Konomi Baba

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Konomi Baba
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Million Live! Character Data
Name: 馬場このみ (Baba Konomi)
Voice actor: 髙橋ミナミ (Takahashi Minami)
Age: 24
Height: 143 cm
Weight: 37 kg
Birthday: June 12th
Blood type: A
Three sizes: 75-55-79 cm
Hobbies: Appreciating North American Dramas
Skills: Mahjong
Likes: Japanese Sake
Handedness: Right
Horoscope: Gemini
Hometown: Yamaguchi
ML Card Type: Dance
TD Card Type: Mirishita Angel Logo.png
Image Color:     
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Konomi Baba (馬場このみ Baba Konomi) is an idol available in THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days and originally debuted in the mobile game THE iDOLM@STER Million Live!. She is voiced by Minami Takahashi (髙橋ミナミ Takahashi Minami).

Biographies

THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! biography

Did you call me a kid before? I'm a lady, a lady!

Online Character Profile

THE iDOLM@STER POPLINKS Profile Quote

"Ufufu, I'm Konomi Baba. I'll show off my sexy, yet cool and mature aura onto this project as well!"

Personality

The oldest and third shortest among the MILLION STARS, Konomi is an easygoing idol who always tries to prove to the Producer and her fans that she is a sexy adult. Because of her short height and youthful looks, most people never take her seriously which frustrates Konomi to no end. To make matters worse, most of the work the Producer finds for her is for kids. She mentions that children tend to call Fuka and Kaori "mama" while they treat Konomi as one of their own friends, which she notes is frustrating.

Aside from her looks and her habit of saying that she is a sexy lady, Konomi is a very reliable adult, often seen taking care of the younger idols (which is everyone), like in the “Idol Symphony” event where Konomi gives advice to Momoko who has been appointed leader of the percussion team to talk with her teammates about what they want to do. She is also very professional and is willing to do her work to the best of her abilities even when she doesn't like it, understanding that as the oldest in the theater, she has to work hard knowing others are relying on her. Konomi originally applied to become an office lady at 765; her application was misplaced and she ended up being offered a position as an idol in the 39Project by the Producer. As such, she is also good at office work and offers to lend a hand when the production needs it. She admits later that despite applying to be office staff, she secretly wanted to see if she had hidden potential in herself.

As she used to work in the office, Konomi is initially unsure of how to be an idol, since it is an entirely different world to what she is used to. On top of that, the pressure from always being relied on led her to believe that she had to perform better than anyone else, like when she was the leader of her unit with Yuriko and Momoko. Through the Producer, she learns that being an idol comes with having an unclear future and that it isn't all about working the hardest and being the most reliable; after this, Konomi is able to perform knowing that she has the courage to show and embrace her weakness.

Game Appearance

THE iDOLM@STER Million Live!

THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days

Theater Days Events

THE iDOLM@STER POPLINKS

Adaptations Appearance

THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! Anime

To be added...

Greetings

"If looks could kill, you'd be dead on sight with Baba Konomi... no, no, that's wrong! Don't look at me like that, I'm sexy, sexy!"
"I... I only grew 1 cm..."
"Don't be fooled, this is all according to my calculations, ahaha."
"Where are you looking, exactly? I'm right in front of you, in front of you!"
"I'm still pretty mysterious now, aren't I~ I'm going to be that kind of adult idol."
"I can't be satisfied with just hand-me-downs, I'm going to go buy some things!"
"W-What is it? I'm not standing on my tiptoes!"
"Geez, don't treat me like a child, I'm an adult..."

Dear Degree MAX

"Once in a while I don't want to be cute, I want to be beautiful Producer. Even if I have to stretch to look at people, I'll keep their gaze! Hehe."
"Producer since we're both adults, I'll let my guard down a little even if that means we'll mess up along the way. I mean...as fellow adults let's hang in there together! Haha."

Song Discography

Recorded Solo Songs
Song Classification CD
dear… Image Song THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER PERFORMANCE 13
Legend Girls!! Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SELECTION CD
Suichuu Candy Image Song THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER HARMONY 08
Big Balloon◎ Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SOLO COLLECTION Vol.01
Decided Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SOLO COLLECTION Vol.03 Dance Edition
Eien no Hana Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SOLO COLLECTION Vol.04 Starlight Theater
To… Image Song THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! M@STER SPARKLE 03
Hanazakari Weekend✿ Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SOLO COLLECTION 06 Angel Stars
Starry Melody Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SOLO COLLECTION 07 Angel Stars
Cherry Colored Love Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SOLO COLLECTION 08 Angel Stars
Last Actress Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SOLO COLLECTION 09 Angel Stars
it's me Image Song THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! M@STER SPARKLE2 07
White Vows Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SOLO COLLECTION 11 Angel Stars
Dream Traveler Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SOLO COLLECTION 12 Angel Stars
REFRAIN REL@TION Konomi Solo Remix THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SOLO COLLECTION "REFRAIN REL@TION" Angel Stars
Recorded Group Songs
Song CD Sung With
Thank You! THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER PERFORMANCE 01『Thank You!』 765 MILLIONSTARS
765THEATER ALLSTARS
Big Balloon◎ THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER PERFORMANCE 13 Ami Futami, Subaru Nagayoshi, and Akane Nonohara
Thank You! THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER SELECTION CD Anna Mochizuki, Yuriko Nanao, Shiho Kitazawa, and Emily Stewart
Dream Traveler THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER HARMONY 08 Mixnuts
Welcome!!
Welcome!! THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER DREAMERS 01 Dreaming! 765 MILLIONSTARS
Dreaming! THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER DREAMERS 03 Chihaya Kisaragi, Momoko Suou, Matsuri Tokugawa, Chizuru Nikaido, Yukiho Hagiwara, Serika Hakozaki, Mizuki Makabe, Miya Miyao, and Shizuka Mogami
Decided Matsuri Tokugawa
Eien no Hana THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER FORWARD 03 Starlight Melody Momoko Suou and Fuka Toyokawa
Starry Melody Starlight Melody
Brand New Theater! THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER GENERATION 01 Brand New Theater! 765 MILLIONSTARS
Dreaming! 765 MILLIONSTARS
Brand New Theater! THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER GENERATION 03 Angel Stars Angel Stars
Brand New Theater! THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! M@STER SPARKLE 08 765 MILLIONSTARS
Hanazakari Weekend✿ THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER GENERATION 09 4 Luxury 4 Luxury
RED ZONE
Last Actress THE IDOLM@STER THE@TER BOOST 03 Kotoha Tanaka, Momoko Suou, Mizuki Makabe, and Tsumugi Shiraishi
DIAMOND DAYS
Cherry Colored Love THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER WAVE 04 Sherry 'n Cherry Sherry 'n Cherry
Yoru to, Akari to.
Glow Map THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER WAVE 10 Glow Map 765 MILLIONSTARS
Harmony 4 You THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER SEASON Harmony 4 You
EVERYDAY STARS!! Angel Stars
Shamrock Vivace THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER SEASON CLEVER CLOVER CLEVER CLOVER
Clover's Cry ~Kami to Kamioroshi no Shoujo~ Nao Yokoyama, Ritsuko Akizuki, Tamaki Ogami, and Hinata Kinoshita
Harmony 4 You CLEVER CLOVER
Yume ni Kakeru Rainbow THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER SEASON Yume ni Kakeru Rainbow 765 MILLION ALLSTARS
Angel Stars
Supersonic Booster! THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER SEASON FINAL ShineLight
Thank You! THE IDOLM@STER 765 MILLION ALLSTARS BEST 765 MILLION ALLSTARS
Welcome!!
Dreaming!
Brand New Theater!
UNION!!
Flyers!!!
Glow Map
Harmony 4 You
Yume ni Kakeru Rainbow (Brand New Ver.)
Crossing!
Starry Melody (Brand New Ver.) THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER BEST Starlight Melody
Watashi wa Hana, Anata wa Taiyou‎ THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! THEATER DAYS Brand New Song 6 Original CD Yuriko Nanao and Momoko Suou
LiberaSing/Along THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER VARIETY 03 Chihaya Kisaragi, Hinata Kinoshita, Tomoka Tenkubashi, and Matsuri Tokugawa
Good Sign THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! Good Sign 765 MILLION ALLSTARS
Angel Stars
Rat A Tat!!! THE IDOLM@STER MILLION ANIMATION THE@TER "Rat A Tat!!!" MILLIONSTARS
Seven Count
catch my feeling THE IDOLM@STER MILLION ANIMATION THE@TER MILLIONSTARS Team4th "catch my feeling" Momoko Suou, Chizuru Nikaido, Arisa Matsuda, Nao Yokoyama, and Roco Handa
Gege Kairai THE IDOLM@STER MILLION C@STING 01 Gege Kairai Mizuki Makabe, Takane Shijou, Momoko Suou, and Iku Nakatani
catch my feeling THE IDOLM@STER MILLION ANIMATION THE@TER START THE DREAM Momoko Suou, Chizuru Nikaido, Arisa Matsuda, Nao Yokoyama, and Roco Handa
REFRAIN REL@TION MILLIONSTARS
Brand New Theater!
Thank You! (Acoustic Ver.)
READY!! 765 MILLIONSTARS

Trivia and Fan Culture

Trivia

  • While Baba is a genuine last name, it can also mean "old woman" in Japanese. Whether or not this was unintentional or a reference to her status as the oldest Million Live idol is unclear.
  • Konomi is close to Rio Momose who calls her “Konomi-neesan”. Also, Makoto seems to respect her as a master of cuteness and calls her “Master Konomi” although Azusa seems to think that Konomi is younger than her.
  • Konomi has a younger sister named Karin (馬場かりん) who is growing normally, unlike her.
  • She is the shortest adult idol in the entire franchise.
  • Konomi is adept at mahjong; she was able to become the top player within 765PRO, even besting the President. In her [Sexy Mahjong Master... What Hand Shall I Play?], she even managed to show the "Daisangen" which it was the winning hand in mahjong that is consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles.
  • All of her image songs are written by KOH.
  • She shares the same birthday with Saori Okuyama.
  • Konomi once received a fortune stating that she is possessed by a guardian spirit. This spirit was once a woman whose sheer sexiness brought ruin to her home nation, and when she noticed Konomi's own sexiness potential, she possessed her and halted her physical growth while she was in elementary school in order to prevent her from meeting the same fate.[1][2]
    • Konomi herself has some doubts as to whether this spirit truly exists, but when she is the first to break free of the mind control in the accursed dollhouse, she considers that this may have been due to the spirit's assistance.[3]

Fan Culture

  • A joke in the Japanese fandom is that lines like "Kono mi hatetemo" (literally: even if this body ends) in FairyTale ja Irarenai and "Kono mi kuchiru saigo no toki made" (literally: Until the final moment when my body rots away) in Kuraki Hoshi, Tooi Tsuki are cruel to Konomi, because they could mean "even if Konomi ends" and "Until the final moment when Konomi rots away".

Character Gallery

Cards

Million Live! Cards

Theater Days Cards

References

  1. THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! - Caravan Story: Konomi Baba RIO: Unbelievable… Konomi-neesan is possessed by the spirit of a sexy woman! […]PRODUCER: (To sum up what the fortune teller said, once upon a time, there was a land where there lived a beautiful woman of unparalleled sexiness. However, she was just too sexy. Men fought over her until… the nation fell to ruin! That woman continued to lament her excessive sexiness until her death.)[…]FORTUNE TELLER: The reason she possessed you while you were young was because back then, you held the potential to become sexy[…]She was trying to save you. She caused your body to retain its childlike form so that you would not suffer as she did… In other words, your current height and appearance were caused by this sexy lady spirit.
  2. THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days - Cherry Colored Love Chapter 5 KONOMI: Some time ago, when I was vacationing in Okinawa, I went to get a reading from a famous fortune teller. According to them, there's a sexy woman possessing me as a guardian spirit![…]And, apparently, when this guardian spirit was still living, she was so sexy that she destroyed her own country…[…]The spirit was incredibly saddened that her own beauty destroyed her beloved homeland, and she halted my growth so I wouldn't have to go through the same thing.
  3. THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! - Akumu... Norwareta Dollhouse StoryMaybe it's because of the guardian spirit, but I snapped out of it first…