^ I translate the beginning of the vid.
Quote"You don't play any instrument?"
Kassa: "No"
Teacher: "Do you dislike singing because you are bad at it?"
Kassa: "No... I like to sing, by myself, but if you ask me if i am good at it, i don't think i am."
Teacher: "But you like it, right?"
Kassa: "Yes."
...
Teacher: "A girl who we think can not become good at singing couldn't enter Angerme. Please, trust the persons who chose you. You have to believe in you, and think "it's because i have hope to become good that i was chosen.""
Teacher to the camera: "It was the first time we met, so first, i listened to her singing, and it's totally [... i'm not sure about what she said there... Maybe something about being like her age?...], and there are a lot of things that must be done, so i felt like "what should we start with?". So i started with basics, like the way of thinking, and since they are often frightened when they just entered, I reassured her, that kind of talks."
(With Kassa again) Teacher: "What is the part you like to sing the most? The part you think "it feels good to sing this!""
Kassa: "Well, it's the parts were the voice is high, like "Soudai na dondengaeshi Akkan no dondengaeshi Unmei no daigyakuten geki da".
Teacher: "Ok. "You have to "send" the lyrics to the audience, to explain it, to put in your singing the feelings you have in your heart." Rather than that, try to enjoy it. Sing while thinking: "It's super fuuun to sing this line!!". For instance, when you singing "Kitai mo sarezu, hihan mo sarezu", you should enjoy this "zuuu", that is fun to sing. The fact of putting the right expression to the feeling expressed in the lyrics will come later. For first, what is important is to find your own singing great. Please, try to sing without thinking about the meaning of the lyrics, but thinking "wow, i am singing an Angerme song, i'm so happy, that's so funny and great!".
After she sang a few times, teacher told her "it's better, your eyes are smiling!".
I think we now know why she was all super smily even when it doesn't seem appropriate during live performances. Just following the advices of ther teacher ;)
Also, what the teacher said about her singing:
QuoteHer voice is really good. Maybe she herself thinks she is not good, but for the rythm and the musical interval too, it will get well very fast. For now, she is not used to this, and doesn't know what and how she should do, but when she gets to understand, it will get well immediatly.QuoteShe is very impatient. So first, we will try to calm down, and learn things one by one, first, i want her to change her way of speaking in her daily life. It begins there. [What will be the next thing you'll teach her?] Well... i think it might be to really enjoy singing.
From Kassa's interview in Idol Mou Iccho!:
Kassa: Until then, i had always been looking only at Morning Musume, but when i saw Tamura Meimi’s graduation live in Budokan, i was deeply moved by how cool they were, and i completely got into Angerme (ellipsis)and, it seems that my mother knew before me from the kenshuusei manager that I would enter in Angerme as a surprise addition, and he told her to “absolutely keep it as a secret”, but since I suddenly got deeply into Angerme songs and started listening to it all of the time, she was worried that maybe the secret had leaked out.
Interviewer: When you think about it know, you didn’t find your mother’s behavior was kind of strange?
Kassa: Not at all. But before Angerme’s concert, there was Morning Musume’s concert in budokan, and when I cent to see it, the waiting room was the same for regular members and kenshuusei. At that moment, Wada-san was always looking at me, and at that time, I had never spoke to her even once, so I was wondering “why is she staring at me?”, and when I went back home, I said “today, Wada-san kept on looking at me all the time”. After that, I heard that she was being impatient.
The Strongest Newcomer in Hello Pro History: Kasahara Momona Research
http://blog-project.net/special-translations/252968
From Ayacho's blog, i translate: (Original blog:http://ameblo.jp/angerme-ayakawada/entry-12235020951.html)
Title: Peach
Today was Hello! Con again.
Thank you very much.
A situation that shows that Peach seems to be having fun ↓
When we are in Nakano Sun Plaza, we have one dressing room for me and 2nd gen, and one for 3rd gen, Kamiko and Kassa.
When it was time to go back home, 3rd gen and all came to our dressing room, but then i realized that while everybody was about to leave, only Kassa was still remaining inside... . So i told her "Uh? We're going home ~~", then she answered: "Ooh?! I thought maybe we would play..." .. (laughs).
Also, Kassa,
She's wearing a finger ring with white wings on it, that she bought thinking "it's Angerme-like!".
Rinapuu, Muro and I asked her: "Give it to me, please! Please!", but apparently, it's a NO NO NO! (laughs).
[Pic of Aya]
Recently, i call Kassa "Peach".
Bye Bye.
*Thx to Miryoku from H!O
01 – My thoughts about « An adult woman »
The image I have of an adult woman? … . First of all, “she is calm”. I have this ideal because, as for myself, I really have no composure. Even when I’m sitting down, I sway. Also, “she drinks coffee”. Well, it somehow is the typical image that a child has of adulthood (laughs). But I can’t help but really think this.
Coffee? Recently I became able to drink some. But I really think about it, I think maybe I’m not liking coffee when I drink it. Sasaki Rikako-san, even though we are close in age, enjoys to drink it. When I saw this, I thought “This is cool ~!” and tried too, but thought that maybe it was ok for me not to drink coffee yet (bitter laugh).
The person who I think “she’s an adult” is Yajima Maimi-san from °C-ute. Of course, that’s also because she is Hello! Pro’s leader, but, isn’t she simply beautiful? Yajima-san really gives an impression of “THE adult woman”. I, too, want to become a wonderful woman like Yajima-san but… will I be able to, someday?
02 – Angerme’s bonds
“Angerme members really get along well with each others, and we are always making merry.”
That is something we often say during MCs. But there may be people in this world who think “Idols, in public, will try to keep up like they are in good terms, but in any case, it must be common that behind the scene the atmosphere is strained.” .
Something I understood when I joined the group for real is that the relationships and the communication in Angerme are so good that it is really miraculous. To the point that it’s quite impossible. After all, the nine of us even gather and go out to play all together on days off!
This summer, when we went to the beach all together, Wada Ayaka-san said to all of us “Let’s come again someday, right?”… . Because Wada-san’s love for Angerme is absolutely complete. I’m very proud of this.
03 – The fact that I love Sasaki Rikako-san
It might be impolite for me, as her kouhai, to say this but, the fact that she is innocent (/candid) is cute. Because she’s in any case a cheerful and bright person. Sasaki-san says “I hate the rain. I love the sun”, but in my opinion, Sasaki-san herself is the sun!
Also, while she usually has this cheerful and bright feeling to her, when she performs, she is incredibly cool. Her dancing and all are very strong. I can’t think she is in middle school like me. So, what I like the most about Sasaki-san is maybe this “gap”. The gap between her usual cheerful self and when she performs. By the way, Sasaki-san has more female fans than male fans.
04 – How I came to fit in / grew accustomed
The other day, a staff-member who I hadn’t seen for a while told me “Kasahara, you completely became Angerme, uh?”. I was super happy. But, if there is a reason why I could grow accustomed to Angerme in only 5 months, it’s because everyone in Angerme is kind. There is no doubt about this.
The other day, I was with Takeuchi Akari-san and I told her, “your gloves, they are the same as mine.” . Later, I realized suddenly that, at the time when I had just joined Angerme, I definitely wouldn’t have been able to adress to her with such familiarity.
Takeuchi-san really cares a lot about me. She says, “Kassa, come here too, let’s eat our meal together”, for instance. But, also, when we receive something (food, for instance), the etiquette wants that you’ll let your senpai choose first, right? When, for that reason, I’m not touching it, Takeuchi-san really dislikes it. She says, “Please, stop it with that kind of things.”. It seems that she doesn’t want people to care about her. (Laughs) (note: I’m not really sure about the translation fo 2 last sentences)
05 – Live in the “warring idol period”
In Hello! Project, there are a lot of idols. Angerme often say “We want to surpass Morning Musume”, and, in reality, we are aiming at the top of Hello! Pro. But, if we take a look outside of Hello! Pro, there is yet an incredible number of idols. Even though I’m an idol myself, I’m surprised by this.
Also, the personality of members and groups is incredible! Everyone wants to stand out, even just a little, and is glittering. For instance, Angerme gets along well with Team Syachihoko-san. They come from Nagoya to Tokyo, waking up super early in the morning for their work. They work hard to try to catch even the smallest chance. Maneki Kecha-san’s concept is also so unique I feel overwhelmed. I also received a shock from Osaka Shunkashuto. Because in any rate they were too good at singing… .
However, on some topics, the more I know a lot of idols like that, the more it reaffirms H!P’s coolness. Anyway, I think we’re living a difficult period.
06 – Morning Musume and Angerme
In my case, I thought I wanted to become an idol because of Morning Musume’s platinum gen. Especially because I love Kamei Eri-san. Of course, my feelings of love towards Morning Musume-san are still the same today.
Apart of that, if someone asks me “what is the concert that gave you the most emotion/the biggest impression until now?”, I would answer it’s Angerme’s “Kyuui Ittai”. It’s Tamura Meimi-san’s graduation concert. This time, i got goosebumps non-stop. Of all concerts I’ve seen in Budôkan, this one was by far the one that left the biggest impression. Starting from then, I totally got into Angerme and listened to their songs everyday. At that time, I was still a Kenshuusei. I was told I became a member of this beloved Angerme right after this so… you can imagine how happy I was!
As a fan, I don’t think I move on from Morning Musume to Angerme, but that the frame of the things I love became wider. Because, when I first joined the Kenshuuseis, more than “liking Hello! Project”, I rather used to love “Morning Musume”-san. When I saw Juice=Juice-san or °C-ute-san during the Hello! Concerts rehearsal, I was surprised to discover a coolness that was different from Morning Musume-san. I was still small. Maybe my field of vision was narrow.
*Thanks to Miryoku from H!O
https://youtu.be/OdC1KY89En0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8pl8qblbF4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1KTcY22m8s
Kassa blogged about her hair donation. She says 20-30 people need to donate their hair in order to make a single wig for cancer patients. Unlike cutting your hair and just throwing it away, donating your hair is taking part in a chain of happiness.
https://twitter.com/ainogundan/status/1119765520633540609
The new goal I arrived at while working on the project was to move abroad and study singing and dancing.
スコーバン 🍑 Skoban (@realskoban) Tweeted:
Kasahara Momona releasing a photobook, 'Dear Sister', edited by actresseses/models Aoi Yuu and Kikuchi Akiko
https://t.co/ji70sSaf8O https://twitter.com/realskoban/status/1448869290912858114?s=20
Global Streaming Announcement ⋰ October 9th (MON) 9:00PM (JST) ~
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