Genbu Kurono

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Genbu Kurono
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SideM Character Data
Name: 黒野玄武 (Kurono Genbu)
Voice actor: 深町寿成 (Fukamachi Toshinari)
Age: 17
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Shoe Size: 28 cm
Birthday: July 22nd
Blood type: B
Hobbies: Collecting glasses
Reading difficult medical science books
Skills: Genbu Sword Wave
Getting top scores in national mock exams
Handedness: Left
Horoscope: Cancer
Hometown: Kyoto
Ex-Job: Educated Yankee
Card Type: Intelligence
Image Color:
Autograph
Genbu sig.png

Genbu Kurono (黒野玄武 Kurono Genbu) is one of the available idols in the mobile game THE iDOLM@STER SideM and a member of the unit Shinsoku Ikkon alongside Suzaku Akai. He is voiced by Toshinari Fukamachi (深町寿成 Fukamachi Toshinari).

Biographies

SideM Biography

-The shrewd and clearheaded Yankee aiming for the top of the idol world!-
"I shall preach justice with brains and brawn!"

SideM Idol File

Reason for Becoming an Idol: With the brains and brawn that heaven has granted me, I wish to bring about peace to all of creation.

Personal Motto: “With Great Dignity.” That’s the way I want to live.

Comments for the Future: A pledge! I, Genbu Kurono! Shall, with these brains and this strength! Be afraid of nothing! Lose to nothing! Swear to go to the extremes of idoldom, and reach the top of the idol world! “Rivals in their strongholds?” “Lions in their dens?” It’s all just fine with me. I’ll push ‘em all aside, and aim for glory!

Comments about Unit Members: Suzaku and I, we’re in the same boat here. “One Lotus Bears Both Lives.” That’s the kind of relationship we’ve got. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t even be around. That’s how important a friend he is to me. Nyako? He’s no good. None of him. At all. Listen, I can’t help my allergies, alright?!

GROWING STARS Biography

-From intelligent yankee to idol!-
"If you want a real fight, Ice Blade Genbu will be your opponent."

THE iDOLM@STER POPLINKS Profile Quote

"I'm Genbu Kurono. People often call me "Ice Blade Genbu". As a favor, I promise you that I'll partake in these activities as vigorously as a lion. It's a pleasure to meet you, Boss."

Personality

Genbu is a former yankee who became an idol alongside Suzaku after being scouted by a 315 Production producer. He has a cool and calm personality but is also quite competitive at times, especially against Suzaku. Despite his chill appearance, he's not cold-hearted or unfriendly and gets along with other idols well. Genbu is dedicated and passionate, wanting to use his intellect and power to bring peace to all living beings on Earth. He uses every experience in his life to improve himself and sees himself as a child with spacious room for growth. He refers to Producer as Bancho-san and respectfully uses the -anisan (a mix of aniki (big brother) and san) honorific for the other adults at 315Pro. Genbu speaks in a rough tone stylistic of yankee, but also mixes in elegant phrases and idioms.

He wants to live life in his own style, dignifiedly using his brains and brawns to carry out justice for all. With a shrewd worldview, Genbu a sharp, strong sense of morals and good judgment. Being somewhat serious, he has a methodological approach to things and believes in following the rules most of the time. Genbu is highly responsible and good at preparation. He is hardworking in both school and life. Studious since a young age, he frequently uses Chinese four-character idioms (even in his solo song). Genbu is knowledgeable on many things and constantly seeks even more knowledge by reading books and visiting museums. His skill is ranking first place in national mock exams. He attends Ouken High with Suzaku as a first-year student, where he is his school’s socho, a chief for the other yankees at Ouken. He refers to minor yankees as his shatei (little bros/underlings) and does not tolerate them coming to school late.

In spite of how he looks, he’s got a quite childish spirit like Suzaku’s. He refers to himself as Sharp Sword Genbu and uses his signature move Ice Sword Wave in lives. He even uses this move outside of performances, such as in one instance where he and Suzaku were pursuing an arsonist during the job change event: Genbu held the criminal in lock and yelled, "Eat this! ICE BLADE WAVE!" He can get pretty engrossed in a role when acting. During the butler event, he became so into the butler role that he spent a while speaking formally before snapping back into his usual rough way of speaking.

Genbu is best friends with Suzaku. With Genbu’s smarts and Suzaku’s strength, they work well together as a team. Genbu says that Suzaku is so important to him, that if it weren’t for him, he wouldn’t even be around. Suzaku describes Genbu as "smart, reliable, and the ideal man". However, Genbu does not get along well with Suzaku's cat, Nyako, as he is allergic to cats

He adores glasses; collecting them is one of his hobbies. He changes his glasses often to fit the season and day, but Suzaku can’t tell the difference (usually only small changes such as in the rim). His love of glasses stems from his past when wearing glasses was the key to making him more approachable to others. He refers to them as a ‘magical tool’ and is passionate about picking out googles/glasses for Suzaku’s steampunk outfit. Genbu even considers them to be a part of his personality: in the Side:Knights event, Michio recommended that Genbu gifted a Christmas present based on himself, and so he gave a pair of glasses to Kaoru.

He knows how to cook due to living alone. Genbu makes sure to eat a balanced meal every day, saying that “medicine and food have the same origin.” This comes from how Genbu formerly ate nutritionally balanced meals at his orphanage. Genbu said that he became good at making bento boxes once he had someone to make them for.

Backstory

Genbu grew up in an orphanage in Kyoto. He considers the memories of the time he spent at the orphanage are irreplaceable; though he doesn’t even remember his own parents’ faces, hanging out with the other kids was fun and similar to having many siblings. He was very studious as a child and often read complex works such as those referencing Confucius. Genbu’s eyesight began to go bad in elementary school, although he didn’t realize it until junior high when his tendency to squint at others due to his eyesight caused him to get into fights with upperclassmen and frighten his classmates. He then got a pair of glasses and was able to have friendly relationships with others and continue with his studies.

However, his good grades caused him to be the target of jealousy from others; in particular, Taro Yamashita, the son of the city’s mayor. Getting a couple more points than Taro in a test caused him to be cast out of Kyoto, and he was forced to move to Yokohama alone. He now resides near Yokohama’s Chinatown.

In junior high, Genbu met Suzaku when he was being attacked for unintentionally glaring at a group of high schoolers who thought that he was trying to pick a fight (although he was simply squinting due to losing his glasses). Suzaku quickly jumped in to save Genbu, but they lost the battle. However, as a result of fighting alongside each other, Suzaku and Genbu became buddies, and later best friends and an idol duo. Due to complications regarding his past, he is a first-year senior high student rather than the second year.

Game Discography

Song Discography

Image songs

Ifuudoudou to

Recorded Solo Songs

Recorded Solo Songs
Song Classification CD
Ifuudoudou to Image Song THE IDOLM@STER SideM ORIGIN@L PIECES 05
RIGHT WAY, SOUL MATE Genbu Kurono Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER SideM 3rd ANNIVERSARY SOLO COLLECTION 03
POKER FAITH Genbu Kurono Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER SideM WakeMini! SOLO COLLECTION 03 INTELLIGENCE Ver.
Omoi no Uta Genbu Kurono Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER SideM 5th ANNIVERSARY SOLO COLLECTION 01
VOY@GER Genbu Kurono Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER FIVE STARS!!!!! VOY@GER
ANYWHERE Genbu Kurono Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER SideM PASSION@TE FORMATION -INTELLIGENCE-
ROUTE77 Genbu Kurono Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING SIGN@L SOLO COLLECTION 02
Moon Shape/Meikyoushisui Image Song THE IDOLM@STER SideM 49 ELEMENTS-12 Shinsoku Ikkon

Recorded Group Songs

Recorded Group Songs
Song CD Sung With
Burnin' Cool de Kagayaite THE IDOLM@STER SideM ST@RTING LINE-09 Shinsoku Ikkon Suzaku Akai
Ore-tachi no Saikyou Densetsu ~Isseichidai, Paradise!~
DRIVE A LIVE (Shinsoku Ikkon Ver.)
Beyond The Dream THE IDOLM@STER SideM "Beyond The Dream" 315 ALLSTARS
315 Intelligence Idols
RIGHT WAY, SOUL MATE THE IDOLM@STER SideM 3rd ANNIVERSARY DISC 03 Sai & Shinsoku Ikkon & THE Kogadou Suzaku Akai
Egao no Matsuri nya, Fuku Kitaru Shoma Hanamura, Kuro Kiyosumi, Kirio Nekoyanagi, Suzaku Akai, Michiru Enjoji, Ren Kizaki, and Takeru Taiga
POKER FAITH THE IDOLM@STER SideM WakeMini! MUSIC COLLECTION 03 315 STARS (Intelligence Ver.)
LIVE in your SMILE THE IDOLM@STER SideM 4th ANNIVERSARY DISC "LIVE in your SMILE / DREAM JOURNEY" Altessimo, W, FRAME, Sai, Shinsoku Ikkon, S.E.M, THE Kogadou, and Legenders
PRIDE STAR THE IDOLM@STER SideM 5th ANNIVERSARY DISC 01 PRIDE STAR 315 ALLSTARS
DRIVE A LIVE
Beyond The Dream
Reason!!
GLORIOUS RO@D
Omoi no Uta THE IDOLM@STER SideM 5th ANNIVERSARY DISC 02 DRAMATIC STARS & Shinsoku Ikkon & F-LAGS Suzaku Akai
Fine Day! Find Way! Teru Tendo, Kaoru Sakuraba, Tsubasa Kashiwagi, Suzaku Akai, Kazuki Tsukumo, Ryo Akizuki, and Daigo Kabuto
Your Nobility THE IDOLM@STER SideM WORLD TRE@SURE 12 Kaoru Sakuraba and Kazuki Tsukumo
MEET THE WORLD! (UNITED KINGDOM Ver.)
PRIDE STAR (Shinsoku Ikkon Ver.) THE IDOLM@STER SideM 5th ANNIVERSARY UNIT COLLECTION -PRIDE STAR- Suzaku Akai
Kidoairaku Bankokukyoutsuu -Burn it up!- THE IDOLM@STER SideM NEW STAGE EPISODE:06 Shinsoku Ikkon
NEXT STAGE! (Shinsoku Ikkon Ver.)
MEET THE WORLD! (Shinsoku Ikkon Ver.) THE IDOLM@STER SideM WORLD TRE@SURE UNIT COLLECTION -MEET THE WORLD!-
VOY@GER THE IDOLM@STER FIVE STARS!!!!! VOY@GER THE IDOLM@STER FIVE STARS!!!!!
Kyoji Takajo and Chris Koron
Growing Smiles! THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING SIGN@L 01 Growing Smiles! 315 ALLSTARS
DRIVE A LIVE
Beyond The Dream
NEXT STAGE!
Stories THE IDOLM@STER SideM Drama CD "Ryokuin no Gymnasium" Jiro Yamashita, Pierre, Jun Fuyumi, Makio Uzuki, and Sora Kitamura
Growing Smiles! (Shinsoku Ikkon Ver.) THE IDOLM@STER SideM UNIT COLLECTION -Growing Smiles!- Suzaku Akai
ANYWHERE THE IDOLM@STER SideM PASSION@TE FORMATION -INTELLIGENCE- 315 Intelligence Idols
ROUTE77 THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING SIGN@L 11 Shinsoku Ikkon Suzaku Akai
Tasogaredoki, Bluesy
Take a StuMp! THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING SIGN@L 15 Take a StuMp! 315 ALLSTARS
Take a StuMp! (Shinsoku Ikkon Ver.) THE IDOLM@STER SideM UNIT COLLECTION -Take a StuMp!- Suzaku Akai
CALLING THE IDOLM@STER SideM 49 ELEMENTS-12 Shinsoku Ikkon
Hands & Claps! THE IDOLM@STER SideM 8th STAGE THEME SONG "Hands & Claps!" 315 ALLSTARS
315 Intelligence Idols
Hands & Claps! (Shinsoku Ikkon Ver.) THE IDOLM@STER SideM UNIT COLLECTION -Hands & Claps!- Suzaku Akai
Hikari Matsu Ashita e THE IDOLM@STER SideM CIRCLE OF DELIGHT 09 Shinsoku Ikkon
Godspeed IGNITION!!

Trivia and Fan Culture

Trivia

  • Prior to Amehiko Kuzunoha being added to the game, Genbu was the tallest character in the entire iDOLM@STER franchise, standing up to 190 cm tall. He is now the second tallest, being just 1 cm shorter than Amehiko.
  • The first time SideM introduced the birthday bonus was on Genbu's birthday, July 22. This meant that his cards had a 10x bonus on them, causing even his N cards to have a significant appeal. The bonus was lowered to 2x for all later birthdays.
  • In his SideM Xmas Live 2015 R card, Genbu is seen buying glasses. The Xmas Live 2015 Kaoru Sakuraba SR features Kaoru with the glasses bag in the unchanged version, and Kaoru wearing the glasses in the changed version.
  • Like Suzaku, he is named after one of the four symbols of Chinese mythology. Genbu is named after the Black Tortoise of the North.
  • In "Bakumatsu Shunseiroku ~Makoto ni Chikau Ishi~" event, he plays the role of Hijikata Toshizou, a vice-captain of Shinsengumi that was known for his very strict personality. Rin Shibuya and Shiho Kitazawa also played this role in another event.
  • In SideM's Tales franchise collaboration event, he cosplays as Alvin (true name: Alfred Vint Svent) from Tales of Xillia.
  • He shares the same birthday with Shin Sato and Meguru Hachimiya.

Fan Culture

  • He is sometimes depicted in fanworks with Kirari Moroboshi, due to both being among the tallest characters in the entire franchise.

Character Gallery

Cards

SideM Cards

THE iDOLM@STER SideM LIVE ON ST@GE! Cards

GROWING STARS Cards