TV series
Deceiving Idol
2012, Japanese, on TV Tokyo.
The story revolves around the 38-year-old Shijimi Usa (Watanabe), who is a high school classical literature teacher. Her students are mean to her, but they do not realize that she has another identity. Outside of school, she lies about her age to be active as the super popular 17-year-old Idol Singer Mayu Watanabe, whom the students adore. The show aired on TV Tokyo on Fridays starting from January 13, 2012 to April 7, 2012 with 12 episodes.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 12
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Status
- Ended in 2012
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Latest episode
S1 E12: Episode 12
Aired 6 April 2012
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Mayu WatanabeUsa Shijimi · 12 ep
- Hitomi TakahashiNogi Tamako · 12 ep
- Tamae AndoUsa Asari · 12 ep
- Tadashi SakataOkawara Takuzo · 12 ep
- Keisuke KaminagaUtamaro · 12 ep
- Ryuya WakabaNashimoto Yuji · 12 ep
- Mika KomoriKomorin · 12 ep
- Misaki IwasaIwasarin · 12 ep
- Natsumi HirajimaNatsumin · 12 ep
- Kosuke EndoCast · 12 ep
- Ozuno NakamuraCast · 12 ep
Details
- First aired
- 13 January 2012
- Last aired
- 6 April 2012
- Network
- TV Tokyo
- Original title
- さばドル
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
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How many seasons of Deceiving Idol are there?
Deceiving Idol has 1 season and 12 episodes, about 30 minutes each.
Is Deceiving Idol finished?
Yes. Deceiving Idol ended in 2012, so you can watch the whole story.
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