This was the first time for the band to come back to Budokan. Although it is the so-called "sacred place for singers to perform," none of the three of them had any intention of holding a concert here.
Otherwise, based on Miwa-chan's habit of always dishing out the phrase "Because we are DREAMS COME TRUE", the band would have already won the record of "the fastest band to debut at the Budokan".
Having said that, the venue usage fee of the Budokan is too high, and the number of seats it can accommodate is less than that of venues of the same price range. Unless you consider the live sound recording and stage effect, choosing this venue is indeed a venue with more emotions than reality.
When they arrived at the parking lot, the three members of the band followed their manager and were guided by the on-site staff to their lounge.
For a scene like "Once Upon a Time", there is an exclusive lounge backstage. This way, Shinichi Iwahashi, the giraffe man, can have a place to relax without having to wear a hood all the time.
The FNS Gayo Festival has many awards. In addition to the Grand Prize with a bonus of 5 million yen, there are also Newcomer Awards, Excellence Awards, Popularity Awards, and various awards for lyrics, composition, and arrangement.
There are many awards, and the award show lasts for a long time. During this period, you have to sit in the audience and support.
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This year, DREAMS COME TRUE is in the limelight. As the band's manager said, there is "almost no suspense" about winning the grand award.
The awards ceremony began, and the three members of the band sat below and watched the awards being announced one after another, and groups of singers came on stage to receive awards and sing.
The newcomer award is usually the first one, and the grand prize is announced at the end. This routine is applicable to any award ceremony at the end of the year.
And this year, the winner of the Best Newcomer Award is ZARD.
At the beginning of the year, ZARD's debut song was released in conjunction with Fuji TV's September 9th drama. The debut song peaked in the top five of the weekly charts, making it a hit. The singles and debut albums released afterwards were both steady hits, with the highest sales of a single work
It may not be the highest among the singers who debuted this year, but overall, he is the most solid and has the best future.
What's more, the song selected for the Newcomer Award is still the theme song of the Yuejiu drama.
TV stations have their own preferences, and this kind of thing is tacitly acknowledged. As long as they are not so biased as to blatantly put unknown people in front, then no one will particularly investigate whether there is any relationship other than strength...
What's more, this year's ZARD is well-deserved.
The co-organizer of the FNS Music Festival is the Recording Association of Japan. This year, GENZO was invited to join the Recording Association, which also gave ZARD a ticket to win the award.
Only with the admission ticket can you be qualified to participate in the selection. Otherwise, it will be useless no matter how good the band's performance is.
During the rehearsal in the morning, Iwahashi Shinichi also saw several members of ZARD in the venue. The manager and Akamatsu Haruko followed them. The on-site staff held the script and explained to the band.
Unlike the DREAMS COME TRUE trio who had no interest in the Budokan, Kamaike Yukiko and the three musicians still thought that "the Budokan is the holy place for bands" and stood in the venue, looking nervous and cramped. Except
In addition, there is also a hint of curiosity and excitement.
Even when standing with female idols, the appearance of Sachiko Kamaike, the lead singer of the band, is not inferior, and she occasionally stands with Akamatsu Haruko, and both of them have their own beauty.
Such a group stood in the venue and attracted quite a lot of attention. After the staff finished explaining and walked away, not long after, there was even a male singer who took the initiative to strike up a conversation with the band.
Sachiko Kamaike seemed a little embarrassed when she was complimented in person by a male singer she usually saw on TV. Fortunately, the band members usually get along well with each other, so her teammates came into play at times like this to come to her rescue.
It is even more surprising that a beauty like Akamatsu Haruko is actually a staff member of the band. Fortunately, now, ZARD has become famous, and GENZO has also entered the company of the Recording Association, but they did not dare to give it away in person.
The business card was poached.
Not only that, because she was a staff member of a record company, the male singer who came to chat with her couldn't say much to her.
Shinichi Iwahashi stood not too far away and looked at it for a while.
Kamai Sachiko didn’t know that her boss, who was usually steady and capable, was actually secretly pretending to be the male giraffe mascot. The rest of the band didn’t know about this either—it wasn’t surprising whether they knew or not.
Akamatsu Haruko, on the other hand, knew the true identity of the giraffe man very clearly.
At this time, regardless of whether he was actually wearing a vest or not in the eyes of ZARD members, Iwahashi Shinichi himself had no intention of exposing his vest in such a place.
As the only person wearing a hood in this venue, Iwahashi Shinichi was conspicuous enough. The band members had just finished dealing with the male singer who had gone to chat with them, and when they paid close attention, they spotted the giraffe man from DREAMS COME TRUE.
Iwahashi Shinichi nodded slightly and went to Miwa-chan's side without walking over.
"Quite arrogant."
Kawazoe Tomohisa, the most rude person in the band, never misses the opportunity to spit poison at times like this. Kamaike Yukiko doesn't think so. On the contrary, he can quite understand why the giraffe man doesn't come over.
However, no matter what the members of the band thought, no one really regarded the keyboard player as a mascot. Regardless of the fact that this person was also named as the producer of DREAMS COME TRUE, he only participated in song production and participated in performances.
Nothing is easy.
Only Akamatsu Haruko knew who the person under the hood was, and watched the giraffe man walk to Yoshida Miwa. Yoshida Miwa came to him with a smile, grabbed his arm, and said something in his ear.
She never talked too much and told anyone about the giraffe man.
Kamai Sachiko accidentally looked at Akamatsu Haruko and noticed that her expression seemed to have an understanding of DREAMS COME TRUE that no one else knew.
She tried hard to use her brain, and when she remembered, she also leaned into Haruko Akamatsu's ear and whispered, "Haruko used to sit at the representative seat of "Band Paradise"..."
Probably because I met DREAMS COME TRUE early on, and I know some things about the band that others don’t know...
Despite this, Kamai Sachiko had no intention of asking Akamatsu Haruko for information.
Akamatsu Haruko listened to Kamai Sachiko's uncertain voice and looked at her unclear expression. She smiled and said, "I used to replace Iwahashi-san as the representative of the production company. However, I have not sat on the representative seat for a long time.
Already."
After Ikuo Subo's BURNING was released, Watanabe Mayumi and Iwahashi Shinichi left the production team, and Akamatsu Haruko also "graduated" from the show. Not long after, she also graduated from college and joined a record company as a regular employee.
"Speaking of which," Kamaike Sachiko vaguely remembered, "when the show first aired, Iwahashi-san was still sitting in the representative seat."
Akamatsu Haruko listened and said to her, "Sachiko is a loyal viewer of the show."
Kamai Sachiko couldn't help but smile, "I used to be a loyal viewer...but I haven't watched it for a long time." She unconsciously said something similar to Akamatsu Haruko.
The two girls exchanged glances and both smiled.
"It feels incredible." Sachiko Kamaike revealed her lively side when she was surrounded by familiar and close people. "It feels like not long ago, I was sitting in front of the TV, watching the program "Band Paradise", and hesitating about the life of an office worker.
Undecided."
But now, I am standing in the Budokan venue, waiting to win the Best Newcomer Award at the FNS Gayo Festival.
"Will Sachiko's family watch the live broadcast tonight?" Akamatsu Haruko asked.
Kamai Sachiko said "yes" and showed a happy smile, "My brother and sister even called me specifically to say that they wanted to cheer for me. My mother will prepare fried pork cutlet rice and watermelon to celebrate the victory...Would you like Haruko to come too?
?”
"Is that okay?" Akamatsu Haruko was not invited to Puike's house for the first time.
The two girls agreed to go to Kamaike's house in Qinye City later and enjoy the victory meal prepared by Kazudai Kamaike.
Even so, the relaxed atmosphere now disappeared by the time the awards show started and the band was invited to the stage as the best new artist.
Sachiko Kamaiike and her three teammates were surrounded by hosts Ichiro Furudate and Shigeru Rumaki as they delivered their acceptance speech.
"I'm very grateful, very honored." Kamaike Yukiko nodded unconsciously when she said a word. Without paying attention, she added another sentence: "...very nervous."
This sentence was transmitted throughout the venue through the microphone placed at her mouth, and was also transmitted to the audience who were sitting in front of the TV watching the program. However, the casual word "nervous" made Kamai Sachiko appear more vivid.
The male and female hosts, as well as the people sitting in the audience, all responded with kind encouragement. Although Sachiko Kamaike was nervous, she was not rude. While she was trying to speak, her three teammates also listened patiently.
Wearing a giraffe hood, Shinichi Iwahashi sat in the audience, watching Sachiko Kamaiike give an acceptance speech on behalf of the band, and he was very satisfied with her performance.
There is no doubt that Sachiko Kamaiike has found a way to perform on stage that suits her.
Because she is unique and charming, just be yourself.
After a brief acceptance speech, the three musicians of the band each picked up their instruments, and the host and award presenter stepped aside. The accompaniment sounded, and Sachiko Kamaike added her voice and sang the band's debut song "まっすぐに"
…"(Keep going forward).
Once she started singing, Sachiko Kamaike's charm as the band's lead singer was immediately apparent.
In contrast to her previous lack of words, it was her smooth singing voice. The crisp singing voice first made the audience's ears brighten. Then, the band's simple and natural, but passionate performance soaked into the heart like spring water, which will have a profound impression on the band.
The impression also penetrates deep into the heart.
The band's musical quality is absolutely online, and Sachiko Kamaike, a somewhat unconventional female vocalist, also has her own strengths. Putting all these things together, there is no doubt that the band completed a successful live performance tonight.
show.
Of course, the ratings of the FNS Music Festival are not as good as those of the Record Awards, but it is a music program with a ratings of over 20, sometimes as high as 25. A successful performance on the program is a successful advertisement for the public.
Shinichi Iwahashi looked at ZARD on the stage and felt happy for the band. He was also looking forward to the advertisement for cooperation with Fujifilm at the beginning of the year.
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Time passed, awards were given out one after another, and groups of singers took the stage. Sitting in the venue of the award ceremony, Meihejiang became a lot more honest, and only occasionally whispered to her two Zeng Yi.
However, as the awards were announced one by one, and the final grand prize was getting closer and closer, Miwa-chan also seemed a little nervous. She stretched out her hand and tugged at the corner of Shinichi Iwahashi's clothes. But if I asked her what happened, she couldn't
Nothing to say.
"KIRIN~Jun."
"What?"
Such a meaningless conversation made Iwahashi Shinichi feel like he was dealing with a child.
The next winner of the Outstanding Singing Award is Akina Nakamori.
This year, although Nakamori Akina's popularity has declined and her single lost the weekly championship, she still won a very important award at the FNS Gayo Festival as a female idol and even the first female singer.
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During the rehearsal during the day, Iwahashi Shinichi did not meet Nakamori Akina. Even if they did, people in the venue would just nod and say hello.
Seriously speaking, Iwahashi Shinichi's giraffe headgear made him the easiest person to spot in the venue. But it was also this headgear that made him an acquaintance who could only nod and not be able to chat.
In a sense, it is a "venue mascot".
However, the fact that they didn't meet during the rehearsal does not prevent them from knowing that the other will also appear at the awards ceremony tonight.
When Akina Nakamori walked on the stage and Shinichi Iwahashi's performance at ZARD passed, the gods who had walked all the way gathered together again and prepared to support their girlfriends.
Although no one likes the hood once I wear it. No matter whether I am fishing or paddling or I am concentrating on it, no one will know.
But Iwahashi Shinichi naturally felt that it was his own wish.
"Thank you very much for receiving this outstanding singing award..."
Akina Nakamori on the stage gave her acceptance speech.
Since his debut, he has won awards every year, and he is the unprecedented winner of three consecutive Record Awards. He is used to seeing big and small scenes, and he is naturally comfortable at this time. Although he has rich experience in winning awards, he is already his ninth debut.
Although she is a 20-year-old senior, her tone and demeanor are still sincere and reserved, with a pure beauty.
Shinichi Iwahashi's mind flashed through her little animal-like appearance when he was with her in private.
After a brief acceptance speech, the live accompaniment band began to count the beats.
When the music sounded, it was like a switch was turned on. Nakamori Akina's mental outlook seemed to be a different person on the stage. As soon as she started performing on the stage, she was completely different from before. Her whole body was shining with light.
He sat in the audience and watched Akina Nakamori display her talents as if she was born with them. Such a genius on the stage made Shinichi Iwahashi feel that she was beautiful from the bottom of his heart and appreciate her from the bottom of his heart.
Shinichi Iwahashi watched her performance, thinking that Akina Nakamori had more possibilities and potential on the stage.
