LOL -lots of laugh-

This song was composed with a singing synthesizer application software called Vocaloid and posted on Nico Nico Douga in August 2009 by a professional musician named Ken of Hapitora. In February 2010, a dancer group called Danceroid danced to this song and posted the video on the website. Since then, many amateur dancers and performers have danced and posted their videos. All the dancers in the videos wear glasses because Danceroid members wore them in their original video. Below are my favorite videos.

LOL -Lots of laugh- performed by AZ@.TO

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LOL -Lots of laugh- performed by Rw?

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LOL -Lots of laugh- performed by Rinatappo

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Sweet Magic

This song was composed by an amateur music composer Junky and sung by an amateur singer Ron. The video was posted on Nico Nico Douga in April 2011. Within a month, an amateur dancer Satchaso choreographed the song and posted the video. Since then, many amateur dancers and performers have danced and posted their own videos. The song is about cooking sweets while thinking about loved one. Below are my favorite videos.

Sweet Magic performed by Otano Musume

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Sweet Magic performed by Mio

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Sweet Magic performed by Yaeko (Norisuke)

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Sweet Magic performed by Ichi-nen Nijugo-kumi

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Sweetie x 2

This song was composed with a singing synthesizer application software called Vocaloid and posted on Nico Nico Douga in August 2008 by an amateur music composer Dixie. In November 2011, an amateur dancer duo Makoto and Ume choreographed the song and posted the video on the website. Since then, many amateur dancers and performers have danced and posted their videos. The song was inspired by a true story about a high-school girl who fell in love with a girl in the same class at school. That's why both dancers in the video wear a high-school uniform. Below are my favorite videos.

Sweetie x 2 performed by Nicole (Makoto and Guriko)

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Sweetie x 2 performed by Niini and Saaya

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Sweetie x 2 performed by Kozue and Marisu

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Sweetie x 2 performed by Seventeen

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Happy Synthesizer

This song was composed with a singing synthesizer application software called Vocaloid and posted on Nico Nico Douga in November 2010 by an amateur music composer (then) named EasyPop. Within a few weeks, an amateur dancer Merochin choreographed the song and posted the video on the website. Since then, many amateur dancers and performers have danced and posted their videos (To see a variety of the videos based on the original song including the ones performed with music instrument, sung by amateur singers, and danced by 3D-modeled characters, watch this edited video). This song became one of the most popular songs on the website to dance to. Below are my favorite videos.

Happy Synthesizer performed by Ikura (Danceloid)

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Happy Synthesizer by Saaya

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Happy Synthesizer by Mirin

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Happy Synthesizer by Shurin

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832 * Pro

832 * Pro is a female dance group mainly dancing to the songs featured in The Idolmaster (a console raising simulation game). They have posted their videos on Nico Nico Douga.  Below are my favorite ones.

Megaau Toki (When Eyes Meet) performed by 832 * Pro

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Datte Datte Datte performed by 832 * Pro

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Little Match Girl performed by 832 * Pro

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Jibun Rest@​​rt performed by 832 * Pro

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Melancholic

This song was composed with a singing synthesizer application software called Vocaloid and posted on Nico Nico Douga in April 2010 by an amateur music composer (then) named Junky. In February 2011, two amateur dance pairs Nicole and Ty-in danced to this song in their own ways at different festivals and the two different choreographies became popular. Since then, many amateur dancers and performers have danced and posted their videos to the website. Below are my favorite ones.

Melancholic performed by Sasa and Rere

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Melancholic by Mariyan
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Melancholic by Wata

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Melancholic by Mirin

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Japanese Idol Songs

 Many amateur dancers and performers dance to Japanese pop songs performed by female idol groups such as AKB48 and ℃-ute, and upload their videos on Nico Nico Douga. Here are my favorite ones.

Momoiro Sparkling (Pink Sparkling) (℃-ute) performed by Kozue, Sasa, Kurara, Θ, and Pinky! (Click here to see the idol's original music video.)

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Everyday, Katyusha (AKB48) performed by Sasa of Sasa and Rere (Click here to see the idol's original music video.)

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Massara Blue Jeans (Bland New Blue Jeans) (℃-ute) performed by Otano Musume, Ringosu, and Sasa (Click here to see the idol's original music video.) 

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Seishun no Lap Time (Lap Time of Youth) (NMB48) performed by Shoko (Click here to see the idol's original music video.)  

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Koiwa Kitto Kyujosho (Love Will Surely Soar)

This song ("Koiwa Kitto Kyujoushou" in Japanese) was composed with a singing synthesizer application software called Vocaloid and posted on Nico Nico Douga in June 2009 by an amateur music composer named Desumeta. In August 2011, an amateur 3D-CG creator named R.two choreographed the song with a 3D character called Gumi using a free 3D-modeling software called MikuMikuDance (MMD). Since then, many amateur dancers and performers have danced and posted their videos on the website. Below are my favorite ones.

Love Will Surely Soar performed by Yuki and Tomichasu

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Love Will Surely Soar performed by Saaya
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Love Will Surely Soar performed by Ashibuto Penta

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Love Will Surely Soar performed by Konin

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Ochame Kinou (Fukkireta)

This song (the title can be translated as "mischievous function") was composed with a singing synthesizer application software called Vocaloid and posted on Nico Nico Douga in April 2010 by an amateur music composer named Gojimaji P. The song became very popular after an amateur singer Lon sang the song and posted the video on the website in the next month. Soon an amateur dancer Kiako choreographed the song inspired by another very popular anime-style video titled "Fukkireta" and posted the video. Since then, many amateur dancers and performers have danced and posted their videos on the website. Below are my favorite ones.

Ochame Kinou (Fukkireta) performed by Sasa, Rere, and Pinky

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Ochame Kinou (Fukkireta) performed by Asuka and Kyoka
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Ochame Kinou (Fukkireta) performed by Otano Musume, Ringosu, and Sasa

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Ochame Kinou (Fukkireta) performed by Kozue and Mirin

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Zigg-Zagg

This song was composed with a singing synthesizer application software called Vocaloid and posted on Nico Nico Douga in October 2009 by an amateur music composer named Junky. In Novebmer 2010, an amateur dancer duo Fine and Tsuruty choreographed the song and posted the video. Since then, many amateur dancers and performers have danced and posted their videos on the website. Below are my favorite ones.

Zigg-Zagg performed by Apricot*

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Zigg-Zagg performed by Rachel
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Zigg-Zagg performed by Meryukke (Meruru and Yukke)

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Zigg-Zagg performed by Ruko


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Gravity=Reality

This song was composed with a singing synthesizer application software called Vocaloid and posted on Nico Nico Douga in November 2009 by an amateur music composer named Samfree. In December 2009, Minka Lee, who was the member of a professional dance unit Danceroid then, danced to the song in their first DVD. Since then, many amateur dancers and performers have danced and posted their videos on the website. Many performers dance in a maid costume because Minka Lee wore it in the original video. Below are my favorite ones.

Gravity=Reality performed by Wata

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Gravity=Reality performed by Saaya
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Gravity=Reality performed by Konin

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Gravity=Reality performed by Yuki

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galaxias!

This song was produced by a music unit called galaxias! (Kou Shibazaki, DECO*27, and TeddyLoid) and its first video was posted on Nico Nico Douga in November 2011. The unit held a dance contest on the web in the next month asking amateur dancers to dance to its first song galaxias! and post their videos. Many amateur dancers and performers have actually danced and posted their videos on Nico Nico Douga. Below are my favorite ones.

galaxias! performed by Haion!

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galaxias! performed by Mirin
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galaxias! performed by Rw?

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galaxias! performed by Nabodofu

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Introduction: About Nico Nico Douga and Dance Videos in Its Dance Category

[About Nico Nico Douga]
Nico Nico Douga is the largest video and live-streaming social networking website in Japan. It has gained a large membership. It now has more than 25,500,000 members (As of July 2011). The site is very popular especially with the young generation. About two third of the members are in their teens and twenties. More than two out of three people in their twenties have the website account in Japan. Nico Nico Douga also has the English and Taiwanese editions.

[About the Videos in Dance Category]
There are seven categories and 30 sub-categories on Nico Nico Douga. Many amateur dance performers post their videos in the dance category called "Odottemita." There are about 60,000 videos posted so far in this category. The site holds a big dance event called Nico Nico D@nce M@ster twice a year gathering dance performers who become popular on the website.

[About Dance Performers on This Blog]
Frankly speaking, the performance level of the dancers in the videos on this blog is probably not high at all by the Western street dance standard. Most dancers don't seem to have proper dance training. They are not professional either. Still, there is some kinds of cuteness shown in their performances, which characterizes the core of today's Japanese sub-culture. In other words, their main purpose is to show their dances not in a sexy way but in a cute way. On this blog, I only chose young female performers since I like them a lot and I think they represent the "kawaii" (cute)-ness to the utmost extent. (I'd also like to note that they usually dance wearing shorts or underskirt under their miniskirt so that the underwear is not seen.)

Most videos on  this blog are also uploaded on YouTube. I put links on each video to the same one uploaded on Nico Nico.com (Nico Nico Douga's English website) so that one can log on with one's facebook account and watch the video same as the original one uploaded on Nico Nico Douga in Japan. I also made the list of my blog posts in a magazine style on my Scoop.it! page. I hope the videos would make you smile and happy.

Minka Lee

Minka Lee is one of the most popular performers on Nico Nico Douga in its early days. She started to post her dancing videos in December 2008. She once joined an idol dance unit called Danceroid. She still posts videos today. Below are my favorite ones.

Giragira Summer (Glaring Summer) performed by Minka Lee

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Be Myself performed by Minka Lee
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Saikyo Pareparedo (Most Powerful Paraparade) performed by Minka Lee

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Purachina (Platinum) -Shin'in future mix- performed by Minka Lee

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