Dear Girl: Stories

Hiroshi Kamiya and Daisuke Ono's Dear Girl: Stories (Japanese: 神谷浩史・小野大輔のDearGirl〜Stories〜, Hepburn: Kamiya Hiroshi, Ono Daisuke no Dear Girl: Stories, also known as Dear Girl: Stories) is a Japanese radio program hosted by voice actors Hiroshi Kamiya and Daisuke Ono. Dear Girl: Stories is broadcast via Nippon Cultural Broadcasting since 2007. The program later appeared on Radio Osaka and Chō! A&G+ beginning in 2008.

Hiroshi Kamiya and Daisuke Ono's Dear Girl: Stories
Logo (as of 2020)
神谷浩史・小野大輔のDearGirl〜Stories〜
(Kamiya Hiroshi, Ono Daisuke no Dear Girl: Stories)
Audio drama
Produced byHiroyuki Uchida
Written byMasaru Suwa
Studio
Station
Original runApril 7, 2007 (2007-04-07) – present
Episodes772
Manga
Dear Girl: Stories Hibiki
Written byMasaru Suwa
Illustrated bySaya Iwasaki
Published byASCII Media Works
ImprintSylph Comics
MagazineSylph
DemographicShōjo
Original runMarch 23, 2009 (2009-03-23) – February 22, 2012 (2012-02-22)
Volumes4
Manga
Dear Girl: Stories Hizuki
Written byMasaru Suwa
Illustrated byRen Hidoh
Published byASCII Media Works
ImprintSylph Comics
MagazineSylph
DemographicShōjo
Original runNovember 22, 2012 (2012-11-22) – October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22)
Volumes4

The popularity of Dear Girl: Stories has led to two manga adaptations, several audio drama CDs, a video game, and three films. In addition, for their 2014 film, Kamiya and Ono formed their own house band, Masochistic Ono Band, who later performed theme songs for the program.[1]

Discography

Kamiya and Ono released several music CDs throughout the run of Dear Girl: Stories, which were used as the opening and ending theme songs for Dear Girl: Stories.[2] A total of two studio albums, one extended play, and ten singles were produced.

Kamiya and Ono also sold several CDs exclusively at events. "Shiny × Shiny" was sold at Dear Girl: Stories Festival Carnival Matsuri, which took place on September 19, 2013.[3] "Ten-der Land" was sold at Dear Girl: Stories 10th Anniversary Expo 2016, which took place from June 25–26, 2016.[4] "Taisetsu no Kagi" was sold at DGS VS MOB Live Survive, which took place in April 2018.[5]

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
[6]
Stories 2011 12 —
Coin Toss Drive 2017
  • Released: March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15)
  • Label: Dwango User Entertainment
  • Formats: CD
 5 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Extended plays
List of extended plays, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
[7]
Dear Girl: Stories 2007
  • Released: December 19, 2007 (2007-12-19)
  • Label: BinaryMixx Records
  • Formats: CD
 110 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles
List of singles, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales
[2]		 Album
JPN
[2]
"My Dear Girl!" 2009 15 — Stories
"Ren'ai S-O-S!" (熱愛S・O・S!) 2010 15 —
"Dear Girl wa Nemuranai" (Dear Girlは眠らない) 13 —
"Smiley Time" 2011 12 — Coin Toss Drive
"Boku-tachi Dake no Monogatari" (僕達だけの物語) 2012 16 —
"Glow My Way" 2013 14 —
"Monster's Show"[8] 2015 7
  • JPN: 9,539
"On the Air"[9] 2017 — — Non-album single
"Speedillusion"[10] 2019 — — Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other songs
List of songs released independently at exclusive events
Title Year Album
"Shiny × Shiny" 2013 Coin Toss Drive
"Ten-der Land" 2016
"Taisetsu no Kagi" (タイセツの鍵) 2018 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Media

Manga

Two manga adaptations based on Dear Girl: Stories were serialized in the monthly magazine Sylph. The first adaptation was illustrated by Saya Iwasaki and titled Dear Girl: Stories Hibiki (Dear Girl〜Stories〜 響), which was serialized from March 23, 2009 to February 22, 2012.[11][12] The second adaptation was illustrated by Ren Hidoh and titled Dear Girl: Stories Hizuki (Dear Girl〜Stories〜 緋月), which ran from November 22, 2012 to October 22, 2014.[13] Both adaptations were released with 4 bound volumes each by ASCII Media Works under the Sylph Comics imprint.[14]

Dear Girl Stories: Hibiki
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 March 23, 2009 (2009-03-23)[14]978-4-04-867786-8
2 January 22, 2010 (2010-01-22)[15][16]978-4-04-868359-3
3 March 22, 2012 (2012-03-22)[17]978-4-04-886501-2
4 April 21, 2012 (2012-04-21)[18]978-4-04-886567-8

Dear Girl: Stories Hizuki
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 May 22, 2013 (2013-05-22)[19]978-4-04-891684-4
2 January 22, 2014 (2014-01-22)[20]978-4-04-866188-1
3 June 21, 2014 (2014-06-21)[21]978-4-04-866658-9
4 January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22)[22]978-4-04-869195-6

Drama CDs

Several audio dramas based on the manga adaptations were released onto CD. Dear Girl: Stories Hibiki released three CDs total: the first CD was released on December 24, 2008 and peaked at #62 on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart;[23] the second CD was released on October 22, 2010;[24] and the final CD was released on October 20, 2012.[25] Dear Girl: Stories Hizuki had one audio drama CD, which was released on April 10, 2014.[26]

In addition, several audio drama CDs were included as bonuses in several issues of Sylph, the magazine where both manga adaptations were serialized.[27][28]

Video game

During the serialization of Dear Girl: Stories Hibiki, a visual novel dating sim game titled Dear Girl: Stories Hibiki: Hibiki Tokkun Daisakusen! for the Nintendo DS was released on December 17, 2009 in premium and regular editions.[29] The game was published by ASCII Media Works and Saya Iwasaki, who illustrated the manga, provided the game's artwork.[30]

Films

Three film adaptations based on Dear Girl: Stories were produced, with Kamiya and Ono portraying fictional versions of themselves. The first film, titled Dear Girl: Stories The Movie, was released in 2010 in three theaters in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka but later screened in 26 theaters nationwide.[31]

The second film, titled Dear Girl: Stories The Movie 2: Ace of Asia, was released on February 15, 2014.[31] It was filmed in Hong Kong.[31][32] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 30, 2014.[33]

The third film, titled Dear Girl: Stories The Movie 3: The United Kingdom of Kochi, was screened in two parts. The first part, titled Roku-nin no Ryūme-hen (六人の龍馬編), was screened in November 2017. The second part, titled Ao no Keshō-hen (蒼の継承編), was screened in January 2018. Both parts were bundled in a blu-ray and DVD set that was released on December 6, 2018.[34]

Awards
YearAwardCategoryRecipientsResult
2015 AniRadi Award Best Male Radio Hiroshi Kamiya and Daisuke Ono Won[35]
Radio of the Year Won[35]

References
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  7. Peak chart positions on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart:
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