Oshi no Ko Season 3 Release Date: January 14, 2026

Oshi no Ko Season 3 premiered in Japan on January 14, 2026 and has now finished airing. The season runs from Episode 25 through Episode 35, for a total of 11 episodes, with the finale presented as an extended one-hour special. The franchise has already moved to its next stage: Season 4 is officially in production and is labeled the Final Season.

Oshi no Ko Season 3 broadcast schedule

Season 3 began on January 14 at 11:00 p.m. JST on TOKYO MX and aired across more than 30 Japanese stations. ABEMA carried the simultaneous fastest stream in Japan, while a broad range of additional services began adding episodes from January 15 onward.

The official Japanese streaming list included services such as Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, U-NEXT, Hulu, DMM TV and others. International licensing can differ, so viewers outside Japan should use their local service listing rather than assuming the Japanese platform list applies globally.

How long is Season 3?

The Blu-ray and DVD listings confirm that Season 3 spans Episodes 25 to 35. That makes it an 11-episode season. The final episode received a longer broadcast slot, giving the season room to close its major threads while setting up the next stage of Aqua and Ruby's story.

What does Season 3 focus on?

Season 3 moves the entertainment-industry side of Oshi no Ko into a more mature phase. Ruby's career and public image become increasingly important, Aqua continues making choices shaped by the mystery around Ai's death, and the relationships between Kana, Akane, MEM-cho and the twins are affected by ambitions that no longer fit neatly together.

The season works as a bridge between the earlier rise of the characters and the story's endgame. Fame is no longer just something the cast is trying to achieve. It becomes leverage, pressure and sometimes a weapon, which is why Season 3 feels more consequential than a simple continuation of B-Komachi's growth.

Season 4 is officially the Final Season

The biggest update since this article was first published is that Season 3 is no longer the latest unconfirmed endpoint. On March 26, 2026, the official anime team announced Season 4 as the Final Season. That means old speculation about whether the anime will continue after Season 3 is outdated.

Season 4 does not yet have a premiere date, but its final-season label tells viewers that the anime intends to adapt the remaining central story rather than stopping after Season 3. Crunchyroll has also announced plans to stream the Final Season.

Should you watch Season 3 before the Final Season?

Yes. Season 3 is not a side story or optional bridge. It develops the character decisions and entertainment-industry conflicts that feed directly into the final season. Skipping it would remove important context for Ruby's position, Aqua's motivations and the emotional state of the people closest to them.

The current status is therefore straightforward: Oshi no Ko Season 3 began January 14, 2026, concluded in March after 11 episodes, and is followed by a confirmed Season 4 Final Season. This page now serves as a completed Season 3 schedule and context guide rather than a future release-date prediction.