Roku

Roku

General Information

Roku's alternative portrait, as seen in pop'n music 9.

• Japanese: 六
• Gender: Male
• Birthday: June 9th
• Birthplace: Japan Island
• Age: Unknown
• Hobbies: Calligraphy, iai
• Likes: Traveling, dry sake
• Dislikes: Principles of royalty, worldly desires
• First Appearance: pop'n music 6

Character Description

Known to most people as the Hip Rock Samurai, Roku is a rather skilled swordsman who spends his days traveling around all the corners of the world. He's always seen carrying a set of headphones around his neck and a calligraphy brush on hand, which he'll often use to write about all the different things he's seen during his travels in traditional Kanji.

Roku first debuted in pop'n music 6 with the song 大見解, the first in the HIP ROCK series of songs created by Des-ROW. He still remains the rival character for all eight songs within this genre to date.

Song Appearances

pop'n music 6

• 大見解

pop'n music 9

• 男々道

pop'n music 10

• Pop'n Xmas 2004 ～天使ノウタゴエ～ - CS song, cameo.

pop'n music 12 いろは (Iroha)

• 雪上断火
• 忍びアン子は恋の呪文 - cameo in Shinobianko (シノビアンコ)'s FEVER! animation.
• Pop'n Xmas 2004 ～電子ノウタゴエ～ - CS song, recycled sprite from Pop'n Xmas 2004 ～天使ノウタゴエ～.

pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE

• 路男

pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝 (Sengoku Retsuden)

• 一激必翔
• 一差無来!! - uses a new recolored 3P version of his sprite from 大見解.
• 曇天

pop'n music ラピストリア

• 火風陸空

pop'n music peace

• 令和の国 - Roku received a new in-game portrait, but his sprites are recycled from 大見解.

Trivia

• Hajime Saito was the one who initially coined Roku's nameー with the joke being to literally name a character after the (then-current) game title (pop'n music 6) itselfー according to shio. The six-starred asterisk marking on his chest also stemmed from this idea.
• Roku's birthday, June 9th, is the exact same date as Des-ROW's, but with the month and the day reversed.
• In addition to the tattoo on his chest, Roku also has a larger one of a panda, with the words "DES-ROW" inscribed alongside it, over the majority of his back. This tattoo can only be seen in his default sprite, from 大見解, during his WIN animation. His 2P coloration changes this to a large rabbit tattoo, with Des-ROW's name written as "ですーろう" instead.
• Since his debut, Roku has appeared in every three games with a brand-new songー with the only exception being in 火風陸空, which came out in pop'n music ラピストリア instead of Sunny Park. However, the three-year trend resumed with the release of 令和の国 later on in pop'n music peace.

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