Possibly one of my favorite highlights at AnimeJapan 2019 Day One was the performance of 22/7 (pronounced as Nanabun no Nijuni).
For those not familiar with the idol group, 22/7 is a Japanese idol group and anime series project by AKB48/Nogizaka46/IZ*ONE producer Akimoto Yasushi, Aniplex and Sony Music Records.
The group have released three singles “Boku wa Sonzai Shiteinakatta”, “Shampoo no Nioi ga Shita” and “Rikaisha” and appear on the variety show “22/7 Keisanchu”.
Each member of 22/7 provides the voice and motion capture for their characters and consists of the following members:
- Kono Miyako (voiced by Kuraoka Mizuha) and is an egotistical character with a Kansai dialect designed by Hosoi Mieko.
- Saito Nicole (voiced by Hanakawa Mei) and is a 17-year-old girl designed by Kurehito Misaki.
- Sato Reika (voiced by Hokaze Chiharu) and is a 17-year-old honor student and member of the student council designed by Koyama Hirokazu.
- Takigawa Miu (voiced by Saijo Nagomi) and is a 16-year-old, ignorant otaku with long hair bangs and is designed by Horiguchi Yukiko.
- Tachikawa Ayaka (voiced by Miyase Reina) and is a 16-year-old, military-style girl designed by Koharu Sakura.
- Toda Jun (voiced by Umino Ruri) and is a tsundere 16-year-old designed by Tanaka Masayoshi.
- Fujima Sakura (voiced by Amaki Sally) and is a 17-year-old with a sunny personality but with a dark side and an English speaker who grew up overseas. Designed by Kantoku.
- Maruyama Akane (voiced by Shirozawa Kanae) and is a 17-year-old designed by Ohara Tometa.
- Kamiki Mikami (voiced by Suzuhana Moe) and is designed by Kurobshi Kouhaku.
- Tojo Yuki (voiced by Takasuji Urara) and is designed by Watanabe Akio.
- Hiragi Tsubomi (voiced by Takeda Aina) and is designed by Kishida Mei.
At AnimeJapan 2018, a sticker was distributed by 22/7 members featuring character designs and illustrations by Horiguchi Yukiko.
But as mentioned, one of the highlights for me was to see 22/7 perform. And their performance at AnimeJapan 2019 definitely shows how far the group has come along since their appearance at Anime Expo 2018 in Los Angeles. They are a much more cohesive group and everyone feels much more in sync when it comes to choreography and their live presentation and MC skills have also improved.
While the performance was not so long, it was a satisfying performance especially towards the end of day one which brought a lot of people to the Aniplex area.
Definitely check out their YouTube channel to know more about the group:
And of course, their official website.
My final AnimeJapan 2019 report will be coming out tomorrow!
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