Ami Maeshima Joins Rich Girl Caretaker Cast, Performs Ending Theme
Maeshima's dual role as cast member and theme song performer ties the show's musical identity directly to its voice cast, a move that can strengthen audience attachment to a new character before the series airs.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The official website for the Rich Girl Caretaker anime announced on Friday that singer Ami Maeshima will voice the character Karen Asahi and perform the ending theme song "Kanpeki Janai Watashi" (Imperfect Me). The anime is set to premiere on July 4, airing late night on TV Tokyo and BS Asahi. Crunchyroll will stream the series in multiple regions including North America, Europe, and Oceania. The opening theme is performed by angela with the song "Sai Sai Saikōkyū no Osewa Shite." Shūsei Morishita directs the series at Brains Base, with Aya Yoshinaga handling series composition and Nao Kawashima designing the characters. The cast includes Yūto Uemura as Itsuki Tomonari, Konomi Kohara as Hinako Konohana, Saori Ōnishi as Mirei Tennōji, Rio Tsuchiya as Narika Miyakojima, Ami Koshimizu as Shizune Tsurumi, and Takehito Koyasu as Kagen Konohana. The light novel series by Yusaku Sakaishi and Sakura Miwabe began publication under Hobby Japan's HJ Bunko label in May 2021 and has an ongoing manga adaptation.
Maeshima is a singer-songwriter who has previously performed theme songs for series including Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible and The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses. The ending theme "Kanpeki Janai Watashi" is described as a song about accepting imperfection.
Takeshi Takadera, whose sound direction credits include Laid-Back Camp, Oshi no Ko, and To Your Eternity, is the sound director for the series. The music composers are Natsumi Tabuchi (Aggretsuko, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!), Hanae Nakamura (The Quintessential Quintuplets), and Mayo Kurihara (Hell Mode).
The light novel series by Yusaku Sakaishi and Sakura Miwabe originally launched as a web novel on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website in April 2020 before Hobby Japan began publishing it in print under their HJ Bunko imprint in May 2021. The 11th novel volume was published on October 31. The manga adaptation by Sorahiko Mizushima began serialization on Hobby Japan's Comic Fire website in July 2021, and the sixth compiled volume was released on Monday.
The English release of the light novel by Monogatari Novels has faced delays. A May 2025 post on the company's X/Twitter account stated, "Due to some issues with customs as a result of the new tariffs the current release dates for our titles are undertermined." The company's website is not currently accessible. Amazon lists the first English volume as shipped on March 3, 2026, but marks it as out of print.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Ami Maeshima Joins Cast, Performs Ending Theme for Rich Girl Caretaker Anime
- Anime Corner Rich Girl Caretaker Reveals Ending Theme Song