The Idolmaster
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50 free The Idolmaster trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Idolmaster has been asking players to guide young singers to stardom since 2005. What began as a single title has grown into one of Japan's biggest idol franchises, with console sequels, mobile spin-offs, several anime series and a feature film. These questions cover the whole family: the original thirteen idols of 765 Production and their quirks, the Cinderella Girls cast (with a run of questions on Anzu Futaba), the anime adaptations and their staff, and spin-offs from Million Live! and SideM to Shiny Colors and Gakuen Idolmaster. The set is pitched at fans of the games and the anime alike. Most questions can be reasoned out by anyone who has watched a series or produced an idol or two, and a handful of deep cuts are there for long-time producers.
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Q 01The 2007 anime Idolmaster: Xenoglossia reimagines the franchise's pop idols as girls who control what?
Giant robots
Giant robots called IDOLs are what the girls control, destroying debris that threatens Earth. The series shares little with the games beyond its characters.
Q 02The Idolmaster SideM, a spin-off launched in 2014, broke with series tradition by focusing on what?
Male idols
Male idols are the stars of SideM, in contrast to the franchise's usual female casts. Its launch drew so many players that the service closed after a day and reopened five months later.
Q 03Before reaching home consoles and phones, The Idolmaster franchise debuted in Japan in 2005 as what?
An arcade game
An arcade game was the first release, with touchscreen cabinets that saved each player's progress on rewritable cards. Long queues formed when it was first tested in public.
Q 04Which ribbon-wearing 765 Production singer is considered the face of The Idolmaster franchise?
Haruka Amami
Haruka Amami is the all-round ordinary girl at the centre of the series, known for baking sweets and for tripping at least once a day.
Q 05Which trait defines Cinderella Project member Anzu Futaba in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls anime?
Extreme laziness
Extreme laziness is her signature: she detests the very idea of work and naps whenever she can. She even joins a strike to demand more days off than a week contains.
Q 06A Sega rhythm-game crossover with The Idolmaster SP dressed which virtual singer as a 765 idol?
Hatsune Miku
Hatsune Miku received a costume based on the franchise's lead idol in the add-on pack. The pack also had her cover the series song Go My Way!!
Q 07Which Japanese game company, also behind the Tales role-playing series, created The Idolmaster franchise?
Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco, then simply Namco, launched the series in 2005. Its idols have since made cameos in the company's Tales games and in Beautiful Katamari.
Q 08Identical twins Ami and Mami Futami of The Idolmaster can only be told apart by which feature?
Their hairstyles
Their hairstyles are the only giveaway: Ami ties her side ponytail to the left and Mami to the right. Early on they even swap styles to perform as a single idol under Ami's name.
Q 09Elegant, mysterious Takane Shijō of The Idolmaster secretly loves which everyday commoner's dish?
Ramen
Ramen is her weakness: despite a wealthy upbringing, she takes a quiet interest in ordinary life. Her tiny Puchimas! counterpart, Takanya, shares the craving.
Q 10Which console got the first home version of The Idolmaster in 2007, earning a Japan Game Awards special prize?
Xbox 360
Xbox 360 owners got the port in January 2007, and the game is credited with giving Japan the world's highest ratio of Xbox Live sign-ups to consoles sold.
Q 11Which gifted but sleepy 765 Production idol in The Idolmaster adores onigiri and yawns her catchphrase?
Miki Hoshii
Miki Hoshii joined the cast with the first home version of the game. In 2011 Tower Records named her store manager of its Japanese branches.
Q 12Minami Nitta's duo partner in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls often slips into which language by accident?
Russian
Russian slips out because Anastasia, nicknamed Anya, is half-Russian and less fluent in Japanese, so she often asks Minami whether she has said something correctly.
Q 13Which wealthy, sharp-tongued 765 Production idol in The Idolmaster carries a stuffed rabbit around?
Iori Minase
Q 21Which serious 765 Production idol in The Idolmaster dislikes the word idol and calls herself a vocalist?
Chihaya Kisaragi
Chihaya Kisaragi has the group's greatest natural talent and sings in memory of a younger brother killed in a car accident, a past that a rival agency boss leaks to the press in the anime.
Q 22Which timid 765 Production idol in The Idolmaster fears dogs and vows to dig a hole when embarrassed?
Yukiho Hagiwara
Yukiho Hagiwara became an idol to overcome her cowardice. Raised in a strict, traditional household, she loves green tea and writes haiku she is too shy to share.
Q 23Which cheerful 765 Production idol in The Idolmaster does odd jobs to help her poor family of six siblings?
Yayoi Takatsuki
Iori Minase calls the rabbit Usa-chan, and her mix of barbed insults and hidden warmth makes her a textbook tsundere.
Q 14Uzuki Shimamura, Rin Shibuya and Mio Honda form which trio in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls anime?
New Generations
New Generations came together after the three danced as backup for an established idol. Their debut mini-concert nearly makes Mio quit over the small crowd.
Q 15Which studio animated both the 2011 anime The Idolmaster and the 2015 series The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls?
A-1 Pictures
A-1 Pictures made both series and the 2014 film in between, with Atsushi Nishigori directing the original run and designing its characters.
Q 16In Idolmaster: Xenoglossia, a disaster over a century before the story begins destroyed which celestial body?
The Moon
The Moon shattered 107 years before the story in a disaster called Lost Artemis, and its falling fragments killed about a quarter of humanity. The pieces still in orbit are called Kompeito.
Q 17Lessons in The Idolmaster games raise an idol's three core stats: Vocal, Dance and which other?
Visual
Visual completes the trio, and auditions score an idol's appeal in the same three categories. Costumes and accessories also shift the numbers.
Q 18Hibiki Ganaha's many pets in The Idolmaster include a hamster, a pig and which surprising reptile?
A crocodile
A crocodile shares her home with a parrot, a flying squirrel and a St. Bernard, among others, and she is forever losing track of them.
Q 19The family of cool-headed Rin Shibuya in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls runs what kind of business?
A flower shop
A flower shop is the family trade, and Rin had no interest in becoming an idol until the Producer talked her round over several meetings.
Q 20The Idolmaster KR, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2017, retold the franchise in which format?
A live-action drama
A live-action drama made in South Korea, it ran for 24 episodes, and its cast of aspiring idols performed as the girl group Real Girls Project.
Yayoi Takatsuki keeps cleaning the agency office for extra cash even after her debut. She also cameos in the role-playing game Tales of Hearts with a move called High Touch.
Q 24Which idol in The Idolmaster, the oldest of the original 765 Production cast, constantly gets lost on her own?
Azusa Miura
Azusa Miura wanders into strange, distant places whenever she walks alone, a running gag. She became an idol partly in the hope of meeting her destined true love.
Q 25Which tomboyish 765 Production idol in The Idolmaster was raised like a son by her race-car driver father?
Makoto Kikuchi
Makoto Kikuchi is adored mostly by girls and secretly became an idol to bring out a more feminine side. She is also a skilled mixed martial artist.
Q 26Anzu Futaba performs with Chieri Ogata and Kanako Mimura in which unit in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls?
Candy Island
Candy Island teams her with the shy, clover-carrying Chieri and with Kanako, whose hobby is making sweets.
Q 27Which towering idol in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls keeps Anzu Futaba in check like an older sister?
Kirari Moroboshi
Kirari Moroboshi was the tallest female idol in the franchise when she was introduced. Despite their bond the pair land in different units, and she leads Dekoration.
Q 28Anzu Futaba of The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls reveals a surprising genius streak during which TV appearance?
A quiz show
A quiz show against a rival idol group brings it out: she rattles off obscure answers and solves a complicated maths problem in her head almost instantly.
Q 29The Cinderella Project in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls belongs to which large talent agency?
346 Pro
346 Pro has many talent divisions and a very large headquarters, a far cry from the small office where the original idols started.
Q 30Every idol in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls is sorted into one of three types: Cute, Cool and which other?
Passion
Passion is the third type, and a new player picks one of the three to receive a first idol of that kind.