Himawari Punch

Himawari∗Punch

ひまわり∗パンチ logo.

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