Suzuka Nakamoto

The American fans really know how to have fun.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

I would describe our concerts as pretty intense.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

British fans are very warm-hearted.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

We are pioneers of creating a new genre of metal.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Eating good food energizes me.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Gabrielle Aplin is one of my favourites.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Yuimetal has been someone very special to us.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Here in America when people love something they really love something, and they show it.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

There's no-one in particular that we look up to, because we strive to be something that's never gone before.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

The theme of 'Karate' is about fighting yourself to break down barriers and move forward.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

There's a shift and a change in how we've matured to becoming adults. 'Elevator Girl' represents our maturity.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

It's always fun to see fans getting into the rhythm, enjoying our performance, and seeing them sing along with us!

— Suzuka Nakamoto

We want to gather everyone together as one, transcending any barrier of language and culture.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Our sound is really hard metal but looks cute, and in some parts of the song the lyrics are really cute.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

We are aiming to create a one and only new music genre that exceeds the limits of pop and metal music.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

In the 'Doki Doki Morning' video, there were lots of parts where we weren't dancing. It was just, you know, our faces.…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

We've taken Japan's 'idol' music genre of pretty girls singing and dancing and added 'kawaii metal,' which is totally new.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

We never imagined ourselves in this unbelievable situation that we're in today such as having concerts all over the world and we…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Through our concerts and tours, we learned that our music is capable of bringing people together, breaking borders and genres. To symbolize…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Babymetal's music is something that no artist has attempted in the past, uniting people as one by crossing language barriers and national…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

A collaboration with Rob Halford, the 'Metal God,' has always been my dream. I never imagined that dream would come true!

— Suzuka Nakamoto

The American audience has always without fail shown us very real emotions. We always try to just be ourselves and show them…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

I always put my best into our live performances and most of all it is always important for us to keep true…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

We performed 'Road of Resistance' at O2 Academy Brixton in London for the first time in the fall of 2014. I still…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

When it comes to influences, we are influenced not just by Japanese and overseas metal acts, but J-pop acts too. One Japanese…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Our aim is to bring everyone together through BABYMETAL's music.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

I hope people can come along to see us perform and be like, 'What the hell is this?'

— Suzuka Nakamoto

We feel it's really interesting to see how our music translates to such a broad audience.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

I don't expect for people to like the same things, so I don't feel a need to force people to understand who…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

One thing that brings everyone together are the lyrics. Even if the people singing don't know the Japanese words, they still sing…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

The surprising thing is when we met Judas Priest, they all recognized us. They knew our songs. They knew 'Gimme Chocolate!' and…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

We've noticed that even though we sing in Japanese, our fans study Japanese and sing along with us, and that people who…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Like Muse and Linkin Park, we are also striving to be the one and only to create a new genre called BABYMETAL.…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

We already knew that Glastonbury is one of the largest music festivals. We always wanted to perform here, and it's like a…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

The Fox God created Babymetal by coming to us in a dream and telling the three of us to form the band.…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

There's so many things about Babymetal you cannot just grasp with the sound. The visual has to compliment the sound, the costumes…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

When people saw us for the first time they were just open-mouthed. Then they really got into it and started wearing Babymetal…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

In the beginning, Babymetal received critical comments since the genre was new, but now we have an impression that Babymetal's music is…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

I learned to say 'hello' in German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Indonesian, and Italian - languages of the countries I've visited.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Seeing so many comments on our YouTube channel from people all over the world, even if they don't understand Japanese, made me…

— Suzuka Nakamoto