Fukuyama Masaharu の Heart

The 20th Year Sign Post

■ In May and June this year, Fukuyama Masaharu stood on the Nippon Budokan stage. This was his first time in 20 years. The name of the concert, in true fashion with his usual humour, was
“Fukuyama☆The Sudden Daikanshasai
~ Eh! Never Been There Before? For the First Time?
Love☆The Fukuyama Exhibition [...]

Further to our reports on the first day, we’ve heard that they’ve added a few more touches to the second day to make it even more special. Here is a summary of the extras on 2009.08.30:
Fan Report
1. On both days, Souguchi Akihisa-san was MC at the Big N stadium. The camera today followed Masha and [...]

The following are translations of fan and press reports on yesterday’s concert:

Part 1: Fan Reports
“The Inasayama Live today, in terms of entertainment and excitement, exceeds all other Masha Live shows from before. It was breathtaking, I really wonder how much resources (financial/human/props/time) were spent here. Strictly speaking, it was much more than a concert….I will [...]

■  So you finished that highly anticipated, talked about and 8-year-long-awaited album?
F:  First, let me say something in my own defence please. (laugh) This album could in fact, have been released a couple of years ago, but thankfully, I got commissioned with several unexpected jobs during this time…..(laugh) Unplanned singles releases, inclusion of other songs, [...]

“Masha~~” “Masha~~”
“Masha~~” “Masha~~”
In the applause, Masha and his band returned to backstage. But we kept on clapping, hoping that Masha would come out for an encore soon. At this moment, something appeared on the big screen. It was the instructions for the Wave. A spotlight went round and round the auditorium leading the audience in [...]

“Uhhh…..”
After such a beautiful song, Masha couldn’t helping sighing because of the audition clip just now. We laughed and clapped in encouragement, as if we wanted to tell Masha, “It’s alright, even after we’ve seen you like this, we still love you all the same!”
“…..I think it’s incredible that Amuse had kept the tape of [...]