Who is your birthday oshi? ~Mid-May 2024~

Every now and then I go watch the Love Machine video and it breaks my brain that all the members were so young but had such...spice? Attitude? Ishiguro was the same age as Kitagawa Rio in that video and Ichii was younger than everyone in the group except Ako. Wtf was in the water back in 1999 lol.

Alright so in my search for vocal synths that share voices with characters from fandoms I'm in, I had an easier time finding Danganronpa voices than anything.

By coincidence I saw today that Tohoku Zunko's VP also voiced my babygirl Yuzuki Mikage from Jigoku Shoujo, but I know I've also ran into over voices I know that weren't from my active fandoms and didn't write down. Like, one shared a voice with DID-misrepresentation queen Shinya Banba but I didn't even take note of who it was.

So, embarrassingly, my findings have been... (Japanese only)

JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE

- LUMi (VOCALOID) & Aya Tsuji (DiU), both voiced by Sayaka Ohara

DANGANRONPA

- Sato Sasara (CeVIO) & Ruruka Ando (DR3), both voiced by Inori Minase

- Suzuki Tsudumi (CeVIO) & Ibuki Mioda (DR2, Stage only), both interpreted by Anju Inami

- Otomachi Una (VOCALOID, VOICEROID) & Himiko Yumeno (DRV3), both voiced by Aimi Tanaka

- Yuzuki Yukari (VOCALOID, VOICEROID, CeVIO) & Hiroko Hagakure (DRAE), both voiced by Chihiro Ishiguro

- Haruno Sora (VOCALOID, VOICEROID, VOICEPEAK, Synthesizer V) & Kirumi Tojo (DRV3), both voiced by Kikuko Inoue

- Hatsune Miku (VOCALOID, Piapro) & Seiko Kimura (DR3), both voiced by Saki Fujita

...Hopefully, I didn't forget anyone. I hope to find more in the future, because it's fun. No guys yet... I think. Basically, if you want to make these characters talk or sing, you can more or less use these voicebanks, though they're not necessarily voice acted in the same way. I know Mcki Robyns-P used this opportunity by making their Himiko Yumeno fansong with Otomachi Una! (They didn't see my cover of their Komaeda fansong with Haruno Sora Lite, so I'm bummed, though... 😔) I don't know if other such voicebanks were used for similar means?

(Off the top of my head, Haruno Sora is the only one of these to have a free (Lite) version. If you also happen to like Jigoku Shoujo, Tohoku Zunko is free on NEUTRINO, I'm pretty sure.)

Layer（2022） 写真集のブックデザイン

AD. Koichi Sugiyama D. Minako Endo P. Hirotaka Hashimoto ST. Aya Ishiguro DF. MARU

Mixtape: Morning Musume.'s graduation songs

I know the name says "songs" but this mixtape is not about their solo songs of any kind, but rather the A-side of the single of their graduations. Of course this mixtape will be updated along the years. 01. Memory Seishun no Hikari (Asuka Fukuda) 02. LOVE Machine (Aya Ishiguro) 03. Happy Summer Wedding (Sayaka Ichii) 04. Ren'ai Revolution 21 (Yuuko Nakazawa) 05. Do it! Now (Maki Gotou) 06. AS FOR ONE DAY (Kei Yasuda) 07. Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari (Nozomi Tsuji, Ai Kago) 08. Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT (Natsumi Abe) 09. THE Manpower!!! (Kaori Iida) 10. Oosaka Koi no Uta (Rika Ishikawa, Mari Yaguchi) 11. Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan (Asami Konno, Makoto Ogawa) 12. Kanashimi Twilight (Hitomi Yoshizawa, Miki Fujimoto) 13. Kimagure Princess (Koharu Kusumi) 14. Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game (Eri Kamei, Junjun, Linlin) 15. Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo! (Ai Takahashi) 16. Ren'ai Hunter (Risa Niigaki, Aika Mitsui) 17. Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (Reina Tanaka) 18. TIKI BUN (Sayumi Michishige) 19. Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi (Riho Sayashi) 20. Utakata Saturday Night! (Kanon Suzuki) 21. Wakaindashi! (Haruka Kudou) 22. Are you Happy? (Haruna Ogata) 23. Furari Ginza (Haruna Iikubo) 24. Teenage Solution (Masaki Satou) 25. Chu Chu Chu Bokura no Mirai (Chisaki Morito) 26. Swing Swing Paradise (Kaede Kaga) 27. Suggoi FEVER! (Mizuki Fukumura)

モーニング娘。'愛の種' (Morning Musume - Ai no Tane; Seeds of Love)

☆ - released: Nov 3; 1997

☆ - members: nakazawa yuko (1st gen), ishiguro aya (1st gen), iida kaori (1st gen), abe natsumi (1st gen), fukuda asuka (1st gen)

Kishimon getting all up in the mic screen's business in the recording for Namida no Heroine reminded me of Ishiguro Aya, which is always a good thing

Who is your birthday oshi? ~Week of May 7~

It's that time of the week again.

The ONLY YOU girls are such a gem for H!P. They're so insanely skilled it's hard to remember they're idols! It kind of reminds me of how pre-Goto H!P was very rich with personality because of their life experiences. You had women like Ruru who had experience in the industry, Shinoda Miho who competed in the 1988 Olympics, Ayappe who had been in a local band, Kei who was a kogal doing part time work and Yuu-chan who had been an OL and hostess.            

♡ morning musume. members & tenures; part one ♡

【ｍｏｔｔｏ】, １９９９