A week passed quickly.

After finishing the recording and MV shooting, the three Sakamoto Kiyoshi did not relax, but began a week-long intensive band training.

To put it simply, before the album is released, the songs in the album are practiced one by one, and only in this way can the band maintain its LIVE strength and ensure that it presents its best state during the live broadcast.

After all, the day after the album was released, they were going to play on Music Station again, so if they didn't practice like crazy, they wouldn't do it!

Fortunately, it was only the two songs on the album that went up to perform, which is the double title song.

"Bud" and "Cherry Blossom".

Because there were no big singers to participate in this MS guest, THE SUN, who returned with his first band album after a year, was arranged by MS to perform two songs!

It's not the finale though...

The finale was KAT-TUN, which swept the charts and set various new records in the first week of its debut.

However, MS still put THE SUN, the penultimate in the order of appearance, which is enough to see that TV Asahi values THE SUN.

This is also what TV Asahi wants to take advantage of again, Sony vs. Jennis, THE SUN vs. KAT-TUN, such a rare topicality, to take the opportunity to increase their ratings...

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April 6th, 8 a.m.

Sony Records' ultra-popular band, THE SUN is back in the music scene after a year with their debut band album!

"THE SUN" album of the same name is officially on the shelves!

The online trial version was released at zero hour, which is already a routine when Sakamoto Kiyoshi and THE SUN released new songs, and this album has been promoted for more than half a month before it was put on the shelves, and the overwhelming publicity has long made fans look forward to the release of the album.

Therefore, there are not a few fans who queue up outside the major CD stores all night in advance...

THE SUN BAND APPEARED IN PUBLIC WAS HELD BACK AT THE SUMMER SONIC FESTIVAL IN EARLY AUGUST LAST YEAR.

It may be that I haven't seen THE SUN's "Three Shuai" for a long time, but now that I see THE SUN release a new album, the enthusiasm of the fans is very high.

On the first night of the release of "THE SUN", Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Shin Ogawa, and Masaki Chiba stayed in the band's practice room in the Sony Building, waiting for the release of the album's first-day sales while preparing for tomorrow's MS livestream.

It's also strange to say that Kiyoshi Sakamoto's already tired body did not faint or lose his physical strength during this high-intensity recording and practice time.

Ogawa Shin and Chiba Masaki also thought it was amazing, obviously seeing that Sakamoto Kiyoshi had no blood on his face at all, and he looked like a patient, but when he was recording, shooting the MV, and practicing with the band, he was full of energy.

According to Sakamoto Kiyoshi himself, the big guy Beichuan has promised himself that after the release of the album, he can take a holiday, maybe because of this, he thought that it would be good to survive this time, but he didn't expect that the physical state did not continue to deteriorate, but it seemed to return to the light, and he suddenly felt less dizzy, and his body would not be weak often.

This made the three of them sigh that willpower is really able to burst out the potential of the body...

However, when Sakamoto Kiyoshi went to the hospital to see a wave, he realized that he was overdrawing his body's lifespan, and the doctor also persuaded him to rest for a period of time as soon as possible, otherwise, his body may be overworked and left with some dark diseases.

The doctor's words frightened Kiyoshi Sakamoto to rest at home for a whole day before returning to the company again to insist on the album.

After all, Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Kitagawa said that as long as he finishes MS, he can start his vacation.

Victory is ahead, and the boy rushes!!

When he thought of this, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also cheered up and continued to practice the two songs to be sung tomorrow with Makoto Ogawa and Masaki Chiba.

Click!

At this time, Director Yamada walked into the practice room with the sales list for the first day.

The three of them didn't stop immediately, but continued to practice until they finished playing the "Sakura" perfectly, and then the three put down the instruments in their hands and leaned over to Yuichi Yamada.

Looking at the three boys, looking at themselves calmly, and their faces did not show a strong desire for knowledge, Yuichi Yamada knew that the three of them had become very mature.

Thinking back to the first single release, the three of them saw their eager eyes when they came in with a sales list, and Yuichi Yamada suddenly felt that time seemed to pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it had been two years...

Yuichi Yamada, who thought of this, stood in place as if in a daze, reminiscing about the past.

However, such a beautiful scene was interrupted by Chiba Masaki, a stunned man.

"Uncle Yamada, what's wrong?"

Chiba gently patted Yuichi Yamada and asked suspiciously.

Finally, Yuichi Yamada, who was interrupted by Chiba Masaki, looked at Chiba with a resentful expression while announcing the first-day sales of "THE SUN".

500,000!

This is the strong appeal of THE SUN, as well as the strong purchasing power of fans.

After all, more than seventy percent of the fans of the SUN band are female fans, and they are all fans of sisters and mothers, these white-collar workers and housewives, but they are the most purchasing power group.

Female idols have the support of otaku selling kidneys, and the three of SUN have the full support of their sisters and mothers.

This may be one of the reasons why THE SUN sold more than one million copies as soon as it came out on the record.

After all, all three of them are handsome guys...

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A few days before the MS live broadcast, the program team will generally notify the guests of this issue to go to TV Asahi for a rehearsal.

And the three of SUN, because they are going to sing two new songs, also attach great importance to this rehearsal.

Fortunately, during the rehearsal, there were no problems, and even if the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi met their strongest opponents, KAT-TUN, during the rehearsal, nothing happy happened.

Both groups bowed to each other very politely and passed by...

It was April 7th, six o'clock in the afternoon.

On the day of the MS live broadcast.

Before the live broadcast, THE SUN rehearsed another wave, and after finally confirming a wave of headphones, stereos, microphones and other equipment, the three of them ran to visit the owner of MS, Tamori.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was already very familiar with Tamoli, took two teammates and blew a wave of ** with Tamoli in the lounge, and then left under Tamoli's laughter and scolding.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the MS officially began.

MS, it can be said that it is the home of Dennis.

Janiss's entertainers basically appear in MS every week, with one exception.

On November 14, 1997, just before the live broadcast, KinKi Kids, who was originally scheduled to appear with DA PUMP, suddenly canceled it because Kitagawa, the president of the firm, thought that his male idol group was not suitable for performing with male idol groups from other studios, resulting in no artists from Genesys Studio participating in that episode.

And the singers under Ai Hui and Sony often come up to MS to promote new songs.

The representative of this issue is KAT-TUN, and if Sony is concerned, it must be THE SUN.

For almost an hour of the program, the three of THE SUN sat in the singer's seat and did a forty-minute background scene, during which they faced the topics that Tamori kept throwing, and the three of them were able to deal with it easily.

As the second-to-last guest, THE SUN still cheered up and watched the performances of the singers who appeared in front of him carefully, so as not to fall asleep with boredom.

Finally, at about 8:40, it was time for THE SUN to appear, but before the performance, I must have had an interview with Tamori.

"NEXT UP IS OUR BAND THE SUN. ”

The three of them were in the singer's seat and moved next to Tamori.

And the female fans at the scene, seeing the three handsome guys of THE SUN, also broke out into the whole show, so far, the loudest screams and applause.

"It's been a long time, Ogawa-kun, Chiba-kun. "Tamori deliberately omitted Kiyoshi Sakamoto, just to say hello to Makoto Ogawa and Masaki Chiba.

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who reacted quickly, immediately knew that this was Tamori "doing something", so he was also very cooperative, raised his hand, and said anxiously, "Eh, Tamorisan, what about me? I'm here too!"

Looking at Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who signaled that he had been missed, Tamori also gave this kid a thumbs up in his heart, "The response is not bad." ”

"Uh, I know you're there, but didn't we just meet not so long ago?" Tamori continued.

"Huh?"

This time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a little confused, and he didn't know what Tamori meant.

"Didn't you come in August with your first solo album to promote it? We met not long ago. ”

"Eh, that was half a year ago?!"

"But,Ogawa-kun and Chiba-kun,But it's been a year later.,It's only here again.,That's why,I'm just going to tell the two of them.,It's been a long time since I've seen you.。。。 ”

"After all, half a year is getting better than a year, and it's them a little longer. ”

Hearing Tamoli's reason, and Sakamoto Kiyoshi's expression of "there is still this kind of operation", it also made the audience laugh.

Even the singers who sat in the back as the background were amused by such a strange theory as Tamori.

"Hahaha. ”

After teasing Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Tamori continued to interview THE SUN.

"By the way, Sakamoto-kun, do you have any wishes that you want to fulfill lately?" Suddenly, Tamori asked.

"Eh, yes, yes, but it seems to have come true. After hearing the question, Sakamoto Kiyoshi also thought about it for a while before answering seriously.

At this time, Tamori was curious, and then asked, "Oh, what is your wish that has been granted?"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't think too much about it, and replied directly, "It's a holiday." ”

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who felt that he didn't speak too clearly, added another sentence later.

"Take a long vacation for a while. ”

By the way, congratulations on the collection of 3,000 in this book!