Where did President Kitani find Rimi Nishimoto?　Bandolieri! Special Talk Stage: Poppin'Party Birth Story - Rimi Nishimoto Part" in Tokyo Game Show 2017

On Sunday, September 24, 2017, at the Bushiroad booth at the Tokyo Game Show 2017 held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, "Bandolieri! Special Talk Stage Poppin'Party Birth Secret Story - Rimi Nishimoto Part" was held at Bushiroad booth at "Tokyo Game Show 2017" held at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, on September 24, 2017.

The stage was attended by "Bandoli-! President Takaaki Kitani of Bushiroad, music producer Noriyasu Uematsu of Elements Garden, and Rimi Nishimoto, who plays Rimi Ushigome. Bandolier!" and discuss the rare and secret stories from the early days of the band. This time, the focus is on Ms. Nishimoto, who is in charge of the bass guitar of the girls' voice-over band "Poppin'Party". Here is a report on the stage, which was filled with secret stories that cannot be heard anywhere else!

■"Bandolier! The birth story - and the formation of Poppipa!

According to President Kitani, the "Bandoli-! project first "landed on our shoulders" in 2014. According to President Kiya, the "Poppin'Party" project first "landed on my shoulders" in 2014, when Aimi, who plays the guitarist and vocalist Kasumi Toyama in "Poppin'Party," played guitar in a girls' band during her high school years. Let's get voice actors to play in a band. It was Ms. Uematsu who first approached President Kitani with such a plan.

The first encounter between President Kitani and Uematsu-san dates back to the winter of 2002. President Kitani visited Ms. Uematsu, whom he had known for a long time, on a whim with a rough sketch of the Kasumi design at the time, and enthusiastically presented the idea of a girls' band featuring the voice actresses from the anime. Uematsu explained how difficult it was for the voice actresses, given their schedules, technical difficulties, and above all, the fact that there were few voice actresses who could play the drums. President Kitani, who now says he finally understands how hard it is, gave one example of the difficulty: "If a five-member unit is dancing, only one teacher is needed. But with a band, you need five teachers for five members. Asked about the difficulties of lessons, Nishimoto said with a smile, "It's tough, but it's fun! he said with a smile.

Nishimoto-san was the one who was chosen to be in the "search for voice actors who can work as a band," which was a difficult task. Ms. Nishimoto had actually participated in the final of the "Milky Holmes Sisters Member Scout Audition" held four years ago. The person who won the role of Alice in that audition was "Bandolier! The person who won the role of Alice in that audition was Ayasa Ito, who plays the keyboardist Arisaki Ichigaya in "Bandolier! I didn't meddle in the auditions for the Feathers, but after the audition, when I saw her side by side with Aimi, I felt very comfortable with her," said President Kitani.

On the other hand, from Ms. Nishimoto's point of view, President Kitani had an aura about him that was a little scary. During the search for voice actors for "Bandolier! President Kitani immediately contacted Ms. Nishimoto after remembering a girl from Kobe who held a guitar at an audition during the search for a voice actress for "Bandolier! He then visited Ms. Nishimoto's hometown and explained the situation to her family. Uematsu praised Ms. Nishimoto, saying that she was versatile in musical instruments such as bass guitar, guitar, and piano, which she started playing at the age of 3, and that she also had great voice potential as a voice actor.

At this point, a video of the first time the five members of Poppin'Party met in the studio together was shown on stage. Sae Otsuka, who plays Tae Hanazono, the lead guitarist of Poppin'Party, mumbled "We're a band at last! as if biting her lip. Nishimoto-san said of that moment, "I got goosebumps. What was interesting was that Uematsu-san said that he couldn't have made it so that the drummer joined the band at the end because he would have thought of it only in terms of his own sensibilities. President Kitani likened it to the increase in the number of friends in an RPG, and said that it would be good if the number of people increases and the bond deepens with the addition of members.