Ya Boy Kongming!

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 26 tankōbon volumes as of August 2026. 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. A sequel live-action film was released in April 2025.