Game Freak Details Ame Nochi Harejo Weather Systems And Cast
Game Freak is building a smartphone title whose core loop depends on licensed meteorological data rather than in-game timers, and it is taking a club room recreation and merchandise-style novelties to Tokyo Game Show 2026 before the winter release.
Reporting from 2 sources: Game Spark, Inside.
Game Freak opened pre-registrations on September 14, 2026 for Ame Nochi Harejo, a smartphone game that uses Weathernews meteorological data so real-world weather changes play conditions. Players follow Harejo girls and their Kumorin partners. The reveal names six characters and voice actors, including Himawari Hiwatari (Hiyori Kawano), Yuri Amanohara (Minika Kawa), and Izu Shinozuki (Chinatsu Hirose), plus a laundry system that restores soiled Haregi battle outfits. A Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth runs September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe.
The pre-registration page opened a day after the reveal, and the release window is this winter for iOS and Android, free to play with item charges. The game ties its systems to weather data supplied by Weathernews, so sunny, rainy, cloudy, or snowy conditions in Japan feed directly into how a session plays out. Battles involve Harejo girls borrowing Kumorin power to wear Haregi and transform into Haresugata against entities that cause abnormal weather. Dirtied Haregi are cleaned through a laundry system that restores their condition.
At Makuhari Messe, the booth recreates the Harejo Club club room and brings the real Machine Centakky seen in the teaser PV. Novelties include a booklet edited by Rurubu, a themed detergent, and a mini-communication magazine titled Game Freak REBOOT.
- Himawari Hiwatari: CV: Hiyori Kawano; sunny weather pattern; from Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture
- Pon Arai: CV: Yuki Nagano; tanuki Kumorin; Freak: Laundry
- Yuri Amanohara: CV: Minika Kawa; cloudy weather pattern; Harejo Club president at Tenharu Girls' Academy
- Kon Oribe: CV: Ayaka Fujimoto; fox Kumorin; Freak: Clothing
- Izu Shinozuki: CV: Chinatsu Hirose; rain weather pattern; from Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture
- Chuchu Yumekawa: CV: Momoka Tsuji; mouse Kumorin; Freak: Travel
- Nono Tenmiya and Komaun: character pair named alongside the others
- Emma Arian and Butler: character pair named alongside the others
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.