It is a rite of passage that as every character progresses from an unvoiced character to a voiced character in The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls franchise, their respective voice actor would record their own rendition of the game’s theme song Onegai! Cinderella, obviously, in the style of their associated character.
While a majority of the characters in the anime adaptation were already voiced – with one prominent example being Haru Yuuki who received her voice actor following popularity in the manga – it took until a few weeks ago for Koharu Koga to receive a voice actor. The character is now voiced by Yuri Komori (小森 結梨 Komori Yuri), who I feel portrays the character’s personality very well.
With Episode 7, titled What Speaks Without a Voice? focusing on Koharu, we finally received the debut of her solo remix of Onegai! Cinderella as the episode’s ending theme. Furthermore, the song is now available in-game. Fortunately you now don’t need to boot up CrunchyRoll to watch the ending on loop, with The Idolm@ster franchise’s official Youtube channel sharing both the episode’s clean ending sequence and a 3DMV version captured from smartphone game The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage. Scroll down to see both versions.
Of course, you should watch the episode to view perhaps the most dangerously adorable thing the series has offered so far – Koharu Koga’s first image song – I’m a Little Princess ~Ohoshisama ni Onegai~ (アイム・ア・リトル・プリンセス ～お星さまにお願い～)
Anime Version
In-Game Version
Interestingly enough, in the in-game version she is seen performing alongside Chika Yokoyama, Mai Fukuyama, Kozue Yusa and Yukimi Sajo – four characters who do feature in the U149 manga but are only introduced later on – if were a theoretical second season introduced, might be introduced in it.
Based on the characters of Bandai Namco Entertainment’s The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls franchise, and more specifically its manga spin-off of the same name created by Kyowno – The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls U149 is actively airing in Japan. For those in the west, you can catch simulcasted episodes officially via CrunchyRoll.
