おもしれー女
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| Basic Information | ||
| Real Name | (Kaname Rāna) | |
| Aliases | ||
| Hair Color | Silver hair | |
| Eye color | Heterochromia(Left blue, right yellow) | |
| Height | 150cm | |
| Age | 14 years old | |
| Birthday | February 22 | |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces | |
| Moe points | Beautiful girl、Kuudere、Spacey、Jellyfish haircut、Straight bangs、Short hair、Heterochromia、Cat Mouth、Guitar、Cat Lover、Matcha Lover、Foodie、Cat tongue、Cat-like、Fushigi-kei、Left-handed、Short boots、Hot pants(Casual wear),Mid-calf boots(Stage Outfit),Fishnets(Stage Outfit)Junior High School Student | |
| Activity Information | ||
| Area of Activity | Tokyo | |
| Current Group | 
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| Image Color | #77DD77 | |
| School | Hanasakigawa Girls' Academy | |
| Year and Class | 3rd Year Junior High Class A | |
| Role | Guitar | |
| Musical Instrument | ESP POTBELLY | |
| Related People | ||
| Voice Actor | Hina Aoki | |
| MyGO!!!!! | Tomori Takamatsu、Taki Shiina、Anon Chihaya、Soyo Nagasaki | |
| Maternal grandmother | Shifune Tsuzuki | |
| Father | Tsuyoshi Kaname | |
| Mother | Uta Kaname | |
Rana Kaname(Japanese:
Introduction
The guitarist of MyGO!!!!!,Hanasakigawa Girls' AcademyA third-year middle school student and an eccentric girl who appears and disappears unpredictably at the LIVE HOUSE "RiNG." She joined the band because she found it "interesting."
She has an elusive, cat-like personality and always moves at her own pace.
Her favorite foods are matcha and soba; she dislikes chives, grated yam, and mint.[2]。
She possesses superb guitar skills, able to memorize and play sheet music at a glance, but her whimsical behavior sometimes causes headaches for the other band members.
Her hobby is playing with cats, and she herself is quite acat-like girl, and even her birthday is "猫の日" February 22nd.Because of this, fan art often depicts her with cat ears.
She is left-handed.[3]Likes wearing loose-fitting clothes.
She is the first character with heterochromia in the BanG Dream! project.
The surname "Kaname" comes from Kaname-cho, Toshima City, Tokyo.
History
Early years and the spring/summer of her third year of middle school.
Kaname Rana is the formerLIVE HOUSE SPACEownerShifune Tsuzuki's granddaughter, who has loved the guitar since childhood under her grandmother's influence. In elementary school, she was restless and would run around during class, but under her grandmother's requirement that "she would only be allowed to formally practice guitar in middle school if she studied hard," her grades were quite excellent. At her middle school entrance ceremony, Rana ran home halfway through, picked up her grandmother's old guitar, and performed for her; her skill even amazed her grandmother. During her time at SPACE, Rana was influenced byGlitter*Greenthe influence of bands such as [those mentioned] and hoped to play in a band in the future. Rana's father, Kaname Tsuyoshi, works in London year-round, and her mother, Kaname Uta, also planned to go to London to pursue her dream of fashion design, but Rana chose to stay in Japan. Her grandmother's evaluation of her mother, "Interesting woman" was remembered by Rana.
Later, Rana frequently skipped school to go to SPACE and expressed to her grandmother her desire to "play guitar at SPACE for a lifetime." Her grandmother taught her that "a lifetime is not something to be decided lightly" and that she should convey what the guitar carries to others, but Rana said, "The guitar and emotions can't be conveyed to anyone, only to Grandma." After thinking for a night, her grandmother decided that SPACE should not be the end for Rana and the various girl bands, so she resolved to close SPACE. On the night of the closing, she warned Rana, "SPACE is just a passing point in the journey; a place to belong is created by others, and you have to find it yourself." Since then, Rana did not practice guitar for about two years, until her third year of middle school when she went to RiNG and was reminded by a former SPACE employeewho reminded her that "you can't find a band if you don't play guitar," after which she began to solo frequently in the cafe and noticed [them] discussing in the cafe.forming a band for a lifetimeband-related topicsTomori，Taki，Soyo's，Anongroup.
After Tomori, Taki, Soyo, and Anon started practicing, Rana barged into the rehearsal room and was able to play "Haruhikage" after just one glance at the sheet music, dealing a huge blow to Anon, who could only play chords. She called Tomori an "interesting woman."
After Taki composed a new song, Rana barged into the rehearsal room again and played it, motivating Taki to write better songs, but she then frequently missed rehearsals without reason, causing Taki's stress to increaseIn reality, Rana was backstage, and when Ririko asked, she stated that they weren't in sync yet, eventually Taki broke down because she felt she "couldn't do as well as Sakiko." A worried Anon and Tomori went to Hanasakigawa to find Taki and happened upon Rana playing with a cat, which was when everyone learned that Rana was a third-year student at Hanasakigawa Girls' Academy Middle School.
For fun, Rana decided to join this four-person band for their first performance. At the concert, after Rana finished performing the not-so-successful "Hekiten Bansou" after hearing Tomori's MCheavy essayfound it very interesting, started providing accompaniment and improvised "Haruhikage》Taki: "Don't just start playing the guitar suddenly; the performance should come after Tomori's MC."(However, at that time the band only had two songs: Hekiten Bansou and Haruhikage), which eventually led to all five of them performing/singing Haruhikage togetherThe cat knows nothing; the cat just wants to shred. This directly led to the person offstageSakiko Togawalosing emotional control, breaking down, and running away; seeing this,Soyo NagasakiSoyo also lost emotional control. After leaving the stage, Soyo threw a fit backstage, by which time Rana had already left.Rana: I figured this band didn't have any other songs to play.
Rana, feeling the band's interesting side, asked Rin-Rin-ko to help send a message to gather everyone because she didn't know how to type, and commented that they were all "interesting women." Rin-Rin-ko taught Rana not to say "women" but "girls," and Rana changed her catchphrase from then on. However, Soyo was absent from practice, and because everyone was lost, Rana called them "boring girls" and left the band.
Tomori booked a large number of "trash time" slots in the live performance schedule and went on stage to recite poetry.heavy essay. This very rock-and-roll move attracted the attention of the backstagematcha cornet-snackingRana. Rana went on stage to play guitar accompaniment for Tomori and called her an "interesting girl." Later, she even forcibly dragged Taki away from her part-time job to accompany Tomori's poetry. Eventually, the five members reconciled during the improvised performance of "Utakotoba" and reconciled amidst the singing.
After the members reconciled, Tomori suddenly realized she had booked an extra live show for three days later, and after a group discussion, they decided to perform.During this time, Rana wanted to play the previous improvised track, but Taki complained, "You play it differently every time.". Rana was responsible for arranging her own lead guitar part. That night, before heading to Taki's house, she played "Mayoiuta》while inviting her grandmother to watch the concert, stating that "the feeling of wanting to stay here creates a home, so I have already found my home."The night before the performance, after misunderstanding Anon's meaning of "don't cut paper, cut cloth," Soyo's stage outfitcut into two halves。
On the day of the official performance, the "stray band" performed "Mayoi Uta" and "Mayoi Uta》and《Hekiten Bansou", and received cheers and support from the entire audience; the performance was a huge success. Rana's grandmother came to watch the performance and was very happy that Rana had found a "place to belong" once again.
After this, although Rana still went her own way, she reached a "deal" with Taki after a heart-to-heart talk and was able to come to rehearsals on time.The price was that the matcha parfaits were charged to Taki's account.[4]Later, Rana quit practice without permission because Taki failed to book a live schedule. After Anon and Tomori lost track of her while searching, they encountered Shifune Tsuzuki. After learning about the situation, Shifune taught Rana to do her best until the end, and she later returned to the band's rehearsals.[5]。
Autumn and Winter of the Third Year of Middle School
While Tomori and Anon went to Sakiko's house, Taki and Rana were at RiNG waiting for the others for rehearsal. Taki, who was flustered by Tomori's sudden question the previous day, asked Rana "What is happiness?". Rana believed that "performances, matcha, playing with cats, soba, and orange cake" were happiness. When Tomori was depressed about Sakiko's situation, Rana played the guitar to distract her.
After Soyo, who had been missing for three days, broughtMutsumi Wakaba—Mortis to RiNG, Rana saw at a glance that Mutsumi had two personalities, one of which was dormant, and then walked away. Surprised that someone could see through her situation, Mortis chased her all the way to the former site of SPACE. While playing with cats, Rana and Mortis exchanged identity information, and Rana pointed to a cat rubbing against Mortis, noting that it liked her, which made Mortis's favorability toward Rana reach its peak. The next day, after gathering at RiNG, Rana played "Mayoi Uta" on the small stage in the cafe, successfully awakening the dormant Mutsumi, but a quarrel then broke out between the two personalities.
After Soyo, Taki, Sakiko, and Mutsumi reached a reconciliation, the four returned to RiNG. At this time, Rana slipped away, which gave Anon a reason to let the members of CRYCHIC perform aSkipped class but lied that today was a day offRana talked about yesterday's rehearsal; Rana felt CRYCHIC's performance yesterday was good, but MyGO!!!!! wouldn't lose either.
When the members of MyGO!!!!! and Ave Mujica gathered at RiNG to resolve issues regarding their future paths, Rana focused entirely on eating a matcha parfait. When Mortis began attempting to play the role of Mutsumi and stated that "as long as I'm in a band with Sakiko, it doesn't have to be CRYCHIC," Rana commented that she was an "interesting girl." WithNyamu Yutenjithe exposure of Mortis's acting, the other members of MyGO!!!!! took the breaking-down Mortis away to comfort her, leaving only Rana behind to eat her parfait. Nyamu noticed Rana and asked why she didn't leave with the others, but Rana instead treated her like a cat and fed her parfait. The next day in the rehearsal room, everyone talked about Sakiko and Mutsumi's situation again; Anon explained the details of CRYCHIC to Rana, who then asserted: "When it's over, it's over. Someone will always create a new place to belong."
After the Ave Mujica reorganization turmoil ended, Rana met Mutsumi, who had wandered to RiNG in a daze, and invited her to play with cats. During their time together, Rana noticed that Mortis no longer existed as an independent personality and chatted with Mutsumi about guitars—unlike Rana, who sees the guitar as a partner, Mutsumi, despite no lack of practice, did not know if she was playing or just acting. At that moment, Taki called Rana to come back, and Mutsumi could only leave with that question in mind.
Trivia
- She speaks very little, every sentence she says is very short, and her vocabulary is very simple.Basically, only Taki can understand what she is saying.
- Her behavior is almost exactly like a cat:
- She runs around everywhere when no one is watching, so she isTakicalled
Stray Cat（ ）, and they even once considered putting a bell on Rana to prevent her from wandering off. - She has a "cat tongue" and won't eat hot buns, can't handle mint candies, and also dislikes leeks, yams, onions, and spicy or sour foods.
- She likes playing with yarn and scratches her face with her hands before heavy rain.
- She can sense things that ordinary people cannot, such as the meaning of cat meows, when it's about to rain, and the dormancy of Mutsumi's personality.
- She sleeps often, doing things like curling up by a heater to sleep; at noon, she takes naps on school benches, rooftopsor even in treesand other places to take naps, and would sleep until her appearance was a mess.
- She runs around everywhere when no one is watching, so she isTakicalled
- For the reasons mentioned above, fan creations sometimes featureNyamu Yutenjiplots where videos of Rana are filmed and posted to the "Cute Pets" section.She's a normal junior high girl, not an actual cat.jpg
EvenHer voice actressDuring the "Maigo Shukai: Attendance Edition," she attempted to escape but was hauled back by her "owner."
- The "child" of the band, who is oftenSoyo'staken care of.
Confirmed in a radio broadcast that Soyo is her mother. - After a period of getting used to each other, Rana has Taki almost completely wrapped around her finger; when Taki tries to stop her from eating croquettes backstage, she uses "Tomori is getting into the mood" as an excuse to make Taki back off.
- Sometimes plays with wordplay like "
固楽奈（ ）" and other text-based puns. - In her game lines, she addresses others using kana instead of kanji.
Although the "cat" rarely calls people by their names. - She lacks perseverance and gets bored easily; sometimes she even forgets what she was doing after a while. Her participation in band activities depends on her mood, and she often requires Taki to treat her to a matcha parfait before she's willing to practice.
- She isn't very good at using smartphones and only glances at messages on the lock screen, resulting in hundreds of unread messages. The first time she messaged the band members, she needed Ririko's help. Later, she learned how to send messages under Soyo Nagasaki's guidance.The first message she sent was "
Matcha Parfait（ ）」。 - When she acts up during band activities, Chihaya Anon feeds her sencha candies to calm her down.However, this method doesn't work when Taki tries it.
- At school, she is oftenSaaya Yamabukifed bread.
- Although she loves eating matcha parfaits, she won't accept them from just anyone. In the game card story "この繋がりの名前は", Soyo tried to win Rana over with a matcha parfait to complete her assignment of "taking photos with friends from other schools." However, because Soyo had never treated Rana to a matcha parfait before, this unusual behavior made Rana suspicious, and she rejected Soyo.
- Although she joined the school's Handicraft Club, she usually just hangs out leisurely, getting snacks from other members, wearing clothes they make, or playing the guitar by herself, existing like a mascot.
- She doesn't care much about studying; if she forgets her English homework, she just doesn't do it. When she was younger, she seemingly often ran out during class and tried skipping school to go for walks, but she started attending classes properly after being scolded. Despite this, Rana's grades are quite good.
- Her school and grade were not mentioned in her profile. Later, in the TV anime "BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!" Episode 6 mentions that Kaname Rana is a third-year student at Hanasakigawa Girls' Academy Middle School, the same age asPAREO.[6]
- She didn't originally celebrate her birthday and didn't understand the meaning of it when asked by her teammates.
- In the debut PV and the anime adaptation PV, her corresponding keywords are "Hope" and "
Place of belonging（ ）」, "Place of belonging" corresponds to what Shifune Tsuzuki said to Poppin'Party and others when LIVE HOUSE SPACE closed in the first season: "Someone will definitely run a LIVE HOUSE as a place of belonging again."。 - Besides Saaya Yamabuki who works part-time at RiNG andKasumi Toyamaknowing her, those who were active at LIVE HOUSE SPACERoselia'sYukina MinatoandLisa Imaialso know her,RAISE A SUILEN'sCHU²know her because of her grandmother's reputation—of course, Rana doesn't care if others know her; she just wants to eat matcha cookies and then lie onLAYER's lap to sleep.[7]
- As a middle school student, Rana's physique is the smallest in MyGO!!!!!, but because Rana's father, who appeared in the movie version, is tall and her mother also looks tall, some viewers believe Rana will grow up to be quite tall.
- Due to her long-term absence from the anime "BanG Dream! Ave Mujica", many netizens in the Chinese community joke that Rana is busy devouring matcha parfaits and has no time to appear, or that Rana is preparing for the high school entrance exam.
- Regarding this long-term absence, the voice actress who voices RanaHina AokiThis was also mentioned at the Bushiroad 2025 Grand Presentation, encouraging the audience by saying "Rana-chan will appear." In fact, Rana did show her back in the fifth episode and officially appeared in the sixth episode.
- However, she made a cameo in the third episode of the DELUXE arc of "Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez," which aired around the same time, appearing at 0:42. This led to jokes that the reason Rana hadn't appeared in Mujica was that she went to another set to watch others play cards.Actually, she went to perform the ending theme.
List of Appellations
- Rana Kaname's appellations for other characters
 Poppin'Party
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|---|---|
| Kasumi Toyama | かすみ |
| Tae Hanazono | たえ |
| Rimi Ushigome | - |
| Saaya Yamabuki | さーや |
| Arisa Ichigaya | - |
 Afterglow
| |
|---|---|
| Ran Mitake | - |
| Moca Aoba | - |
| Himari Uehara | - |
| Tomoe Udagawa | - |
| Tsugumi Hazawa | - |
 Pastel*Palettes
| |
|---|---|
| Aya Maruyama | - |
| Hina Hikawa | - |
| Chisato Shirasagi | - |
| Maya Yamato | - |
| Eve Wakamiya | - |
 Roselia
| |
|---|---|
| Yukina Minato | ゆきな |
| Sayo Hikawa | - |
| Lisa Imai | りさ |
| Ako Udagawa | - |
| Rinko Shirokane | - |
 Hello, Happy World!
| |
|---|---|
| Kokoro Tsurumaki | - |
| Kaoru Seta | - |
| Hagumi Kitazawa | - |
| Kanon Matsubara | - |
| Misaki Okusawa | - |
 Morfonica
| |
|---|---|
| Mashiro Kurata | - |
| Touko Kirigaya | - |
| Nanami Hiromachi | - |
| Tsukushi Futaba | - |
| Rui Yashio | - |
 RAISE A SUILEN
| |
|---|---|
| Rei Wakana | れいや |
| Rokka Asahi | - |
| Masuki Sato | - |
| Reona Nyubara | - |
| Chiyu Tamade | - |
 MyGO!!!!!
| |
|---|---|
| Tomori Takamatsu | ともり |
| Anon Chihaya | あのん |
| Rana Kaname | わたし |
| Soyo Nagasaki | そよ |
| Taki Shiina | りっきー |
 Ave Mujica
| |
|---|---|
| Uika Misumi | - |
| Mutsumi Wakaba | -/モーティス |
| Umiri Yahata | - |
| Nyamu Yutenji | - |
| Sakiko Togawa | - |
- Other characters' appellations for Rana Kaname
| Poppin'Party
| |
|---|---|
| Kasumi Toyama | 楽奈ちゃん |
| Tae Hanazono | 楽奈 |
| Rimi Ushigome | - |
| Saaya Yamabuki | 楽奈ちゃん |
| Arisa Ichigaya | - |
| Afterglow
| |
|---|---|
| Ran Mitake | - |
| Moca Aoba | - |
| Himari Uehara | - |
| Tomoe Udagawa | - |
| Tsugumi Hazawa | 楽奈ちゃん |
| Pastel*Palettes
| |
|---|---|
| Aya Maruyama | - |
| Hina Hikawa | - |
| Chisato Shirasagi | - |
| Maya Yamato | 要さん |
| Eve Wakamiya | - |
| Roselia
| |
|---|---|
| Yukina Minato | 要さん |
| Sayo Hikawa | - |
| Lisa Imai | 楽奈 |
| Ako Udagawa | - |
| Rinko Shirokane | - |
| Hello, Happy World!
| |
|---|---|
| Kokoro Tsurumaki | - |
| Kaoru Seta | - |
| Hagumi Kitazawa | らーちゃん |
| Kanon Matsubara | - |
| Misaki Okusawa | - |
| Morfonica
| |
|---|---|
| Mashiro Kurata | - |
| Touko Kirigaya | - |
| Nanami Hiromachi | - |
| Tsukushi Futaba | - |
| Rui Yashio | - |
| RAISE A SUILEN
| |
|---|---|
| Rei Wakana | 楽奈ちゃん |
| Rokka Asahi | - |
| Masuki Sato | - |
| Reona Nyubara | 楽奈さん |
| Chiyu Tamade | - |
| MyGO!!!!!
| |
|---|---|
| Tomori Takamatsu | 楽奈ちゃん |
| Anon Chihaya | 楽奈ちゃん |
| Rana Kaname | わたし |
| Soyo Nagasaki | 楽奈ちゃん |
| Taki Shiina | 野良猫、楽奈 |
| Ave Mujica
| |
|---|---|
| Uika Misumi | - |
| Mutsumi Wakaba | - |
| Umiri Yahata | - |
| Nyamu Yutenji | - |
| Sakiko Togawa | - |
Notes
- ↑ Exclusive to Taki Shiina
- ↑ In a mobile game map dialogue, Rana asked Anon for candy but ended up whimpering because she found Anon's mint candy too spicy.
- ↑ 《Mayoi Uta》 cover; she used her left hand to hold chopsticks when eating noodles in Episode 11.
- ↑ Mobile game Event 240 story
- ↑ Game Event 286 story
- ↑ Yuniko Ayana：楽奈ちゃん、パレオと同い年
- ↑ Game's 253rd event "SAKURA CiRCRiNG PARTY!" story.
