April Fools 2021: UMake embraces visual-kei, JUNTAA is back, and more

THTFHQ April Fools 2021 coverage

April Fools is here and, with no exception, male seiyuu continue to showcase their talents + sense of humor to craft the perfect lie.

We take a look at this year’s April Fools pranks or fake projects created by your favorite Japanese voice actors.

A certain female idol is back, a pop-rock duo goes hard on the makeup and embraces visual-kei, a seiyuu turns into an old-school Japanese pop artist, TSUKIPRO releases a movie, among many other shenanigans.

A note that the projects featured below are PRANKS / LIES told by male seiyuu on April Fools’ Day.


UMake embrace their darker side with Visual-Kei remake

UMake visual kei

UMake goes wild with their transformation for April Fools.

  • UMake
  • UMake visual kei 1

The duo is reborn as a visual-kei band, even releasing their 1st single “Insomnia” on streaming services in Japan.

At the same time, they’ve worked with Yuuki Honda (Soma Saito’s longtime stylist and occasional stylist for other 81 Produce talents) as well as count with coverage by Oricon’s official news section.

All of this makes UMake’s visual-kei transformation and renewed image slightly more believable than many of the projects unveiled today.

That’s the most elaborate prank of the day, that’s for sure.


Shunichi Toki returns as Akairo Ginbai, 80s J-pop singer

Akairo Ginbai Shunichi Toki

After last year’s transformation into an enka singer, Shunichi Toki is back with a new transformation in time for April Fools.

The talented voice actor and solo artist will make his debut under the stage name 猩☆GINBAI (Akairo Ginbai) with the song ゴー☆リライト (Go ☆ Relight).

If you watch the full video, there is even the cover art for the single, including its cassette and LP versions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA0Ye6w8RPY

Female idol JUNTAA is back

JUNTAA Junta Terashima

Our beloved JUNTAA is back for April Fools, with Junta Terashima once again embracing his idol self, going wild for this year’s transformation.

https://twitter.com/juntaterashima3/status/1377276821876600834

The follow up to last year’s “Hoppy Girl” is out and is titled 乙女ストロング (Otome Strong), including an official music video.

Kudos once again to Junta Terashima sticking with this concept for April Fools and delivering a follow up and equally hilarious song and music video.


Tsukipro’s mascots take over Japan

Yoshiaki Hasegawa
Yoshiaki Hasegawa

What would happen if Tsukipro’s mascots would go bonkers and tried to take over Japan?

Well, MOVIC created an over-the-top short movie for you under that over-the-top premise.

Yukitoshi Kikuchi
Yukitoshi Kikuchi

VAZZROCK’s Yukitoshi Kikuchi (ROCK DOWN) and Yoshiaki Hasegawa (ROCK DOWN) count with 2 important roles in this movie so make sure to check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb43uczTbQ4

Paradox Live otome game

Paradox Live tome game

The grit, blood, sweat, and tears in Paradox Live get a contrasting romance-filled, otome game overhaul.

The project announced the game ParadoxLove 〜ロマンスは幻影ライブの後で〜 (ParadoxLove 〜 Romance wa gennei Live no nochi de 〜) counting with snippets of the scenarios and profiles for some of the characters in the franchise, all adapted to an otome game format.

https://twitter.com/paradoxlive_PR/status/1377274707565670405

A3! turns into A8!

A3!

Although not as funny or transformative as some of the previous pranks, the A3! franchise jumped into the April Fools train, and… well, those are a lot of “A”s to read!

Welcome A8!Act! Addict! Actors! Appare! All! mAinichi! hAtaraku! mAn! – a company waiting for you to send your CV to.


GOALOUS5 turn into cats

GOALOUS5
GOALOUS5

GOALOUS5 change a couple of things about them for April Fools. The sentai-centric group morph into sentai cats, each with its detailed profile.

https://twitter.com/sir_goalous/status/1377280032410804231
https://twitter.com/sir_goalous/status/1377280061116542980
https://twitter.com/sir_goalous/status/1377280137985630220
https://twitter.com/sir_goalous/status/1377280163277283328
https://twitter.com/sir_goalous/status/1377280199444680706

The quintet also changes its name to GONYASU5, releasing a special video to commemorate that transformation.


STARISH and QUARTET NIGHT’s members undergo a metamorphosis

utapri

Also in the theme of transformations, Utapri’s STARISH and QUARTET NIGHT showcase a more delicate visual for their cosmetics brand “Metamorphose”.

Check the dramatic changes in visuals for most of the members in the post below.


HE★VENS releases a horror visual novel game

HE★VENS

HE★VENS do their own thing on April Fools, announcing the release of a horror visual game novel titled “BLACK GARDEN“.

And yes, the mini-visual novel is playable on Utapri’s official website, so don’t miss it as it’ll only be available on April 1, 2021.


Did your favorite male seiyuu pull off a prank on April Fools? Let me know in the comments below, and the most interesting pranks/lies will feature in this article!

Vanessa Silva
Vanessa Silvahttps://www.handthatfeedshq.com
The Hand That Feeds HQ founder, content creator, and music reviewer. Basically, the only person managing everything at The Hand That Feeds HQ. Stumbling upon Mamoru Miyano's "Orpheus" in 2011 was the start of this journey. If music is thought-provoking or deep, you may find her writing almost essays (not limited to, but it happens a lot with Soma Saito's music). She's the producer and host of the male seiyuu-centric podcast, SEIYUU LOUNGE (see Spotify link in this profile).

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