The LoVendoЯ Thread - Group Activity Suspension & Miyazawa Marin Contract to End in July 2019

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UFLICKS #63


03:00〜 Bukiyo / LoVendoЯ - Hina Fest 2014
09:22〜 Bitter & Sweet Tower Shibuya
17:28〜 信じるものに救われる MVメイキング / エリック・フクサキ
25:02〜　男どうし / 杉田二郎
32:40〜 焼酎ギャル / 中島卓偉
40:18〜 LICKS BOX

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earlier this month, Tanaka Reina said she wrote a letter to a person for Letter for Links podcast.
http://ameblo.jp/tanakareina-blog/entry ... 96709.html

Letter for Links 4-27-14

transcript of Reina's letter to Tsunku
http://www.tfm.co.jp/links/index.php?it ... catid=1129

[JonCC]

earlier this month, Tanaka Reina said she wrote a letter to a person for Letter for Links podcast.
http://ameblo.jp/tanakareina-blog/entry ... 96709.html

[randompasserby]

Lovendor's Music Japan performance tonight, can't wait

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today at Lovendor's live in Fukuoka, they got drummer Matsui Rika and Tabasa Hayashi to play with the band
http://ameblo.jp/tanakareina-blog/entry ... 40620.html
https://twitter.com/ust_rica
https://twitter.com/tabasahayashi

[Sohee]

earlier this month, Tanaka Reina said she wrote a letter to a person for Letter for Links podcast.
http://ameblo.jp/tanakareina-blog/entry ... 96709.html

Letter for Links 4-27-14

transcript of Reina's letter to Tsunku
http://www.tfm.co.jp/links/index.php?it ... catid=1129

Translated.

To Tsunku,
I'm stubborn and once I've set my mind to something I don't really walk away from it. Because of that everyone around me ends up being on my bad side and I can't really be honest, and I can't get along with them. At those times, despite not being around, somehow Tsunku would find out and contact me. And thanks to that I, little by little, could start opening up more to him and when I couldn't turn to anyone else, I would turn to him for advice.
Having been able to sing the songs that Tsunku has written for Morning Musume for 10 years were fun, I felt really happy.
I love the music he does.
When I got a solo for my last single in Morning Musume, "Rock no Teigi" and I saw the lyrics, I really felt that Tsunku must be really have been watching me to be able to write such lyrics that really describe me just the way I am though I haven't shown anyone that side of me. I felt really loved.
Since becoming LoVendoЯ I don't really get to work much with Tsunku, but there's absolutely no change in the fact that I would still love to sing his songs.
It's thanks to Tsunku that I am who I am today.
Tsunku, thank you so much.
And, I'll depend on you from now on too.


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Sorry for double-posting but, added translations, so.

transcript of Reina's letter to Tsunku
http://www.tfm.co.jp/links/index.php?it ... catid=1129

The rest, translated. (Actually this is the most of the text on that page, the previous post is the letter that Reina read at the end of the radio show.)

Tsunku, how are you feeling?
It's Tanaka Reina.
The title of Lovendor's mini album is "Clumsy."
It's like me who can't say honestly what I actually think, I get judged by my looks and I'm shy so I can't say what I feel, I'm clumsy like that but even so Tsunku was always able to encourage and understand me.
It's thanks to Tsunku that I was able to stay in Morning Musume, and it's thanks to you that I'm now with Lovendor.
Let's go to karaoke some time!
I'll sing something that I've never sung in front of Tsunku before.
Oh and yes, please take me out to a nice dinner!
It's a promise.

When I was a kid I loved Morning Musume. I especially looked up to Gotou Maki.
I applied to the group in 2001 and went to the final round, but because I hadn't confirmed my age to the staff until then, I was dropped. The next year I applied again to get some closure for myself and I passed to become the 6th generation.
The first year was fun. During the weekdays I was a middle school student and on the weekend I was an idol. Somehow I felt really carefree.
But, the following year I had to move to Tokyo to start work completely and that's when I realized the true hardships of being in the group. I was really busy everyday and the older members made me nervous.
Whenever I'd say that I wanted a break, they would scold me: "It's work! Be a pro!"
I was still in 2nd year of middle school, I was in no way an adult.
Morning Musume that I'd been watching on TV were always smiling, but in reality that was far from it.
Whenever I'd see the strict faces of the older members, despite them being the ones who would raise me in this world, I would get even more nervous.
But, I didn't want to have any regrets so I worked hard.
Little by little I came to want get even more out of this. "If I'm gonna do this, I might as well aim to become number one."
For Morning Musume's 19th single "Shabondama" I was given the center position.
When we were going to perform that at a live show, they told me:
"It all depends on you, you know!" and it made me even more nervous and put even more pressure on me, but I said-
"I'll be fine!"

Ever since the training camp for the audition, I, Tanaka Reina, somehow came to have a scary image. Later, Tsunku said about me: "She looks like a yankee, but she's actually an honor student." But ever since the beginning I was labeled to be a yankee.
I'm really bad at saying how I really feel.
Even if I'm just feeling sad and really just try to deal with it, people think I rebel against them. But, Tsunku would understand me.
When I mailed him: "I'll graduate tomorrow" he would carefully listen when I explained why I came to think and feel that way.
Then he asked me what I planned to do afterwards and when I answered that I'd go back to Fukuoka.
He stopped me, saying: "That'd be such a waste, rethink that."
He would mail me several times, trying to change my mind.
"You can' go back now."
And that way, he came up with the idea of starting a band.
From the day that I made up my mind for about a year, Tsunku would make sure I would easily be able to graduate.
Back then, if you hadn't stopped me from going back, I wouldn't be here today.

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...can we take a moment and just... idk. Worship Tsunku a bit?

[mura_yo]

^
Tsunku

Thank you for the translation

[stam4o]

That was great to read. Tsunku

[aerosuffly]

He is really a dad of all H!P.