50 Fun Facts About Hypnosis Mic

In the world of Hypnosis Mic, the government that banned and destroyed all weapons is run entirely by whom?

Women took over politics after a war and outlawed arms, which is why the men of the story settle their turf disputes with words instead.

How is the winning team of each Hypnosis Mic Division Rap Battle season decided in real life?

Fan votes settle it: the battle CDs came with voting cards, so buyers chose which team advanced.

Which Tokyo district do the three Yamada siblings of Hypnosis Mic's Buster Bros!!! represent in battle?

Ikebukuro is the home turf of Buster Bros!!!, and the project's very first live show in 2017 was staged there.

Which legendary Hypnosis Mic rap group broke up, leaving its four members to lead rival division teams?

The Dirty Dawg split into the four original Tokyo-area teams, and a prequel manga, Before the Battle, follows its members.

Ichiro Yamada of Hypnosis Mic raps under the name MC.B.B; what do the letters B.B stand for?

Big Brother suits the eldest of the three Yamadas, and Jiro and Saburo follow suit as MC.M.B and MC.L.B.

Rio Mason Busujima of Hypnosis Mic's Mad Trigger Crew is half Japanese and half which other nationality?

American on his father's side, Rio raps under the MC name Crazy M and is 28 years old.

Which Hypnosis Mic character, a high-ranking yakuza of the Katen Family, leads Mad Trigger Crew as Mr.Hc?

Samatoki Aohitsugi uses an MC name short for Mister Hardcore, and he once performed in a duo called Mad Comic Dialogue.

Which Hypnosis Mic fashion designer, who raps as easy R, leads the Shibuya team of artists and entertainers?

Ramuda Amemura is 24 and once belonged to the same legendary crew as the leaders of the other three Tokyo-area teams.

Which Hypnosis Mic doctor, who raps under the name ill-DOC, leads the team representing Shinjuku?

Jakurai Jinguji is 35, which makes him by far the oldest of the four leaders who once shared a crew.

What forced the first season of Hypnosis Mic's television anime Rhyme Anima to push its premiere from July to October?

COVID-19 and Japan's state of emergency led the production committee to put the health of its cast and staff first.

Which Shinjuku team of medical and office workers won Hypnosis Mic's first Division Rap Battle?

Matenro beat Mad Trigger Crew in the December 2018 final and marked the win with an album called The Champion.

Which Shibuya team took the title in Hypnosis Mic's Second Division Rap Battle, decided in 2021?

Fling Posse won a contest that had grown to six teams, after newcomers from two more cities joined the original four.

Dotsuitare Hompo, the Hypnosis Mic team led by a stand-up comedian, represents which Japanese city?

Osaka gained its team in September 2019, when the project first expanded beyond its four original divisions.

Which teenage monk leads Hypnosis Mic's Nagoya team, Bad Ass Temple, and raps under the name Evil Monk?

Kuko Harai is 19 and once teamed up with Buster Bros!!! leader Ichiro in a duo called Naughty Busters.

Which stand-up comedian leads Dotsuitare Hompo in Hypnosis Mic and raps under the name Tragic Comedy?

Sasara Nurude is 26 and used to perform with another team's future leader in a duo known as Mad Comic Dialogue.

Which pessimistic office worker raps for Hypnosis Mic's Shinjuku team under his own given name?

Doppo Kannonzaka simply writes his given name in capitals as an MC name, and his solo tracks include Tigridia and Black or White.

Which 20-year-old member of Hypnosis Mic's Shibuya team raps under the MC name Dead or Alive?

Dice Arisugawa is a gambler, and his solo tracks keep to the theme with titles such as Scramble Gamble.

Which corrupt police officer in Hypnosis Mic's Mad Trigger Crew raps under the MC name 45 Rabbit?

Jyuto Iruma is 29, and his solo songs include Bayside Smoking Blues and Awake.

Which 35-year-old lawyer in Hypnosis Mic's Bad Ass Temple raps under the MC name Heaven and Hell?

Hitoya Amaguni is the oldest member of the Nagoya trio, whose leader is only 19.

Which job does Hifumi Izanami of Hypnosis Mic's Shinjuku team hold?

Host is his trade, and his solo songs fit it, with titles such as Don't Stop the Party and Positive my Life.

Rosho Tsutsujimori of Hypnosis Mic's Dotsuitare Hompo raps as WISDOM; what is his day job?

Teacher by trade, Rosho is 26 and shares his team with a comedian and a man twenty years his senior.

Jyushi Aimono of Hypnosis Mic's Bad Ass Temple sings in a band from which Japanese music movement?

Visual kei suits the 18-year-old, who raps as 14th Moon and performs one of his solo songs with his own band.

Gentaro Yumeno of Hypnosis Mic raps under the MC name Phantom; what is his profession?

Author Gentaro is 24, and his solo tracks nod to storytelling with titles such as Scenario Liar.

Rei Amayado, the 46-year-old member of Hypnosis Mic's Dotsuitare Hompo, makes his living as what?

Conman fits his rap persona: he performs as MC MasterMind, and his solo songs include Count the Money.

Before joining Hypnosis Mic's Mad Trigger Crew, Rio Mason Busujima served in which organisation?

The military shaped Rio, who raps as Crazy M and whose solo tracks include one titled No War.

Otome Tohoten, who leads the last team faced in the 2025 Hypnosis Mic film, holds which office?

Prime minister Otome Tohoten fronts the government's own team, which only the division left standing after the earlier rounds gets to face.

In the story of Hypnosis Mic, the microphones influence thought by acting on which part of the body?

Sympathetic nerves are the target, which lets a rapper's verses change how listeners think and makes lyrics the only weapon left.

Hypnosis Mic is produced by King Records under which of its labels, also home to Momoiro Clover Z?

Evil Line Records was set up in April 2014 as a new division of the company, three years before the rap project began.

Which studio animated Rhyme Anima, the 13-episode Hypnosis Mic television anime directed by Katsumi Ono?

A-1 Pictures returned for a second season in 2023, which added six more cast members to the roster.

Which studio animated the 2025 Hypnosis Mic feature, billed as Japan's first interactive film?

Polygon Pictures built a film whose story and champion can change from one screening to the next.

Which company developed and published the smartphone game Hypnosis Mic: Alternative Rap Battle, released in March 2020?

Idea Factory was there from the start: with its Otomate brand it designed the project's original characters.

In the smartphone game Hypnosis Mic: Alternative Rap Battle, the player starts out as an apprentice in which role?

A DJ in training is the player's role, and the game adds a rhythm mode called Killer Scratch for playing the project's songs.

Which Japanese rapper produced The Champion, the album celebrating victory in Hypnosis Mic's first Division Rap Battle?

Zeebra first made his name in the group King Giddra before going solo in 1997, and often produces other rappers' songs.

Which Japanese hip-hop band produced Bad Ass Temple Funky Sounds, the 2019 debut of Hypnosis Mic's Nagoya team?

Nobodyknows topped the Oricon chart with their first album in 2004 and once organised the Nagoya Music Expo.

Which voice actor, also the voice of Gian in Doraemon, plays Buster Bros!!! leader Ichiro Yamada in Hypnosis Mic?

Subaru Kimura took over as Gian in 2005 while still in junior high school, and he also works as a rapper.

Which voice actor and singer plays Gentaro Yumeno, who raps as Phantom, in Hypnosis Mic?

Soma Saito won his agency's audition against more than a thousand entrants while he was still in high school.

Which deep-voiced actor, known as Kazuma Kiryu in the Yakuza games, plays Rei Amayado in Hypnosis Mic?

Takaya Kuroda also fronts a rock band of his own, Takaya Kuroda & Goodfellas.

Which publisher ran the Hypnosis Mic prequel manga Before the Battle in its Shonen Magazine Edge?

Kodansha has an old tie to the project's label: King Records began in 1931 as a division of the publisher.

In the story of Hypnosis Mic, the new ruling party took over politics in which ward of Tokyo?

Chuo is where the new rulers seized control, and in the mobile game the same ward stages a rap contest of its own.

Which symbol was added to the title Rhyme Anima for the second season of the Hypnosis Mic anime?

A plus sign marked the 2023 return, which was announced at AnimeJapan and opened with a new theme, Rise From Dead.

Under which collective name do the Hypnosis Mic teams perform together on the opening theme of Rhyme Anima?

Division All Stars also closed the first season, performing the last episode's ending theme, Rhyme Anima's Mixtape.

Which official team colour represents Buster Bros!!!, the Hypnosis Mic trio led by Ichiro Yamada?

Red belongs to Buster Bros!!!, while the five other teams are assigned blue, yellow, gray, orange and purple.

Hypnosis Mic's first live performance came in November 2017 at a Girls Festival run by which anime retail chain?

Animate Girls Festival gave the four original teams their first crowd only weeks after the debut CD came out.

Which main scenario writer of Hypnosis Mic also wrote the screenplay for the franchise's 2025 interactive film?

Yuichiro Momose also scripted the manga spin-offs and the story of the mobile game.

At the 13th Seiyu Awards in 2019, which prize went to the Hypnosis Mic franchise as a whole?

Singing Award honours voice actors who sing under their own name or in a role, a neat fit for a project built on rapping in character.

In 2018, Hypnosis Mic ran Japan's most engaged voice actor account on which social platform?

Twitter Japan gave the project its top spot for engagement, even though the account did not have the most followers in its category.

Mad Trigger Crew, the Hypnosis Mic team led by a yakuza who raps as Mr.Hc, represents which Japanese city?

Yokohama runs through the team's music, from the team song Yokohama Walker to their leader's solo G Anthem of Y-City.

Four Hypnosis Mic teams each recorded a city version of which ending theme for the first season of Rhyme Anima?

Kizuna changed hands every three episodes, one team at a time, before every team shared the closing song of the final episode.

Which solo song belongs to Hifumi Izanami of Hypnosis Mic's Shinjuku team?

Champagne Gold sits in his catalogue beside The Last Song of the Beginning, while Break the Wall belongs to Ichiro Yamada.

Hypnosis Mic's 5th live show, which never went ahead, had been booked for which venue?

Seibu Dome lost its two nights, and a special programme on AbemaTV took their place, retitled Six Shots Until the Dome.