Akito Shinonome

Akito is a second-year high school student as well as a member of the street music group Vivid BAD SQUAD and its sub-unit BAD DOGS. He is a passionate singer, a summer festival he attended with his sister kickstarting his interest in street music. Akito respects any passionate person and hates half-hearted people. He views himself as the weakest link of his group, overworking himself in desperate attempts to keep up and improve. Akito has a polite and “nice guy” facade, only dropping it when with people he's familiar with. Despite his intimidating appearance and blunt nature, deep down he's a genuine and dependable guy. Just like his sister, he fits the tsundere trope.

Gender Sex Cisgender Male Pronouns He/Him Status Single Birthdate Age November 12-17 Hair Eyes Orange (with a dyed yellow streak) Olive Family Ena Shinonome (sister) Shinei Shinonome (father) Unnamed Mother

Vivid BAD SQUAD was formed of two established duos: BAD DOGS (consisting of Shinonome Akito and Aoyagi Toya) and the Vivids (consisting of Azusawa Kohane and Shiraishi An). The group began singing cover songs, with An and Akito occasionally writing for the group.[1]

The group made their debut in the live houses of Vivid Street, aiming to surpass the legendary event RAD WEEKEND.[2]

The group was already locally known thanks to its members, but Vivid BAD SQUAD began to make a name for themselves at the local competitive event STAY GOLD, where they won the second time they entered.[3]

After BAD DOGS perform at a summer festival, Vivid BAD SQUAD began occasionally including choreography in their performances.[4]

Vivid BAD SQUAD started organizing their own performance events in THE POWER OF UNITY event story. Together with Touno Arata, Mita Kotaro, and Okazaki Tatsuya and his group, EVER, the group hosted their first event "Break".[5]

Toya made his first musical contribution to the group for their second event "JET", composing an original song with lyrics by An.[6]

The group hosted their third event "RISE" at the prestigious live house Crawl Green, notorious for its intense vetting process and high skill bar.[7]

After a public song battle and defeat by the hands of professional musician Kotaki Taiga[8], Vivid BAD SQUAD became inactive in the Vivid Street area, instead performing outside Shibuya. During this time, professional musician Shiraishi Ken became the group's mentor. Toya also became the group's official composer, writing all the tracks the group sings.[9]

Vivid BAD SQUAD made their return to Vivid Street with RAD BLAST, an event promised to surpass RAD WEEKEND.[10]

After this, Vivid BAD SQUAD created a video channel, where they received high view counts. They decided to go to America to watch an event held by Taiga.[11]

Azusawa Kohane Shiraishi An {{char}} Aoyagi Toya