Shiraishi Ken[]
CV: Nakamura Hiroshi
Shiraishi Ken (白石謙) is An's father and a former musician who performed in the legendary event "RAD WEEKEND" with his group RADder. He was the one who inspired both An and Akito to become street musicians. He is currently running a live cafe and bar called WEEKEND GARAGE, which he built after he retired from the scene. His wife Yuka (由香) is a school teacher who seems to be bad at cooking.[1] He is currently 43 years old. His hobbies include fishing, his favorite food is meat dishes, and his least favorite food is salted plums.
Ken has amber eyes, short wavy brown hair, and a goatee. On his head he wears rectangular glasses with a thick black rim and red-tinted lenses, two silver helix piercings in his right ear and one in his left lobe. He wears a metallic necklace, two T-shirts, the one under being dark blue and the one over white with a textured yellow logo saying "WEG" in big bold letters and "Weekend Garage" in small ones underneath, a dark blue sleeve reaching a bit below his left elbow and a wristwatch on the same hand. He also has dark gray pants with a belt.
At the end of the On Your Feet event, he decides to temporarily close down WEEKEND GARAGE in order to fully start mentoring Kohane and her groupmates.
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Mita Kotaro[]
CV: Mineta Hiromu
Mita Kotaro (三田洸太郎) is a street musician and a friend of BAD DOGS. He is currently 17 years old. His hobbies include playing social network games, his favorite food is strawberries, and his least favorite foods are strawberry-flavored foods and drinks.
Kotaro’s eyes are a light shade of hazel, and his hair is short and brown. He wears a red shirt under a blue-on-the-inside purple-on-the-outside hoodie with an asymmetrical zipper and gray camouflage pants. At his left hip is a pair of gray over-the-ear headphones.
He respects Ken, but initially thought that his daughter An doesn't have talent and is just using her father's popularity. In Vivid BAD SQUAD's Main Story, he sabotaged Vivids' first live performance and created an "opportunity" for Vivids and BAD DOGS to confront each other. However, he later saw Vivids' true skill and apologized for ruining their first event, and started practicing and honing his own singing skills even harder.
He was referred to only as "Musician" in the group's Main Story until his name was revealed in the STRAY BAD DOG event story. In the game's assets, he is referred to as "Cord Nukio" (lit. pulling the cord, referring to his sabotage in Vivid BAD SQUAD's Main Story).
In the THE POWER OF UNITY, Kotaro reveals that he wanted to surpass RAD WEEKEND because when his younger brother was born, he wanted to be a cool big brother to him. He was also amazed by Akito's singing skills, mentioning that he and the other members of Vivid BAD SQUAD acted as a catalyst for wanting him to improve even further, as Kotaro, in his own words, "used to sing for no real reason other than being kinda good at it".
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Aoyagi Harumichi[]
CV: Ono Kenichi
Aoyagi Harumichi (青柳春道) is Toya's estranged father. He is only referred to as "Toya's Father" in-game. He is currently 53 years old. His hobbies include music appreciation, his favorite food is cookies, and his least favorite food is foie gras.
Harumichi has short grey hair, parted to the side, and grey eyes. He wears a blue button-down shirt with blue and grey stripes, a black suit vest, and black slacks.
Harumichi is a world-famous classical musician and has been teaching Toya and his two older brothers how to play music since childhood, hoping that they would become professional musicians later in life. He is frequently portrayed pushing Toya to play music to the point of physical pain and social isolation. He disapproves of Toya's decision to become a street musician, and believes Toya is wasting his time and talent. However, he eventually starts mellowing out, and at the end of Nocturne Interlude it is implied he recognizes Toya's passion for street music, despite admitting to not understanding what people see in that genre.
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Tono Arata[]
CV: Yanagi Kouhei
Tono Arata (遠野新) is a street performer who first debuted in the STRAY BAD DOG event. He is currently 19 years old. His hobbies include taking photos with polaroid cameras, his favorite foods are chocolate parfaits and omurice, and his least favorite food is natto.
He has green eyes and short brown hair, with an orange streak in his bangs. He wears a black turtleneck top, with a torn white undershirt and a brown, green, and yellow flannel. He also wears torn black jeans, a silver chain necklace, a black bracelet and a silver ring.
Just like Vivid BAD SQUAD, he and his partner; Souma, planned to surpass RAD WEEKEND. Together they formed a duo called 'Gurney flap.' After his partner Souma got into a car accident, he's been working towards this goal and performing alone. Although he initially acted antagonistic towards Vivid BAD SQUAD, he eventually ends up becoming good friends with them and frequently joins their performances.
In the On Your Feet event, it is revealed that after Taiga's beatdown in Light Up the Fire, Arata left the town, only saying he needs a break and will eventually return when he feels like it, also leaving Souma behind.
In OVER RAD SQUAD!!, Arata came back with a CD on his hand, saying that Souma sent and composed it for him. Arata apologizes to everyone, and Vivid BAD SQUAD lets him perform before them. As he went onstage, he saw Souma watching in the audience, leading to Arata pouring his heart out while performing.
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Kotaki Taiga[]
CV: Hirabayashi Takeshi
Kotaki Taiga (古瀧大河) is the man who created RAD WEEKEND by inviting fellow performers to the event, and also Ken's former partner. Taiga was also a member of RADder with Ken and Nagi and is now known globally as solo performer WALKER. He is currently a frequent customer of WEEKEND GARAGE and gives Vivid BAD SQUAD advice, specifically Kohane, whom he later starts mentoring. He is currently 43 years old. His hobbies include touring, his favorite food is whisky, and his least favorite food is tsubuan (chunky sweet red bean paste).
He has brown eyes, short brown hair with grey streaks, and a close-cut beard. He wears a grey t-shirt and a black jacket with green detailing. He also wears distressed green khakis, a wristwatch on his left wrist, and a dog tag necklace.
He debuted unnamed in the Awakening Beat event story, before his name was revealed in the Bout for Beside You event story. In the game's assets, he is referred to as "Partner". He met and started teaming up with Ken when he was in middle school.
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Kotaki Nagi[]
CV: Ooi Marie
Kotaki Nagi (古瀧凪) is a woman who performed at the legendary event RAD WEEKEND as a member of RADders alongside Ken and Taiga. She is Taiga's younger sister. Her current whereabouts are unknown, although Taiga claims she is performing somewhere overseas. She debuted in the The Legend Still Vivid event story, and was later shown more in the The Vivid Old Tale event story through An's flashback. Her hobbies include touring, her favorite food is "tasty coffee", and her least favorite food is tomatoes (though she eats them in front of An).
Nagi had brown eyes and long brown hair, wore mascara and red lipstick, as well as painted her nails pink. She wore a black sleeveless turtleneck and a loosely worn green denim jacket with a yellow stripe on each sleeve. She also wore light beige khakis, gold earrings, and a gold pendant necklace.
However later in the Light Up the Fire event, it is revealed that Nagi is deceased, and that everyone in Vivid Street knew about it except for An and "the outsiders" such as everyone else in Vivid BAD SQUAD. However Ken tells her that it was Nagi's own wish to not tell her the truth and instead lie to An that she was going on tour in the United States. When An was in middle school, Nagi was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and was told she has only 5 months left. She was the one who came up with RAD WEEKEND, which also served as her final event, as a way to show her love for the town and the people of Vivid Street before her passing.
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Miyata Souma[]
CV: Iwanaka Mutsuki
Miyata Souma (宮田颯真) is Arata's best friend and former partner from the dissolved duo 'Gurney flap'. He is the one who introduced Arata to RAD WEEKEND when they were in middle school. He is currently in the hospital as a result of a car accident which paralyzed some of his body parts, causing him to be unable to perform. He is first mentioned in the STRAY BAD DOG event, though he doesn't make an appearance until THE POWER OF UNITY event. He is currently 19 years old. His hobbies include listening to folk songs and foreign music, and his favorite food is tamagoyaki.
He has grey eyes and short brown hair with blond streaks. He wears a white long sleeved shirt under a red and orange jacket, and grey sweatpants with the word "Tertiary" down the right leg. He also wears a silver ear cuff.
As of Walk on and on, Souma is teaching Toya how to compose street music. Souma wants to finish an incomplete song he started before his accident, but doubts his ability to due to the partial paralysis of his body. So, Toya encourages him and offers to assist him. Souma asks Toya to keep this collaboration a secret until he has finished the song he wishes to present to Arata.
In OVER RAD SQUAD!!, Souma was discharged from the hospital and is currently using a wheelchair. He was going to watch the show and bumped into Taiga, who realized it was Souma, shocking him. Souma also finished the song he wished to present to Arata and sent the CD to him. As he saw Arata getting onstage, Souma was shocked, leading to him crying and telling Arata to give it his all, before being blown away by Arata's improvement. After Arata's performance, they happily reunited.
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Okazaki Tatsuya[]
CV: Takahashi Rio
Okazaki Tatsuya (岡崎達也) is the leader of the group EVER. His group was mentioned as far back as Singing in Sync and made several brief appearances since then, though they wouldn't become directly involved with Vivid BAD SQUAD until THE POWER OF UNITY. He was unvoiced and didn't receive a Live2D model until the event story Walk on and on, which also served as a brief introduction to his character. He is currently 22 years old. His hobbies include biking and fishing, his favorite food is squid sashimi, and his least favorite food is spicy things.
He has grey eyes and short blond hair with an undercut. He wears a white t-shirt under a grey and black bomber jacket with yellow floral embroidery, with light wash distressed blue jeans. He also wears a chunky silver chain, with two ear cuffs on his left ear and one ear cuff on his right, and one gold earring on his right lobe.
Tatsuya started singing and composing music after being influenced by one of his seniors in high school who, despite getting laughed at by others, kept training and working hard towards his dream of becoming a professional singer.
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Hayashi Shouta[]
Hayashi Shouta (林翔太) is Akito's estranged friend from elementary school. They played on the same soccer team up until the end of 6th grade when Akito abruptly quit after losing an important match. They didn't talk again until the events of The Sounds of a Summer Festival! where Shouta debuted unvoiced and with no Live2D model. Shouta was a member of the executive committee for the Shibuya Summer Festival and was in charge of the live event. Hoping to scout a replacement act for a group that dropped out last minute, Shouta had been at a live house when he happened to watch BAD DOGS perform. Confident in their abilities, he asked Akito and Toya to perform at the festival. Shouta is later mentioned during At This Festival Bathed in Twilight where he reached out to Akito again to offer him a slot to perform at Shibuya Festa. Thus, Shouta was responsible for arranging the first non-live house venues for Vivid BAD SQUAD to perform as a group. Akito later runs into Shouta after the live while looking for souvenirs with Len and feels awkward about the long period of no communication.[2] So, he then takes the initiative to tell Shouta that he'd be open to hearing from him about gigs should any future opportunities arise, making the first step toward them rekindling their friendship.[2]
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