Ippudo x Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san" packaged Shiromaru is available exclusively on the Ippudo EC site from today 1/17 (Thu.)!

Ippudo, which is operated by Chikara no Gen Company, Inc. and the TV anime "Ramen Daisai Koizumi-san " that aired in January 2018, will sell a limited quantity of "Hakumaru" in a collaborative package design on the Ippudo EC site starting today, Thursday, January 17, 2019.

Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san" is a manga serialized in "Manga Life STORIA" (Takeshobo) by Narumi Narumi. It is an "authentic ramen graffiti" work that depicts Koizumi-san, a cool, quiet, and mysterious beautiful high school girl who does not get along with others, as she walks around eating ramen in search of delicious ramen. It was adapted into a TV drama in June 2015, and an anime was broadcast in January 2018.

The staff of the anime version includes director Setou Kenji, who worked on "wooser no sonohiri-hen" and "Gakusen Toshi Asterisk"; series composition by Takahashi Tatsuya, who worked on "Netoge no Yome wa Gakuninai na Nai ka? and "Gakusen Toshi Asterisk"; series composition by Tatsuya Takahashi of "Netoge no Yome ga Gakuninai Nai Nai Kiken"; and character design by Takuya Tani, character designer and chief animation director of "Pandora in the Red Shell". Production will be handled by Studio Gogumi and AXsiZ.

Ippudo, operated by Chikara no Gen Company, Inc. will be selling a limited quantity of "Shiromaru" in a collaborative package design on the Ippudo EC site starting today, Thursday, January 17, 2019.

As the title suggests, "Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san" tells the story of a high school girl, Koizumi-san, who loves ramen so much that she goes around eating at real ramen restaurants and sharing her maniacal ramen knowledge and passion. In the fourth episode aired, titled "Red or White," Ippudo also makes an appearance. The scene set at Ippudo's Kichijoji branch, where Koizumi-san is eating Ippudo's signature ramen Hakumaru Gen-mi, the restaurant, the menu book, and the streetscape were all carefully detailed and became an instant hit among fans on Twitter and elsewhere, and fans have been making a pilgrimage to the holy place since the episode aired. Furthermore, when our representative interviewed the original author, Narumi Narumi, on Ippudo's on-demand media, IPPUDO OUTSIDE, she commented, "I am grateful to have had this wonderful opportunity to collaborate while I was still alive! and the collaboration was realized for the first time at Comic Market 94.

Ippudo" participated in Comic Market 95 (C95) held at Tokyo Big Sight from December 29 to 31, 2018. Ippudo offered "Tonkotsu Curry Ramen" in hopes of being a source of strength for the participants at the Comic Market, where physical strength is a must, and "Shiromaru" with a "Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san" collaboration package design was also sold as a souvenir ramen.

This initiative became a hot topic on Twitter even before the event, and the "Tonkotsu Curry Ramen" was sold out every day as many fans visited the restaurant as soon as it opened.

The "Hakumaru" to be released this time is a further upgraded version of the "Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san" collaboration package design for the C95 version, which sold out immediately at Comic Market 94 (C94) in the summer. After the event, Ippudo received requests to sell the ramen on the web, and it was decided that a limited quantity of the ramen would appear on the Ippudo EC site.

Product Information
Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san x Ippudo Shiromaru

Sales period: January 17, 2019 (Thursday) -
Price ： 1,000 yen (tax included)
Remarks ： ※One person is limited to 5 pieces per order.
The sale will end as soon as the product is sold out.
*The contents of the product are the same as the regular white circle.