How to dress as Poppin' Party members

The Bang Dream! franchise was coined by Bushiroad as the next-generation girls' band project when the experiment began in 2015 with Poppin Party as the first of their new kind. After two years of experimenting Poppin' Party with numerous hit songs, they've been blessed with a 2017 anime series for 13 episodes and when the anime series ended, Bushiroad wanted to expand the Bang Dream! franchise with the Girls Band Party app game featuring new bands such as Roselia, Afterglow, Pastel*Palettes, and Hello! Happy World!

Think of Bang Dream! as a mix of Love Live! and K-On! in a nutshell because they really are like the mixture of two music anime shows we all love and due to this sudden spike in popularity, it managed to trump both in a long shot and whether you love it or hate it, the Bang Dream! mania roars like the sound of the Hellcat engine revving behind your ears.

Anyway, since we got the whole Bang Dream! into our cognitive systems, most of you are willing to cosplay as your favorite Bang Dream characters but since Poppin Party was the founding band of the franchise, the focus will shift to how to dress as Poppin' Party members.

Poppin Party

As Kasumi Toyama - Kasumi is the guitarist and vocalist of Poppin' Party. A high school first-year at the Hanasakigawa Girls Academy. She wanted to have her own band ever since she first encountered a star-shaped guitar when she was little and as the front gal of Poppin' Party, she'll going to give it her all. Starting with her hair, it's simply brown and short but take note on the top of her hair that resembles cat ears as well as some star accessories on her front right side. With that settle, pick whatever outfit you like, whether the Hanasakigawa Girls Academy uniform, her sky-blue, one-piece, short-sleeved casuals, or her onstage outfit. Since her image color is red, her onstage outfit should match her color. Takes a sleeveless polo shirt, suspenders, a red necktie, black shorts, black stockings, red shoes, and some detailing to match her onstage look. You get the point and for an optional feature, her signature red star-shaped guitar. ESP will sell you a replica of Kasumi's signature guitar if you can afford one.

As Tae Hanazono - Tae is the guitarist of Poppin' Party and a high school first-year at the Hanasakigawa Girls Academy. She loves music and works part-time at the live house where she bought her blue guitar in the first place. That blue guitar is optional for you if you're itching for a Tae Hanazono cosplay, especially if you managed to maintain that long black hair of yours and don whatever her outfits you want, especially her onstage outfit with some blue detailing on it, matching her image color. Same outfit picks as Kasumi from above but detailing needs to be blue.

As Saya Yamabuki - Saya is the drummer of Poppin' Party and a high school first year at the Hanasakigawa Girls Academy. Saya met Kasumi at their school entrance ceremony and the two have eaten lunch together every day since. She gets her hands full with the family business, the Yamabuki Bakery. She was once a member of a certain band from middle school until now... Her hair is long, slightly brown, and ponytailed, and her onstage outfit consists of a sleeveless polo shirt, suspenders, black shorts, black stockings, yellow shoes, and some detailing all colored yellow, which is Saya's image color. Since it's too big to bring drums with you, bring drumsticks instead.

As Rimi Ushigome - Rimi is the bassist of Poppin' Party and a high school first year at the Hanasakigawa Girls Academy. Rimi tries not to be so shy but hasn't had much luck so far. She loves the chocolate cornets the Yamabuki Bakery makes. Her pink bass guitar was a hand-me-down from her older sister. It's optional if you can afford it but anyway, while you are trying your best to make yourself as cute as Rimi, make sure your black hair needs to be as short as Rimi's, and if you're gunning for her onstage costume, be it a short-sleeved polo shirt, black suspenders, pink ribbons, a pink skirt, black stockings, pink shoes, and some detailing on your costume. Be it pink.

As Arisa Ichigaya - Arisa is the pianist of Poppin' Party and a high school first year at the Hanasakigawa Girls Academy. Her grandparents run a pawn shop and she's very much an indoor girl who likes taking care of her bonsai trees and looking at stuff online. A well-rounded tsundere, she often causes trouble with Kasumi quite a bit. Anyway, being Arisa takes a long beige-colored hair that needs to be twin-tailed. With your twin-tailed hair matching Arisa's, go for whatever outfits you want and if you're itching for her onstage costume, be ready with your short-sleeved polo shirt, black suspenders, purple ribbons, a pink skirt, black stockings, purple shoes, and some detailing on your costume. Purple, please. Oh, and is it possible to bring a keyboard with you? If you can, you can but if it's too much, don't.


...and there you have it. Dress as your favorite Poppin' Party members so you can tell the world just how rocking your Poppin' Party cosplay is, either by yourself or with a group. In case your nearby anime convention has some battle of the bands on it, it's your chance to show everyone what Poppin' Party is made for!