{"id":17977,"date":"2023-02-24T16:05:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T07:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=17977"},"modified":"2023-02-24T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T07:05:49","slug":"20230224-17977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230224-17977\/","title":{"rendered":"The Idolmaster fan &#038; singer Gen Hoshino has song covered by his fav Miku"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Bandai Namco Entertainment has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imascg_stage\/status\/1628274638009827328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">added a cover version<\/a> of the song \u201cKoi (\u604b)\u201d by singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino to <em><strong>The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage<\/strong><\/em>. The song is covered by idol Miku Maekawa and was a surprise release that coincided with the character\u2019s birthday. The song supports 3D mode, and in addition to the \u201cregular version,\u201d you can also play an \u201coriginal version\u201d that is an homage to the music video that was used for Hoshino\u2019s original song.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E6%98%9F%E9%87%8E%E6%BA%90?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u661f\u91ce\u6e90<\/a> \u306e\u697d\u66f2\u300c\u604b\u300d\u3092\u3001\u524d\u5ddd\u307f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u304c\u30ab\u30d0\u30fc\u3057\u305f\u697d\u66f2\u304c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30c7\u30ec\u30b9\u30c6<\/a> \u3067\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3067\u304d\u308b\u3088\u3046\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01<br><br>\u3068\u3063\u3066\u3082\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044\u901a\u5e38ver\u306b\u52a0\u3048\u3001\u306a\u3093\u3068MV\u3092\u30aa\u30de\u30fc\u30b8\u30e5\u3057\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3063\u305f\u30aa\u30ea\u30b8\u30ca\u30ebver\u3082\uff01<br>\u5168\u56fd\u306e\u30d7\u30ed\u30c7\u30e5\u30fc\u30b5\u30fc\u3055\u3093\u3001\u305c\u3072\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3057\u3066\u307f\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fy6NGDWJQP\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fy6NGDWJQP<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imascg_stage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imascg_stage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JETBuY3257\">pic.twitter.com\/JETBuY3257<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u661f\u91ce\u6e90 Gen Hoshino (@gen_senden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gen_senden\/status\/1628278595939606528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>You can now play Miku Maekawa\u2019s cover version of Gen Hoshino\u2019s song \u201cKoi\u201d in Starlight Stage!<br>Not only can you play the super cute Regular ver, but there\u2019s also an Original ver that pays homage to the music video!<br>Producers all over the country, please give it a try!<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cKoi\u201d is Gen Hoshino\u2019s 9th single and was released in 2016. <em>The Idolmaster<\/em> series has covered songs from a wide range of genres, so some would feel that there is nothing surprising about this new cover. However, Hoshino and <em>Starlight Stage<\/em> actually share a deep connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoshino is a self-proclaimed fan of <em>The Idolmaster<\/em> series and is known for being especially fond of Miku Maekawa. He has discussed his gacha results on his radio show and has even had Miku Maekawa\u2019s voice actress Natsumi Takamori on as a guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps because of this, the official character designer for <em>The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls<\/em>, Annin Doufu, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annin_oiko\/status\/812299134484942853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> an illustration of Miku Maekawa dancing to \u201cKoi\u201d on her Twitter account in 2016. This image was Annin Doufu\u2019s personal fanart and not official in any way, but it seems that there were many fans who expressed their desire for Miku Maekawa to sing \u201cKoi.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300c\u604b\u300d\u306f\u5e38\u306b\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u5185\u306e\u30ab\u30d0\u30fc\u30ea\u30af\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8\u4e0a\u4f4d\u3067\u3001\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u9577\u3044\u6642\u9593\u3092\u304b\u3051\u3066\u4f01\u753b\u691c\u8a0e\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3044\u3066\u3044\u305f\u305d\u3046\u3067\u3059<\/p>&mdash; \u674f\u4ec1\u8c46\u8150 (@annin_oiko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annin_oiko\/status\/1628297610107965441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>\u201cKoi\u201d has constantly been at the top of the in-game cover requests, and it appears that they spent a lot of time on planning and consideration.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>After I (the original author of this article) played \u201cKoi\u201d in <em>Startlight Stage<\/em> myself, I realized that it was designed so that your fingers move in a similar way to the dance moves from the original song. The distinctive arm movements from the chorus are also conveyed well; for example, the swinging of index fingers back and forth is represented by alternate left and right flicks on the screen, making you feel like you are dancing along with the idols. You can really feel the respect that they have for Gen Hoshino in the song\u2019s design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gen Hoshino is not only a singer-songwriter, but also works in many other fields, including as an actor and producer. So who knows? Maybe the addition of \u201cKoi\u201d to <em>Starlight Stage<\/em> will lead to Hoshino working together with Miku Maekawa in some form or another.<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Marco Farinaccia based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230222-238184\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-02-22 18:56 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Idolmaster fan &#038; singer Gen Hoshino has his song &#8220;Koi&#8221; covered by his favorite idol Miku Maekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-17977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Idolmaster fan &amp; 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