Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 247 Sword Finger Award
On December 12th, the 30th Japan Record Awards will be held at the New National Theater in Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo!

Tokyo New National Theater, known as "Asia's first-class" opera house, is located in Hommachi, Shibuya District, Tokyo, adjacent to Tokyo Opera City in Shinjuku District.

It was built in February 1997 and is an important venue for performances of opera, ballet, contemporary dance and drama, and is very popular among Japanese people.

The Tokyo New National Theater was designed by Takahiko Yanagisawa and TAK Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning. There is a theater with 25500 seats, a small experimental theater with 2 seats, and other supporting rooms and business rooms.

Since the Japan Record Awards moved here in 2004, the Grand Theater of the New National Theater has hosted the Record Awards twice.

And this year, it's the third time.

Another special thing about the 2006 Record Awards is that after careful consideration by TBS TV, the organizer, the Japan Composers Association and the Japan Record Awards Committee, in order to stagger the time with the Red and White Songs, it was also to save the growing Due to the declining ratings, starting from this year, the record awards will be held one day earlier than the original December 12st, which will be held on December 31th.

In this way, let alone other artists, it is very good news for a busy person like Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

After all, he didn't want to have to go back and forth between the Hongbai Song Festival and the Record Awards on the same day every year. . .

That kind of feeling is really exhausting physically and mentally, but this is also a common phenomenon among popular artists. . .

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Along with the holding of the awards ceremony, several key words will appear frequently.

Red carpet, dresses, handsome men, beautiful women. . .

However, compared to the Film Academy Awards, and film and television award ceremonies such as the Japanese Drama Academy Awards, and music award ceremonies, there are fewer eye-catching highlights and more purity.

Unlike the actresses competing for splendor on the red carpet, there is no red carpet outside the New National Theatre, where the Record Awards are held.

In other words, there is no such thing as walking the red carpet. . .

All the singers and guests participating in the Record Awards went directly into the theater, found the seats that had been arranged, sat down, and waited quietly for the award ceremony to begin.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi, Ogawa Masaki, and Chiba Masaki are no exception.

At 6:30 p.m., night has fallen in Tokyo.

And the three members of THE SUN band have already sat in the grand theater of the New National Theatre.

The large theater that can accommodate 1810 is already full at this time. In 2006, the singers and audiences who had a wide impact on the Japanese music scene.

Including: コブクロ (Keku Cola), mihimaruGT, BOA, Koda Kumi, Otsuka Ai and other mainstream singers, as well as non-mainstream singers such as Mizumori Kaori and Hikawa Kiyoshi.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi and THE SUN band, this year is the same as last year, both Sakamoto Kiyoshi and THE SUN have won the gold award candidates.

The finalists are "ひまわり" by Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and "Lei" by THE SUN.

Others who were shortlisted at the same time include: Kobukuro's "Kimi という名の客", Hikawa Kiyoshi's "One Sword", Koda Kumi's "Yume no Uta", Otsuka Ai's "Love Photo", スキマスイッチ (Infinite Switch)'s "ボクノート" and so on.

However, as Sakamoto Kiyoshi speculated, among these people, there are only two people who have caused the biggest obstacle to Sakamoto Kiyoshi or THE SUN's award.

Koda Kumi, Hikawa Kiyoshi.

And it just so happened that Sakamoto Kiyoshi was sitting next to these two seniors, so after he sat down, he immediately greeted his "biggest opponents".

Although they were rivals, Sakamoto Kiyoshi had met these two at last year's Record Awards, and they were considered acquaintances. Therefore, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was not very restrained when he spoke.

"Koda-san, Hikawa-san, it's half a night (good evening)! Long time no see!"

Turning around, Kota Kumi and Hikawa Kiyoshi both saw Sakamoto Kiyoshi with a smile on his face.

They couldn't help feeling tense.

"There it is, my opponent."

Hikawa Kiyoshi thought in his heart.

Interestingly, Koda Kumi was thinking the same way in his heart at this time.

"Empty for half the night! Sakamoto-kun!"

No matter how much you think in your heart, you still have to keep smiling on the surface.

The two also briefly greeted each other, and then they were about to turn back.
However, Koda Kumi looked like he wanted to chat with Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

She glanced at Ogawa Masaaki and Chiba Masaki who were sitting next to Sakamoto Kiyokazu, and said, "Hey, you are still as handsome as ever, you are indeed the most handsome band in Japan!"

In the tone, it was obvious that they were teasing Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the others.

Generally speaking, when THE SUN participates in large-scale award ceremonies, or large-scale performance occasions such as red and white, they will attend in a slim suit.

The only difference is the color.

Regarding the styling of the band, Sakamoto Kiyoshi did not let the company's stylist do it, but he referred to the styling of a future Korean band, CNBLUE, and added some accessories that fit the neon aesthetic vision, as well as some rock and roll After small details, such a set of band performance costumes was created.

That is to say, on the basis of a slim suit, tie a rock-style silk scarf on the wrist, or insert a flower in the pocket of the suit to add some vitality and vitality to the whole serious shape.

After all, the average age of the three of them is only 17.3 years old. Although the three of them are all in good shape, all of them are over 1.7 meters five, and they are too handsome to wear suits, but judging from their immature faces, the three of them are still young. For adults, it is still necessary to add some small accessories to maintain a sense of youth.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto's advanced sense of fashion also maximized the handsomeness and charm of the three members of the band, and also made THE SUN quickly become the object of pursuit by major fashion magazines and a handsome band recognized by the nation.

In a recent questionnaire conducted by an unknown TV station, a question was asked of [-] people of all ages from all over the country.

That is, "Which one do you think is the most handsome band, or group, right now?"

Among the 1000 people, more than 300 people chose THE SUN!

It is conceivable how popular and popular THE SUN is now!

And TV Asahi, which has a relatively good relationship with Sony, also released THE SUN as the "Most Handsome Band in Japan". . .

The three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi who heard the news were also very speechless.

That's why, Koda Kumi, opened his mouth to use this to tease Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the others.

Because these pheasant lists, or questionnaires, do not have much fairness and authority at all. Even if they get No.1, they will not help the development of THE SUN.

At most, let the "calm brother" Makoto Ogawa know, and said "Oh, so we are the most handsome band in Japan?" After that, there was no more. . .

Therefore, after hearing sister Koda Kumi teasing herself, the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi felt a little ashamed, and complained about the pheasant questionnaire in their hearts. . .

Although he knew that he and Sakamoto Kiyoshi were rivals, Koda Kumi was still very happy when facing Sakamoto Kiyoshi's handsome face.

Therefore, sister Koda Kumi was chatting with Kiyoshi Sakamoto before the grand prize started.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto, after more than two years of growth in talking to people, also knows how to maintain a superficial sense of familiarity with people in the circle.

Just as Sakamoto Kiyoshi and Koda Kumi were sitting on the side chatting enthusiastically, the opening music of the 48th Record Awards finally sounded.

After hearing the opening music, Kiyosai Sakamoto and Kumi Koda stopped talking and sat upright.

The master of ceremonies of the Record Awards, Mr. Masaaki Sakai, brought two beautiful emcees, Oshikiri Moe and Yuri Kohara, to stand on the stage of the theater and began to talk about the opening remarks.

"Welcome everyone to the 48th Japan Record Awards. Today is December 12th, and there is still one more day in 30. Let..."

On both sides of the [-]th consecutive host Masaki Sakai, there are two beauties who are taller than him. This cute combination of "concave" height also makes the audience at the scene and the audience in front of the TV feel novel and funny.

The atmosphere at the scene may also have been affected by this "concave" tall and cute combination, it was very relaxed and happy.

In such an atmosphere, the 2006th Record Awards in 48 officially started.

In the three and a half hours of live broadcast, the first few groups of singers and groups selected for the Newcomer Award had already spent half an hour performing.

Four or 10 minutes after the start of the awards, the first important award was announced.

The winners of the Newcomer Awards are: Ayaka, SunSet Swish, Aki Yamamoto, and WaT.

It is worth mentioning that while the awards were going on, the members of the Record Awards Formulation Committee were also discussing who would win the awards.

This is the approach taken to ensure the fairness of the awards.

However, everything is not so absolute.

The list of singers who won the gold award was announced in advance.

For Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is aiming for the Grand Prize, all the previous awards are not related to himself and THE SUN. Even if he wants to perform, he will not go on stage until the introduction of ten groups of gold award singers.

However, Sakamoto Kiyoshi still didn't dare to relax, he still pretended to be "I'm watching the show seriously", and sat upright in his seat, as did Ogawa Masaki and Chiba Masaki.

Because they know that the camera will definitely take special care of them. Not only the three of THE SUN, but even Kumi Koda and Kiyoshi Hikawa, two strong candidates for the grand prize, are all sitting there with serious faces. , looked at the stage very seriously, and the awards were presented one by one.

　Second update today!

　　
　
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