#Ayano Yoshida

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I'm dying to know what Ranka (possibly with Miyu's help?) was doing in this shot that required censorship.

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Japanese National Championships Preview

Men - My Predicted Top 6 (in no particular order)

Kao Miura—He's had a lot of ups and downs this season, and he's also been dealing with his leg injury. If he puts everything together, he could finally make the podium here and make the World's team again. He is my fav so I really hope he does well here. #FuecocoTrioForever.

Kazuki Tomono - He's had a little trouble with consistency with his quads, but I really like his programs and he has good performance skills. I do think Kao, Shun, Sota, and Yuma will be fighting for the podium spots. Kazuki and Koshiro will be rounding out the top 6.

Koshiro Shimada - He's had a little trouble with the 3A this season and he's been stepping out of his combo, but he is a skilled performer and made a pretty big improvement from his first grind prix to his second.

Shun Sato - I'm still so happy that he made the podium at the Grand Prix Final. If he does well here I think it's pretty safe to say that he will finally make the World's team. He's been pretty solid all season except for the 4F in the free, so I'm nervous to see if he'll be able to put it down. #FuecocoTrioForever.

Sota Yamamoto - I really do think it's going to be a battle between him and Kao to see who will get bronze and who will get 4th in this competition. Last year Sota got 3rd but Kao got the World's spot because he went to the GPF, but this year neither of them went so we'll see what happens. I love both Sota and Kao so I am a little conflicted.

Yuma Kagiyama - He is truly the one to beat here. I just hope his 4S will be okay because it is such a good jump for him and I was surprised he made mistakes on it in both the short and free at the GPF. I hope we see a performance very similar to what we saw at the NHK Trophy. #FuecocoTrioForver.

Women - My Predicted Top 6 (in no particular order)

Hana Yoshida - The competition between the Japanese women is so tight I honestly don’t know what’s going to happen. Hana has been pretty consistent this season and has been putting the 3A in the free with various degrees of success. Both of her programs are a bit weird but she does weird well and she’s super cute.

Kaori Sakamoto - Didn’t have the skate she wanted at the GPF, mainly due to the fall on her combo in the short. I hope she doesn’t backload the combo again it makes me so nervous. If she pulls out two solid routines I have no doubt she’ll make it to the top of the podium.

Mao Shimada - I love seeing her compete against the seniors because it demonstrates just how strong she is. She had a couple of mistakes on her bigger elements at the GPF but her showmanship is great. Defying Gravity was such a great program choice and I think it fits her so well and so looks so happy when she performs it.

Mone Chiba - OUR HIGHEST RANKED JAPANESE WOMAN AT THE GPF!!! She has been so solid on all of her jumps this season. Would love to see her bring out her personality just a smidge more. Her skating skills are excellent and I’m already looking forward to seeing her spiral in the free program because it is gorgeous. I think her and Kaori are the closest to being locked in for the World’s team.

Rinka Watanabe - I like her programs this season so much better than her programs last season. Had a great showing at Skate America but the free program at the Cup of China betrayed her which was so sad because she landed her 3A. I love her so much and I just hope she has a good competition.

Wakaba Higuchi - I need Wakaba to get on this podium because I need her to be on the World’s team. I hope she learned her lesson from the GPF and doesn’t backload the combo in the short because it isn’t worth it. I hope she fully rotates her 3Lz3T again!

Pairs - My Predicted Top 3 (in no particular order)

Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara - They’re obviously winning this thing so I want to see a stellar performance since the pressure is low.

Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda - I haven’t seen them skate this season but I looked at their stats and they’ve scored better than Yuzuki and Tristin so yeah.

Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi - I actually really liked this team and was happy to see them get a second assignment after their performance at the NHK. I really like their short program and the free was nice too. They really struggled with the short at Finlandia so hopefully they can put down two clean programs.

Ice Dance - My Predicted Top 3 (in no particular order)

Ayano Sasaki / Yoshimitsu Ikeda - I also have not seen them compete this season but based on stats I think they’re gonna land ahead of Kuneshita and Alec.

Azusa Tanaka / Shingo Nishiyama - They were a bit slow at NHK but they served face so it’s okay. Not a big of their free program because Fur Elise is such a slow song and they were skating so slow so the whole thing was very slow idk.

Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita - I think they’re the favs to win here since they scored higher than Azusa and Shingo at NHK. They had good edge quality and they were acting their faces off. I really liked their Romeo and Juliet free program.

I know JNats can be a bit hard for people to watch because the stream is behind a paywall and the time zone can be rough for a lot of people, but I hope those who want to watch are able. I love JNats so much because the depth of field in Japan is insane. I love pregaming Xmas with JNats, it just feels so right. Happy watching and I hope we all survive this JNats because I am super nervous!

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ZIGY=ZIGY 2024, Cosmosy

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Who is your H!P birthday oshi ~Early July 2024~

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Redo because I'm a dumb stupid idiot who left the first poll only for 24 hours!

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Produce 101 Japan The Girls is corrupting my mind

Bad Girl Bad Girl I'm Ready yeah ♪

AtoZ Hajimete AtoZ Kidzuita ♪

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furuba stage review - part 1?? (casting)

it’s been almost a year since furuba stage last came out, and i was only able to watch it now because i rewatched the anime. do take note that i watched the play without subs and solely relied on my story knowledge to understand the whole thing (they pretty much followed the OG storyline so this isn’t really an issue). 

warning: long post ahead!!

ps. all pics are taken from one of the official pvs

the casting

let’s start with the most important aspect of this (or any) play. the casting. and i kid you not, the casting for this is PERFECT.

when i first saw the cast list, i was lowkey in doubt with some characters seeing im somehow familiar with both the story and the actors (and how they play certain roles) but i was proven wrong when i actually watched the whole thing.

ayano christie yoshida (nogizaka46) who played as tohru, did absolutely great! tohru’s formal way of speaking, her gentle and calming vibe, she got it all down. the eye language (is that a thing?) was superb, considering that furuba has a lot of scenes where monologue comes into play.

Next we have hashimoto shohei (akutagawa - bsd stage, nishinoya - haikyuu engeki, leo - enstars stage) who played as kyo. Initially, i wasnt sure what to expect bc he has a versatile way of acting. but after seeing the true form arc (which i’ll get into detail in a separate post) i thought “yep, he’s perfect. he’s literally kyo in the flesh”. maybe the only thing i didnt particularly like was the fact that his voice tends to go up by a pitch when he screams (which is to say, kyo screams A LOT) but i thought it wasnt rlly an issue seeing that shohei’s voice is naturally high-pitched.

yuki .. OH GOD YUKI.. i might be a bit biased here because i rlly like naoya kitagawa, but to say that he’s the real life yuki is an understatement. he portrayed yuki with grace and elegance i cannot explain. so to say, he also portrayed tsukasa suou in enstars stage so i know he has a delicate performance, which suits yuki. his supposed intimate scenes literally had me dying because it was well executed. his fight scenes with kyo was amazing as he moved with grace despite being an intense scene.

i wont be commenting one by one on them as it’ll take forever to finish, so i only talked about the main trio. but here’s some honorable mentions.

kisa’s stage actress, erina kamata (im not so sure abt the name because i can barely find infos about her, correct me if im wrong), did the greatest. despite the young age, she was performing in par with the adults. her scene with hiro which she caught him doing mischief, the emotions whenever she says “hiro-chan”, the voice she did when kisa can barely speak, she did it all perfectly.

upon scrolling on twitter, i see people talking about ayame portrayed by hiroki nakata and he did not disappoint. he was able to exude ayame’s comedic energy and he did it without looking like a cringe. he was obnoxious, loud, outgoing, literally ayame. im not sure if his parts with shigure and hatori was adlib (esp the “yosh” part), but whether that was adlib or not, it still gave me a good laugh. he also had parts in between scenes that wasnt originally in the story (so im assuming those are adlibs that he had to do for some reason), but he did it with ease and it was perfect nonetheless. (i was too lazy to search for other pvs and this was the only steady shot on him. so in-character right haha)

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so for now, that is it for my furuba stage casting review. i feel like if i put my review on how they did significant scenes, and relationship portrayal, it’ll be a whole ass talk. will be putting that in part 2 if there will be one. thanks for coming to my tedtalk!

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Dekobokko Arc but Otose didn’t get turned into a man and lets Ginko wear her old kimonos🥺, I just want Otose to like help Ginko with her outfits and scold her for wearing them improperly. Also just imagine Otose making Ginko sit in front of her so she can comb her hair, chiding her for walking around with it messy and I just want gintoki to like relish in the familiar feeling of someone combing their hair because the last time someone did,  it was long ago when he was a just a small brat Shouyou took care of

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TWEWY/Persona 5 Sprite redraws! I love the Primary Color trio (IDK if they have a fandom name but that's what I've been calling them so they're the primary color trio now)

Individual sprites are below!

These were really fun! I did draft up some for the rest of the phantom thieves, but they weren't as dynamically fun as these ones were. Maybe ill finish them at some point?

I also have gone through and matched the Persona 5 characters up with NEOTWEWY/TWEWY characters and I want to draw them in their related sprites! (Cause its fun!)

Phantom Thieves:

Joker - Neku Ryuki- Beat/Fret Fused into a singular being Futaba- Nagi (obviously) Ann- Uzuki Yusuke- Kariya (vaguely) Sumire- Shiki Morgana- Rhyme???????? Haru- Tsugumi Makoto- Shoka (mostly based on aesthetics) Akechi - Josh (However, prefacing quickly that Joshneku in this situation would be a weird swap form of Shuake) Caroline and Justine is Coco No idea who Mr Minami could be tho. Maybe Igor?????????

"Reapers":

Sae- technically she wouldnt be a reaper but Ayano Shido- Shiba?????????????????? Also maybe Haz? Idk. Maruki- Hishima??????????????????????????? (minus the "old" men yaoi ofc) Mishima- technically hes not a reaper but Kaie

Confidants (I missed a lot of Confidants in my playthrough of p5 so I could be really off with these)

Sojiro- Hanekoma Chihaya- ? Did not get to know her Iwai- Ryoji Takemi- Kanon Kawakami- No freaking idea Ohya - Motoi???????? Oda- that Tin Pin Slammer Kid from TWEWY Hifumi- MKN Yoshida- Ken Doi

Im just kinda brainstorming about all this at this point but I think the AU idea is fun!!!

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Fruits Basket The Stage: 2nd Season

Coming to Tokyo on October 6 to 15, 2023

Ayano-Christie Yoshida as Tohru Honda Naoya Kitagawa as Yuki Sohma Shōhei Hashimoto as Kyo Sohma Yūya Asato as Shigure Sohma Sh��go Tamura as Hatsuharu Sohma

Iori Noguchi as Isuzu “Rin” Sohma Hiroki Nakada as Ayame Sohma Yū Imari as Hatori Sohma Ruito Koga as Momiji Sohma Yūna Sekine as Kagura Sohma Erena Kamata as Kisa Sohma Yoshiaki Jin as Hiro Sohma Chisato Minami as Arisa Uotani Yukari Nakamura as Saki Hanajima Masatoshi Shin as Kakeru Manabe Marina Horiuchi as Machi Kuragi Daiki Miyoshi as Kureno Sohma Seiya Inagaki as Kazuma Sohma Sho Ayanagi as Akito Sohma

Ensemble: Azusa Kawahara, Iori Hayakawa, Sara Maegaki, Ryu Yokomatsu

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The Japanese production celebrated its 40th anniversary today, 11 November 2023, in Nagoya!

The first photo was taken last month (judging by the cast), and the following are all from today's anniversary performance.

In addition, the CATS Musical Instagram page posted photos from the Tokyo cast back in 1983 to celebrate.

40th Anniversary Show Cast:

Seiji Hashimoto as Asparagus, Erika Orita as Bombalurina, Shun Kuwahara as Carbucketty, Maaya Tahara as Cassandra, Ryujiro Isshiki as Coricopat, Chihiro Harada as Demeter, Yujin Haga as Gilbert, Chiaki Kimura as Grizabella, Miki Okudaira as Jellylorum, Naho Sakai as Jemima, Miki Kasahara as Jennyanydots, Hikaru Kitani as Macavity, So Yokoi as Mistoffelees, Haruaki Tamai as Mungojerrie, Junpei Wakebe as Munkustrap, Yuki Takahashi as Old Deuteronomy, Jin Sakuma as Rum Tum Tugger, Ayano Hasegawa as Rumpleteazer, Tomoki Kawakami as Rumpus Cat, Haruna Sasaki as Sillabub, Hiromu Kuroda as Skimbleshanks, Rika Takeshita as Tantomile, Yuma Ishida as Tumblebrutus and Nanako Yoshimura as Victoria.

Promotional photo cast from October 2023:

Kohei Nakahashi as Asparagus, Haruka Yamazaki as Bombalurina, Shuichi Kawazu as Carbucketty, Eiko Kataoka as Cassandra, Ryujiro Isshiki as Coricopat, Tsukushi Maruno as Demeter, Akira Goto as Gilbert, Masae Ebata as Grizabella, Ayaka Yoshida as Jellylorum, Naho Sakai as Jemima, Sayuri Ataka as Jennyanydots, Hikaru Kitani as Chorus Macavity, Akito Iwamura as Mistoffelees, Kazuki Morita as Mungojerrie, Junpei Wakebe as Munkustrap, Kazuki Kanemoto as Old Deuteronomy, Togo Kaminaga as Rum Tum Tugger, Ayu Shimizu as Rumpleteazer, Tomoki Kawakami as Rumpus Cat, Yuzumi Shibamoto as Sillabub, Yui Kobayashi as Skimbleshanks, Rika Takeshita as Tantomile, Yuma Ishida as Tumblebrutus and Nemu Kondo as Victoria.

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Who is your birthday oshi? ~Week of July 2~

Welcome to July!

Birthdays and Anniversaries ~Week of July 2~

The following members, ex-members, and single releases have birthdays and anniversaries this week.

July 2

Kanazawa Tomoko (ex-Juice=Juice; 28)

Takahashi Ai - Yume Kara Samete (2006)

July 3

Sudo Maasa (ex-Berryz Koubou; 31)

Hashimoto Nagisa (ex-Hello Pro Kenshuusei; 26)

Happy♡7 - Shiawase Beam! Suki Suki Beam! (2002)

Sexy 8 - Shiawase Desu ka? (2002)

Odoru♡11 - Shiawase Kyouryuu Ondo (2002)

S/mileage - Atarashii Watashi ni Nare! / Yattaruchan (2013)

July 4

Yaguchi Megumi (ex-Gatas Brilhantes H.P.; 33)

3nin Matsuri - Chu! Natsu Party (2001)

7nin Matsuri - Summer Reggae! Rainbow (2001)

10nin Matsuri - Dancing! Natsu Matsuri (2001)

Morning Musume - One•Two•Three / The Matenrou Show (2012)

Kopink - Usagi tocome (feat. Goro) (2012)

July 5

Tanpopo - Otome Pasta ni Kandou (2000)

Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido - Real☆Little☆Girl / Kanojo ni Naritai!!! (Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Ver.) (2017)

July 6

Goto Maki - Suppin to Namida. (2005)

July 7

Ikuta Erina (Morning Musume '23; 26)

Kawamura Ayano (ANGERME; 24)

Matsunaga Riai (Juice=Juice; 18)

Goto Maki - Yokohama Shinkirou (2004)

July 8

Yoshida Hinoha (Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit '23; 16)

Yumigeta Ako (Morning Musume '23; 15)

Happy birthday/anniversary week!

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