{"id":563,"date":"2013-09-13T12:43:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T18:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intlwota.com\/happydisco\/?p=563"},"modified":"2013-09-13T12:43:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T18:43:24","slug":"tokyo-idol-festival-2013-the-acts-part-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mescallado.com\/happydisco\/index.php\/2013\/09\/13\/tokyo-idol-festival-2013-the-acts-part-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Idol Festival 2013: The Acts part 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy TIFriday! Where I cover the acts of this year’s Tokyo Idol Festival!<\/p>\n

Tokyo Cheer2 Party<\/strong>
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Fun Happy Disco fact! This year I graduated from college. To graduate with honors I had to write a final thesis, and I ended up writing about idols because I was a film\/media studies major and a Japanese minor. My thesis was about Japan’s national identities and how it’s reflected through Japan’s popular idol groups. As such, I focused mostly on the popular groups. However, I mentioned Tokyo Cheer2 Party. <\/p>\n

The reason I did this was because, back in 2011, after the earthquake, Tokyo Cheer2 Party stood outside train stations, encouraging workers.<\/a> While other idol groups gave back, Tokyo Cheer2 Party did all they could to give back as an indie idol group, which I think is pretty neat. <\/p>\n

Tokyo Cheer2 Party was formed in 2010, starting with 10 members but now they have 17. They put out four indies singles (including one called Happy Happy, which I like to see at Happy Disco) and an album. This year they made their major debut with Gamushara Spirits, which is huge for a group, so congrats to Tokyo Cheer2 Party! The last time I really seriously looked into them was around 2011 (and doing brief research for my thesis), but it’s great to see a group work their way up. From looking at their site and the Japanese wiki it seems they do a lot of live events and things, so even though they haven’t been very visible to me they’ve certainly done a lot. <\/p>\n

Personally, while I think they’re cute, energetic and fun, Gamushara Spirits isn’t my favorite. It’s kind of a typical idol song, but isn’t really energetic enough for this group, and it’s not quite catchy enough for what they’re going for. It shows off how fun the members are, and it’s not certainly a bad song by any means, but it’s just not quite something I’d listen to on a regular basis. However, I quite like Happy Happy; it has a funky beat, and still is very cute.<\/p>\n

The group itself is really energetic and cute, and well-deserving of their major debut. Glad to see them doing so well!<\/p>\n