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"Dance Battles" with Nogizaka46.
"Dance Battles" has just begun. Thank you for joining us again this week.
Thank you for having me.
Today's professional dancer is Karim, half Japanese and half Moroccan.
Karim is the leader of a dance team that professional dancers belong to.
This time, the dance team led by Karim has arrived at the competition aiming for the top.
Please have a look at this.
It's cool.
Karim.
Dancing is...
my life.
I think dancing will always be a part of my life.
Karim is the first leader of the only professional dance league in Japan, D-league team "Dip Battle".
The first leader.
Today, I'm going to interrupt Karim during his lesson at the dance studio.
Karim.
Dancing is...
my life.
Today we're practicing as a team.
Is this like a robot dance or something like that?
Pop dance is the main one. It's a dance where you bounce your muscles and dance.
For example, it's like this.
Pop dance is cool.
Even if you say it's a dance, it includes hip-hop, breaking, jazz, and other well-known genres.
It is said that there are more than 40 types.
That's amazing.
Is your team a pop dance team?
It's different. Basically, the concept is different every time.
There is a match once every two weeks, so in that span, it's two weeks.
In the D.League, the capital of Karim,
a total of 11 teams will be played once every two weeks.
In half a year, 12 rounds will be played.
This is Japan's first and the best pro-dance league ever.
Behind the serious battles...
There is laughter.
There are tears.
The super emotional dramas starring dancers are born every time.
It's hot. It's youth.
D.League is provided by DIP Co., Ltd.
Pro-dancers Karim challenges himself with his life.
It's Japan's highest-ranking competition, D.League.
D.Battles, where he is the leader,
creates different genres of dance from scratch every time.
It is known as a challenging team.
D.Battles, where Karim is the leader,
two days after the last battle.
Today is the first rehearsal for the 11th round rehearsal.
The team was already starting for the next round, which is two weeks away.
My body is really hard.
It's hard.
Can you dance, Karim?
I can't dance even then.
It's soft.
Joints.
Wow.
Wow, your hands are hard.
That's all they could do with a smile.
First of all, the members are decided.
There's a lot going on, but it's not decided yet.
Yes, every time four members who can't dance come out, severe rules.
The dance directors, who are the directorial presence of the team, look at the steps and select members who are in good shape.
In other words, this is a team audition.
Although Karim is the leader, he is not treated specially at all.
Karim is also...
Wow.
I see.
Wow, a couple.
A couple.
It's a match.
I hope we can be in the top two in terms of teamwork and love.
That's what I'm saying.
Umitara, Kenji, Agumi, Yoko, Aiko, Masanomi, Aki, Karimu, Kuwai, Kubrii, Robert, please.
Karimu is in.
Soon after being delighted with the selection of members, they start their next round.
I'm sweating a lot.
They are completely absorbed in the harsh practice until the performance.
Kuwai!
So cool!
Seah, you're passionate about this.
Since Karimu is the leader, I thought he would definitely stand up.
It's not like that at all.
It's tough.
It's a little like Nogizaka, isn't it?
It's like Nogizaka, isn't it?
They're all gathered and everyone's sitting down and there's a lot going on in the middle of it. Every time.
Do you ever cry or something like that when you're really trying to get this election out of the way?
There are kids like that.
Do you ever make adjustments to that every time for M-1?
I've been thinking about it for a year.
In 2018, she won M-1 and became the best manzai actress in Japan.
Like Karim, who dedicated his life to the D.League, his life was all about M-1.
Before the tournament, I would deliberately skip some scenes.
Like when I skipped a scene during practice.
Like when you didn't do enough.
I've crushed all the possibilities as much as possible.
Like forgetting the costume for the actual performance.
I do all of that.
I didn't ride a bike in the end.
I know.
To reduce the risk of traffic accidents even a little bit.
That's what I've been thinking about every day and every second.
And you won the world's youngest Grand Prix, didn't you?
I won the world's youngest Grand Prix.
You won the world's youngest in your career.
That's early.
I was born early.
I was born in 1996.
But I set the world record.
But I won the world's youngest in not being able to skate.
You won the world's youngest in your career at 25 years old.
That's too early.
What are you talking about?
I've been doing this all my life.
I've been doing it all my life.
Both of you are amazing.
Next time, dancer Hyouga goes to his part-time job marriage field.
He visits his benefactor.
♪ Hey, hey, hey, oh! ♪