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We are now in the lobby of the AKB48 theater.
The rehearsal for the final screening is still going on in the theater.
The final screening is approaching.
AKB48 Theater
Of the 14 people who remained in the final screening, we have interviewed half of them.
Let's take a look at the other seven.
First of all, these four people.
I failed my middle school entrance exam.
I didn't know.
I was a good student enough for my teacher to recommend me.
Really?
I took it.
I failed my middle school entrance exam.
I was more shocked than I thought.
I was crying a lot.
My parents took various auditions for me.
AKB and Oscar.
I had a lot of trouble with both of them.
I've been dancing since I was little.
I like dancing, too.
That's why I chose AKB.
I thought it was this hard.
AKB?
I thought I was underestimating myself.
I thought I'd be happy if I made it to the selection.
How can I get in next?
I had another problem like that.
What should I do?
I thought I couldn't just dance and sing.
What should I do?
I had another problem like that.
And I fell again.
What do you mean you'll do your best?
I've been thinking about it.
As an idol, I know there's still room for improvement.
I feel like there's still room for improvement.
To be honest, I thought, "Oh, it's kero."
I felt like it was my last chance.
That's why I fell.
I know how frustrating it is to fall.
That's why I don't want to fall.
Anyway, I think it's a match.
I'll do my best.
I was a little happy.
After all, I was hoping that I could make it to the end this time because I could get that position.
The result was good for the team.
But it was a good team, but only two people received results at that point.
First of all, I wanted a complete system as a whole.
If I had my own personality, I wonder if I could leave it for everyone.
But after all, it's quite difficult to have your own personality.
I don't have a personality either.
There's no way I can tell you that I don't know my personality.
I was frustrated, so that's my problem.
It's always a problem.
I thought I was 12th or something, and I was surprised.
I thought I was sixth place.
To be honest, I was happy.
Well, I wanted to get first place.
But I thought I was sixth place.
I was frustrated.
But you said personality, didn't you?
I know that.
The junior members are all good girls.
I really feel like I have a personality.
I was frustrated, so I want to get over it.
Thank you for watching.
I do a lot of piano and chia dance and I'm used to it.
The difference between chia dance and idol is...
Idols get support, but chia is on the supporting side.
I had a great longing for an idol who was supported.
When I saw Murayama Yui's dance at the theater,
I was attracted to it so much that I could only see Yui.
I really wanted to be that kind of person, too.
That was really the trigger.
If I had dropped out of the 17th grade, I probably wouldn't have been able to do entertainment activities or the AKB audition.
It's amazing on the inside, but I don't think about talking about AKB.
It makes me feel like I have colleagues at work, so I don't do that.
The advice I get from my seniors makes me feel much lighter.
No matter how angry I am or how much I cry, my mom and sister have always accepted me.
The main reason is...
After I was selected as a candidate, I started to think based on my seniors.
Not only in my solo period, but there are a lot of amazing people.
When I thought about getting closer to my seniors, I didn't have enough experience.
It was too much for me.
At this audition...
I thought I could do a lot of lessons and see how far I could go, so that's the best thing about it.
I'm really glad I did it. I think it's all thanks to my teammates.
Asahi made it very easy for me to move forward, and everyone's energy was gathered.
I'm glad I was able to practice properly because of the kindness of the members.
The general public who participate in this audition put a lot of effort into this and practice every day.
I feel like I'm practicing, and I feel like I've done my best.
I want to show the general public that I'm not embarrassed.
For some reason, I don't know why, but I have a great impression of Sato and Shitao's performances.
I'm curious about what kind of weapon and charm will be challenged in the end.
I started talking a lot at school, and when I was told, "I saw it today," I said, "Eh, what?" and I was like, "Sarada Sakagawa!"
I think it was lucky or lucky that so many people saw it and got a response from the teachers and so on.
Sarada Sakagawa, you're being called "sarada" by your teacher, aren't you?
I can't believe you've made it all the way to "kara" through the show.
No, no, you're right.
I'm happy, too.
The concept was to become an idol even in a rural area called "teammate," so I thought I'd give it a try because I thought I could become an idol like this even in rural Fukui.
I'm going to be an idol.
You look completely different.
There was a time when AKP was very active in a singing show or something like that, and I thought, "Wow, idols are so shiny."
But at first, it was really hard.
I came to Tokyo alone as a middle school student and lived in a hotel.
Even mentally, at first, I was worried about what would happen, and my fans always encouraged me through social media and so on, so I managed to get this far.
Opportunities are very rare, or rather, I'm from a rural group and I don't have many opportunities, and I want to do my best for each opportunity I'm given, so I definitely don't want to waste this opportunity.
Every time I come to Tokyo from a rural area in these four months, I barely make it in time for the actual performance, and I wonder if it's okay to leave like this, and my team's evaluation drops because of me, and I think it's a lot of trouble around me, so I was wondering if I should leave or not until just before the actual performance.
But if I've come this far, I'm going to do my best as a member of the team to liven up the whole team, so I didn't think I'd leave, but to be honest, I'm really happy when I'm called, and I'd like to stay in my heart, or if I've worked so hard, I'd like to stay, so I was happy.
The reason I was able to do my best this time was because of the support of everyone on the team, and it made me feel very complicated.
I don't know if it's okay for me to be here, and even though there are people who are working harder than me, I feel sorry for them.
I think this result is because of everyone's support, so I don't want to waste it.
Sometimes fans see me as an idol playing Yamazaki Sora.
When I'm an idol and when I'm not, I'm conscious of switching.
When I'm on stage, I'm careful not to be like that.
Originally, I thought I could study the most or exercise the most at school.
I didn't want to stand out, but I wanted to find my strengths and make use of them.
I think there are many girls who can't go to school.
I want to be someone who can give them a little courage.
I didn't think I'd get in so soon, so I think it was a big step for me.
My performance level is still low, so I hope I can learn the basics here.
I didn't think I'd make it to the final screening. I was always anxious and consulted with everyone.
But now that I'm here, I want to do my best to show you a good performance.
Ai-chan is always very friendly, not only in the second half of the season but also in the 17th season.
When we talk about things that we can't do, she listens to us and makes us feel better because we're down.
We're together and we're supporting each other and we're raising each other up.
I'm happy we can stay together like this.
Even in theaters and senior performances, it's not easy to perform alone.
I'm very grateful for that.
It's true that only limited members can perform alone.
When I was watching senior performers' performances, I thought it was amazing that they could perform without feeling lonely in such a wide space alone.
I hope I can be such an idol.
It's great that you can hear each of your backbones like this.
It's great that you can tell what you were actually thinking like this.
There are times when you want to pass the 17th season, but there are also times when you want to improve your skills.
Lastly, we have three 18th season researchers.
I've been doing classic ballet for 13 years, and when I found out that an 18th season audition was being held, I went to see the 17th season researchers' theater voices and saw their sparkling faces, and I auditioned because I wanted to be on stage as well.
I've just joined as an AKB48 member, and there's a lot of things I have to learn there as well, but I don't think there's a lot of opportunities for me to grow up outside of AKB48, so I don't want to waste any of those chances.
I think you have to aim for first place if you want to do it, and I think you can do it because there are audition programs that pass or fail, and there are rankings that are decided, so I'm grateful that I can see my own evaluation.
Mr. Oguri should be very busy, but he remembers the dance faster than anyone else and has facial expressions, and I realized the difference in experience, and Mr. Oguri doesn't say negative things or even if I'm not good at it, he's really kind to me and I think he's acting with a lot of leisure.
Originally, there was something I personally liked and I wanted to talk about it, so I was very happy to be on the same team and when I was told that the last passerby was Mr. Arai, I thought that he was thinking about the team a lot in that regard, and I thought I had to do my best for that too.
Until recently, I've had a lot of auditions and failed, so I was frustrated and I felt like I was auditioning for everything and I thought I had to be prepared and work hard again so that I wouldn't be rude to such people.
That's all for this video. Thank you for watching.
I've always liked cute and sparkly things.
I liked singing, too.
When I was watching TV, I thought it was nice.
That's how "simple admiration" came about.
Since I became an idol, I want to be known by many people.
When I thought about which group any generation knows,
"AKB" is known to people of my grandmother's generation.
There are many people who know it below me.
I thought "AKB" is the only one, so I chose "AKB".
At first, it was very shallow.
If this comes out, it will be shown on TV.
If it comes out, we have no choice but to appear, don't we?
Without this show, I don't think I'd be involved with my seniors.
There are many people who are active in their early years.
Many people have passed a long screening and are now auditioning.
I wonder if I can do it with such a person.
Obviously, I don't have enough skill and I can't keep up with it.
This has become a difficult situation.
After all, is it an audition?
In the morning, I saw Oguri-san on the information broadcast and met for rehearsal, and then I did out of.
My brain bugs for a moment.
I saw this person on TV in the morning and I'm dancing with you now.
And after it's over, there's a schedule and you can change it right away.
At that time, everyone will think it's amazing and take it to a level.
And I'm not going to take it gradually, but I'll finish it in the first lesson or something, so I'm sure you're doing it.
I saw you practicing during break time, so I thought it would be nice to steal Oguri-san's good points.
I may hate losing.
When I see people doing it in a scene where I may have done it, I hate it very much.
If I do my best a little more, I may have done the same thing, and I hate it the most.
If you're going to do it, you have to do it properly.
I don't like it either.
Well, everyone felt grateful for their seniors.
There are more opportunities to interact with seniors through out of.
It's surprisingly rare, isn't it?
It's rare.
18th generation.
18th generation are the only ones who perform or do programs.
I wanted to get a job related to dancing in the future.
My dream has always been to be an idol.
I was looking for auditions on the Internet.
I heard about AKB's audition, so I took it.
I heard about this when I was promoting.
I thought it would be very difficult.
I wanted to try new things.
I was looking forward to it.
It's fun to fight with the 18th generation.
That's good. You're young.
One has resigned.
So I added one more person.
That's amazing.
When I was called, I got smarter.
I was happy to be able to move on.
I fell once, so I wanted to do better than others.
Ms. Kurano copied and practiced the print I wrote for "touch".
She taught me in detail what I couldn't choreograph.
Thanks to Ms. Kurano, I was able to dance so much in the actual performance.
I'm glad you let me stay so far.
When I was having a hard time, I felt tired.
But I was able to come this far even if I failed once.
I'm a little confident now.
Yamaguchi Yui.
I think through "out of", you've changed from me to Ms. Kurano.
The senior I admire is Ms. Kashiage Yuki.
Thank you!
You like her, don't you?
Yes, I like her.
Her dancing is very cool and her style is very good.
I admire everything about her.
Ms. Kurano is really good at dancing and singing.
Her performance is really sparkling.
I think Ms. Kurano is the ideal idol for me.
You said you were me until three months ago!
AKB48's 62nd single will be released from October 20th to 22nd.
Please come and see it!
We'll be waiting for you!
Everyone, it's time for the final screening.
- Wow, they're dancing! - So cool! - Amazing!