Ya Boy Kongming!
| Ya Boy Kongming! | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Zhuge Kongming | |
| パリピ孔明 (Paripi Kōmei) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuto Yotsuba |
| Illustrated by | Ryo Ogawa |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher |
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| Imprint | Young Magazine KC Special |
| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | December 31, 2019 – present |
| Volumes | 21 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shū Honma |
| Written by | Yōko Yonaiyama |
| Music by | Genki Hikota |
| Studio | P.A. Works |
| Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, MBS, BS NTV |
| Original run | April 5, 2022 – June 21, 2022 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Shūhei Shibue |
| Produced by | Kasumi Yao |
| Written by | Nonji Nemoto |
| Music by | Naoyuki Chikatani |
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| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
| Original run | September 27, 2023 – November 29, 2023 |
| Episodes | 10 |
| Anime film | |
| Road to Summer Sonia | |
| Directed by | Shū Honma |
| Written by | Yōko Yonaiyama |
| Music by | Genki Hikota |
| Studio | P.A. Works |
| Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
| Released | March 1, 2024 |
| Runtime | 119 minutes |
Ya Boy Kongming! (Japanese: パリピ孔明, Hepburn: Paripi Kōmei; lit. "Kongming of the Party People") is a Japanese manga series written by Yuto Yotsuba and illustrated by Ryo Ogawa. The series was serialized on Kodansha's Comic Days website from December 2019 to November 2021, before being transferred to Weekly Young Magazine; its chapters have been collected in 21 tankōbon volumes as of April 2025. Set in Shibuya, Tokyo, the series centers on Zhuge Kongming, who is transported from ancient China to modern Japan and uses military tactics to transform his new friend, Eiko Tsukimi, into a music star.
An anime television series adaptation produced by P.A. Works was streamed from March to June 2022 and aired on television from April to June of the same year. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series outside of Japan and streamed it on its Hidive platform.
A live-action television drama aired from September to November 2023 on Fuji TV's Shinsui 10 Drama programming block.