{"id":8363,"date":"2022-01-12T18:53:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=8363"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:15:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T02:15:30","slug":"20220112-8363","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220112-8363\/","title":{"rendered":"The Idolmaster series\u2019 Yayoi Takatsuki appointed as a tourism ambassador for Takatsuki city, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220112-188445\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>&nbsp;(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-01-12 16:45 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Takatsuki city of Osaka Prefecture has appointed <em><strong>The Idolmaster<\/strong><\/em> series\u2019 <strong>Yayoi Takatsuki<\/strong> as a tourism ambassador. A life-size cardboard cutout of the character will be placed in the Ama site park, and a special event will take place on her birthday, March 25.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220112-188445-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220112-188445-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220112-188445-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220112-188445-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220112-188445-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220112-188445-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220112-188445-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220112-188445-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220112-188445-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220112-188445-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><figcaption>Image from <em>The Idolmaster<\/em> official website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Yayoi Takatsuki is an idol at the talent agency 765 Production who made her first appearance in <em>The Idolmaster<\/em> arcade game. Yayoi also appears in the newest title <em>The Idolmaster: Starlit Season<\/em> as a member of the supergroup Project Luminous. She\u2019s from Saitama Prefecture and not from Osaka, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takatsuki city is located midway between Osaka and Kyoto, with an estimated population of around 350,000. Some people call it \u201cTokainaka,\u201d a coined word that combines Tokai (urban city) and Inaka (rural area). Easy access to urban cities while being a nature-rich locale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takatsuki\u2019s city council member Yuya Hirata explained in a tweet that Yayoi Takatsuki was chosen as a tourism ambassador due to her name\u2019s affinity with the city itself and the Ama site park, which preserves ruins of the \u201cYayoi\u201d period.<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\">\u305f\u304b\u3064\u304d\u89b3\u5149\u5927\u4f7f\u306b\u300c\u9ad8\u69fb\u3084\u3088\u3044\u300d\u3055\u3093\u304c\u5c31\u4efb\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u6c7a\u5b9a\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E9%AB%98%E6%A7%BB%E3%82%84%E3%82%88%E3%81%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u9ad8\u69fb\u3084\u3088\u3044<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/huwwGOXoES\">pic.twitter.com\/huwwGOXoES<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5e73\u7530\u88d5\u4e5f\u3000\u9ad8\u69fb\u5e02\u8b70\u4f1a\u8b70\u54e1 (@hiratauya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hiratauya\/status\/1481129810852454400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Although this is the first time the city officially recognized the character, fans have been celebrating Yayoi Takatsuki\u2019s birthday on March 25 by gathering at the Takatsuki branch of the restaurant chain Yayoiken for quite some time. For some of the fans, it was already a place of celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coincidentally, Yayoiken has announced an official collaboration event featuring Yayoi Takatsuki. It will take place in March, Yayoi\u2019s birthday month. She\u2019s known for her affinity with bean sprouts, so maybe the event will take advantage of that. Further information about the collaboration will be revealed in early March.<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\">\u4eca\u5e74\u306e2022\u5e743\u6708\u3002<br>\u3064\u3044\u306b&#8230;<br>\u3010\u30a2\u30a4\u30c9\u30eb\u30de\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u9ad8\u69fb\u3084\u3088\u3044\u00d7\u3084\u3088\u3044\u8ed2\u3011<br>\u306e\u30b3\u30e9\u30dc\u304c\u6c7a\u5b9a\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u203c\ufe0f<br><br>\u30d7\u30ed\u30c7\u30e5\u30fc\u30b5\u30fc\u306e\u7686\u69d8\u3078\u3002<br>\u4eca\u5e74\u306f\u5168\u56fd\u306e\u7686\u69d8\u3068\u76db\u308a\u4e0a\u304c\u308b<br>\u8a95\u751f\u796d\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u3092\u8003\u3048\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306e\u3067\u304a\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b..\u2728<br><br>\u305d\u3057\u3066\u3001\u9ad8\u69fb\u3084\u3088\u3044\u3055\u3093\ud83e\udde1<br>\u300e\u305f\u304b\u3064\u304d\u89b3\u5149\u5927\u4f7f \u5c31\u4efb\u300f<br>\u304a\u3081\u3067\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\ud83c\udf89<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/idolmaster?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#idolmaster<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A2BBI6hnze\">pic.twitter.com\/A2BBI6hnze<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3084\u3088\u3044\u8ed2\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011 (@yayoiken_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yayoiken_com\/status\/1481151455843266560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>[Update 2022\/01\/13 11:15 JST]<br><\/strong>According to Bandai Namco&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/idolmaster-official.jp\/news\/01_3195.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a>, the city will celebrate Yayoi&#8217;s appointment on January 20 at Ama site park. 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