Anime · TBS
K-ON!
Reading, Writing, Rock & Roll!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Aki Toyosaki
Yui Hirasawa (voice)
36 eps
Yoko Hikasa
Mio Akiyama (voice)
36 eps
Satomi Sato
Ritsu Tainaka (voice)
36 eps
Minako Kotobuki
Tsumugi Kotobuki (voice)
36 eps
Ayana Taketatsu
Azusa Nakano (voice)
29 eps
Asami Sanada
Sawako Yamanaka (voice)
32 eps
Chika Fujitou
Nodoka Manabe (voice)
27 eps
Madoka Yonezawa
Ui Hirasawa (voice)
29 eps
Yoriko Nagata
Jun Suzuki (voice)
16 eps
Mayuki Makiguchi
Student Council Treasurer (voice)
1 eps
Mana Hirata
First-Year Student (voice)
1 eps
Kiyoko Nagaki
Judo Club President (voice)
1 eps
Kunpei Sakamoto
Photographer (voice)
1 eps
Kanehira Yamamoto
Announcement (voice)
1 eps
Sora Kuwakado
Shrine Maiden (voice)
1 eps
Asuka Ohgame
First-Year Student (voice)
1 eps
Takuma Terashima
Father (voice)
1 eps
Chinatsu Akasaki
First-Year Student (voice)
1 eps
Yasufumi Saitō
Office Worker (voice)
1 eps
Jin Domon
Host (voice)
1 eps
Chiaki Yurin
First-Year Student (voice)
1 eps
Kotomi Yamakawa
Bride (voice)
1 eps
Naoki Koshida
Groom (voice)
1 eps
Kazuhiro Nakaya
Shopkeeper (voice)
1 eps
Yoshihisa Kawahara
Vocalist (voice)
1 eps
Anri Katsu
Vocalist (voice)
1 eps
Katsuhiko Iriya
Salesperson (voice)
1 eps
Kouichi Souma
Audience Member (voice)
1 eps
Hiroshi Watanabe
Audience Member (voice)
1 eps
Kento Ishikawa
Audience Member (voice)
1 eps
Masumi Kageyama
Classmate (voice)
5 eps
Ryuichi Kijima
Night Stand Owner (voice)
1 eps
Hiro Nakajima
Receptionist (voice)
1 eps
Chieko Kagose
Second-Year Student (voice)
1 eps
Hisayoshi Suganuma
Salesperson (voice)
1 eps
Ken'ichi Koike
Café Manager (voice)
1 eps
Naoko Sugiura
Classmate (voice)
11 eps
Yuiko Tatsumi
Student (voice)
2 eps
Azusa Enoki
Classmate (voice)
1 eps
Takuya Eguchi
Salesperson (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How K-ON! actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
K-ON! reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Yui Hirasawa has no clue which club to join, but she’s determined to do something this year. As luck would have it, she discovers a flyer for the Light Music Club and decides this is the club for her. But there's one problem: She first must learn guitar!
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 36 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200921 episodes
Best episode · S00E21 Plan!
Season 1 · Complete
K-ON!
200912 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S01E11 Crisis!
Season 2 · Complete
K-ON!!
201024 episodes
7.9IMDbIt's the final year of high school for Yui, Ritsu, Mio, and Mugi, the founding members of the Light Music Club. Together with junior member Azusa, they spend their days in the music room enjoying tea, sweets, and practicing music. Amidst band practice, preparations for the new student orientation performance, and scouting for new members, they still have time for "After School Tea Time." It's a delightfully fun time in K-On!
Best episode · S02E10 Teacher!
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E11
Crisis!
The annual school festival is getting closer and the Light Music club will be performing again... however, Mio and Ritsu get into an argument.
- Directed by Noriko Takao
- Written by Reiko Yoshida
S01E06
School Festival!
The band plays the school festival. Mio trips and exposes her underwear to the audience. She ends up getting a fan club, but is scarred by the embarrassment.
- Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara
- Written by Katsuhiko Muramoto
S01E05
Advisor!
Three days left 'til the music festival, the girls are still not officially recognized as a club. Ritsu blackmails a previous club member to be their advisor.
- Directed by Noriko Takao
- Written by Jukki Hanada
S01E09
New Club Member!
Azusa Nakano joins the Light Music Club but realizes that the laid-back club might not be for her, and Azusa’s membership is at stake.
- Directed by Taichi Ishidate
- Written by Reiko Yoshida
S01E08
Freshman Reception!
The second year of school begins! The Light Music Club tries to gather by any means necessary.
- Directed by Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
- Written by Jukki Hanada
S01E07
Christmas!
It’s Christmas time and Ritsu decides to hold a Christmas party at Yui’s house.
- Directed by Noriyuki Kitanohara
- Written by Reiko Yoshida
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E20
URA-ON!! - Help Us! Yui-chan Man / Light Music Club Rap
S00E19
URA-ON!! - Once Upon a Time
S00E18
URA-ON!! - Sakuragaoka Musical Company
S00E17
URA-ON!! - 3-Minute Cooking
S00E16
URA-ON!! - MC Contest
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yoshihisa NakayamaProducer
- Shinichi NakamuraProducer
- Naohiro TafuProducer
- Yoko HattaProducer
Writing
- Reiko YoshidaWriter
- Jukki HanadaWriter
- Katsuhiko MuramotoWriter
- Masahiro YokotaniWriter
Direction
- Noriyuki KitanoharaDirector
- Naoko YamadaDirector
- Taichi IshidateDirector
- Yoshiji KigamiDirector
- Tatsuya IshiharaDirector
- Noriko TakaoDirector
Cinematography
- Rin YamamotoDirector of Photography
Music
- Hajime HyakkokuOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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