Joshiraku

Joshiraku
Cover of Joshiraku volume 1
じょしらく (Joshiraku)
Genre	Comedy, Satire
Manga
Written by	Kōji Kumeta
Illustrated by	Yasu
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Imprint	Wide KC
Magazine	Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
Original run	September 9, 2009 – September 9, 2013
Volumes	6
Anime television series
Directed by	Tsutomu Mizushima
Written by	Michiko Yokote
Music by	Masaru Yokoyama
Studio	J.C.Staff
Original network	MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS
Original run	July 5, 2012 – September 28, 2012
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Original animation DVD
Directed by	Tsutomu Mizushima
Written by	Michiko Yokote
Music by	Masaru Yokoyama
Studio	J.C.Staff
Released	February 8, 2013

Joshiraku (じょしらく^?, lit. Rakugo Girls) is a 2009–2013 Japanese comedy manga series written by Kōji Kumeta and illustrated by Yasu, telling the everyday lives of five young female rakugo comedians. It was serialised in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine and compiled in six volumes. An anime adaptation by J.C.Staff aired in Japan between July and September 2012, with an original video animation episode released in February 2013.

All of the girls' surnames end with the character Tei (亭^?), which is often used in stage names for performers.

The original manga series written by Kōji Kumeta and illustrated by Yasu was serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine between the October 2009 and October 2013 editions – from September 9, 2009, to September 9, 2013. The complete series has also been released in six volumes under the Wild KC imprint, from May 17, 2010, to November 8, 2013. A limited edition of the fifth volume was bundled with an anime episode on DVD disc.

A 13-episode anime adaptation by J.C.Staff aired in Japan between July and September 2012. An original video animation episode was released on DVD with the fifth manga volume on February 8, 2013. The opening theme is "Oato ga Yoroshikutte...Yo!" (お後がよろしくって…よ!, Thanks For Your Appreciation!^?) by Ayane Sakura, Kotori Koiwai, Nozomi Yamamoto, Yoshino Nanjō and Saori Gotō whilst the ending theme is "Nippon Egao Hyakkei" (ニッポン笑顔百景, Hundreds of Japanese Smiles^?) by Momoiro Clover Z and Yoshida Brothers.