Childhood friends Miran x Ayaka Kutsuna (DAW 90000)’s unexpected reunion

Miran was in tears when Kutsuna was on the stage

Miran: Kutsuna was like this, so I thought although we were separated in high school, she would have a normal high school life after that, go to college, and get a job. I didn’t think she was the type to be on stage, so I watched the ABC (Comedy competition) finals on TV and was surprised when she came out of the blue.

Did you know DAW 9000 before that?

Miran: I think I had seen their name before. When I saw their photo on TV. Kutsuna’s face hadn’t changed at all (laughs). When the comedy started, Kutsuna made a loud voice in the middle of the stage, and I started to cry. She must have been really nervous, but she was doing her best.

Kutsuna: I was so happy to hear that you cried.

Miran: I cried before I thought it was funny (laughs). But I heard that Kutsuna had wanted to act since she was in junior high school. We were together after school all the time, but she didn’t ooze any of those feelings at all.

Kutsuna: When I was in the third grade or so, I saw a TV drama and thought, “How fun! More than the drama itself, the actors acting in it looked sparkling and happy. I thought, “I want to do this,” but my life in middle school revolved around club activities.

Miran: That’s why you chose a high school where no one you knew would go. You created an environment where you knew no one and started acting.

Kutsuna: I just didn’t have the confidence to say, “I want to do acting.”

Miran: That sounds like a junior high schooler.

Kutsuna: Yes, like a junior high school student.

Miran: You didn’t have any contact information, did you?

Kutsuna: I deleted all my previous contacts in high school (laughs).

Miran: I wasn’t connected to any social networking services, so there was no way to contact you (laughs).

Kutsuna: I went to see a movie called “Love Nonetheless,” and when the theme song was playing at the end, I thought, “I’ve heard that voice before. I looked it up and found that it was Miran. It gave me goosebumps! But I had been you for a long time, and I wasn’t sure if I should contact her or not.

Miran: Sooner or later, DAW was on ABC’s competition, so I was the first one to check out his SNS and send her a DM (laughs). But isn’t it amazing how you can tell just from their voices?

Kutsuna: I remember Miran was a good singer. She used to sing karaoke for me.

Miran: I don’t remember going to karaoke together (laughs).

Have you been composing music since then?

Miran: Not yet. I was into K-pop when I was in junior high school, so I just danced and sang all the time.

Kutsuna: I thought you were a good singer, but I didn’t think you were aiming to be a musician.

Miran: I was in my second year of high school when I saw Sakura Fujiwara and Pistol Takehara and thought I wanted to write my own songs. I wanted to become a childcare worker and was planning to go to college to get a certification, but just before I decided on a career path, I realized that I couldn’t abandon music. My parents said, “Why don’t you just do music after you get your certification,” but I couldn’t resist what I wanted to do now. Kutsuna, did you ever think about getting a job?

Kutsuna: Before I joined Daw, I thought about becoming a dressmaker. But when I did my first play in high school, I thought, “Oh, this is it! and it was a lot of fun. I’ve been doing it ever since.

Miran: I think the biggest thing for me is that I enjoy being on stage more than for the audience.