"'CuSO4' Yung" <cuso4@cuso4.com> wrote:
| 
| > I went to my first "real" seiyuu event in a few years on Sunday,
| > saw Sawako for the first time in person, and she quickly
| > became my current number 1 seiyuu. (^_^;
| > Also saw Sakurai Tomo (sang Ai Oboeteimasuka and My Friends)
| > and Ohta Takako (sang the Creamy Mami OP and ED).
| 
| This one ?
| Venus Project -Live- Challenge to Legends Shibuya Chelsea Hotel on 2015/08/09
| http://www.jinnan-st.tv/venus_project_live/
| https://goo.gl/maps/dJrWH
| A live house ?

Yes.  My friend Gary from Illinois mailed me the day before
I was leaving for Hawaii and told me about this event.
He said he would find a way to get to Japan if I can get
tickets, so I clicked on the web and got tickets..

Shibuya Chelsea Hotel is a live house in the same building
as the old "Take Off 7", where I used to go every month for
the Kira Melo and La La Lu events.

The building isn't that big, so I assumed that it can only
hold 150 to 200 if everyone is standing and packed in.
Since I took off for Hawaii, I didn't know what kind of
tickets (what number) I got.

Tomo should have 10 or so hard core fans, but it's possible
that 30 or 40 people come.  I had no idea how popular Takako is,
but she is still doing events pretty regularly so she might
have some hard core fans.
Sawako is former SKE, so she might be popular.  Nakanishi Yuuka
is also former SKE, just graduated this year.  So I figured
we would be way in the back.

When I got back from Hawaii, I looked at the tickets and it was
100 for the first session, 110 for the second.
Not great, but not bad.

There were a few no shows ahead of us, but I think there were
around 120 total for the first, and close to 150 for the second.
Wasn't packed like a rush hour train, but it was pretty full.

I didn't recognize any of the old Tomo hard core fans at the event.
Did everyone just give up on Tomo??
I think there were 10 to 20 hard core Takako fans.
The rest were Venus Project fans.  Can't tell if they were
fans of the individual girls or the group.
I saw a few people with light sticks with SKE printed on it.

There are 6 main girls in Venus Project.  5 were at this event,
the other is Iida Riho (Rin in Love Live).
I bet if Riho was there, they wouldn't be able to hold it
at such a small live house.


| I wonder if the income of a member of a big idol group is better than
| that of a new seiyuu.  But at least AKB does provide free rice (rice
| only, for those living in the dorm) so they will not be starving.  So
| I do respect their braveness to quit the idol group and pursuit their
| own dream.  That was a hard decision to make.

It seems Sawako always wanted to be a seiyuu more than an idol.

| > .my stealth activities were very rusty.. (;_;)
| 
| Meaning you were called to go onto the stage ?

No.  My recordings came out lousy.

--
Hitoshi Doi
                          " this space for rent "
http://www.usagi.org/doi/                                    doi@usagi.org