Riot Act
Album art
| Species | Kiki: Peacock bass Yakko: Yellow longnose butterflyfish Nia: Piranha Yanagi: Japanese sea nettle |
| Location | The Splatlands |
| Members | (non-virtual)
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Riot Act is a band in Splatoon 3, added in Fresh Season 2024. Two of their songs, Shifting Stars and No Plan Survives, play in battles, with the former also being used in the Fresh Season 2024 trailer. The band was formed by Kiki of C-Side, recruiting their friends to pursue a musical style more complex and showy than C-Side's while retaining the same level of heaviness and impulsiveness. While the band was initially formed to only play short jam sessions, their sound became a hit with the Splatlandian youth, garnering an extremely passionate fanbase.[1]
Songs
| Fictional band | Song name | Audio sample |
|---|---|---|
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Shifting Stars | |
| No Plan Survives |
Members
English translations of these names are unofficial.
Note: Names of all members except Kiki, name of Ikastagram.
Kiki
- Main article: Kiki
Kiki is the band's guitarist, as well as C-Side's guitarist. They started Riot Act as a side project. While they are a member of two bands, they claim they can make it work in their own way. For "No Plan Survives", they invited Finn Feeder of the Bottom Feeders, who Baker from C-Side previously said he wanted to work with, as if they were trying to get one step ahead of him. This led to a fight breaking out between C-Side and Riot Act fans, which Kiki was unaware of due to being on a ski trip.[1]
Yakko
Yakko, a yellow longnose butterflyfish, is the band's drummer. They are the oldest member of the band. They are popular for their drumming, despite their thin build. They dislike cleaning up and transporting their drums, saying they think about quitting every time they do it. Their unique fashion sense is popular, with their stylings being featured in magazines. A year prior to the release of BancalaWalker, they announced on Ikastagram that they married an actress who is a tigerstriped catfish. Sid from the Chirpy Chips has attempted to befriend them through DMs, but has never received a response.[1]
Nia
Nia, a piranha, is the band's vocalist. They grew up surrounded by music, as their mother is a famous singer and their father is a guitarist. In high school, they bit their homeroom teacher, causing them to be kicked out of their home. After that, they started playing in a band while earning a living by working part-time. While attending their favorite bar, they were enlisted by Kiki to join Riot Act.[1]
Yanagi
Yanagi, a Japanese sea nettle, is the band's bassist. They were working in a music studio when they were recruited by Kiki. They often handle administrative work due to their bandmates' free-spirited personalities. They were once bitten by a drunken Nia, and proceeded to beat them half to death.[1]
Gallery
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Riot Act's album art
Trivia
- Riot Act, along with ω-3 and Hightide Era, are the only bands with known members in the Splatoon series where none of the members are mollusks.
Etymology
The band's name is derived from the name of the historical Riot Act, which has passed into common parlance as part of the idiomatic phrase "reading [someone] the riot act" (meaning to sternly warn someone). It is also a play on the word "act" as used to refer to musical performers.
Yakko's name comes from フエヤッコダイ fueyakkodai, the Japanese name for the yellow longnose butterflyfish.
Nia's name is derived from ピラニア pirania, the Japanese word for piranhas.
Yanagi's name originates from ヤナギクラゲ yanagi kurage, the Japanese name for the species of jellyfish known in English as chrysaora helvola, of which Yanagi's species, the Japanese sea nettle, shares the same genus.
Names in other languages
The name of the band is the same as English in all languages except for Japanese. The band is called their Japanese name in European trailers.
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
O.C.K (オーシケ) Ōshike |
Homophone of 大時化 (Ōshike), a phrase meaning "stormy weather at sea" |
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