Too Much Idea

  matsu: i think of Yamashita shizuki-chan  someone with nerves of steel, she's reliable. she was entrusted with being the title song center for two times in a row, and i never really seen her struggling with it. of course, she might have just been hiding it from me, though perhaps you were thinking a lot on your own or relying on someone else for it, and like... it's totally fine if you'd like to rely on me as well... but yeah, that is just how reliable you seem to me shizu: ehh~ thank you very much... matsu: you doesn't see yourself that way? shizu: oh no, i do think i'm reliable. ofc. but i think that the fans doesn't think of me in that way matsuri: you're a klutz like... being unable to do the things that you claim you can. but when we work together, i do think that she is reliable matsu: so, if we were to form a pair... what point of similarity do we have? shizu: i think that we are quite the opposite. matsuri-san is tend to be indecisive, for exam...

Source Q From here on I would like to ask regarding your activities in Sakurazaka46. It has been three years since Matsuda-san was selected to be the captain in November 2022, but how do you look back to your days as a captain until now? Matsuda: When I first succeeded it from the first captain, Sugai Yuuka-san, I felt afraid to be compared because Sugai-san was so great; there was a huge pressure to “properly do it”. I often cried from pressure before and after a concert, where I am frequently entrusted to lead the MC sessions. There were times when I was unable to properly convey what I needed to as a captain through MC, and it made me feel down. Because of that I didn’t have the confidence to say “I’m the captain”, and my first year was truly filled with many worries. But as I had more opportunities to speak publicly and gained experience, I started to slowly have confidence from my second year. Q These days you are used to leading MC session even during concert, but I see that you ...

 RAW + PICTURES Before she entered Sakurazaka46, Takemoto-san was a 2nd year high school student who enrolled in a preparatory school and studied hard for her university exams. ”I stayed in school after-class to study. But at the time, I was mostly following what my parents said and aiming for university. Many students around me have already decided which university they want to go to from the 1st year. But I was studying without having a clear dream or goal, and that really made me feel frantic. Every day I would pore over the thick book of the list of universities to find out which to apply to. As I continue to unable to decide, I thought “This is the only thing that I like right now” and applied for Sakurazaka46 (Then Keyakizaka46) audition, that I was a big fan of”. Just about the same time as she passed the audition, she also decided to go to university. ”My parents have been supporting me greatly in my studies such as sending me to cram school since elementary school and taki...

SOURCE (With pictures) [Note: This is NOT a full interview. I skipped here and there, which will be marked] Q Once again, nice to meet you today. Before the photoshoot, Hasegawa-san said, “This is the most nervous I ever felt”, didn’t you? Hasegawa: That’s right. I mentioned it earlier, but I reaaaaaaally like Morita-san. I never thought that I’d be able to take pictures with her (laughs). I never thought that (the photographer) would tell us to move our faces closer, even though we are already at such a distance, and so I had no idea what I should do Q You’ve mentioned it publicly for a while already, right? Hasegawa: There was a time where I mentioned it for a bit on my radio . Quite a number of my fans are also fond of Sakurazaka46, and there are times when, for some reason, they give me Morita-san’s pictures. With this “Feel free to take this” vibe, they included it in their fan letters (laughs). So I’m sure that my fans who like Sakurazaka46 will be very pleased with this intervie...

4TH GENERATION Konomi: Inoue-san, please allow me to speak as the representative of 4th gen! First of all, congratulations on your graduation! And thank you for your hard work in the past ~ 7 years. It's only been 8 months since 4th gen has joined the group, which is just a short time in Inoue-san's idol career, but we are very happy to have been able to work with you.  This Summer, we were able to join tour for the first time, and even though I am bad at initiating conversation, we were able to take two-shot for the first time together. When I told you, "I feel lonely”, you replied "I'm still here" with your usual smile. Even now, I still remember that smile of yours. While there is a side of myself who wished that time could last forever, if I were to say what I truly feel, I do feel very lonely... but so that 4ki can one day become a support for Sakurazaka, the group that Inoue-san has so carefully brought up... we will keep within our hearts the important...

 Everyone, are you having fun? [Wooo] Thank you very much! Everyone's... Inori? Inoue? Which one was it again? [Inori! Inoue!] Inori? Inoue? Well, both of them were there! Thank you very much for your loud (encore) calls. It made me very happy! Thank you very much for dyeing it blue too, which is my lightstick colors. From here on, I would like to speak to all of you. First of all, truly thank you for coming to, for watching the stream of Buddies Kanshasai EXtra 2025 and Inoue Rina Graduation Ceremony. It is truly such a happy thing to be able to show my last figure as an idol in this wonderful way, and I am truly grateful for it. And with this ceremony, many of my selfish requests and the things that I wanted to do has been made true, truly, thank you very much to the members and staff. As for something personal... I joined this group seven years ago, but I was just an ordinary high school girl you can find anywhere.   watching my seniors on TV, their MV, their performan...