| Idol A | |
 First page of the series. | |
| アイドルA(エース) (Aidoru Ēsu) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mitsuru Adachi |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Sunday Monthly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Seinen, shōnen |
| Original run | 2005 – 2011 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Idol A (Japanese: アイドルA(エース), Hepburn: Aidoru Eisu) is a Japanese manga written by Mitsuru Adachi about a high school girl who has a successful career as an idol and who wishes to play on the high school baseball team, but cannot due to the rules. Her father is the team's coach, and her best friend happens to look very much like her, so she is able to do a swap with him during games and meet her dream. The first 3 chapters were published irregularly in Weekly Young Sunday between 2005 and 2007 [1][2][3] and collected in Short Program 3 tankōbon. Later, chapter 4 was released in volume 36-37 of the 2007 series of Weekly Young Sunday and chapters 5 and 6 were released in the November 2010 and August 2011 editions of Monthly Shōnen Sunday. Chapters 1-6 were released in a tankoubon dedicated to the series, published in 2011. The Idol A tankoubon includes chapters 1 to 6 and an extra manga chapter commemorating 40 years of Mitsuru Adachi manga career, done by himself and fellow manga creator Rumiko Takahashi.
- ^ "Idol A". AdachiFan. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- ^ "「アイドルA」あだち充" (in Japanese). Lエルトセヴン7 第2ステージ. 2005-08-04. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- ^ "「アイドルA」第2話 あだち充" (in Japanese). Lエルトセヴン7 第2ステージ. 2006-03-23. Retrieved 2007-08-05.