Love Live! Sunshine! Akatsu Saito, an active member of Aqours, is set to make her long-awaited solo major debut! The music video has already been released!

Love Live! Sunshine! and also performs as the school idol group Aqours in the same work, it has been announced that Akatsu Saito will make her long-awaited solo debut with SACRA MUSIC.

In 2015, Akatsu Saito performed in "Love Live! Sunshine! Sunshine!" in 2015. She is also active as a member of the school idol group Aqours of the same work. Aqours' 2-day performance at Tokyo Dome in November last year drew 150,000 audiences, including live viewing both in Japan and abroad. At the end of last year, she performed at the 69th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen, and her first solo photo book "Barefoot," released in August 2018, has become the largest selling photo book by a voice actress. was the No. 1 selling photo book of voice actors of all time, and has also gained popularity.


Now, it has been announced that Ms. Saito will make her long-awaited solo debut with SACRA MUSIC, releasing her solo debut mini-album "Kutsuhimo" on August 14, 2019 (Wednesday), which will include six songs. This mini album was created based on Akatsu Saito's reason for singing as a solo artist: "With words and songs, I want to push 'you' who always support and cheer me on.

Today, the music video for "1 meter to go," one of the songs on the album, has been unveiled.
The video, created by filmmaker Satoshi Takaki, was shot under the concept of "not deciding, not laughing, and not singing," and beautifully captures Saito's expression, presence, and a series of moments that have never been seen in her previous activities, The content of the film foreshadows the beginning of the story.

Ms. Saito commented on her solo debut, "'Kutsuhimo' is the first step of my solo career, and I am excited about my story from now on. I want to be the kind of artist who can support and push someone through singing. She commented, expressing her joy and her strong belief in her activities as a voice actor and solo artist.

Saito is moving on to the next stage as a voice actor and singer. We cannot take our eyes off of her future activities, which are sure to take a great leap forward in the future!

Comments

Thanks to my fans, family, and staff who support me, I have decided to make my solo debut.

Kutsuhimo" is the first step in my solo career, and I am very excited about the story I will tell in the future.
I wonder what kind of future awaits me when I open the door, and I am sure there will be many things that will make me happy and many things that will make me anxious. I am thinking.
I would like to be the kind of artist who can support or push someone through singing.
I would like to always remember to be thankful and deliver songs in my own way.

Akatsu Saito "1 meter to go" Music Video

Product information
Solo debut mini album "Shoe String
Release date: August 14 (Wed.)
Label: SACRA MUSIC
Number of product forms: 3
Number of songs: 6

Number of songs: 6 ・Product specifications:

Number of songs: 6 ・Product specifications: [Kutsuhimo disc (Limited Edition) (CD+BD+Goods)
Part numbers: VVCL-1490 - 1492
Price: 6,000 yen (excluding tax)

KUTSUHIRU Disc (Limited Edition) Specifications
Special shoe box
80P Photo Book
Red laces (1 meter length)
Poster type lyrics card

First Press Edition (CD+DVD)
Part numbers: VVCL-1493 - 1494
Price: 3,000 yen (tax not included)

Normal Edition (CD)
Item number: VVCL-1495
Price: 2,500 yen (excluding tax)