The annual FNS Kayousai was a blast as expected, and as usual, most of the program was centered around teaming up different acts with each other for special one-time matchups, and though all of them were great in their own way, there were a few of them that really stuck out for me and really made me feel the special vibe that only the FNS show has:
Go Hiromi and AKB48
Go Hiromi and AKB48
Looking like a befuddled English teacher leading his class on a field trip, Go Hiromi blazed through a medly of his super-catchy hits all accompanied by those extremely cute and genki Akihabara Girls! They really gave Go Hiromi an added peppiness to his routine, and I even have to say that their voices strangely fit his style of songs pretty well!
Heck, they even made that “Goldfinger” song catchy!
This is the first time I’ve seen Atsuko Maeda since seeing her as Q10, and she’s quite a looker onstage, which is something that surprised me as she has such a shy demeanor in that Takeru Sato drama!
Noriyuki Makihara and a Cast of Thousands
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| Makihara Noriyuki, Chemistry, and a beaming Chisa |
Everybody’s favorite drunk uncle is back this time with great singing from Chemistry and others but what I found TOTALLY AWESOME was the very different ways the four pretty girls onstage were dressed-
Ito Yuna looks like she’s come from a Fancy Ballroom,
Chisa (soooo cute n sexy here) looks like she’s on her way to go clubbing at some high end Tokyo nightspot…
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| Chisa |
Kizuki Minami looks serenely like she’s come from attending her debut fine art-show,
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| Kizuki Minami |
and Singer Miwa (whom I’m finally seeing perform for the first time) looks like she’s on her way to build a snowman outside after the performance! AHAHAHA
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| Miwa, Chisa in background |
This was a great little medley of hits, and everyone sounded fantastic, but I have to say that Chisa was the one who really stole the show for me, SO cheerfully happy even in the backgrounds, she looks like she’s at the best party of her life! Hmm, maybe she was!
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| Chisa having time of her life |
Funny,when my friend Car first saw GIRL NEXT DOOR years ago, she told me that I would like the lead singer because she was "my type" and that she was "So Pretty". When I finally saw them (on, I think, that year's Kohaku), I thought she was attractive, but that was about it.
I dunno why, maybe it's this new hairstyle, but NOW, I think Chisa looks ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!
Ah, once AGAIN, Noriyuki Makihara's segment was the most FUNNEST part of the Kayousai!
I dunno why, maybe it's this new hairstyle, but NOW, I think Chisa looks ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!
Ah, once AGAIN, Noriyuki Makihara's segment was the most FUNNEST part of the Kayousai!
Arashi and Matsushita Nao
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| Arashi and Matsushita Nao |
And then of course we have one of two songs from Johnny’s wonderboys ARASHI. As Car pointed out, they had both a fun song to sing (Love Rainbow) as well as a “SMAP” styled ballad in "Hatenai Sora". Terrific and passionate singing from the boys accompanied by their soon-to-be KOHAKU cohost Matsushita Nao on Piano …such a beautiful, stripped down performance of this song!
Of course, this was all in the first act, and there was more, much more to come after! But it was these three performances that really moved me and even when the entire show was over, I had to go back and watch these segments over again!
