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The story
NHN PlayArt has announced the lineup of stage-event performers for Tokyo Game Show 2026, revealing that Juice=Juice’s Ebata Kisaki and Endo Sakari will appear at the “Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni” booth. The event lineup features seven titles in total, including “LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum” and “#Compass.” Over on 5ch’s Hello! Project board, comments showed concern for the busy pair — “That’s our Eba-Aka combo for you,” “No days off, huh?” — while others noted that outside work tends to be skewed toward Ebata, and the thread also got lively debating which generation grew up on the Yo-kai Watch boom.
NHN PlayArt announces stage events and booth novelties for Tokyo Game Show 2026!
Lineup includes seven titles such as “LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum,” “Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni,” and “#Compass”
2. “Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni”
Source: kyodonewsprwire.jp / Original article here
What people said
9/21 (Mon) ANGERME Rock in Japan Fes at Soga
9/21 (Mon) Juice=Juice Ebata & Endo Event at Makuhari👈
9/21 (Mon) Tsubaki Factory Fall Tour at Nagoya
9/21 (Mon) OCHA NORMA Festival at Yamanashi
9/21 (Mon) Rosy Chronicle Festival at Kanda
9/21 (Mon) M-line Tanaka Live at Kawasaki
9/21 (Mon) M-line Asakura Event at Hyogo
Does that mean Mippuru's strictly for the hardcore fans??
Mippuru needs to show off something that could open the door to more outside work too
but still, man…
Background and Talking Points
Tokyo Game Show (TGS) is Japan’s largest gaming expo, held every September at Makuhari Messe, and this time NHN PlayArt has announced the stage-event lineup for seven titles, including “Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni.” In the thread, one reason floated for Ebata Kisaki’s selection was that “Eba’s a gamer, she bakes bread, she’s got a wide range,” suggesting that within Juice=Juice she’s often tapped for outside work thanks to her talk skills and love of games. At the same time, comments like “Endo again” and “feels like Eba gets all the outside gigs” reflected a perception that outside bookings skew toward certain members. The thread also pointed out that on September 21, other Hello! Project groups have tours and events happening nationwide, making this appearance just one more thing squeezed into an already packed schedule. Yo-kai Watch was a cultural phenomenon especially among kids who were in elementary school around 2014, which sparked a side debate about what age that original fanbase would be now.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “[Breaking] Juice=Juice’s Ebata Kisaki & Endo Sakari Confirmed for “Tokyo Game Show 2026” ｷﾀ━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━!! [Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni].”
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