After 4 long years
30 April 2010. 1:25am

We did it Niigata Toki Messe!!

Even though there was only 1 show here this time,

we managed to deliver a hot stage bursting with amazing passion, so I think it was great!

Did everyone have a good time??

Let's look forward to the next time we meet again ♪



And so, even after the show ended, everyone at backstage was still high and crazy and we all had a everything's fun sort of party. And here's an exclusive report!!!


The theme was...

『Round 408: The "I'm so happy to meet everyone at Niigata that my eyes have drooped like this" Competition ☆★☆』!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Too long)

And let us quickly start introducing the contestants with a boom boom boo--m!!

First,

Armageddon-saan, with his usual special scary face ↓
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The director Kome-saan, with his trademark mohawk hairstyle ↓
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The reliable brother from ALC, Takashi-saan ↓
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The father of the interlude clips, Mizumo-saan ↓
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Yay~ They're all wearing it! Everyone's wearing it so sportingly!! (laugh)

Continuing...

The prankster trainer, SOU-saan ↓
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The singing and dancing wardrobe, Okamiki-saan ↓
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The hitsumubushi expert aka assistant make-up artist, Kanie-saan ↓
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The stylist with excellent taste, Okei-saan ↓
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And and...

The bigshot is of course (!?), yes it is (!?), that person!!

Our Rock'n'Roll Circus Tour troupe leader, Hamasaki Ayumi-saan!!!!!

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That's all ♪











Everyone,

Whatever happens, never forget your inner child. (laugh)

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A-STAFF Minazou

Made in Niigata ☆
1 May 2010. 12:57pm

An early afternoon, with warm koshihikari*1. (laugh)

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Label: Of course, Koshihikari rice



Everyone, konnichiwa ★

Did you have a great Golden Week?

Our troupe is in the midst of preparations for the upcoming shows at Nagano tomorrow and the day after!!




Alright alright, back to the topic on hand...

During the shows held at Niigata Toki Messe, the rice provided by the catering service was, of course, koshihikari made in Niigata!!

Even though plates were available for side dishes, many people still placed their side dishes into their main bowls, donburi-style*2. (laugh)

And everyone kept going on about how delicious the rice was ♪

Even them ↓↓

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Peco-san, who seems to be thinking "That looks soooo good", and CHISA-san, who is in danger of getting herself a bowl everytime she ventures near the catering corner. (laugh)


Even him, one of the popular guys in the troupe ↓↓

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"The mushroom soup is tasty too--!!" by Yocchan



To everyone at Niigata,

For the delicious rice and loud cheers, thank you very much!!!!


A-STAFF Minazou

*1 Koshihikari (コシヒカリ) - a type of rice
*2 A normal Japanese meal has rice and side dishes placed in separate bowls and dishes. When everything is mixed together into one dish, it's called a donburi (どんぶり).

Nagano ★
4 May 2010. 12:17am

The first show at Big Hat has ended safely!!

Same as Niigata, it's been a long 4 years since we've been here.

So, we received wave after wave of 4 years worth of warm feelings from everyone!!!

Let's head towards the 2nd show with the same, no, more, intensity than today-- ☆☆☆




After the show, troupe leader ayu and her staff all went to a soba restaurant ♪

It's also been 4 years since we've visited this place.

But because the soba there is really top-notch, and for another reason, we were really eager to go there.

That other reason is...
(*For those with weak hearts, or those who aren't good at looking at disgusting things, please scroll right to the end without stopping)


Tada!!

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Tadada!!

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Locusts!!!

↑↑ Because Doumo-kun (assistant hair stylist) had a really pained look in his eyes, I had to edit the photo. (sweatdrop)


Locust-tsukudani*1, which you can't really find in Tokyo, put troup leader ayu and her staff into a big panic!!

Rassha-san (chief hair stylist) who used to be so afraid of bugs, could be seen with locust legs sticking to the sides of his mouth ↓↓

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He was totally relaxed. (laugh)


The taste of it is really delicious, because of the old-fashioned method of tsukudani cooking,

But there are still a fair amount of people today who are shocked at seeing it as food.

Everyone, if you get the chance to, you have to try it at least once! (It's both interesting and delicious)



Then, the specialty of the restaurant is...

[B]"Soba soup"![/B]

Everyone drank it with warm and fluffy feelings ♪



Hmm??

Something strange seems to be happening......




Ehh--!!!!!

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Kome aka Tosaka aka Woodstock, (←he has many nicknames!)

Komeda-san (director) is pouring soba soup for our troupe leader ayu with a sly smirk on his face!!!

It's so freaky~~!! Run! Leader~~~~~!!!! (laugh)


Everyone, be careful of Komeda-san and his soba soup. (laugh)


A-STAFF Minazou

*1 Tsukudani (佃煮) - Preserved food boiled in soy sauce

Such excitement, we did it ♪
10 May 2010. 12:45pm

The 2 days have Fukuoka Marine Messe have ended safely!!!

Everyone was so excited, we were afraid that the roof would be blown right off ↑↑

Yeah~, you kids are Hakata are really scary.

From now, we'll be fearing... Nahh, looking forward to, the shows here in July!!!!


So as to match up to everyone's power,

This time too, we feasted on lots of famous food from the region!!

As is the custom, we had a food competition with tonkotsu ramen, seeing who could down the most additional helpings.

We all downed about 6-7 additional helpings each on average, even the boss at the yatai could do nothing but smile bitterly at the size of our stomachs*1. (sweatdrop)



Next, as popular as tonkotsu ramen, we have

Mentaiko ★*2

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Please enjoy looking at Asian Beauty Midori-san too ↑ Stamp of approval!!

Director Komeda-san, the one with the most nicknames in A-TEAM (Kome, Tosaka, Woodstock), is eating it too

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He's talking to me now actually, and giving me this serious (-.-) face while eating it. (laugh)


And this person too ↓


Gulp gulp

Gulp gulp


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I so love mentaiko (heart~) by Armageddon







And with that, to everyone at Fukuoka, let's meet again in July ☆

A-STAFF Minazou

*1 In Japan, when one purchases ramen, one is normally entitled to free additional helpings of noodle. Since these guys got so many extra helpings, the boss probably lost $$ serving them lol!
*2 Mentaiko (明太子) - marinated pollock roe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentaiko

Fukuoka Marine Messe ☆
9 May 2010. 3:13am

We're here at Fukuoka, troupe leader ayu's birthplace!!

Truly, because it's the hometown, everyone is so hot! Hot!! HOT--!!!

We were all united, no doubt about that ↑↑↑

Let's shake up Marine Messe with this same power for the 2nd show too ★



So, after the show ended, this glutton troupe went to have motsu-nabe*1.

Shoyu sauce base, miso base... Whichever it was, we all finished it with gusto!!

Again, we were the guilty ones who snatched up and finished troupe leader ayu's share as well. So sorry m(__)m

What's more, there was splendid dessert, and we stole that too ♪

And then, Momochi Beach clinic director aka avex clinic director, Nobu-sensei ↓↓
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dropped in on us with a cake this big!!!

Somehow, an unexpectedly horrible person got to cut the cake, please pass the knife on. (sweatdrop)

Though the cake was really finger-licking superb, we only managed to eat up 3 quarters of it.

The large piece remaining couldn't be finished, so we split it up and took it home as souvenirs.

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From Okei-san
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To assistant Honda-chan. (Oh! Who's that behind!?)

That girl is a real glutton, no joke about it.

Troupe leader ayu just has to go "Ah~" and feed it to her (←how lucky), she'll finish it in a second. Really a glutton queen!


Halfway through, some cream from the cake fell on the floor, someone stepped on it and fell down.

Another someone tried to come to the rescue, but he slipped and fell too.

Such comic scenes really did take place, and we had such a fun and delicious time ♪

To Nobu-sensei, who came in the night just to bring us the cake,

Thank You for the food!!!








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Hyaa!! (sweatdrop)

A-STAFF Minazou

*1 Motsunabe (もつ鍋) - Nabe made with offal and vegetables http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motsunabe

Yokohama Arena!!
15 May 2010. 11:51pm

Thank you for your hard work at Yokohama Arena's 1st show~

This entry will be written by me, A-DANCER 2-YAN, born in Kanagawa*1!!!

Yeah~ Kanagawa power is really awesome!

Because everyone's so excited and supportive, I'm proud to say that this is my hometown ☆



Though I keep saying hometown,

I don't really come from Yokohama itself.

Actually, I was born and raised in Sagamiharashi, close to Hachioji. (laugh)

And though it's a little far off,

I guess I can still call Yokohama Arena my hometown.


I'm writing about this in my own blog too.

Recently, I've been doing a special report on the girl dancers~

Firstly,

A shot taken after the show!!

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And right in front

Is the most girlish girl, Kayano-san, in the whole country??


No,


In the entire world!!

Because even after the show, we can still catch Kayano-san touching up her make-up!!

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And she's making use of Zin-san to hold her water too!! (laugh)

All the male dancers can't hold their own when it comes to Kayano-san. (laugh)



From now on, we'll work hard to deliver more of the dancers' private moments to everyone~ (laugh)

Please look forward to our paparazzi shots.



And with that, tomorrow will be

Yokohama Day 2!!

We'll rest well

In order to present the best stage tomorrow!!



Let's do it~!!

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A-DANCER 2-YAN

*1 Kanagawa (神奈川) Prefecture, where the city of Yokohama is located.

We're Rock'n'Roll too ★
16 May 2010. 2:24am

We're here at Yokohama today to support Mama and everyone ☆

Though we can't always tag along, we re~ally love live shows ♪

And if we behave, we get lots and lots of praise too,

so we sit quietly backstage, listening to Mama's voice.

And suddenly, Mama's manager Mr.Prince took us outside for a walk.

We trudged around outside the hu~ge arena, and when we came back...



Hmm???

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Where is this??? *bark bark*



Pino~, look. Mama and ZIN-san seems to be chatting about something over there.



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For some reason, we were called for!!!!


I can't hear anything-!! I'm so nervous-----

*shiver shiver tremble tremble*

But we get to go to Mama, and we can meet everyone too--

But, but, I'm nervous------------- *shiver tremble*



Heyyy!!

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Caption: Yosh!!

Let's just gooooooo-----!!!!
















Haha



We were so happy that we just jump-attacked Mama on stage. Teehee

We could also see the faces of everyone in the stands ♪

Haa~, that'll become a habit (saying Haa~)

Hope that we'll be called on stage sometime again ☆

Please give Mama and everyone your support for Yokohama Day 2 also ♪♪♪

Papiko & Pino

Continuing. We're...
17 May 2010. 2:18am

The 2nd show at Yokohama Arena


ended safely in the midst of loud cheers and many applause!!



Wow~ You Yokohama kids are really something ↑↑↑


Thank you for the best smiles and the best time m(＿)m





Following up from yesterday, we had some special guests on stage for today's show too!!

And they are, of course, these people ↓↓





BABYO~N!
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Well, that wasn't it. Sorry. (sweatdrop)


The real guests are these ♪ ↓↓

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Caption: pitter patter patter

Meet Papiko & Pino ☆


Since yesterday, these super smart things have changed their walking areas so that they can remain close to the stage.


Definitely Hamasaki dogs. They even eat really fast. (laugh)


Like this ↓↓

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Caption: Stare-----

They seemed to be waiting to be called on stage

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Caption: Stare-----

"Is it time? Is it time?"



It's great, they're reunited with their beloved Mama on stage once again ♪

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Caption: Pa(left) Pi(right)


Till next time!!

A-STAFF Minazou

We're home! Osaka ☆
23 May 2010. 2:45am

After about one month, our Rock'n'Roll Circus troupe has returned to Osaka once again!!

Meeting up with precious old friends again, returning to hometowns one more time,

we just wanted to scream "We're home--!!"

And because so many people replied with "Welcome home", we're really lucky!

Thank you for always giving us your warm support m(__)m


So, the show at Osaka Jou Hall tomorrow will be the last for this tour!

Let's not leave any regrets by singing and dancing with all our mights tomorrow and have the best time ♪







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I really love Osaka ♪ by Ava〇 SHU-YA

(Friends have been saying that he looks like Ava〇, and that's where that popular nickname for him comes from)


A-STAFF Minazou

Tour goods Introduction ★ Ready--
23 May 2010. 4:09am

Starting from the show at Osaka Jou Hall, the second batch of tour goods have made their entrance!!!

☆★ayupan×HelloKitty Mirror★☆
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D- d- damn! Too cute!!!

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ayupan's ears!!!!

The m- m- mike!!!!


This level of cuteness is not normal!! (laugh)

This is definitely a must get item ☆



By the way, this collaboration mirror is praised by all the girl dancers too.

We gave one to them as a sample to look at, and they could not let it go again. (laugh)

Like this ↓↓↓

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Ermm...


When I line up those pictures like this, it does look strange. (sweatdrop)

Oh well, in order to organize a quiz for everyone reading this blog,

the girl dancers have cooperated and took these photos!


From the top, can you tell who is who--???

The hair colours are a hint!



The answers will be revealed in the next entry!!

Aim for guessing all correctly!~ ♪













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Hmm? There's one more!?



A-STAFF Minazou