On New Year's Eve, Shinichi Iwahashi put on a giraffe hood and participated in the Red and White Song Festival as usual.
Since their debut, they have performed at the Red and White Song Festival every year. The band still has such a record to maintain. In the past few years, the band has appeared in the second half of the prime time. This year, when the record company staff sent an invitation to the Red and White Song Festival
, Miwa-chan discussed with Nakamura-san and Iwahashi Shinichi and put forward the condition that "she will appear as the opening singer and leave after the performance."
Of course the reason for making such a suggestion was to take care of Akina Nakamori. The two teammates were very considerate. After reaching a consensus, Miwa-chan would directly make the final decision.
Shinichi Iwahashi was moved in his heart. Before he could say anything, Miwa-chan raised her tail proudly and could only say "You're welcome" to him with her hands on her hips.
This kind of virtue made Iwahashi Shinichi speechless.
Nowadays, the band can directly negotiate with NHK to decide the order of appearances. They no longer have to stay in the venue until the end until the results are announced, and perform happily to the music of "Hotfly".
The band was able to finish work early this year. Miwa-chan invited her parents to come to Tokyo. As soon as the performance was over, she left for Kyoto to celebrate the New Year. Nakamura brother, as always, spent New Year's Eve in his hometown in Tokyo. The ease of Tokyoites was fully reflected in this moment.
Shinichi Iwahashi married a Tokyo wife, and it was considered leisurely.
This year, Akina Nakamori was pregnant with Rokko, so it was inconvenient to go to the New Year shrine where there were so many people. After the band performance, Shinichi Iwahashi returned home, and she and Kenta greeted him in front of the entrance.
"The person who was on TV just now appears in front of me all of a sudden." She happily said childishly, "Isn't it amazing?"
This description is like the kind of variety show that randomly visits ordinary people's homes.
Looking like this, she was still the child from the shopping street. She took Shinichi Iwahashi's hand and walked to the living room, and suddenly said: "Shinichi's hand is warm."
Iwahashi Shinichi suddenly understood her mood as she waited for him to come back.
It was just a couple and a puppy, and they spent New Year's Eve peacefully and warmly. Akina Nakamori took the remote control and switched channels back and forth. She watched the Red and White Song Contest for a while, and then switched to the Record Awards.
Since her debut, this is the first time she has spent New Year's Eve at home. Whether it is the stage of the Red and White Song Concert or the Record Awards, they are all very familiar to her. Now, she is completely as an audience member.
, watching familiar or unfamiliar singers and artists take the stage, and from time to time I would ask Shinichi Iwahashi who a certain newcomer he didn't know was.
As soon as she watched TV, she would chatter non-stop.
This year's Grand Prize was awarded to ZARD's "Don't Give Up". This single was released at the beginning of the year and sold steadily for a year, setting a record of three million copies and firmly occupying the top spot on this year's annual single chart.
Even the phrase "Don't admit defeat" has become a buzzword this year.
With such momentum, it is certainly well-deserved to receive the grand award.
However, there is Komuro pop that has taken the world by storm this year. The single produced by Tetsuya Komuro for Ryoko Shinohara is less than 100,000 copies behind ZARD on the list. The success of this single opened the door for Tetsuya Komuro to lead the way.
The era of fashion.
Between these two teams of evenly matched opponents, it is a mystery who can win the grand prize until the results are announced.
This year's Record Awards has this gimmick, and the attention among the audience is comparable to the Red and White Song Festival for the first time in a long time.
When the host announced the name of ZARD, the camera captured Tetsuya Komuro in the audience. He was personable, smiling and applauding the band for winning the award.
Whether ZARD wins the award or Shinohara Ryoko wins the award, GENZO is the winner.
This year is another year that belongs to GENZO.
Shinichi Iwahashi watched the band members walk onto the stage, and Sachiko Kamaike took the trophy at a loss. Through the screen, she could also feel her embarrassment.
On TV, the band performed the song "Don't Give Up" live. At first, Sachiko Kamaike's voice sounded tense, and Shinichi Iwahashi made a casual comment: "Sachiko was so nervous that she was about to cry."
"Because it's something to be happy about, right?"
"As the owner of the band, of course I will be happy." Shinichi Iwahashi pretended to be business-like, but this happy expression made him not pretend at all.
The two of them were watching TV and bickering casually. On the TV, Kamaike Sachiko, who was gradually getting rid of her nervousness, sang louder and louder. It was almost using her own reaction to provide the best explanation for the sentence "Don't give in".
This young woman who had dreams of being a singer, but accidentally fell into the world of photo models, and met Akamatsu Haruko by chance, has now reached the top of her career as a singer.
After watching ZARD receiving the award, Nakamori Akina changed the channel to the year-end comedy convention, laughing at the comedian's show. She was distracted and found her husband looking at her, and asserted: "Shinichi must be thinking about my reaction.
It’s more interesting than the show.”
Iwahashi Shin nodded and cooperated very well: "If you go to participate, you will definitely laugh." Talking nonsense in a serious manner is this man's specialty.
Nakamori Akina glanced at him and really dared to praise him: "Then I will go next year."
"Then next year, let me be at home and watch the people who were on TV just now suddenly appear in front of you." Iwahashi Shinichi's mind was spinning very fast.
Nakamori Akina laughed loudly. She changed the topic and said, "Next year, I will stay at home with my baby."
Iwahashi Shinichi said "hmm" and touched her shoulder. The shopping street kid who was grinning with teeth and claws opened quietly returned to his side.
Exposed to the calm and warm New Year's Eve, Shinichi Iwahashi once again felt a fresh sense of anticipation for this upcoming little life.
The calmer and warmer the moment, the more eager to hear more sounds. The cry of a baby, or the laughter of a child.
The first day of the first lunar month was a sunny day.
In the afternoon, Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori went out for a walk. The sun was just right, and it even felt like early spring. They walked to a small shrine nearby, and the two of them worshiped here.
Shinichi Iwahashi opened the signature, and it was Xiaoyoshi. He turned around and saw Akina Nakamori's head leaning towards her, and asked the curious kitten: "What is your signature?"
She showed the signature in her hand: "Same as Shen Yi's."
"Two small good fortunes are a great good fortune."
Iwahashi Shinichi commented seriously. Nakamori Akina laughed at him: "It's like a cold joke that only dad would tell."
To a certain extent, it can be regarded as a family that does not enter the same house.
On New Year's Eve this year, the two did not go to Chieko's place to celebrate the New Year. Nakamori Akina called her mother, and the couple congratulated her on the phone for the New Year. The family in Shizuoka did the same thing, and only made one phone call. This year's
In the first month of the year, only Narita Hiroyuki made jokes about praising his father-in-law. This fact made Iwahashi Masaaki quite disappointed.
The leisurely day passed, and on the second day, guests started to visit one after another.