Igarashi Rika and Nijisanji Peers Spend a Midday Practicing Splatoon 3 Before a Tournament

NIJISANJI — Nijisanji talents spent Wednesday midday practicing Splatoon 3 together, a session of more than three hours that played out on four channels at once: Igarashi Rika’s, Kadou Mikaru’s, Amamiya Kokoro’s and Kuri Eita’s. Rika’s stream was titled as practice with Koshimizu Toru, Kuramochi Meruto and Kisara, and Kuri’s carried the tag #にじイカ祭り2026. Mikaru said the Splatoon cup Mikaru is entering is set for the 7th. The players wrapped up around 3 p.m., Japan time.

Rika’s group began the day still waking up, weighing public matches against a private room before putting out a general call for players. The lobby that formed filled with strong opponents, described by the group as the leading players of their teams. Kuri, whose range of weapons was wide, drew praise as extremely strong. A private room was set up later. The group believed the stronger players were limiting their own weapons, thanked them, and said they were still overwhelming. Thinking ahead to the Dream Match, they wondered aloud how it would go if such players brought their serious weapons and said they were already trembling.

“I can’t be using Dapple Dualies anymore. It’s time to put an end to the playing around.” — Kuri Eita, closing his stream

On Mikaru’s channel, the stream title names the senior who coached as Nagao Kei. The stream opened with a request for viewers ranked B or C to join a private room. The lesson moved Mikaru off the familiar N-ZAP and onto the bomb-centered Wakaba Shooter: use the gun to paint, and roll bombs along the ground toward enemies’ feet. In Tower Control, Mikaru was told to stay in humanoid form on the tower, because squid form is easier to hit, to dance in the direction the tower was traveling, and not to over-paint home turf. A guest later joined to watch, and one of the coaches said Mikaru had grown from a turf-war player into a ranked-match player. Mikaru said that in about two days understanding of the game had changed a great deal.

Around the two-hour mark, the others left Rika’s room and Rika spent the next stretch trying a weapon that was nearly new to Rika. Swinging it upward reached far into enemy territory, Rika said, and a single main-ink-saver slot was enough to keep from running dry.

Closing out, Kokoro said a team practice was planned from 9 to 11 p.m., adding that the previous day’s dance lesson had run six hours, from noon to 6 p.m., with another to follow. Kuri said a team-versus-team match was planned for the evening, around 9 p.m. Rika said the next practice would likely come late at night, with details to follow. Mikaru said a live falls on the 6th, the day before the cup, and said that was no excuse to hold back.