The Chika Dance is popular because it’s catchy, uplifting, and a great display of animation. The dance, referred to as the Chika Dance, is a dance by Chika Fujiwara from the ending scene of Kaguya-sama: Love is War episode 3.

Two key reasons why the Chika Dance went viral are because

1. It instantly elevates your mood
2. uses a cool animation technique called rotoscoping, which makes Chika’s movements very realistic.

Behind the Scenes of Chika Dance

The animator who is mainly responsible for animating this dance is Naoya Nakayama. Nakayama used an animation technique called rotoscoping for this scene.

Rotoscoping is an animation technique that trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action. This was a very hard task for the animators considering the amount of movement in the dance.

Another person that deserves credit is choreographer Nagisa Sugao.

Sugao is the one who came up with this fun dance. She acted the entire scene herself, wearing a school uniform and a wig.

Alot of the budget probably went into the animation of the Chika dance and it was definitely worth it. The animators put alot of effort into this dance and it’s great see their work get noticed.

Who is Chika Fujiwara?

Chika Fujiwara is the student council secretary of Shuchiin Academy. She is very cheerful and free-spirited. She isn’t afraid to speak her mind and is very open about being herself. She is the consistent X-factor of the series who always ends up somehow interfering with the main duo’s carefully thought-out plans.

She plays the straight man in the comedy routines and gags. Fujiwara is usually the stand out and funniest character.

She comes from a notable political family (her great-grandfather was a prime minister, her uncle is a government official, and her mother is a diplomat).