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AOP (A応P), an abbreviation of ''Anime 'Katte ni' Ouen Project'' (アニメ "勝手に" 応援プロジェクト), is a Japanese idol group whose activities began in 2012 and is scheduled to cease in March 2021. AOP was born out of anime-related projects by ''Anime Theater X'' (AT-X), a Japanese satellite broadcasting channel, and ''Nikkei Business Publications'', a publishing company. In 2015, they sang [[Hanamaru pippi wa yoiko dake|はなまるぴっぴはよいこだけ]], an opening theme for the ''Osomatsu-san'' (おそ松さん) anime series, which quickly became famous.
AOP (A応P), an abbreviation of ''Anime 'Katte ni' Ouen Project'' (アニメ "勝手に" 応援プロジェクト), is a Japanese idol group whose activities began in 2012 and is scheduled to cease in March 2021. AOP was born out of anime-related projects by ''Anime Theater X'' (AT-X), a Japanese satellite broadcasting channel, and ''Nikkei Business Publications'', a publishing company. In 2015, they sang [[Hanamaru pippi wa yoiko dake|はなまるぴっぴはよいこだけ]], an opening theme for the ''Osomatsu-san'' (おそ松さん) anime series, which quickly became famous.


In BEMANI, licensed songs were included in the BeatStream as part of the ''A応P × BeatStream'' campaigns, and KONAMI original songs were also sung at the ''jubeat × 永谷園'' event.
In BEMANI, licensed songs by them were included starting with BeatStream as part of the ''A応P × BeatStream'' campaign, and they later performed KONAMI original songs as part of the ''jubeat × 永谷園'' event.
 
Many of the members of AOP are engaged in voice acting, and most of the members belong to voice actor offices. In particular, one of the initial members, Yuriko Hizaki, changed her stage name to Yuri Hinami (日南結里) after she left AOP, and the voice of Natsuhi Shinonome in the [[HinaBitter|HinaBitter♪]] media mix project. Other than that, Seena Hoshiki is the voice of Riamu Yumemi in ''THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS''.


The current members of AOP other than Yuuki Hirose were members of ''AOP ZERO'' (A応P ZERO), which started its activities as AOP's sister unit in 2017, and became official members of AOP in 2018.
The current members of AOP other than Yuuki Hirose were members of ''AOP ZERO'' (A応P ZERO), which started its activities as AOP's sister unit in 2017, and became official members of AOP in 2018.
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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* Of the members of AOP ZERO, only Eriko Kawakami (河上英里子) has left the group without becoming an official member of AOP.
* Of the members of AOP ZERO, only Eriko Kawakami (河上英里子) has left the group without becoming an official member of AOP.
* Many of the members of AOP are engaged in voice acting, and most of the members belong to various voice actor offices.
** Yuriko Hizaki, who changed her stage name to Yuri Hinami (日南結里) after she left AOP, is voice of Natsuhi Shinonome in the [[HinaBitter|HinaBitter♪]] media mix project.
** Seena Hoshiki is the voice of Riamu Yumemi in ''THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS''.


== Aliases ==
== Aliases ==