SUPPORT YA-YA-YAH
As you all know, JE announced recently
that there will be a debut next Spring, but not who will debut. The fact that
Kitty hasn't dissolved when it was created as a supposedly temporary group,
plus the airing of the new shows You-tachi (with Hikaru and the other 3 Kitty
members) and Hyakushiki (with Yabu and other juniors), has got many of us
worried that the announced debut might mean the end of the Ya-Ya-yah show and
of Ya-Ya-yah as a group.
Fiona, the webmistress of the Chinese site Happy Town, has started a campaign among the Chinese fans to
support Ya-Ya-yah, and her friend Feather, who has been so kind as to translate
the plan outline into English, has asked me to try and involve Western fans in
their efforts.
The idea is to send a weekly postcard to
The Shounen Club to show our support to Ya-Ya-yah.
As a heading write: "ステージで輝いてるYa-Ya-yah”("Ya-ya-yah shines
on the stage"). Below you can write as short message of support, in polite
English or Japanese. It could be for instance "Please let Ya-Ya-yah debut
next Spring".
The postcard should be addressed to:
c/o "The Shounen Club", Nihon
NHK denshidai, 2-2-1, Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo-to, 150-8001 JAPAN
〒１５０－８００１ 日本 東京都 渋谷区 神南 日本ＮＨＫ電視台 2-2-1 －ＢＳ「ザ少年倶楽部」係
I think it might be useful to write it
both in Western writing and Japanese.
P.S.: Please take the time to read
Feather's translation of the plan outline below for more details.
P.P.S: Please spread the word. =)
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PLAN OUTLINE TO SUPPORT YA- YA-YAH TO DEBUT NEXT SPRING Before I
actually say anything, please read the following news seriously. From:
2.10.06 11.02PM Yahoo Japan news “Next
Spring the debut of new Johnny’s idol” The new TV
programme “YOUたち”(All of you)(11.45on Sunday) started
in August. The programme includes Koki and Nakamaru as the MC. Also at the
same time the other programme which started on the 17th of October at Fuji
Television which is called “Jr’s encyclopaedia”. Johnny san said that “YOUたち”is going to be the programme for the birth of the future star. Also,
not to mention about the movement and direction of Jr. next year. “Next April
Jr would be even bigger. Also the announcement of new CD debut was mentioned
as well. “Not only Kat-tun but all other senior will be supporting them” said
by Nakamaru. The
original news: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20061002-00000008-dal-ent Now it had
been in a worrying state for the Jr. KITTY didn’t finish as it was said
before as being a “Time limit” group. Also at the same time we just had two
new Jr. TV programme appearing. All these had woken up YA fans awareness of
their future development. Before YA fans might think that seeing YA on the
screen is something for certain. But the long time of the cold shoulder the
fans had been giving (Because we are used to it) might have the effect on
Johnny’s which lead them to a new direction? Although it’s not for sure yet
which Jr. is on the list of next Spring’s debut but quite often the decision
always turns out to be surprising. As being a YA fan of course we wouldn’t
want to see YA split up one day. On the other hand, a Jr’s actual chance for
the debut only come once or twice and the time doesn’t last that long. Being
a fan we would like to do something to them, to show Johnny’s our thought,
so…… *Emergency!
Our last wish on next spring’s debut. Weekly letter posting!* The final
decision had always depends on how fans respond to it, hadn’t it? So this
time the action we are making is just to show our support on YA but not
actually trying to go against Johnny’s. We all have to know that a new
group’s debut is never that easy. It can involve in lots of groups’ changing,
or even the future of the programme. YA had its own programme name after the
group. If the group split up it only means that either the programme would be
taken over or finish. Is it something we can just sit and watch? I know
there’s quite a lot YA fans who like to just collect YA’s things and news
quietly. Normally no one would mind that but this time it actually involve
the question on debut this kind of terribly important question. I really hope
all the fans can honestly think about it, the more people do it the better we
get. If you really like these kids please give us a hand. The actual
plan: --Mainly
sending post card/letter to the official address. Personally I would suggest
“Shounen Club”. For fan club we can only send to a certain person but if it’s
a TV programme it would be much clearer and easier for the staff to
understand. 1. If you
can please use a post card which is much easier for people to see the
content. 2. The
written content must be simple and clear to show our support on YA. For
example: I wish to see Ya on stage….etc. ( It can be written in either
English or Japanese, but if you can of course Japanese would be the best
choice) 3. It
doesn’t really work just to send it once, so I’m hoping that people could do
one a week and keep it going for a while and see the effect of it. 4. If there
is other important staff which is missing I’ll add it on in the future, for
now what we really need is your support! 5. The
title of the post card/letter please write “ステージで輝いてるYa-Ya-yah”(Ya-ya-yah the sparkle star on stage) Some
fans suggested that we should all have a unify title which would make it less
work for the staff so please for everyone all to use this title and fill in
the content of your own. But we must watch the way we put thing, nor matter
in Japanese or English it all has to be in a polite way. What we are trying
to do is not protesting but to support YA. *Please
pass this on as much as you can. Thank you.* The address
of Shounen Club: c/o "The Shounen Club", Nihon NHK
denshidai, 2-2-1, Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo-to, 150-8001 JAPAN 〒１５０－８００１ 日本 東京都 渋谷区 神南 日本ＮＨＫ電視台 2-2-1 －ＢＳ「ザ少年倶楽部」係 At last, please
don’t think we are just making the fuss of some small issue. We are just
trying to do something for the people
we like. If you have
got any question please fell free to go to: HT: http://www.bbsplus.net/cgi-bin/b2/joy.cgi?id=fionayu
JS: http://www.mym-hp.com/user-cgi-bin/himabbs/joy.cgi?room=jewel
Added
information: 1. People who want to hand write: a.) Please
use formal writing. If it’s written in Japanese please use the correct tense.
If you are unsure about Japanese or don’t have any friend who can speak it
then please write in formal English. b.) Watch
out for copyright. Japan takes on this issue really seriously. Shounen Club
is an international programme so we can see it but for programme like YAx3
which we actually downloaded from the internet. Please do not mention
anything about seeing it before. c.) The
point should be focus on liking YA’s performances. As long as we express the
support on YA its fine. |