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Toshi Iwasaki heightened the audience’s excitement further while Hikari Mitsushima sang with grace
As soon as Toshi Iwasaki appeared on stage, he called out to the audience, “Are you having fun⁉” enlivening the audience. She sang “Ame no Yakuri” and “Dedicated to First Love.” Iwasaki encouraged the audience to get into the groove of the first day’s live performance by waving their hands back and forth just like often seen at live performances by young rock bands, which was also discussed in Karasuguchi’s MC talk earlier. Watching Toshi Iwasaki, laughing and moving about the stage, I thought to myself, “He really is a flamboyant guy.
Next on stage was Hikari Mitsushima. Hikari Mitsushima has been a fan of the band since she saw “A Midsummer’s Okinawan Night” on TV when she was in high school. In an interview on this year’s “Record Store Day,” she recommends the album “Dedication to First Love,” saying, “I listen to it so much that I can sing along without looking at the lyric cards. She performed two songs, “Guilt” and “good-bye. She said, “I’m so nervous! but she had a majestic appearance and singing voice.
