Asahi Town Ouendan

The Asahi Town Ouendan (otherwise known as The Encouraging Nobility or the Blue-ndan) is an oendan that serves the citizens of Asahi Town in Tokyo Japan. It appears in Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2.

Overview
The Asahi Town Ouendan is the rival of the Yuuhi Town Ouendan in terms of not just colors, but also personality. Male members of this team wear blue gakuran and white bands, while female members are part of its Cheer Maidens subdivision, sporting red cheerleader attire and blue pom-poms. There are eight known members in all, comprising of five male oendan and three Cheer Maidens. Like their rival, this Ouendan always sends three team members to a mission, comprising of one leader and two backup dancers. According to Ouendan 2 's sixth act, the Asahi Town Ouendan are known to take a calm and cool-headed approach to problems, in contrast to the Yuuhi Town Ouendan's hot-blooded passion. They even have their own boat and a space shuttle.

Members

 * Shinta Kikuchi (Rookie)
 * Hayato Saionji (Leader)
 * Kaoru Kiryuin (President)
 * Tsuyoshi Moriyama & Kenshin Sugita (Back-ups)
 * Rin Shirosaki (Head Cheer Maiden)
 * Honoka Kawai & Reika Minazuki (Back-up Cheer Maidens)

History
The Asahi Town Ouendan was established some time after the destruction of a dangerous comet through the efforts of the Yuuhi Town Ouendan and fellow citizens. Their first known assignment was to use their cheering and dancing skills to help a struggling female choir club called the Versailles return to form. After that, the Ouendan answered distress calls for help from people struggling with their jobs, as well as one from a werewolf trying to keep a human girlfriend. In the course of their duties, they occasionally encounter the Yuuhi Town Ouendan and exchange confrontational looks with them.

One rainy day, the Asahi Town Ouendan are seen taking care of a cat by their rivals. Not long after that, they are then called to respond to the death of Rina Shiratori, the older sister of figure skater Mana Shiratori, and help Mana cope with her death and achieve the same level of success Rina attained in memoriam. Shortly after that, the Ouendan are then called by three housewives of the national idol JIN2 to help them defeat the Moo Moo Gangster Group, which has kidnapped him. A new extinction-level threat then emerges as the sun inexplicably runs out of fuel, plunging the world into another ice age. The Ouendan cheer citizens to safety along with the Yuuhi Town Ouendan and are about to be crushed by a huge chunk of ice among the many dangerous ones descending from the sky, before their rivals push them out of the way and are crushed in their stead. The Asahi Town Ouendan, along with everyone both Ouendans have assisted, then chant "Ouendan" to free their rivals and the two teams finally work together to rally everyone to generate a blast of kiai (spirit) energy to restart the dying sun and allow life on Earth to continue as usual.

Trivia
The Asahi Town Ouendan's emblem appears to closely resemble the Elite Beat Agents badge, as both share an overall shield-like shape. a laurel wreath and three Latin letters.