Hello, everyone!!!! It\u2019s still so hot, isn\u2019t it \ud83d\ude01\ud83d\udca6 This month, we\u2019re turning the SEWATCH on the mysterious Aasa, aka Asami Jun, of Moon Troupe \u2728 \u2728 Like you\u2019d expect from her name, she\u2019s beautiful even early in the morning1<\/sup> \ud83d\udc96<\/p>\n\n\n\n ~About their dress-up theme~<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> I asked \u2018so what do you wanna do?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> We thought about things we had in common\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Strong features!!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em>\u00a0So we settled on\u00a0Thermae Romae<\/em>2<\/sup>, and on the day of the photoshoot we tried on the costumes and took a test photo, but\u2026??????<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Our features didn\u2019t stand out at all!!!!!! (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami: <\/em>It was a sudden state of emergency \ud83d\udca6 It was the middle of a Moon Troupe production run, so we dashed into the dressing room (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Right, we were frantically contouring at Aasa\u2019s dressing table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> Had to get more definition! (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> And how was your costume~!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> It was really nice on my skin and just felt great! I was like, maybe this is what I was in a past life~ (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> That\u2019s definitely it! Have you worn that sort of costume before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> Nope, first time! It was also fun to do a photoshoot with so many different props \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n ~Takarazuka Music School~<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo: <\/em>When did we meet, actually~!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> It must have been at the examination hall, when we were taking the entrance exam!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Oh~! We were in the same waiting room!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> Right! You and I and Zun-chan (Sakuragi) talked together a bit, but\u2026 (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> All three of us were painfully shy (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em>\u00a0We were united as ‘independent entrants\u20193<\/sup>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> We felt so embarrassed and overwhelmed by the aura of the other candidates\u2026 Considering the situation we were in, we really did well! (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> We\u2019ve been acquainted ever since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Aasa passed with the highest marks, and ended up pulling all of the 95th class in your wake! \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> Nonono, I didn\u2019t do any of that \ud83d\udca6<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo: <\/em>You did!!! It\u2019s because of Aasa that the 95th class are all such good friends!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> (laughs) You\u2019re praising me so much!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Because I\u2019m gonna make you treat me to something afterwards!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> (bursts out laughing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> But seriously, you gave us all this feeling, ‘Aasa\u2019s waiting up ahead, so let\u2019s all help each other out!!\u2019 – that spread through the whole class. We spontaneously started assisting each other, so we\u2019re honestly so grateful to Aasa \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami: <\/em>That\u2019s too much!! \ud83d\udca6 But there really were a lot of quiet kids in hour class, so we didn\u2019t fight or anything. Instead, since none of us knew anything at the start we all taught each other and so we all grew mutually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> I\u2019m feeling kinda nostalgic now~ \ud83d\ude2d Also, we were together in Voice Training Class, so classtime was really fun \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> Yeah \u2728 My very first impression of Seocchi was as a really cool beauty, a really calm girl, so\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> (bursts out laughing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> That notion was shattered instantly! I was like ‘what\u2019s with this girl!?!?\u2019 (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Thanks!! I\u2019m an ex-cool beauty, I guess (laughs) Seeing Aasa, I thought ‘she\u2019s really cool and reliable!!!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> No~, even though I was in a situation where I had to act mature, I didn\u2019t at all~ \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Since Aasa didn\u2019t have it all together, the rest of us\u2026 (laughs) Well, anyway, our yokasei year went like that, and as honkasei we had neighboring dorm rooms \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami: <\/em>Yeah, and Zun-chan was my roommate – she\u2019s so good at cooking cold-weather food!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> We\u2019d often eat nabe or risotto, that kind of thing, in your room \u2728 It was so good~!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> Everyone came to hang out in our room a lot! (laughs) Although it seemed like in your room the two of you were just hibernating (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo: <\/em>Yeah, ours was the laid-back room. Renju Kouki, who used to be in Star Troupe, was apparently the last to turn up to class and the first to leave (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> Yeah! Everyone was like ‘they\u2019re always in their room, aren\u2019t they?\u2019 (laughs) Oh! You remember, how in the bunkasei there were switch roles, so we played the same character!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo: <\/em>Oh~~!! Right \u2728 Ah, it\u2019s so nostalgic \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n ~After entering the company~<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> During the rehearsals for our debut, we would sit in a corner of the anteroom and try to destress during breaks by reading manga, remember?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> \u2026We did (laughs) We\u2019d all pass them around!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> We spent so much time waiting around, didn\u2019t we \ud83d\udca6<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo: <\/em>It ended up letting us get pretty refreshed! (laughs) After the debut performance, we ended up in different troupes. We often go to see each other perform – what do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami: <\/em>To tell the truth, I really love Seo-san\u2019s acting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Huh! What!? Huh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> Mayupon (Kizuki Yuuma) and I went to see the dress rehearsal for the shinjin kouen of Napoleon: The Man who Does Not Sleep<\/em>, and we cried watching you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Eh~~~!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> You know, the first time you went on the Silver Bridge to sing, you ended up grinning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo: <\/em>(laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> You were like ‘Look, even though I\u2019m such a goofball I\u2019m acting so seriously!!!\u2019 (laughs) But the next moment you started singing with such amazing, subtle emotions, and somehow I just started crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo: <\/em>Thank you! I actually went to see the dress rehearsal of Aasa\u2019s last shinjin kouen, MANON<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami: <\/em>Huh! Really!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Yeah, I sneaked in to watch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> It seems like everyone sneaked in to watch! Zun-chan did too!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Yeah, I thought it would be beter not to make you nervous. But you were really amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami: <\/em>I wasn\u2019t! I was totally desperate the whole time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo: <\/em>Here\u2019s my favorite thing about Aasa!! It\u2019s her ‘elegance\u2019! And within that, the overflowing sexiness~ Scandalous~ (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> (bursts out laughing) It\u2019s so fun to go and see each other\u2019s shows!! Especially in Star Troupe, all of the class members are so liberal with the fanservice (laughs) so it\u2019s so fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> I\u2019m so glad \u2728 How have you been since graduating from shinjin kouens?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> Ah~ I feel like I have so much more freedom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> Even though it comes with heavier responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> That\u2019s right. Therefore I\u2019m grateful that I\u2019m able to apply more concentration!! We\u2019re already ken-8, after all~ \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> It went by so fast! From now on we both have to polish up! We have to motivate each other and keep going all out! (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami:<\/em> It\u2019d be great if we could perform together one day \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:<\/em> If we could act together that would be the best! We could play ancient Romans! (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asami: <\/em>That\u2019d be so fun!! I hope it becomes reality! (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seo:\u00a0<\/em>Yeah!! My dream is to someday, somehow, perform together with you \u2728 \u2728 Let\u2019s do our best~ \ud83c\udfb5<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 – Asami\u2019s stage name uses the characters for\u00a0\u2018morning\u2019 (\u671d\/asa<\/em>) and\u00a0\u2018beauty\u2019 (\u7f8e\/mi<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 – Thermae Romae<\/em>\u00a0is a popular manga series about Roman baths and time-travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 – This means, while they may have studied music and dance, they did not have specific TMS entry training such as the prep schools run by many OGs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seo Yuria\u2019s 95th classmate interview series was published in GRAPH through 2016. Her talk with Asami Jun was published in the October issue. 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