Oucha Tengoku 2017 in Odaiba
Unique sports car with rotary engine!
The school idol group A-RISE has been called the No.1 school idol group in terms of both popularity and ability.

Car
Mazda RX-8 SE3P type
The RX-8 is Mazda's proud rotary-engined successor to the third-generation RX-7.
The RX-8 is notable for the fact that, despite being a full-fledged sports car with a rotary engine and FR drive, it is a family car with seating for four adults.
This was at the request of Ford, Mazda's parent company at the time of its launch, as it was considered an absolutely essential condition for the development of a new rotary engine-powered car in terms of marketing strategy, as it was a four-seater that could be sold in large numbers.
In order to meet the conflicting requirements of a family car while delivering full-fledged sports car performance, Mazda adopted a unique mechanism called the 'Freestyle Door', which allows the front and rear doors to open in a double-swinging motion.
Within these difficult constraints, Mazda's engineering team succeeded in giving the RX-8 the very best qualities of a sports car.
The 13B engine used in the RX-7 had been replaced by a turbocharger, and the RX-8's NA design and numerous improvements resulted in higher revs and lower fuel consumption, while at the same time making the engine lighter and more compact, which greatly benefited the car's turning ability and lower centre of gravity.
Mazda named the next-generation rotary engine with these improvements the 13B-RENESISE.
Although the 13B-RENESISE engine had less power than the turbocharged 13B engine in the RX-7, it successfully improved environmental performance and fuel economy, which had long been regarded as the weak points of the rotary engine.
This complete improvement of the engine was also an essential measure to make vehicles with rotary engines compliant with the increasingly strict emission regulations of countries all over the world.
In 2003, the RX-8 made its debut.
In 2004, the year after its debut, the RX-8 achieved annual sales of approximately 60,000 units, an unprecedented sales record for a sports car.
However, it was not only in terms of sales and marketing that the RX-8 excelled.
The RX-8's braking and cornering performance were regarded as the best of any Japanese car, and Mazda's engineers succeeded in achieving the seemingly impossible goal of creating a car that was both a family car and a serious sports car.
In 2008 and 2010, the racing version introduced by Mazda USA won its class at the Daytona 24 Hours in the USA, beating racing machines developed by Ferrari, Porsche and others.

Anime
Love Live! (see official website)
Otonokizaka Gakuin, a traditional school located between Akihabara, Kanda and Jimbocho, is on the verge of consolidation.
Nine girls, led by second-year student Kosaka Honoka, rise up to meet the school's crisis.
What we can do to protect our favourite school. ...... That is to become an idol!
Become an idol to publicise the school to the world and increase enrolments!
This is where the girls' 'story of making it happen together' School Idol Project began!

Character 1
Yuuki Anju
She is a student at UTX Academy in Akihabara, Tokyo.
A member of the school idol group A-RISE, which has won the 'Love Live' competition for the top school idol group in Japan and is highly regarded as the No.1 school idol group in terms of both popularity and ability.
She decides the direction of costume design for live performances.
She has long, wavy hair.
She has a calm personality and believes in acting on her own instincts.
In fact, she is a glutton and has a strong arm.

Character 2
Erena Todo.
She is a student at UTX Academy in Akihabara, Tokyo.
A member of the school idol group 'A-RISE', which won the 'Love Live' competition for the top school idol group in Japan and is highly regarded as the most popular and talented school idol group in Japan.
She has outstanding singing ability, which is outstanding among school idols.
She is slender and tall, with long hair.
She has a cool and calm personality and does not talk much.
Her motto is to give the best performance to the audience.
He has many female fans.

Character 3
Kira Tsubasa.
She is a student at UTX Academy in Akihabara, Tokyo.
Leader of the school idol group 'A-RISE', which has won the 'Love Live' competition, the pinnacle of school idol competitions in Japan, and is highly regarded as the most popular and talented school idol group in Japan.
Her dancing ability is outstanding among the school idols and she has made extraordinary efforts in her school idol activities.
She is firm and attentive.
She likes to take care of her rivals, the school idol group 'μ's' of Otonokizaka Gakuin, by giving them advice and support.

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