Arisa Ichigaya is in charge of the keyboard in Poppin Party, and also performs light performances other than various parts. She is said to be very cute, hiding her prickly side, but what other charms does she have? We have summarized Ichigaya Arisa's 10 charms, so please check it out until the end♪
Ichigaya Arisa's profile♪
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Ichigaya Arisa is a first-year student at Hanasakigawa Girls' Academy, and her profile states that her birthday is October 27th and she is 152cm tall. Among the Poppin Party members, she is the only one in a different class, with CHiSPA's Umino Natsuki in class 1B. Because of this, the only times Kasumi Toyama and the others can see Arisa Ichigaya are during lunch breaks or after school, and Kasumi Toyama even visits her house and eats breakfast with her.
A shy and lazy tsundere lady
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Ichigaya Arisa's personality is clearly tsundere, and she also has another side to her that is shy and lazy. She is also the granddaughter of a local pawnbroker called Ryuuseido, which gives her some ladylike qualities. She first met Toyama Kasumi unintentionally, but when she discovered a random star while cleaning the storehouse of the pawnbroker, she began to live a girlish life for the first time, appropriate to her age.
Charm 1: She's smart and has top grades at school
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Let's talk about Ichigaya Arisa's charms right away, but the first thing I want to introduce is that she has top grades at school! Even during band practice, she uses her homemade vocabulary book to study, and it seems that even though she has started a band, she does not neglect her studies. Another attractive feature of Ichigaya Arisa is her ability to get things done, but before she met Toyama Kasumi, she did not have any real friends, so her fateful encounter with her was a major turning point for her.
She was the top student representative in her grade
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She entered high school by taking the junior high school entrance exam, and since she also had the highest entrance exam results, she was scheduled to give a speech as the student representative at the entrance ceremony. However, since she had been prone to skipping school since junior high school, she also skipped the day of the entrance ceremony, partly because it was too much of a bother. This made her a bit of a celebrity at school, and even though Ichigaya Arisa had heard such rumors, she continued to skip school and leave early as usual.
Charm 2: She tends to skip school
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It has been revealed that Ichigaya Arisa's tendency to skip school did not start when she entered high school, but that she had been calculating her way to get credits since she was in junior high school. She was not bullied in the past, but her shy and lazy personality probably led her to do so. However, after meeting Toyama Kasumi, she started going to school as if to respond to her feelings of wanting to pick her up every morning.
She spends her time doing her hobbies of bonsai and surfing the internet
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Because she often skipped school, Ichigaya Arisa has never had the chance to play with girls her age. He usually spends his days doing things like tending to his bonsai trees and surfing the internet, and you could say he leads an unproductive life. However, when Kasumi Toyama starts to visit his house more frequently, he gradually opens up to her, and when he starts playing in a band, he begins to enjoy his days as if they are fulfilling.
Charm 3: She plays the role of a pure young lady at school
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Ichigaya Arisa is a completely different person in her private life and at school, and she is known for behaving like a young lady at school. When other students greet her, she responds with "Good day," which shows that she maintains her pure and quiet image. However, the real Ichigaya Arisa is lazy and speaks in a casual manner, so the fact that she is able to be herself shows that the Popipa members see her as a friend they can confide in.
When Toyama Kasumi gets involved, her flaws are exposed right away
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When Toyama Kasumi was still involved unilaterally, Ichigaya Arisa played a different role even in front of Toyama Kasumi. It would have been fine if it was just the two of them, but he started coming from the class next door at school, and gradually he started to show his true self even in class. But this was only at the beginning, and as the band members gathered one after another, he was making his usual comments to Toyama Kasumi in front of the public at the school festival live, and it seemed like he no longer had to pretend to be someone he wasn't.
Charm 4: Tsundere who can't express her feelings honestly
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Ichigaya Arisa was introduced as a tsundere, but if you look at the scenes in which she appears in the TV anime, you'll find it easy to understand as if it were a picture. Toyama Kasumi seems to rely on Ichigaya Arisa for various things, and although she initially turns them down, she often ends up agreeing with a slight blush. Since she doesn't have much experience of being asked for things by friends her age, Ichigaya Arisa puts on a brave face, but in her heart she doesn't seem completely opposed.
I want to be friends with them
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Whether it's Popipa members or other characters, Ichigaya Arisa wants to be friends with someone. However, Ichigaya Arisa has a natural habit of being lazy about trying hard, so she doesn't take action such as actively talking to them. Although she tends to be passive, she is genuinely happy that Toyama Kasumi proactively came to see her, and has always wanted to become friends with her through Random Star.
Charm 5: Being teased for not being honest
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When the five of them get together in Poppin Party, they spend a lot of time together, from lunch breaks to band practice after school. As they spend more time together, they come to understand each other, but Hanazono Tae and Yamabuki Saya start to tease Ichigaya Arisa for her tsundere side. Yamabuki Saya, who acts as the leader, seems to understand that Ichigaya Arisa will get sulky if she isn't included in the group, and is often seen teasing her.
She also teased the excited Yamabuki Saya
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Ichigaya Arisa is teased for being a tsundere, but in the OVA, when the Popipa members went to the beach, she teased the excited Yamabuki Saya. She had always suppressed her feelings and kept things together, so she was probably excited to finally reveal her true feelings and carry out her plan. She seemed to be a little too enthusiastic, and immediately noticed that Yamabuki Saya was acting differently than usual, and started teasing her by commenting on her outfit.
Charm 6: Joining Poppin Party by chance
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Until then, Ichigaya Arisa hadn't had any big goals, but as she was being pushed around by Toyama Kasumi's actions, she ended up starting a band with her. Although it was a blessing and a curse for her, perhaps because she felt it was an opportunity to close the gap with Toyama Kasumi, she started to act proactively. Before she knew it, she had grown to have strong feelings, and she became more and more enthusiastic about her band activities, even to the point of crying over the mistake she made at the SPACE audition.
Selling her precious bonsai to buy a keyboard
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Ichigaya Arisa ended up starting a band with Toyama Kasumi before she knew it, but since she had experience learning piano, she bought a keyboard. She paid for the purchase herself, and made the money from the profits she made from selling her lovingly cultivated bonsai "Tonegawa" at auction. The way she proudly shows off her newly acquired keyboard is typical of Ichigaya Arisa, and from the bottom of her heart she can't help but feel excited about starting work with the band.
Charm 7: She learned piano until junior high school
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Ichigaya Arisa, who plays the keyboard in Poppin Party, is taking on the challenge because she learned piano until junior high school. She quit piano when she had to take the junior high school entrance exam, and says she hasn't even touched a keyboard since then. Also, the star sticker that led to her meeting Toyama Kasumi was one that Ichigaya Arisa had put on her when she was a child, and she said that she was happy to receive a star sticker after finishing her lesson, which suggests that she was a dedicated piano practicer.
Secretly getting Wanibe Nana to teach her how to play the keyboard
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Even though she had learned the piano, Ichigaya Arisa is also a beginner at playing the keyboard because the way she plays is very different from playing the keyboard in a band. To learn how to play the keyboard, she secretly received lessons from Wanibe Nana, the student council president and keyboardist for Glitter Green. This is revealed towards the end of the TV anime, and her love for Popipa is also apparent from her diligent practice when no one is watching.
Charm 8: Providing Ryuseido's storehouse as a practice space
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Poppin Party's activities are not in the school's music room or practice studio, but in the storehouse of Ryuseido, run by Ichigaya Arisa's parents. Originally, the storehouse was meant to be a room that Ichigaya Arisa could use freely on the condition that she cleaned up the inside of it when she entered high school, but as she spent time with Toyama Kasumi, it became a place to practice. It is also used as a venue for studying for exams as well as band practice, and Ichigaya Arisa is probably happy to be able to use it as a place to meet up with her friends.
The storehouse that Toyama Kasumi and I cleaned up together
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For Ichigaya Arisa, it was a different purpose from her original one, but she must have been happy to have a space that she could use freely. However, cleaning up the storehouse is difficult to do alone, and at that moment, Toyama Kasumi suddenly appears. Kasumi Toyama used to go there just to watch Random Star, but before long, seeing how hard people were cleaning up, she started helping out of her own volition. There was a bit of self-interest hidden in that, but it was an extremely appreciated helping hand to clear out the storehouse, which was full of heavy items.
Charm 9: Playing an active role as the straight man of the band
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Yamabuki Saya is the one who acts as the leader of Poppin Party, but she laughs at Toyama Kasumi's free-spirited ideas and off-topic opinions and moves them in the right direction. However, things are different with Ichigaya Arisa, and having seen her free-spirited behavior from the beginning, she is quick to point out her mistakes. She also has a similar way of thinking with Hanazono Tae, so Ichigaya Arisa is constantly being shown pointing out mistakes to the two of them, and it has become a common sight to see Ushigome Rimi watching this with a smile.
She is the one who keeps the out-of-control Toyama Kasumi and Hanazono Tae in check
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Before Yamabuki Saya joined Poppin Party, there was no one to lead the group, so Ichigaya Arisa was inevitably put in that position. However, she was not able to summarise things as accurately as Yamabuki Saya, and instead, Kasumi Toyama and Tae Hanazono's actions were so unrestrained that they could be called out of control, forcing her to make comments. Not only did she make harsh comments, but she also seemed to scold them, and Ichigaya Arisa must have been constantly worn down by their behaviour.
Charm 10: I love Kasumi Toyama more than anyone else!
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The last thing I'd like to introduce about Ichigaya Arisa is that she loves Toyama Kasumi despite what she says. The two of them met as if by fate, and Ichigaya Arisa, who is shy, is uneasy about Toyama Kasumi at first. However, he would come to her house almost every morning and have various conversations with her, such as whether she was going to school, and before he knew it, he began to care about her. He is particularly tsundere in front of Kasumi Toyama, but at the same time, he is also portrayed as caring about her.
The reason she started the band was to get closer to Kasumi Toyama
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When Kasumi Toyama started talking about starting a band, Ichigaya Arisa ended up getting dragged into joining. She had no intention of starting a band at all, but she wanted to get closer to Kasumi Toyama, so she took the plunge and bought a keyboard. Ichigaya Arisa wanted to show off and surprise Toyama Kasumi, but by chance, Toyama Kasumi was made to stay after school every day for home economics practice. Because of this, Ichigaya Arisa felt lonely because she didn't get any attention, and she started to act sulky.
Ichigaya Arisa, who thinks of Toyama Kasumi, is so cute!
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We have introduced 10 things about Ichigaya Arisa's charms, but her feelings for Toyama Kasumi hidden in her tsundere personality are a friendship scene that cannot be left unsaid even in "BanG Dream!". When Ichigaya Arisa gets involved with Toyama Kasumi, she gets active, and when she doesn't pay attention to him, she gets lonely, which makes her seem like a lover. On the other hand, she also seems to enjoy playing at live shows, so I hope you'll check out her sparkling figure ♪
