Before the train arrived at the station, Eriko announced excitedly.
The special train to Yomiuri Land was quite crowded. Manami Fujimura reached out and pressed her daughter's restless shoulders, "I got it~"
Eriko, who couldn't escape her mother's grasp, nodded perfunctorily and went to talk to another person walking with her, "Fuyumi-chan, we have to rush to the Ferris wheel later."
Fuyumi Sakamoto was amused by her high morale and made a cheering gesture, "Okay, I'll rush over when the time comes."
Compared to her mother who always forbids her to do this or that, Eriko feels that her mother's friend Fuyumi Sakamoto is more kind and lovely.
On Saturday afternoon, when school was not in session, Fujimura Manami promised her daughter to go to Yomiuri Land. When she made the promise, Sakamoto Fuyumi was also there. Eriko invited Sakamoto Fuyumi as a matter of course and asked if she could go too.
Eriko, who is seven years old this year, is only a first-year elementary school student.
The year before last, when Manami Fujimura signed a contract with an agency and a record company and came to Tokyo, she left Akita with Eriko. Although her first debut as an enka singer failed, Eriko was not affected. When she reached the age, she was promoted to elementary school on time.
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Enka singers who failed to debut are just ordinary people. However, Fuyumi Sakamoto, who became popular right after her debut, took off her makeup on stage and dressed up like an ordinary office worker, and no one recognized her.
Enka singers are almost completely different on stage and off stage.
"Only when you go out and need to sign, you may be asked." Fuyumi Sakamoto and Manami Fujimura said.
Unlike Manami Fujimura, who debuted under a stage name, Fuyumi Sakamoto is her real name.
However, this name is perfect for an enka singer. Being given such a name at birth seems like it is destined to become an enka singer.
"I'm different. The name 'Manami' is quite ordinary."
Whether it's her real name or her stage name, "Manami" is also an inconspicuous name.
Fujimura Manami and Sakamoto Fuyumi were accepted as disciples by Inomata Kosho at about the same time, and were sent to nagaku master Futaba Yuriko to learn singing at about the same time. The two had a very good relationship.
Manami Fujimura is six years older than Fuyumi Sakamoto and takes care of her like a younger sister and often invites her to her home for dinner.
Probably because the treatment and starting point were different when he was first accepted as a disciple, Manami Fujimura quite calmly accepted the fact that her friend became famous and her own future was unknown, so she dated her calmly.
When the train arrived at the station, Fujimura Manami was worried that Eriko would get lost, so she held her shoulders and walked out. Being unable to get out of her mother's hand, Eriko squirmed around like a wild child.
When she was a child, she went to kindergarten in Akita. The parents of the children in her class knew that she was the daughter of Manami Fujimura and told their children not to play with her. Unknowingly, she developed the character of a wild child.
"However, this time I have to change my stage name again, and I will completely separate my life and work from now on." Fujimura Manami laughed at herself, "Like a waitress in a nightclub."
"Ah!" Sakamoto Fuyumi was startled by her words and smiled bitterly.
Sometimes, she, an older friend, would suddenly say something unintentional that made people sweat. If such words reached the ears of people in the industry, they would definitely offend a large number of people.
However, being so unscrupulous in front of Fuyumi Sakamoto was both sincere trust and unintentional temptation.
"Ikuta-san went to meet with Producer Sakai today, otherwise, he would definitely send us here." Fujimura Manami mentioned it casually as she was queuing up.
Ikuta is the agent assigned to her by Sony.
"I don't like Ikuta-san!" Eriko heard this and turned around and shouted.
Fujimura Manami straightened her daughter's shoulders without changing her expression, "Get in line, Eriko."
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Fujimura Manami's re-debut plan has been formulated for a while, but it has not been officially decided yet.
The new stage name was decided to be Fuji Ayako. When Masato Sakai held a meeting with BURNING, they wanted her to follow Fuji Keiko's route and sing a song of resentment instead.
However, Fujimura Manami's voice is sweet, without the momentum of a resentful girl, and lacks a little of the gloominess of a resentful girl. If you really want to sing a song of resentment, you can't copy the methods of her predecessors.
Although Masatoshi Sakai has a direction in his mind, he is still not sure how to go about it.
His first debut failed, and he had no way out after his second debut. Sakai Masari has handled so many singers over the years that they have never become popular, but he does not feel such a heavy responsibility.
In comparison, the person who cares more is Manami Fujimura's manager Masaru Ikuta.
Masaru Ikuta has been following Manami Fujimura since she signed with Sony. He is attentive to everything about this street singer who came to Beijing from the countryside and is even more considerate than the agent at her agency.
After her first debut failed, Masaru Ikuta felt that Manami Fujimura was in a tight situation, and communicated with Masato Sakai from time to time, hoping to help formulate a debut plan that could turn the situation around. He was so concerned.
This Saturday, Masatoshi Sakai suddenly called Masatoshi Ikuta and asked him to come over to discuss the matter of Manami Fujimura. Naturally, without saying anything, he spared time in the afternoon and went to Masatoshi Sakai's personal office.
As a result, after arriving, Masatoshi Sakai told him that producer Shinichi Iwahashi wanted to invite Manami Fujimura to participate in his planned album.
"Iwahashi Shinichi-san?"
Masato Sakai reminded him, "Ikuta-kun met him once, when you and Fujimura went to the rehearsal room."
Ikuta Masaru suddenly understood and remembered the young face he had seen at that time.
but……
"Planning an album?"
Masatoshi Sakai said it as a joke, "I still want Fujimura to cooperate with the band. I can't even imagine that Fujimura is in love with me." However, he took it as a joke, but he was actually a little moved in his heart.
For what Shinichi Iwahashi mentioned, "Make cooperation with the band a part of Manami Fujimura's re-debut."
"Band?"
When Masaru Ikuta heard these words, he mentally matched the identity of producer Shinichi Iwahashi with the producer Iwahashi who focused on idols and bands in the industry.
I saw that one time, he actually invited Manami Fujimura by name to participate in his project?
"I can't imagine it either."
Masaru Ikuta slowly organized his words, "So, I'm very curious about the content of Iwahashi-san's plan, so it would be great to hear what he has to say."
His curiosity was genuine, he wanted to know Shinichi Iwahashi's plans, and wanted to know if there would be any immediate benefit to Manami Fujimura if he participated in this project.
"Call Iwahashi-kun and ask him out for a drink," Masatoshi Sakai said.
Ikuta Masato watched Sakai Masatoshi pick up the phone, flip through the address book, and dial a page.
