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Himawari∗Punch
Himawari∗Punch (ひまわり∗パンチ), also known as HimaPun (ひまパン) shorthand, are a band consisting of a brother and two sisters (and OTOBEAR), serving as the current mascots for the GITADORA series. First appearing in GITADORA OverDrive, the group has been in charge of presenting (up until GITADORA NEX+AGE) all GITADORA related media news, and even providing several songs for the series.
Artist Information
- Members: Rio (璃音), Kyoka (響香), Gen (弦), OTOBEAR (オトベア)
- Twitter: Misa Kanzaki (Rio's VA), Kanae Miyazaki (Kyoka's VA), KAZUYA (Gen's VA)
Profile
- Rio - voiced by Misa Kanzaki
- Second daughter and guitarist of the Himawari∗Punch band, Rio is an active girl with a radar for interesting things. She loves new and cute things. Rio is pretty optimistic, despite the fact she often makes mistakes.
- Birthday: Unknown
- Age: 16
- Blood type: O
- Height: 154cm
- Weight: Unknown
- Main instrument: Guitar
- Kyoka - voiced by Kanae Miyazaki
- Eldest daughter and drummer of the Himawari∗Punch band, Kyoka enjoys reading books at her own pace. Despite her appearance, she is quite strong. Due to Kyoka's background in karate, she'll sometimes accidentally break the pedal on her drums. When she gets serious, Kyoka's pretty amazing.
- Birthday: Unknown
- Age: 18
- Blood type: B
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Main instrument: Drums
- Gen - voiced by KAZUYA
- Eldest son and bassist of the Himawari∗Punch band, Gen is an all-rounder with a love for musical instruments. A versatile guy who can handle anything with dexterity, even outside of music. However, his love for his sisters prevails, even when it's somewhat unfortunate sometimes....
- Birthday: July 3rd
- Age: 20
- Blood type: B
- Height: 180cm
- Weight: 68kg
- Main instrument: Bass Guitar
- OTOBEAR - voiced by ???
- Amplifier of the Himawari∗Punch band, OTOBEAR is a mysterious creature (one of many OTOBEARs). It loves apples, honey, and curry. When Rio first found it, OTOBEAR seemed to have been asleep?
- Birthday: November 11th
- Blood type: Unknown
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
Trivia
- ひまわり∗パンチ performed HAPPY！ LUCKY！ SUNFLOWER！ and ひまわり∗EXCHAIN live at The 8th KONAMI Arcade Championship's BEMANI SPECIAL LIVE in JAEPO 2019.
- Japanese manufacturer AMNIBUS (アムニバス) created merchandise featuring ひまわり∗パンチ, as part of a collaboration with GITADORA NEX+AGE [1].
- Misa and Kanae, Rio and Kyoka's voice actresses respectively, have also sung the songs カヨワキコイノウタ and アクアリウム ブルー from the ノスタルジア series.
BEMANI Songs
Almost all ひまわり∗パンチ songs in BEMANI are credited to be composed, arranged, and sung by the band with guitars by Rio, drums and programming by Kyoka, and bass by Gen.
| Song | Artist | Game |
|---|---|---|
| めた・メタ？ひまわり＊パンチ -デモテープVer.- | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA (Mobile) |
| HAPPY！ LUCKY！ SUNFLOWER！ | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA Tri-Boost |
| どきドキ バレンタイン | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA Tri-Boost |
| めた・メタ？ひまわり＊パンチ | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA Tri-Boost |
| 真摯撃情マイペース | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA Tri-Boost |
| フリップブック*ストーリー | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA Matixx |
| 一夜のキセキ | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA Matixx |
| The past for the future | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA EXCHAIN |
| 悪魔のハニープリン | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA EXCHAIN |
| ひまわり∗EXCHAIN | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA EXCHAIN |
| 一夜のキセキ (Long Version) | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA EXCHAIN |
| 星屑のフラワーレター | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA NEX+AGE |
| オトベアえかきうた | オトベア+璃音 | GITADORA NEX+AGE |
| REAL WONDER LAND | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA HIGH-VOLTAGE / コナステ GITADORA |
| we're gamers | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA HIGH-VOLTAGE |
| ひまパンケーキメイキング | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA HIGH-VOLTAGE |
| What's up? | ひまわり∗パンチ | GITADORA FUZZ-UP |
| グッバイ宣言 | Covered by 璃音 | GITADORA FUZZ-UP |