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Good evening, everyone. I'm Minami Takahashi from AKB48.
The day before yesterday, at Saitama Super Arena,
AKB48's first Tokyo Dome concert was announced.
First, please watch this video.
Excuse me.
Hello.
Nice to meet you again.
I'm Minami Takahashi, the captain of Team A of AKB48.
I'm Nobita Nabe, a member of Team Yamaguchi.
Nice to meet you.
I've heard that you're called Takamina.
Yes, I am. Thank you.
I've heard that you're called Takamina.
Yes, I am.
I'm called Nabetsune.
Today's theme is about dreams.
When I was a child, I wanted to be a lyricist like you.
A lyricist?
I'll be 86 years old.
I don't have much time.
No, no, no.
I don't have a dream of decades.
But now, Japan is struggling with politics and economy.
You don't know what politics is doing.
It's difficult.
I have a million dreams.
My dream is to improve the world with the power of pen.
I want to make this troubled world a decent country.
That's my dream.
I see.
Young people these days don't know what they want to do.
I feel that there are many people who don't have a goal or a dream.
What do you think about young people like that?
When we were young, we all had dreams and hopes of what we wanted to be.
But these days...
I often hold events called handshake events.
People of my age are currently looking for a job.
Many people are standing in the way of what they want to do.
There are many people who want to do what they want to do, but are afraid to take a step forward.
For example, I'm interested in the entertainment industry.
I thought that I could get a good job if I went to college.
I felt that there were many people who crushed their dreams.
You're a captain, right?
Yes, I'm a captain.
At first, I was based in Akihabara.
I was only determined to sing songs under the direction of Mr. Akimoto.
For about five years, I was in a bad situation.
Even if I tried hard, I couldn't be rewarded.
I had a lot of difficulties.
Before I knew it, I was able to tell everyone that I was a national singer.
I was mistakenly called AKB48 in Akihabara.
People remembered my name as AKB48.
A lot of changes happened.
A lot of people told me that they wanted to join AKB48.
There are many people who want to join AKB48.
That's right.
Even at events, small children say,
I want to be AKB48.
I'm glad I did my best.
What do you think of AKB48?
It's amazing.
Until now, AKB48 was a group of three or five people.
But suddenly, 48 beautiful girls started to sing.
AKB48 became popular all over the country.
AKB48 members...
I didn't know you had such a thing.
Thank you very much.
The title of my blog is
AKB48 Miracle to Tokyo Dome
I've been running for seven years.
In March of this year, I had a concert at Saitama Super Arena.
I announced that I would have a concert at the Tokyo Dome.
The Tokyo Dome has 40,000 people.
I'll be at the Tokyo Dome on August 24th, 25th and 26th.
August 24th, 25th and 26th, for three days.
I'm sorry, Chief, I just found out.
No, it's true.
More than 40,000 people will be there.
Really? For three days?
Yes, three days.
For three days?
More than 170,000 people will be there.
I see.
I was really surprised to hear the date from the Chief.
It's really our biggest dream.
But I don't think it's possible to stand there in a casual attire.
Until then, I want to cheer up the members and do my best.
August 24th, 25th and 26th, for three days.
As you can see, on August 24th, 25th and 26th,
AKB48's first concert at the Tokyo Dome will be held for three days.
The day after the Tokyo Dome concert,
it was announced that A-chan would graduate.
I think it's like one of the milestones of AKB.
You may think it's like an end point,
but I hope you will continue to watch us grow from the starting point, the goal line, to the starting line.
Please look forward to our concert at the Tokyo Dome.