Morfonica

Morfonica is a Japanese all-female rock band that is part of Bushiroad's media franchise "BanG Dream!". Formed in 2020, the group's members portray fictional characters in the project's anime series and mobile game "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!" in addition to performing their characters' respective instruments in live concerts.
The band consists of Amane Shindō (vocals), Hina Sugata (guitar), Yūka Nishio (bass), Mika (drums), and Ayasa (violin). In the game, Morfonica is represented by five first-year students at the prestigious Tsukinomori Girls' Academy: Mashiro Kurata (Shindō), Tōko Kirigaya (Sugata), Nanami Hiromachi (Nishio), Tsukushi Futaba (mika), and Rui Yashio (Ayasa).
Of the seven bands in "BanG Dream!", Morfonica is one of four whose members perform their own music during live shows. 
History.
Morfonica's formation was announced on 1 March 2020 during the franchise's live stream "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! @HHW CiRCLE Live Broadcasting Pre-3rd Anniversary Special". The band is the seventh in the franchise and the fourth that performs in live concerts after Poppin'Party, Roselia, and Raise A Suilen. Morfonica is the only group in the project with a violinist, which was conceived by "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!" developer Craft Egg to differentiate them from the others.
During the stream, a music video for their song "Daylight" was broadcast; the video was animated by the "BanG Dream!" anime's studio Sanzigen. A live-action music video and an introduction clip starring the voice actresses were released four days later. The Morfonica-centric weekly YouTube show "Morfonical", hosted by the band's members, began airing on 24 March.
On 13 May, Morfonica was named Tower Records' recommended artist of May 2020. "Daylight" was released as their debut single two weeks later on 27 May. The single sold over 15,000 copies in its first week, and peaked at second on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. In June, the "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Cover Collection Vol. 4", a series of cover songs by Morfonica and other bands in the franchise, topped Oricon's Weekly Albums Chart with 2,231 sales in the opening week.
The band's first concert, Special Live ~Summerly Tone♪~ at the BanG Dream! 8th☆Live Summer Outdoors 3DAYS alongside Poppin'Party and Pastel＊Palettes' Ami Maeshima with Raise A Suilen, took place on 23 August at Fuji-Q Highland Conifer Forest. Morfonica was the first of the three acts to perform, playing five songs. Cantabile, Morfonica's maiden standalone performance, was held on 7 October at Tokyo Garden Theater. The live featured 12 songs, including the two from the "Daylight" single and four cover versions of popular anime theme music.
Morfonica's second single "Bloom Bloom", which was revealed during Cantabile, was released on 13 January 2021. The group held a "Friendship Live" concert with Poppin'Party, known as Astral Harmony, on 23 February at Yokohama Arena. During Astral Harmony, the band announced a second standalone show titled Andante scheduled for 21 May at Zepp Haneda. Morfonica will also perform alongside Raise A Suilen at the BanG Dream! 9th☆Live, subtitled Mythology, on 4–5 September at Fuji-Q Highland Conifer Forest.
In-universe band.
In the anime and game, Morfonica is a band of first-year high school students at the prestigious Tsukinomori Girls' Academy. The group is formed by Mashiro Kurata, a new student who struggles to fit in with her more accomplished peers, after attending a concert by Poppin'Party and the other major bands. Morfonica is a portmanteau of "morpho", in reference to their goals of changing themselves for the better (a metamorphosis), and "symphonic", alluding to their use of a violin.
The band makes its anime debut in the 2020 spin-off series "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ Pico ~Ohmori~". Morfonica's characters first appeared in "Girls Band Party!" in the main story's second season in 2019, and were formally added as a group during the third-year anniversary on 15 March 2020 and later worldwide in 2021.
Discography.
, Morfonica has six original songs.