Marvelous announced a brand-new idol project Lemonsquash Score featuring seven idols created by Kazui, an illustrator who you might know for their work in Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle and the VTuber project Café and Bar Dante’s Peak.
The project will feature music written by HoneyWorks, Yuuyu, and various composers. Hiroki Uchida, the screenwriter of Ultraman X and Ultraman Orb, is writing the scenario. Lemonsquash Score centers around seven idol apprentices, who strive to hold their idol debut live in six months or they will be disbanded.
In addition, Episode.0 of the voice drama has been released on the official Lemonsquash Score YouTube channel, and the first CD containing both the voice drama and their songs will be released in the spring of 2023.
▍ Lemonsquash Score Reveal Trailer
▍ Lemonsquash Score Character &Cast
■ Hinata Yuki – CV: Kikunosuke Toya
A bright, positive boy who is the soul of Lemonsquash Score. He is always looking forward to the future. He likes to be physically active and is the type of person who tries things out first rather than thinking with his head. He is not outstandingly talented, but he has something that attracts people. He and Yusei have been best friends since they met at the same audition, and they are like partners who influence each other.
■ Yusei Takamatsu – CV: Rikuya Yasuda
A cool and smart young boy who can handle anything with ease. He comes from a family of entertainers, but his family treats him as a dropout, and he aspires to become an idol out of rebellion against his parents, who believe that “idol work is just a job that only requires good looks”. When he meets Hinata at an audition of Lemonsquash Score, he senses something sparkling in him, and they become best friends who respect each other.
■ Rio Sagara – CV: Takuma Nagatsuka
A perfect idol who is called an “angel” by his fans, but in reality, he is a black-hearted little devil. Stoic and overly conscious, he often causes conflicts with those around him and tends to isolate himself. However, when he meets Hinata, he learns the value of cooperation and the importance of friends. He is in the same high school and class as Minato, but he hates his lack of motivation and fights with him all the time.
■ Aki Todo – CV: Yuusuke Shirai
The oldest of Lemonsquash Score. He is cheerful, calm, and well-liked by everyone. As the son of a flower arrangement master, he was raised strictly, and idols supported him through his difficult times. Since he left home to become an idol, he has not been in touch with his parents since then. He has appeared on many variety shows as an idol geek and is loved by people in the industry for his friendliness.
■ Chihiro Tachibanai – CV: Haruki Ishiya
He is the leader of Lemonsquash Score and a father figure to all the members who are full of individuality. His parents died when he was very young, and he was adopted by his father’s best friend who was a dance instructor at Infinity Wing Production. He respects his father-in-law who taught him how to dance, and it was at his father-in-law’s suggestion that he joined the company he works for today. He is a great dancer and a professional cook and is more concerned about the health of the members who are growing up than his own.
■ Eito Asakura – CV: Tetsuei Sumiya
He is the youngest in Lemonsquash Score and is adored by everyone. He auditioned for his current agency in order to pursue the idol of his dreams, and he has been working as a child actor since she was a child and has become a person who knows no fear. Although he lives at home, he lives in the shared dormitory of Chroma7ree and enjoys playing games with Yusei.
■ Minato Hosho – CV: Shun’ichi Toki
He is an apathetic type of guy who doesn’t talk much and always looks sleepy and shows no motivation. He has no interest in being an idol, but he joins Infinity Wing Production, because of their good benefits, in order to continue doing something. He shows no motivation in practice, but once on stage, he turns into a different person who dances and sings brilliantly. Due to his relative laziness, he tends to slack off outside of performances and is always in conflict with the stoic Rio.
