Report on the second Wake Up, Girls! x Tohoku Rakuten Collaboration Night Ticket!　Became "Sendai Marbo-Yakisoba PR Ambassador" the next day!

A report on the collaboration night with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles has arrived from "Wake Up, Girls!

Wake Up, Girls!" is an original anime directed by Hiroshi Yamamoto (director of the TV anime "Lucky Star"), written and composed by Doko Waita, and featuring music by Satoru Kamizaki (MONACA). The TV broadcast and theatrical release started simultaneously in January 2014 and attracted a lot of attention. A new theater version, "Wake Up, Girls! Sequel Theater Version," will be released in September/December 2015 as a two-part series.

On May 19, the second collaboration night between the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and the voice-over unit "Wake Up, Girls! The venue was Rakuten Kobo Stadium Miyagi, and their opponent was the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Before the game, a talk event was held in the Eagles Dome, and the following day, a press conference was held on FM Sendai to announce the inauguration of the Sendai Marbo-yakisoba PR Ambassador. Below is the report.

From Tuesday, May 19 to Wednesday, May 20, Wake Up, Girls!participated in the "Wake Up, Girls! x Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (hereafter Rakuten Eagles)" collaboration night and the inaugural press conference of Sendai Marbo-yakisoba PR Ambassador inSendai, the setting of the production.

This was the second collaboration night event between Wake Up, Girls!
Last year, the weather was unfavorable and the game was a close loss, but this year the weather changed from cloudy to sunny as the start of the game approached.
The talk event, held from 3:00 p.m. prior to the Collaboration Night, was attended by approximately 350 people who had purchased Special Ticket A (game viewing + cast handover meeting eligibility benefits).
As the members talked about their enthusiasm for the collaboration night game inside the newly constructed Eagles Dome, Mr. Nagano, a native of Sendai who is an avid fan of the Rakuten Eagles, said, "What a wonderful day! Let's cheer for them as hard as we can! We will definitely win today!" he also called out to the fans. During the event, the entire venue practiced the cheering song "Habatake Rakuten Eagles," which is sung in the 7th inning, and a raffle for autograph balls from the cast members and a high-five handing over session were held. The event ended after about an hour amid the excitement of the audience.

Next, at Rakuten Kobo Stadium Miyagi, the members greeted the audience on the mound prior to the 18:00 start of the game.
As an introductory video was projected on the venue's Aurora Vision, each member shouted their enthusiasm one by one. The members then joined the fans in the bleachers to cheer for the team. In the 3rd and 4th inning, when the Rakuten Eagles were on the offensive, the members also tried their hand as stadium MCs, announcing the names of the players (Yoshioka, Nagano, Tanaka, and Yamashita in the 3rd inning, Aoyama, Okuno, and Takagi in the 4th inning). They also took on the challenge of leading the cheering with the Rakuten cheering squad, enlivening the stadium together with the spirited fans.

In the game, the Rakuten Eagles, who had trailed Nippon Ham from the first inning, scored five runs in the bottom of the 8th inning, including a timely hit by Fujita. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the game 7-4, and Wake Up, Girls!
Furthermore, the victory was won with a "7" score, reminiscent of the lyrics of the popular Wake Up, Girls! song "7 Girls War": "But, the tears we shed together turn into seven stars.
It was a great night for both Rakuten Eagles fans and Wake Up, Girls!

On the following day, Wednesday, May 20, Ms. Nagano and Ms. Okuno participated in a press conference to become PR ambassadors for "Marbo-yakisoba," Sendai's date delicious gourmet food. After being handed a letter of commission, a letter of attorney as PR ambassador, and a business card, Mr. Nagano expressed his enthusiasm, "I want to go all over the country and spread the deliciousness of this product." She expressed her enthusiasm. After the inauguration press conference, Ms. Nagano was given the card at Sunkus stores in Sendai (Sendai Futsukamachi store and Sendai Tsutsuka 4-chome store), where Marbo Yakisoba is sold, dressed as a Sunkus store employee.

After the two-day collaboration night and inaugural press conference in Sendai, Wake Up, Girls! The group will next perform in Sendai on August 16 (Sun).
With the release of the movie version coming in September and December, please keep your eyes on Wake Up, Girls!