| Creator: | TOMY OLM |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Num Episodes: | 64 |
| Network: | TV Tokyo |
| Genre: | Tokusatsu, magical girl, children |
| Native Name: | ひみつ×戦士 ファントミラージュ! |
| Producer: | Misako Saka |
| Theme Music Composer: | Takashi Tadokoro |
| Composer: | Koji Endo |
is a Japanese television drama series that aired from April 7, 2019, to June 28, 2020. It is the third installment of the Girls × Heroine Series produced by Takara Tomy and OLM, Inc. with the assistance of Shogakukan and EXPG Studio. The series stars Minami Hishida, Kira Yamaguchi, Toa Harada, and Ran Ishii. Additional cast members include Mandy Sekiguchi, Tsubasa Honda, and Takumi Saitoh, with narration provided by Toshiyuki Toyonaga. The plot is centered on Phantomirage, a group of middle school gentleman thieves who fight the Gyakugyaku Police, and steal the treasures in people's hearts. This was the last installment of the Girls × Heroine series to be produced in the Heisei period, and the first to be produced in the Reiwa period.[1]
The show launched a brief idol career for the main cast, who hold music activities as the Japanese idol girl group Mirage, and Girls to promote the show. Following the show's end in 2020, it was succeeded by Police × Heroine Lovepatrina!
Kokomi Sakurai is a cherry tomato-loving first-year middle schooler. One day, she encounters Kumachi, a bear-like fairy chased by the Reverse Police, a group of bad cops who use the Reverse Jewels to turn "cool people" into "Ikenaiers", evil versions of themselves, to search for comrades of justice. Kokomi's father is turned into an Ikenaier by the Reverse Police. Kokomi is chosen by the Phantomi Wristy to transform into Phantomirage, and they become mass media sensations. They are warned to conceal their identities from the public.
Phantomirage is a group of phantom thieves recruited by Phandy to recover the Secret Keys. In order to do so, they steal Reverse Jewels from people's hearts to purify them into Secret Keys. Each girl owns Secret Keys and the Phantomi Ring, which they can use to transform using a brace-like .[2] Each girl uses a, the key-like baton that extracts and purifies Reverse Jewels into a Secret Keys.[2] The Secret Keys allow them to use different spy and stealth capabilities with their Phantomi Wristy. After meeting Phangry, they are given the pocket watch/compass-shaped Phantomi Time and the Kizuna Key, that will allow the girls to power up into a mode called "Kizuna Style" and use the gun-like weapon Phantomi Final.[3] They are given another item by Phandy called the Phantomi Coffret, where they have to collect the fragrance-like artifacts Phantomi Perfumes.
are an illegal police group from the Reverse World who "Reverse Arrest" a nice and cool person, using the Reverse Jewels to polarize their hearts and turn them into an evil, uncool .
In 2018, LDH held a casting call for child talents through an audition titled LDH Presents The Girls Audition, with results later broadcast on an episode of TBS's Gekidan Exile, which aired on November 6, 2018.[6] Minami Hishida, Kira Yamaguchi, and Toa Harada were announced as winners in the actress category.[6] Phantomirage was trademarked in December 2018.[7]
The full cast and details about the show were unveiled during its first press conference on February 26, 2019, where Hishida, Yamaguchi, and Harada were announced as the main cast.[8] Prior to debuting as an actress, Yamaguchi had been part of EXPG Studio's female U-14 trainee group, Kizzy.[9] The supporting cast consisted of Mandy Sekiguchi, Takumi Saitoh, Nicole Ishida, Kodai Kuroishi, and Pee, in addition to Tsubasa Honda providing the voice to Kumachi and Toshiyuki Toyonaga providing the narration.[8] Ran Ishii was announced as a new cast member on June 13, 2019.
Kodai Asaka, Keiko Inoue from the comedy duo Nitche, Takeshi Nadagi, Masumi Yagi from the comedy duo Savanna, Koyuki Takahashi from the comedy duo Nihon Electric Rengo, Yui-P, and Ryo Kato were announced as upcoming guest characters.[10] Yuki Miyoshi, Momoka Sumitani, Misaki Tsuruya, Youka Ogawa, and Kurea Masuda reprised their roles from Magical × Heroine Magimajo Pures! in episode 7, while Yuzuha Oda reprised her role from Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes! in episode 11.[10] Shun Oguri guest-starred as Phandy's older brother, Phangry, in episodes 25 to 27.[3]
Episode 17, which aired on July 28, 2019, was a crossover episode arc with episode 68 of Kiratto Pri Chan.[11] [12] [13] Phantomirage features the Miracle Kirats and Anju wearing their outfits, while Kiratto Pri Chan features a crossover episode with the Phantomirage members appearing in animated format.[11] [12]
During the show's run, Hishida, Yamaguchi, and Harada performed as their characters at events and released music under the name Mirage2 (stylized as mirage2 and pronounced "mirage mirage"). Their first single, "Jan Ken Pon", served as the show's first ending theme song and was first performed at a baton touch event with Magical × Heroine Magimajo Pures!.[14] Ran Ishii later joined the group, debuting in their second single, "Doki Doki" which served as the show's second ending.
On November 17, 2019, the series was renewed for a second broadcast year, as well as a movie.
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! is broadcast weekly from April 7, 2019, on TV Tokyo at 9:00 AM.[10] Episodes were also uploaded onto Takara Tomy's YouTube channel one week after its original broadcast date, with each new episode available to Japanese residents only for up to one week.
Throughout the series' run, the main cast released music as their characters under the group name Mirage² (pronounced "Mirage Mirage"). Following the reveal of Ran Ishii's character, Seira, she was added to the group on June 13, 2020. The group officially ended activities in June 2020, however, they made an appearance at Momoiro Uta Gassen on December 31, 2020, as part of the white team.
| Title | Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | JPN Hot | ||||
| MIRAGE☆BEST -mirage² Complete Best- | 2020 |
| TBA | TBA | TBA |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
| Title | Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | JPN Hot | ||||
| 2019 |
| 8[15] | TBA | TBA | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | JPN Hot | ||||
| 2019 | 8[16] | — | TBA | TBA | |
| 7[17] | — | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2020 | 4[18] | — | TBA | TBA | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
On November 17, 2019, a theatrical film titled Gekijōban: Secret × Heroine Phantomirage!: Eiga ni Natte Chōdaishimasu was announced.[19] The film's theme song is "ABCDEF Girl" by Girls² and the remaining five members of the girl group made a cameo appearance.[20] Kizuna Perfume was distributed as a theater gift. The movie was originally scheduled to be released on May 1, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed to July 23, 2020.[21] The film grossed a cumulative total of .[22]
The May 2019 issue of Pucchigumi, which was released on April 4, 2019, came with a Collab Pri Ticket for Kiratto Pri Chan arcade game machines containing Kokomi's Phantomirage uniform to use for the playable characters.[23] As part of their summer collaboration with Kiratto Pri Chan, Seira's Phantomirage uniform was available for the arcade game beginning July 11, 2019 as their third collaboration jewel coordinate event.[11] [12] The September 2019 issue of Pucchigumi, released on August 1, 2019, also came with a Collab Pri Ticket featuring Seira's Phantomirage uniform for Kiratto Pri Chan arcade game machines.[11]