Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 485 485. Group Photo of Three People
This year's Red and White Song Concert, the host of the red group will continue to be Wada Akiko who even Yanqiao's parents think is "a person from a long time ago".

Last year's limelight was over, and this year is still full of glory.

To be able to be the center of the Hongbai Song Club as an outdated old singer all the time requires not only masterpieces and qualifications, but also the fact that she herself and the forces behind her are closely related to NHK.

As for the host of the white group, it is Yuzo Kayama who is known as "General Waka".

If general means young general, Yuzo Kayama is a veteran who is older than Akiko Wada, and his position in the industry is also top-notch.The name of General Ruo comes from the movie "General Ruo Series" that he starred in when he was young.

A total of [-] films have been filmed, and they are very popular. It is a series of films that are as well-known as "Abashiri Bangai" and "The Story of Tonajiro"-the golden age of Japanese films, and I am very keen on this endless series of films.

Before being a movie star, Yuzo Kayama first became popular as a singer. He had already appeared in the Red and White Song Festival in 1961. He was the earliest guitar male solo singer in Japan. Image tailor-made.

In the 60s, the film company promoted the star, which is to use this method of tailoring the image of the actor to let the screenwriters write the script, and then mass-produce films that change the soup without changing the medicine.

So the top student Sayuri Yoshinaga made a bunch of innocent movies, and the rough-looking Takakura Ken was born and died in Renxia movies every day.

In a sense, the reason why Japanese movies are so dead now is that the root of the disaster was planted as early as its golden age.

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The scale of the Red and White Song Club is grand. This year, the red and white groups will face off 21 times. Among them are several band combinations that will perform in one breath. In addition to the busy staff, the entire backstage is still crowded with people.

The groups are mainly concentrated in the white group. This year's white group has changed to a group combat route, and almost one-third of them are band groups.

Genji, who has tasted more and more sweetness on the way of forming a team, sent all groups to participate in the battle this year, including Guang GENJI, who became a phenomenon-level idol this year.

The popularity of this idol group has swept the country. Whether it is record sales or their own popularity, they are well-deserved No.1 this year.

Just because they always wear roller skates to dance on stage, this year, children all over Japan have learned roller skating, and the sales of roller skating have doubled, and the performance of roller skating classrooms has also increased significantly.

If it weren't for Masahiko Kondo's Grand Award scandal that forced Johnny to announce his permanent withdrawal from the awards where the judges decide the winner, this year's Record Awards would definitely be in GENJI's pocket.

They were all teenagers. They had a chance to win the most authoritative music award in their country, but they had to withdraw because of the mistakes of their seniors. The teenagers often said bad things about Masahiko Kondo in private.

As the only two well-known male solo idols in the company, Masahiko Kondo is on the verge of disappearing in the industry, and Toshihiko Tahara, it is said that this year released a hit single "抱きしめて TONIGHT" (Hold me tight, TONIGHT), debut The Red and White Song Club was originally a certainty.

However, from 1980 to 1986, Toshihiko Tahara appeared in the Red and White Song Club for six consecutive years. In 1987 last year, he was eliminated by the Red and White Song Club because he had less activities as a singer who focused on filming and had no popular works.

So, this year, in order to retaliate against last year's Red and White Song Club for eliminating him, when NHK began to announce the list of appearances, Tahara Toshihiko played a pretense and slapped his face, announcing that he had graduated from the Red and White Song Club, implying that he himself did not want to be on the show last year, right? Being dismissed by NHK made it impossible for NHK, who had already appointed him by default, to be unable to step down directly.

Slapping the face is cool for a while, but it will be very uncomfortable without those two brushes.

According to NHK's usual narrow-minded style, Toshihiko Tahara would like to mention a ban, and directly "graduated from NHK" and bid farewell to all NHK programs after losing face to the TV station.

And the spot he vacated was filled by the male fighting group that also belonged to Johnny.

The appearance of the male fighting group made Iwahashi Shinichi have to admire Johnny Kitagawa's vision and business sense in his heart.

The predecessor of this band was formed as early as 1984. In 1986, before its official debut, it had its own titled program.

It is said that it is a band form, but the level is more like a performance in extracurricular activities, an idol group wearing a band skin.

However, although the standard is limited, Kitagawa can feel that the popularity of the band is heating up, and supports them to act as "band idols" before their official debut to accumulate popularity.

Wait until this year, the band will shine in Japan, and they will make their debut in due course.His debut performance was also very good, winning the championship in one fell swoop.If this is not the case, there will be no chance of red and white appearances.

It's just that, although the male fighting group is called a band, the instruments in their hands are so-so, and the songs they sing are all songs provided by other songwriters. Therefore, no one in the industry, especially the band industry, regards them as real. band.

This year the bands are shining brightly in Japan. In the Red and White Song Club, there are not only DREAMS COME TRUE, which represents the Tianguo talent show, but also the idol performance band, The Checkers, who once fought Mushuangna Nakamori on the list.There are also orthodox bands such as TM NETWORK and Bangfengスランプ (slump).

However, except for DREAMS COME TRUE, a mixed-gender band, the other bands are composed of all men representing the white group.

No matter what they look like on the surface, orthodox bands always look down on band idols like Johnny, but they have a good impression of DREAMS COME TRUE, who was born in the draft department.

The band idols who look down on Johnny's are not so much the orthodox bands who think they are higher than the idols, but rather the amateurs who look down on the half bucket of water by professionals.

As long as the strength is excellent, you can gain respect. This is the truth that I understood as early as in the underground music circle.

However, red and white are different, they belong to different lineups, and there is no chance to meet each other during rehearsal.When we meet, we can only greet each other in a hurry.

DREAMS COME TRUE is the only mixed male and female band combination in this red and white song meeting. Therefore, when they waited for the backstage standby, Iwahashi Shinichi and Nakamura had to accept that they were the only two in the red group. male reality.

In order not to be regarded as the one who ran into the wrong group, he had no choice but to follow Mihe-chan closely.

The backstage was busy, and while waiting for the rehearsal, the familiar singers could still chat a few words on standby. For their first appearance, apart from greeting others politely, they could only chat with themselves.

At this time, the combination advantage is revealed.

It’s not true to say that there are no acquaintances. When Nakamura was a studio musician, he used to be a concert musician for Koizumi Kyoko. Although Koizumi Kyoko didn’t remember having such a musician, the musician did not forget the cute world The invincible Koizumi Kyoko kept talking about his great achievements as a support musician.

As for Yanqiao Shinichi, there are quite a few acquaintances in the background.

Fuyumi Sakamoto with a cute bun face didn’t notice that the giraffe man was peeping at her. She was concentrating on watching Sayuri Ishikawa in front of her. She was very excited and shy when she saw her idol. She wanted to get close but didn’t dare. Hurry up.

The fact is also the same. Sakamoto Fuyumi is the number one fan of Sayuri Ishikawa, and she just wanted to meet Sayuri Ishikawa when she entered the industry.

Sakamoto Fuyumi made her debut in 1987, and she will be able to appear in red and white in the next year, which is inseparable from the cultivation of her teacher Inomata Kosho.

Inomata official seal is very optimistic about her. Before her debut, she took her with her every day and took her to meet big figures in the industry. After her debut, she spared no effort to write songs for her personally and escort her. She loves her as if she loves her own daughter.

The last time I met Sakamoto Fuyumi, she was still behind Inomata Kosho, working part-time as a driver and a bag-carrying girl. In just one year, she became a new star in the karaoke world selected for the Red and White Song Festival.

The same is true for Iwahashi Shinichi, who has transformed into a giraffe man that no one recognizes.

A year later, everything changed drastically.

Now even if they are facing each other backstage, as long as Shinichi Iwahashi doesn't take off his hood, Fuyumi Sakamoto will never think that there is another acquaintance of hers here.

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In addition to the acquaintances he couldn't recognize face to face, there were also acquaintances who made him lose his vest.

Under his suggestion, UP-FRONT AGENCY went to negotiate with Sony to mobilize Nan Saori to come back and appear in this red and white song meeting.

As expected, NHK hopes that Minami Saori and Moritaka Chisato will sing "17 Years Old" together, creating a topic of old and new on the same stage.

Nan Sazhi, who wrote a letter to express his gratitude to the producer because his youth reappeared in the public eye, will never agree with this practice of new and old on the same stage.

I didn't even need UP-FRONT AGENCY to persuade her to give up singing "17 Years Old". colorful streets).

Nan Saori herself insisted on this, and she was the original idol who only made a comeback on this day. NHK took a step back, and the final result was that Nan Saori appeared as a special guest who neither belonged to the red group nor the white group.

The Red and White Song Club has always had such a practice. In addition to Red and White, some special program planning will be done separately, or the big singers who are limited to the mountain will be assigned a role of "cheering team".Although they don't participate in the red-white duel, the audience can look at them for their sake. If they like them, they can vote for the side they are responsible for cheering on.

Nansha Weaving became a special guest. In this way, it was natural that Chisato Moritaka, as the "introduction", successfully received an invitation from the Hongbai Song Festival to sing this re-arranged "17 Years Old" belonging to this era.

Ordinarily, Moritaka Chisato didn't know that the identity of the giraffe man was his former producer.However, passing by in the aisle, she saw Mihe-chan and Nakamura-san, and suddenly felt familiar——

During the recording of the first single of Transformation, when Shinichi Iwahashi went out to find inspiration, he took himself to the recording studio in Yoyogi.

Not only did she work as a part-time girl in the recording studio all afternoon, but Shinichi Iwahashi also treated guests to dinner in the evening.Wasn’t the person I worked with and had dinner with on that day the lead singer of DREAMS COME TRUE, and this always smiling Nakamura-san?

Thinking of the identities of Yoshida Miwa and Nakamura Masato, Moritaka Chisato stopped, turned around, and looked at the giraffe man.

The people in the band were facing her. Chisato Moritaka was taken around by Iwahashi Shinichi once or twice, and always followed behind him. Looking at his back and profile, now I can't see his face, only his figure, and I feel very picture.

Chisato Moritaka hesitated to speak to the back of the giraffe man.

She wanted to say something to the giraffe man, but she was timid, afraid that she might be the wrong person, and worried that she would cause trouble to Yanqiao Shinichi.

At this moment, she saw Nan Saori walking towards the band, the three members of the band greeted her, and she returned the salute to them.

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Nan Saori is 34 years old this year, and he is at the best age in his life.

Looking at her from such a close distance, the audience also felt that she was radiant and charming, and one could tell that she had a happy married life.

The giraffe man was too eye-catching in the background, Nan Shazhi spotted him at a glance, and came here deliberately - just to say hello to the giraffe man and his band.

Her husband, Kishin Shinoyama, had photographed the album cover for the band. At that time, he had seen the real face of Giraffe Man, and knew that under the headgear was a producer with the same surname as Shin Iwahashi.

After returning, he told Nan Shazhi about this matter, and after a little inquiry with Sony, he was able to confirm that the two rock bridges were the same person.

Nan Sazhi is a senior, and the band rushed to greet her.

She accepted the greeting and returned the salute to the band.After returning the gift, he did not leave immediately, but asked the giraffe man: "Excuse me, can I take a photo with you?"

This question was asked as if the giraffe man was a big star and she was a small fan.

However, no one would be surprised to stay in this backstage and make such a request to the only giraffe man in the backstage.

This is no different from pestering a mascot for a photo at a scenic spot.

Nan Shazhi is married to a photographer as his wife, and she has been influenced by it herself. She came to the rehearsal this time and brought a Polaroid camera in the suitcase. She thought that if she met an acquaintance from the idol era, she would take a photo with her.

Now, when Nan Saori mentioned this, Yanqiao Shinichi also agreed, and the manager immediately went to get the camera.

Then, I took a group photo at the backstage of the Red and White Song Contest.

"Thank you, producer-san."

After taking the photo, Nan Sazhi whispered to Yanqiao Shinichi.The two are so close that they are not afraid of being overheard.

"what."

Yanqiao Shen was startled for a moment, a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, when meeting Nan Shazhi for the first time, she stripped off her vest.

But after thinking about it for a while, it seemed to be expected.In her capacity, the one in her family has also played with the band, and it is easy to find out who the giraffe man is.

After taking off his vest, Yanqiao Shenyi took his time and greeted Nan Shazhi politely.

In the eyes of onlookers, it was just a routine courtesy after taking a group photo.

I thought this was the end of the matter, but unexpectedly, Nan Shazhi suddenly proposed, "If you don't mind, can I invite Qianli sauce to come over and take a group photo of the three of them?"

(End of this chapter)