Idol Densetsu Eriko

Idol Densetsu Eriko (アイドル伝説えり子) is a Japanese anime series by Ashi Productions. It ran in Japan from 1989 until 1990, spanning 51 episodes. The story has been adapted into a 3-volume manga series by Ayumi Kawahara.

The main character, Eriko Tamura, is actually an Japanese idol in real life. She performs the opening theme, and the last episode's ending theme.

Plot
Eriko Tamura is the chairman of Tamura Productions, a renowned music company and the only daughter of Minako Tamura, a former famous idol singer. Having had a talent for singing since birth, she has always loved her parent's media world. Then one day tragedy strikes when her parents get into a horrible car accident, which kills her father and leaves her mother in a coma. Now Eriko must take the path of singing, a path her parents did not want her to pursue. Things get worse when her uncle sets out to destroy her career. But in spite of all the hardship, she becomes an idol and wins hearts all over Japan

Characters

 * Eriko Tamura
 * Voiced by Akiko Yajima
 * Songs by Eriko Tamura


 * Yuusuke Tamura
 * Voiced by Takaya Hashi
 * Eriko's father


 * Minako Tamura
 * Voiced by Kumiko Takizawa
 * Eriko's mother


 * Rei Asagiri
 * Voiced by Naoko Matsui
 * Songs by Maiko Hashimoto


 * Shogo Ohgi
 * Voiced by Yasunori Matsumoto
 * Songs by Masahiko Arimachi

Songs

 * Eriko Tamura
 * Locomotion Dream - ED2
 * Namida no Hanbun - OP
 * Sukiyo


 * Rei Asagiri
 * Ame no Highway
 * Gloria
 * My Song For You
 * Precious Days
 * Rolling Night - Duet Shogo & Rei
 * True Love
 * Unchained Heart ED1


 * Shogo Ohgi by Masahiko Arimachi
 * Rolling Night - Duet Shogo & Rei
 * Warrior
 * Midnigth City
 * Sayonara no Natsu