ATARASHII GAKKO! IS AN OUTLANDISH, WHIRLWIND, PROGRESSIVE 4-GIRL JAPANESE POP GROUP—CLAD IN SCHOOL UNIFORMS—WHO BLEND PUNK ENERGY WITH ELEMENTS OF POP, ROCK, JAZZ, HIP-HOP, MELDED WITH THEIR SELF-CHOREOGRAPHED, AVANT-GARDE DANCE STYLES. “ATARASHII GAKKO!” MEANS “NEW SCHOOL” IN JAPANESE, WHICH SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTS THE SEISHUN [YOUTH] SPIRIT OF LIVING YOUR LIFE WITH OPEN EYES AND AN OPEN HEART AT FULL FORCE. THE GROUP REPRESENTS A NEW GENERATION OF JAPANESE YOUTH: ONE EMBRACING PERSONAL EXPRESSION AND PUSHING AGAINST TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES. THE OUTLANDISH QUARTET IS COMPRISED OF KAWAII-BUT-FIERCE MIZYU, WILDCARD SUZUKA, GRACEFUL KANON AND FUNKY RIN.