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IDOLiSH7
is a Japanese rhythm game developed and published by Bandai Namco Online with music collaboration by Lantis for Android and iOS platforms, which first released in Japan on August 20, 2015. The project features character design by Arina Tanemura. ''Idolish7'' has spawned several manga adaptations and novelizations. An anime television series adaptation by Troyca aired from January to May 2018, and a second season aired from April to December 2020. A third season premiered in July 2021. The album ''Regality'' connected to the series became the first album credited to a male in-story character group to top the weekly Oricon Albums Chart. Plot The player assumes the role of Tsumugi Takanashi, an inexperienced manager for a new idol group under her father's small agency. The idol group is named "Idolish7," and consists of seven male members, each with their own unique personality and background. She must train and turn all of them into famous idols, all while struggling aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenn (Japanese Actor)
, better known by the stage name Kenn (stylized as KENN), is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Tokyo, Japan. He made his debut as a voice actor in 2004 in the Japanese anime ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' (''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX'' in Japan) as Jaden Yuki, the protagonist of the series and his most known role. He also performed in the musical adaptation of the popular sports anime ''The Prince of Tennis'' as Yuta Fuji, the younger brother of Seigaku's Shusuke Fuji. He was the vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band The NaB's in 2003 until October 2006 before it was suspended, leading him to pursue a solo career in 2009. KENN played the part of Ikuto in the musical adaptation of Peach Pit's manga Shugo Chara. As a composer, he uses the alias Kenn Kato. On August 19, 2021, it was announced KENN tested positive for COVID-19, and would be skipping a few activities in the following days. Filmography Animated television series ; 2004 * ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' ( Jaden Yuki) ; 2006 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troyca
(from russian: тройка - troika, “team of three”) is a Japanese animation studio founded by former AIC producer Toshiyuki Nagano, photography director Tomonori Katou, and anime director Ei Aoki is a Japanese storyboard artist and director. He credits the anime ''Megazone 23'' as his inspiration to have a career in animation. In 2013, he created the animation studio Troyca with Toshiyuki Nagano and Tomonobu Kato, which began animation p ... in May 2013. Works Television series OVAs/ONAs Notes References External links * * Animation studios in Tokyo Japanese companies established in 2013 Japanese animation studios Nerima Mass media companies established in 2013 {{Anime-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsubasa Yonaga
is a Japanese voice actor and singer who works for Ken Production. He is married to fellow voice actress Yuka Nishigaki. Biography Yonaga was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and raised in Ushiku, Ibaraki. He has an older sister who is six years older than him and a younger sister who is four years younger than him. When he was in the fifth grade, his voice hardly changed. When he talked to his homeroom teacher, who knew that he liked singing, acting, and recitation, he was told about the profession of voice acting, which led him to become a voice actor. He has been a member of a drama club since his second year of high school. After graduating from the voice actor vocal course at the vocational school Tokyo Media Academy (now the voice actor training course at Tokyo Seiyu Academy), he entered School Duo, a voice actor training school attached to Ken Production, as a 6th year student. He then made his debut in his third year at Ken Production, when he was entrusted to the office. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiki Masuda
is a Japanese voice actor and singer previously affiliated with Space Craft Group. He became a freelancer in August 2018. He joined the record label Toy's Factory in November 2018 as a voice actor and solo singer. Biography Masuda was born on March 8, 1990, in Kure, Hiroshima. His family consists of his father, mother, and a younger brother. He was interested in acting from a very young age and wanted to become a voice actor during high school after watching the anime series Code Geass and Gurren Lagann, the last of which piqued his interest in that area. In 2008, he moved to Tokyo and entered the broadcasting department of the Tokyo Announce Gakuin Performing Arts College. In 2009, he auditioned for '' Musical: The Prince of Tennis'' and was selected for the role of Seiichi Yukimura, this being his debut role. In September 2010, Masuda decided to stop pursuing theater for a while and focus on voice acting, so he was transferred to the voice actors division of his former agency, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Kato
is a Japanese anime composer and arranger. He is known for his works on many anime series, including ''Future Diary'', '' Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma'', ''Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya'', ''Love Live! Sunshine!!'' and ''Free!''. He is currently represented by the music production company APDREAM. Biography Kato was born in Funabashi, Chiba. He graduated from the film scoring program at the Tokyo College of Music and majored in composition and conducting. While there, he studied composition and arrangement under Shigeaki Saegusa, Katsuhisa Hattori, Reijiro Koroku, and Kentaro Haneda. Works Anime * ''Spider Riders'' (2006) – with Fumitaka Anzai, Nobuhiko Nakayama, and Tomomasa Yoneda * ''Kämpfer'' (2009) * '' Miracle Train: Welcome to the Oedo Line'' (2009) * ''Needless'' (2009) * '' Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom'' (2009) – with Hikaru Nanase * ''The Qwaser of Stigmata'' (2010) * ''Demon King Daimao'' (2010) * ''Goulart Knights'' (2010) * '' Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arina Tanemura
is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and character designer. She made her professional manga debut in 1996 with the one-shot ''The Style of the Second Love'' in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Ribon Original'' and later published her first series, ''I.O.N'', in 1997, in the main ''Ribon'' magazine. She gained mainstream popularity from the late 1990s to mid-2000s with her series ''Phantom Thief Jeanne'', ''Full Moon o Sagashite'', and ''The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross''. Throughout her career, Tanemura's work has been recognized in ''shōjo'' manga for her art style and themes of young girls transforming into the women they would like to become. In addition to her publications, Tanemura has released two independent studio albums of songs based on her characters and is the character designer for ''Idolish7'' and other media projects. Early life Arina Tanemura was born on March 12, 1978. Tanemura grew up in Aichi Prefecture. Her main source of entertainment was manga magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsushi Abe
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator represented by Ken Production. Some of his major roles include Toma Kamijo in the ''A Certain Magical Index'' / ''A Certain Scientific Railgun'' series, Kukai Soma in ''Shugo Chara'', Moritaka Mashiro in ''Bakuman'', Takashi Kosuda in '' B Gata H Kei'', Koichi Sakakibara in '' Another'', and Kokonotsu Shikada in ''Dagashi Kashi''. Filmography Anime Video games Drama CDs Overseas dubbing References External links Official agency profile * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abe, Atsushi 1981 births Living people Japanese male musical theatre actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Ken Production voice actors Male voice actors from Tochigi Prefecture 21st-century Japanese male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine ''Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime News N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharp (music)
In music, sharp, dièse (from French), or diesis (from Greek) means, "higher in pitch". More specifically, in musical notation, sharp means "higher in pitch by one semitone (half step)". Sharp is the opposite of flat, which is a lowering of pitch. A sharp symbol, , is used in key signatures or as an accidental. For instance, the music below has a key signature with three sharps (indicating either A major or F minor, the relative minor) and the note, A, has a sharp accidental. : Under twelve-tone equal temperament, B, for instance, sounds the same as, or is enharmonically equivalent to, C natural (C), and E is enharmonically equivalent to F. In other tuning systems, such enharmonic equivalences in general do not exist. To allow extended just intonation, composer Ben Johnston uses a sharp to indicate a note is raised 70.6 cents (ratio 25:24), or a flat to indicate a note is lowered 70.6 cents. In intonation, sharp can also mean "slightly higher in pitch" (by some unspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuke Shirai
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Early Wing. Some roles he played include Haruna Wakazato in ''The Idolmaster SideM'', Yamato Nikaidō in ''Idolish7'', and Combat Agent 6 in ''Combatants Will Be Dispatched!''. Early life Yusuke Shirai was born in Saku, Nagano on January 18, 1986. His parents house was an art supply store, and his grandfather was a painter. Shirai's brother, who had been watching anime since he was young, went to Tokyo to enter vocational school to become a voice actor. Due to that, Shirai decided to become a voice actor and entered vocational school himself. Career After graduating from vocational school, he entered a narrator training center, but later left. At one point he wanted to be an actor instead, but later decided he would rather become a voice actor. After that, he entered a training center run by 81 Produce. However, he left the school after one year and entered the Amusement Media Academy. Right before graduation, he was approache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flat (music)
In music, flat (Italian bemolle for "soft B") means "lower in pitch". Flat is the opposite of sharp, which is a raising of pitch. In musical notation, flat means "lower in pitch by one semitone (half step)", notated using the symbol which is derived from a stylised lowercase 'b'. For instance, the music below has a key signature with three flats (indicating either E major or C minor) and the note, D, has a flat accidental. : Under twelve-tone equal temperament, D for instance is enharmonically equivalent to C, and G is equivalent to F. In any other tuning system, such enharmonic equivalences in general do not exist. To allow extended just intonation, composer Ben Johnston uses a sharp as an accidental to indicate a note is raised 70.6 cents (ratio 25:24), and a flat to indicate a note is lowered 70.6 cents. In intonation, flat can also mean "slightly lower in pitch" (by some unspecified amount). If two simultaneous notes are slightly out-of-tune, the lower-pitched o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamics (music)
In music, the dynamics of a piece is the variation in loudness between notes or phrases. Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail. However, dynamics markings still require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: for instance, the ''forte'' marking (meaning loud) in one part of a piece might have quite different objective loudness in another piece or even a different section of the same piece. The execution of dynamics also extends beyond loudness to include changes in timbre and sometimes tempo rubato. Purpose and interpretation Dynamics are one of the expressive elements of music. Used effectively, dynamics help musicians sustain variety and interest in a musical performance, and communicate a particular emotional state or feeling. Dynamic markings are always relative. never indicates a precise level of loudness; it merely indicates that music in a passage so marked should be considerably quieter than . There are ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
