Author: Voice Recorder/Anitama Cover Source: Asakura Apricot & Hara Yumi Event Scene Photos
The "Asakura Apricot & Hara Yumi Shanghai Meet and Greet" held by Genko Culture was successfully concluded recently. At the end of the meeting, Miss Asakura and Miss Hara were interviewed by a number of media.
——Miss Asakura and Miss Hara are coming to Shanghai for the first time, what is there in Shanghai that you are interested in or want to visit?
Although Asakura only walked around the hotel, I heard that the night view of Shanghai was very beautiful and I wanted to see it, and I tasted the local food on the day I arrived in Shanghai, which was really very happy, and Shanghai left a very good impression on me.
I had already been to the Bund yesterday, but I just happened to encounter foggy and I could hardly see anything, so I had the opportunity to go back to see it. I also really like to eat crabs, so I really want to try the Shanghai hairy crab.
----------------- THEATER DAYS!?
Although I can't spare a lot of time, I still have to play. Some time ago, I just opened "Selection Gacha", and I finally got the card of guiyin, the character I played, and I could let you dance gracefully in the future.
Asakura I haven't drawn the SnowWalk card yet, and I don't have many rare cards, so I hope to be able to draw them in the future.
As a voice actor, what are the two characters or works that have had the greatest impact on you?
Originally, the official voice actor debut work for me was "The Idol Master", and the work "The Idol Master" needed to deal with various kinds of work such as singing and dancing, so I learned a lot of things and accumulated a lot of experience, so the work that had the greatest impact on me should be "The Idol Master".
Asakura also sang a lot of songs because of the "Idol Master", attended many events, and learned a lot. And my voice actor debut is Magic Teacher Negi! It is also because of this work that I was able to appear in more works, so whether it is the debut of "Magic Teacher Negi! "The Idol Master" or "The Idol Master" that I participated in the middle of the way is a very influential work for me.
——Miss Yuan previously said that she would stop working as an artist and concentrate on the work of voice actors. In the future, there should be times when works such as "The Idol Master" will need to sing character songs, will this kind of work of singing in the name of the character be affected?
Although it may be a pity for many fans to stop the artist's activities, fortunately, due to the relationship between works such as "The Idol Master", I still have a lot of opportunities to sing on stage, and I will devote myself more to the role to sing these songs in the future.
——It is a pity that Miss Asakura was unable to participate in the "First Star Banquet Dance" event, but which personal song would Miss Asakura most likely to sing if she attended? Why?
Asakura wants to sing a lot (laughs). "Kosmos, Cosmos" was a very popular song before I joined, and there have not been many opportunities to sing in the performance so far. In particular, this song is also a personal song after contacting the snow step for me, and there are many memories in it, so I hope to bring you this song and let everyone see the very lively and cheerful snow step.
——Miss Asakura also participated in the lyrics of the snow step character song in "The Idol Master", what kind of mood was it in the first place, and what was the interesting thing in the process of writing?
Asakura's song is Yukibu's "First Step", and he was told from the beginning to write lyrics under the title of "First Step", after which he began to write lyrics with imagination, and the result was quite smooth. Since I had not yet made it public that I would play Xuebu when I first wrote the lyrics, I wrote lyrics in the state of "I don't know if everyone can accept me", with the love for Xuebu, and conveyed the feelings of "please take more care of the future" to the previous producers and the producers I will meet in the future.
——Why did Miss Yuan make the decision to "stop the work of artists" in the first place?
It was because in the past two years, I have experienced a lot of things that I have not experienced before in the work of voice actors. For example, I participated in the reading drama; and I almost always used a relatively low voice and played the role of a big sister, but in the past two years, I have played a lot of role types that I have not played; and I have also let me serve as the narrator of the "1-hour program", etc., and experienced a lot of this kind of previous experience, which also made me realize that I, as a voice actor, there are still many shortcomings, so I made this decision for future development and more focused on the work of voice actors.
If given the chance, what work or role would the two of them want to play together?
It turns out that the work that we both have starred in together is "The Idol Master", in which we interpret Guiyin and Xuebu, although they have different personalities, they have a lot to do with each other. If I have the opportunity, I hope that the two can swap places, and I will play the weaker role that follows the role played by Apricot.
——I heard that Miss Asakura likes aromatherapy, what is the opportunity to like aromatherapy?
Asakura was a teenager who liked very fragrant things, such as perfumes and aromatic oils. I wanted to know more about it in the last 3 years, because this aroma can heal the body and mind and relax me, so I like it.
——The "Things that Pass on the Praise" series is also very popular in China, and Miss Yuan's interpretation of Atui in this work is also very popular, do you have any feelings or interesting things that happened to Miss Yuan in the process of dubbing Artui?
Hara Atui was a girl who spoke a bit like a Kansai accent. As I said before, dubbing a girl with a higher voice and a cute way of speaking is very new to me, and Atui has a lot of similarities with me. For example, I am a big stomach king like me, I like to eat, and the atmosphere of my way of speaking is also said by many fans to be very similar to me, so I have a sense of closeness when playing Atui. There are more animations that have ended in the last quarter, and this work has deepened my relationship with other actors because it is two quarters, and I am really happy at the recording scene.
When did the two of you realize that there is a profession of voice actor?
Asakura was supposed to be when I was 9 years old, probably in the 2nd or 3rd grades of elementary school. At the event just now, I may have mentioned that when I was a child, I liked to read textbooks and stories, so I learned about the profession of voice actor when I was investigating whether there was such a reading job, and my dream in the future has always been to become a voice actor.
When I learned that the profession of voice actor was probably in the 5th and 6th grades of elementary school, I liked to watch animation myself at that time, although I was still just watching animation. At the beginning, many of the works I liked were starred by Miss Hayashihara Kei, and the protagonist of an animation in the same period was played by Miss Kei Hayashibara, and then I found out that the voices of these characters were the same person, and after realizing the profession of voice actor, I began to listen to the radio, and I became fascinated.
——In the theatrical version of "Secondary Two Diseases Also Want to Fall in Love!" which was just released in January! -Take On Me-" in Miss Asakura also starred, please ask the long-lost role of fennel, miss Asakura has any new feelings?
Asakura's setting in the theatrical version is a little older than the previous TV version, and she has graduated from high school. It is very fresh to see fennel that is not wearing a school uniform, as an older sister, whenever something happens, she will calmly analyze it from the side and give advice to guide everyone. Compared with the TV anime, in the theatrical version, you can feel the warm sister aura of fennel, and there is a feeling that fennel has really grown up, and it is very happy.
——Miss Yuki Hara starred in takahashi in the anime "Koizumi Classmate Who Loves Ramen", which is being broadcast this season, does Miss Hara have any unique insights about ramen?
On the day of the important LIVE or the day of the important work, I would definitely take ramen for breakfast, and the fact that breakfast is ramen is probably unbelievable to many people (laughs). I've seen a show where a singer eats ramen during rehearsals and is still cup noodles, saying that it's because the grease contained in ramen plays a good role in moisturizing the throat, so after hearing this, I developed the habit of making ramen my "winning or losing meal", although I often get told that you are weird (laughs).
——Do you have any views on the project of "The Idol Master"?
The original team of this series is getting bigger and bigger, more and more voice actors have joined the big family of "The Idol Master", and the roles have become more and more abundant, and I sincerely lament that the world of "The Idol Master" is really getting bigger and bigger. When I first debuted on the 3rd anniversary of my debut, I didn't expect to develop to this scale, like the fans who came to the scene today are also many with the "Idol Master" peripherals, and the radio we starred in have also been listened to, deeply feeling that "The Idol Master" is really a wider and wider range of works, and at the same time, I am very happy that I can participate in this work.
Asakura now has a wider audience for "Idol Master" and male idols, and among so many idols, you can definitely find your idol in your heart. Each idol has their own personality and a special way of responding to support, which has always made me feel very powerful. I am very fortunate to be able to play the role of Yukihagi Ogihara, and I will work harder in this growing work in the future.
——Miss Yuki Hara starred in "Koizumi Classmate Who Loves Ramen", and Takayin in "The Idol Master" is also a famous stomach king, I would like to ask Miss Hara What is the bowl of ramen that Miss Yuki is more obsessed with in her heart?
There are many shops and ramen I like, and there are many ramen noodles that I like, such as "Tenchi Kazunakata", "Ichinkado", and "Shinza" introduced at the event just now, but my favorite ramen in my heart is Nissin's soy sauce-flavored cup noodles. Although Nissin has many other flavors, my favorite is the soy sauce flavor, and if one day the end of the world comes, then I hope my last meal is this, that's how I like it!
——Miss Asakura Asami starred in the previously released theatrical version of "Zhongji Disease Also Wants to Fall in Love!" -Take On Me-", in this work, most of the characters have their own secondary two abilities, if you can have a superpower, what does Miss Asakura hope? What will it be used for?
Asakura's ability, which I hope is "teleportation," can get up every day until it's almost time (laughs). Voice actors often work in the morning, noon, and evening, and they all work in different places, such as recording in this place, photographing in another place, and doing radio programs in another place. If you can have the ability to move instantaneously, you can save a lot of time to move, and the time you free up may be able to take on more work.
——The two played the roles of Xuebu and Guiyin in "The Idol Master", and I would like to ask if the two evaluate each other's roles?
Asakura Yukibu has always respected Takato very much, and can often see scenes of Yukibu following Takato. Xuebu also likes Guiyin, I also like the role of Guiyin, when playing games, I will also choose to form a team with Guiyin, Guiyin has a feeling that as long as she is there, she can give people a very reassuring feeling, so I like the combination of Xuebu and Guiyin the most.
I was pretty much the same. I think part of the reason why Guiyin can have guiyin's appearance is because of SnowBud, so I like the scene of the two together. Moreover, Snowbud belongs to the type that even women want to protect and pull her.
——Miss Asakura heard that she was the youngest voice actor on the scene when she debuted, did she get advice or guidance from other voice actor seniors at the scene? Are these recommendations still in use today? And have these things ever been taught to their descendants?
Asakura debuted when I was about 16 or 17 years old, and when I went to the scene, I was a child, and I was wearing a school uniform, so I stood in front of the microphone and began to read my lines before I knew anything. There will be more than 20 voice actors in the general recording scene, but there are only 3 to 4 microphones, and I did not understand the skills of rotating the wheat sequence at the beginning, so I thought of taking my turn and then directly on it. Generally speaking, I should first say hello to my seniors or go through the mai order process in advance, which was taught to me by the seniors who were on the scene. Although there are often juniors in the recent recording scenes, I feel that I am not yet in the realm of being able to teach others, but if I come to consult, I will still pass on the skills I have mastered to him, but for me, there are still many things to learn from my predecessors.
——Miss Asakura and Miss Hara often attend events with other voice actors for co-performances, and I would like to ask the next two people if they feel that there is any difference between attending events alone and performing with others?
In the past, many times it was necessary to perform with people to do it, especially stage activities such as singing and dancing, and many performance changes could be made according to the different combinations, even if the same song would change according to the different people who sang it. Acting with others like this can make the original things change I think is very good, on the contrary, if you are alone, you will be relatively more nervous, but you can exercise your courage and enhance your sense of responsibility.
When I wanted to become a voice actor, I thought that the job of a voice actor was just to voice anime characters and narrate without showing up. As a result, I actually became a voice actor, went through various jobs, and came overseas like today, which actually had nothing to do with the characters themselves, but meetings in my own personal name, and things like let me sing a CD alone. Because at the beginning, I entered the industry with the idea that it was a voice actor job to dub with everyone, so it felt really incredible to have a meeting with one person and then to take a photo by myself. Every time a person does these jobs, it always makes me think, "Does it really matter if this kind of thing makes me come?", because I have always felt that these are the jobs of star artists, so when I became a voice actor and found that I actually had to do so many types of work as a voice actor, I realized that I had really chosen a very great career.
——May I ask the two of you who have starred in the "Idol Master" series for so many years, do you think that you have changed anything over the years?
As As Apricot said, I first entered the industry without knowing that voice actors need to perform on stage. For me to officially participate in the audition and debut of the work is "Idol Master", the voice actor of this work is often need to sing and dance on stage, but in fact, I am not good at dancing, usually the speed of learning to dance is slower than others, although all the way to the present experienced a lot of difficulties, but in the name of Guiyin on the stage, I have always held the idea of wanting everyone to feel more guiyin, so every time before going on stage, I will try to keep my hair as long as possible to fit your voice, and such an idea is stronger and stronger every year.
Asakura, as I said, if I hadn't come across the Idol Master, I probably wouldn't have gone through those jobs. Changes in the types of work like this, busyness at events, and development in every sense of the good, make me think that this is exactly "The Idol Master".
——Miss Asakura has played many different types of roles so far, how do you change your mood when switching roles?
Asakura thinks this should be the same for most voice actors, playing this role in the morning, changing one role at noon, and changing another role in the evening, often playing multiple roles in a day. But this is actually difficult to say that it is not difficult, after actually getting the script, as long as you cooperate with the script and the image, the mood will naturally change unconsciously. In fact, when I first recorded it, because it was a character that had not yet been completed, I had to create it myself, which may be more difficult at this time, but in fact, I did not create this role by myself, and I also created a variety of people who can give you advice such as supervision and sound supervision, so even if it is very difficult, I can do it happily.
——Miss Hara, as an artist, does there any song I would like to recommend to everyone?
Originally, "あふれる想い" is the song that I first wrote as a full-length song, and this song contains my mood when I came to Tokyo and my gratitude to everyone, and it is a song that I hope fans who will be able to help me.
──Do you have any recent works that the two of you are more concerned about?
If you want to play Asakura Games, it should be "Berserk Legends" that I also starred in in the "Legend Series", and I will also attend and host the next event, so I want to play the "Legend Series" including the previous games, and I am also very much looking forward to the latest game.
Originally, I played the role of Kazumi Mishima in the game "Iron Fist", although I didn't play games much since before, and the game level was still very poor, but "Iron Fist" was the only game I wanted to work hard and use PS4 for special training. I usually play games in the live broadcast programs that I have been doing, and when I play with the fans who have helped me online and with everyone at events, everyone will be more or less merciful to my subordinates. So I can't challenge other games head-on, only when I play Tekken, so Tekken is an important game with special significance for me.
——Finally, please say a few words to the Chinese fans.
Asakura usually does activities in Japan, but this time I came to Shanghai and found that everyone was familiar with the characters I played and the works I starred in, which made me feel that Japanese animation is also very popular in Shanghai, and I am really very happy. In order to bring you more good works in the future, first of all, I will work harder in Japan, and I ask for your support in the future!
It turned out that this was my first time in Shanghai, and I was very uneasy before the event began, worried about whether no one would come to participate, but I didn't expect so many people to come to the scene, and I was really very happy. And at the meeting, when we talked in Japanese, when we talked about the works we starred in, everyone was able to react in time, which made me know that "everyone knows it" and deeply felt everyone's love for us. In order to be able to come to Shanghai again, I will work hard to cheer for my future activities in Japan, and I would like to ask for your support! Thank you!
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