8.7/107 votes#1 - The Beginning of a Dream
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2016
Yume Nijino and her friend Koharu Nanakura, who want to join the top idol group S4, enroll at the idol school Yotsuboshi Academy, where the four members of S4; Hime Shiratori, Yozora Kasumi, Yuzu Nikaidou, and Tsubasa Kisaragi, study.
Director: Teruo Satou, Lim Ka-hee
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#2 - The Two of Us are Rivals!
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2016
As word spreads about Yume's performance, despite Yume herself being unable to remember what happened or repeat any of the prowess she showed in class, she and Koharu check out the various classes they can audition for.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#3 - The Sky of My Color
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2016
With the class sorting auditions approaching, Yume worries that she isn't good enough to join the Song Class.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#4 - Always 100%!
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/2016
The first year students in the Song Class are tasked with working backstage at Aikatsu TV, setting up a stage for a fashion show that Hime and Yozora are appearing in.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#5 - My Dress Make!
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2016
The students are tasked with using the Dress Make system to design their own dresses.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#6 - ROCK! Rock Girls!
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2016
Yume, Koharu, and Rola decide to enter an audition for a drama starring S4, despite none of them having acted before.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Simple is The Best!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/19/2016
Rola enters an audition searching for individualistic idols to be the mascot of an ice-cream company.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#8 - A Small Radiance
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/2016
As a fashion model contest is held for the Beauty Class first-years, Koharu befriends her classmate, Mahiru Kasumi. Koharu becomes hesitant to enter the audition, feeling she is lacking compared to everyone else, but Yume and Rola encourage her to have more confidence in herself.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#9 - Miracle Girls
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/2016
Yume and Rola are selected to represent Yotsuboshi Academy in an open audition for a confectionary campaign girl, competing against idols from other schools.
Director: Teruo Satou, Yusuke Onoda
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#10 - A Dream's Start Line!
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/2016
Yume is requested by the school's headmaster, Hikaru Moroboshi, to hold her first solo concert after Hime's concert gets cancelled.
Director: Teruo Satou, Mitsuhiro Yoneda
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#11 - Stuck To! A Day with Hime Shiratori
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2016
As an apology for the trouble caused by her concert's cancellation, Hime offers Yume the chance to be her manager for the day, as a television crew documents her schedule.
Director: Teruo Satou, Naoki Murata
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#12 - The Fluttering Girlfriend
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/2016
Following a performance together, Yume and Rola encounter a scary creature on their way back to their dorms, where they face a punishment from Tsubasa for being late.
Director: Teruo Satou, Yasuaki Fujii
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#13 - Story of the Little Fairy
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/2016
Yotsuboshi Academy puts on an original movie in which Yume stars as a small fairy. Learning that her sister, played by Hime, has been kidnapped by a demon lord, Yume goes off towards his castle, coming across various allies along the way including M4's Nozomu.
Director: Teruo Satou, Harume Kosaka
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#14 - Mahiru's Battle!
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/7/2016
Yozora announces a contest for students to design their own dress for Romance Kiss and wear it in a special performance. While exploring town for ideas, Yume, Rola, and Koharu come across both Yozora and M4's Asahi, who are both revealed to be Mahiru's siblings.
Director: Teruo Satou, Naoya Ando
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#15 - The Moon and The Sun
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/21/2016
As the top scorers of their respective classes, Rola, Ako, and Mahiru, along with the Dance Class' Luka Haruka, are chosen to pair up with the S4 members and compete in a Summer Fest tournament with lunch coupons up for grabs.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#16 - Miracle Baton Touch
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/28/2016
While out doing a commercial shoot on the morning of the second day of Summer Fest, a camera malfunction puts Rola at risk of not making it back in time for her performance with Hime.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#17 - Serious Switch!
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/4/2016
Yume, Koharu, Rola, and Ako appear on M4's variety show. As Ako remains intent on getting Subaru's attention, she is warned by Kanata Hira to keep things under control and treat her fellow idols as equals whilst on air.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#18 - Together with Yuri-chan
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/11/2016
The girls hear about the Fresh Idol Election, in which the first-year idols will be ranked by fan votes, with the top four idols appearing in the upcoming Aikatsu Island event.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#19 - Midsummer's Top Dancer
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/18/2016
Hoping to help Koharu with her heat exhaustion, Yuzu invites the girls to a Dance Battle tournament that she is participating in.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#20 - Passion and Pride!
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/25/2016
Yume and the others sneak onto the set of a movie that Tsubasa is starring in alongside the rest of S4. During the shoot, Tsubasa gets a lot of slack from the lead actor, Taiyou, who seems to have lost his passion for acting.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Feeling of the Desire to Win
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/1/2016
As the Song Class are faced with an audition to make their CD debut, putting Yume and Rola is direct competition with each other, they are required to wear weighted clothing during their training.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#22 - Longing for the Road of Continuation
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/8/2016
Due to Moroboshi's meddling, Yume is given only a short amount of time to record a mini-album for her debut CD, with Hime's new album planned for release on the same day.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#23 - Descent of the Tundra Songstress!
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/15/2016
Wanting to find her own individuality, Yume and the others go searching for seven "luckies" around the school said to grant wishes.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#24 - Smiles are Rainbow-Colored
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/22/2016
After giving a group performance, Yume, Rola, Mahiru, and Ako are given a three day break from their activities. Learning that Yume's family runs a well known bakery, the girls all go to Yume's house to try their pastries.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
NaN/100 votes#25 - Broadway☆Dream
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/29/2016
As students are given roles in a Broadway Dream production for the upcoming school festival, Koharu is selected as a show dancer for one of the musical numbers.
Director: Teruo Satou
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
The Best Episodes of Aikatsu Stars! Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Beginning of a Dream" is the best rated episode of "Aikatsu Stars!" season 1. It scored 8.7/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Teruo Satou, Lim Ka-hee and written by Yuko Kakihara, it aired on 4/7/2016. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Two of Us are Rivals!".