Special Interview


Watarirouka Hashiritai

Similar in “fond of fantasy”
 
------The title is a little bit different, did you girls know about the words “Guunone (utter a sound or a word)”?
[Mayu Watanabe] We all didn’t know.
[Natsumi Hirajima] It’s the first time I heard about it. So I checked it by myself and also got message from Yasushi Akimoto. She wrote “It’s the song you like so much that you couldn’t utter a word”.
 
------So the song is very cute and you really love it a lot right.
[Hirajima] Many cheering voices are included. So far you could only hear “Yoisho (yo-ho)!”, but for now it just becomes so dynamic after we put something like “GO! GO!” and “Hey! Hey! Hey!” into the song. We really want to sing it on a live show.
 
------The way you pronounce the cheering voice is very cute.
[Watanabe] The music and the lyrics both are pretty cute, and the story is about a girl who is in an unrequited love, I hope those who’re in love enjoy it vicariously and feel happy.
[Aika Oota] Well the girl is kind full of fantastic ideas. It looks like I have something in common with her, it feels nice. I thought [we’re the same kind of human beings]. I mean we’re the same type (laughing)!
[Haruka Nakagawa] I think the lyrics are fantastic, such as <Omocha no Diamond (toy diamond)>, <Buriki no Uma ni Notte(riding on the tin horse)> and <Kakuu no Oujisama (invisible prince)>. As if the song is just bringing you to a wonderful world.
[Watanabe] Like fairy tale.
 
------So this song has become as the ending theme song of the animation <FAIRY TAIL> (TV Tokyo).
[Watanabe] It’s a fantasy animation about adventure.
[Hirajima] I have read the original manga (comic book), I was so obsessed!
[Watanabe] I have read it too. And I have the manga!
[Hirajima] I like Greys (the sub character).
[Watanabe] Oh, me too!
[Oota] I prefer Natsu (the main character)!
 
------Haruka, which characters do you like?
[Nakagawa] I like Happy (the cat). It’s cute. It makes you happy.
[Oota] You’re not a human being (laughing)!
 
------How do you feel when you’re watching your music video?
[Nakagawa] The picture of ending is toned well in singing, I was very glad.
[Watanabe] The picture and the moving are both very cute.
 
------So if you replace TAIL with TALE in the title <FAIRY TAIL>, it turns out to be fairy tale. Which story do you like?
[Hirajima] I love <Beauty and the Beast>. Among all those princesses, I love Belle best. She has a kind heart and she’s gentle, I want to be a girl like Belle.
[Oota] I prefer <Cinderella>. I want to cosplay her. I’m dreaming of wearing that crystal shoes. When I was a little child, I bought Cinderella toy set from Toys"R"Us, and I was wearing the shoes usually, I really loved it (laughing).
[Watanabe] I love Ariel the princess in <The Little Mermaid>.
[Nakagawa] Everybody loves Disney...
[Watanabe] Because it is currently IN fashion (laughing). But since childhood I have collected Ariel related stuffs, I’m fascinated about cute things.
[Nakagawa] The one I like is not from Disney, I often watch <Thumbelina>. And I love all the works of GHIBLI.
[Hirajima & Oota & Watanabe] I love GHIBLI too!! (4 girls with one voice)!
 
As of AKB48’s “shuffle” the team will be separated…but we’re good friends forever!!
 
------The second track <Bouken et cetera> is a song that gives you courage.
[Nakagawa] It’s kind of “you’re not alone; you have your friends, so let’s move forward!” It’s not so bright song, so I think more or less it feels like lasting appeal. And the key is also low, so it’s easy to sing, and it was accepted in the world of song.
[Oota] During recording, the director praised us, saying “you girls become good at singing”.
[Nakagawa] Ah, and Haruka was also praised!
[Hirajima] Yeah, she was also praised.
[Watanabe] So was I.
[Oota] Huh, everybody is saying this (laughing)!
 
------(Laughing). I believe all of you do become better!
[Oota] Yup. I feel more confident after being praised.
 
------So tell me your adventure story!
[Nakagwa] In middle school, I made a rule that I had to turn right if there was a corner, you probably don’t know where you’re going. But if you always keep on doing this, maybe it’s coincident, but you absolutely can reach home. It was an interesting adventure because sometimes you may find a confectioner crossing an unknown path.
[Watanabe] When I entered the primary school, I used to go for exploration. Like science classroom and the place with a stairway connected to the roof, I was nervous but it turned out fun.
[Hirajima] Before I joined AKB48, I used to go camping with my families every year. At that time I used to go venturing in the mountain with my brothers. If I have time, I also want to go camping this year.
[Oota] I seldom adventure… (Every body surprised!), but I do like walking on a strange path. When you go to your friend’s house for the first time, isn’t it like walking to an unknown road? And you can enjoy different views on your way home, I love it.
 
------So your third single is also released, the number of Watarirouka Hashiritai’s song is increasing.
[Nakagawa] It just happened without notice. If it increases to a new level, we could probably have our own live show.
[Watanabe] I do want to have a live show!
 
------By the way, the new structure of AKB48 has just been announced right? Watarirouka Hashiritai was all in team B, and now Oota and Nakagawa will be grouped into team A. So that means you’re going to have a “class switch”?
[Hirajima] Yes! If the members are always the same, the song also remains in the same image, it’s not a good idea to only sing the song with the same atmosphere, so we want to make different members to discover something new. We feel lonely that we’re going to separate, but 4 of us will meet again as Watarirouka Hashiritai.
[Nakagawa] We already become good friends who get along with each other. When we’re free, we just can’t stop talking. But if the team is reformed, what kind of music we’re going to have? We’re really excited about this.
 
(By Chiaki Misawa)
 
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