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Sekkō Boys

Japanese anime television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ21996364 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sekkou Boys (Japanese: 石膏ボーイズ, Hepburn: Sekkō Bōizu; lit. "Plaster Boys") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Liden Films. It aired between January 8 and March 25, 2016. The ending theme is "Hoshizora Rendezvous" (星空ランデブー, Hoshizora Rendevū) by Sekkō Boys, a unit composed of the four main voice actors: Tomokazu Sugita, Shinnosuke Tachibana, Jun Fukuyama and Daisuke Ono.

Plot

The series follows four Greco-Roman gypsum busts: Saint Giorgio, Medici, Hermes and Mars, who form an idol unit managed by Miki Ishimoto, a rookie art school graduate.

Characters

Miki Ishimoto (石本 美希, Ishimoto Miki)

Voiced by: Shiho Kokido

Mira Hanayashiki (花屋敷 ミラ, Hanayashiki Mira)

Voiced by: Yui Makino

Saint Giorgio (聖ジョルジョ, Sei Jorujo)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita

Medici (メディチ, Medichi)

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana

Hermes (ヘルメス, Herumesu)

Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama

Mars (マルス, Marusu)

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono

Hanzō Horibe (堀部 半蔵, Horibe Hanzō)

Voiced by: Takaya Kuroda

Kinue Yamashita (山下 絹枝, Yamashita Kinue)

Voiced by: Rena Maeda

Hironori Yanagisawa (柳沢 宏典, Yanagisawa Hironori)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

Athena (アテナ, Atena)

Voiced by: Akiko Kimura

Thousand Armed Kannon (三十三間走り隊, Sanjūsangen Hashiritai) (ep.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sekkō Boys” as japanese anime television series. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sekkō, Boys and Japanese.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sekkō, Boys and Japanese providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sekkō Boys”, the useful work is to connect “japanese anime television series” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21996364. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2016.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sekkō Boys” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.