Studio Coast

Yesterday was the Harezora Party event at Shin-kiba Studio Coast. Of course, the event was held on Kamiya’s birthday. It was a very nice day, except for the wind and cold. It was very cold. I arrived at the venue a little after 12 and already there was a long line for goods. It took about an hour for me to get to the front of the line where I bought all the goods they offered, which included a hand towel, mascot cleaner, and bromide set. It looks like they were giving away Harezora promotional posters to those who bought the CD.

Goods

At 2:30, they opened the entrance doors. I was in the A group in the 400s. Got a spot sort of near the front to the right side of the stage, perhaps 6 or 7 rows back. They were playing the tracks from Harezora in the background. For the night event I was in the B group in the early numbers. My friend and I decided to take a spot in the back behind the staff. We were in the center and had a very clear view of the stage. (It was sort of interesting since I could see the staff controlling what’s displayed on the main screen.) When an announcement of the event rules and such came on with Kamiya reading them, everyone jumped. The announcement was played several times before the lights went down and everyone screamed as Kamiya took to the stage.

A spotlight was cast on Kamiya, who was wearing a black and white striped shirt and black vest. The noon event started off with a Q&A in the style of the Doumoto Ichimon Ittou corner from the variety show Doumoto Kyoudai, complete with narration by Kobayashi Toshio who does the actual narration on the show and is also affiliated with Aoni Production. The corner was instead titled Kamiya Ichimon Ittou and Kamiya was asked to do a self-introduction, and there was a quick Q&A, which included the following:

Q: What’s got you excited recently?
A: The announcement of a new model of the New Beetle. I’m wondering if I should change cars.

Q: Tell us a secret that even the Kiramune members don’t know.
A: I recently bought a new bed that was quite expensive, but I’m not very used to it yet so I can’t decide if it’s comfortable or not. My poor (binbou) body is used to cheap beds.

For the night event, it started off in a similar way, except it was in the style of OnTama, another well-known variety show and narrated by Terase Kyouko, again a seiyuu affiliated with Aoni. The corner was KamiTama and again Kamiya was asked several questions.

Q: What kind of student were you when you were in middle school?
A: I was an idiot. I never studied and left all my textbooks at school even though we were supposed to review at home. Make sure you all study and don’t become someone like me!

Q: What gesture done by a girl makes you instantly like her?
A: I like it when girls say, “Iyaa mou~ (Oh geez~)” while lightly pushing me on the shoulder.
Q: That’s certainly cute. Let’s see you face the camera and do it one more time.
A: “Iyaa mou~ Kamiya kun~”
So cute!!!

After the corner was finished, there was an announcement by Kamiya saying he wanted to hear everyone’s voice. When he said “Harezora!” the audience yelled out “Party!” We said it a bunch of times.

Kamiya: The people in the front! Harezora?
Audience: Party!
K: The people in the back! Harezora?
A: Party!
K: First floor! Harezora?
A: Party!
K: Second floor! Harezora?
A: Party!
K: All the girls! Harezora?
A: Party!
K: All the guys? Harezora!
A: PARTY!
K: In a high voice! *high voice* Harezora~
A: Party~
K: In a loooow voice. *low voice* Harezora…
A: Party…
K: In a sexy voice. Ha-re-zo-ra.
A: Par~ty~

There were actually quite a few guys in the crowd! For the last one, everyone hard a hard time saying it in a sexy voice. ^^;

For the next corner, again the lights were off when Kamiya’s voice was heard on the speakers. “There’s someone in this venue whose mind is not clear. Yes, it’s you who’s standing alone on the stage!” The spot light turned on and there was Kamiya standing in the center again.

Kamiya: Who the heck are you?
Psyche: I am Kamiya Hiroshi.
K: What!?
P: I am another you. I guess you could call me your deep psyche.
K: What are you, chuu ni?
P: What date is it today?
K: January 28th…
P: And what day is that?
K: Well, it’s my birthday…
P: That’s right! Everyone’s here to celebrate for you! Yet what’s with that attitude!? All right everyone, we’re singing that song!
K: Sorry everyone, he’s very selfish. Please play along with him.
[cue psyche!Kamiya singing "Happy Birthday" really badly and the crowd singing along while holding back their laughter]
P: How old are you now?
K: 37… Anything wrong with that?
P: When Einstein was 37, he published the General Theory of Relativity. When Tomino Yoshiyuki was 37, he created Gundam! And what about you? You’re totally third class! C-rank! We’re going to find out if you have what it takes to become a real adult. Surely someone who’s reached #2 on the Oricon chart can tell the difference between low-class and high-class, right!? We’re going to determine all this in Mirror World.

First, Kamiya had to find the door to get to Mirror World and knocked on invisible doors.

K: *knock knock*
Door: *knock knock*
K: Hey, there’s someone in there!
P: It’s the next door.
K: Tell me a little earlier, won’t you?
*knocks and opens the next door*
Girl: Kyaaaaaaaaa! Hiroshi san no ecchi~
K: *quickly closes door* What was that?
P: Just some fan service for you.
K: I would have liked a visual.
*knocks and opens the next door*
Inside door: Kokoro no tobira wo hiraite~
K: *closes door* What the heck?
P: That was the kokoro no tobira. KAmiYU’s mini album Link-up is currently on sale now!
K: What’s with the promotion?
P: The door to Mirror World is the one in the back.
K: *knocks and is about to open the door*
P: Wait! …That one’s a sliding door.
K: *laughs and slides the door open*
*sliding door noise*
K: What a cheap sound!

Once inside “Mirror World,” Kamiya was given some quiz questions where he had to determine which was the higher class item. For the noon event, first up was hamburg steak. One was a 100 yen hamburg steak and one was a hamburg steak from a very high-class restaurant. Kamiya ate each of them and you could hear the noise as he chewed. ^^; He said both tasted good and then made his guess. He was wrong and smoke blew into his face, similar to what happened at the KAmiYU in Wonderland 2 event. The second test was calligraphy. He was shown two “一番星 (ichiban boshi)” written in calligraphy. One was written by a professional calligrapher and the other was written by a manager at Aoni, LoL. Again, Kamiya guessed wrong and was blown smoke in the face. The last question tested his ears. He had to determined which guitar was a vintage million-yen guitar, and which was a beginner’s 200000-yen guitar. The melody played was a little part of Kamiya’s song Basil. For this question, Kamiya guessed correctly! The answer was given via video message and it was by Irino Miyu! Miyu kun was the one playing the melody and he talked about a wooden wind chime he bought for Kamiya and showed it, saying he’ll hang it in the green room. Kamiya laughed and said that something like that really was hanging in the green room and that he didn’t need it.

For the night event, Kamiya had to tell the difference between cake, “晴れ空 (harezora)” written in calligraphy, and there was another guitar test. This time he got all of them correct! The guitar melody was really weird and was played by Namikawa Daisuke. Namikawa promoted his upcoming mini album in the video message. ^^;

The next corner was a live reading. The setting was Harezora Cafe where Kamiya was the owner. He was dressed up in a waiter uniform. Sorry, I’m going to skip the story summary. ^^; During the whole time though, there was a professional pianist playing piano arrangements of songs from the Harezora album. They were very pretty.

Last was the live part! The set list included Dual Wing, For myself, Ashita he no Baton (noon), Hello my shadow (night), Ichiban Boshi, and Harebare Heart for the encore. Sooooooo gooooooood!! For the first two songs and the encore, there were a couple male dancers. For all those songs, Kamiya danced with them and there was some kind of choreography throughout the songs. During For myself, the crowd sang the “Oh-oh oooh-oh” parts. During the noon event, Kamiya was pretty out of breath after singing Ashita he no Baton. You could tell that he was quite tired while singing Ichiban Boshi as it really showed on his face. After the song, he ran off stage and cue the chants of “encore.” After a few minutes, the chant changed from “en-co-re” to “Hi-ro-shi,” which was funny. (During the night event, the “Hiroshi” chant started a lot earlier.) Finally the lights went up and Kamiya had changed into a very spring-like outfit. The top was cute, but I have no idea what was going with the bottom half. It was like shorts over black spandex half-pants. Not to mention both the top and bottom were a spotted pattern, which was kind of… yeah… LoL. However the dance for this was incredibly cute, and the crowd yelled out “Viva hare otoko desu!!” and “Mada mijuku mono desu!!” For the night event, during the riff, Kamiya ran around with a smoke gun kind of thing and blew it into the crowd. I’m not sure if it was just because I was in the back and couldn’t get as good a look as during the noon event, but Kamiya didn’t look as tired when singing during the night event. That was a relief.

Overall the event was very enjoyable and I had a great time. I only wish he also sang Mirror World, which is one of my favorites on Harezora. But other than that, he sang all the songs I wanted to hear most. Also there was a project on mixi to sing “Happy Birthday” after the event ended but since they kept playing Harezora in the background, there was no chance to sing. =( This was my first time attending a Kamiya-only event since I’ve never won the lottery for any of his release commemoration events. I hope he’ll have more in the future and at a larger venue where there are seats since all-standing is rather tiring and there’s not a lot of room to move.

Harezora Party was recorded and Kamiya announced during the event that the event will be streamed online in the future. This announcement can also be found on the Kiramune website. Some parts of this report might be a little off and I know I left out some parts since it’s hard to remember all the details, but you’ll be able to watch it all for your self when the stream is up.

Looking forward to KiraFes 2012!!

Project 2012

HAPPY 37th BIRTHDAY, KAMIYA HIROSHI!

Today is the Harezora Party event at Shin Kiba STUDIO COAST. Thank you to all who participated in the birthday project! All your letters will be put into the present box for Kamiya at the event.

Meant to get this started a bit earlier, but Kamiya’s birthday is coming up later this month so let’s show him our support with letters and art! Feel free to spread the word about this project to all your friends and on communities. Let’s try to get as many submissions as possible! As always, the rules are the same.

The premise
Send fan letters and/or fan art to Kamiya Hiroshi to celebrate his birthday. All letters and art will be submitted together at Kamiya’s Harezora Party birthday event on January 28th.

What is allowed
Letters and art only. Sorry, no presents.

DEADLINE
All letters and art must be received by JANUARY 25, 2012.

Guidelines

• Only fan letters and fan art will be accepted.
• Please HANDWRITE letters, if possible.
• Kamiya only understands Japanese, though he probably also understands simple English.
  It is recommended that letters be written in Japanese, but letters in any language will be accepted so feel free to write in whatever language you feel most comfortable. It’s the thought that counts!
• Do not write anything that could be considered rude or too personal.
  ie. No marriage proposals.
• Please draw art on standard-sized paper.
• Keep all art PG.
  Any fan art that I consider inappropriate, such as those with BL tones, will not be accepted.

Submission

• Letters and art will be accepted via postal mail only (no email).
• All letters should be sealed in an envelope and mailed within a larger envelope.
• Art can be mailed as-is without being sealed in an individual envelope.
• Write your name (nickname is OK) and country on the envelope with the letter/art inside.
  If you are only submitting art, please include your name and country somewhere on it. (The back is fine.)
  Please do not include your address, except on the outer envelope you are mailing everything in.
• Please write your email address under your return address so I can let you know when I’ve received your letter/art.

Wanna join?
If you are interested in participating in the project, please contact me (hibiki <at> boyscloud <dot> net) with your name, address, and what you will be submitting (letter and/or art). I will respond with my address for you to mail everything. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thanks!

The annual DGS public recording was at CharaHobby on Saturday. I’ll try to have a report up soon but in the mean time, the big announcement was that the show will have a new opening and ending song in October and a new single, Smiley Time, will be released November 2nd!

At KAmiYU in Wonderland 2 in Osaka on Sunday, it was announced that Kamiya would be releasing his first full album on December 14th! The album will include 10 songs, including For myself and Nijiiro Chouchou. The limited edition will include a DVD and retail for 3990 yen. The regular edition will be 2940 yen. The announcement can be found on the Kiramune website.

Also, if my ears did not fool me, I’m sure I heard OnoD narrating the promotion video for Gundam AGE at today’s Gundam.info stage at CharaHobby, and also as the character Wolf Eniacl! There still has not been an official cast announcement but rumor has it that Kamiya will be in the series.

KAmiYU in Wonderland 2

Sunday was the KAmiYU in Wonderland 2 event at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall with Kamiya and Irino Miyu. It was a very hot and humid day. Got there early to line up for goods but already there was a huge line. It was not fun waiting in the sun. Had to kill some time before the event. Got my tickets from a friend. They were first floor but towards the back. Luckily you can still get a good view even from the back.

When the lights went down, everyone screamed and turned on their lights and cracked their glow sticks. Kamiya and Miyu kun came on stage and sang Taiyou no Sympathy. That got the crowd in it from the get-go. After the song, they talked about summer. Apparently Kamiya feels it’s summer when he sees tons of kid and families on the trains. A sign came onto the screen that introduced the event’s “hosts,” a couple cats named Kira and Mune. They showed some photos of the photoshoot for link-up’s booklet and had Kamiya and Miyu kun talk about them. Kamiya explained that there were over 1000 photos taken. Then they were asked questions and given two choices, A or B. The questions were pretty normal but the possible answers were very weird.

The next corner was “Reverse Theater” where they were given a situation that they had to act out, but they had to do it in reverse. A camera would record them and then play back the footage backwards, therefore starting from the beginning. The first situation was a baseball scene where a pitcher would pitch and the batter would hit a home run. So when they acted it out, they had to start with the batter celebrating his hit and the pitcher on his knees in disbelief. Kamiya acted as the pitcher with Miyu kun as the batter. After they finished, they video was played in reverse. It was funny because the movements would look unnatural. Still, they did a pretty good job and after read the lines for scene while the video played. They also switched roles so Miyu kun was the pitcher and Kamiya the better. The next situation was hurdling. They had to start acting from the end at the finish line and jump backwards and stuff. Pretty funny stuff, and they even put on PE hats like elementary school kids wear. Again the recorded video was played in reverse and they acted out the lines for the scene.

After the Reverse Theater, Kamiya and Miyu kun left the stage and they played messages from the Kiramune family on the screen. Namikawa’s message was the funniest. At first he was all, “KAmiYU Wonderland… In,” and then for take 2 he said, “KAmiYU Wonder in Land,” LoL. It’s amazing how he can sincerely make these mistakes, and I say that in the best way possible. XD

Next was the live corner! Kamiya and Miyu kun changed outfits and came out singing my Proud, my Play!. They then talked a little about recording the mini album and then sang Go the Distance, Sting of Love, Joe Joe Everyday, and Gradation. It was awesome seeing them sing Go the Distance since it’s mostly rap. It must’ve been really difficult. Next was Sting of Love and OMG they DANCED!!! Most of the song was choreographed. IT WAS SO AWESOME!!!! After seeing that, I honestly have a hard time thinking of Kamiya as a 36-year-old. You know he put a lot of effort into this. SO COOL!!!!!!!! After that was Joe Joe Everyday which had a little bit of choreography. They swung their legs in the air and stuff. Very cute. Last was Gradation, which I honestly was very happy to be able to hear live since it’s my favorite song on the CD. I nearly cried. So pretty… ;__; The boys said their goodbyes after the song and disappeared off stage. Then come the chants for an encore.

After a few minutes, Kamiya and Miyu kun returned on stage wearing the event tshirts, except theirs were customized with shiny lettering. They sang Kokoro no Tobira for the encore, and that was the end of the event. I didn’t expect them to sing all their songs. Can’t say enough how cool their dancing was.

The night event was pretty much the same except for the talk corners. The night event was a lot more entertaining because Miyu kun really let loose. For the first corner, in order to test how well Kamiya and Miyu kun get along, they were asked questions and had to come up with the same answer. Miyu kun kept on writing answers that no one would ever think of and it was hilarious because he was so confident with himself. XD Out of like 10 or so questions, they only got 3 the same. Every time they wrote different answers, smoke would blow at their faces. It’s kind of hard to explain Miyu kun’s answers. You have to had been there or watch the DVD. In any case, I, and pretty much everyone else at the event, laughed so much it was tiring. My stomach started to hurt from laughing too much! ^^;;

Next they did the Reverse Theater again but with different situations. First up was a volleyball scene where one would receive the ball, the other would set it and then the first player would spike the ball. As per the rules, they had to act out the scene backwards and the video was then played in reverse to start at the beginning. Funny stuff. The next scene was a sumo one. They had costumes, including mawashi (sumo belt), and fake hair. It was hilarious. XD They had to act out a bout scene, in reverse of course. It was very funny but is hard to describe in words.

There were some announcements during the event. Kiramune Music Festival 2012 will be taking place March 17-18 at the Makuhari Messe Event Hall. This was originally announced at the CONNECT live last week. Next they announced Miyu kun’s second mini album to be released November 9th. Lastly, they announced Miyu kun’s participation in the LisAni live in December 4th at Budoukan. Unfortunately there were no announcements for Kamiya. (Maybe at the event in Osaka?? One can hope.)

KAmiYU in Wonderland 2 will be released on DVD November 25th. It will be sold only at Animate and .ANIME and retail for 6000 yen (2 discs). There is a report for the noon event at the Girl’s OH website.

Jiyuu no HiroC

Unrelated to KAmiYU, but on DGS 226, my gotouchi DGS mail got read! I sent in a photo I edited of the Statue of Liberty with HiroC’s face and the statue holding an issue of SYLPH, and titled it Jiyuu no HiroC (the Statue of Liberty in Japanese is “Jiyuu no megami“/Goddess of Freedom). I was very surprised they introduced my photo. This is the first time I’ve ever been read on DGS, and it only makes it better that Kamiya was the one who read it. =3 I didn’t notice since I was busy spazzing but apparently “自由のヒロC (jiyuu no HiroC)” was trending on Twitter for a while. XD On the DGS mobile website, there is a photo of Kamiya holding a print out of the photo I sent in.

8/7 – Kanagawa
8/28 – Osaka

Details will be uploaded to the Kiramune official website on Monday the 21st.

PS Kamiya apparently gave Miyu kun a yellowfin tuna for his birthday. X3

Update 2/20: The official website for the event is here. The ticket lottery will start on 2/21 at 12PM for the Kanagawa event, which will have two performances.

He turned 36 on January 28. This week’s episode of DGS was part 1 of Kamiya’s birthday special. Two words: Real Hibiki. =) Next week’s episode is supposed to get really crazy. Looking forward to it!

On the day of its release, For myself ranked #4 on the singles daily chart, and then moved up to #3 the next day. On the singles weekly chart, it ranked at #6 with 18,517 copies sold. To get into the top 10 is a huge feat. At the For myself release commemoration event on the 26th, it was announced that Kamiya’s second single will be released April 6th, 2011 and be titled Nijiiro Chouchou.

On the other hand, OnoD’s Netsuretsu ANSWER debuted at #4 on the singles daily chart on the day of its release and climbed up all the way to #2. On the weekly chart, it ranked in at #5 with an estimated 10,205 copies sold. WOW! Kamiya’s For myself dropped down to #29 the same week.

Note that For myself had over one week to accumulate its sales on the weekly chart, whereas Netsuretsu ANSWER had only about a week. Netsuretsu ANSWER is the ending theme to the Battle Spirits Brave anime, which probably gives it more exposure compared to For myself. Nevertheless, both Kamiya and OnoD were able to get their singles in the top 10 of Oricon’s singles weekly chart! Congratulations to them both!

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This past weekend was CharaHobby 2010 at Makuhari Messe. The DGS public recording was on the second day and there were several announcements, the biggest one being the announcement of a DGS movie! That’s right– MOVIE! It will start playing at Ikebukuro Cine Libre starting October 23. An official website for the movie can be found here. Tickets for the special late-night showing on 10/23 will go on sale September 25. While it’s called a movie, it’ll be more like a documentary of the trip to Ushiku for OnoD’s birthday. The video was filmed by UchiP, as usual, and will star Kamiya Hiroshi, Ono Daisuke, Yonaga Tsubasa, and Kobayashi Chanko Chanko. The photo used for the movie website and flier is actually just a random photo taken by the staff. It was not taken specifically for this use, hehe.

The jacket cover for the new DGS single was shown. You can see it on the BinaryMixxRecords website over here.

You can find out the contents of the radio show by listening to it this weekend so I won’t go into too much detail about it. Chanko chan was in charge of the explanations and warnings before the recording, but his “tooth hurt” so he passed the baton onto Yagihashi kun who made his first public appearance, sliding onto stage like a rookie. The maguro (tuna) “caught” by OnoD was a present that Irino Miyu gave Kamiya. It finally became of use, haha. OnoD got kicked in the butt by Kamiya again. This has become tradition for DGS public recordings.

After the public recording, fliers for the movie would be passed out at the Bunka Housou booth. There was a mad rush to get over there. We were squished like sardines and unfortunately they ran out before I could get one.

On the first day, I was near the Bunka Housou booth in my HiroC cosplay and Chanko chan came up to me saying, “HiroC no cosplay da (It’s a cosplay of Hiroc!)” I told him I was from America and he said he kind of remembered me from last year. Whoo hoo! I was watching an event at the Bandai Namco booth when UchiP walked passed me. He saw me and I gave him a nod and smile, and he responded back with the same. =) On the second day when we did an all-nighter to get a good spot near the stage for the day’s events, before doors opened, we were near the glass windows and could see inside the hall. Was near the Bunka Housou booth and saw Chanko chan and UchiP. Chanko chan was walking towards us (though of course he would be going under since we were on the second floor.) My friends and I waved at him and after a while he noticed and waved back. So cute! Saw UchiP at the Bunka Housou booth later in the day and went to take a picture with him. He’s so tallllllllll!!! I asked him about a possible public recording overseas and he said only if it they got permission. Well, at least it sounds like they’re not against the idea! In retrospect, I should have asked him to put the video he takes onto DVD, but then later in the day they announced the DGS movie, so yeah.

At the Bunka Housou booth, there was a small display with Haman Khan, the Yonagappa suit, and Doki Doki Kokan Bazooka. There was also a reader thingy to get special mobile wallpapers of Kamiya and OnoD’s drawings of each other. Apparently there was a problem on the 29th so now the wallpaper is available on the mobile website for everyone and not just for those who went to CharaHobby. The mobile website has also been updated with information about the movie and new single.

During the Oshaberi Station stage with Iwata Mitsuo and Suzumura Kenichi, and guests Irino Miyu and Namikawa Daisuke on the first day of CharaHobby, they announced Kiramune Music Festival 2010. It will be held November 6 and 7th at Makuhari Messe. Tickets are already available for early preorder here. Performers will include CONNECT (Iwata Mitsuo, Suzumura Kenichi), Irino Miyu, Kamiya Hiroshi, Namikawa Daisuke, and Kakihara Tetsuya.

The Kiramune sound drop keychains were available for early sale at CharaHobby at the Bandai booth. I got Kamiya’s on my fourth try. His has three different lines:

• Shizentai de iin ja nai
• Ganbattekou!!
• Kui no nai you ni kyou mo ganbaru ka!

Overall, had a great time at CharaHobby. I also went to the Gundam 00 Supporter’s Gathering later in the day on Sunday. That was fun too, though each event was quite short.

My friend and I were numbers 93 and 94 so we were able to get a spot near the back where there was a step. It was very easy to see the stage.

The curtain went down and there were the usual announcements about cellphones and recordings, etc. It was done by Kamiya and Irino and was very cute. Kamiya pretended to be talking on the phone and stuff while Irino pointed out that the things Kamiya was doing wasn’t allowed.

When the curtain (on which was attached the screen thingy) went up, Kamiya and Irino were on stage doing sitting seiza style. I think the jeans Kamiya was wearing were the same pair he wore for the Seiyuu Paradise photoshoot. Anyway~

They talked about the name KAmiYU and how the whole thing came to be. Kamiya had no idea while Irino knew it all. XD Apparently the discussion came up after Irino’s JUMP event in Yokohama. Possible names for the unit included “Color Ball” and “Thinking Time.” X.D Color Ball because of the colored balls in the JUMP PV, and Thinking Time because all the producers and people were all thinking of what to do. In the end they combined “Kamiya” and “Miyu” for it to be KAmiYU. Kamiya talked about how he wasn’t sure where the accents were in the name, and Irino decided where they would be on the spot. X3

Next they showed Irino’s JUMP PV and commented on it. Irino really liked Kamiya’s performance of full count during KiraFes so he wanted to have trumpets and stuff too. Irino had the people pause during certain scenes he wanted to talk about and for the first one, his face when they paused it… XDDDDD

After, the Sigma Seven duo came out in sunglasses. Yocchin introduced himself as Fujiwara Keiji. X.D He did look a lot like him, LoL. Nakamura looked good in his black vest. They talked about what qualifications they had and everyone except Nakamura had Eiken level 3 (like the JLPT but for English). Unfortunately they didn’t give us a demonstration. =( Next, Irino got to be cameraman. He held a camcorder and acted as director with the other three making up a sentai scene. Yocchin was the bad guy monster while Nakamura was Kuro Vest Red and Kamiya was Kuro Vest Pink. X.D They were the Kuro Vest Rangers because Nakamura was wearing a black vest. At the end Irino wanted to replay it a bit but it turned out he didn’t even record it, LoL! After they had a “first pitch ceremony” where they all threw signed plastic balls into the crowd. Unfortunately the balls were real light so they couldn’t go very far. Needless to say, none came our way.

Next was the Aoni duo. Okiayu and Onosaka came out in yukata! *________* Okiayu’s was, of course, flowery. He kept on saying “curry” as if that was the only thing he could say. It was funny. X.D They had a Balloon Talk where subjects written on paper were inside balloons and they had to pop the balloon to find out what it was. One person would pop it with a needle and one other would have to hold it and was in charge of having a “wahh!” reaction. First up with Onosaka popping and Kamiya holding. Onosaka kept getting closer and closer to Kamiya with the balloon and then popped it. Kamiya was startled and it looked like he was kinda mad. ^^;; The topic was they had to compliment each other. Other topics included secrets about KAmiYU, and I think there was one or two others but I don’t remember what they were.

Next up was the live corner. Namikawa came out and sang a couple songs, Rock Star and Alright!!. He was so nervous when he had to talk. Now I know what people mean when they say Namikawa’s kinda dumb. ^^;;; I have to admit, he’s not really the brightest bulb around, but I say that in the best way possible cuz he’s adorable. X.D He said weird things like “Congratulations on attending KAmiYU” instead of “Thank you for attending KAmiYU.” X.DDD

And then Irino came out and sang JUMP!!! I didn’t know he was gonna sing too. I only expected Namikawa too. As usual, Irino sang very well.

AND THEN Kamiya came out and sang full count!!! Wa~i!!! He was really good, though the performance lacked the pink jacket that will forever be associated with this song. No air trumpet or guitar either. I think his performance at KiraFes left too deep an impression. X.D It’s hard to top that.

AND THEN!!! Kamiya and Irino announced that they sing the song for the Gunpla Builders OVA (see PV with the song over here) and it’s not only one song, but TWO!!! And they sang BOTH songs!!! First was My Proud, My Play (the song in the PV) and then Kokoro no Tobira. Both songs are really good and Kamiya and Irino’s voices go well together. Can’t wait for a single release! (There better be one!!)

Lastly, they had all the guests come back out. Okiayu and Yocchin were carrying the KAmiYU tote bags. It looked a little too fitting with Okiayu’s yukata. XDDD Streamers were blast out and like at KiraFes, they had star cutouts come down from the ceiling. I swear one of them was signed or something! Either way, something was written on it while all the others were blank. I’m pretty curious.

KAmiYU was a really fun event and it will be released on DVD, but only sold at Animate and .ANIME. It’ll only be about 200 minutes so my guess is that they will only include one of the events and not both, since the event was a couple hours.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that during the talk session with Okiayu and Onosaka, Kamiya had a huge laughing fit. He literally couldn’t stop laughing/giggling for at least 5 minutes. And you know how his voice gets all high when he really laughs? Yeah, it was ADORABLE. Irino also announced that he’d be releasing his first full album in October.

EDIT2: Read reports of the night event and dude!!! NO FAIR!!! For the PV commentary, they showed my diary. Kamiya was apparently told that his leg hair was too thick and to do something about it by the staff. XDDDDD He has nothing but Toppo inside his fridge…. >__>

And they announced the newest member of Kiramune!! KAKIHARA TETSUYA!! He came out on stage too!! Dude!!! Why didn’t they announce this during the noon event too? That’s so unfair. ;__;