Ikoma Rina, a former member of Nogizaka46 who has been active as an actress since graduating from the group, will release a solo single “TOKYO DANCE -Dai Tokyo Ondo-” under the name RINA IKOMA on July 3rd. The music video was released today at 6pm.
This song was produced as part of a collaboration project between Asahi Soft Drinks’ “Wilkinson” and a public bath. The original song on which this song is based, “Dai Tokyo Ondo,” was planned and produced in 1979 as a dance song for the Tokyo 12 Channel (now TV Tokyo) as part of the 15th anniversary project. It was composed by People’s Honor Award-winning composer Endo Minoru and is a Showa-era classic that has been sung by many legendary singers, including Hashi Yukio and Misora Hibari, and is known by a wide range of generations as a popular Bon Odori song. “Dai Tokyo Ondo” has been reborn as a hyper-pop dance tune perfect for summer, a catchy song that elevates the Bon Odori to the Bon dance.
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GROUNDRIDDIM participated in this music video. The director is tk, who has worked on many videos for musicians including BAD HOP’s Budokan opening video and CYPRUS. The CG was done by DotINK, led by Daiki Miyama.
With the themes of “Tokyo,” “Japan,” “Festivals,” and “Summer,” the video is created with a pop and stylish worldview of colorful CG and light, and is an explosion of Ikoma Rina’s unparalleled cuteness and freshness.
This song is likely to become a standard for the Reiwa Bon Odori festival starting in 2024.
■Overview of the work
Artist: RINA IKOMA
Title: TOKYO DANCE -Dai Tokyo Ondo-
Genre: J-POP
[Links to various streaming services] https://lnk.to/TOKYO_DANCE
■RINA IKOMA Profile
Born in Akita Prefecture in 1995. She has been the center for five consecutive Nogizaka46 releases since their debut single.
After graduating from the group in 2018, she has been active as an actor in stage plays, TV dramas, movies, etc. She is a regular cast member on “Stretch Mangold” (NHK Educational TV), and in 2021 she took on her first solo play in the stage play “7322 Loves of Me and Merryvel.” She appeared as the mysterious woman Haruka Motoki in the NTV drama “The Real Criminal Flag,” and her bizarre performance drew attention.
Her first starring role in a TV series was in ABC TV’s “OTHELLO” which aired in 2022, and she then went on to star in the role of Eda Maki in the drama “Nigakute Amai” which was broadcast/streamed on Lemino and Tokai TV.
She appeared as one of the main cast members in the film “Kikaijima” directed by Takashi Shimizu, which was released in June 2023, playing the role of Mio Fukazawa. She is expanding her field of activity, with the film “Shinji Muroi: The Unconquered” scheduled for release in October this year.
・Official Sitehttps://ikomarina.com
・Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ikomarina_1229/
・Twitterhttps://x.com/ikoma_chandesu
◼︎Wilkinson 120th Anniversary Public Bath Collaboration Project
As a branding project by Asahi Soft Drinks “Wilkinson” and creative agency STARBASE, a collaboration was carried out for a limited time at two popular public baths, Hottayu and Bunkayokusen, with the aim of communicating the new routine of “drinking chilled carbonated water after a sauna” and the deliciousness of carbonated water.
