NAMBATTLE ~Tatakawana NMB Chauyarou!~

NAMBATTLE ~Tatakawana NMB Chauyarou!~ (NAMBATTLE ～戦わなNMBちゃうやろっ！～) is a project by NMB48 to revitalize the group's image. All of NMB48's teams (Team N, Team M, Team BII) were dissolved and the members were put into one of 6 groups. The groups were decided by lottery drawings. It was announced on January 1st, 2021.

The finale was held at the Orix Theater on March 2nd, 2021.

Rewards

• Right to appear in new songs and music videos in NMB48's next release
• A new theater stage for winner team
• Adjusted media appearances for winner team

Groups

Winnner

(Bold members are group leaders)

• Kyunmart: Kato Yuuka, Kojima Karin, Satsuki Aika, Shiotsuki Keito, Shibuya Nagisa, Sumino Wakana, Hara Karen, Hongo Yuzuha

Other Groups

• LeopAje: Ishida Yuumi, Kitamura Mana, Sadano Haruka, Shobu Marin, Namba Hinata, Hori Shion, Yokono Sumire, Wada Miyu
• Mix Juice: Umeyama Cocona, Ogawa Yuuka, Orisaka Koharu, Kuroda Fuuwa, Shiroma Miru, Shinzawa Nao, Minami Haasa, Yamasaki Amiru
• W1N-C: Ishizuka Akari, Okamoto Rena, Kawakami Chihiro, Kawano Nanaho, Deguchi Yuina, Maeda Reiko, Mizuta Shiori, Yamamoto Mikana
• Chouzetsu KawaE: Izumi Ayano, Shimizu Rika, Sugiura Kotone, Hayakawa Yuna, Hirayama Mai, Manabe Anju, Yasuda Momone, Yoshino Misaki
• FRONTIER: Asao Momoka, Abe Wakana, Uno Mizuki, Kameno Zion, Jonishi Rei, Nakagawa Mion, Nakano Mirai

Battles

Theater performance

All members will perform a setlist of roughly one hour. For the first two rounds, there were 3 judges giving out up to 100 points each (300 total). For the third round, they had a fourth judge. The team with the most points will receive so-called Nambadges (ナンバッジ).

• Winner: 10 Nambadges (W1N-C)
• 2nd Place: 8 Nambadges (Kyunmart)
• 3rd Place: 6 Nambadges (LeopAje)
• 4th Place: 4 Nambadges (Mix Juice & Chouzetsu KawaE)
• 5th Place: 2 Nambadges
• 6th Place: 1 Nambadge (FRONTIER)

Dates

• 1st Round of Performances:
  • 2021.01.29 – FRONTIER (198/300 points) (4 badges)
  • 2021.01.31 – Mix Juice (201/300 points) (6 badges)
  • 2021.02.02 – Kyunmart (224/300 points) (8 badges)
  • 2021.02.03 – LeopAje (194/300 points) (2 badges)
  • 2021.02.04 – W1N-C (231/300 points) (10 badges)
  • 2021.02.05 – Chouzetsu KawaE (194/300 points) (2 badges)
• 2nd Round of Performances:
  • 2021.02.07 – Kyunmart (244/300 points) (8 badges)
  • 2021.02.07 – W1N-C (259/300 points) (10 badges)
  • 2021.02.08 – Mix Juice (243/300 points) (6 badges)
  • 2021.02.09 – FRONTIER (240/300 points) (2 badges)
  • 2021.02.10 – Chouzetsu KawaE (241/300 points) (1 badge)
  • 2021.02.12 – LeopAje (243/300 points) (6 badges)
• 3rd Round of Performances:
  • 2021.02.15 – W1N-C (369/400 points) (10 badges)
  • 2021.02.16 – Mix Juice (336/400 points) (2 badges)
  • 2021.02.18 – LeopAje (360/400 points) (6 badges)
  • 2021.02.19 – Kyunmart (367/400 points) (8 badges)
  • 2021.02.20 – Chouzetsu KawaE (345/400 points) (4 badges)
  • 2021.02.20 – FRONTIER (331/400 points) (1 badge)
• Final standing:
  • 01. W1N-C (859/1,000) (30 badges)
  • 02. Kyunmart (835/1,000) (24 badges)
  • 03. LeopAje (797/1,000) (14 badges)
  • 04. Mix Juice (780/1,000) (14 badges)
  • 04. Chouzetsu KawaE (780/1,000) (7 badges)
  • 06. FRONTIER (769/1,000) (7 badges)

Setlist

M01 overture

M02 Datte Datte Datte

M03 Fuyushougun no Regret

M04 Koi Nanka No thank you!

MC

M05 365nichi no Kamihikouki

M06 Zenryoku Growing Up

M07 Masaka Singapore

M08 Tokonoma Seiza Musume

MC

M09 Namba Ai

Encore

(Every group performed a different encore)

• LeopAje:

EN01 Teacher Teacher

EN02 Ruby

EN03 Don't look back!

• Mix Juice:

EN01 Mousou Girlfriend

EN02 Kanojo ni Naremasu ka?

EN03 Jibun Rashisa

• W1N-C:

EN01 HA!

EN02 Fumo no Tochi wo Mankai ni

EN03 UHHO UHHOHO

• Kyunmart:

EN01 Ai wo Kure

EN02 Usotsuki Machine

EN03 Scrap & Build

• Chouzetsu KawaE:

EN01 ＃SukiNanda

EN02 Oogoe Diamond

EN03 Enkyori Poster

• FRONTIER:

EN01 Niji no Tsukurikata

EN02 Namekuji Heart

EN03 Pioneer

Distribution Event

One representative from each group has to hold live stream events every now and then. Based on the reaction, Nambadges will be awarded. The live streams will start on January 31st and will take place every Sunday. The member who streams has to make the livestream about 5 keywords: body, humor, communication, wisdom, luck. The contestants can earn Nambadges for their livestreams.

• Winner: 5 Nambadges
• 2nd Place: 4 Nambadges
• 3rd Place: 3 Nambadges
• 4th Place: 2 Nambadges
• 5th Place: 1 Nambadge
• 6th Place: 0 Nambadges

Badges earned

• First Round (Body)
  • 01. W1N-C (5 badges)
  • 02. Kyunmart (4 badges)
  • 03. LeopAje (3 badges)
  • 04. Chouzetsu KawaE (2 badges)
  • 05. FRONTIER (1 badge)
  • 06. Mix Juice (0 badges)
• Second Round (Humor)
  • 01. Mix Juice (5 badges)
  • 02. FRONTIER (4 badges)
  • 03. LeopAje (3 badges)
  • 04. Chouzetsu KawaE (2 badges)
  • 05. W1N-C (1 badge)
  • 06. Kyunmart (0 badges)
• Third Round (Communication)
  • 01. Mix Juice (5 badges)
  • 02. Chouzetsu KawaE (4 badges)
  • 03. Kyunmart (3 badges)
  • 04. FRONTIER (2 badges)
  • 04. LeopAje (2 badges)
  • 06. W1N-C (0 badges)
• Fourth Round (Wisdom)
  • 01. Chouzetsu KawaE (5 badges)
  • 02. Kyunmart (4 badges)
  • 03. LeopAje (3 badges)
  • 04. FRONTIER (2 badges)
  • 04. Mix Juice (2 badges)
  • 04. W1N-C (2 badges)
• Fifth Round (Luck)
  • 01. FRONTIER (5 badges)
  • 02. W1N-C (4 badges)
  • 03. Chouzetsu KawaE (3 badges)
  • 04. Kyunmart (2 badges)
  • 05. LeopAje (1 badge)
  • 06. Mix Juice (0 badges)
• Final Standing
  • 01. Chouzetsu KawaE (16 badges)
  • 02. FRONTIER (14 badges)
  • 03. Kyunmart (13 badges)
  • 04. LeopAje (12 badges)
  • 04. Mix Juice (12 badges)
  • 04. W1N-C (12 badges)

Fan Voting

Fans can vote for their favorite group if they are subscribed to NMB48 Mobile, NMB48 Mobile Mail, DMM NMB48 LIVE!! ON DEMAND or Shin YNN NMB48 Channel. The winners will also receive Nambadges.

• Winner: 5 Nambadges
• 2nd Place: 4 Nambadges
• 3rd Place: 3 Nambadges
• 4th Place: 2 Nambadges
• 5th Place: 1 Nambadge
• 6th Place: 0 Nambadges

Badges earned

• First Round (2021.02.01 - 2021.02.06)
  1. Kyunmart (3,583 points) (5 badges)
  2. W1N-C (3,345 points) (4 badges)
  3. Mix Juice (2,917 points) (3 badges)
  4. FRONTIER (2,890 points) (2 badges)
  5. Chouzetsu KawaE (2,092 points) (1 badge)
  6. LeopAje (1,937 points) (0 badges)
• Second Round (2021.02.08 - 2021.02.13)
  1. Kyunmart (3,338 points) (5 badges)
  2. W1N-C (3,322 points) (4 badges)
  3. FRONTIER (3,147 points) (3 badges)
  4. Mix Juice (2,964 points) (2 badges)
  5. LeopAje (2,308 points) (1 badge)
  6. Chouzetsu KawaE (1,929 points) (0 badges)
• Third Round (2021.02.15 - 2021.02.20)
  1. W1N-C (3,908 points) (5 badges)
  2. Kyunmart (3,585 points) (4 badges)
  3. FRONTIER (2,883 points) (3 badges)
  4. Mix Juice (2,827 points) (2 badges)
  5. LeopAje (2,205 points) (1 badge)
  6. Chouzetsu KawaE (1,795 points) (0 badges)
• Fourth Round (2021.02.22 - 2021.02.27)
  1. W1N-C (4,523 points) (5 badges)
  2. Kyunmart (4,034 points) (4 badges)
  3. FRONTIER (2,881 points) (3 badges)
  4. Mix Juice (2,596 points) (2 badges)
  5. LeopAje (1,996 points) (1 badge)
  6. Chouzetsu KawaE (1,735 points) (0 badges)
• Final Standing:
  1. W1N-C (15,098 points) (18 badges)
  2. Kyunmart (14,540 points) (18 badges)
  3. FRONTIER (11,801 points) (11 badges)
  4. Mix Juice (11,304) (9 badges)
  5. LeopAje (8,446 points) (3 badges)
  6. Chouzetsu KawaE (7,551 points) (1 badge)

Side Battles

From February 26th to March 1st, several side battles were broadcast on Niconico. One member of each group had to battle others on a given theme. Each round's winner earned a different reward

Shadow (2021.02.26)

• LeopAje: Namba Hinata
• Mix Juice: Umeyama Cocona
• W1N-C: Kawano Nanaho
• Kyunmart: Satsuki Aika
• Chouzetsu KawaE: Manabe Anju
• FRONTIER: Nakagawa Mion
• Reward: Winner will do the Kage-ana on the final

Food (2021.02.27)

• LeopAje: Shobu Marin
• Mix Juice: Minami Haasa
• W1N-C: Maeda Reiko
• Kyunmart: Sumino Wakana
• Chouzetsu KawaE: Hayakawa Yuna
• FRONTIER: Asao Momoka
• Reward: Will will be given the right to make the catering lunch gorgeous on the final day

Order (2021.03.01)

• LeopAje: Sadano Haruka (5th)
• Mix Juice: Shiroma Miru (1st)
• W1N-C: Deguchi Yuina (3rd)
• Kyunmart: Hongo Yuzuha (2nd)
• Chouzetsu KawaE: Sugiura Kotone (6th)
• FRONTIER: Nakano Mirai (4th)
• Reward: This battle determined the lineup for the dance battle on the final day

Final

Round 1: Dance

• 01. Kyunmart (15 badges)
• 02. W1N-C (10 badges)
• 03. FRONTIER (8 badges)
• 04. LeopAje (6 badges)
• 04. Mix Juice (6 badges)
• 06. Chouzetsu KawaE (2 badges)

Round 2: Love

Quiz-based round, where members could earn badges for their group by providing right answers. Each correct answer was worth 2 Nambadges.

• 01. W1N-C (8 badges)
• 01. Kyunmart (8 badges)
• 01. Chouzetsu KawaE (8 badges)
• 01. FRONTIER (8 badges)
• 05. LeopAje (6 badges)
• 05. Mix Juice (6 abdges)

Round 3: Challenge

Each group was given a challenge, and could earn up to 20 Nambadges for a successful challenge.

• 01. Kyunmart (20 badges)
• 02. W1N-C (12 badges)
• 03. Chouzetsu KawaE (10 badges)
• 04. LeopAje (0 badges)
• 04. Mix Juice (0 badges)
• 04. FRONTIER (0 badges)

Round 4: Final Vote

• 01. W1N-C (15 badges)
• 02. Kyunmart (10 badges)
• 03. FRONTIER (8 badges)
• 04. Mix Juice (6 badges)
• 05. LeopAje (4 badges)
• 06. Chouzetsu KawaE (2 badges)

Final Results

1. Kyunmart (108 badges)
2. W1N-C (105 badges)
3. FRONTIER (55 badges)
4. Mix Juice (53 badges)
5. Chouzetsu KawaE (47 badges)
6. LeopAje (45 badges)

Trivia

• Mix Juice's name is stylized as みっくすじゅーす.
• Kyunmar's name is stylized as as きゅんmart.
• Chouzetsu KawaE's name is stylized as ちょうぜつかわE.
• FRONTIER is the only group with 6 rather than 7 members. In order to make it fair, they will receive an additional seventh of however many points they make. For example, if they make 140 points, they will receive an extra (140÷7=) 20 points.

Announcements

• At the concert on the final day, Shiroma Miru announced her graduation.