Emi Namba

Emi Namba
Cinderella Girls Character Data
Name:	難波笑美 (Nanba Emi)
Voice actor:	伊達朱里紗 (Date Arisa)
Age:	17
Height:	158 cm
Weight:	45 kg
Birthday:	May 1st
Blood type:	O
Three sizes:	82-56-80 cm
Handedness:	Right
Hobbies:	Live Comedy, Imitation
Horoscope:	Taurus
Hometown:	Osaka
Card Type:
Image Color:
Autograph

Emi Namba (難波笑美, Nanba Emi) is one of the characters available in THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls and THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage. She is voiced by Arisa Date (伊達朱里紗, Date Arisa).

Statistics

Annual Rankings

Event	Prelim Rank	Final Rank
1st Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	Unranked
2nd Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	Unranked
3rd Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	Unranked
4th Anniversary Voice Idol Audition	Unranked	Unranked
4th Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	Unranked
5th Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	Unranked
6th Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	Unranked
7th Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	Unranked
8th Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	Unranked
9th Cinderella Girl General Election	Not applicable	Unranked
10th Cinderella Girl General Election	Not applicable	Unranked
Stage for Cinderella	Unranked	Not a candidate

Biographies

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Self-Introduction

"Oh, you're the Producer? I'm Emi Namba! I was lookin' forward to talkin' to an entertainer so I auditioned. Ah no, there's no way I'm goin' to pass on this! It seems really interestin'! That's why I'm countin' on you!"

Character Description

Emi is an aspiring comedian from Osaka who intends to start with an idol career. Typically Osaka-like, Emi uses the Boke and Tsukkomi routine while using Classical Japanese humor. She also has a Kansai-dialect which plays a role in her comedy skits. Emi always wears a pin that depicts a cute Super-Deformed octopus. Her favorite foods are Takoyaki and meat buns. She is very good friends with fellow entertainer Suzuho Ueda, whom she formed a duo with, and they can both be found hanging out while pulling jokes and pranks on each other quite often.

In the tie in Cinderella Girls Theater skits, Emi herself promotes her comedy routines often with the help of someone she can react with, such as her friend and fellow entertainer Suzuho Ueda or the Producer. She likes word puns and finds a rival of sorts in Erika Akanishi and Cathy Graham, however, she and Erika have formed a duo as well called ERI☆EMI. Emi loves taiyaki, and seems to have a severe problem with spicy takoyaki. She also finds out that Mayu Sakuma is a completely nice girl when not around the Producer, and that Satomi Sakakibara is completely ungraceful in lessons. Emi is training partners with Otoha Umeki.

Game Appearances

To view Emi's Cinderella Girls and Starlight Stage card data, click here.

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

Emi first appeared on March 15th, 2012 as one of the new idols in the game. Her basic card is Rare.

Emi appears in the Events listed below:

Events
Event	Duration	Cards

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage

Emi appeared on January 12th, 2016 in the game.

Emi appears in the Events listed below:

Events
Event	Featured Song	Type	Duration	Cards
	N/A	Cinderella Caravan	1/12/2016 - 1/18/2016
	Summer Carnival!!	LIVE Groove	7/31/2016 - 8/8/2016	Not a featured card.
	Fuyuzora Precious	Token	12/20/2017 - 12/27/2017	Not a featured card.
	Diamond Attention	LIVE Parade	10/31/2020 - 11/8/2020	Not a featured card.
	Tropical Girl	Token	1/20/2022 - 1/28/2022
	Yuukyuu no Hoshisuzushi	LIVE Infinity	6/19/2023 - 6/27/2023	x80px x80px

Media Appearances

Song Discography

Recorded Solo Songs

Recorded Solo Songs
Song	Classification	CD
Summer Carnival!!	Emi Solo Remix	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 5thLIVE TOUR Serendipity Parade!!! -Shizuoka/Makuhari/Fukuoka Venue Original CD-
Fuyuzora Precious	Emi Solo Remix	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 6thLIVE MERRY-GO-ROUNDOME!!! MASTER SEASONS WINTER! SOLO REMIX
Tropical Girl	Emi Solo Remix	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER R/LOCK ON! 05 Tropical Girl
Osaka Tako-chan Love-chan	Image Song	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER R/LOCK ON! 17 Kaidan Mairi

Recorded Group Songs

Recorded Group Songs
Song	Classification	CD	Sung With
Summer Carnival!!	M@STER VERSION	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER 07 Summer Carnival!!	Summer Princess
		THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS BEST OF STARLIGHT MASTER Vol.1	Summer Princess
		THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS WILD WIND GIRL 6 Original CD	Takumi Mukai, Rina Fujimoto, and Suzuho Ueda
Fuyuzora Precious	Group Song	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS MASTER SEASONS WINTER!	Sanae Katagiri and Yuki Himekawa
Diamond Attention	Group Song	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS LITTLE STARS EXTRA! Diamond Attention	Yuzu Kitami, Noriko Shiina, Natalia, and Tamami Wakiyama
Diamond Attention	Group Song	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS BEST OF LITTLE STARS!	Yuzu Kitami, Noriko Shiina, Natalia, and Tamami Wakiyama
Tropical Girl	M@STER VERSION	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER R/LOCK ON! 05 Tropical Girl	Riamu Yumemi, Yuuki Otokura, Yuki Himekawa, and Kanako Mimura
Yuukyuu no Hoshisuzushi	M@STER VERSION	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER PLATINUM NUMBER 11 Yuukyuu no Hoshisuzushi	Noriko Shiina, Ayame Hamaguchi, Syuko Shiomi, and Karin Domyoji

Trivia and Fan Culture

Trivia

Emi is currently the only voiced Passion Osaka idol.
Emi likes pouting her lips like an octopus when she eats takoyaki.
Emi was also one of several idols to not receive new songs for a prolonged time. The time between Fuyuzora Precious and Diamond Attention spanned about over two years.
Emi was the second voiced Passion idol with the longest time with no second SS Rare card set, until the October 23, 2020 Permanent gacha. The first one was previously Ayame Hamaguchi.

Fan Culture

Along with Suzuho Ueda, Erika Akanishi, and Cathy Graham, Emi is also grouped with Sora Nonomura and Miu Yaguchi, whose forte is also comedy.

Character Gallery

Animated LINE Stickers
"Ya gotta be kiddin'!!"

Animated Loading Characters
[Comedy☆Evangelist]	[Flowering☆Maiden]

Cinderella Post Images
December 16th, 2018 at 3:31 P.M.	October 12th, 2019 at 3:23 P.M.	April 27th, 2020 at 10:35 A.M.
January 30th, 2021 at 1:21 P.M.	June 20th, 2021 at 5:19 P.M.	September 27th, 2021 at 11:44 A.M.
May 7th, 2022 at 6:37 P.M.	October 14th, 2022 at 4:27 P.M.

Cinderella Girls Stickers
"Ya gotta be kiddin'!!"	"If ya say so"	"Ya gotta be kiddin'!!"

Starlight Stage Models
[Cinderella Collection (Bright)]	[Cinderella Collection (Color)]	[Make My Trend]
[Marine Girl Carnival] SamaPuri	[Ribbon Blouse Date]	[Spacy☆Sweatdress]
[Today's Protagonist] SSR	[Super! Naniwa Goodwill Ambassador] SSR

Starlight Stage Renders
[Today's Protagonist]	[Super! Naniwa Goodwill Ambassador]

Starlight Stage Sprites
Casual Outfit Sprite 01	Casual Outfit Sprite 02
190px Event Outfit Sprite 01	190px Event Outfit Sprite 02
190px Event Outfit Sprite 03	190px Event Outfit Sprite 04

Starlight Stage Card Cameos
Starlight Stage SSR Cameos
[Let's Go☆Parade]	[Self-Proclaimed Party Girl]
Starlight Stage SR Cameos
[Summer Carnival!!]	[Summer Carnival!!]+	[Fuyuzora Precious]
[Fuyuzora Precious]	[Diamond Attention]	[Diamond Attention]+

Twitter Idol Birthday illustration (May).
Twitter Osaka Prefecture Tourism Ambassador campaign illustration.
Emi drawn by the Starlight Stage staff to celebrate Cinderella Girls 10th anniversary.
Emi in Dice DE Cinderella.
Emi in the anime with Nina Ichihara and Suzuho Ueda.
Cinderella Girls Mobile Game shutdown illustration.