Gateway to Success

Season	Episode	Overall
1	10	11

登竜門

Tōryūmon

Air Date

Japanese

March 14, 2014

Music

Opening

7 Girls War

Ending

Kotonoha Aoba

Insert Song(s)

Gokujou Smile (Wake Up, Girls! ver.)

Credits

Written and Storyboarded by

Touko Machida
Shin Itagaki

Directed by

Kanako Abe, San Kameda (animation director)
Sunao Chikaoka (chief animation director)
Nanako Shimazaki (episode director)

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Living Here	Idol Rhapsody

Gateway to Success (登竜門 Tōryūmon^?) is the 10^th episode in the 1^st season of Wake Up, Girls!. It was aired on March 14, 2014.

Summary[]

The Tohoku preliminaries of the Idol Festival approach. As everything from orthodox to unique idol groups enter the competition, President Tange asks the girls what it means to be Wake Up, Girls!.

Features[]

Characters[]

Junko Tange
Kouhei Matsuda
Wake Up, Girls! members:
Namahage-zu members
- Saki Kinumiya
- Yoko Rokudai
- Yui Kazayama
Kuniyoshi Ota
Anna
Karina

Trivia[]

Major Events[]

Cultural References[]

This episode's title Gateway to Success (登竜門, Tōryūmon^?) is a reference to the film Rashomon (羅生門, Rashōmon^?) by director Akira Kurosawa.

Gallery[]

Videos[]

Navigation[]

v • e Animation of Wake Up, Girls!
Wake Up, Girls! 1	Wake Up, Girls! Seven Idols • A Quiet Beginning • Girls Standing Onstage • Kindest • Scandal • Heaven or Hell • Not Yet • Wonderful Friends • Commotion • Living Here • Gateway to Success • Idol Rhapsody • No Regrets in This Moment
Wake Up, Girls! 2	Wake Up, Girls! Shadow of Youth • Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom
Wake Up, Girls! 3	We Are Wake Up, Girls! • This is Our Home • I Am My Ponytail • When It's Tasty, It's Tasty, Meow! • Dreaming the Same Dream • WUG Alone, WUG Together • Special Show - WUGBAN! New Chapter • When The Going Gets Tough, Smile • Believe You're Making Progress • WUG! Makes Me Think Of...? • Sprout New Buds! • What We Can Do! • Towards The Light
OVA / ONA	Wake Up, Girls! Recording of the Encounter ~A Brief Recording~ • Wake Up, Girl ZOO!