#Chieco Kawabe

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河辺千恵子 「be your girl」 (2004)

[roseillith]

Chieco Kawabe Sakura Kiss (2006)

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Chieco Kawabe - Sakura Kiss

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Stickers that came with Chieco Kawabe's debut single "be your girl" (2004)

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Rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people 🎶

tagged by @death-thee-nervousqueer

1. Let Me Be Your Wings by Jodi Benson and Gary Imhoff

2. Elegant Eternal Sailor Moon

3. HIP (inst.) by Mamamoo

4. Hold Me Now by Nai Br.XX and Celeina Ann

5. action! by Maaya Sakamoto

6. Sakura Kiss by Kawabe Chieco

7. ah-ah by Teen Top

8. The Crystal Chamber by James Newton Howard

9. Trouble by EXID

10. Lapis’ Tower by Aivi & Surasshu and Jeff Ball

Tagging: @i-dont-even-wtf @origami10 @animegirl300 @coffeejunkie13 @xo-blairej

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Mixtape: Galism

This is one of my favorite mangas, and while revisiting it I started to think about a lot of songs that reminded me of it, so I ended up making a mixtape. 01. Koda Kumi - LOVE HOLIC 02. vivace - Flame Love 03. HINOI Team - EMOTICONS 04. MAX - SPLASH GOLD -Natsu no Kiseki- 05. JASMINE - L.I.P.S. 06. Morning Musume. - Resonant Blue 07. Ayumi Hamasaki - Real me 08. MAA - Tomorrow @ Your Kingdom 09. Kana Nishino - MAKE UP 10. Juliet - my Darling 11. Perfume - Chocolate Disco 12. ravex feat. Maki Gotou - Golden LUV 13. Namie Amuro - GIRLTALK 14. MiChi - KiSS KiSS xxx 15. Chieco Kawabe - be your girl 16. BoA - Sparkling

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𝚂𝙿𝙴����𝙻  𝙾𝚄𝚃  𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁  𝚄𝚁𝙻  𝚄𝚂𝙸𝙽𝙶  𝚂𝙾𝙽𝙶  𝚃𝙸𝚃𝙻𝙴𝚂.

S - Sakura Kiss (Kawabe Chieco) O - One Foot (Walk the Moon) N - Nameless World (Skip the Use) G - God Must Hate Me (Simple Plan) O - Orphan Tears (Your Favorite Martian) F - Float On (Modest Mouse) N - Never Been In Love (Will Jay) O - One Day (THE ROOTHLESS) H - Hello, shooting star (moumoon) E - Everybody loves me (OneRepublic) A - Authority Song (Reel Big Fish) R - Raised By Bats (Voltaire) T - The Cult of Dionysus (The Orion Experience)

Tagged: I am one nasty thief ;3

Tagging: TAKE IT. TAKE IT!!!!!!!!

[gracemyheart]

Sera Myu Avatars ~ 10th Anniversary Festival Ai no Sanctuary 

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Can we please all take 2 minutes to cherish the ADORABLE and CUTE relationship of Chieko and her daughter? This is so precious, I almost died.

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Chieko Kawabe pictures (part 7)

Website here

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Chieco Kawabe - brilliance

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Chieco Kawabe - Candy Baby/Mama Made (2005)

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February 24 is the birthday of Chieko Kawabe, the fifth actress to play Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in the musicals, who also played Naru Osaka in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.  She was the third longest-running Sailor Mercury in the musicals.

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Sera Myu Week Day 4: Queens of Myu

So I ended up skipping Day 3 of @sera-myu-week​ cause I was over on my personal blog all day due to the big Pokémon Direct (and also cause it was NogiMyu Day and I don’t know enough about NogiMyu to really post anything...I’m still figuring out how to even watch them!). But now I’m back.

So...Queens of Sera Myu.

First off, my fave Mercury, Chieco-chan!!

I actually found Kawabe Chieco initially through her role as Naru in PGSM. I ended up finding out about her SeraMyu involvement in a sort of backways fashion through her music career (mostly her song “Sakura Kiss,” which was super popular at the time). She was essentially my gateway into Myu itself, and she continues to be my favorite Mercury actress. In her era, I feel like Mercury really got to shine as a character.

Chieco is such a great singer, too; SeraMyu basically launched her idol career. Sadly, it doesn’t look like she’s released anything since 2005, and now that she’s married and has a daughter, I find it unlikely she will do any more music, given how the idol culture is in Japan. I was fortunate enough to find all her music online back in the day. My favorite song of hers is “Quiet Riot.” It’s not super well-known, being the obscure third song off the Shining!/cry baby single, but I just really relate to it.

https://youtu.be/nZISUrwWDa0

“Shining!” is probably my favorite music video of hers, though. I mean, they’re just like dancing through like Costco or somewhere, which is pretty random, but it’s fun to watch and the song is super catchy.

Ooyama Anza

So, Anza is probably my favorite Moon, though I honestly still haven’t decided on my favorite myu Moon. I did start with Miyuki (RIP), but for some reason I just got into Anza more. I thought she both sang and acted well, and she was around long enough for you to really see her develop and improve over the five years she played Moon. I really liked her at events, both during and after her run; her personality was just really great. She’s also done quite well for herself since myu, first in her solo career and now with her band Head Phones President. I think she’s probably the only major First Stage actress who still has any sort of active career. And she hasn’t forgotten about her myu days, given the concert she did with some of her former myu costars a few years ago where they sang old SeraMyu songs. She still does musicals too (her performance as Éponine from Les Mis was pretty amazing, if this song is any indication).

I haven’t gotten to really hear her music since her Myu days, but she did do the second opening song to Cardcaptor Sakura, which I really like. Also one of my favorite performances of hers was when she came back during the SeraMyu 777th show celebration (during Marina’s era) to sing her song “Knockin’ Down Hesitation”:

Saitou Rei

Right now, as with Moon, I’m torn on who my favorite Pluto is. It’s sort of a tie between Saitou Rei, Hosaka Yuuko, and Mikako Ishii.

But since I haven’t seen all of Yuuko and Mikako’s myus, I’m going to go with Rei for this. Now, to be fair, I haven’t seen all of Rei’s myus either, since her first myu (Henshin - Super Senshi e no Michi (Kaiteiban)) was never released on video. But I’ve seen the rest.

I just really like Rei as Pluto. She nails the motherly aspects of Setsuna/Pluto, and even at events she’s treated like the cast’s mother. She also plays the mature, strong Pluto really well when needed. Most importantly, though, is how she stands on her own. Like I said, I love Yuuko, but I’ve primarily gotten into her as part of a trio with Nao and Yuuka, and I have yet to see how she does in myu without them. Rei, on the other hand, does well on her own without needing the support of the other Outers as such.

This video gives good examples of how great her singing was. She could hold her own in emotional songs like “Stay Alone” and “Sorezore no Elegy” as well as funnier songs like “Kick Out a Bloody Mystery” or her fankan version of “Mata Mata Chibiusa Desu.” She was a great live singer too, which was a big deal seeing as she came in right as Myu was transitioning to live singing.

Her best song is hands down “Onna no Ronsou” from Eien Densetsu. The song itself is what the title suggests - a “women’s dispute” - and is a duet between Pluto and Queen Beryl about their shared love for Endymion. It’s just such a great song. They even brought it back to the myus twice, in Shin Densetsu Kourin and Kakyuu-Ouhi Kourin (the latter of which was Yuuko’s final myu). I’ve listened to it many a time, but I still think it’s amazing. Rei and Beryl’s actress Nishina Yuri both do a fantastic job of it, honestly. But what makes this even more amazing is that Rei is holding her own against a 12-YEAR TAKARAZUKA VETERAN in Yuri. Even the Eien K Senshuuraku performance, when most of the cast seem to be barely avoiding crying by Act 2, is amazing.

Takagi Nao

Why yes, I have in fact jumped on the Nao train.

I’m sure it’s a running joke in the myu fandom by now about how many of us Bandai Myu fans love Takagi Nao, but seriously...she’s just SO COOL. I mean, she is pretty attractive too, I suppose (I don’t swing that way) but it was that coolness about her that made me really get into her. In that sense, Haruka is a perfect character for her, because Haruka herself kinda gives off that vibe -- the cool, mysterious, masculine racer who’s secretly a skirt-wearing girly fighter for justice. I seriously think that Nao is largely the reason why Sailor Uranus remains the least recast role in the Myus -- she was so good, they kept her around for 4 years! Recent social media pics have shown she’s been friendly with our current Uranus, Shuu, as well, which is nice to see, especially since in my opinion Shuu is the only one to even come close to rivaling Nao in the Uranus role.

Nao also just had SUCH great chemistry with Neptune actress Asami Yuuka that you could legit believe their characters were lovers. To be fair, she did well with Shimada Sara in her first couple myus as well, but Nao and Yuuka just clicked in a great way. When Yuuko came in in Transylvania no Mori, the three of them just became this power trio that all worked really great together.

Nao is also pretty funny with her commentaries on omake videos, and looks good even without the Uranus costume, as anyone who’s seen her performance of “Galaxia Gorgeous” can attest. That’s not to say they didn’t make her look super fashionable as Haruka, though. She pretty much rocked any outfit they put her in, like this leather jacket from Death Vulcan no Fuuin:

I do really like Nao’s singing. She had great solos in songs like “Harsh Saint Cry,” “Destined Couple,” and “Broken Mobius.” Sadly her songs were always with someone else, so she didn’t get any true solo songs, at least in the musicals themselves. She did get to sing “Knockin’ Down Hesitation” at one of the Kaguya fankans, but sadly only a short clip of it exists, and like I said she did do “Galaxia Gorgeous,” which she did awesome at. Her version of the Starlights’ song “See Me Boku-tachi no Jidai” is also really good.

Yuuga Yamato

Ok, to be fair, I’ve only seen one of Yuuga’s myus in full. But I like her for pretty much the same reason as Nao...she’s SO COOL. Going into La Reconquista, I wasn’t sure if I would like a woman playing Mamoru, but she actually does a really good job. Her years as a Takarazuka otokoyaku really show; she is crazy talented. She does a good job showing off Mamoru’s love for Usagi and pretty much rocks all her songs. She actually does a surprisingly good job at King Endymion as well (what I’ve seen of it anyway).

Probably the song she slays the most is “The Guardian Who Lost Hope” from Le Mouvement Final. When I first heard this song without having seen the video of it, I assumed Galaxia was singing it, which would make sense. But then I saw the video of it and realized MAMORU WAS SINGING IT. It’s from the scene where Sailor Moon encounters revived evil versions of all the senshi and Tuxedo Kamen en route to Galaxia’s palace. It’s actually scary how good Yuuga is at being evil. As if the singing wasn’t enough, her facial expressions just kill me -- she sings these dark lines like “Your future and love are disappearing” and FREAKING SMILES. She plays evil Mamoru as if she is having the time of her life and that’s just frightening to me.

This is in the SAME MUSICAL where we have that scene of her acting all goofy and being Usagi’s “special chef.” I mean, you have to be skilled to pull that off. Just saying.

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Ok, I think this post is long enough. I better stop.

(Pics from Sera Myu Antics, except Yuuga’s, which is from Three-lights.net)

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Long time no post! For my favorite Senshi Mercury's birthday (which is September 10), I was undecided on what song I was going to do. Finally, I decided to do the classic "Drive Me the Mercury," Ami's theme song from Bandai Myu, which was originated by my favorite myu Mercury, Kawabe Chieco.

Though I know the song well, I did rehearse it a lot before recording this, and ended up recording it at a lower pitch than it's supposed to have. I guess subconsciously I just wanted to save my voice. Honestly, I haven't been in the mood for singing as much the last six months. Having to wear a mask for 7-8 hours a day at work hasn't really helped, especially since it dries out my throat a lot faster. Being an essential worker in the midst of this pandemic honestly sucks. Anyway, let me know what you think of it. Also I did the "Joudan ja nai yo" in a much more ominous tone for some reason. I guess Ami's dark side came out there LOL.

Also, I know this is a day late. I intended to record it last weekend, since I knew I was working four days straight this week and wouldn't have time to record before the 10th otherwise (especially since on the 10th I had to go to the dentist before work). But I was too tired to do so. Labor Day Weekend is kinda a big deal here, and also things are starting to open up in my county again. Let's hope it lasts for more than a week or so this time (unlike the fake out in July).

Video from: YouTube (eternalruth) Karaoke from: SeraMyu Antics Vocals: Me

I DO NOT OWN SAILOR MOON OR SERAMYU. THEY ARE OWNED BY TAKEUCHI NAOKO, TOEI ANIMATION, KODANSHA, BANDAI, NELKE PLANNING, AND DWANGO. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED.

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“kiss, kiss fall in love” [ateez]

genre: FLUFF + reverse harem + female reader 

ficstyle: bulletpoints + reactions 

prompt: inspired by OURAN HIGH SCHOOL + what kind of hosts would they be?

note: I know I said I wasn’t inspired to write but I was inspired after I listened to “SAKURA KISS” by Chieco Kawabe

HONGJOONG

the club president 

known for his smile

being overly cheery

also a bit on the flirty side

would make sure that you were having a good time; will not leave your side until you are

“subconsciously” runs his tongue along his teeth; used to have a tongue piercing

used to be a bad boy; multiple piercings, had to take some out to get into this prestigious school, has hidden tattoos

personality-wise; fairly similar to Tamaki from OURAN HS and Terushima from HAIKYUU

small boy but is a full package

gives off a tough heartbreaker vibe, but is truly a kindhearted prince who wants everyone to be happy 

the members of the club always clown him and he doesn’t know what to do but smile in sad despair 

if you really get his attention, he’ll always be around you; trying to get your full, undivided attention 

if you aren’t his favorite/go-to host, he’ll charm his way into your heart

I mean with a smile like his, he’s going to be your favorite in a heart beat 

SEONGHWA

the vice president 

Hongjoong’s childhood friend; Hongjoong BEGGED him to join the club

deals with the logistics of the club 

has a stern demeanor like KYOYA from OURAN HS but has personality like SUGAWARA from HAIKYUU 

at first glance, he has an icy vibe about him that would make everyone think that he was one of the typical cold rich kids

but he was always taking care of everyone 

legit the mother of every situation 

always makes sure that everyone is comfortable 

everyone thinks that he follows Hongjoong when Hongjoong follows him 

Hongjoong really can’t live without Seonghwa, because Hongjoong can’t take care of himself 

Seonghwa is pretty tsundere towards Hongjoong but is so loving to everyone else 

if he’s interested in you, he’ll take care of you like a PRINCESS/PRINCE; legit ROYALTY

refers you as “princess/prince” or “queen/king”

he might be petty when he finds out that he isn’t your favorite or go-to; he’ll be obviously jealous and would straight up tell his members to back off (he would tell them nicely without you around)

he’ll make sure that you’ll soon only be looking at him 

YUNHO

everyone’s boyfriend

is made of the highest and finest quality of boyfriend material 

joined the club after Hongjoong told him that he NEEDED Yunho to be in the club or he would cry 

Yunho’s such an angel, he joined right away 

this boy is the sweetest and genuinely tries so hard to make sure everyone is having a good time 

in the fictional anime world, he’s like SHOUTA from KIMI NI TODOKE 

he’s an obliviously innocent personality  

AND he has a class clown goofiness to him 

literally the perfect guy to fall in love with 

although he’s fairly popular, he is VERY humble

he’s a hopeless romantic but he hasn’t fallen in love yet

not until he saw you

would be absolutely shy and wouldn’t know how to even talk to you 

but when he saw you blushing at other member’s attempt to woo you, he started to make his way over to you

he’s nice 

but not nice enough to have another member have a chance with you 

for you, he’ll step out of his comfort zone to win your heart

or your smile, at least

YEOSANG

the lovely prince

a literally walking statue of a GREEK GOD

Hongjoong knew that he had to get him into the club 

Yeosang was reluctant at first but being as shy as he is, he was just happy to make friends

the more he’s with the club, the more he opens up

turns out he is this adorably, quirky guy who’s more than just a stone-faced thing of beauty 

he would remind me of TADASE from SHUGO CHARA and KENMA from HAIKYUU

when he lays his eyes on you, just know that he’ll never make the first move

it’s not because he’s prideful but he’s just EXTREMELY shy 

but maybe after your first couple of visits, he’ll be confident enough to even say “hello”

he’s the type of guy that would look at you and if you made eye-contact with him, he’d fake-yawn and look the other way to hide his blushing face away from you 

WOULD prefer it if you requested for him because it’s gonna take a while for him to come up to you 

SAN

the flirty tease

would remind me of USUI from KAICHOW WA MAID-SAMA and NISHINOYA from HAIKYUU (fun fact: they are voiced by the same actor)

two peas in a pod with Wooyoung; like HIKARU and KAORU from OURAN

Hongjoong saw how him and Wooyoung and saw their dynamic as a duo and knew he had to swoop them into the club

loves to tease his guest

it’s so compelling; how he can look so-absolutely sweet like and angel and yet he can be such a little devil 

he likes to do a push-pull effect with his guests 

if you spark his attention, he teased you more than any other guest 

even jokes around with you like he wants to get to know you more 

he’ll give you more attention than it is actually wanted of 

I mean not that anyone would really complain

San would really go out of his way to make sure that you know that he is interested in you 

and only you

brings over his favorite snacks to you 

puts his arm over your seat to get as close as he can to you; he’d put them over your shoulder if you let him 

he’ll spend every day just thinking of you

hoping that one day, he’ll be your go-to; he would literally throw tantrums if he sees you with another member 

ESPECIALY Wooyoung 

MINGI

tough man; soft boy

everyone gets an intimidating bad boy vibe from him

but once he smiles, he’s the sweetest and softest boy 

Mingi actually looked up to Hongjoong; so when Hongjoong approached Mingi, he couldn’t help but fanboy 

he looks like MORI from OURAN but acts like HINATA from HAIKYUU 

he makes everyone feel like how they giggle when their crush is around but like the whole time that he’s with them 

he does an amazing job at making everyone feel welcomed and heard; like he’s been your best friend since forever 

he’s an honest and confident guy 

so if he’s interested, you’ll know 

he’ll straight up tell you 

if you tell him that he’s not your favorite, he’ll bother you everyday 

more like a friend because he doesn’t want to force you either

but it would make him all pouty and sad if you don’t give him any attention 

would also do ANYTHING to make you smile 

doesn’t mind if he’s in the friendzone for a while 

WOOYOUNG

the OTHER tease

he didn’t think he would stay in the club 

but the more he got to know the members and the more he used his flirty antics, the more he grew attached 

he reminds me of OIKAWA from HAIKYUU and HARU from TONARI NO KAIBUTSU-KUN 

can be sexy 

can be cute

can be a mix of both 

seriously DANGEROUS 

other guests cannot get enough of him 

everyday is a surprise with Wooyoung; one day he wants to be a spoiled baby, on other days he wants to slam his hand against the wall and stare into his guests’ eyes 

he will NOT let you out of his sight if you catch his eyes

he’ll use pick up lines with you; and maybe it’s because it’s coming from him but it works 

you’d be flattered by his attempts; but if he knows that he isn’t your fave, he’ll glare at you 

add in a little pout

he gives you the silent treatment until he can’t handle it anymore and will hold your hand and swing it as he throws a tantrum about why he isn’t your fave  

JONGHO

the strong baby boy 

Hongjoong was fascinated by Jongho’s strength and saw that he had a couple of fangirls so that’s how he got into the club 

Jongho is a hinedere; which someone who comes off as a little cold-hearted but has the best intentions and is actually a soft boy 

he’ll do little acts of strengths; like breaking apples and his guests just watch him in awe like they’ve never seen it before 

he has this super gentle smile that all of his guests swoon over 

reminds me of HONEY from OURAN and IWAIZUMI from HAIKYUU

gets super shy when he sees you 

gets even MORE shy when he sees how close you are to him 

might offer you snacks or tea; but wouldn’t do anything more than that

because he’s younger, he’s not confident with you 

Jongho wants to win you over like a man

his members would help him out if they knew that Jongho was interested in you

even if he’s the strongest, he’s still the club’s baby 

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