All of the girls' surnames end with the character Tei (亭), which is often used in stage names for performers.

Joshiraku began as a manga series written by Kōji Kumeta and illustrated by Yasu.

[2] The chapters were also collected and released into six tankōbon volumes under the Wild KC imprint, from May 17, 2010,[3] to November 8, 2013.

An original video animation episode was released on DVD with the fifth manga volume on February 8, 2013.

by Ayane Sakura, Kotori Koiwai, Nozomi Yamamoto, Yoshino Nanjō and Saori Gotō, and the ending theme is "Nippon Egao Hyakkei" (ニッポン笑顔百景, Hundreds of Japanese Smiles) by Momoiro Clover Z and Yoshida Brothers.