Tokyo's Bubble Era: Starting as a Rookie Idol

In 1980, the fifty-fifth year of the Showa era, the golden age of idols begins. Momoe Yamaguchi will retire at the end of the year. Seiko Matsuda and Toshihiko Tahara have already made their debuts, while Akina Nakamori and Kyoko Koizumi are soon to follow. The Warring States era of idols is officially underway. After unlocking the secrets of his past life, eighteen-year-old Tetsuya Watanabe awakens one morning with fragments of melodies from the future in his mind: familiar yet incomplete, dazzling yet not quite songs. He must use his musical knowledge to fill them in, refine them, and rewrite them into works that can truly be heard in this era. That year, Johnny’s idols begin taking over the screens, and the first hints emerge of the pretty-boy wave that will one day define an era’s aesthetic. Starting out as a newcomer at a small talent agency, he writes songs, produces, performs, and competes on the charts, becoming an artist the Japanese entertainment industry can’t ignore. The goddesses of the old era turn and depart, while the idols of the new era arrive to the beat of music. At the heart of the rising tide, Tetsuya Watanabe sets out to write his own golden age.