Oshi No Ko
Director(s)Hana Matsumoto, Ryusuke Imoto
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes40m
CastKaito Sakurai, Asuka Saito, Nagisa Saito
Oshi No Ko
Classified Date:
02/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
strong violence, bloody images, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
17/12/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
OSHI NO KO is a Japanese drama series; in this episode, an obsessive fan turns the twins' lives upside down.
violence
In a prolonged scene, a woman is stabbed in the stomach in her own home. References are made to a woman experiencing physically and emotionally abusive behaviours as a child.
injury detail
There is substantial bloody detail in the aftermath of violence.
theme
Two distraught young children distressingly see their mother stabbed and bleeding.
additional issues
There are moments of threat. References are made to suicide. A woman is said to have fallen pregnant and had children when she was a 'minor'. A reference is made to a child getting high on 'baking soda'. Language is very mild ('God', 'butt').
sexual harassment references, mild bad language, violence
Classified Date:
18/12/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
OSHI NO KO is a Japanese drama series; in this episode, Ruby pursues her dream of stardom.
violence
A teenager shoves another young man in a brief scene of mild threat.
language
The episode features mild bad language ('ass', 'piss') and very mild terms ('hell')
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are undetailed references to stalking.
additional issues
There are references to a woman's death, but no detail is given. A man briefly comments on party dwellers being too drunk.
suicide references
Classified Date:
15/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
OSHI NO KO is a Japanese drama series; in this episode, an incident on a reality show leads to hostility.
suicide and self-harm
A person contemplates taking their own life. However, there is an intervention by another character.
additional issues
Bullying, including cyber bullying, is challenged. A slap to the face results in a small cut. Mild bad language ('screw') is accompanied by milder terms ('God', 'jerk', 'hell', 'butt').
brief bloody images
Classified Date:
08/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
OSHI NO KO is a Japanese drama series; in this episode the girls decide on a group name and prepare for their official debut as pop idols.
injury detail
An anime character is briefly shown holding a bloodied sword.
additional issues
Mild sex references and use of mild bad language ('ass') also occur.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
21/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
OSHI NO KO is an anime series; in this episode, Aqua, Ruby, and Kana continue their efforts to succeed in the entertainment industry.
sex
There are kissing scenes and references to people being discovered in bed together and dating. Individuals are also referred to as 'horny'. In another scene, a man in underwear flexes his muscles and is called a pervert.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('hell').
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
OSHI NO KO is a Japanese drama series; in this episode, Aqua struggles to find emotion for a scene in Tokyo Blade.
injury detail
There is an upsetting flashback to a woman slumped on the floor, covered in blood after being stabbed.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Distressing moments occur when a man has a brief flashback to his childhood when he saw his mother die after being stabbed. References are made to child mental health struggles. Mild bad language ('shit') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'damn' and 'butt'. References are made to girls having crushes and people going on reality dating shows.
strong bloody images, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
OSHI NO KO is a Japanese drama series; in this episode, after Aqua's collapse, Akane deduces that Aqua and Ruby's real mother must be Ai.
injury detail
A flashback includes substantial bloody detail in the aftermath of violence.
theme
Distraught young children distressingly see their mother bleeding after being stabbed.
additional issues
There are verbal and visual references to people taking their own lives.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
OSHI NO KO is a Japanese fantasy drama series; in this episode, the shooting of a B-Komachi music video returns Aqua and Ruby to the place of their previous lives where they find clues to who was responsible for Ai’s death.
injury detail
A murdered woman’s bloodied face and clothing clothing feature in an upsetting scene as her traumatised young children discover her body. The skeletal corpse of a man, also a murder victim, is discovered years after his death.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include comments about sleeping around and womanising. There is a passing reference to a person’s suicide. Mild upsetting scenes are centred on bereavement and illness. There is very mild bad language (‘God’).
strong bloody images, sexual threat, suicide references
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
OSHI NO KO is a Japanese fantasy drama series; in this episode, with the group about to break into the big time, Kana becomes involved in a scandal and Ruby determines to track down the killer of Ai and Goro
sexual violence and sexual threat
An aspiring actress is lured to a film director’s office on a false pretext; the man suggests she stays the night and pushes her down onto a sofa, but the threat is brief and does not progress.
suicide and self-harm
There are undetailed references to people taking their own lives, or attempting to do so.
injury detail
A murdered woman’s bloodied face and clothing feature in upsetting flashback scenes as her traumatised young children discover her body.
additional issues
Moderate bad language (‘bitch’, ‘slut’) is accompanied by milder terms such as ‘ass’, ‘screw’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’ and ‘God’. Moderate upsetting scenes are centred on bereavement connected to murders.
Classified date17/12/2024
LanguageJapanese
violence
In a prolonged scene, a woman is stabbed in the stomach in her own home. References are made to a woman experiencing physically and emotionally abusive behaviours as a child.
injury detail
There is substantial bloody detail in the aftermath of violence.
theme
Two distraught young children distressingly see their mother stabbed and bleeding.
additional issues
There are moments of threat. References are made to suicide. A woman is said to have fallen pregnant and had children when she was a 'minor'. A reference is made to a child getting high on 'baking soda'. Language is very mild ('God', 'butt').
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
21/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are kissing scenes and references to people being discovered in bed together and dating. Individuals are also referred to as 'horny'. In another scene, a man in underwear flexes his muscles and is called a pervert.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('hell').
strong bloody images, sexual threat, suicide references
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
An aspiring actress is lured to a film director’s office on a false pretext; the man suggests she stays the night and pushes her down onto a sofa, but the threat is brief and does not progress.
suicide and self-harm
There are undetailed references to people taking their own lives, or attempting to do so.
injury detail
A murdered woman’s bloodied face and clothing feature in upsetting flashback scenes as her traumatised young children discover her body.
additional issues
Moderate bad language (‘bitch’, ‘slut’) is accompanied by milder terms such as ‘ass’, ‘screw’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’ and ‘God’. Moderate upsetting scenes are centred on bereavement connected to murders.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A murdered woman’s bloodied face and clothing clothing feature in an upsetting scene as her traumatised young children discover her body. The skeletal corpse of a man, also a murder victim, is discovered years after his death.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include comments about sleeping around and womanising. There is a passing reference to a person’s suicide. Mild upsetting scenes are centred on bereavement and illness. There is very mild bad language (‘God’).
strong bloody images, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A flashback includes substantial bloody detail in the aftermath of violence.
theme
Distraught young children distressingly see their mother bleeding after being stabbed.
additional issues
There are verbal and visual references to people taking their own lives.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There is an upsetting flashback to a woman slumped on the floor, covered in blood after being stabbed.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Distressing moments occur when a man has a brief flashback to his childhood when he saw his mother die after being stabbed. References are made to child mental health struggles. Mild bad language ('shit') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'damn' and 'butt'. References are made to girls having crushes and people going on reality dating shows.
suicide references
Classified Date:
15/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
A person contemplates taking their own life. However, there is an intervention by another character.
additional issues
Bullying, including cyber bullying, is challenged. A slap to the face results in a small cut. Mild bad language ('screw') is accompanied by milder terms ('God', 'jerk', 'hell', 'butt').
brief bloody images
Classified Date:
08/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail
An anime character is briefly shown holding a bloodied sword.
additional issues
Mild sex references and use of mild bad language ('ass') also occur.
sexual harassment references, mild bad language, violence
Classified Date:
18/12/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A teenager shoves another young man in a brief scene of mild threat.
language
The episode features mild bad language ('ass', 'piss') and very mild terms ('hell')
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are undetailed references to stalking.
additional issues
There are references to a woman's death, but no detail is given. A man briefly comments on party dwellers being too drunk.
strong violence, bloody images, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
17/12/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
In a prolonged scene, a woman is stabbed in the stomach in her own home. References are made to a woman experiencing physically and emotionally abusive behaviours as a child.
injury detail
There is substantial bloody detail in the aftermath of violence.
theme
Two distraught young children distressingly see their mother stabbed and bleeding.
additional issues
There are moments of threat. References are made to suicide. A woman is said to have fallen pregnant and had children when she was a 'minor'. A reference is made to a child getting high on 'baking soda'. Language is very mild ('God', 'butt').
Director(s)Hana Matsumoto, Ryusuke Imoto
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes40m
CastKaito Sakurai, Asuka Saito, Nagisa Saito
Classified Date:
02/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date17/12/2024
LanguageJapanese
