| Basic Information | ||
| Real Name | (Kurata Mashiro) | |
| Aliases | Full speed ahead backwards, Shiro-chan, msr,くらたま、Mashiro[2] | |
| Hair Color | Lustrous white hair | |
| Eye color | Blue eyes | |
| Height | 154cm | |
| Age | 16→17 | |
| Birthday | February 19 | |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius | |
| Moe points | Beautiful girl、Meek、large-breasted、Short hair、Diva、roasts、Group Mascot、Only child、Literary Girl、Little Angel、Chuunibyou[3]、dark history | |
| Activity Information | ||
| Area of Activity | LIVE HOUSE CiRCLE | |
| Current Group | ||
| Image Color | #6677CC | |
| School | Tsukinomori Girls' Academy | |
| Year and Class | Class 1-A → Class 2-A | |
| Role | Vocalist | |
| Related People | ||
| Voice Actor | Amane Shindo | |
| Morfonica | Touko Kirigaya、Nanami Hiromachi、Tsukushi Futaba、Rui Yashio | |
| Mentor & Idol | Kasumi Toyama | |
| Another idol | Michelles | |
| Kindred spirits | Rokka Asahi | |
Mashiro Kurata(Japanese:
A quiet and steady girl. Although she enrolled in the prestigious Tsukinomori Girls' Academy she admired, she was discouraged to find that the students around her were all incredibly talented. She lived a gloomy life until the day she encountered the band...Her setting shares many similarities with the initial design of Kasumi.
She is somewhat shy around strangers and often feels nervous, which frequently leads to stomachaches.
Her imagination is so rich that she often gets lost in her fantasies, which is... in the anime "BanG Dream! Morfonication"...shown quite excellently.。msr: Why is it that next doorTomori Takamatsuseeing stones is cute, but when I see flowers, butterflies, and big whales, it's like I've eaten too many mushrooms!
Then in the third season of the mini-anime, she evolved into a chuunibyou that crushes Ako; Mashiro really
A mysterious girl who first appeared in Chapter 8 of the mobile game's second anniversary Season 2 main story. She appeared again in Chapter 15 where her name was revealed. Her voice was officially added to the character in Chapter 20 of the main story.
| Screenshot from Chapter 15 of the mobile game's Season 2. |
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She can't handle spicy food very well.
Is a fan of Michelle.
She likes a character named "Mofumofu Rabbit"[5]mascot, and this mascot can be seen in some of Mashiro's card illustrations.Interestingly, the name of Mofumofu Usagi (which means fluffy) has a similar pronunciation to Mashiro's name.
She has the intention of becoming a guitar vocalist, but she herself stated that "just singing takes everything I've got."
Her surname "Kurata" comes from Oi-Kurata-cho in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo (now Oi 4-chome).

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On that day, Mashiro encountered the class representative while visiting club activitiesTsukushi Futaba, but before she could finish, Mashiro ran to the garden sighing. While she happened upon a butterfly, Tsukushi caught up with her. Mashiro told Tsukushi about her troubles, and the next day, Tsukushi dragged Mashiro along with someone who was seeing a live house for the first timeTouko Kirigaya, and together they watchedPoppin'Partythe Girls Band Party Mini Live featuring the five major bands, and they wrote their impressions together, which were seen by Poppin'Party. After this, Mashiro became interested in band activities, so as soon as she got home, she wrote a recruitment poster for band members, hoping that a band could help her become someone special and be the catalyst for her own change. The next day, she was spotted by Tsukushi and Touko in the hallway of Tsukinomori. After seeing the recruitment poster, the three decided to form a band together and posted the recruitment flyer at LIVE HOUSE CiRCLE. A few days later in the garden, the three decided on their band roles: Touko as the guitarist, Tsukushi as the drummer, and Mashiro, admiring Kasumi, decided to try being the vocalist; at that moment, hiding in the bushes wasNanami Hiromachiwho was discovered by Touko and subsequently invited by Tsukushi to join the band as the bassist. Soon after, while practicing in an empty classroom, they set a goal to participate in the Tsukinomori Music Festival. While chatting in the garden in the evening, they attracted the attention of a student council member and former violinist,Rui Yashio, who believed that everyone playing instruments in the empty classroom was disturbing others and decided to revoke their permission, but later relented and returned to the classroom to supervise the four. The next day, while the band was practicing, they took an interest in Rui because they wanted to create an original song. At the request of the four, Rui provided them with a violin piece she had written previously. During another day's practice, Nanami perfectly arranged the violin piece into a band song for the first time. Mashiro showed the lyrics she thought weren't very good to her companions, but they praised them, so Mashiro was chosen as the lyricist. After several days of practice, they were in very good form, but it was pointed out that Mashiro's voice was sometimes drowned out by the instruments during practice, and she should practice singing louder. Despite her best efforts, Mashiro still couldn't do it. A few days later, the band held their first live. Many classmates came because of Touko's promotion, but the live ended in failure due to their lack of skill. Mashiro, struggling with her own mediocrity, had thoughts of giving up and left after a big argument with her companions. Shortly after, after a heart-to-heart with Rui, she believed that cutting her losses was the right choice. She then took down the recruitment poster hanging in the CiRCLE lobby, which was seen by Kasumi and Tae. However, Mashiro told them she was no longer interested in the band and was leaving, which made Kasumi very sad. Mashiro's band rehearsals were in chaos after she left, and when Nanami found her, Mashiro ran away immediately; a few days later, Mashiro passed the entrance of CiRCLE again and was caught by Kasumi, who asked for her name. She told Kasumi that being in a band wasn't fun at all, and that only people like Kasumi who could succeed like that would feel happy. However, under Kasumi's persuasion, she promised to watch the next LIVE, and after pouring out her heart to her bandmates, she felt relieved and determined to stop running away. After a few more days of rehearsal, Touko's guitar playing became more proficient than before, and Mashiro's voice grew significantly louder. At this time, Tsukushi invited Rui to play together, and Touko even borrowed a violin. Unable to refuse the invitation, Rui played a piece. While everyone was amazed, she felt that such a performance was meaningless. Then, Nanami invited Rui to join the band. Although Rui felt it was unrealistic, after some thought, she felt there were unknown possibilities and finally agreed. With Rui joining, the band's confidence grew immensely. Soon after, the five of them went to see the second Girls Band Party. Because the thoughts Mashiro had previously written in her notebook were adapted into lyrics, the five were deeply moved after watching it. Afterward, Mashiro found Kasumi and said she wanted to form the band once more, declaring: "Someday, we want to stand on this stage too!!", hoping to fulfill the promise of performing together with Kasumi and the others. Later, they rehearsed in the atelier at Nanami's house to prepare for the school's music festival. Touko and Nanami were responsible for making five exquisite stage outfits. As the leader, Tsukushi proposed making another original song, with lyrics by Mashiro and music by Rui. However, with only one week left before the music festival, they realized they hadn't decided on a band name. After brainstorming, Mashiro used the German word for "change" (Metamorphose) and "Symphonic," which represents the violin,Why do I have to look up German again?and combining them, proposedMorfonicathe name, which received unanimous approval from her bandmates, and the band was thus named. Mashiro also set "hoping everyone comes to see our performance" as an important goal for the music festival. Finally, the members of Morfonica appeared at the music festival, performing "Konjiki e no Prelude" and "Daylight -Daylight-" in succession. The performance was well-received, and they later set the goal of "finding their own light." At Kasumi's invitation, she went to the park for cherry blossom viewing with her bandmates. Because she was not good at expressing herself, she kept avoiding conversations with members of other bands. Later, while chatting with Touko, she realized she had always viewed other bands through stereotypes. At the same time, when she discovered that Kasumi and the others suspected she was lost and went to find her—even calling Michelle on short notice—she understood their kindness and gained a new perspective on them. |
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Mashiro's "vivid imagination" setting, inMorfonica Special Animationwas portrayed by the production team with numerous hallucinatory shots to highlight her imaginative personality. Specific examples include, but are not limited to:
Due to the production team's exceptionally fantastical presentation, reality and Mashiro's fantasies were blended together and difficult to distinguish, leading viewers to associate the visuals with symptoms of hallucinogenic drug misuse/abuse. Additionally, since the animation aired when incidents of accidentally eating poisonous mushrooms in Yunnan Province were a hot news topic in China, many Chinese viewers were reminded of accidentally eatingAmanita muscariasymptoms of "seeing little people." Consequently, some viewers joked that Mashiro's hallucinations were because she "ate too many mushrooms" or "it was caused by a trip to Yunnan."
Some people also refer to the eccentric songs released under the BanG Dream! project as being "written by (the lyricist/composer character) after eating Mashiro's mushrooms."
The domestic community also seemingly borroweda certain famous game streamer'scatchphrase, calling memes screenshotted from Mashiro's hallucination sequences "The hallucinations are coming/gone, holy crap."
It is worth noting that there are similar jokes about Mashiro in Japan as well.
Coincidentally, the pronunciation of "Mashiro" sounds similar to the English word "mushroom."
| “ | Xiao Ge, I set up a group, (group number), you're welcome to join. | ” |
| —Bilibili user "Kurata Mashiro" | ||
At the end of 2022, there was a user named "Kurata Mashiro" (exactly the same as the character name in this entry, now deactivated)bilibiliwho sent private messages to many netizens, inviting them to join a QQ group. However, after inviting hundreds of people, this "Kurata Mashiro" never appeared in the group. Due to this extremely confusing behavior, the internet has since seen many instances of Kurata Mashiro calling netizens"Xiao Ge" (Hey bro)stickers, and there even appeared "Mashiro Kurata "Bro" Cult" such strange organizations。[6]
Mashiro-related
The meme originated from the Baidu Bang Dream Tieba. When a user lamented that "Sakiko-senseithe god-tier teammates found are each more 'heavyweight' than the last," the fifth floor of that postYeshi_The reply revealed the truth:
| “ | Actually, back then, Old Man Toyokawa saw through Sakiko's father as a bad seed at a glance, but unfortunately, his daughter was completely infatuated by those artsy tricks, and he eventually had to give in. |
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| ——Tieba user KrissGray | ||
Objectively speaking, because Mashiro's personality is quite self-deprecating, and she even lashes out at her teammatesand even her own idolin one go, it is indeed no exaggeration to describe the four teammates who can tolerate Mashiro as "psychologists."
With the release of "BanG Dream! Ave Mujica》 officially aired, the bizarre words and actions of some Ave Mujica characters caused this meme to spread further. In the subsequent plot, fellow Tsukinomori studentSoyo Nagasakistayed behind to take care of the multiple-personalityMutsumi Wakaba, leading to the saying "Mashiro is heinous, monopolizing medical resources and forcing Soyo to teach herself psychology."
