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Posted on February 1, 2009 in New band

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After spending more time than I ever care to admit trying to find out more about this band,  finally have a new band to introduce to you: 御主人様専用奇才楽団 -Virgil- (Goshujinsama Senyou Kisai Gakudan; The Genius Band Exclusive to the Lords – Virgil -).

We’ll just call them Virgil for short.

They recently began, and most of their OHP is not available. It took me forever to realize if you click on the door, you can view the member’s profiles. They are a five member band with quite a story:

The Legend of the Genius Band
Narrator: Ichijou Kazuya

This story takes place a mansion in a certain country
At this large estate, five stewards who possess specialized powers, are pledging allegiance to the Lord (of the estate).

When it becomes night,
By the Lord’s decree, they entertain through a musical performance

The people call this band,
御主人様専用奇才楽団 -Virgil-

There are no photos available on their site (although, I must say the design is quite nice), but each member has their own story written in their profile. As this band seems to be really into their theme, I’ve translated each story.

Everything except bass : R (CV: ロア健治 (Roa Kenji))
Charge of: Bringing together all the stewards
Coming from the Soumoto department of stewards in a certain country, he is an “older brother type all-purpose steward” who aside from bass, handles the other instruments, and has the special power of singing melodies which he can create in the blink of an eye.
His tone of voice changes freely, and he can speak in various voices from that of a child, to that of an aged person.
He is skilled in tarot, and is an exclusive fortune teller to the Lord, reading the past and future.
Handling various contests, he was is a high achiever who graduated at the top of his steward school.
By order of the Soumoto department of stewards, he formed an exclusive genius band.
Now, in the legend of the genius band, he will take on the storyteller role.

Guitar:  D (CV: 堀川りょう (Horikawa Ryou))
Charge of: Scheduling
Body Guard
The first heir to the throne in a certain country.
Due to bad behaviour he was expelled from his country, and at his father’s friend R’s side, began studying the ways of the lords to be.
R scouted him to be in his genius band, and gave him a guitar, which he progressed quickly in and attained the position of guitarist.
However, as a Prince, he was taken care of every day, and he therefore cannot take care of anything himself.
But he is strong in a fight.
Using that strength, he took the role of the body guard.
Furthermore, he is always fussing over time (he always carries his pocketwatch), and is in charge of scheduling.

Guitar, Vocals:  H (CV: x x x)
Charge of: Tutoring
A genius with an IQ of 300, he was sent from the Soumoto department of stewards of a certain country.
With the use of a scepter from Jerusalem (that contains fescue grass) and the philosopher’s stone, he is a puppet of sorcery.
Using a variety of magic, he is also playing a little guitar with his magical power producing the sounds.
He revels in his profound interest of learning about the world, is attracted to every piece of learning data, and has created his own collection.
Why is he so interested in learning? That is still something no one knows…

Bass:  Z (CV: x x x)
Charge of: Cleaning, laundry
He is the beautiful boy that appeared before R, who was looking for a budding charge.
Having only three months experience, he is a novice steward, however, he has been entrusted to cleaning, laundry and bass, against his will.
Being an extremely clumsy boy, and even though he’s only cleaning and washing, for some reason or another every now and then he causes an explosion.
Because he is a budding charge, he always wears cute costumes, but in reality he begrudgingly wears them (Finally, praised by everyone, his mood (about it) increased x 2 when he participated in a concert). He’s a hopeless steward who is always worrying about his black cat Ena, who he has somehow become emotionally attached to.

Drums: T (CV: 坂野茂 (Sakano Shigeru))
Charge of: Cooking, Sommelier
Bar tending
As he has a natural gift for cooking, he was scouted by the leader of stewards, R, for the genius band.
Because of his keen sense of smell, he not only possesses the temperament of a chef, but also of a sommelier.
Studying cocktails, he is a rhythmic genius who can see through the fast beats of the palpitations of alcohol (there a paper thing difference within them).
He has an innocent personality, and brimming with curiosity, he without malice, boldly touches things that he’s told not to touch.
He is often scolded by D.
However, because he is so docile, D cannot hate this good guy.
As far as being a drummer, he ranks number one.

So who are the members, exactly? Well as far as I’ve found, vocalist R is Roa Kenji who was formerly the drummer for wyse, vocalist for CODE and support drummer for ALiBi. Z is ゼクス (Zekusu) who was previously in 電脳ロメオ (Dennou Romeo) and ホテルシニガミ (Hotel Shinigami). And finally, H is HAKU who was in ANUBIS and IZABEL VAROSA.

It seems like they’ve put a lot of effort into carefully planning everything, so I’m excited to see what they look and sound like! Hopefully they won’t keep us waiting long!

Source: vkdb, OHP, Kenji’s Blog, Zekusu’s Blog, Haku’s Blog

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3 Responses to “御主人様専用奇才楽団 -Virgil-”
  1. Hiru says:

    wow exciting!! Haku and Zekusu!! *dances*

    Gives me an impression of a cosplay band xDD Can’t wait to know more about them!

  2. Shane says:

    This band looks pretty cool. There are so many new bands to check out! it’s hard to keep them all straight.

    • Adrienne says:

      I can definitely agree with that! Hopefully all these new bands will start releasing things soon, so everyone can get a feel for who they’re into and who they’re not.

      I really like Virgil’s story though, I think it’s cool when bands go to such detail like that, haha.

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