Ayaka

slide 1/Maybe you know Ayaka,but let me speak a little about her.
I am happy to make a presentation of her.

Now she is very famous for the marriage with a very popular actor and she disclosed her illness at that time.

We are really disappointed at her break from work.

But let's take a look at the next slide.First let me provide you her basic information.

slide 2/She is only 21 years old now.She is almost as old as us.

She began her career from February two thousand six.She takes a break from work due to illness before the new year.

She is from Osaka.

Next,I want to talk abou her musicality.
She loves and respecs Sheryl Crow and Miwa Yoshida.
You know Miwa Yoshida and I want to talk about Sheryl Crow.
She is a famous American singer song writer.She has sold more than fourty million records.She won nine Grammy Awards during his career.

In addition,she likes The.Beatles,DREAM COME TRUE of cource,Ken Hirai and Mr.Children.

Let's move on to the next slide.Now,I want to talk about her high school days.

slide 3/She went to ongaku jyuku VOiCE which is a music school in Fukuoka city from 2004 when she was a second-year student of the high school.

There she encounterd Yoshihiko Nisho.He will be her producer after her debut on the CD.

She travels back and forth between Osaka and Fukuoka every weekend.

So that is why she starts to write a song under the guidance of Mr.Nishio.

At that time,she wrote the words titled "mikazuki".
Maybe You know this song and it was written for her old friends and her family in Osaka.

On next slide,I will talk about her debut.

slide 4/At long last the day her dream come true arrived.

Her demo tapes written in that music school were taken in music scene.
Finally,she signed WARNER MUSIC JAPAN.

So she went to Tokyo by herself in June,2005.
And she started to sing a song at the live house in Shibuya from this summer.

At that time,the song"mikazuki" was able to listen to on the Internet from December in each Asian country.

continued next slide.

slide 5/Then the song "I believe" was started to downroad on January 15th,2006.

This CD had quickly became a huge hit and entered the Oricon hit charts in third place in its first appearance.

In addition,this song became the theme song for a TV drama,"ronde".
Thanks to that,this song had also been attracting a lot of attention.

On next slide,let's move on to the next topic.
Now I want to talk about a record she made.

slide 6/First of all,a debut single's enter ing the hit charts in top three in its first appearance which I explained on the silide"Debut vol.2"
is for the first time in history as a female singer song writer.
She is a newcomer.

In addition,as for debut single,s million download in 42 days is in the shortest amount of time as a female singer song writer.

She made a lot of record so let's move on to next slide.

slide 7/Her fourth single "mikazuki" had a million seller.

In addition,this song received the great prize in the all Japan Usen Awards and great record prize for new singer.

Let's move on to next slide.Now I want to talk about her CDs,especially single CDs.

slide 8/First,her third single "Real voice"is a theme song for a TV drama,"supple".

Next,her fifth single"Jewelry day" is a theme song for the movie"last love".

He seventh single"Tewo tunagou"is the theme song for a very famous animation ,Doraemon.

She has a lot of tie-up songs so let's move on to next slide.

slide 9/Her 8th single"Okaeri"is the theme song for a TV drama"zettai kareshi".This song is also one of my most favorite songs.

And her nineth single"Yumewomikatani" is the song for a TV commercial for shinnkenzemi.

At the end,her tenth single"minnnasoranoshita" is also the song for a TV commercial for a shampoo"asience".
Maybe you know this song and this song is the last song before she takes a break from work due to illness.
That is why she has often sung this song in front of the TV camera.In addition,she lives on the air,too.

The next slide is last slide and let me speak a little about her.

slide 10/First of all,I want to talk about her relationships.
She is good friends with Kobukuro because they have collaborated to write and sing a song twice.I think they are rival each other in writing and singing a song but I am happy to come across such a wonderful song they wrote.

She is also good friends with Chie Ayado and Nana Eikura.
Chie Ayado is a famous jazz singer.Maybe you know Nana Eikura and in fact,she and Ayaka are a same entertainment agency.

Finally,maybe you know Miki Ando who is a figure skater.She and Ayaka share the same birth date.That is how they deepened a friendship and they did a performance together in an exhibition at the 2007 World Figure Skating.
By chance I saw their performance and I was deeply impressed.

This brings me to the end of my presentation.
I wish her a complete and speedy recovery.Let's cheer for her.
Thank you for your listening!

Week 9 Eating

First of all,Nao and Rinako skipped breakfast this morning because Nao got up at 8:15 and Rinako got up at 7:45.In addition,Nao took a shower in this morning.So they could not have a breakfast.]

Next,Misaki has tried a diet but she ends her diet now.I think she do not have to be on a diet.On the other hand,I should be on a diet!

To my surprise,Naoko ate at a nice restaurant in the past week.She ate a dinner at the hotel in Oita with her family.I have eaten at a restaurant in the past week with my family but it is not a hotel.

I had an interesting thing happen.Yukari has eaten something very strange.She has eaten a fried shrimp chocolate .She was given it by her friend as a valentine gift.It made her feel sicky because a fried shrimp chocolate was very sweet and shrimps were unique in texture.

On a separate note,Mai does not have a favorite restaurant but she has a favorite cafe.She likes SAINT MARC cafe.I also like this cafa's a chocolate crescent roll.

In the second place,Reika has a favorite food.She likes chocolate very much.I also like it.But eating it too much makes me feel ill.

To my envy,Masami likes ethnic food and she enjoyed eating ethnic food in Korea.She said that it is very delicious.She likes hot food so she likes ethnic food.I want to eat ethnic food in Korea,too!

Mami has a favorite food.She likes pasta and she goes to an Italian restaurant whose name is capricciosa.She likes pasta carbonara there.

In the same manner,Ayaka likes pasta.It is her favorite dish that her mother cooks.

On the other hand,Miyo has a lot of favorite fruit.She likes a strawberry,a La France,a grape and an orange.

Rinako and Nao was hungry right now because they did not eat breakfast at that time.

Today's song

Is This Love[Bob Marley,Legend]
[Rihanna,Stripped]
*Bold face is what I could not listen to.

I wanna love you and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah!
for Jah provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feeling?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feeling?
I wanna know - wanna know - wanna know now!
I got to know - got to know - got to know now!

I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
I wanna love you -
I wanna love and treat - love and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night
We'll be together,with a roof right over our heads
We'll share the shelter,of my single bed
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.

Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feeling?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feeling?

I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!

I wanna love you, I wanna love and treat you -
love and treat you right.
I wanna love you every day and every night
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads
We'll share the shelter of my single bed
We'll share the same room, yeah!
Jah provide the bread.
We'll share the shelter of my single bed