CANDY TUNE on the Cover and Lead Gravure of Weekly Shonen Champion No. 18

Magazine: Weekly Shonen Champion No. 18
Release date: Thursday, April 2
Price: ¥400
Availability: Bookstores and convenience stores nationwide

All seven members make their first Weekly Shonen Champion appearance, with a double-sided BIG poster and limited QUO Card offer for all applicants.

Pushiro Editorial Published 13 September 2026, 22:09 JST Updated 26 September 2026, 15:10 JST

“We’re so happy to be on the cover together as CANDY TUNE! Please enjoy energetic CANDY TUNE.”

CANDY TUNE

Akita Shoten has announced that CANDY TUNE will appear on the cover and in the opening gravure of issue No. 18 of its weekly shonen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Champion, on sale Thursday, April 2. The issue will also include a double-sided BIG poster and a limited QUO Card service available to all applicants.

All seven members of CANDY TUNE are making their first appearance in Weekly Shonen Champion. The group performs “Super Championship Tune!” as the ending theme for the fourth season of the anime Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, scheduled to begin airing on NHK E on Saturday, April 4. From their extremely cute looks in new outfits to their energetic looks in the coverall outfits worn in the music video for their new song “HAPPY BOUNCE BIRTHDAY,” their championship-class radiance makes it impossible to look away as they expand their activities at an accelerating pace.

The issue also includes a double-sided BIG poster and a limited QUO Card service available to all applicants.

Comment from CANDY TUNE

“We’re so happy to be on the cover together as CANDY TUNE! Please enjoy energetic CANDY TUNE. Both the first and second outfits are new, sparkling, cute outfits that we really love, so we want you to see them a lot! Whether you are ‘Ame-chan’ who have supported us all along or someone learning about CANDY TUNE for the first time, please enjoy our ‘story’!”