Hiro Shimono revives his youth through a part-time job experience!　Report on the release event of the 3rd single "Running High

Voice actor Hiro Shimono held a release event for his third single "Running High" at Shinagawa Intercity Hall in Tokyo on June 17, 2017, with Tadatomo Date, a junior voice actor in the same agency as Shimono, appearing as MC. Ms. Shimono made her debut as an artist last year, and "Running High," released on April 19, is her third single. Here is a report from the event, which was filled with excitement, including a VTR with an astonishing plan and a quiz corner with fan participation.

First of all, the star of the event appeared on stage to the call of "Shimono-san! Despite the rainy season having begun in the Kanto area, the day was blessed with clear skies, and Mr. Shimono, who had been suspected of being a rain man, said, "Could it be that there is a rain man or woman on staff who is not here today? He was able to dispel the suspicions that he was a rain man.

Running High" is the opening theme song of the TV anime "Kabukibu! which is currently airing on TBS. The song depicts the adolescent lives of high school students who are devoted to Kabuki, and a VTR showed how Ms. Shimono tried a part-time job to experience her "youth" again.

The part-time job she took on was in the customer service industry, which she says she was "too embarrassed to do when I was younger. First, she went to a pachinko parlor. The audience laughed as Ms. Shimono, a popular voice actor who has starred in numerous popular productions, changed into a pachinko parlor uniform with the words "Please feel free to call on me" written on the back.

Before the store opens, Mr. Shimono chants the store's code of conduct with the staff. At this point, the pachinko parlor staff recklessly asked Mr. Shimono to chant as a character he had played in the past, saying, "For the fourth guideline, please play 'Neighbor Seki-kun. In fact, the male staff of the pachinko parlor where Mr. Shimono teaches his job are big fans of Mr. Shimono. However, the Seki-kun played by Ms. Shimono is a quiet character. Once again, the audience laughed at the sight of Ms. Shimono responding to his reckless behavior in a pained manner while playing the role of Seki-kun.

Accompanied by a staff member, Mr. Shimono went to clean the pachinko machines before the opening. At that time, they found a "Hokuto no Ken" pachinko stand, and again the male staff member from earlier asked him recklessly to do a "Hokuto no Ken" imitation.

...... The VTR stopped at this point, and the audience was taken to a quiz corner for fan participation. The question was, "How did Mr. Shimono imitate Fist of the North Star in the following VTR?" The question was "How did Mr. Shimono imitate "Fist of the North Star" in the following VTR? Mr. Shimono gave three choices, and the fans held up cards of the color they thought was the correct answer among the three choices.

The three choices given by Mr. Shimono were "atatatatatata" for red, "itatatatatatata" for blue, and "utatane! . Most fans held up the red card, and the correct answer was still "ata tata tata tata". The audience laughed at Ms. Shimono's imitation, which was shown on the correct answer VTR, but the flow of this was followed by "This is torture, isn't it?" Mr. Shimono laughed bitterly.

After cleaning the pachinko machines, Mr. Shimono greets customers who arrive at the entrance when the store opens. He was also in charge of making announcements inside the store. The staff at the pachinko parlor were thrilled by her smooth announcements, which showed off her voice acting skills, and said that her handsome voice gave them goosebumps.

Ms. Shimono also experienced the task of handing out tissues on the street. However, she was passed by passersby one after another. The staff advised her to "speak louder," to which she responded with a shy smile, showing her true potential as a voice actor. She was as loud as the izakaya staff handing out leaflets nearby, and she was handing out tissues.

Finally, Mr. Shimono was also in charge of free announcements in the store. He also announced the day's best machine and called out for the "Utetama" anime in which he starred, ending with the appeal, "I'm Hiro Shimono, voice actor.