Melochin

Melochin (めろちん) is one of the most popular Nico Nico Douga odorite known for his energetic and cheerful movements. Melochin mainly choreographs to upbeat songs, synthesizing cuteness and hip hop. His original choreography is widely popular in the odottemita category for its cuteness and simplicity.

Appearance & Personality
When he first began dancing, Melochin often wore a Nike cap with a shawl covering his face. Due to his increase in popularity, he does not cover up his face anymore. At present, his most notable attire consists of a shirt, black pants and black tights. He also often wears galaxy-style clothes.

He has a happy and friendly personality.

Dance Style
Melochin's dance style focuses on energetic, jelly-like movements with a sharp pop.

The majority of Melochin's choreography is simple and memorable. His moves are cute style with a hip hop influence. He has shown himself quite skillful in more complex hip hop styles as well, such as within Guilty†Hearts and in his solo choreography for ELECT.

Origin
Melochin's first video, an original choreography of Happy Synthesizer was uploaded onto Nico Nico Douga in December 2010, which became a hit immediately. He also later uploaded an utattemita version of the song in the same month. His choreography for Happy Synthesizer became a model for other odottemita as it was easy, simple, interesting and cute. It is still one of the most popular odottemita dances, with over 3 million views on NND and countless covers by other odorite.

In 2011 and 2012, Melochin created original choreography for "Dancing☆Samurai", "shake it!" , and also covered other dances all of which were well received on NND, with his original choreography for "shake it!" in particular going viral on NND.

Popularity
Since debut, Melochin continues to choreograph some of the most popular solo dances including Kinyoubi no Ohayou and ELECT  in 2014, "Yomosugara Kimi Omou"  in 2015, "Ghost Rule" in 2016, and "LIFE"  in 2020.

Other Activity
Melochin is also occasionally active as a singer and DJ, creating original songs such as "heartful melody" and "STAR RIDER" and producing an album: RE:Melodics Ⅰ. He took part in the NND collaboration for "Blessing" as part of ver.A. He has also collaborated with Vocaloid producers Yuyoyuppe and Hachioji-P, as JUMP UP Boyz!!, creating "WASSHOI ~Oretachi no Kangaeru Saikyou no Matsuri Song~"  and "SHAKE BODY ~Oretachi no Kangaeru Saikyou no Shitsuren Song~".

Dance Units

 * 1) Member of Amatsuki Dancers
 * 2) Member of Guilty†Hearts
 * 3) Ex-member of Three Tama Dancers (三多摩ダンサーズ)

Collaborative Projects
Melochin's most well known collaborations are with Miume, another highly popular odorite. Their first official upload was in 2011, which was a cover of "Panda Hero", which was extremely popular and received over 800,000 views on NND. The two have been creating popular covers and their own original choreography ever since, with "Kami no Mani Mani" and "Yi Er Fanclub (GigaP ver.)"  being two of their most successful choreographies.

Many of Melochin's collaborations are well-known on NND, with his dances with Ry☆, Ririri and Tei☆in! in particular being well received within the odottemita community. His original choreography with Tei☆in! is consistently successful, with their most popular collaboration being "Mousou Zei".

In 2012, Melochin became active in the group Guilty†Hearts along with Miume and Ry☆ creating original choreography, namely to Root Five songs.

Melochin is also associated with the girl groups DANCEROID and Q'ulle, having created original choreography for both groups, such as "Baby Maniacs" and "Carry Me Off". He also has choreographed for the male idol group Panda Dragon creating "Super Nuko ni Naritai" and "Super Nuko ni Narenkatta".

Trivia

 * He is 173 cm (about 5'8") tall.
 * His blood type is A.
 * He doesn't like melon, watermelon, or tomatoes and doesn't eat a lot of sweets.
 * He loves to cook, play games, or play the piano.
 * He likes to wear accessories.
 * He loves the band SOPHIA.
 * His favorite place is inside his futon.
 * He likes every color, especially pink and black.
 * His perfect date would be at home.
 * He doesn't have a girlfriend (updated November 2014).
 * He made a greetings video for the german convention "DoKomi 2015" in which he encouraged the dancers who participated in the dance contest
 * He appeared in Itou Kashitarou's PV for "START".
 * He can play the piano.

Official

 * Twitter
 * Info Twitter
 * Instagram
 * Official Website
 * LINE Blog
 * Twitcasting
 * Facebook
 * Old Blog
 * Chinese blog
 * Mixi