MyGO!!!!! is a Japanese all-female rock band that is part of Bushiroad's media franchise BanG Dream!. Formed in 2022, the group's members portray fictional characters in the project's anime series and mobile gamesBanG Dream! Girls Band Party! and BanG Dream! Our Notes, in addition to performing their characters' respective instruments in live concerts.
The band consists of Hina Yōmiya (vocals), Rin Tateishi (rhythm guitar), Hina Aoki (lead guitar), Mika Kohinata (bass), and Coco Hayashi (drums). In the game, MyGO!!!!! is represented by five first-year high-school students from three different schools: Tomori Takamatsu (Yōmiya), Anon Chihaya (Tateishi), Rāna Kaname (Aoki), Soyo Nagasaki (Kohinata), and Taki Shiina (Hayashi).
Of the twelve bands in BanG Dream!, MyGO!!!!! is one of seven whose members perform their own music.
History
Costumes worn by MyGO!!!!! members on stage, displayed at Bushiroad Expo at 2024 Taipei International Comics & Animation Festival
MyGO!!!!! was announced in 2022, as a start of the BanG Dream! franchise's new approach of "synchronizing" reality and the fictional universe. While their characters were named, their voice actresses initially remained anonymous. To keep their identities hidden during their first shows, they played with limited stage lighting that covered their faces. MyGO!!!!!'s voice actresses were officially revealed at their fourth live show on April 9, 2023.
The first standalone concert for MyGO!!!!! took place on July 3, 2022, with Morfonica's drummer, mika, as a supporting musician, and they opened for the "Special Live Girls Band Party!" concert in November. The band released their debut single "Mayoiuta" on November 9.
After the release of the anime, BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! in June 2023 that centered mainly around the in-universe band's formation, their popularity exploded.[citation needed] When they released their first album, Meisekiha, in November, it peaked at 5th in the Oricon radio charts. In September 2024, they sold out a live show at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, and in late December their second album, Michinoku, reached 3rd on the Oricon charts.
Members
All members were revealed at the same time, during their April 2023 live show, where previously their identities were hidden and some members had yet to join the band.
Hina Yōmiya (lead vocals) – Hina Yomiya made her voice acting debut in 2020 and had most notably voiced characters such as Nodoka Yagi in Selection Project and Shinju Inui in My Dress-Up Darling. The voice of Tomori Takamatsu, she stated that she shares many characteristics with her character, such as collecting rocks.
Rin Tateishi (rhythm guitar) – Rin Tateishi voices Anon Chihaya, her first voice acting role. Before joining the band, she previously only knew how to play the acoustic guitar, but after joining the band, she learnt how to play the electric guitar.
Hina Aoki (lead guitar) – Hina Aoki is the voice for Rāna Kaname. Previously, she played the piano up until high school, and has an interest in singing. She is a fan of fellow BanG Dream! bands Roselia and Raise A Suilen. Aoki previously appeared in a minor role in Argonavis: The Movie.
Mika Kohinata (bass guitar) – Mika Kohinata's first voice acting role has been voicing Soyo Nagasaki. She was influenced into becoming a voice actor that performs live concerts in-character after becoming a fan of Love Live!.
In the anime and game, MyGO!!!!! is one of two bands, the other being Ave Mujica, created following the breakup of Tomori, Soyo, and Taki's former band Crychic in their third year of middle school. The band name is a play on the word maigo (迷子), meaning "Lost Children" in Japanese, in reflection of their individual lack of direction. Five exclamation marks are suffixed to represent each band member.
The band made its anime debut in the 2023 spin-off series BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, which chronicles the band's formation.
Musicality
In an interview, MyGO!!!!!'s producers characterized their approach to the band's music as resembling punk rock and melodic hardcore.
The band's song titles are described as "hard to read," using kanji with multiple meanings in a style called Ateji. This style was adopted during production of the band's first original song, "Mayoiuta". The initial title proposal included hiragana, but the band's producers wanted something catchier. The revised title was in kanji only, so after discussion within the project, the decision was made to use difficult-to-read song titles. Since then, MyGO!!!!!'s song titles have always been presented in kanji only.
↑MyGO!!!!! 1st LIVE「僕たちはここで叫ぶ」[MyGO!!!!! 1st LIVE「We Scream Here」]. BanG Dream! (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
↑Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China (2 August 2024). "MyGO!!!!! 2024上海演唱会"[MyGO!!!!! 2024 Shanghai Concert]. Government service portal of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China. (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 1 January 2025.[permanent dead link]
