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Umeda Ayaka, 23 years old, a.k.a. "Pocky A" and a member of Team K.
She is a famous singer who has become a hot topic among her fans.
The third general election was held last year.
When she was called by her own name, everyone stood up and expressed their gratitude to the fans.
Among them, there was a member who expressed her gratitude to the fans in a different way than the other members.
When she was called by her own name, everyone stood up and expressed their gratitude to the fans in a different way than the other members.
A sincere "guts" pose.
She excellently chose the center position of the undergirls and exploded with joy.
However, do you know that there was an unfortunate season and an unknown past in Umeda?
I thought I was going to quit AKB.
I thought I would leave AKB without anyone noticing me.
I couldn't say "come back" strongly.
If it were me, I wouldn't come back.
I might not be able to come back.
So I think Ume-chan is really strong.
A young member.
And Umeda Ayaka's "true story" made with precious recorded video.
It was a great support that there were fans who waited for me.
All the feelings contained in that "guts" pose are now revealed.
Umeda Ayaka's "miracle to "guts" pose".
Weekly AKB special edition "Umeda Ayaka's story".
Born in 1989 in Fukuoka Prefecture in northern Kyushu,
Umeda Ayaka was born in this world as the eldest daughter of the Umeda family.
She has been active since childhood.
In her home video at the time, she was innocently dancing.
She loved singing and dancing.
She received love from her parents with all her heart.
She spent an innocent childhood.
When she became a middle school student,
she began to yearn for something strong and valuable.
It's so nice.
I wanted to be on TV.
All kinds of worlds were open to me.
I grew up in the countryside,
so I didn't know much about the glamorous world around me.
I didn't know what was going on on TV,
and I didn't know what people were doing.
My imagination was expanding every day,
and it was getting bigger and bigger.
I really wanted to be on TV.
Umeda immediately took action.
She enrolled in a local dance school.
She loved to move her body.
She showed her sharp eyes and sharp jaw,
and quickly gained a center position.
In addition,
she applied right away for the audition she saw
at entertainment agencies and campaign girls at events.
I haven't counted yet.
I think I've been auditioning for 40 or 50 years.
I think I've been auditioning for more than that.
I think I've been auditioning this much every month.
There is a recorded video of a certain audition.
An audition event aimed at activating North Korea and Kyushu.
Many judges are singing in front of them.
Umeda Ayaka, 16 years old at the time.
Most of the time, more than ten times a month.
In any case, she participated in many auditions.
However!
I didn't know at all.
It's frustrating, but...
In the meantime,
as if led by fate,
I met someone.
There was a picture of Akemoto-san's face.
I thought, "I've seen this person on TV before."
I was a huge TV supporter.
If the person on TV said, "It's okay,"
I had a fixed opinion that it would be okay.
I thought I'd send it.
That's right.
It was an unknown idol group that had just started performing at the time.
It was akb48.
Omeda passed the document review.
I'm Omeda Aika, 17 years old.
I love dancing and I'll do my best.
Thank you in advance.
For the final audition held in Tokyo,
she tried her best to appeal with her favorite dance that could make all that excitement go away.
And there are others at this venue.
No. 11 Yuko Oshima, 17 years old.
Yuko Oshima is now akb's face.
I'm Saye Miyazawa, 15 years old.
Saye Miyazawa.
In addition...
I'm No. 1 Sayaka Akimoto.
Sayaka Akimoto and other current members participated a lot.
I remember it. I remember it a lot.
I remember Ume-chan the most.
I know Sayaka, too.
Ume-chan was the only one with a checkered vest and a really exciting costume like a ponytail.
It wasn't fluffy or scruffy, but it was like a Swiss person.
Here is the costume at the time.
It certainly stands out.
When I auditioned, I had a weird costume in my own image.
I thought it might stand out a little.
I'm not conscious of being a Swiss person.
I'm not conscious of it.
This costume may or may not be fluffy and scruffy, but...
Umeda passed the exam.
At last, he took a step forward in his dream.
Once again, good morning.
Good morning.
Lessons start just three days after passing the exam.
A month of hard work is coming to an end.
The days of hard work have begun.
Umeda's dancing skills, which he learned in his hometown, immediately showed his talent.
He learned how to dance very quickly.
There were members who competed with such Umeda.
At first, I was in front of the mirror.
Umeda and Yuko were always in front of the mirror.
If you come early, you can come early and take a picture in front of the mirror.
It's easy to see the teacher's behavior.
It felt like two high school students.
I know that Umeda was dancing as an experienced dancer.
I've been dancing for a little while.
I want to dance next to a good dancer.
I want to steal a good dancer's dance or incorporate it into myself.
I've been doing it for a long time.
I don't know why, but I'm definitely next to Yuko.
We're both strong-willed, so we can definitely take a picture in front of the mirror.
I have no choice but to dance.
Yuko was someone I didn't want to lose to.
They were my friends, but they were also my rivals.
I was waiting for that kind of sense of rivalry.
I want you to teach me how to dance in front of the mirror.
The presence of rivals became her motivation and she was able to endure the harsh lessons.
April 1, 2006
Team K, which endured one month of harsh lessons, welcomed their first day of performances.
Their representative song "Cherry Blossom Petals".
Among the five front members, Umeda appeared.
The performance was a great success, and Team K and Umeda were able to make the best start as idols.
The tailwind continued.
"I Wanted to See You," a major debut single that Orishi and AKB themselves have been working hard for a year, finally released.
It ranked 12th on the Oricon chart.
As a central member of Team K, Umeda also made its first selection.
Such kindness and tragedy for Umeda...
It was during a lesson one day.
It hurts.
"But I thought I'd get better if I put on a band- aid," so I put on a band-aid and went to sleep.
Even the next day, I couldn't get better at all.
That went on for about three days.
Then I was taken to the hospital,
and they examined me.
After the examination,
the doctor said,
If you keep exercising like this,
it won't go wrong no matter when you break down.
I thought, 'Oh no,'
and I remember my eyes getting pretty dark.
Umeda's left leg
had fractured.
It wouldn't go wrong no matter when you fracture.
She was told she would never recover.
But...
Umeda kept standing on stage.
"If I didn't do it," "I'd lose my position,"
and I wouldn't get a second chance,
and it would be bad for my mom and dad,
and I'd drink to stop the pain.
"When I was dancing," "I had fun,"
But as days went by, her condition worsened.
The doctor said she needed a considerable amount of time to recover.
The manager's conclusion was...
She told me to go home and rehab and come back.
At the time, we didn't know how long it would last.
I thought we wouldn't be able to go back on stage.
As performances with major cast members became standard,
The worst scenario that can come across.
When I left, I thought a new girl would come in and fill in the gap.
I thought I'd disappear without anyone noticing me.
I thought we wouldn't be able to come back.
When Ume-chan passed away...
I thought, "It's not 15 of us."
It was a shock for me.
At the time, we were all working together as a team.
I didn't want to be alone.
The locker I was using at the time...
I put everything I'd borrowed from others in there.
I cleaned it up and put only that in there.
I put the keys in there, too.
I left everything behind and went home.
Ume went back to her family in Fukuoka.
Her unyielding feelings turned into anger.
Ayaka, eat up and cheer up!
You don't know anything, so don't say anything!
That's enough!
I was pretty weak, and I was like, "Why me?"
I got hit by my dad, my mom, my grandpa, and my grandma as soon as I got hit.
I'm really sorry about that day.
One such day...
When I first saw AKB on TV, my dad was like, "Oh, AKB is on!"
That's when she noticed...
The members were singing songs they didn't know.
I was like, "I'm AKB, but I'm watching a different AKB."
I felt really miserable at the time.
She didn't know how much she wanted to go to rehab.
At that time, the person who visited Umeda...
My grandpa lives near my house.
He came to pick me up and said, "Let's go together."
I said, "I don't want to go!" and he said, "But you have to go!"
When I was in rehab, I couldn't go into the hospital.
So I went to a bookstore nearby and waited for him to come home with me.
My grandpa and grandma did a lot for me.
With the support of her family, her desire for rehab began to grow little by little.
In addition, something encouraging happened.
When I was living in Tokyo, I went to a handshake event in Tokyo.
The fans came to the handshake event.
I was really happy about the love that was waiting for me.
The words "I'm waiting for you" made me really happy.
I'm sure my parents would have been happy about it, but I was really happy about the words of Anne.
This incident makes Umeda have a certain determination.
After all, I felt like I had to work hard and go back to Tokyo as much as I could repay you.
I will definitely return and repay you.
With that thought in mind, she endured the painful rehabilitation.
And one and a half years have passed since her departure in spring 2008.
Finally, the time has come.
Team K's first day at Force Park.
There, Umeda steps onto the stage for the first time in a year and a half.
In addition...
Umeda...
Shows a sharp and sharp dance that doesn't even make you feel like you're injured.
Umeda expressed her happiness of being able to return like this.
I'm from Fukuoka Prefecture.
I love dance.
You love dance.
I thought it was fun. I was nervous, but the moment I went up, I was excited.
It's been a year and a half since I've done this.
I was very happy with the fans' completion.
I'm glad you've been working hard.
I thought, "I can't believe I'm finally on stage."
It was a lot of fun.
It's been a while since I've danced without feeling any pain.
I thought I really like dancing.
And after Umeda left the stage, Oshima...
I've been dancing with Ume-chan since I became a new member of Team K.
I was really happy.
When I'm near you...
When I'm near you, you're smiling.
You're like, "I love you, Ume-chan."
You didn't even let me know that I was resting.
You talked to me normally.
You made me feel like you haven't changed.
It was a great relief for me.
After a year and a half, Umeda miraculously came back to life.
Even after that, it didn't go well.
It's been three years.
Three dark years.
Yes, in fact, Umeda didn't come back to life very well either.
In 2009, when AKB became a hit, Umeda's media exposure was very low.
The results of the first general election are...
Out of town.
Before his injury, he was at the center of the team.
He is young and far from the center of the team.
But, unexpectedly, Umeda was positive.
I thought that if I didn't make sure of everything in front of me, I wouldn't be able to do it in the future.
I thought I'd do it without rotting my feelings.
I'll do my best to repay you.
His family, friends, and most of all, his gratitude for his fans haven't ended yet.
In Umeda, the turn of opportunities will come.
Weekly AKB news
As of March, all members will graduate from SDN48.
Their last single "Bake wo Shimi, Congratulation" will be released on March 7th.
The music video is based on a drama from 10 years ago.
After his recovery from his injury, Umeda continued to wait for the turn of opportunities.
That was January 2011.
A few staff members came in and I thought, "Did I do something?"
Then Mr. Togasaki said...
Today, Ume-chan...
Aren't there too many cameras?
Aren't there too many?
There aren't that many.
I called you here today for an important announcement.
Yes.
What is it? What is it?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Once again, as a newborn diva...
April 27th...
ABEX has debuted!
I was so happy. I was so happy.
I thought my fans would be happy, too.
Wow!
You did it, Ume-chan!
I'm sorry!
My heart was beating so fast!
Dance and vocal unit "diva"...
It was a big opportunity for Umeda to shine.
And five months later...
That day...
22nd...
Umeda Ayaka!
Thank you!
I felt really good.
I was able to experience something like this.
I wanted to say thank you to the fans for letting me experience this.
I was really happy.
I was really happy to see Ume-chan happy.
That day, Ume showed his sincere "guts" pose.
Ume's "guts" pose showed his gratitude to everyone.
It may seem like I'm taking a break for a year and a half,
but I've been taking care of my family and fans for a year and a half.
I'm really happy I was able to do that.
Umeda Ayaka.
After going through bad times, she has now begun to shine.
Her next goal is to become famous.
Umeda's challenge continues.