Natsume (drummer)

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Natsume
夏芽
Born20 July
OriginTokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)
  • Drummer
  • actress
Instrument(s)Drums
Years active2005–present
Member of
Formerly ofCladdagh Ring

Natsume (夏芽, Natsume, born 20 July) is a Japanese drummer and voice actress. She is a member of the bands Shazna and Raise A Suilen, the latter as part of the BanG Dream! franchise, for which she voices the character Masuki "Masking" Satō.

Biography[edit]

Natsume, a native of Tokyo, was born on 20 July.[1] She began drumming in high school after being invited to perform with the school band, and later attended the vocational school ESP Gakuen where she formed a band with her classmates.[2]

She provided live support at a 2005 fan club event for the band Arashi.[1] In 2006, she became part of the band Claddagh Ring.[1] After she left the band in 2012, she provided live support for Arashi, Barbars [ja], Cyntia, The Marcy Band, Yōichi Hirose [ja], Maki Ōtsuki [ja], Raychell, and Shinkū Horō [ja].[1] In 2012, she released a training DVD named Issho ni Hatakeru: Drum Rhythm Training (一緒に叩ける ドラム・リズムトレーニング, Issho ni hatakeru doramu rizumu torēningu, lit. "Play Them Together: Drums and Rhythm Training").[1] In 2017, Natsume joined the band Shazna following the band's resumption of activities.[1]

After playing in the backup band for the festival A-Nation,[3] Natsume performed at Bushiroad's tenth anniversary concert and was recruited by Takaaki Kidani to join Bushiroad's BanG Dream! multimedia franchise.[4] As part of BanG Dream!, Natsume became a member of the band Raise A Suilen, serving as its drummer;[5] she had previously been a part of Raise A Suilen's precursor band, The Third.[6] She voiced the character Masuki "Masking" Satō, the drummer of Raise A Suilen's fictional counterpart of the same name, in the second and third seasons of the franchise's anime television series.[7][8] When she first portrayed Masuki for the second season, Natsume spoke in a lower tone under the impression that her character suppresses her emotions, but became more expressive in the third season as Masuki's character develops.[9] In 2020, she began voicing the character in BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico, the franchise's chibi short anime spinoff,[10] and in Film Live 2nd Stage, the franchise's animated concert film.[11] In 2022, she reprised the role in the BanG Dream film Poppin'Dream!.[12]

In 2023, Natsume's affiliation with Ace Crew Entertainment ended.[13]

Filmography[edit]

2019
2020
2021
  • BanG Dream! Film Live 2nd Stage, Masuki "Masking" Satō[11]
2022

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "夏芽 (なつめ)". Ace Crew Entertainment (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ Raychell; Natsume. "＜Raychell＆夏芽 スペシャル対談＞RAISE A SUILEN ～2人がたどり着いた頂～" [<Raychell & Natsume Special Talk> RAISE A SUILEN] (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Shindō, Gorō. Billboard Japan. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ^ Raychell; Natsume. "RAISE A SUILEN" (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Miyazaki, Daiki. Billboard Japan. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. ^ Kidani, Takaaki (6 November 2018). "ブシロード 木谷高明が語る、『バンドリ！』プロジェクトの軌跡と未来 「何十年も続く作品にしたい」" [Bushiroad's Takaaki Kitani talks about BanG Dream!'s project trajectory and future: "I want to make a work that will last for decades"] (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Sunaga, Kenji. Real Sound. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (18 July 2018). "BanG Dream! Franchise's 3rd Girls Band Reveals Their Official Name "RAISE A SUILEN"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ^ "RAISE A SUILEN". BanG Dream! Official Website. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b "OTHER". 「BanG Dream! 2nd Season」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  8. ^ a b "RAISE A SUILEN". 「BanG Dream! 3rd Season」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  9. ^ Natsume (16 October 2020). "『バンドリ！ ガルパ』RAISE A SUILENマスキング役 夏芽さんが語る"表情豊かなマスキングの素顔"【RAS登場記念キャストインタビュー第3弾】" ["BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!" RAISE A SUILEN Masking – Natsume talks about "the real face of expressive Masking" [RAS 3rd cast interview]]. Famitsu (Interview) (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  10. ^ a b "STAFF&CAST 大盛り（第2期）". 「BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ ふぃーばー！」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  11. ^ a b "CAST・STAFF | 劇場版「BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage」公式サイト". BanG Dream! (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  12. ^ a b "CHARACTER | 劇場版「BanG Dream! ぽっぴん'どりーむ！」". BanG Dream! (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  13. ^ "「夏芽」に関するご報告" (in Japanese). 1 March 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  14. ^ "STAFF&CAST". 「BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ ふぃーばー！」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 May 2023.

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