Fans cheered for the golden statue of Dr. Xu Hi! and "I want it!　New Prince of Tennis RisingBeat" Special Stage at Tokyo Game Show 2017

On Sunday, September 24, 2017, a special stage for "The New Prince of Tennis: RisingBeat" was held at the Bushiroad booth at the "Tokyo Game Show 2017" at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, featuring Junko Minagawa playing Ryoma Echizen, Ryutaro Okiayu playing Kunimitsu Tezuka, Sachiko Nagai playing Seiichi Yukimura, and Tansuke Aragaki playing Eiji Kide. Ryotaro Okiayu, who plays Kunimitsu Tezuka, Sachiko Nagai, who plays Seiichi Yukimura, and Tarusuke Aragaki, who plays Eishiro Kide. The event was moderated by Naru Kawamoto who played the role of Takashi Kawamura.

The final goal is to record 800 songs!　Rhythm game part was highly praised by the cast.

New Tennis no Oujisama RisingBeat" is the latest "New Tennis no Oujisama" smartphone game. The game system is basically a rhythm game in which players hit tennis ball-shaped notes that fly in the air along with TENIPLI songs back and forth with their rackets. The game is called "Tenirabi" for short.

In the "Tenirabi" trial play corner by the cast members, Okiayu-san first played "I feel like I'm going to hug you" by Kunimitsu Tezuka, the character he plays. In the background of the rhythm game play, the little characters of Tezuka and Ryoma were playing a heated tennis match. Minagawa-san, who was watching the game, was delighted when Ryoma's reaction to winning a point was displayed. Next, Niigaki-san played "Spider" by Eishiro Kide. During the game, the characters in the deck were shown cheering for the game, and the characters' voices were cut in. The video featured the characters played by the five performers on stage, and the presence of Takashi Kawamura's voice, played by Mr. Kawamoto, was amazing.
After playing the rhythm game, everyone was excited to see more songs to be included in the future. When Mr. Okiayu said, "There are 800 songs (in TENIPRIS)," Mr. Minagawa responded, "I want them all in the game! Minagawa-san said, "I want all of them to be included in the game!

In addition to the rhythm game, the audience was able to redecorate their own rooms and experience the story mode. The audience cheered when they saw the cute Ryoma being picked up by the hand used to move characters in his room.

With time to spare on stage, all the speakers decided to try their hand at a "Tenirabi" rhythm game. The one who showed outstanding performance was Ms. Nagai, who played "Yume no Tsuguhito II" by Yukimura Seichi. He said that if he could score more than 500,000 points, he would be considered a pro-level player, but to get 500,000 points on easy mode, he was told that almost no mistakes were allowed. While the hurdle was raised by the preliminaries, Mr. Nagai achieved a high score of 499,466 points with a full combo!　He seemed to be having a little trouble getting a feel for the game at the beginning, so I am sure he will be able to exceed 500,000 points if he plays the game again. Minagawa-san, who does not play rhythm games very often, seemed to enjoy playing the game while singing "future" by Ryoma, so it seems that the game can be played by a wide range of people. At the end of the session, the MC, Mr. Kawamoto, suddenly switched to Mr. Okiayu and Ms. Minagawa as the MC and they joined the game. As Okiayu and Minagawa danced and cheered for Kawamoto, Ms. Nagai was impressed by the Aogaku cast as teammates, saying, "I felt the bond of Aogaku.

Junko Minagawa performed the theme song live for the first time!

In the latter half of the show, Ms. Minagawa performed "RisingBeat," the theme song of "The New Prince of Tennis RisingBeat," live!　Minagawa could not hide her nervousness at performing live on stage for the first time at a game show, but when she changed her voice to Ryoma Echizen mode, she turned on the switch immediately. During the cool interlude of his singing, he delivered many famous lines such as "You're not ready yet," while pointing at the live camera. The cast members who appeared on stage again praised the performance, saying, "So cool! The cast members who appeared on stage again praised the performance, saying, "Cool! The CD single containing "RisingBeat" sung by Ms. Minagawa is scheduled to be released on November 1, 2017.

As a surprise, a video message from Takeshi Konomi, the author of the original game, was shown on stage. Mr. Konohi said that he was looking forward to taking on the challenge of playing the game because it was going to be a lot of fun, and he shared the astonishing information that if the pre-registration of "Tenirabi" exceeded 300,000 people, a golden statue of the author (item, golden statue of Mr. Konohi) would be given to all of them. The audience was surprised to see a golden statue of the author standing in their own rooms, but when the design of the golden statue was shown on the screen, the audience cheered with excitement, saying "I want it! It was also a unique aspect of "The New Prince of Tennis" that the audience cheered with earnestness when they saw the design of the golden statue projected on the screen.

In his closing remarks, Mr. Kawamoto happily said, "We will probably be able to play it by the end of the year. By the end of the stage, the cast members were excitedly talking about having a "TENIRABI" tournament and a school ranking competition, and it was a stage where one could sense the close friendship and bonds among the "TENIPRI" cast members.

(Reporting by Kiri Nakazato)

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