The Kikkawa You Thread (吉川友)

[shirenuファクトリー]

I LOVE IT!!! ;_; KIKKA!!!!

[Setalia]

WTF is a support project??? all i know is that they created it out of nowhere just for Kikka <3 and that it sounds like "fans please support her so she can go solo and have an indie release"... or maybe she will join momusu a bit later just like fujimoto 8D

I hope she stays solo so I can buy Kikka CDs. 

Love&Peace

[Stryfe]

http://natalie.mu/music/news/42899

Yeah, sing it! BELT IT OUT!

Ahh, she's looking great...

[Slack]

I may not have said it here, but I kind of see Kikka as the Mikitty to Mano-chan's Ayaya.
Kikka didn't win the audition, went through training, went solo. Sound familiar?
I'm NOT saying they should stick her in Momusu, but that parallel kinda stuck with me.

Anyway, that got me thinking about what a unit with the two of them (a la GAM) would be called.
I didn't think of a good name... until now.

<Slack> so I was reading that post in the fukuchan thread about her having the same initials as mikitty
<Slack> and that got me thinking
<Slack> about my comments earlier "isn't kikka the mikitty to manochan's ayaya?"
<Slack> and then I realized
<Slack> Mano Erina = ME
<Slack> & YUU
<Slack> OHSHIT
<shirenu> ....
<Slack> (I had only a few hours of sleep)
* shirenu walks away slowly
<Slack> NO, DON'T DO THIS TO ME
<Slack> T_T

C'mon guys! I can't be the only one who thinks "ME & YOU" would be awesome!

[Serafis_CZ]

"ME & YOU"   that would be pure awesomeness!!! And then again... Kikka and her small "name change" (Yuu -> You) just keeps adding to this theory

[kuro808]

@ slack fic idea?

I think it is a swell idea but yeah I want to see how Yuu will do for the year

[Slack]

Was chatting about the new support site and how to register.
Here's the quick guide from H!O's Kikkawa Yuu thread.

Send in a mail to this address with the content "このまま送信ください。"

Then they will send you an email in response with the link to the registration page.


Just choose 東京 for location.
Your login name will be your email address.

Then hit the submit button a couple times.
Make sure not to hit the "戻る" button, which is "go back".

Once you got that, you're done!
Now you can login at the main page, which I have labeled for you below:


Stick in your email and password at the login page:


Then you should be all set!
You get an extra link for "Avatar", but that's not available yet.


Really, the only point to this whole exercise is to let UFA know how many fans Kikka has.
No idea if there will be more goodies later, aside from the avatar thing.

[shurastriker]

i joined the site... only thing i can do from here... must support her

[metoice]

吉川友モバイルサイト to me

３日目おわりましたぁ!!!

３日目おわりましたぁ!!!
お疲れ様です(´ω｀)☆

2011年初っぱなから、喉がやられてまだ本調子の声じゃないんですけど...、歌詞の意味を考えながら、ファンのみなさんに、気持ちを届けるように歌いました★☆

あと、【さよなら涙】のフリ、合いの手、ありがとうございます。
覚えやすい振り付けなので、皆さんで真似してくれるとうれしいです!!!
お願いします☆★

喉の調子が悪いの知って、モーニング娘。の高橋さんが喉に効く薬を、道重さんは吸入器を貸しくれて、そして、真野ちゃんが喉にいい紅茶をくれました!!
みなさんありがとうございます♪ほんとに優しくて、可愛くて尊敬します!!
これを飲んではやく治したいです(´・ω・｀)

明日も頑張ります♪
見にきてください☆

きっかでした(´ω｀)!!

[shurastriker]

i only used a web translator but apparently she is saying something about her throat and how she is curing it... well, if she have a sore, hope she gets better

[Slack]

Yeah, I forgot to mention that registering for her site delivers daily messages from her to your email.

If you listened to the concert recording, It sounds like she's straining a bit to hit all the right pitches.
Here's my shot at translating it.

３日目おわりましたぁ!!!

３日目おわりましたぁ!!!
お疲れ様です(´ω｀)☆

2011年初っぱなから、喉がやられてまだ本調子の声じゃないんですけど...、歌詞の意味を考えながら、ファンのみなさんに、気持ちを届けるように歌いました★☆

あと、【さよなら涙】のフリ、合いの手、ありがとうございます。
覚えやすい振り付けなので、皆さんで真似してくれるとうれしいです!!!
お願いします☆★

喉の調子が悪いの知って、モーニング娘。の高橋さんが喉に効く薬を、道重さんは吸入器を貸しくれて、そして、真野ちゃんが喉にいい紅茶をくれました!!
みなさんありがとうございます♪ほんとに優しくて、可愛くて尊敬します!!
これを飲んではやく治したいです(´・ω・｀)

明日も頑張ります♪
見にきてください☆

きっかでした(´ω｀)!!

The 3rd day's over!!!
Many thanks for today(´ω｀)☆

Since the beginning of 2011, I have a sore throat even though I couldn't hit all the right notes... while thinking about the meaning of the lyrics, I've been singing to deliver these feelings to all the fans★☆ [Probably has been straining her voice.]

I have a request for the interlude to "Sayonara Namida". [Rough translation I'm not sure of for this line.]
Since the dance is easy to remember, I'd be really happy if everyone tried copying it!!!
Please try it☆★

Since they heard about my sore throat, Morning Musume.'s Takahashi-san gave me some good throat medicine, Michishige-san lent me her inhaler, and Mano-chan gave me some black tea that's good for the throat!!
Thank you, everyone♪ I respect you all for being so kind and cute!!
Drinking this, I'll be back to normal in no time(´・ω・｀)

I'll be trying my best again tomorrow♪
Please come and visit☆

This has been Kikka(´ω｀)!!





Also, here's the previous day's post.

２日目おわりました☆☆

２回とも「さよなら涙」を歌わせてもらいました☆
ファンの皆さんの声援が、曲中に入ってたりして、とってもうれしかったです!!
この曲は、女の子の悲しい恋愛の曲なんですけど、歌詞をよく読んでいただけると、もっとこの曲のよさが出てくると思います
(´ω｀)

明日も２回公演です!
先輩のいい表現の仕方をみて勉強していきます♪
頑張るぞォォォォォ━━━━!!
明日もぜひ見に来てください☆

きっかでした(´ω｀)!!

And my rough translation:

The 2nd day's over☆☆

I sang "Sayonara Namida" twice☆
It made me really happy to hear all the fans' cheering during the song!!
Even though this song is about a girl's sorrowful love, I think if you listen carefully to the lyrics this song will make you feel good
(´ω｀)

Tomorrow there's two more shows!
I'll be studying all my seniors' ways of performing♪
I'll do my beeeeeest━━━━!!
Definitely come and see us tomorrow too☆

This has been Kikka(´ω｀)!!

[shirenuファクトリー]

^ Aw so much help for sore throat problems!! H!P is love ;_;

[Slack]

I'm definitely glad I registered with Kikka's support site.
These daily emails really make me appreciate her more!

４日目おわりましたぁ!!!

今日会場に来てくださったみなさん、ごめんなさい。
最高のパフォーマンスを見せなければならなかったんですけど、歌詞を間違えてしまいました。
温かい声援をくれたファンのみなさんの気持ちがとっても嬉しくて、少し泣いてしまいました…。
本当にありがとうございます。
これからもっと乗り越えなければいけない壁があるとおもいます。
そのために、泣き虫なきっかは卒業し、強くなりたいです。
みなさんの声援がきっかの、大きな力になります。
みなさんこんなきっかですけど、また明日から応援お願いします。
明日こそは、最高のパフォーマンス見せます！

以上きっかでした!!

The 4th day's over!!!

To everyone who came to today's concert, I'm very sorry.
I got my lyrics wrong and so wasn't able to show you my best performance.
All the fans' warm encouragement made me so glad that I cried a little bit...
Really, thank you very much.
From here on, there will be even bigger obstacles to overcome.
For that reason, I want to become stronger and graduate from being crybaby Kikka.
Everyone's encouragement has become my great source of strength.
Even though I'm still like I am now, from tomorrow on, everyone please continue to cheer for me.
Tomorrow I'll definitely show you my best performance!

This has been Kikka!!

５日目おわりましたぁ!!!

おわりましたぁ!!

お忙しい中、観にきてくれたみなさま、本当にありがとうございます♪

毎回オープニングアクト出させてもらってって、みなさんの前で一人で歌える事の楽しさを知りました♪

まだまだ歌もダンスも課題が多いですが、頑張ります。応援お願いします。
『さよなら涙』のラストで「涙が止まらない」って歌詞があるんですけど、顔がモニターに映るので、どんな表情で歌えばいいのかいつも考えてます。
ハローの先輩のライブを見て勉強していきます!!
最近のきっか、愛犬のチョコをつっついたりして遊んでます★
最高の癒しです！

明日も頑張ります(´ω｀)
以上きっかでした!

The 5th day's over!!!

It's over!!

Thank you so much to everyone who came despite being busy♪

Since I've gotten to be the opening act every day, I've been able to experience the joy of singing by myself in front of everyone♪

I'll do my best to overcome my many remaining issues in singing and dancing. Please cheer me on.
"Sayonara Namida"'s last line is "my tears won't stop", but when I see my face in the monitor, I still think about what kind of expression I should be singing with.
I'll continue to study my Hello! Project seniors' performances!!

Lately I've been nudging and playing with my pet dog Choco★
That's the most soothing!

Tomorrow I'll continue to try my best(´ω｀)
This has been Kikka!

こんばんは!!

きっかです(´ω｀)
もーすぐ本番です!!

今日みにきてくれる皆さん
寒い中ありがとうございます♪
きっか頑張ります♪
熱い声援お願いします!!
以上きっかでした!

Good Evening!!

This is Kikka(´ω｀)
I'm just about to perform!!

Everyone who came to visit today,
Thank you for coming out in the cold♪
I'll do my best♪
Please give me your hot support!!
This has been Kikka!

[shirenuファクトリー]

I'm a little bit worried that they didn't mention her at all in Bijogaku, I mean I didn't expect them to but since they showed other groups like S/mileage, it felt a bit wut.

[Slack]

My understanding was that her solo start isn't fully under Hello! Project.
Who knows, maybe she'll be moved to TNX or something. (I kinda hope not)

Anyway, it's been about a week since I last translated some of her support site emails, so there's a bunch of them:

The 6th day's over!!!

It's over. heart [she actually says "heart" here]
Everyone who came out to see me
thank you very much for your support♪

This time,
when I saw all the fans' faces, I really calmed down while I sang (^o^)
As I thought, seeing all the fans calms me down (blush)
Up to now when I got nervous, it was because I didn't take the time to look carefully. (///ω///)
From tomorrow on, I'll work on being more aware of the upper levels too!!

Even though I can't talk in concrete terms about what 2011 holds for Kikkawa Yuu, when I heard about it I was surprised!!
I honestly feel that it would be bad not to try my best from now on.
Even though it's going to be a lot tougher from here on out, I'll do my best 'till I drop.
Until I drop, everyone please support me (lol)

This has been Kikkawa Yuu (´・ω・｀)!!
I'll do my best tomorrow too♪






It's Kikka.

It's Kikka.
Today I'll do my best to send a lot of mail updates! [oh, great.]
Please wait for them.

The noon show is soon.
Kikka is now on standby.
Here I go!






Candy

The noon show is over,
yay!!

I'll try my best for the next show too!
I think you'll see a different Kikka from before during the evening show!

Look forward to it☆






The 7th day's over!!!

Finished!!!!
The second time has safely concluded!
It was the first time I performed "Candy　PoP"!
It's a reealy upbeat song so
It's a song that gets me excited during a concert★
To all the fans who got excited with me, thank you very much♪
Before I went out, I was really nervous, but thanks to everyone's encouragement, I was somehow able to relax and sing (´ω｀)

Today, did I update a lot?
From here on, I'll try hard to do more updates♪
※Please save this mail so it doesn't get lost※

Please look forward to tomorrow too♪
This has been Ki-Ki-Kikka!






Last day at Nakano

Good morning♪
Today is the last day of concerts at Nakano!
I'll enthusiastically do my best!
Enthusiasti-Kikka★

Well then, time to get ready!






Last day at Nakano, noon show

It's over♪
Thanks again to everyone for today♪

When I first got the song "Sayonara Namida", I thought it would be too hard for me, but after performing it on stage a few times, my skill at singing caught up to it.
During the song, there's a part that makes all the fans chant and dance.
From now on, I want to work with the fans to make this song special.
I'd like to make "Sayonara Namida" the best♪

I'm counting on everyone
(´ω｀)

This has been Kikka!






Last concert at Nakano!

The second show is sooon♪
This will be the last one! (lol)
Everyone look forward to it.
Off I go♪







Nakano Sun Plaza's finished!

On the second day of this year, we started the Hello! Project Concerts @ Nakano Sun Plaza!
The last show is finished!!!!

In 2011, I got to fill the role of opening act at these concerts.
Thank you very much♪
Every day my heart was pounding with nervousness!
Thank you for looking kindly on me for my first performance♪
This time when I sang various parts I needed to improve, I was glad when I found I could do them.
Though I have a long way to go, armed with everyone's support I'll go all out to do my best!!

Also, an announcement!
I'll be holding an event this January (´ω｀)!!!!
It's an event all the fans can participate in.
Everyone, definitely come down to and check it out♪
Another email will be sent with all the details.
Everyone please stay tuned★
Thank you in advance♪

From here is a new start for Kikkawa Yuu
Please give me your support♪
Next up, I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone in Nagoya♪

This has been Kikka!!!






I've returned home

Good evening everyone!!
When I came home, my doggie Choco was sitting in front of the door waiting for me
(´ω｀)
It was super-cute
(´・ω・｀)

Just when I went to give it a big hug, it kicked me in the face with all it's strength. How cruel…(゜ロ゜)?

But I wasn't going to lose, so I lovingly tickled Choco!!!

Well then, I'm going to relax with Choco★

This has been Kikka!




This is Kikka!

Good evening everyone!!
First update in 3 days★

Today is a lesson day!!!!
But I still can't say any of the specifics (´・ω・｀)!!!

I think I'll be able to announce it soon, so please look forward to it★
And that's how it is★

Today's photo is "Kikka cameraman" ←The first time in my life I've carried one♪
I'll do my best tomorrow too!♪

PS.I got "bad luck" when I drew my fortune. Doing my best without being discouraged...

This has been Kikka!






Nagoya~!

Good evening everyone!
Arrived in Nagoya★
I'm off to the 2nd show♪
I'll do my best!!

And now an announcement! On January 26 I'll have a press conference to publicize the whole story about the "Kikkawa Yuu Support Project"♪
From those who register on the site, 100 names will be drawn to be invited♪
Though I'm nervous about it, I'll do my best♪
This has been Kikka!

Seriously, this girl need a Twitter account or blog or something.

There was another mail from the site giving details about the press conference, it's time, location, the rules for the raffle, that kind of thing.  It doesn't really have any relevance to those living outside of Japan, and those living in Japan can probably read it anyway.  Therefore, I'm NOT translating it:

吉川友、公開記者会見が決定!!　抽選で100名様をご招待！

遂に、吉川友プロジェクトが本格始動!!
その全貌が明らかになる公開記者会見に、この「吉川友　応援サイト」ご登録されている皆様の中から、抽選で100名様をご招待します。
あなたも『モバイル記者』として、是非このイベントに参加しませんか?


日時： 2011年1月26日（水）午後開催予定（時間は決定次第、お知らせ致します。）

場所： 東京都内某所を予定

≪モバイル記者とは?≫
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≪ご参加方法≫
下記ＵＲＬから応募フォームにてお申し込みを下さい。
http://www.kikkawa-you.jp/specialform/


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[Slack]

Two new mails came in this morning:

Yuki-kka Daruma [yuki daruma = snowman]


It's Kikka♪

Today's the last day in Nagoya
Soon the 2nd show's opening act is going to start!

It's snowing in Nagoya today♪ Next, I'm singing a song that's perfect for this snow★
I'm gonna do my best (^o^)♪

This has been Kikka!




Nagoya shows are over!


The shows in Nagoya have safely concluded!

Thank you very much for the last two days (^o^)♪

It was the first time I was the opening act in Nagoya.

For everyone who came through the snow to see me today, thank you very much.


I'll definitely come back　another time♪
Wait up for me, Nagoya-----!!!

Next up is Kobe.....
I'll do my best (^o^)
I'm looking forward to meeting everybody♪


This has been Kikka!

[Slack]

Where's all the Kikka love???

Anyway, here's the last couple days' worth of her emails.

Tomorrow is…☆


Heeeere's Kikka!!!
Tomorrow is in Kobe!!
I'm looking forward to it♪

It's finally going to be my last performance singing in front of everyone as opening act for the Hello! Project 2011 Winter～Kangei Shinsen Matsuri～ concerts!!
With all my feeling, I've tried my best so far to get better at singing(´ω｀)☆
I'll do my best♪

P.S. Kikkawa Yuu "Static Electricity Woman"
It's really gotten bad～!!


Doing my best tomorrow too♪
Now, on to battle in Kobe (^○^)

Byebye (o・・o)/
This has been Kikka!!

Aww, seems like Kikka's been bothered by static electricity.

Kobe Day 1☆

I've come to Kobe!!
Kikkawa Yuu has arrived.

For the first show,
I sang "Candy PoP" (´・ω・｀)
I wonder what I'm singing next. Dear me!*


For the time being
Kikkawa Yuu will do her best♪

P.S.
Kik-kagami mochi

*This phrase, "hatena" is related to her character's catchphrase in Kirarin Revolution. ("hate-hate?")


Cute how she made herself into a Kagami mochi:

Kobe Day 1, Thank you very much☆


The first day of shows in Kobe has finished!!
It was fun～(^o^)
But, there's a lot to think about!
There's stuff I gotta fix (´・ω・｀)

I'll solve it bit by bit!


[What Kikka has noticed recently]
I found out that wearing shorts on a midwinter night is just about cold enough to kill you!

Everyone please try walking in shorts in midwinter. (lol)


Tomorrow is the last day in Kobe!!
Filled with spirit, I'll do my best♪
Everyone tomorrow (C'mon down to Kobe)
This has been Kikka♪

Silly girl, of course you're going to be cold in shorts in midwinter!

From what I've heard, her songs are pretty good!
She sings 'em really well!



This last one doesn't seem to be mentioned in her emails.
The title is "Fuyu Sora Hanabi". (Winter Sky Fireworks)

[shirenuファクトリー]

I really like her voice ah. ^_____________^ Her songs are pretty good too!

I want PVs and stuff DO IT KIKKA

[Slack]

Hopefully we'll hear some good news from her press conference on the 26th!

Need Youtube channel NAO.

[Slack]

New year's shows have finished!

Kobe shows are over!
I'd never thought I'd get to be the opening act for Hello! Project concerts so I'm really glad★
Every day was full of uncertainty!! But, it was really fun and became a great learning experience!!
This time I got to sing 3 songs!!
They're all really good songs so I wanted everyone to hear them a lot (^o^)!! repeat

Byebye Kobe!!
I'll definitely come back again someday♪

This has been Kikka☆

P.S.
Takoyaki-kka

I don't think she used enough exclamation points.