Taniyama had a surprise while she was singing! Report on the "Shizuka Kudo Tribute" Roundtable Discussion to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Shizuka Kudo's Solo Career!

Shizuka Kudo Tribute," a mini-album tribute to Shizuka Kudo by popular voice actors, was released on Wednesday, December 20, and a round-table discussion event was held on Wednesday, January 10 to celebrate its release. Tomokazu Seki, Kenichi Suzumura, Noriaki Taniyama, and Hiro Shimono, who sang on the album, appeared at the event. In addition, Shizuka Kudo herself appeared as a surprise guest in the latter half of the event, which was very exciting.

Shizuka Kudo Tribute," a tribute mini-album to Shizuka Kudo featuring seven male voice actors including Shotaro Morikubo, Hiro Shimono, Kenichi Suzumura, Yuichiro Umehara, Noriaki Taniyama, Tomokazu Seki, and Yuki Kaji, was released on December 20 (Wed).
⇒Hiro Shimono will participate in the talk event "Roundtable Discussion" of the Shizuka Kudo Tribute mini album "Shizuka Kudo Tribute" by popular voice actors.

A roundtable discussion event was held on January 10 (Wed.) to celebrate the release of the album, and Tomokazu Seki, who sang a song on the album, and Hiro Shimono participated. Tomokazu Seki, Kenichi Suzumura, Noriaki Taniyama, and Hiro Shimono, who sang on the album, appeared. In the latter half of the event, Shizuka Kudo herself appeared as a surprise guest. The following is a report on the event.

Official Report】 *Titles omitted

On January 10 (Wed.), a round-table discussion event was held at a certain location in Tokyo to commemorate the release of a tribute mini-album featuring Shizuka Kudo's classic songs, with seven male voice actors participating. In the latter half of the event, Shizuka Kudo herself appeared as a surprise guest, surprising the audience.

The male voice actors took the stage at the call of the host, Ken Washizaki. After the audience had warmed up to the stage, the male voice actors took the stage to share their thoughts on their participation in this project. Seki, who is close to Kudo in age and loves Kudo's project, said, "For real? I'll definitely do it, I'll definitely do it, I'll definitely do it. Suzumura revealed that her sister loves Kudo and sings his songs frequently, and that she was asked to participate in "The True Face of Arashi," a song she used to listen to often at that time. Shimono, who is a little younger than the three, also talked about how his younger sister and junior members used to sing the songs at karaoke, demonstrating that the songs are loved by people of all generations. The selection of songs was left to the male voice actors, who chose from a prepared list, but while some songs were chosen easily, it was revealed that there was a battle over some songs.

Next, the audience was shown a live performance from 1992, prepared for the four who had never been to one of Kudo's concerts. They were curious to see how the live performance would start, so they decided to start watching from the opening. The impact of the stage starting with a ballad, the sexiness, the dancing, the costumes that changed with each song...each one surprised me, and I watched the screen while listening to Washizaki's trivia about the time. The white suit of "MUGO...n...sexy" was the closest to the image everyone had of Kudo, they discussed, and Shimono, who was in charge of this song, sang it with cuteness in the foreground, and told an episode from the recording session.

In the "Shizuka Kudo Quiz" session, the audience was challenged not only to answer the questions correctly, but also to make fun of the answers. What is the title of the drama that was the tie-in for Ms. Kudo's hit song "Enclave of Lamentations"? In an interview, Miyuki Nakajima said, "I admire Kudo-san's ________. The audience was filled with laughter as the four members gradually increased the sharpness of their answers to these difficult questions, although at first they were not quite able to keep up their blurriness. The audience laughed as the four answered the difficult questions, such as "What is the content of the circle?

Next, Taniyama told the audience that he had recorded "I want to cry like a baby" in the same key as Shizuka Kudo, and they suddenly decided to do karaoke. Taniyama was puzzled by the sudden turn of events and sang the song with enthusiasm, saying that he was only going to sing one chorus. The other three members of the ensemble quietly enlivened the stage with tambourines. While everyone was intoxicated by Taniyama's beautiful voice, Shizuka Kudo herself appeared on stage singing the song, causing a panic on stage. The four were so surprised that they jumped off the stage one after another and listened to Shizuka Kudo's singing from the audience seats.

The four looked distraught at the surprise, but received feedback from Kudo about the tribute mini-album, and Seki was presented with a gift from Kudo for winning the quiz earlier. Kudo concluded by expressing his ambition to do something this year since he had saved up the songs he had written under the pen name "Ai Eri. At the ending of the event, the four members looked satisfied and talked about their impressions of today's event and their joy of being able to participate in the tribute album, and the event ended when they gently placed the microphones on the stage.

＜Photographer: Ryoja Fukuoka

Product Information
Shizuka Kudo Tribute
Release date: December 20, 2017
Price: 2,500 yen (tax included)

<CD contents
M1: "Hajitete kudo ni naru hitenai" (1988) / Song: Shotaro Morikubo
M2: "MUGO, n...sexy" (1988) / Song: Hiro Shimono
M3: "Arashi no moho" (1989) / Song: Kenichi Suzumura
M4: "Blowin' in the Yellow Sand" (1989) / Song: Yuichiro Umehara
M5: "I want to cry myself to sleep" (1992) / sung by Noriaki Taniyama
M6: "Gekijo" (1996) / Song: Tomokazu Seki
M7: "Blue Velvet" (1997) / Song: Hiroki Kaji