Mika Nakajima remarried, on this day of her 40th birthday.
posted a photo of holding hands with her husband, band guitarist Ma Guyong, wearing a wedding dress and a wedding ring on her personal social platform, opening a new chapter in her life.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately triggered a hot search and heated discussion, but this time in the public opinion field, there was no curiosity about who the man was in the past, no common accusations of past marriage history, but a sincere blessing and emotion: "It's really not easy for her to go this way, I hope my sister is happy." ”
Even people who are unwilling to empathize with celebrities will make an exception for Mika Nakajima.
Not only because she is a generation of Japanese singers and divas, not only because of her perfect interpretation of "NANA", but also because her nirvana-like experience and story have truly redeemed many people, many people who are struggling with low points and almost desperate for life.
Have you heard the song "Once I Thought About a Hundred"?
Is it in the covers of popular variety shows Lin Zhixuan, Zhang Xincheng, Hu Yanbin and others, or in the BGM of inspirational song lists or mixed and cut videos?
In fact, "Once I Thought About a Hundred" was originally sung by Mika Nakajima, and this song tells her own story.
Just listening to the song is enough to feel the deep resonance, and it's hard to imagine what Mika Nakajima has experienced as the protagonist of the story.
For a generation of singers (divas) of the Heisei era in Japan, Mika Nakajima's road to fame was not as smooth as others imagined.
When she was a child, because she was introverted, unsociable, and had no friends, Mika Nakajima suffered serious school bullying. In order to get out of this predicament, Mika Nakajima began to deliberately dress herself as a bad student, smoking, drinking, dyeing her hair and makeup, but she did not expect that she was treated even more severely. Reluctantly, in the second year of junior high school, Mika Nakajima was forced to transfer schools.
Mika Nakajima, who did not feel hope on campus, gave up her studies after graduating from junior high school and made a living by working part-time at a fast food restaurant. Later, she shared a room with others and tried to be a model, but at that time she did not conform to the mainstream Japanese aesthetic, and the audition was unsuccessful. It took more than three years to try-fail-try and fail again.
LATER, WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF HER FRIENDS, MIKA NAKAJIMA SET HER SIGHTS ON HER BELOVED MUSIC CAREER, RECORDED DOZENS OF DEMOS AND SENT THEM TO RECORD COMPANIES, AND FINALLY WON THE FAVOR OF FATE AND GAVE HER A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE "SONY AUDITION" DRAFT.
Everyone knows the story after this, Mika Nakajima became famous in the battle, and her debut single "STARS" appeared on the 3rd place on the public trust list singles list, with cumulative sales exceeding 600,000.
In the third year of her debut, Mika Nakajima brought the classic Japanese winter song "Snow Flower", which not only won her the Record Award and the Newcomer Award in Japan, but also covered by singers in many countries in Asia. Mika Nakajima became famous with this song and became a "20-year-old diva" in the Heisei Kahime era.
Because of her maverick temperament, in 2005, she was selected to star in the popular manga "NANA" adaptation of the same name, with the style in the film with the style of the punk-style cool girl with smoky makeup, short hair, armor ring, became a fashion icon in the hearts of a generation of Japanese girls.
Music, film and television were both praised, and Mika Nakajima's career had been smooth sailing so far, but in 2010, fate played a big joke with her, she was diagnosed with "Eustachian tube open syndrome", which has a great impact on people's hearing, making it difficult for her to judge what kind of sound she makes and how loud it is.
It's hard to imagine how devastating near-deafness is for a singer who stopped all her trips and went to New York to seek medical treatment, only to be told there was no cure.
Unwilling to give up music because of this, Mika Nakajima desperately tried to practice vocalization, and returned more than half a year later, bringing the song "Deer". But I didn't expect to usher in not the tolerance of the public, but the overwhelming doubts and negative evaluations of her voice.
It was also this controversial comeback that completely crushed Mika Nakajima, and she began to fall into deep self-doubt, whether it is really incurable as the doctor said, is it really just like the doctor said, is the beloved music career really only can only end here...
After the failed comeback, Mika Nakajima disappeared for nearly two years, and no one knows what she has experienced in the past two years and what she has paid for restoration, only to see her return to the stage two years later with the song "Once I Thought About a Hundred".
Deafness was not completely cured, so she relied on stepping on the beat on the stage to find the rhythm, and when she couldn't hear the sound back, she touched the stereo to feel the beat of the music. Although the physical condition cannot be compared with before, this time the stage is more shocking than any other time in the heyday of the past.
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"Once I also thought about a hundred / You smiled beautifully/Full of thoughts about self-closure / After all, because living is too hard", she used almost roaring and hoarse expression to tell the time of life in the dark abyss, and the lyrics hit the softest place in everyone's heart like a true portrayal of struggling in despair.
After the release of the song "Once I Thought About a Hundred", it caused a strong emotional resonance among the public, and more coincidentally, the suicide rate in Japan that year decreased a lot.
Since then, Mika Nakajima has been called "the angel returning from hell" by fans, and in the face of the joke of fate, she also stared into the abyss and wandered in despair, but after hitting walls everywhere and being bruised all over her body, she relied on strong willpower to complete self-redemption and was reborn in nirvana.
Looking back on that experience, Mika Nakajima defined herself this way:
"In the darkest part of life, I pulled myself out of the abyss. Without that person, I'll be that person. ”
With her strong inner strength, Mika Nakajima once again stood on the highlight stage of her life. Although the era that belonged to Heisei Kahime has come to an end, the era that belonged to Mika Nakajima shines more brightly than ever, and she is more determined to be herself.
In 2005, Mika Nakajima was selected to star in the movie version of the popular manga "NANA". The image of the rebellious, unscrupulous, silent, empty-eyed but warm band lead singer "Nana Osaki" captivated Japanese millennials.
The girls rushed to imitate Mika Nakajima's outfit, makeup and styling in the film, with neat short hair, armor rings, dark chocker, smoky makeup, all-inclusive eyeliner... There are countless fashion items that have been brought to fire by Mika Nakajima.
As a live-action version of "Nana Osaki", Mika Nakajima pushed the Japanese punk fashion boom to the top, and countless Japanese millennials aspire to be rebellious cool girls like Nakajima.
In a later interview, Mika Nakajima also said that she did not like punk styling because she had seen "NANA", but because of her own punk style, she was selected to appear in the movie. Coincidentally, before starring in "NANA", Mika Nakajima already had many of the same looks as Nana Osaki in the manga, and she also brought these costumes directly into the movie set.
Today's Mika Nakajima, although she is no longer 20 years younger, she is still a fashion icon in the hearts of many people, and she still firmly loves her style.
Looking through her social networking sites, you will find that she still loves all kinds of exaggerated colorful dirty braids, and is still willing to try all kinds of bold and outrageous makeup.
After returning to Nirvana, she boldly tried to supervise the creation of women's style designs, and jointly released the "M major" joint series with lost in echo and VIVIANO. "M major" is not some real chord, but an exclusive style inspired by Mika Nakajima's music: independent personality, confident charm and strong soul.
The whole "M major" series is like Pandora's box, when we open it, the music rings in our ears, and the sense of unruliness and mystery is born. And you can never guess what kind of posture Mika Nakajima will appear in front of the world next. Is it rebellion, is it perverse, or...
The design of each piece can vaguely see Mika Nakajima's figure on the stage, the beat that high heels strive to step on, the emotional output that spares no effort when singing, and Mika Nakajima's self-tension and love of music.
40-year-old Mika Nakajima, after experiencing the ups and downs of her life, is more indifferent and determined, has the courage to start again at any time, and also has the confidence to be herself.
Perhaps, this is why we still love that generation of idols today.
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Executive Producer: Ning Lee Sherry
Responsible editor: Chen Xixi
Written by: Moe Moe
Executive: Laura