two manga adaptations written and illustrated by Mai Ando, with both manga series running concurrently.[21] Sanrio Danshi: Oretachi, Seishun, Hajimemashita (サンリオ男子～俺たち、青春、はじめました. ～), which features the Sanrio Boys' daily lives, was published on the mobile app MangaONE starting April 2016. Sanrio Danshi: Oretachi, Koi, Hajimemashita (サンリオ男子～俺たち、恋、はじめました. ～), which features one of the Sanrio Boys being romantically involved with a girl, was serialized in the magazine Sho-Comi starting from its June 2016 issue.[22] Both were compiled into volume format and released under the title Sanrio Boys under Shogakukan's Flower Comics imprint.[23]

Game

A visual novel style dating sim game was released onto Android and iOS under the name Sanrio Danshi: Watashi, Koi wo, Shirimashita. (サンリオ男子～わたし、恋を、知りました. ～) on September 13, 2016.[29] The theme song is "Fun! Fantastic Girl", produced by Elements Garden and performed by the voice actors of Sanrio Boys.[30] Approximately 100,000 users downloaded the game during the first six days of release.[31]

Anime

An anime adaptation of Sanrio Boys was announced in 2017.[32] The series was directed by Masashi Kudō and written by Takashi Aoshima, and the anime production was handled by Pierrot. The anime aired for 12 episodes from January 6 to March 24, 2018.[33] The series is licensed by Ponycan USA in North America,[2] who simulcasted the series on Crunchyroll.[34]

Stage play

A stage play titled Miracle☆Stage Sanrio Boys[43] was announced at the end of episode 12 of the anime.[44] The play is directed by Masami Itō, with the script written by Shinjirō Kameda, the choreography by Tetsuharu, and the music composed by Yu.[43] The main cast consists of Naoya Kitagawa as Kōta, Hiroki Sasamori as Yū, Tsubasa Yoshizawa as Shunsuke, Yū Miyazaki as Ryō, Shinichi Wagō as Seiichiro, Kōhei Kishi as Subaru Amagaya, and Jin Hiramaki as Naoki. [45][43] Five new characters created exclusively for the play were revealed at Sanrio Expo 2018.[46] The play ran from November 29 to December 9, 2018, at The Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo.[43][46] The final show on December 9 was live streamed on Niconico to Japanese residents.[47] Pompompurin, My Melody, and Hello Kitty made guest appearances at alternating shows.[48]