Locodol

Locodol
Cover of first manga volume published by Ichijinsha featuring Nanako Usami (left) and Yukari Kohinata (right).
普通の女子校生が【ろこどる】やってみた (Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita)
Genre	Comedy, Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Kōtarō Kosugi
Published by	Ichijinsha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Manga 4-Koma Palette
Original run	October 2011 – present
Volumes	5
Anime television series
Directed by	Munenori Nawa
Written by	Yuniko Ayana
Music by	Tomoki Hasegawa
Studio	Feel
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
Original network	TBS, SUN, CBC, TBS Channel 1, BS-TBS
Original run	July 4, 2014 – September 18, 2014
Episodes	12 + 3 OVA (List of episodes)

Locodol (ろこどる, Rokodoru^?), short for Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita (普通の女子校生が【ろこどる】やってみた。^?, "Ordinary High School Girls Tried Being Locodols"), is a Japanese four-panel comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kōtarō Kosugi. It made its first appearance in Ichijinsha's Manga 4-Koma Palette magazine with the October 2011 issue. An anime television series adaptation by Feel aired between July and September 2014, with three original video animation episodes released between September 2014 and June 2016.

In the town of Nagarekawa (流川市, Nagarekawa-shi^?, "Flowing River City"), Nanako Usami, an ordinary high school girl, is approached by her uncle to become a local idol or "Locodol", partnering with upperclassman Yukari Kohinata to form the idol unit, Nagarekawa Girls (流川ガールズ, Nagarekawa Gāruzu^?). As the girls use their talent to promote Nagarekawa and their businesses, they are joined by Yui Mikoze, who acts as the local mascot, and Mirai Nazukari, who serves as Yui's substitute.

Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita is a four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Kōtarō Kosugi. It originally appeared in Ichijinsha's Manga 4-Koma Palette magazine between the October and December 2011 issues, and then later began serialization with the April 2012 issue. The first tankōbon was published by Ichijinsha on January 22, 2013, and fives volumes have been published as of July 22, 2016. A special edition of the fifth volume was released bundled with a drama CD.