#Noriko Sakura

[pinkstarlightcomputer]

Noriko Okawara 'Flower Dots - Sakura-' 2020

[descendant-of-truth]

A Rudimentary Translation of: The Dark Mage, Schezo

(The video here is not mine, it's from the channel "The Madou Puyo Archivist." It's just here so you can follow along the translation with audio)

So, I was already considering doing something like this, since so many of these Puyo Drama CDs remain untranslated as far as I could find. But upon seeing this post from @douglasanondr, I ended up checking out this particular CD, and after deciding that it seemed doable, I got to work.

I'm definitely not fluent in Japanese yet, so some parts are missing with a summary of the general gist, and the phrasing isn't always the most accurate, but! This fandom needs all the translators it can get, so even if I'm not the "best" person for the job, I still wanted to contribute. I also included translator notes when applicable.

With the preamble out of the way, I hope you all enjoy it!

-The Dark Mage, Schezo-

Schezo: S-stop it! Don't lay a hand on him!

Witch: Aaaand… got it!

Schezo: Please, Witch! Stop!!

Witch: Now then, here we go! *cheerful effort sound*

Onion Pixie: *despair noises*

---

Witch: *giggles* I've gotten the magic skins from this big ol' onion!

Onion Pixie: *sad onion noises*

Schezo: O-Onion's skin…! YOU DEMON! VILLAINESS!!

Witch: What's the problem? I only took a single piece of it, it's fine!

Schezo: But he's so cute, don't you feel bad for him?!

Witch: …You…

Schezo: What?!

Witch: Somehow, it feels like you've grown soft.

Schezo: Huh?

Witch: Like, it feels as though even you're expression's gotten softer than before.

Schezo: Hmph! What nonsense are you speaking? I am the Dark Mage, Schezo. To say I'm soft--

Witch: Yeah, yeah. Well, it might just be a misunderstanding on my part. Now then, have a nice day!

---

Schezo: I've gotten soft, she says? Hmph! That can't be… but then again, it might be possible that I've been influenced by this place called Primp in some ways, lately. After all, it's peaceful and quiet here--

Amitie: Ah! It's Mr. Pervert! Heyoo~!

Sig: Pervert--!

Lidelle: H-hello!

Schezo: Who. are you. calling. A PERVERT?!

Amitie: Hahaha! Sorry, sorry! [something I can't make out] But honestly, what does "pervert" mean, anyway?

Sig: "Pervert…"

Sig: I'll explain! It is the process of a bug changing its shape, with the purpose of developing from a pupa into a proper insect.

Lidelle: So that's what it means…

Sig: Uh-huh.

Amitie: Impressive!

Schezo: Who are you talking about?!

Amitie: Hey, Mr. Pervert, when will you transform into one?

Schezo: I WON'T!

[Side note: this might be a play on the words "hentai" (pervert) and "henshin" (transform). Perhaps Sig got the second half of the words mixed up?]

Lidelle: Aah! I-I'm scared…

Amitie: Whoops, I guess we got him angry?

Schezo: Hmph! Do as you please! Farewell!

---

Schezo: The children here sure are carefree, and stupid, and full of it! [another thing I can't make out, he might be proclaiming himself a "stoic"] If I've gotten soft, then it's their fault! I need to look for a way back…!

*sounds of Raffina training*

Raffina: Not done yet! RAFFINA SPECIAL!

*boom!*

Schezo: Hey, you.

Raffina: KYAA!

Schezo: What are you doing?

Raffina: I-interrupting a lady's training, that's awfully rude of you!

Schezo: I see. Training, huh?

Raffina: Yes, pay attention! …If you would!

Schezo: But if you're training to be a mage, you shouldn't be practicing martial arts, but spells… hm?

Raffina: Shut up, if you please! That's my choice, isn't it?!

Schezo: I see, you're similar to Rulue, then.

Raffina: Huh?

Schezo: You're not very good at spells, so you use martial arts, isn't that right?

Raffina: H-how… how do you know about that?

Schezo: I understand power when I see it.

Raffina: Ah, is that so? Well, that's enough. Get going along to somewhere else. I need to continue my training. …Hey, wait!

Schezo: Hgk! What with this?! It's quite heavy…

Raffina: Don't just randomly try to pick up one of my dumbbells!

Schezo: Well, I'm somewhat interested in it. However, I think it's a little too heavy for a "lady"--

Raffina: It's not "a little too" anything! If I'm going to aim for the top of my school, then I'm going to need strong muscles!

Schezo: Hmm.

Raffina: Wh-what?

Schezo: Why do you work so hard for that?

Raffina: Huh?

Schezo: This "Primp" place is quiet and peaceful. You don't need to be strong to live here. Even the magic school's students are peaceful simpletons. I don't think it's necessary for you to go to so much trouble for it.

Raffina: I don't understand what you're babbling about!

Schezo: Like I said…

Raffina: I'm doing all of this to reach my ideal self. Whether it's peaceful or not, I don't care in the slightest! O~hohohoho!

Schezo: Ahh! I see… Heh. I get it now.

Raffina: Huh?

Schezo: It's nothing. I just think you have the right idea.

Raffina: Well, I'm not really sure what you mean, but alright. That aside, you mentioned the other students from the magic school earlier, right?

Schezo: That I did.

Raffina: They're… t-they're, they're sort of my friends, so I would rather you didn't make fun of them.

Schezo: Hm?

Raffina: It's true that they're awfully carefree, but at the same time… well, at least to some extent, they're working hard, too.

Schezo: Oh?

Raffina: That's why, I've decided that I'm going to shine the most out of all of them!

Schezo: Hm.

Raffina: So… um, so that's… hm? AAAH, I FOUND HIM!

Schezo: AAH, what's this, all of a sudden?!

Raffina: It's him, it's him! It's that guy I've been seeing that guy a lot around here lately!

Schezo: Hm? That's… Satan?!

Raffina: [can't quite make out what she says here, but basically she plans to challenge him to a Puyo Battle]

Schezo: Wait, no, he's--!

Raffina: Hold it! You there!

Satan: Hm? And the reason this person is interrupting the Demon King's lovely stroll would be…?

Raffina: You're pretty strong, aren't you? [Another thing I can't quite make out, she's making an offer of some kind but it doesn't immediately sound like it has the word "battle" in it]

Satan: Hmph. How interesting… to approach the great Satan, you must be strong yourself, no?

Raffina: *giggles*

Satan: I won't treat anyone who comes at me differently, even if they're a girl. Let's go!

Schezo: W-wait!

Raffina: O~hohoho! That's exactly how I want it!

*puyos go bloop bloop*

Satan: Ohh? It seems you're actually pretty good. However, it's too bad; nobody else can match the great Satan! Let's go, Catastrophe!

Raffina: H-he's fast! There's no way I can keep up! My chain isn't enough, it's going to collapse!

[I couldn't make out if she actually said "collapse" or not but it was the closest thing that made sense]

Schezo: Hm! Dunamis!

Raffina: Eh? I've… been protected?

Schezo: This battle… is on me.

Raffina: Don't underestimate me! Even without your help, I--!

Schezo: Don't get the wrong idea. This geezer is still too much for you.

Schezo: Besides…

Satan: Oh? The Dark Mage, huh? What's wrong? You've got a good expression on your face today.

Schezo: Besides! For some reason, I've suddenly felt like competing in battle.

Satan: HAHAHAHAHA! It's been a while since we've had a serious competition. Come at me, Schezo!

Schezo: I was thinking the same thing! Let's go, Satan!

Raffina: Urrgh, even though this was MY battle…!

Schezo: Just as Witch said, I may have gotten a little softer. But no matter where I go, no matter who I meet, it doesn't matter. I strive for my ideal, regardless of where I am. I'm the most spectacular Dark Mage, Schezo!

-The End-

[chernobog13]

The Godzilla Minus One (2023) world premiere event at the Hotel Gracery in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Hotel Gracery is also known as the Godzilla hotel due to the life-sized Godzilla head on the eight floor.

I was staying at this hotel in 2016 when Toho held the world premiere (at their flagship theatre, seen lower right) for Shin Godzilla. I wasn't close enough to get any decent photos of the cast, but I did get to see actress Satomi Ishihara in person, so that made the whole trip worth it.

And here's the cast of Godzilla Minus One, along with writer/directorTakashi Yamazaki, at the same event.

From left to right: Munetaka Aoki (Sōsaku Tachibana), Sakura Ando (Yumiko Ōta), Hidetaka Yoshioka (Kenji Noda/"Doc"), Ryuunosuke Kamiki (Kōichi Shikishima), Minami Hamabe (Noriko Ōishi), Kuranosuke Sasaki (Yoji Akitsu/"Cap"), Yuki Yamada (Shirō Mizushima/"Kid"), and Takashi Yamazaki.

[imasallstars]

INTERDIMENSION FESTIVAL: IDOLM@STER★♥LOVE LIVE! UTA GASSEN

Information regarding the first IJIGEN FES 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 9th and 10th of December 2023. This first fes will feature three branches of IDOLM@STER performing with four branches of Love Live!

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Asami Takano (Frederica Miyamoto), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura), Yuko Iida (Kanade Hayami), Honoka Inoue (Nanami Asari), Sumire Uesaka (Anastasia), Aya Suzaki (Minami Nitta), Miyu Tomita (Akira Sunazuka), Ru Thing (Syuko Shiomi), Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki), Momo Asakura (Serika Hakozaki), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku), Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama), Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa), Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Amina Sato (Arisu Tachibana), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Natsumi Haruse (Kaoru Ryuzaki), Misaki Kuno (Nina Ichihara), Yuri Komori (Koharu Koga), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Aimi (Julia), Miku Itou (Yuriko Nanao), Ibuki Kido (Kana Yabuki), Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayama), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Rikako Yamaguchi (Rio Momose) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Reina Kondo (Hiori Kazano), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya), Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa), Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi), Rina Kawaguchi (Luca Ikaruga), Haruna Mikawa (Hana Suzuki), Rena Ozawa (Haruki Iketa)

DAY 1&2

AQOURS (LOVE LIVE! SUNSHINE!!) 　Anju Inami (Chika Takami), Rikako Aida (Riko Sakurauchi), Nanaka Suwa (Kana Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (Dia Kurosawa), Shukai Saito (You Watanabe), Aika Kobayashi (Yoshiko Tsushima), Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida), Aina Suzuki (Mari Ohara), Ai Furihata (Ruby Kurosawa) NIJIGASAKU SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Aguri Ohnishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maede (Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashia), Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe), Coco Hayashi (Setsuna Imura), Maria Sashide (Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune), Shu Uchida (Mia Taylor), Akina Homoto (Zhong Lanzhu). 　Support Member: Hinaki Yano (Yu Takasaki) Liella! (LOVE LIVE! SUPERSTAR!!) 　Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), Liyuu (Keke Tang), Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Naomi Payton (Sumire Heanna), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki), Nozomi Suzuhara (Kinako Sakurakoji), Akana Yabushima (Mei Yoneme), Wakana Okuma (Shiki Wakana), Aya Emori (Natsumi Onitsuka), Yuina (Wien Margarete), Sakura Sakakura (Tomari Onitsuka) HASUNOSORA SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Nirei Nozomi (Kaho Hinoshita), Kokona Nonaka (Sayaka Murano), Nina Hanamiya (Kozue Otomune), Kotoka Sasaki (Tsuzuri Yugiri), Kanna Kan (Rurino Osawa), Kona Tsukine (Megumi Fujishima)

[doamarierose-honoka]

Japanese voice actress Emi Shinohara, best known for her work as Sailor Jupiter in the original Sailor Moon, died on September 8, 2024. She was 61 years old. [Thanks, Oricon!]

According to her agency 81 Produce, Shinohara died from illness. However, it didn’t mention what she had. Shinohara made her voice acting debut in 1986. Aside from her work as Sailor Jupiter, Shinohara also voiced Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura, and Agarte in Tales of Rebirth. She appeared on tokusatsu shows as well, such as when she appeared in Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger as Burstosaur Pternadon.

In her personal life, Shinohara was married to Hiroshi Watari, a fellow voice actor and singer. He’s also a tokusatsu actor. She shared a birthday with fellow Sailor Moon voice actress Rika Fukami (Sailor Venus). The two often held shared birthday celebrations, as well as exchanged birthday congratulations over the phone every year.

Shinohara is not the only high-profile voice actress death in 2024. Earlier this year, Noriko Ohara (Nobita in Doraemon), Tarako (Maruko on Chibi Maruko-chan), Taiki Matsuno (Agumon in Digimon Savers), and Atsuko Tanaka (Bayonetta in Bayonetta) also passed away. With the exception of Ohara, most of them were around sixty years old.

Emi Shinohara died on September 8, 2024 from an unspecified illness.

[gayest-persona-character]

Round 1!

Rules

Vote for who you think is more queer/gay (doesn't matter if you think they're bi, pan, gay, lesbian, etc. Who's the most not straight!)

I will allow propaganda in the form of asks or notes (tags and comments)

Be nice and respectful. Not everyone has the same headcanons.

Remember, this is mostly just for fun! We have a few submitted characters for this exact purpose, so don't take things too seriously. (It doesn't matter what the results are, most persona characters will be queer-coded in my heart)

The list of polls is as follows:

Labrys vs. Daisuke Todoroki

Principal Kobayakawa vs. Yukiko Amagi

Mayumi Yamano vs. Suguru Kamoshida

Bebe vs. Sho Minazuki

Isako Toriumi (Maya) vs. Ann Takamaki

Ichiryusai Madarame vs. Ichiko Ohya

Chihiro Fushimi vs. Ai Ebihara

Philemon vs.Shibusawa

Kou Ichijo vs. Fuuka Yamagishi

Munehisa Iwai vs. Miyabi Hanakouji

President Tanaka vs. Akihiko Sanada

Ryuji Sakamoto vs. Taro Namatame

Kanami Mashita vs. Haru Okumura

Nozomi Suemitsu vs. Angel and Julian

Ryotaro Dojima vs. Rio Iwasaki

Sadayo Kawakami vs. Maya Amano

Nagi vs. Saori Hasegawa

Cashier from Peace Diner vs. Junpei Iori

Chizuru Ishigami vs. Minoru Inoue

Chihaya Mifune vs. Mamoru Hayase

Misuzu Hiiragi vs. Lala Escargot

Setsuko Sonomura vs. Junko Kurosu

Eri Minami vs. Tae Takemi

Zen vs. Kenji Tomochika

Eriko Kirishima vs. Takeharu Kirijo

Mika vs. Metis

Junya Kaneshiro vs. Takuto Maruki

Moel Gas Station Attendant vs. Hanako Ohtani

Maya Okamura vs. Igor

Sayoko Uehara vs. Makoto Yuki

Lesbian Student from P3 vs. Mami Shibata

Shunsuke Fujii vs. Saki Konishi

Tatsuya Suou vs. Akinari Kashihara

Miho Ogishima vs. Kinshiro Morooka

Hisano Kuroda vs. Ayane Matsunaga

Kanji Tatsumi vs. Makoto Nijiima

Marie vs. Tatsuya Sudou

SIU Director vs. Reiji Kido

Baofu vs. Takahisa Kandori

Yuuki Mishima vs. Tamaki Uchida

Zenkichi Hasegawa vs. Yosuke Hanamura

Mitsuo Kubo vs. Aigis

Kei Nanjo vs. Margaret

Masao Inaba vs. Noriko Katayama

Yukino Mayuzumi vs. Saeko Takami

Tadashi Satomi vs. Chidori Yoshino

Yumi Ozawa vs. Gay Demons P2

Kasumi Yoshizawa vs. Yuka Ayase

Hidetoshi Odagiri vs. Mutatsu

Shinjiro Aragaki vs. Kazushi Miyamoto

Localized version of Naoya vs. Ren Amamiya

Coach Hiraguchi vs. Chie Satonaka

Shuji Ikutsuki vs. Shiho Suzui

Futaba Sakura vs. Naoto Shirogane

Jin Shirato vs. Hifumi Togo

Keisuke Hiraga vs. Eikichi Mishina

Maki Sonomura vs. Toranosuke Yoshida

Rise Kujikawa vs. Elizabeth

Goro Akechi vs. Yuko Nishiwaki

Noriko Kashiwagi vs. Ulala Serizawa

Yuko Himeno vs. Anna Yoshizaka

Hikari vs. Joker (IS)

Mitsuru Kirijo vs. Hidehiko Uesugi

Masayoshi Shido vs. Youichi Makimura

[toskarin]

Thoughts on ueda kana as rin and shitaya noriko as sakura. Oh and asakawa yuu as rider

perfect grades all across the board. there's a bit of bias in anything like this just by virtue of f/sn's voice cast being so intimately tied to the characters they portray, but not all vn voice casts stand out as being this good

part of it is that everyone's so good at selling an emotional performance. even if a voice is a bit unnatural or straining, you hear a wide enough range of emotions being authentically portrayed for any awkwardness to become charming

this is, to be clear, what good vocal direction can do

[danaty-consolation]

Hi! So I am curious

What manga or anime you see your Ships or Otps in? I mean that they are similar in acting/behaving with each other with other ships you like?

First of all, how dare you ask me such an interesting question skjbadjs

1. Ataru and Lum are definitely Tatsuya and Minami from Touch

2. Goku and Serena are Otani and Koizumi from Lovely Complex

3. Ranma and Akane are Ash and Misty from Pokemon

4. Inuyasha and Kagome are Nanami and Tomoe of Kamisama Hajimemashita

5. Rinne and Sakura are Izrak and Noriko from Far away

6. Mao and Nanoka are Suzune and Shinkuro from Otogi Moyou Ayanishiki

7. Yuta and Mana are Loid and Yor from Spy x Family

8. Black Jack and Pinoko are Iku and Dojo of Library Wars

Thank you for the ask!

[mybeingthere]

Noriko Okawara was born in 1976 in Tokyo. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design in 1999, majoring in Nihonga. In the following year, 2000, she was accepted for the first time into the 85th In-ten Exhibition. She exhibited her work in the 12th Scholarship Student Art Exhibition held at Sato Museum in 2003. In the next year, she completed her PhD at the graduate school of Tokyo University of the Arts, and her PhD research received the Nomura Award. She held her solo exhibition, L’espoir, at Ginza Suruga-dai Gallery in Tokyo in 2005. In 2010, she presented her work in the exhibition “Resistance and Obedience – Joshibi 110 Years, Leaders of Beauty” that was held at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo. In 2009 and 2011, she held a “training seminar for cultural properties conservation experts” at Tokyo National Museum. In 2012, she presented her work in “The Exhibition of Contemporary Suiboku-ga Artists” that was held at the National Art Center. In 2013, she received honorable mention for her work in the 1st Ohka-sho, Annual Sakura Exhibition held at Sato Sakura Art Museum in Tokyo. Currently, she is an Inyuu rank member of Japan Art Institute (Nihon Bijutsuin), a visiting researcher at Tokyo Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and an associate professor at Kamakura Women’s University. 

https://www.satosakuragallery.com/noriko-okawara

[ohmoguer]

Duración: 2 horas y 5 minutos

• Año: 2023

• Estudio: Toho

• Director: Takashi Yamazaki

• Género: Acción / Drama

• Idioma: Japonés subtitulado y con Doblaje al español.

• Formatos: 2D y 4DX

CAST:

• Ryunosuke Kamiki como Koichi Shikishima

• Minami Hamabe como Noriko Oishi

• Yuki Yamada como Shiro Mizushima

• Munetaka Aoki como Sosaku Tachibana

• Hidetaka Yoshioka como Kenji Noda

• Sakura Ando como Sumiko Ota

• Kuranosuke Sasaki como Yoji Akitsu

Se estrena el 28 de Diciembre México.

[thelustarcana]

Guidelines/Kinks/Muse List

1. ALL MUSES ARE 18+ YEARS OLD

2. I’ll write M/M, M/F, F/F, Futa/F, Futa/M,

3. I’m only doing Persona 3, 4, and 5

4. I’m a kind of slow writer so requests will sometimes take a while

5. There will be spoilers (Sounds kinda silly since this a smut blog but certain character names are automatically a spoiler so don’t say I didn’t warn you)

6. I will tag non-con stuff so watch out for that if you don't like it.

Kinks: Futanari, Femboys, NTR, Incest, Studs, Pegging, Genderswap(Mainly male into female but, female into male isn’t completely off the table. Also, I am kinda iffy about this when it comes to certain characters), gangbang, non-con, raceplay,

MUSE LIST

(Only call the protags by the names that they are listed as.)

Persona 3: Minato Arisato, Minako Arisato, Yukari Takeba, Mitsuru Kirijo, Aigis, Fuuka Yamagishi, Akihiko Sanada, Ken Amada, Elizabeth, Isako Toriumi, Junpei Iori, Yuko Nishiwaki, Theodore, Koromaru,

Persona 4: Yu Narukami, Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka, Naoto Shirogane, Rise Kujikawa, Yukiko Amagi, Nanako Dojima, Ryotaro Dojima, Margaret, Ai Ebihara, Saki Konishi, Tohru Adachi, Noriko Kashiwagi, Marie, Teddie,

Persona 5: Ren Amamiya, Ann Takamaki, Makoto Niijima, Morgana(Metaverse or Human Form), Haru Okumura, Ryuji Sakamato, Yusuke Kitagawa, Futaba Sakura, Sojiro Sakura, Sumire Yoshizawa, OG Kasumi Yoshizawa, Caroline and Justine/Lavenza, Sadayo Kawakami, Tae Takemi, Chihaya Mifune, Munehisa Iwai, Ichiko Ohya, Sae Niijima, Kamoshida,

[tomboyjessie13-artblog]

This took awhile to make because I had trouble drawing her.

Noriko Tachibana (橘典子 Tachibana Noriko), was a secondary ally during "Diamond is Unbreakable". Noriko was born in Morioh, Japan with Irish-American traits from her mother Medea and Japanese traits from her father Keiji, making her a Hafu. 

She was a innocent and adorable young girl who attends an Elementary School and grew up without knowing of her mother's past sins in "Stardust Crusaders", it wasn't until Yoshikage Kira began to terrorize her family and all of Morioh that she began to see that not everything in the world is pure and beautiful, also doesn't help that her mother's a beautiful woman with only one human hand. 

It is later revealed that Noriko is a natural born Stand user due to seeing her mother's Stand since infancy, albeit still dormant.

She later becomes a secondary protagonist during the events of "Stone Ocean", she is now a teenager who attends High School and dreams on becoming an idol. 

But those dreams were dashed when Enrico Pucci, an ally of her mother's former master DIO, kidnaps and takes her to the Green Dolphin Street Prison in Florida, USA, under the false claim that she committed arson, in hopes of smoking out Medea and using her daughter as leverage for "betraying god". 

It was there that Noriko's Stand finally manifests, now named "Little Talks", and now has to join forces with the Joestar group in hopes of stopping Pucci's plans and reuniting with her mother. 

Noriko will later reappear in the new universe as an alternate version of herself named "Sakura Tachibana", she is portrayed as a Japanese tourist who is visiting Florida for the holidays with her parents.

~Name~ Japanese Name: 橘典子 Romanized Name: Tachibana Noriko Namesake: Noriaki Kakyoin(given by Medea in memory of him) Stand: Little Talks

~Profile~ Age: 5 (Part 4) Age: 17 (Part 6) Birthday: June 6, 1994 Zodiac Sign: Gemini Chinese Zodiac: Dog Gender: Female Height: 91 cm (3 ft 0 in) (Part 4) 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) (Part 6) Weight: Unknown Blood Type: O Nationality: Hafu (Japanese-American) Occupation: Elementary School Student (Part 4) High Schooler (Part 6)

~Favorites~ Color: Pastel green Movie: Spirited Away Food: Strawberries Musician: Gackt Man type: Cool and mysterious Hobbies: Singing

~Other Information~ Hair Color: Dark brown Eye Color: Fern green Goals: Becoming an idol (ruined by Enrico Pucci) Relationships: Medea King/Tachibana (mother) Keiji Tachibana (father) Medea's parents (maternal grandparents) Sachiko Tachibana (paternal grandmother) Yuna Tachibana (paternal aunt)

Status: Reborn in a new universe (Part 6)

~Appearance~

In "Diamond is Unbreakable", Noriko is a 91 cm (3 ft 0 in) tall young girl, who is shown to share both Western and Japanese traits due to being born a Hafu. She has her father's dark brown hair tied into short pigtails with teal hair ties, a round face, thin pale-orange lips, pale skin, a short stature due to her young age, and her mother's fern green eyes. She also shown to be wearing a white and rain-forest green sailor uniform with a magenta colored necktie, white ankle socks, and brown loafers.

In the first chapter of "Stone Ocean", Noriko had noticeably aged and has grown in size, now being 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) tall, her lips now given a pinker shade instead of orange, her hair also grew longer and straighter down to her lower back and tied into half-twin tails with dark green hair ties. 

She's also shown to be wearing a more modern and western style-high school uniform, with a light yellow sweater vest, white dress shirt, Aruba green colored plaid skirt and necktie, dark green jacket, black knee high socks, and rain-forest green Madison all star converses.

In the second chapter, she pierced her own ears in order to wear Kakyoin's cherry earrings as a memento to her mother. In the final chapter, she ties her jacket around her waist and had her sleeves rolled up to her elbows, her yellow vest is now gone, and she wears a watch on her left wrist. 

After the universe reset, she's reborn as a different person now with her hair tied into twin-tails, wearing a frilly mint green spaghetti strap summer dress that reaches to her knees, a tan sunhat with a white ribbon on it, and a pair of flat tan ankle sandals, weirdly enough she still wears the cherry earrings from the original universe.

~Abilities~

Stand:

Noriko's Stand didn't manifest until she turned 17, it would later earn the name "Little Talks". Much like Hierophant Green, Little Talks is a Long-Range Stand that can extend to a modest extent. Although it's doesn't do projectile attacks, it makes up for it with by doing stealth attacks and using ice picker-like blades. Little Talk's Stand cry is "Kiruuuuuuu!..." similar to Flogging Molly, "kiru" meaning "scar" in Japanese.

Stand: Little Talks Type: Long-Range, Reconnaissance, Artificial Humanoid Abilities: Shadow stealth

Mastery: 

Noriko is an inexperienced Stand user due to Little Talks being a late-bloomer, but makes up for this flaw by using her intellect to plan out strategies. Much like Flogging Molly, Little Talks is seen as a female-looking humanoid with artificial limbs, with the only difference being that it's more cyborg looking with green colored lining, body armor, and visors, dark teal skin, and light teal pigtails.

And much like her mother's Stand, Little Talks can grow  ice picker blades on it's palms that can overpower, maim, and scar enemies. Little Talks also does stealth attacks with it's shadow stealth ability, which allows it to hide in the shadows of objects or people and surprise their enemies. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trivia:

Occording to Medea, she originally wanted to name her potential son after "Noriaki" in memory of Kakyoin, but ended up changing it to the more feminine "Noriko" when she found out her baby was a girl.

Her Stand, Little Talks, is named after the song under the same name by Icelandic indie folk and rock band: "Of Monsters and Men".

Noriko wants to become an idol due to having a crush on IRL musician and actor Gackt, at some point she wanted to purchase his Vocaloid "Gackpoid", but her parents refused due to being "too expensive".

OC belongs to me

[koholint]

today's playlist:

Reiko Kato - Walkin' Down the Love

Momoko Kikuchi - Koibitotachi no Chiheisen

Rika Himenogi - Aisuru Tame ni

Chisa Yokoyama - Me wa Kuchihodo no Koi Janai

Yurie Kokubu - We Salute You

Mariko Kouda - Light 〜Harukanaru Tabidachi〜

Rieko Miura - April Fool

Noriko Kato - Magie

Akemi Keida - Endless Twilight ～Saigo no Shinju～

SILK - Sunset in My Heart

Tomoko Tane - Sa・Yo・Na・Ra

Aya Hisakawa - Tomodachi no Line

Sakura Tange - Default no Egao

thanks for listening!

[imasallstars]

THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT FANTASY

Details regarding the STARLIGHT STAGE 9TH ANNIVERSARY live has been revealed! The live will occur in YOKOHAMA K-ARENA on the 14th and 15th of SEPTEMBER 2024

The voice actresses participating in this stop are as follows:

Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Yukari Anzai (Kotoka Saionji), Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Yuri Komori (Koharu Koga), Risa Sekiguchi (Chiyo Shirayuki), Rika Tachibana (Sae Kobayakawa), Chiyo Tomaru (Noriko Shiina), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura), Ayaka Fujimoto (Atsumi Munakata) Ruriko Aoki (Riina Tada), Saeko Oki (Izumi Ohishi), Minori Suzuki (Hajime Fujiwara), Karin Takahashi (Nono Morikubo), Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa), Mina Nagashima (Haruna Kamijo), Eriko Matsui (Nao Kamiya) Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Yuuki Kaneko (Aiko Takamori), Eri Suzuki (Yuko Hori), Yuuki Takada (Yoshino Yorita), Larissa Tago Takeda (Yuzu Kitami), Seria Fukagawa (Hinako Kita), Seena Hoshiki (Riamu Yumemi), Akane Matsunaga (Eve Santaclaus) Day 1 Only [Kaoru Sakura (Chitose Kurosaki), Kana Ichinose (Layla), Suzuko Hara (Hijiri Mochizuki)] Day 2 Only [Shino Shimoji (Yuka Nakano), Shiki Aoki (Asuka Ninomiya), Honoka Inoue (Nanami Asari)]

[rustedskyprisms]

Right!! It’s such a beautiful record but also just so unique it’s hard to find anything all that similar. But other electronic/ambient albums that kind of reach that level of perfection for me are Anadol’s Uzun havalar, Beverly Glenn copeland’s Keyboard fantasies, Insides’ Euphoria, Jon hassle’s Maarifa street, AF13’s Milan, tujiko noriko’s U, and Susumu Yokota’s Sakura

Thank you; I’ll add these to my wishlist. I think the only one I’ve heard is Sakura but I know I need to relisten to it.

[steliosagapitos]

"Sakura In Moonlight" by Noriko Okawara.