Sayo, Ichi

The "idol-training produce game" takes place at a private boys' idol-training school with a history of turning out many great talents in show business. The protagonist is the school's lone female student who transfers to the school because of a special situation, and enters the school's producer department.

(Source: ANN)

Ensemble Stars!

あんさんぶるスターズ！

Yamada, Nokoshi

Seven boys reunite to become an idol group: IDOLiSH7! Along with their clumsy manager, they'll try to become the best in Japan.

IDOLiSH7

アイドリッシュセブン

Isoflavone, Hijiki

Yuya, one half of the boy pop duo ZINGS, may be the laziest performer in the Japanese music industry. His partner is out there giving 110% every night, but Yuya's sloppy dancing and his frankly hostile attitude toward the audience has the fans hating him and his agent looking for any excuse to cut him loose. The career of a pop idol just isn't the path of easy leisure Yuya expected... After a particularly lifeless concert appearance, Yuya meets a girl backstage. All she wants from life is to perform. There's just one problem: She's been dead for a year.

(Source: Kodansha USA)

Kami Kuzu☆Idol

Phantom of the Idol

神クズ☆アイドル

Tinta

May Studio

Hyunwoo was a seasoned member of an idol band about to debut, but after a severe accident on set left him scarred, he abandons his dreams of stardom and becomes an idol trainer. Bitter about his current trajectory, he wishes for time to turn back... and after a plane crash, it does! Suddenly, he's nineteen again, with no scar in sight, a huge audience watching his group compete for the top spot on a music talent show, and loads of stage experience from his trainer days. Will he lead his group to fame or fade from the spotlight once again?

(Source: Tapas Media)

Second Try Idol

다시 한번 아이돌

Nanai, Takana

Miki Ishimoto, a recent college graduate, is so excited to have landed her first job! Although she's inexperienced, she's to be the manager for a new boy band. Miki thinks life couldn't be going more smoothly, until she finds out that her new boy band members are all... Greco-Roman stone busts?

Join leader Saint George, talented Hermes, passionate Mars, and the pretty boy Medici as they take the entertainment world by storm in Sekkou Boys!

Sekkou Boys: Kamigami to Eiyuu no Idol Group

Plaster cast idol group of Gods and Heroes

石膏ボーイズ ～神々と英雄のアイドルグループ～

Akira

The main plot of the novel follows the game's main story, but in the novel readers are now given insight on Anzu's thoughts, as well as more in-depth characterization of some characters.

(Source: The English Ensemble Stars!! Wiki)

あんさんぶるスターズ!

Hidou, Ren

Hinata, Rin

The series tells the story of the five students; Yuuta Hoshitani, Tooru Nayuki, Kaito Tsukigami, Kakeru Tengenji, and Shuu Kuga as they struggle to enter the musical department of Ayanagi Academy, a school focusing on music.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Starmyu

高校星歌劇－スタミュ－

Nakagawa, Waka

Emiri

Manga includes a 12 stories with different characters.

Uta no☆Prince-sama♪Comic Anthology

うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ コミックアンソロジー

Mio, Junta

A world where art becomes magic. In this world, people who can inspire passion with their Magic Arts are called Artistas, and are employed in show business. In Hoshinomori Private Magical Arts High School, where Artistas are taught, a strange new student named Kohana Aigasaki transfers into the school.

Kohana is placed on the planning committee for the school's yearly Hoshinomori Summer Festa cultural festival. She spends her romantic school life with six other boys who aim to become entertainers in the future. Each of the boys specializes in his own Arts, and aims to make Hoshi Fes a success. In addition, the boys also aim to be chosen alongside Kohana as the school's Artista Prince and Princess, only chosen once a year.

(Source: Official site)

Magic-kyun! Renaissance

マジきゅんっ！ルネッサンス

Mochida, Mochiko

Kino, Ichika

Despite his kindhearted nature, 36-year-old Miroku Oosaki is hardly attractive. After losing his job due to his appearance, he has been an otaku NEET for the past decade and weighs a whopping 120 kg. However, support from his loving family has kept his spirits up during this unfortunate situation.

Miroku was content with this lifestyle until he came across a video of people dancing. Inspired, he decided to hit the gym and dance as well, eventually slimming down to an attractive hunk! After accidentally becoming an online sensation due to his good looks and fantastic voice, Miroku begins to catch the eye of every passerby. However, Miroku is more interested in joining a dance competition alongside 41-year-old, muscle-brained company director Yoichi Kisaragi and Shiju Onohara, a 40-year-old former host.

Thus begins the story of a new idol group—of three handsome, charismatic middle-aged men!

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Ossan (36) ga Idol ni Naru Hanashi

Ossan Idol!

オッサン(36)がアイドルになる話

Bandai-Namco

Katou, Michiru

From the mobile game The iDOLM@STER SideM. Dramatic Stage tells the story of 315 production idols, in particular the units DRAMATIC STARS and High×Joker.

12 Manga Like I★Chuu: Fan x Fun x Gift♪

Ensemble Stars!

IDOLiSH7

Kami Kuzu☆Idol

Second Try Idol

Sekkou Boys: Kamigami to Eiyuu no Idol Group

Ensemble Stars!

Starmyu

Uta no☆Prince-sama♪Comic Anthology

Magic-kyun! Renaissance

Ossan (36) ga Idol ni Naru Hanashi

iDOLM@STER SideM: Dramatic Stage

Jupiter: THE IDOLM@STER