{"id":960,"date":"2018-11-26T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=960"},"modified":"2021-01-09T20:46:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T03:46:32","slug":"on-off-99-question-sagiri-seina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/26\/on-off-99-question-sagiri-seina\/","title":{"rendered":"ON\/OFF – 99 Question: Sagiri Seina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This feature was published in\u00a0Kageki<\/em>\u00a0for the 99th year of the company\u2019s existence in 2013. Sagiri\u2019s was published in the March issue; however, this translation used the reprinting in her memorial book (though it seems to be complete).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

ON\/OFF – 99 Question: Sagiri Seina<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ON:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Name 9 elements that the current you is made up of<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heart<\/em>
Having my heart be moved by all sorts of things, and then conveying those feelings. I feel that in the end, if you don\u2019t have heart, you won\u2019t be able to be a Takarazuka otokoyaku, and I think that it\u2019s extremely important to being a stage performer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the fans<\/em>
Even if all the performers are onstage, without an audience to see them the show isn\u2019t complete. Especially after the earthquake1<\/sup>, I really noticed that, and I realized once again that what\u2019s supporting me is all of the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feelings of gratitude<\/em>
I believe that working onstage is really connected to having a feeling of gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intuition<\/em>
I\u2019ve realized that it\u2019s better to keep going while believing in my own intuition\u2026 When I\u2019ve been stressed out or struggling my intuition has sometimes guided me so well I was shocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motivation<\/em>
I need the motivation of “Today I’m gonna go for it again!” and also the motivation to be otokoyaku ‘Sagiri Seina’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dantian2<\/sup><\/em>
I think that all my dancing, singing, and acting comes from here (laughs). When I\u2019m facing the audience and the huge theatre space, I feel that focusing on the Dantian, the core within me, helps me increase the feelings I want to convey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applause<\/em>
The applause from the audience is my reward. As a stage performer, it\u2019s a present that gives me tons of energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My classmates<\/em>
No matter what happens, I have my strong bonds with my classmates and their supportive hearts. They\u2019re people who, no matter what, I\u2019m sure will support me and I can go to them for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melon-Bear<\/em>
He\u2019s some kind of costumed mascot from Yubari3<\/sup>, but he\u2019s making a really intense face (laughs). I have his merchandise decorating my dressing table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OFF<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[T\/N: All of these questions originally contained the Japanese word for \u20189\u2019 or puns on it, but in many cases these were lost in making the translations understandable]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q1. If you could timeslip 99 years, would you rather travel into the future or the past?<\/em>
I\u2019d like to go to the past, maybe. Since I\u2019ve had the chance to perform in a lot of Japanese-setting plays recently, I\u2019d like to see for myself the world my ancestors lived in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q2. When you\u2019re replying to instant messages, do you take 9 seconds, 9 minutes, 9 hours, or 9 days?<\/em>
9 days. I\u2019m the type to get really focused on what is right in front of me, so especially in rehearsals, I\u2019ll have so much to do that I\u2019ll end up replying to messages really late. If it\u2019s an urgent message or something I\u2019ll put in the effort to reply immediately!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q3. What makes you emotional?<\/em>
The day before a day off, or getting photo messages of the family dog. The night before a day off, I\u2019ll think \u2018tomorrow I get to relax\u2019 and it makes me really happy. And as for photo messages of the dog, often my father will tease him and then send me photos (laughs). Those are really healing when I have breaks in rehearsals and such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q4. How do you spend days off?<\/em>
My ideal would be to just lay around at home (laughs). I\u2019ll put on clothes for lounging at home and watch DVDs I\u2019ve been wanting to watch, or TV programs I taped while I was out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q5. What can get you excited instantly?<\/em>
When we\u2019re playing games during travel time or something and I get a good score. I\u2019m like \u2018I did it!\u2019 (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q6. What sort of child were you when you were 9 years old?<\/em>
I don\u2019t think I changed much from then to now. I was really thin and my hair was short. I was the type to wear pants all the time and play outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q7. if you had 990,000 yen, where would you like to go?<\/em>
Since it\u2019s still cold in March, I\u2019d like to go to hot springs. If I had 990,000 yen, I could have a really spacious room, and stay for so many days, and get really luxurious massages, and also I could be really generous to the people who came along with me, so it would be really relaxing emotionally too, I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q8. What\u2019s your ultimate relaxation method?<\/em>
Not putting on any alarms and just sleeping! When I was a junior actress, I would sleep so much that I\u2019d mistake sunset for sunrise. Recently I can\u2019t really do that, so being able to sleep like that again is my dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q9. If there were 99 more minutes in each day, what would you like to do?<\/em>
I\u2019d like to play smartphone games where you can dress up an avatar and change its clothes, and make a room for it. Even though I think people would get upset with me because \u2018You should be replying to your messages before doing that!\u2019 but even though time spent playing games doesn\u2019t have any benefit right now I just use it to get a bit of a mental break. But I\u2019m definitely not a \u2018gamer\u2019 (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 – Probably the 2011 earthquake that caused cancellations and disruptions during Otozuki Kei\u2019s debut performance as Top Star of Snow Troupe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 – A term in Chinese medicine for the\u00a0\u2018qi\u2019 center within the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 – Some more information on Melon-Bear can be found here (with pictures).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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