Kilari Tsukishima e o elevă în vârstă de 14 ani care are o pasiune pentru mâncare. Când a salvat o broască țestoasă blocată într-un copac, stăpânul acesteia, Seiji Hiwatari, i-a dat lui Kirari un bilet la un concert al fornației SHIPS.

Kilari încearcă să găsească modalități de a deveni o vedetă. Pentru că ideile ei sunt ridicole, prietenele ei Miyu și Sayaka îi arată un articol în care se spune că SHIPS organizează o audiție pentru a găsi următorul membru.

Kirari trebuie să concureze cu Ogura Erina într-o reclamă la prăjituri. Fata a cărei reclamă va atrage cel mai mult atenția personalului, va putea debuta. Bineînțeles, Erina încearcă în secret să o facă pe Kirari să piardă.

Tatăl lui Kilari nu e de acord ca aceasta să intre în lumea divertismentului, iar aceasta încearcă să găsească mai multe modalități de a-și convinge tatăl să urmeze o carieră în lumea divertismentului.

Directorul Nezumi alege prima slujbă pentru Kirari ca vedetă. În secret, Erina schimbă slujba cu o sarcină mai ridicolă și mai dificilă pentru ea.

Muranishi o vede pe Kirari ca pe un model de marketing pentru o companie numită Rainbow Cosmetics. Cu toate acestea, gândirea ciudată a lui Kirari de a fi o vedetă duce la respingerea ei ca model pentru Rainbow Cosmetics.

Un influent producător de CD-uri a pus ochii pe Kilari și chiar decide să îi lanseze un CD, dar Kilari nu știe să cânte.

Kirari performs live on TV with SHIPS for the first time! Erina, trying to take place of Kirari, kidnaps Na-san with taiyaki and ships Na-san into a zoo far away. With the live show about to begin, Kirari desperately searches for Na-san. As the show runs late, Erina convinces the producers to let her perform. Instead, SHIPS will take place until Kirari arrives. Na-san finds his/her route back and reunites with Kirari just in time for the live show.

During Kirari's latest shooting, a mysterious magician attacks Kirari and SHIPS with a variety of magic tricks and sea creatures. The magician reveals himself as Arashi. He convinces Kirari to quit her idol work and fulfill the promise they made when they were in their childhood. Surprisingly, Kirari has no memory of such events.

As Kirari becomes more recognized by people in the entertainment world, going to school becomes more challenging as the media and her fans would crowd around her. Muranishi assigns Kirari a new school for idols that SHIPS attends. Erina, also in her new class, tries to make Kirari's first day a nightmare. Erina, however, only makes her recognition more positive.

Kirari will be the leading role of a new drama, "The Sonata of Love and Youth". However, since there will be a kiss, the director has to choose between Seiji, Hiroto, or Arashi. But, Arashi plans to take Kirari's first kiss and to change the drama. I wonder what's next...

Since Kirari never had a boyfriend before, she cannot interpret her role properly in the pure love drama. What's this? Seiji asks her to a date?

Kirari's insecurity about the kiss in the drama interferes with her other idol activities, but with Seiji's help, she finally gains determination to go through with the climatic scene. When the day really comes, however, will she truly really give up her first kiss to Hiroto?

In order to promote "The Sonata of Love and Youth", there will be a competition between Kirari and SHIPS to determine who can sell the most CDs. Over time, everyone starts to take sides over who will win, and Kirari, overwhelmed by the pressure, loses her will to fight against her friends.

Kirari's lack of resolve to fight against SHIPS causes her to quit being an idol! After the premiere of the drama starring her, will she have second thoughts? Who will win this confrontation?

There's news that auditions for a Morning Musume member are coming up! Kirari is inspired by the group that she ends up joining the audition. Even though she always passes the rounds, Hiroto and Seiji soon intervene, saying that this MoMusu audition is a fake. Surprisingly, Morning Musume's leader, Hitomi Yoshizawa, had come in disguise and forces the "judges" to admit defeat.

Kirari attends the idol swimming competition with Erina, SHIPS, Arashi, etc. Kirari is not very competitive at these sporting events, making winning a very challenging task for her team. Erina, who fares worse, refuses to go into the water as water will only destroy her appearance. As the competition goes on, Erina's shortcut to protect herself from contact with water only makes their team lose more.

Two weeks of film shooting had suddenly been canceled, meaning that Kirari can go spend time with her friends Sayaka and Miku. However everywhere they go, fans will appear and chase the girls around. Sayaka and Miku start to think that Kirari cares for the fans more instead of her friends.

Kirari and Erina have to do a joint segment where they will solve a mystery in a deserted hotel. Of course Erina wants to get all the credit and tries to trick Kirari again.

Kirari's older brother, Subaru, has come from America. Envious of Kirari's idol status, Subaru secretly disguises himself as Kirari to take over one of her jobs.

When Kirari will be part of Nojo's Top Idol competition, she meets Todou Fubuki of rivaling Higashiyama Co. Fubuki claims that Kirari does not have the potential of being a perfect idol.

The first challenge of the tiebreaker will be to create a wedding scenario with SHIPS. Kirari naturally chooses Seiji, but she doesn't know why her heart pounds for Hiroto.

The second challenge is to create a dress to show to the fans. Fubuki is naturally an expert, while Kirari is hopeless. Hiroto helps Kirarin and she soon finds the perfect things needed for her dress.

The final challenge is to write lyrics for a song. After having gone out with Hiroto to the beach, Kirari seems to have found inspiration, feelings of love. And around now would be the perfect time for Kirari to confess her feelings to Seiji. But why is Kirari not able to do it?

Fubuki has already finished her lyrics while Kirari is running out of time! Hiroto tells Kirari that she express her feelings for Seiji. However, Kirari finds herself in a predicament, she loves Seiji, but she always gets nervous around Hiroto. Finally, Kirari's lyrics become her feelings for Hiroto.

Kirari is the winner of the tiebreaker, with Fubuki questioning why she had lost. At the celebration, Fubuki soon recalls how Kirari had technically given her Mya-san. Having admitted loss, Fubuki remains on good terms with Kirari...for now.

Kirari will star on a talk show, but Higashiyama Co. dispatches a non-stop talking girl to ruin Kirari's image.

Seeing Mya-san and ToriToshi in the newspaper, Na-san decides to try to become an idol, following steps that Kirari did to become an idol. As a cat, Na-san was rejected instantly during an idol audition. Kirari decides to give Na-san a chance.

Kirari was so busy with work that she goes in a panic when exams are coming up! After overhearing that Kirari will have to study every chance she gets, Erina secretly tries to get Kirari to fail the exams.

Kirari will be part of a school festival, which means LOTS OF FOOD!! Wrong! Because no one has ever seen Kirari's food obsession, she is forbidden to eat lots of food for it can ruin her image. And just when Higashiyama Co. sends their paparazzi team to find Kirari...

Kirari and Co. head to New York! However, a sleepy Kirari accidentally gets lost in the city, and without her knowledge of English, how will she find her way back?

Continuing from the previous episode, Kirari and Seiji were found out by American-Japanese idol Tina Garland. Kirari also spreads her popularity to New York.

When Kirari is casted as the main role in a drama, the other leading actress tests Kirari's confidence with lines not in the script. (She is from Higashiyama Co., meaning she is rivaling Kirari.)

Hiroto is out in the streets of Kirari's hometown! That's the perfect chance for Kirari's grandmother to see him, and things get worse when Grandmother drags Hiroto everywhere with her...

Doing another publicity stunt, Kirari becomes policewoman for a day and helps a detective track down mysterious criminal Phantom X.

There's a pet competition, and some of the contestants include Naa-san, Kame-san, Nayan, Tantan, Mya-san, Toridoshi, and Catherine. However, Higashiyama's director plans to make her Catherine the winner...

Not only is it the 3rd anniversary of SHIPS' debut, but it's also Seiji's birthday! Hiroto sees this as the perfect time for Kirari to confess to him!

The Super Idol Festival is here, with Kirari, SHIPS, and Erina from Muranishi Co, and Fubuki and Akane from Higashiyama Co. With Higashiyama wanting to win, Akane is given the exact same dress design as Kirari's!

Naa-san is a big help these days. When SHIPS is about to leave for Hawaii, Hiroto's brother Kouta wants Naa-san to be with him. Kirari agrees to let Naa-san stay for three days. But Kouta really sees Naa-san as a best friend...

Aoi and kirari perform on stage together to promote a new rainbow cosmetic but higarasyima tries to mess it up.

Kirari accidentally injures a performer playing "Pink" in EatRanger. To help out in EatRanger shows for little kids, Kirari takes her spot and dresses up as Pink. With such little experience, she accidentally ruins the show.

Cappucino, a famous water illusionist from Las Vegas impresses Kirari will all his visual tricks. He claims to hold the #1 title for best magicians. Arashi tries to challenge him with his fairytale (Cappucino claims him in 3rd place.).

Kirari and Erina enter a quiz show. This quiz show tests people's critical thinking and IQ. Being confident that they will win the grand prize, a 7-year-old genius, Rizuko-chan, continuously answers all of the questions correctly, beating out other competitors.

Na-san was invited as a guest for a miracle circus. The ringmaster was proud to meet Na-san, but becomes depressed when his animals do not show interest in Na-san. After seeing Na-san's acts, the animals leave the circus. Kirari and Na-san convince the animals to return to the circus.

Seiji accidentally pulls down Hiroto's shorts and Hiroto accidentally spills soda over Seiji's pet Kame-san. These two induce an argument, forcing them to split apart. Kirari has to do something to bring them back together.

Erina finds methods to impress everyone over Kirari. The media concur Kirari being one of the most popular idols. Challanging Kirari to difficult events such diving off a high location, Erina hopes Kirari will lose in favor of her.

Kirari, Akane, and Aoi were chosen as candidates for the idol queen.

Akane framed Kirari and the news about it spread quickly.

With Akane withdrawing from the idol queen, Aoi and Kirari are working to win that title through concerts. Higashiyama, angry at Akane's withdrawal, decides to take revenge on Kirari by cancelling one of her concerts.

Kirari's rankings are still far behind from Aoi, her idol queen opponent. She tries to promote her image to everyone all around the country through interviews, concerts, and Live TV. Kirari and Aoi then compete one-on-one at the final idol queen competition.