#noriko tanaka

[ghost-trapped-in-the-screen]

Just some clothing doodles

[kurayamineko]

Team2nd (Umi, Karen, Noriko, Mizuki, Rio) - Umikaze to Castanets

[imasline]

[talyns-fanfics]

My Hero Academia Original Characters

My Hero Academia

I figured give some information on a few MHA/BNHA OCs I’ve had in my notes app for a while.

Hirosa Kairi - The Emotionally Charged Hero: Morose

Kairi Hirosa is a student of UA High School in Class 1-A. She was born on January 10th and is a Capricorn.

Her parents are secretly training her to be a powerful villain so that they could defeat her and climb the hero ranks. Her and Shoto use to be best friends before their quirks manifested. His father and her parents separated them.

Her Quirk is called “Moody Dark”. She can instantly change her mood so she’s sad and upset. The people surrounding her feel her sadness. Her sadness contracts their muscles and causes them to clench their arms and legs before hitting the ground.

Shigaraki Tanaka

Tanaka Shigaraki is the child of All For One and the adoptive sibling of Tomura Shigaraki. They were adopted by Inko Midoriya. They were born on March 28th and they are an Aries.

Tanaka inherited their father’s Quirk.

Todoroki Naya - The Cold Hero: A Shooting Star

Naya Todoroki is the fourth child of Endeavor and the older twin sister of Shoto Todoroki. She was born on January 11th and is a Capricorn.

She left middle school one year earlier to enroll into Shiketsu High School. Her father being the #2 hero (at the time) was the only reason they let her in that early. She hates Endeavor just as much as Natsuo does, but keeps quiet about it. Her relationship with Shoto is heavily strained due to her believing Endeavor favored him over literally every other child.

Like Natsuo, Fuyumi, and Rei, her Quirk is “Frost”. She can cost herself completely in ice as well as generating it from her body. She mostly uses it to coat the area completely in ice so she can use her skates that are on her boots.

Bakugou Yoko

Yoko Bakugo is the older sister of Katsuki Bakugo. She was born on April 5th, making her an Aries.

She left home not long after Katsuki developed his Quirk, though she didn’t leave because of him. She truly loved her brother. Only being 9 years old, she didn’t know where she was going and crossed paths with Toya Todoroki. The two stuck together and thrusted themselves into a life of villainy.

Her Quirk is the same as Katsuki’s.

Talyn Sage - Brain Drain

This is basically just me but in MHA / BNAH. Taking a lot of creative liberties with my own backstory.

Talyn was born/raised in America, but moved to Japan shortly after the death of Cathleen Bate / Star and Stripe . The two had been neck to neck for almost 5 years due to Cathleen being America’s #1 Pro Hero and Talyn being the most feared villain in America. Even though it looked like the two hated each other, Talyn still respected Star and Stripe and felt a giant gaping hole in their chest when she was killed. Moving to Tokyo, and waiting out the current arc in the manga, Talyn sets their plan in motion. Their motive? Fixing the world.

Talyn’s Quirk is “Brain Drain”, from a long line of brain related quirks. Being a 4th generation Quirk user, their Quirk surpasses the capabilities of their father’s, grandmother’s, and great-grandmother’s Quirks. “Brain Drain” allows their brain to exceed superhuman speed, allowing them to be almost omniscient, but too much at one time will leave them tired and their memory suffers.

Mikumo Noriko - (yes I did make an OC for the prototype AU)

Noriko Mikumo is the younger sister of Akatani Mikumo / Yamikumo (prototype Deku). She was born on March 25th, making her an Aries.

She goes to UA High and is in the same class as Akatani. She has an unhealthy obsession with Yuu Uraraka (prototype Ochaco Uraraka) and Katsuki Bakugo, constantly stealing clothes, shoes, blood, books, trinkets. Anything she can get her hands on. The cardigan she wears all the time was stolen from Katsuki.

Her family used to perceive her as Quirkless (like Akatani), until she managed to get a taste of Katsuki’s blood. She constantly seeks him out for more of it, for reasons she doesn’t want him to find out.

I have a lot more, but these are the ones I’m actually planning on writing into stuff.

[byneddiedingo]

Noriko Kikuoki, Shinji Tanaka, and Yoshiko Kuga in Farewell to Dream (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1956) Cast: Shinji Tanaka, Yuko Mochizuki, Yoshiko Kuga, Eijiro Tono, Noriko Kikuoki, Takahiro Tamura, Ryohei Ono. Screenplay: Yoshiko Kusuda. Cinematography: Hiroshi Kusuda. Art direction: Kazue Hirataka. Film editing: Yoshi Sugihara. Music: Chuji Kinoshita.  The English title, Farewell to Dream, seems to be grammatically or idiomatically off: We would expect Farewell to a Dream or ... Dreams instead. (The Japanese title is Yûyake-gumo, which Google Translate renders as "Sunset Cloud.") But then there's something a little off about this entire short film -- only 78 minutes long. Its young narrator, Yoichi (Shinji Tanaka), tells us his story about how circumstances made him bid farewell to his dreams, except that he doesn't seem to have had any substantial dream other than not following in his father's footsteps as a fishmonger, a job he hates because it makes him smell of fish, causing other boys to taunt him. We can't really blame him, but the film never suggests that Yoichi had a clear plan of escape from that life. He spends a good deal of his time looking out over the rooftops of Tokyo through his binoculars, sighting a pretty young woman whom he dreams of meeting. Eventually, he and his friend Seiji (Ryohei Ono) make their way across the city to where they think the young woman lives, only to arrive in her neighborhood as she's getting into an automobile with the man she's engaged to marry. Yoichi's story is also mixed with that of his sisters: The elder one, Toyoko (Yoshiko Kuga), is pretty and vain, and has a handsome boyfriend, Sudo (Takahiro Tamura). But when Sudo's family goes broke, she marries an older man -- and then carries on an affair with Sudo. When his father (Eijiro Tono) falls ill, Yoichi's parents allow a rich uncle to adopt his younger sister, Kazue (Noriko Kikuoki), in exchange for some financial support, and we see Yoichi bid a sad farewell to the girl. I think we're meant to sympathize with Yoichi in the collapse of his family, but the irony is that after his father dies, Yoichi turns out to be a very good fishmonger, building a thriving business from his own talent as a cook by developing a sideline as a caterer and seller of prepared meals. Like it or not, Yoichi has become what many families would see as a blessing: the son who successfully keeps the family business alive. The effect is that Yoichi's lament for his lost future feels like self-pity rather than legitimate dismay at unfulfilled potential.

[gachagachaart]

[imasallstars]

INTERDIMENSION FESTIVAL: IDOLM@STER★♥LOVE LIVE! UTA GASSEN

Information regarding the first IJIGEN FES 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 9th and 10th of December 2023. This first fes will feature three branches of IDOLM@STER performing with four branches of Love Live!

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Asami Takano (Frederica Miyamoto), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura), Yuko Iida (Kanade Hayami), Honoka Inoue (Nanami Asari), Sumire Uesaka (Anastasia), Aya Suzaki (Minami Nitta), Miyu Tomita (Akira Sunazuka), Ru Thing (Syuko Shiomi), Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki), Momo Asakura (Serika Hakozaki), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku), Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama), Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa), Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Amina Sato (Arisu Tachibana), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Natsumi Haruse (Kaoru Ryuzaki), Misaki Kuno (Nina Ichihara), Yuri Komori (Koharu Koga), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Aimi (Julia), Miku Itou (Yuriko Nanao), Ibuki Kido (Kana Yabuki), Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayama), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Rikako Yamaguchi (Rio Momose) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Reina Kondo (Hiori Kazano), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya), Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa), Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi), Rina Kawaguchi (Luca Ikaruga), Haruna Mikawa (Hana Suzuki), Rena Ozawa (Haruki Iketa)

DAY 1&2

AQOURS (LOVE LIVE! SUNSHINE!!) 　Anju Inami (Chika Takami), Rikako Aida (Riko Sakurauchi), Nanaka Suwa (Kana Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (Dia Kurosawa), Shukai Saito (You Watanabe), Aika Kobayashi (Yoshiko Tsushima), Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida), Aina Suzuki (Mari Ohara), Ai Furihata (Ruby Kurosawa) NIJIGASAKU SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Aguri Ohnishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maede (Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashia), Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe), Coco Hayashi (Setsuna Imura), Maria Sashide (Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune), Shu Uchida (Mia Taylor), Akina Homoto (Zhong Lanzhu). 　Support Member: Hinaki Yano (Yu Takasaki) Liella! (LOVE LIVE! SUPERSTAR!!) 　Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), Liyuu (Keke Tang), Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Naomi Payton (Sumire Heanna), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki), Nozomi Suzuhara (Kinako Sakurakoji), Akana Yabushima (Mei Yoneme), Wakana Okuma (Shiki Wakana), Aya Emori (Natsumi Onitsuka), Yuina (Wien Margarete), Sakura Sakakura (Tomari Onitsuka) HASUNOSORA SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Nirei Nozomi (Kaho Hinoshita), Kokona Nonaka (Sayaka Murano), Nina Hanamiya (Kozue Otomune), Kotoka Sasaki (Tsuzuri Yugiri), Kanna Kan (Rurino Osawa), Kona Tsukine (Megumi Fujishima)

[gayest-persona-character]

Round 1!

Rules

Vote for who you think is more queer/gay (doesn't matter if you think they're bi, pan, gay, lesbian, etc. Who's the most not straight!)

I will allow propaganda in the form of asks or notes (tags and comments)

Be nice and respectful. Not everyone has the same headcanons.

Remember, this is mostly just for fun! We have a few submitted characters for this exact purpose, so don't take things too seriously. (It doesn't matter what the results are, most persona characters will be queer-coded in my heart)

The list of polls is as follows:

Labrys vs. Daisuke Todoroki

Principal Kobayakawa vs. Yukiko Amagi

Mayumi Yamano vs. Suguru Kamoshida

Bebe vs. Sho Minazuki

Isako Toriumi (Maya) vs. Ann Takamaki

Ichiryusai Madarame vs. Ichiko Ohya

Chihiro Fushimi vs. Ai Ebihara

Philemon vs.Shibusawa

Kou Ichijo vs. Fuuka Yamagishi

Munehisa Iwai vs. Miyabi Hanakouji

President Tanaka vs. Akihiko Sanada

Ryuji Sakamoto vs. Taro Namatame

Kanami Mashita vs. Haru Okumura

Nozomi Suemitsu vs. Angel and Julian

Ryotaro Dojima vs. Rio Iwasaki

Sadayo Kawakami vs. Maya Amano

Nagi vs. Saori Hasegawa

Cashier from Peace Diner vs. Junpei Iori

Chizuru Ishigami vs. Minoru Inoue

Chihaya Mifune vs. Mamoru Hayase

Misuzu Hiiragi vs. Lala Escargot

Setsuko Sonomura vs. Junko Kurosu

Eri Minami vs. Tae Takemi

Zen vs. Kenji Tomochika

Eriko Kirishima vs. Takeharu Kirijo

Mika vs. Metis

Junya Kaneshiro vs. Takuto Maruki

Moel Gas Station Attendant vs. Hanako Ohtani

Maya Okamura vs. Igor

Sayoko Uehara vs. Makoto Yuki

Lesbian Student from P3 vs. Mami Shibata

Shunsuke Fujii vs. Saki Konishi

Tatsuya Suou vs. Akinari Kashihara

Miho Ogishima vs. Kinshiro Morooka

Hisano Kuroda vs. Ayane Matsunaga

Kanji Tatsumi vs. Makoto Nijiima

Marie vs. Tatsuya Sudou

SIU Director vs. Reiji Kido

Baofu vs. Takahisa Kandori

Yuuki Mishima vs. Tamaki Uchida

Zenkichi Hasegawa vs. Yosuke Hanamura

Mitsuo Kubo vs. Aigis

Kei Nanjo vs. Margaret

Masao Inaba vs. Noriko Katayama

Yukino Mayuzumi vs. Saeko Takami

Tadashi Satomi vs. Chidori Yoshino

Yumi Ozawa vs. Gay Demons P2

Kasumi Yoshizawa vs. Yuka Ayase

Hidetoshi Odagiri vs. Mutatsu

Shinjiro Aragaki vs. Kazushi Miyamoto

Localized version of Naoya vs. Ren Amamiya

Coach Hiraguchi vs. Chie Satonaka

Shuji Ikutsuki vs. Shiho Suzui

Futaba Sakura vs. Naoto Shirogane

Jin Shirato vs. Hifumi Togo

Keisuke Hiraga vs. Eikichi Mishina

Maki Sonomura vs. Toranosuke Yoshida

Rise Kujikawa vs. Elizabeth

Goro Akechi vs. Yuko Nishiwaki

Noriko Kashiwagi vs. Ulala Serizawa

Yuko Himeno vs. Anna Yoshizaka

Hikari vs. Joker (IS)

Mitsuru Kirijo vs. Hidehiko Uesugi

Masayoshi Shido vs. Youichi Makimura

[idolm-ster]

Dye the sky.

Shiny Colors - Mano Sakuragi (CV: Hitomi Sekine), Hiori Kazano (CV: Reina Kondou), Meguru Hachimiya (CV: Mayu Mineda), Kogane Tsukioka (CV: Carin Isobe), Mamimi Tanaka (CV: Chisa Suganuma), Sakuya Shirase (CV: Anna Yamaki), Yuika Mitsumine (CV: Runa Narumi), Kiriko Yukoku (CV: Mizuki Yuina), Kaho Komiya (CV: Hiyori Kono), Chiyoko Sonoda (CV: Haruka Shiraishi), Juri Saijo (CV: Mariko Nagai), Rinze Morino (CV: Wakana Maruoka), Natsuha Arisugawa (CV: Akiho Suzumoto), Amana Osaki (CV: Honoka Kuroki), Tenka Osaki (CV: Ryoko Maekawa), Chiyuki Kuwayama (CV: Noriko Shibasaki), Asahi Serizawa (CV: Yuki Tanaka), Fuyuko Mayuzumi (CV: Eri Yukimura), Mei Izumi (CV: Sayaka Kitahara), Toru Asakura (CV: Yuu Wakui), Madoka Higuchi (CV: Rio Tsuchiya), Koito Fukumaru (CV: Saran Tajima), Hinana Ichikawa (CV: Miho Okasaki).

[wttf-if]

I hope it's alright to bother you again (I'm sorry) buuuut I have a question!

Since you like anime I was wondering:

If you could choose, which Japanese voice actors would you choose for everyone?

I'm really curious who you'd pick as their voice claims xD

That's all!

I wish you a good evening/day. Rest well and don't forget to take breaks, eat and hydrate! :D

YESSSS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING ME THIS SKDJHFKF and no worries, you're not bothering me at all! I love doing stuff like this~! For the sake of keeping this post small, I'll only do the ROs + Adrian and Rozalia.

Irina: Hayami Saori (most notable for: Meltryllis from Fate/Grand Order, Yor Forger from Spy x Family, Shinobu Kocho from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba).

Valentin: Maaya Sakamoto (most notable for: Ciel Phantomhive from Kuroshitsuji (AKA: Black Butler), Akito Soma from Fruits Basket, Alexander (Lily) from Fate/Grand Order).

Nicolae: Nobunaga Shimazaki (most notable for: Mahito from Jujutsu Kaisen, Silver from Twisted Wonderland, Yuki Soma from Fruits Basket, Edmond Dantes and Arjuna from Fate/Grand Order).

Ash/Ashlyn: Male is Kenjiro Tsuda (most notable for: Tatsu from The Way of the Househusband, Kento Nanami from Jujutsu Kaisen, and Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh!) Female is Miyuki Sawashiro (most notable for: Mordred and Florence Nightingale from Fate/Grand Order, Fujiko Mine from Lupin the 3rd, Kyoko Honda from Fruits Basket). Non-binary is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro. (Seriously, her voice range is amazing. She voiced Celty from Durarara!! too!)

Luca/Luna/Li: Male is voiced by Mamoru Miyano (most notable for: Ling Yao from Fullmetal Alchemist, Bedivere from Fate/Grand Order, Ryuki Sakamoto from Persona 5, Osamu Dazai from Bungo Stray Dogs). Female is voiced by Noriko Shitaya (most notable for: Sakura from Fate/stay Night, BB from Fate/Grand Order, Ururu from Bleach). Non-binary option is voiced by Aoi Yuuki (most notable for: Okita Souji and Shuten Douji from Fate/Grand Order, Lysithea von Ordelia from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Rachel Claudius from God Eater 2).

???: Voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi (most notable for: InuYasha from InuYasha, Kaito Kid and Shinichi Kudo from Detective Conan, Feitan from Hunter x Hunter, L from Death Note).

Adrian: Takehito Koyasu (most notable for: Dio from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Shinsuke Takasugi from Gintama, Ozymandias, Hans Christian Andersen and Mephistopheles from Fate/Grand Order)

Rozalia: Atsuko Tanaka (most notable for: Carmilla, Medea, and Jing Ke from Fate/Grand Order, Tsubaki Amamiya from God Eater, Bayonetta from Bayonetta, Trish from Devil May Cry, Konan from Naruto Shippuden).

[skippysartq]

Ena Aone, Kinhoshi Koganegawa, 2nd yr and Sota Bokuto 3rd yr (2036- First name Last name)

Tarosuki Mizoguchi 2nd yr and Genki Kindaichi 1st yr (2036)

Morina-Hana Mattsukawa and Shirotan Saku 3rd yr (2036)

Khace Tomas, Akemi Taroda, Touma Chai 3rd yr (2037)

Reiko Narita and Tametakeo Ennoshita 1st yr (2037)

Mainazei Yonezawa 1st and Sara Amanai, 2nd yr (2037)

 Noriko Oretoto 1st yr, Yukino Takishima 3rd yr and Haru Nakamura NB 2nd yr (2037)

Haru was made with the help of the Haikyuu!! Amino Community

Miki Nishinoya 7, Aiya Tanaka, 2nd year college (2 years out of High school)

Ruka Haiba-Yaku 1st yr and Suzuki Haiba-Kageyama 3rd yr (2036)

EVERY HQ OC CHIBIS PART 2/?

[the-monkey-ruler]

Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (1988) のび太のパラレル西遊記

Director: Zhi Shannu

Screenwriter: Fujiko F. Fujio

Starring: Shinyo Oyama / Noriko Ohara / Michiko Nomura / Kazuya Tatebi / Kenta Kantsuke / Sachiko Chimatsu / Masayuki Kato / Keiko Yokosawa / Susumiko Shirakawa / Ryoichi Tanaka / Keiichi Namba / Katsushi Ikeda / Yuko Mizutani / Hideo Shibata Katsu / Kuri Yoko / Ishimori Tatsuyuki / Kato Seizo / Ishii Toshiro / Hara Eriko / Tahara Arnault / Shimaka Yu / Mitsuya Yuji

Genre: Science Fiction / Animation / Adventure

Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan

Language: Japanese

Date: 1988-03-12 (Japan)

Runtime: 91 minutes

Also known as: Doraemon: Nobita no Parareru saiyûki

IMDb: tt1147525

Type: Crossover

Summary:

In order to perform the drama "Journey to the West" at the welcome party for freshmen, Nobita's class held a drama rehearsal. Nobita (voiced by Nori Ohara) wants to be Monkey King, but he is just a villager. In order to prove that he is the most like Monkey King, Nobita used the opportunity to come to China's Tang Dynasty, wanted to meet the Monkey King, and say he actually met the "Monkey King". Later, Nobita bet on the props of Doraemon (voiced by Dashan Shindai), proving that the Monkey King is very similar to Nobita.

Daxiong and his friends came to Tang Dynasty, but did not see the Monkey King. Therefore, Nobita used Doraemon's analog game console to pretend to be Monkey King, and was finally find out. Because the machine was not closed properly, the monster in the game ran out of the game machine. Monsters finally ruled the world, Nobita and the others are also in danger. In order to restore history and save Master Xuanzang, Nobita, Shizuka (voiced by Nomura Michiko), Xiao Fu (voiced by Gan Fu and Tai) and Gang Tianwu (voiced by Libi Kazuya) pretend to be the Monkey King and other roles to protect Master Xuanzang and embark on an adventure journey ...

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon:_The_Record_of_Nobita%27s_Parallel_Visit_to_the_West

Link: https://www.bilibili.tv/en/video/2046050017

[kurayamineko]

[itsamepatches]

Tokimeki Idol: Start-ING and End-ING

Hey there, everyone! This has been a semi-formal post about "Tokimeki Idol" I've been wanting to make for quite some time, but I wanted to make sure I, at least, unlocked all of the songs before I began working on this. I don't know why I wanted to do this so badly (except maybe analyze its positives and negatives and giving insight for those curious about this game), but it's here, so...enjoy! :B - Patches

By the way, because it has an offline version, Tokimeki Idol is available to play, so I will insert links to download it: Google Play: here! QooApp: here! iOS: here!

Curious about the music? Check out the official playlist!

Official Twitter Official Website

And now...

Tokimeki Idol: Starting-ING and Ending-ING

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            Once upon a time, back in the early 1990s, there was a series of unique games released by Konami which became notable in the “dating sim” genre due to being nonlinear – that is, it was a dating sim which could be played any way the player wanted to. They could choose what skill they wanted their character to develop during the course of the game, they could pursue a romance with the popular character or the unpopular character. In the end, there was going to be a confession of love once that final school period concluded. That was Tokimeki Memorial. Of course, there’s more to it than just that, but I'm just giving a really brief context about the Tokimeki franchise. In fact, this series became such a smash it, that it sprouted spin-offs (Tokimeki Memorial – Girls Side), manga, a live action movie (just called “Tokimeki Memorial” like a majority of the manga titles), OVA(s), and anime series (Tokimeki Memorial Online)!

            So amongst those spin-offs, there was one, in particular that seemed to come and go, and quite frankly, I want to talk about this from a perspective of somebody who enjoys this type of game in particular. You see, dear reader, back in late 2017, Konami streamed a game introduction video for a different kind of Tokimeki series; however, it would be in a much different setting than “dating sim” (or, uh, “puzzle” game in other cases):

It was going to be a music game – an idol one. Its name: Tokimeki Idol.

            Also being referred to as an “idol communication game”, the player is responsible for 15 up-and-coming idols at a music school. Just for fun, the cast consisted of

Nanami Yamashita as Akane Tachikawa

Natsumi Kawaida as Natsumi Kawaguchi

Eri Inagawa as Nanana Katagiri

Reina Kondo as Nonoka Kusakabe

Akane Fujikawa as Izumi Izumi

Yurika Takagi as Koyukimura Sanada

Minori Suzuki as Minato Tsukishima

Natsumi Hioka as Akiha Yuki

Yū Wakui as Francesca Tanaka

Saori Hizashi as Noriko Hibino

Marika Hayase as Haruko Asagiri

Yoshino Aoyama as Tsubasa Aoyama

Honoka Inoue as Midori Tachikawa

Azusa Iwakura as Misaki Himari

Aki Kanada as Rare Mita

            The game, consisting of wonderful performers/seiyuu and potential wonderful characters, was to be released in "winter" of that year; however, its official release was actually March 20, 2018.

            And now...it's time for the plot, a little more info about our awesome 15 girls, the songs, gameplay, the game's lifespan, and the positives and negatives!

            Plot and Characters!

            Plot: You, Producer-san, are sent to help out 15 students at a music academy become the top idol(s) called Princess Republic Private Music Academy. As you guys climb up the ranking pyramid (the highest position being SSS and the lowest is F), you'll get to know your idol friends. It's nothing dramatic, if truth be told, but because of its short lifespan, who knows where things would've lead; however, if I had to take a guess, it would've stayed in the "slice-of-life/idol" genre.

(!! Sources: Tokimeki Idol Wiki )

            Characters!!

            Unit: C# (also the main trio)             Akiha Yuki: Aiming to be top idol, her motto is “Always energetic with a smile!” Acts upon her ideas immediately and often gets those around her involved as well. She's wanted to become a idol ever since she was in elementary school. Her goal is to become an idol who can make everyone smile.             Minato Tsukishima: An average girl who likes playing piano and singing. She doesn't know very much about idols. She was accepted into the idol course without intending to apply, so sometimes she’s a bit embarrassed about performing. She has played the piano ever since she was young.             Francesca Tanaka: Her nickname is 'Frannie'. She's a dependable honor student who’s tough on herself and others. Francesca's father is Italian, and her Mother is Japanese, but Francesca was born and raised in Japan.

            Unit: Rhythmixxx             Natsumi Kawaguchi: A cheerful girl who loves festivals. Since Natsumi is good at dancing, she wants to do work that involves it, which explains why she became a idol. She claims that nobody else looks better in a happi. As a talented dancer, she’s been rivals with Tsubasa since middle school.             Tsubasa Aoyama: Tsubasa is a serious, but good person who likes dancing, and has confidence in her dancing skills and stamina. Tsubasa thinks dancing is beautiful, and wants to do all she can to aim for the top. She has a straight-laced personality and hasn’t been able to shake Natsumi since middle school. She’s also particularly good at housework.             Koyukimura Sanada: A friendly and relaxed “Yamato nadeshiko” type who loves period dramas and eating. Raised in the country so she’s also good at field work. Her poor stamina is top-class. With the influence of her grandfather, she became fond of historical dramas.

            Unit: So Fantastic             Nanana Katagiri: A girl with an unique sensibility, who is happy as long as she can have songs and her guitar. Her mysterious phrases seem to be influenced by her favorite teacher...             Noriko Hibino: Her hobbies are appreciating movies and quizzes. She seems to be enjoying the pattern of her days being swayed by Nanana as they are.             Midori Tachikawa: A cheerful and hardworking girl, who loves to move her body. She admires Nanana and is the younger twin sister of Akane.

            Unit: Cookie Paradise             Akane Tachikawa: A girl that moves at her own pace, whose usual speech, conduct and actions appears to be joking or teasing but with a still soothing essence. She is the older twin sister of Midori.             Nonoka Kusakabe: Her hobby is making sweets, and she has a kind-hearted and quiet disposition. She’s Frannie’s childhood friend, and joined the idol course to follow her.             Izumi Izumi (the gremlin): A game-loving girl who dreams of being a nationally-recognized game idol. She’s extremely into retro games and is particularly good at shooting games.             Misaki Himari: The senior of everybody, who is an actress since elementary school. She loves animals and also works as a member of the animal breeding committee at school.

            Unit: Virtual Kiss             Haruko Asagiri: A zero student, who set up the idol department together with the president. A "older sister" character who is gentle and calm, but that hides a hot enthusiasm inside.             Rare Mita: She usually has a reserved and spiritless atmosphere, but a switch turns on when it comes to work. She is in the original class (“Class Zero”) of the school’s idol course along with Haruko.

            You (The Producer): Because this is a Tokimeki spin-off, it's to be (unfortunately) expected that The Producer is a guy (thanks to a thought from Ahika that goes "I'm interested in what type of woman he likes"; however, that does not seem to be the case, looking into the "title" choices --

"One thing that immediately stood out to me is that while in most other idol games the Producer character is explicitly male, in Tokidoru you choose your title/suffix out of 25 options (including "none") with the last option being explicitly female: お姉さん (onee-chan)" - as tip from Twitter pointed out.

            And...

            Neko Senpai: The best, more important character of the game. After feeding them, Neko Senpai gives you takoyaki as a thanks, which can be used to up the bond between you and a girl of your choice once you give it to her. I would give my life to Neko Senpai.

            Phew, so there are our members! So along with their general info, there's also a bonus for each of them, "what she wants to hear from the producer (the player)". Some are kinda neutral like Minato wondering if coffee's good because that's what The Producer drinks, to Akiha's which I mentioned earlier, to Nanana wondering if we like her and what it is that we like about her.

            As mentioned at the start, once time passes between The Producer and the girls, you'll get to know more about them and vice-versa. It's all about the bond and making it in the world of idols!

            Gameplay!!!

            If you've played a music/idol game with characters, then you probably know how the gameplay is: get together a team of five, play a few songs, level up yourself and the characters.

[!! Source: "Dreaming-ING" gameplay; Inari Kotone - YouTube]

            Even though I said the gameplay is basic, I still found it enjoyable overall. And yes, you can either have the MV playing or a still 2D image as your background as you play (which the latter is good for me because I can easily get distracted, not gonna lie).

            In addition to playing music, there were also events and stories to unlock consisting of the units, a specific character, or several specific characters. What was neat is that there was also a VR mode - one general and one through the eyes of something tiny, furry, and cute. I actually forgot to try that mode out; however, from the comments I've seen for it, it worked well.

            Music!!!!

            Music selection is mixed: 1) Some are originals (such as "Dreaming-ING"), 2) Some are (cleverly) covers of songs related to the Tokimeki franchise (ex: Izumi's cover of "Fifnel's Space Suit" *original version can be listening to here*) and 3) others are songs from other Konami games (Vampire Killer, TwinBee, etc -- they can all be found here)

            There's a bit of a variety here, but at the same time, I wonder how many more songs from other Konami games would they have put in this game instead of covers or originals. Not like there was anything wrong with that third category, of course.

            Knowing the background story of the Tokimeki franchise, I can't help but love the cover of "Motto! Motto! Tokimeki" (an opening song for Tokimeki Memorial) being sung by Koyukimura, and honestly she sounds adorable. Another song, an original, I need to give a shout-out to: "Magic Hour", sung by Nanana.

            Overall, the selection is good. Moving on to another critical thing in regards to idol games:

            Cards!!!!!

            Have a favourite character or two? There's a chance that there might be a card (or two, or ten, or all of them) that you might wanna get because you love them, the outfit they're wearing, or both of those things.

            In Tokimeki Idol, their card rankings go like this: N, R, SR, and SSR with SSR being the highest, of course.

            Aaaand, here is an example of the cards! Cute as heck! The costumes in this game are mostly good*, but the SSR cards sometimes feel a little underwhelming. I'll talk about them a little bit more once I'm through with this introduction. Which is right about...now.

(*except for the god-awful "cowgirl" costume and the semi-fanservice swimsuits. Hard pass.)

            ? Reception ?

            As expected, there were some positives, and negatives, about Tokimeki Idol. I couldn't find much "reception" or reviews about it besides a few brief ones on QooApp's page:

            "The characters are cute!" "The music is great!" "VR mode is awesome!"

            "The game feels buggy" "content was boring" "it takes a lot of space (sizes between 2 gb and 5 gb)"

            For some people, this whole game seemed iffy to them because of who was attached to it (Konami, who was still stewing in controversy with "P.T." and Kojima...oh, and also the pinball games) and apparently, Konami's mobile game record had been an issue as well, with some not even passing a year and a half. Unfortunately, Tokimeki Idol would become its latest victim, despite the Tokimeki named attached to it.

            November 15, 2018...

[Important ① ] "Tokimeki Idol" has continued to operate with the support of many customers, but due to various circumstances, it will be canceled on January 15, 2019 (Tuesday). We have decided to end the management service at 14:00.

            So close, and yet so far was that first year anniversary which would've been March 20, 2019. Why did it happen? Not enough money was made because there weren't enough whales (doesn't help when you only make your game available in Japan and not try to make it global despite being a rather rich video game company but hey that could be said for a lot of other games who fell like that)? Lack of players because there wasn't much going on, content-wise? Another bad move on Konami's part? Who knows. The fact the tweet said "various circumstances", there was obviously more than one issue happening behind the scenes which we'll probably never find out.

            In addition to the announcement of its closure, a 2.0 offline version would be released. It would be possible to do, pretty much, anything you could in the online version except for the lack of new stories, events, and having a "friend" help you out when you play a live.

            As expected, fans of the young game were dismayed, some people thought it wasn't too surprising, given Konami's mobile games record, then there was that one person who probably rambled about how the "idol games" have long since sailed just so they can complain about idols in general because they have nothing better to do, I guess.

            Remember I mentioned how I enjoyed the cover of "Motto! Motto! Tokimeki"? Upon digging up older tweets by the official Twitter page, I discovered it was the final song added to the game. Weird how that works, huh? It's almost fitting, reminding the players/The Producers of its roots - the Tokimeki universe.

            And so, on January 15th, 2019 (Japan time), the ending-ing arrived:

[Thank you for playing] "Tokimeki Idol" has ended its operation service at 14:00 on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. We would like to thank everyone who has played the game so far. We hope that you will continue to update to the "offline version ver.2.0".

            Epilogue-ING

            And here we are today, November 6th, 2022 -- just a few days shy of the announcement's 3rd...uh, anniversary? Oops. This wasn't intentional, I swear.

            Despite the game now being offline, there is still activity going on including new singles, consistent tweets on their Twitter account, and even lives to this day!

            In honesty, that makes me happy, because I saw potential in this game.

            Anyway, yes, you - the curious reader - can still obtain this game and play it. Even though there might be a bit of a language barrier, there are guides and threads out there that'll give you a hand.

            The Tokimeki Idol Wikia: this place contains general information about the game, a well-translated guide for the game, and much more. This was the place where I got 80% of the photos used in this post. Thank you, Admin Subaru!

           Twitter: An introductory thread made by tip on Twitter, a person I quoted earlier. Tip gives an insight about the game for those curious. (I think this might have been the one which convinced me to play Tokidol too, now that I think about it.)

            As a "fun" side-note, on May 21st, 2019 -- months after Tokimeki Idol went under -- Konami tried again with another music mobile game, an all-male one called "Dance Killer Trick!!! -Boys, be DANCING!-".

            (...)

            It shut down August 5th, 2020, went into offline mode, but if you haven't downloaded it by November 1st of 2022 and you own an Android, you won't be able to play it at all for some dumb reason, so seeing that disaster makes me realize why some people don't like Konami. Yeesh.

            "So, what do you think of it though?" Sure, I'll tell you, share my thoughts about what could've went wrong, stuff like that. :B

            Patches' Thoughts (The Ending-ING, for real)

            I enjoyed the time playing Tokimeki Idol, and I wonder why I never had the chance to play it while it was still online -- probably because I had a lot of shite going on in my life at the time, or because of its short lifespan so I didn't have much time to follow people on websites who knew of it as well. If it had been available globally (like on Google Play, for example), I would've ran into it like I did with the very obscure "Dance Sparkle Girls Tournament" (which was beta "Maika Fantasia"). Regardless of how and when I played, I loved it.

            My favourite characters: Nanana (#1), Izumi, and Natsumi.

            One of my favourite gameplay maps is probably - from what I can think from the top of my head- "GRADIUS -Four Suite for Two Pianos-" on Expert.

            I love the Halloween and Christmas cards, and special shout-out to the Kirameki High School uniform for being an outfit choice - obvious, but I still love it. The cowgirl costumes and go far, far away, though.

            I mentioned it earlier, but yeah, the SSR cards feel a little underwhelming, possibly because everybody is standing in place instead of being in some kind of "fantastic" pose with a livelier background. On one hand, I guess Konami wanted to use those models as much as they could, but on the other hand...

            ...on the other hand, they had 2D art. Where does this style appear? On the title screen (there are several title screen images), CD covers, most of their merchandise, and whenever you reach a new bond level in-game with them. Obviously, there's nothing wrong with using the 3D models (heck, they're cute), but I feel as though having the cards use the 2D art would've helped with the cards' overall presentation.

            Fans of idol mobages "ooh", "ahh", and SCREAM IN ALL CAPS over their favourite getting an awesome card with lively colours, an awesome outfit, or both of those things. I understand not everybody will feel the same way like I do about the cards, but I'm thinking of a reason why the poor game seemed to have fallen hard so early in its run.

(games: IdolM@ster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage; Love Live School Idol Festival *1*)

            Like, goodness no, it doesn't have to be super spectacular, but having the girls static with a faint background as the rarest card in the game doesn't give me a huge "wow" factor like these two games above can evoke.

            Could it have been the stories that didn't grab people's attention? I, truth be told, have not read any of them, but I have a feeling that it isn't too thrilling. Because they didn't get any other form of media such as an anime or manga, the game and drama cd tracks are all these girls have, and if they got far with those or not is anybody's guess ;;

            Another thing I brought up much earlier was how it stayed only in Japan during its run, people such as myself, had to use other means to play the game; however, I understand that expecting a global release so soon is too much, especially if they're not making much of a profit from it. I could see a release in the near future, had this game done well enough. It shouldn't be an issue for a company like Konami, but hey...look at Bandai/Namco with their games despite having enough money to possibly release their games globally,,,*cough*

            All in all, I like the game, you might like it as well. I say, if you've got the store on your device (about 1 GB), I say: go for it, you might like it.

            Thanks, Tokimeki Idol! Let's meet again!

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The September issue of 25ans magazine has a short article detailing Eiji, which was written by a screenwriter named Mihoko Yamada.

Beautiful People Collection The reason why that person in season is wonderful ikemen

Mihoko Yamada Essay This month's person Eiji Akaso When the intellectual "seasonal actor" who has a high elegance and affinity is on the cover, it moves That's right. "Said by a female editor of a weekly magazine. "Moving" means that the number of copies is sold out and the sales increase.

"He" is Eiji Akaso, the "seasonal actor" who won first place in the "20s actor soaring ranking" of the "Talent Power Ranking" in August and November 2021. he looks young because he has a baby face, but he is 28 years old.

His name spread to young people in the drama "Cheri Maho","It seems that you can become a witch if you are a virgin until the age of 30" (TV Tokyo series). In Wich starred for the first time alone ,It seems that it was "SUPER RICH (Fuji TV series)" were he played the role of Noriko Eguchi's husband that was "discovered" by the adult women in Japan. Eguchi who played the executive career woman was straight with clear eyes. Mr. Akaso, who is a super young husband who supports with such thoughts and played a business partner. I am not the only one who inflated my delusion how wonderful it would be if such a man supported me both publicly and privately.

In order to unravel the "beautiful person" with Elegance and affinity by 25ans magazine of this month I dig in

Mr. Akaso, the familiar "Elementary school town" in Nagoya" will be the most important. After all, Mr. Akaso was born in Osaka prefecture and is from Aichi prefecture. Because was a member of idol group of "IKEMEN ☆ NAGOYA". As a member of a local male idol group that will be renamed to "BOYS AND MEN" later, Eiji Akaso has appeared in stage performances and variety shows in the three Tokai prefectures since his teens. There is a "past" that was willing to respond to the "much swing" unique to local stations.

With such a flow, the roots are gradually known, but the most famous is that the father is a linguist (English studies), and now the president of Nagoya Gakuin University, it must be Mr. Haruyuki Akaso.

Akaso Eiji San says he has taken a lecture from his father because he is from the same university. "I spent my father's job in Wisconsin, USA until I was three years old." "When I was two or three years old, I was taken to an overseas academic conference," he said in an interview. That's why Twitter is flooded with English sentences and fans from overseas sometimes send comments in English. And my mother is a piano teacher. Akaso san, who learned the piano from the age of 3 to junior high school and was entrusted with the accompaniment in the chorus contest when he was in elementary school, is definitely a thoroughbred and can be said to be the most handsome guy who has a high affinity with the Elegance group of "25ans" readers. Probably.

After winning the Grand Prix at Samantha Thavasa's "Men's Model Audition" in 2013, he has belonged to the same office as Shun Oguri, Kei Tanaka, Shotaro Mamiya, Kentaro Sakaguchi, and younger people. It continues to the present as the first. I often hide my eyebrows with mashed hair, but the points are the thick and powerful "male eyebrows" and the eyes that tend to have brown/honey colored big eyes. The shape of the chin is also popular as "sexy". Eiji Akaso is appearing in July with Kasumi Arimura and Tomoya Nakamura in the role of a clumsy, serious and kind-hearted young man in "Ishiko and Haneo.

Let's enjoy the latest ikemen together!

PROFILE Yamada Mihoko Born in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. While working on variety programs such as "Dancing! pacific saury Goten!" (NTV), "A Story I Don't Know About One Round" (NTV), "Dodesuka" "!" "Up!" Me-Tele) Also active as a commentator for "Sunday Japon" (TBS series).

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Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Noriko Homma, Daisuke Kato. Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, based on stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Cinematography: Kazuo Miyagawa. Production design: Takashi Matsuyama. Film editing: Akira Kurosawa. Music: Fumio Hayasaka. When I was growing up, Rashomon was one of those films like Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957) that you had to have seen just to be considered culturally literate. Among other things, it's often cited as the career breakthrough of Akira Kurosawa and his frequent star, Toshiro Mifune. But if there's a key to the success of Rashomon as drama it's the performance of MIchiko Kyo in the female lead. Kyo was the star of another 1950s imported hit, Teinosuke Kinugasa's Gate of Hell (1953), and gave memorable performances for Kenji Mizoguchi in Street of Shame (1956) and especially Ugetsu (1953) as well as for Yasujiro Ozu in Floating Weeds (1959). She even crossed the Pacific to play opposite Glenn Ford and Marlon Brando (in yellowface) in the film version of The Teahouse of the August Moon (Daniel Mann, 1956). The nuances of Kyo's performance make Rashomon work; they keep us guessing whether she was the dutiful wife or the savage wanton. As I watch more and more Japanese film of the late 1940s, '50s, and '60s, it becomes clearer that this was a great period for female actors like Kyo, Setsuko Hara, Kyoko Kagawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine, and many others -- most of whose names are unknown to Americans today. As for Rashomon itself, while it remains essential viewing for the cinematically literate, I don't hold it in as high esteem as I do such Kurosawa/Mifune collaborations as  Drunken Angel (1948), Stray Dog (1949), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), The Lower Depths (1957), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Yojimbo (1961), Sanjuro (1962), or High and Low (1963). Rashomon feels arty and remote in ways that those don't.

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