{"id":792,"date":"2018-05-04T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=792"},"modified":"2021-01-09T20:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T03:59:55","slug":"relaxing-breeze-saotome-wakaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/04\/relaxing-breeze-saotome-wakaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Relaxing Breeze – Saotome Wakaba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Relaxing Breeze (Fuwari<\/em>) was a musumeyaku feature published in GRAPH, where an interview would take place at a cafe. It was focused on offstage topics such as how they destress or what they do on days off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saotome\u2019s was published in the March 2016 issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Relaxing Breeze – Saotome Wakaba<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~A time of gentle relaxation in a cafe~<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, why don\u2019t you order!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been to this place before as an ordinary customer, and that time I got the bacon, egg, and cheese french toast, so today\u2026how about the plain french toast and the royal milk tea\u2026yes! With the tea hot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you a tea person rather than a coffee person?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t really drink black coffee\u2026 Sometimes I\u2019ll have cafe au lait, though. Milk tea is my favorite. Every morning I\u2019ll have milk tea and bread. Always bread (laughs). I prefer bread to rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we\u2019re doing a location photoshoot at this cafe, but\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since this is a place I\u2019ve been to before, I\u2019m really able to relax (laughs). That time, it was coming up on Fathers\u2019 Day, so I bought him coffee beans as a present. You could have them print a message on the bag, so I asked for that. He was really happy with the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the main points of your outfit today?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought it would be nice to be photographed wearing knits like this sometime. White knits are a real wardrobe staple, they have a weekend sort of feeling, and I think musumeyaku in fluffy clothing is really nice somehow, so I took on that challenge today (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What sort of fashion do you wear normally?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On days off I go for a pretty \u2018rough\u2019 style a lot of the time. If I\u2019m going to see a show I\u2019ll wear a nice dress, but at other times I wear pants most of the time. I wear denim a lot, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your hair is down today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve cut my bangs for the first time in about 5 years, so I wanted all the readers to see it too (laughs). In order to go with that, I have it down in back. In rehearsals and plays I have it done to match the character I\u2019m playing, and in revues I have my bangs swept up, so I can only have this sort of hairstyle on days off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you go to cafes on your days off?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I\u2019m by myself, I\u2019ll often get pancakes and black tea, things like that (laughs). On days off, it\u2019s like I\u2019ll reward myself with my favorite foods\u2026 (laughs). I love pasta, so if I\u2019m  going out I\u2019ll look up good pasta places nearby and go there all by myself. \u2018I wish I could eat pasta for all three meals!\u2019 is how much I love it, so on days off I always want to get pasta (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you do things by yourself a lot?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess so. When I\u2019m buying things I need for a show or for work, I\u2019ll start in the morning and it\u2019s like \u2018first I\u2019ll go here, next I\u2019ll go there\u2019, so other people can\u2019t really go along for that, maybe (laughs). So I\u2019ll go by myself. That way I have more freedom when I get food, too (laughs). But I have so much I need to do that I don\u2019t have a lot of time. If I had a three-day weekend, I\u2019d like to go out and just wander around lazily, but that\u2019s not really\u2026 (laughs dryly)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you did have a long weekend, where would you like to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m from Kobe, and while I really like Kobe, I usually go to Osaka for shopping. Therefore, I\u2019d like to go and just walk around somewhere like the Kitano Ijinkan1<\/sup> area, which has a really calm atmosphere. And then, if my mood changed, I could go down to the ocean. I really like Kobe because there are so many different ways you can enjoy yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you prefer going out to staying at home?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think so. But when I know I\u2019m tired out, I won\u2019t go straight out in the morning but start in the afternoon, and of course I have to take care of my health first, so I make sure to think about that and not overdo things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you tend to get your shopping done quickly?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nooooo, I have a hard time with it. I\u2019ll start searching with a general idea of the clothes I want to buy, but it takes a really long time\u2026 I\u2019m like \u2018I\u2019ll keep walking until I find it\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you the type to buy things that catch your eye right away?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, speaking of that, when I saw this knit top in the store, I thought it was really nice, but also \u2018what if I saw something better afterwards!\u2019 I thought, so I kept looking for a while, but in the end I thought \u2018I have to have that knit top!\u2019 so I went back and bought it (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever regretted not buying something?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah\u2026but if I feel that strongly about something I\u2019ll buy it (laughs). Sometimes something has sold out, which is disappointing, but I\u2019m just like \u2018Oh well!\u2019 and give up on it (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(The french toast and milk tea arrive)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, first I have to put sugar in the milk tea~ (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You like sweet things, don\u2019t you (laughs)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a total sweet tooth (laughs). I don\u2019t mind eating sweets with other sweets, I just love it (laughs). I always put 2 things of syrup in the milk tea I get from NOVA (the performers\u2019 cafeteria). Even my classmates say that\u2019s too sweet but I reply \u2018I have different taste buds!\u2019 (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go ahead and try it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s so good~! It\u2019s so lovely and soft! I love the really fluffy kind of french toast. And the whipped cream is nice too. I love it! You know, on days off I\u2019ll buy cake and take it home sometimes. It\u2019s like, since I have an off day I might as well get something as a reward (laughs). I like things like Mille-feiulle cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re at home, how do you spend your time?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently I\u2019ll watch recordings of old Takarazuka productions, and watch videos on the internet and such. Do you know \u2018Gu and Hana are Friends\u20192<\/sup>? It\u2019s a little girl and an old man talking, and I really like the just slightly surreal atmosphere. Once when I was riding a taxi in Tokyo, it was showing on the Taxi Channel, and I thought it was really fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a really little kid in that show.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right, she\u2019s so clever (laughs). Even though she\u2019s only about 6 years old she does an \u2018advice corner\u2019 and everything (laughs). When I watch that I think children are really amazing. I feel like since nothing\u2019s fabricated about her that she can really move people. I feel like even if I was trying to perform that kind of role I\u2019d definitely lose out to her. Even as I\u2019m watching the videos and laughing, I\u2019m thinking \u2018acting is so hard~\u2019 (laughs). I really can\u2019t get thoughts of the stage out of my head. Even when I\u2019m shopping, I\u2019m thinking about whether I\u2019ll be able to use things for work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have any anecdotes about recent days off?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, today, right after this, I\u2019m going to meet up with my classmate, Kaga Ririka-chan. After graduating from junior performances, we have a bit more free time, so even though we are in different troupes, if our time off overlaps us classmates will go out to eat and such. I\u2019ve spent my days off with Ririka-chan for 2 weeks in a row now (laughs). We used to be together in Star Troupe, and two of our classmates in Star Troupe retired at the same time, so we made a photo album as a present for them. But we had way too many photos, so we couldn\u2019t finish it all in one day, so we decided to finish it the next week\u2026we started at 2:30 in the afternoon and went until 8 at night! (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you working on an album today?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, actually, we\u2019re going to go to an exhibition by another retired classmate, Hinatano Karin (Shikata Karin), who now works as a photographer3<\/sup>. Up until now our schedules haven\u2019t matched up so we haven\u2019t been able to go, so I\u2019m really looking forward to it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 – This is an old district of Kobe where there were many homes of foreign residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 – A series of shorts made to be show. in commercial taxis, that feature a little girl and an older man doing an \u2018advice corner\u2019 (an example can be seen here<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 – This seems to be the\u00a0r i a r i a<\/a>\u00a0exhibition, which took place at the Tokyo Gallery Small View and featured Ranno Hana as the model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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