On the bayfm radio program “Tonight, Under Sakura’s Tree” (every Wednesday from 24:00 to 24:30) broadcast on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.
Miyawaki Sakura: First of all, radio name Tohru. Thank you.
Listener email: Miyawaki-san, good evening.
I saw ITZY dancing to a song in a celebrity’s dance video, and wondered who ITZY was, and found out about IZ*ONE in a related video. I was struck by the song Panorama and Yena’s dance and watched all the songs, so I became a fan without knowing their background, and after doing some research, I found out that there were three Japanese members, all of whom were AKB48, and I liked them even more.
I was especially impressed by the dance of everyone in Panorama and Sequence in DANCE PRACTICE and Yena’s sharp dance.
I would like to see a dance battle between Yena and ITZY someday.
Miyawaki Sakura: Wow, I totally get it.
I love Yena’s dancing.
My favorite dance among IZ*ONE is Yena’s.
Chaeyoung’s is great too, and Yujin’s dancing is super precise.
She’s super careful with how the teacher tells her to do things. She’s like a model that’s even better than the teacher.
She’s really on point with the details, and when I don’t get the details, or I want to understand a little gesture, I watch Yujin’s dance and think, “Oh, so that’s how it’s done,” and learn from it.
Also, I love the way Chaeyoung presents her dance.
Chaeyoung is great at dancing and singing, but she knows the key points to look cute and pretty. …I mean, she does (laughs)
So I learn a lot from watching Chaeyoung’s dance.
But as Toru said, Yena’s dance is the best!
I’ve been saying she’s amazing for a while now, haven’t I? You’ve only just noticed now?
No, I think you’ve probably noticed her before, but Yena’s on a whole other level now.
That’s why I think Yena should definitely make a dance.
I think Yena is a genius at making her own part the killer part.
You know, (in Yena’s part in the second B-melody of Panorama) “Take on me”, she twists her head side to side like this, an isolation.
When we were filming the music video, I thought, “Oh, I think it would be good to do this like this”, and did it. And it was really well received by the fans.
I think Yena’s ideas and thoughts like that are really amazing.
Yena is really amazing. Really amazing. Her dance is seriously amazing.
The song is good too, with a husky feel.
Yena’s performance is really amazing.