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A Star Brighter Than the Sun

Original title: Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi
  • TV Series
  • 2025–
  • TV-PG
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
448
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A Star Brighter Than the Sun (2025)
Watch Official Trailer - Season 1
Play trailer1:23
1 Video
2 Photos
AnimationComedyDramaRomance

Sae realizes she has romantic feelings towards her childhood friend Koki. But other girls share the same attention to him, so who will Koki choose?Sae realizes she has romantic feelings towards her childhood friend Koki. But other girls share the same attention to him, so who will Koki choose?Sae realizes she has romantic feelings towards her childhood friend Koki. But other girls share the same attention to him, so who will Koki choose?

  • Stars
    • Anjali Kunapaneni
    • Yuuki Yamagiwa
    • Yuki Ono
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    448
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Anjali Kunapaneni
      • Yuuki Yamagiwa
      • Yuki Ono
    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro

    • Episodes12

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    Top Cast39

    Anjali Kunapaneni
    Anjali Kunapaneni
    • Young Koki Kamishiro…
    • 2025
    Yuuki Yamagiwa
    Yuuki Yamagiwa
    • Hisui Onodera
    • 2025
    Yuki Ono
    Yuki Ono
    • Kouki Kamishiro
    • 2025
    Hina Yomiya
    • Hisui Onodera
    • 2025
    Minori Fujidera
    • Sae Iwata
    • 2025
    Souhei Horikane
    • Kondo…
    • 2025
    Yûji Kameyama
    • Komori…
    • 2025
    Chiko Mizumori
    • Honda…
    • 2025
    Taito Ban
    Taito Ban
    • Youta Ayukawa…
    • 2025
    Ryôta Ôsaka
    • Yushin Izawa…
    • 2025
    Mutsumi Tamura
    • Mio Kagawa
    • 2025
    Miki Natsutani
    • Saito…
    • 2025
    Hiromu Mineta
    • Kinoshita…
    • 2025
    Yûji Ueda
    Yûji Ueda
    • Masaru Kobayashi
    • 2025
    Wakana Kuramochi
    • Mori…
    • 2025
    Haruka Shiraishi
    Haruka Shiraishi
    • Subaru Kamishiro…
    • 2025
    Aoi Kureha
    • Noguchi…
    • 2025
    Satoru Ito
    • Teacher…
    • 2025
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    • Release date
      • October 2, 2025 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Also known as
      • A Star Brigher Than the Sun
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      • Studio Kai
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