50 Fun Facts About BanG Dream!

A newborn of which animal at a Taiwan aquarium was named Tomorin after BanG Dream!'s Tomori Takamatsu?

King penguin chick Tomorin got its name in a public vote at Xpark in December 2024. The aquarium cleared the plan with the anime's Japanese producers first.

Before voicing Yukina Minato in BanG Dream!, Aina Aiba spent about two years competing in which sport?

Pro wrestling came before the microphone for Aiba, who fought under the ring name Yūki Harima. She had five matches before retiring from the ring.

In BanG Dream!, Kasumi Toyama follows a trail of stickers to a guitar kept in what kind of shop?

A pawnshop belonging to a classmate's family holds the star-shaped guitar she falls for. Writer Kō Nakamura took the detail from his own school band, whose guitarist bought one the same way.

In BanG Dream!, Misaki Okusawa plays DJ for Hello, Happy World! as Michelle, dressed as what?

A pink bear suit from an old part-time job turns Misaki into Michelle. Her bandmates treat the bear as a member in her own right and Misaki as merely Michelle's agent or friend.

Roselia's stern vocalist Yukina Minato hides a soft spot in BanG Dream! for which animals?

Cats are Yukina's secret weakness, at odds with the cold, serious face she shows the world. Her drive to sing comes from her father, whose own music career ended after he was forced to sell out.

Rui Yashio makes Morfonica unique among the bands of BanG Dream! by playing which instrument?

Violin is Rui's instrument, a black five-string model. The game's developers gave Morfonica a violinist so the band would stand apart from every other group.

Hina, the gifted guitarist of Pastel Palettes, is the younger twin of which member of BanG Dream!'s Roselia?

Sayo Hikawa works tirelessly at guitar yet feels overshadowed by Hina, who masters things after one demonstration. The twins do share one trait: a dislike of carrots.

Ave Mujica's stage names in BanG Dream!, such as Oblivionis and Mortis, come from features found where?

On the Moon lie the dark plains Lacus Oblivionis and Lacus Mortis, Latin for Lake of Forgetfulness and Lake of Death. Each member of the band took a stage name from one such feature.

Poppin'Party's BanG Dream! song Introduction was written and composed by Ayase, a member of which J-pop duo?

Yoasobi's Ayase wrote Introduction as the first of the franchise's tie-up songs, a 2021 series that handed the pen to artists outside its usual production team.

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! moved beyond phones in 2021 with a paid version for which console?

Nintendo Switch players in Japan got the port in September 2021. Unlike the free-to-play original, it was sold as a premium game.

Which BanG Dream! lead guitarist shares her family home with 20 pet rabbits she dotes on?

Tae Hanazono of Poppin'Party has played since she was little. Her busking in the anime's second season was inspired by voice actress Sae Ōtsuka, who performed on the street as a teenager.

Which BanG Dream! keyboardist is a sharp-tongued top student who looks after bonsai trees at home?

Arisa Ichigaya of Poppin'Party was also the top pianist at her music school. She and bandleader Kasumi butt heads constantly, though Arisa plays the refined young lady around others.

Poppin'Party bassist Rimi Ushigome is devoted in BanG Dream! to which pastry from Yamabuki Bakery?

Chocolate cornets from the bakery run by drummer Sāya's family are Rimi's favorite food. She loves sweets in general, with one exception: mint chocolate.

Pastel Palettes keyboardist Eve Wakamiya, BanG Dream!'s devotee of bushido, grew up in which country?

Finland is where the half-Japanese, half-Finnish Eve was raised. Her fascination with Japanese tradition fills her school week with kendo and tea ceremony clubs.

Which Pastel Palettes drummer in BanG Dream! wears glasses and loses track of time tinkering with gear?

Maya Yamato is happiest surrounded by musical equipment and is almost impossible to stop once she starts talking about it. She was also a member of her school's drama club.

Which wealthy, acrobatic BanG Dream! vocalist founded a band to make the whole world smile?

Kokoro Tsurumaki leads Hello, Happy World!, a regular act at preschools and hospitals. She lives in one of the biggest houses in the area and is forever turning cartwheels.

Hello, Happy World! guitarist Kaoru Seta loves reciting lines by which playwright in BanG Dream!?

Shakespeare gives Kaoru her favorite lines, though she does not always understand what she is quoting. The swagger is learned too: she was timid when young and reinvented herself in middle school.

Hello, Happy World! bassist Hagumi Kitazawa captains her high school team in BanG Dream! in which sport?

Softball rewards Hagumi's lightning-fast reflexes. Off the field her family runs a meat shop whose croquettes are a little famous around town.

Afterglow singer Ran Mitake of BanG Dream! comes from a family with a century of expertise in which art?

Ikebana, the art of flower arranging, has been the Mitake family's trade for 100 years. Ran's father disapproves of her band at first, the conflict behind Afterglow's first story in the game.

Although Ran Mitake fronts Afterglow in BanG Dream!, which bassist is officially the band's leader?

Himari Uehara holds the title but is easily moved to tears and leans on the others for decisions, so Ran sometimes ends up making the calls.

Which BanG Dream! producer and DJ is a 14-year-old prodigy who skipped grades to reach high school early?

Chiyu Tamade, who performs as CHU², turned to producing after struggling to live up to her mother, a decorated musician. Schooling overseas left her dropping foreign words into her speech.

Which BanG Dream! band started out as a backup group known as The Third at other bands' concerts?

Raise A Suilen got its permanent name in July 2018. The placeholder marked it as the franchise's third band to play live, after Poppin'Party and Roselia.

In BanG Dream!, the bitter breakup of which band leads its members to form MyGO!!!!! and Ave Mujica?

Crychic's collapse sends three of its members into MyGO!!!!! and two into Ave Mujica, and the fallout drives the plot of both bands' anime series.

The band name MyGO!!!!! in BanG Dream! plays on the Japanese word maigo, which has what meaning?

Lost child suits a band whose members each feel they have lost their way. The exclamation marks in the name stand for the members, one apiece.

Which Ave Mujica drummer, a beauty influencer in BanG Dream!, exposes her bandmates by unmasking the group?

Nyamu Yūtenji is Nyamuchi to her followers and hides the Hakata dialect of her native Fukuoka. Her commercial instincts clash with the bandleader's strict artistic vision.

MyGO!!!!! lead guitarist Rāna Kaname of BanG Dream! has a sweet tooth and especially loves which dessert?

Parfaits top the list for Rāna, who avoids hot food because of her sensitive tongue. Her grandmother is a strict former rock guitarist who ran a live house.

In BanG Dream!, MyGO!!!!! guitarist Anon Chihaya fell behind while studying abroad in which country?

England was meant to be a triumph for Anon, a popular student council president in middle school. She slipped back to Japan in secret, then set out to start a band at her new school.

The third episode of BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! won praise for presenting its whole story in what way?

From a first-person view, to be exact: the episode is one long take seen through Tomori's eyes. Writer Yuniko Ayana studied the film Being John Malkovich to prepare.

Roselia's Ako Udagawa and Rinko Shirokane became best friends in BanG Dream! through which shared hobby?

Online games brought the pair together: they met as players of Neo Fantasy Online. Rinko is so shy that large crowds frighten her, yet she plays keyboards on stage.

The name of BanG Dream!'s Roselia joins the word rose to the name of which other flower?

Camellia and rose merge in the name, which points to the blue rose, a flower the band uses as a symbol of achieving the impossible.

In the first season of the BanG Dream! anime, Poppin'Party works to earn a slot at which live house?

Space is run by a strict owner who makes hopeful bands audition. She opened it to disprove the idea that music venues are intimidating.

Hello, Happy World! drummer Kanon Matsubara is notorious among her BanG Dream! bandmates for lacking what?

A sense of direction is the one thing Kanon cannot find, though she tracks down coffee shops by smell. Timid and clumsy, she still tries to rein in her band's wilder antics.

Watching which band perform at a live house inspires BanG Dream!'s Kasumi Toyama to start her own?

Glitter Green is led by the older sister of Kasumi's future bassist. Its four voice actresses had all starred together in another franchise, Tantei Opera Milky Holmes.

Kasumi Toyama starts BanG Dream! as a new student at which girls' high school?

Hanasakigawa is where Kasumi tries out club after club in her first weeks, hoping to recapture a thrill she felt long ago while gazing at the night sky.

Which singer and guitarist voices Kasumi Toyama and fronts Poppin'Party at real-life BanG Dream! concerts?

Aimi was the spark for the whole project: a staff member saw her play guitar at a 2014 concert and proposed building an all-female band around her.

Sawako Hata, who voices Eve Wakamiya in BanG Dream!, was once a member of which idol group?

SKE48, the Nagoya idol group, gave Hata her start. Her character is an idol too: Eve belongs to Pastel Palettes, a band put together by a talent agency.

Satomi Akesaka gave up voicing Roselia keyboardist Rinko Shirokane in BanG Dream! in 2018 because of what?

Hearing loss forced Akesaka out of the band that September. Open auditions found her successor, Kanon Shizaki, who took over two months later.

Which American company licensed the BanG Dream! anime and released an English dub of its second season?

Sentai Filmworks put the dub on its HIDIVE streaming platform in April 2020, with John Swasey directing. HIDIVE had already simulcast the season in Japanese.

The final episode of BanG Dream!'s third season takes place at which famous Tokyo arena?

Nippon Budokan was chosen to echo real life: the franchise's 7th Live had been staged there, and the episode is full of references to that concert.

Which boy-band project began in 2018 as a male counterpart to BanG Dream! and later went independent?

Argonavis never shared a world with the girls' bands: its creator said the two sets of characters would never meet. In 2021 it was spun off under its own company.

BanG Dream! is owned by which Japanese card game company, founded in 2007 by Takaaki Kidani?

Bushiroad's founder launched the band project in 2015 and has always insisted it is a girl band series, not an idol one. Kidani had earlier founded another company, Broccoli.

The success of a mobile game from which rival franchise prompted Takaaki Kidani to plan BanG Dream! in 2014?

Love Live! had a hit phone title, School Idol Festival, published by Kidani's own company. Watching it take off convinced him to lead a music project of his own.

Fans of BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! usually shorten the mobile game's title to which nickname?

Garupa also names the chibi comedy spin-off Garupa Pico, and Garupa Live fan events have been held at Tokyo Big Sight.

Which CyberAgent studio developed BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! after first weighing a puzzle game?

Craft Egg set its rhythm game apart with cover songs and a free-to-play model. The studio stepped away from development at the start of 2024.

Which studio took over the BanG Dream! anime from its second season and switched it to mostly CGI?

Sanzigen had never made a show outside science fiction, so it warmed up by animating a music video for a Roselia song. Some details, such as clothing, were still drawn by hand.

Which music production group, home of composer Noriyasu Agematsu, is credited with the music of BanG Dream!?

Elements Garden's Agematsu doubted the idea at first, unsure that actresses could balance voice work with practicing instruments, but he signed on anyway.

Roselia's BanG Dream! albums and concerts, including Anfang and Wahl, take their titles from which language?

German gives Anfang its meaning of beginning and Wahl its meaning of choice. The habit started with Rosenlied, the band's first concert of its own.

In 2020 BanG Dream!'s Roselia won the Singing Award at which annual Japanese ceremony?

Seiyu Awards honor voice actors in anime and other media. Roselia's five actresses took the singing prize as a band that also plays its own instruments on stage.

Crunchyroll released BanG Dream! Ave Mujica under which subtitle, a phrase attributed to Julius Caesar?

The Die is Cast fits a series its director calls psychological suspense, in which the members hide their emotions behind masks and play operatic shows in theaters.

Mugendai MewType joined BanG Dream! in 2023 as a band made up of what kind of internet performers?

VTubers make up the whole line-up, streaming on their own as well as together. Unlike every band before it in the franchise, it has no bassist or drummer.