Japanese members of IZ*ONE arriving in Korea

Japanese members of IZ*ONE arriving in Korea
韓国到着のＩＺ＊ＯＮＥ日本人メンバー






IZ*ONE's three Japanese members arrive in South Korea "I'm home~" with a smile




Hitomi Honda, Sakura Miyawaki, and Nako Yabuki, members of the Korean-Japanese idol group IZ*ONE, arrived in Korea through Gimpo Airport on the morning of the 26th after finishing their schedule in Japan.


Hitomi Honda, Sakura Miyawaki, and Nako Yabuki entered the immigration floor and posed for the press.
(From K-POP News)










Hitomi Honda, Sakura Miyawaki, and Nako Yabuki finished their schedule in Japan and entered Korea.
On the morning of the 26th, this is a photo of him greeting a news photographer on the immigration floor of Gimpo Airport.
The three of them won Mnet's "Produce 48" and were selected as the final members. Having overcome the fierce competition and joined the idol group IZ*ONE, the expression on her face is bright.


From the moment they arrived in Korea, they must have felt more realistically how they overlapped with Sana, Mina, and Momo, who are active on the world stage as members of TWICE.

At first, "Produce 48" seemed like a strange project.
"Idols are perceived as water and oil." Because Japan and South Korea are so far apart.
The survival stage began with members already working as professionals from Japan and trainees aiming to become professionals from South Korea.
　Professional idols from Japan and amateurs (trainees) from Korea participated, but the survival stage was held in Korean style. Therefore, it was the Japanese members who were put to the test.
I have only seen a small part of the stage videos that have been uploaded to YouTube. However, I was able to grasp the general flow by superimposing the articles and videos I watched on the entertainment channel.
The main purpose of this type of program is to select members. However, just sticking to that doesn't create a dramatic story or emotions.
The vastly different technologies and methods of Japan and South Korea collide. It's like there's no grading criteria, but for the time being, we have to remove the extreme parts that stand out.
In the first half, it is speculated that the Japanese members were severely criticized in the preliminaries for setting the standard values for the finals, which can be seen in tennis.
If you don't emphasize that point, it could end up being a confusing survival.
"I would like to ask everyone to vote with this in mind..."
In layman's terms, it could be said that it was something like a catch-ball between the people who voted and the management side.


However, as the final phase approached, the rankings of the members began to fluctuate. Especially the Japanese members showed a tremendous rise.
"Did you see this trend as a kind of crisis?"
"Even though it's a survival stage for selecting idols, are they properly voting according to their ability and charm? It shouldn't be just a fan vote."
Entertainment news like this came up from a newspaper site.




★ Sakura Miyawaki, who has risen to first place, is receiving unparalleled support. Her fans are promoting a large-scale event where if you vote for Miyawaki Sakura through the community, you will win a Fukuoka ticket. She said, ``We will select through a lottery, and you can choose one additional flight ticket, and you can choose between Grand Hyatt Fukuoka or Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk.'' If you vote for Miyu Takeuchi, you'll get MacBook Pro, LG gram, PlayStation4 Pro, Nintendo Switch, iPad 6th generation 2018, Samsung gift card 500,000 won (approximately 50,000 yen), Samsung UHD TV, and home appliance lottery opportunities. Fans of Nako Yabuki also have iPad Pro 9.7, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, LG Derma Pra. We are raising the voter turnout by preparing the L Mask. Fans of Miru Shiroma will be offered chicken, hamburger sets, etc. through a lottery every day if they vote every day. If you vote every time during the voting period, you will also win AirPods. Various events such as AirPods, iPads, gift certificates, and Gifticons are held in Hitomi Honda's fan community to encourage people to vote every day. Fans of Miho Miyazaki are holding a gift certificate event worth 2.5 million won.




Perhaps due to the influence of the article, the momentum of the other two or three members who were about to slip in was lost at the last minute, and only three Japanese members were selected.


I don't know if this result is as originally expected.
However, I was able to leave an impression that it wasn't a popular vote.
"I may have dropped it in the wrong place."


I feel that Hitomi Honda, Sakura Miyawaki, and Nako Yabuki will be as popular as TWICE's Sana, Mina, and Momo.




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