Too Much Idea

 nagi: i heard that today is your last day in sakurazaka? GAWD I'M GONNA MISS YOU... chuke: i'm very happy that my last appearance is going to be kochi Hoshi! nagi: this is recorded right after her graduation ceremony. what did you do after that? i'm sure you must have felt free chuke: i ate the largest cake in my 24 years of life. it was like as big as three fists. my mom and the others came to watch, and when i sent them off in Tokyo station, they found this huge cake. and they were like, i should eat it since i have been holding back for diet nagi: seriously, you looked so pretty when wearing your dress! you were a princess airi: i have always wanted to be the princess that i admire, and when i asked for it, they made it as i wanted. for my grad ceremony, a lot of members came to watch. our seniors, genmates, my parents, and there were many of my relatives as well. before the ceremony started, when we were still doing the main show, i found my dad during the last song. i...

 SRC Q You two are from the 2nd and 3rd gen of the group. Please tell us how you became friends? Kira: It happened when Airi-chan joined Sakurazaka46’s variety show, “SakuraMeets”, that I am a part of. As we have more opportunities for a deep one-on-one talk, I’ve come to enjoy the time we spend together even more. Now we are really close friends. Airi: I’m happy to hear you say so (laughs). Q If there are any memorable stories from making the show together, please tell us. Kira: In “SakuraMeets” event, we once performed an original drama that I wrote the script of. I wanted Airi-chan who just joined to stand out, so I gave her a challenging role with long lines. The lines were difficult to remember because it has deliberate repetition of words, but she acted it out in the exact way that I envisioned, which made me trust her immensely (laughs) Q I would also like to hear what Taniguchi-san felt when you challenged those long lines. Airi: I was certainly surprised when I received a ...

 fukumura mizuki (mc): recently sakurazaka held 5th anniv at national stadium, how was it? riko: the moment i stepped in, i was overwhelmed by the number of seats and how big the place is. as we performed, i could see lightsticks shining even in the furthest corners, which made me really emotional kira: i was able to enjoy the performance with such a large number of people, so many that i don't think i will ever meet that much people at once again. it has become such a good memory fuku: and it was a two-days concert, right? how was your stamina? kira: the pathway takes a minute to go through one way, though it changes depending on your speed. since we had to do it many times during rehearsal, i used the chance to play a game where you raise a character with each steps you take. because of that, the character was raised well. that is how big the place is fu: as it was the 5th anniversary, were there moments where you are reminded of your past experiences? riko: 4ki's mamoribito ...

 gonpa: huh! so this is your first since august last year... it felt like something more recent. and this is your fifth time here Karin: is this a lot? gonpa: (among other guests) not little, but not most either Karin: ah, that's regrettable gonpa: then please do aim for 20 times (of guesting)! we are thankful with how you regularly come to visit, at least once a year [...] every time you appear, the fans gave their reaction, and our show also received a lot of mails asking you as a guest Karin: thank you very much gonpa: we received a message from Indonesia too!  Karin: ??? really??? i'm happy to hear that. gonpa: we received such message as well. our staff checks them out, and they will lead to another appearance by fujiyoshi-san like this. now that this is your 5th appearance, both us and fans have learned a lot about what kind of a person fujiyoshi-san is... sorry for asking this, but we'd like you to do the usual 20 seconds self-intro. this would be your fifth time doi...

 nagi explained that she usually wear earphone on one ear to keep track of what the radio staff are saying to her, and after a kochi Hoshi recording she went back to the office first, where she met and converse with 3ki for an hour or so. and at the time, she felt like something odd is stuck in her ear. nagi said it's normal for her to get tinnitus when doing a nervewrecking job, and it usually return to normal after finishing said job. then they are supposed to head to the next job, but nagi's ear still ringing, and she should do something about it before the important recording she is about to do next. at first she thought it might be a bug flying by, and as she looked around her ear suddenly can hear clearly again as something fell off it... nagi: it was a round, rubber thingy... it was the "squishy" earphone thingy (ear tips) from kochi Hoshi! i ended up conversing for 1~1,5 hrs without realizing that it was in my ear. at first i was so surprised that my mind didn...

  hono: we usually interact... wait, isn't this our first time working together? just the two of us? amazing! nagi: it really does feel like "finally!". ever since i entered four years ago, i have always mentioned here and there how you're my oshi and that i respect you... and finally, now i get to do a job with hono-san! hono: you told me that you have always liked me since before joining-- nagi: yes! still do! i still love you! seriously! hono-san tend to ask, "for real?" but i truly still do love you  hono: thank you very much! tbh all these time, whenever someone ask me who my sakurazaka oshimen is, i can't really answer that question... like, how is a member supposed to answer that? but I've come to realize that nagisa-chan IS my oshimen. in fact, i told nagisa-chan about this already, just that i never spoke about it publicly. sometimes during rehearsal i get to watch you, such as during songs that i am not part of, and i always watch nagisa-...

 free to listen in the 15th single special page run: because the title has "lonesome" at first i thought that it's going to be a ballad, or something mellow... ito: but it ended up being really intense lol run: when i first heard it, i was like, "oh... this gonna have an intense dancing" ito: when i first heard the intro, i paused it for a moment... "hold on, this gonna have an intense dancing", then i listened to it again. because the title is in English, i looked up what i means. and the title is also in the part of the lyrics that need to be sing at a fast pace, so it was quite difficult run: because it feels similar to manhole, the first thing that came to my mind was the image of when we perform this in a concert, rather than what the mv might look like ito: i'm sure that it will be exciting run: and that it will def get some fires lol. we also filming the mv while talking about how the buddies will def like it mail: i work with animals, and t...

 renachi: i heard that your junior told you about this radio? rena: yes, my junior, Yamashita shizuki made a solo appearance in this radio. she said she was very nervous, but yamazaki-san helped to expand even trivial topics, and it made her very happy. she also said that you are very kind and has a lovely voice renachi: ah! i'm glad to hear that! rena: i was really looking forward to this day as well renachi: speaking of which, how does moriya-san see yamashita-san, as her senior? rena: that girl is seriously so cute renachi: right, she's like a small animal rena: yeah, she's like a cat. she is one of our azatoi member and I've been able to feel it recently renachi: is this something that she usually does in front of the fans? or just something that she do in backstage? rena: i'm not really sure whether she does this in front of the fans. among us members, we often talk about how azatoi she is renachi: eh? what kind of things does she do to the seniors? rena: like ...

 TMI note: might update again with translation of the fan letters... --- itoha: how does chuke-san sees the two of us juniors? chuke: very cute rika: really? i feel like my feelings never really reach you chuke: no!!! it does!!! both of your very heavy feelings! but i think that the two of you have really grown stronger. i feel that you two have overcame so many things, and you have become able to let yourself take on new things. when things happened and you are feeling overwhelmed, you become able to control yourself too. i can tell just by watching, how the two of you have become professionals. that is what i think whenever i see you two working rika: and do you know what makes that possible? ito: tell her! rika: that is because we have Takemoto yui watching over us chuke: nah, that's not true at all itoha: there was something that made me angry just now. chuke-san just now said that rika-chan was the first junior she speak with rika: sorry, thank you ito: and rika-chan has been ...

Good evening Having finished all my activities as Sakurazaka46 member, this morning, for the first time, the realization that I have graduated hits me; my heart ache with loneliness When I was writing this blog, I was crying while watching ChokoSaku. I got a video call from the members I was happy at how perfect the timing was. Lol They really know Yui well! CDTV was great, wasn't it? The MV was amazing too, right? I'd love to try dancing that too, it's so cool I guess I will be watching the group from the outside like this from now on~ Once again, I have graduated from Sakurazka46. This will be my last blog. Please allow me to write my thoughts on my activities. For the past eight years since the audition, I have spent every day thinking about all sorts of things and being driven by all kinds of emotions, but my mind has always been occupied with the group. But the other members around me are also completely focused in the group too. That is just how much everyone loves Sa...