I found the names of lots of Rhythm Tengoku characters, but not the Bon Dancers'.
I have no idea, but I just want to say I fucking adore this game and it warms my heart to see someone talking about it.
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2026
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Yeah, a fellow Rhythm Tengoku fan! It's been real hard to find these today.
Its probably my favorite GBA game ever made. I remember playing through it on an emulator in Japanese because I didn't think it would ever get an English translation. 😂 Now with the patch and thanks to flash carts, its such a pleasure to play on original hardware!
I think they're collectively known as ドンパンズ (Donpans) but then went pro under the name ぼんおとり娘 (Bon'odori Musume).
I'm asking about the individual girls' names.
Yeah I'm saying they're probably only known as that collectively. I can't find anything even on the Japanese side of the Internet.
Well, that's sad. Even the Dazzlies got names of their own. Thanks for trying to help, though.
IDK about the names, but that is probably my favorite rhythm feaver/tengoku minigame(?) out there, just for the song alone.
Yeah, the song is a good one. However, the game itself... (help me I've been trying for months to get a OK on it now)
Definitely. Watching a video on someone getting perfect makes it seem so easy, but then I try it and it goes completely downhill almost immediately.