The official website for the Bakuten!! (Backflip!!) original TV anime has released a video of professional dancer and 2017 rhythmic gymnastics champion Naoya Nagai performing an original dance routine to the anime's opening theme song "Seishun no Enbu."
He will be releasing a dance performance video for the ending theme song "Anata ga Iru" on May 31.
I am a retired male rhythmic gymnast.
I am now working as a professional dancer.
What I have cultivated in men's rhythmic gymnastics has become my strength and the support for my activities even now that I have become a dancer.
Through this project, I will be able to communicate with people who watch the anime "Bakuten! as well as the current athletes, coaches, and fans who continue to support men's rhythmic gymnastics, and I wanted to bring as much excitement as possible to them.
For the OP song, I created a choreography with a sense of speed, incorporating acrobatic movements unique to rhythmic gymnastics.
Naoya Nagai started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 12, and has won prizes in various competitions.
In his senior year at university, he won the 2017 All Japan Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, becoming the top individual all-around champion in Japan.
After graduating from university, he moved to Tokyo and started his career in dance.
He is now a dancer with a delicate yet powerful expressive power, incorporating acrobatic elements.
As a dancer, he is active on stage, in musicals, and as a back-up dancer in various scenes.
The opening theme song is titled, "Seishun no Enbu" (The Dance of Youth) is performed by Centimillimental.
Naoya Nagai has commented on his performance:
I am a retired male rhythmic gymnast.
I am now working as a professional dancer.
What I have cultivated in men's rhythmic gymnastics has become my strength and the support for my activities even now that I have become a dancer.
Through this project, I will be able to communicate with people who watch the anime "Bakuten! as well as the current athletes, coaches, and fans who continue to support men's rhythmic gymnastics, and I wanted to bring as much excitement as possible to them.
For the OP song, I created a choreography with a sense of speed, incorporating acrobatic movements unique to rhythmic gymnastics.
For the ED song, I choreographed based on the taste of Jazz, a dance genre.
I hope you will try dancing to it.
I will continue to support the anime "Bakuten! I will continue to support you.
I hope you will try dancing to it.
I will continue to support the anime "Bakuten! I will continue to support you.
PROFILE:
In his senior year at university, he won the 2017 All Japan Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, becoming the top individual all-around champion in Japan.
After graduating from university, he moved to Tokyo and started his career in dance.
He is now a dancer with a delicate yet powerful expressive power, incorporating acrobatic elements.
As a dancer, he is active on stage, in musicals, and as a back-up dancer in various scenes.
ANIME'S KEY VISUAL:
The anime begins when the protagonist Shotaro Aoba, who was fascinated by men's rhythmic gymnastics in the summer of his third year of junior high, entered Soshukan High School and joined its men's rhythmic gymnastics club. The story follows how he runs together as a team towards a single goal along with his unique seniors and his classmate, Ryoya Misato, who was famous for his junior high school career in men's rhythmic gymnastics.