On the bayfm radio show “Tonight, Under Sakura’s Tree” (every Wednesday from 24:00 to 24:30) broadcast on August 19, 2020 (Wednesday).
IZ*ONE’s Miyawaki Sakura spoke about her thoughts on “changing your favorite idol” in the idol world.
Miyawaki Sakura: From Nara Prefecture, radio name “Tall Ajussi”.
Thank you.
Listener email: Good evening, Saku-chan.
Miyawaki Sakura: Good evening.
Listener email: Congratulations on the release of “EYES ON ME: THE MOVIE” in Japan.
I went to see it on the first day.
By the way, I’m an old man from WIZ*ONE who has been a fan of Saku-chan since she joined Team A of HKT and AKB. But now I’m a Chaewon fan. I was originally a K-POP fan, so I was really happy when Saku-chan appeared on that show, and I cried when she was finally selected.
Despite that, when IZ*ONE debuted, I ended up “changing my favorite member” because of Chaewon’s angelic smile and singing voice. I’m sorry.
Miyawaki Sakura: Yes (laughs).
Listener mail: After that, I don’t know if it was punishment or a curse, but I applied for the high-five event as Saku-chan or Chaewon, but I didn’t get in. In the winter, I got Eunbi-chan and Yujin and was able to participate, but for “Vampire,” I narrowed it down to Saku-chan and Chaewon again, but I didn’t get in.
Next time, I’ll definitely get in and apologize to Saku-chan directly.
Please use Saku-chan’s godly power to break this curse.
Miyawaki Sakura: Umm. I want to ask fans, why do you “change your favorite member”?
…No, no, no. It’s not like, “Why do you change your favorite member?”
Wouldn’t it be better to “add more favorite members”?
I just think, “Do I have to narrow it down to just one person?” Isn’t it okay to have a lot of favorites?
If you say that, I’m a total “DD” fan. I love everyone. smug.
So there’s no need to narrow it down to one person, right?
Well, I can understand being a “fan of so-and-so more than so-and-so,” but being like “I only like so-and-so”… I could never “only like so-and-so.” If you’re just a fan. If you’re like, “That girl is great, and that girl is great too,” you’d normally be an “all-fan.”
It’s not like you’re a “fan of anyone,” is it with WIZ*ONE? Right?
So I think you don’t need to “change your favorite” like that.
If I had “added more favorites”… I probably would have won tickets for Toll Ajusshi too. But I said I was “changing my favorite” after all. If I said I was “changing my favorite,” the idol god would get mad and say, “My favorite… has changed…?” Well, I think that was the reason… so I think I should be a bit more careful when I speak in the future (laughs).
Chaewon’s charm. Well, I understand it.
Um… I can’t tell you why I thought that until quite some time later. Recently, I really thought, “Chaewon’s singing is amazing.” “The power of song is amazing.”
Well, I can’t tell you why I thought that… or when I thought it. Not yet.
Wow… she’s amazing. She’s a really good singer. And Chaewon’s singing voice is like a “Disney princess.” Um, just listening to it brightens my mood, and it’s like… it makes me feel light-hearted. That’s how it feels. Chaewon’s singing voice.
I really said this before, but I think Chaewon should be dubbed as a “Disney princess,” because she really has a “princess singing voice.”
…I’m not exaggerating. I’m not exaggerating. I’m not exaggerating this story.
But you all think the same, right? Isn’t Chaewon’s singing voice a “Disney princess”?
Once. Somewhere, I think it was on Instagram…
She was covering a Disney princess song.
She was really good at it. I thought, “Wow. Chaewon really is someone who was born with the voice of a Disney princess.” At that time.