Nogizaka, located in Minato-ku, Tokyo, is home to many artists who have embarked on the road to stardom. Similarly, the right people will be selected today to form the idol group Nogizaka 46 and debut as the official rival of AKB48.

On August 21, 2011, from a nationwide audition, out of 35,934 applicants, girls who were to be selected to shine infinitely in the future formed the idol group Nogizaka 46. Just today, in this SME (Sony Music) building, decided all this.

The corridor is full of people, not only the girls who came to participate in this final selection, but also many staff members who are busy with this matter, and they will also witness the birth of the members of this group.

15-year-old Rina Ikoma can be said to be very nervous now, and I have never been so nervous when I was in junior high school and went to perform on behalf of the club. She kept recalling in her mind the words of self-introduction that she had practiced at home, and with the help of her parents and grandparents, she perfected a lot, and the whole family supported her and helped her. Try to adjust your condition to the best, everything is to be able to show your best self after entering the door at the front of the team, and only then can you be selected.

The people around him are the same, they are silently adjusting their state, there is no anger, the atmosphere on the scene is very depressing, and Rina Ikoma feels even more nervous because of this.

Affected by the atmosphere, the expression on Rina Ikoma's face became more and more stiff. I rubbed my cheeks with my hands and tried to relax the tense muscles on my face, so that I would smile much more naturally.

"Now that you're here, you can't fail at such a critical time!" Ikoma secretly decided.

Due to the large number of lives, the staff informed everyone not to crowd the queue too much to avoid fainting. Each girl who came to participate in the selection received their own number plate, and they were divided into groups of 10 people and went into the front room for the final assessment.

"Okay, next, No. 2, Rina Ikoma. ”

Carefully taking the microphone, Rina Ikoma began her long-prepared self-introduction.

"My name is Rina Ikoma, I'm 15 years old, I'm from Akita Prefecture......" Ikoma instinctively felt scared in front of the judges. She may not know the others, but the man sitting between them, the middle-aged man with black-rimmed glasses, a huge head, and a black suit, she can't know anymore. It's not just her, but the people who came to run for election this time don't know him at all.

Yasu Akimoto, the producer of Nogizaka 46, a new girl idol group, is also the one who created AKB48, an unprecedented girl idol group. And Nogizaka 46, the official definition is the official opponent of this popular idol group, and everyone who comes here knows that this man, he can do it.

"My hobbies are reading comics, and I also played in the school's symphony orchestra in middle school and played the position of drummer. "I can see that Ikoma Rina is still too nervous, and she keeps her head down and occasionally lifts it up to meet the judges' eyes.

"Is there a talent show ready?" asked one of the judges.

"My talent is singing, PICO's "Sakura Tone"..."Ikoma began to sing.

At the end of the performance, Rina Ikoma returned the microphone to the staff next to him, returned to his original position, and Yasuya Akimoto, who was sitting opposite, raised his head and took a second look, then signaled that the staff could continue.

"Okay, next, please ...... No. 3"

There was a long line in the corridor, and Nana Hashimoto stood in the line uneasy. Since that day when she made up her mind to give it a try, her fate may have changed because of this decision, with the help of her classmates, she successfully filled in her own information on the Internet, and after submitting it, she just held the attitude of trying it out, and kept thinking that if she could get away with it, she didn't expect that she would pass the selection and be able to receive a phone call to come here to participate in the final review, everything seemed so unreal.

Thinking too much and getting into the middle of it, the team moved forward slowly without noticing, and accidentally stepped on the feet of the people behind them, Nana Hashimoto was as overwhelmed as a frightened rabbit, and hurriedly apologized to the people behind. The other party just smiled and told her that it didn't matter, because this little accident brought her back to reality from her fugue state, and she didn't dare to relax.

The girls around are all dressed up brightly, and there are many people in the team who take out their makeup boxes to check whether their makeup has fallen off, whether they need to touch up their makeup, whether the blush is good, whether the eyeliner is crooked, or they are tidying up their hairstyles, in order to make themselves look better on the outside. , are actively preparing.

Nanami Hashimoto only washed her face and hair today, and came here after doing the most basic skin care and maintenance, she didn't have extra money to buy those variety, expensive cosmetics, and came to Tokyo for more than half a year, almost no time to take care of her face and hair, in order to live, she worked as a hair model, and then simply cut her hair short, in order to save money for hair maintenance. However, in this environment, she felt that she was likely to lose the election because she was too ordinary. I secretly made a phone call to my mother last night, told my mother the news, and jokingly said that I was here to give it a try, even if I was unsuccessful, I should take a look at the future star in advance.

Calm but nervous, very ambivalent.

"Can I really do it," Nanami Hashimoto couldn't help but retreat in his heart. He patted his face hard, and soon his cheeks turned red.

"I hope this way, it can be more or less useful" Nanami Hashimoto thought to herself, since she didn't have the ability to put on makeup, she blushed anyway, and it felt almost like blushing.

Final review site.

"Next, No. 9, Erika Ikuta. ”

Naturally, he took the microphone and bowed politely to the judges present, without the slightest twist, and was generous.

"Good morning, I'm Erika Ikuta, the third year of junior high school, 14 years old, the stunt is the piano, I studied in Germany when I was a child, my favorite musician is Chopin, and I also like musicals. The reason I joined Nogizaka 46 was that I wanted to be able to express myself on the stage and let more people see my efforts. Ikuta's crisp voice, as well as her self-confidence, kept her eyes on the judges in front of her from beginning to end, which made the judges interested in her person.

"Do you have any talent to perform, do you need to play the piano, we are not ready today, if we are ready for other performances, we can do it. One of the judges asked carefully.

"Mmmm, I can also perform Aiko's "スター"" After that, Ikuta Erika sang. The judges below were listening attentively, looking at the girl in front of them who was different from the previous person.

The singing voice floated in the conference room, and in Akimotoyasu's opinion, Ikuta's singing style still had many flaws, and the nervousness in it could be heard, but in general, it was already commendable and remarkable. Picking up the selection materials in his hand and looking at the performance of the girl in front of him, Akimoto believed that this girl's piano was also like what she said. "The piano is a rare talent, this girl. Akimoto thought to himself.

After the singing, several judges smiled, and Akimoto Yasushi also nodded, and after asking her a few more questions, it ended her time. Erika Ikuta bowed and thanked the judges at the end, handed the microphone to the staff, and returned to the team.

"Next, No. 10 ,......"

The final review is still ongoing.

"It's going to be my own group soon," Nanase Nishino couldn't help but feel a little panicked as he thought of his parents sending him to the door of the SME building this morning.

"There are a lot of girls around, and they are all beautiful. "Nishino Nanase was at school before, in order to better integrate into the girls' collective, she dyed her hair brown yellow, plus her skin color belongs to the kind of wheat skin, which belongs to Shibuya-style dressing. In fact, she doesn't want to and doesn't like this style of dressing, she looks like the kind of bad girl in school, like the little sister, she doesn't like it very much.

"There are so many people, and I feel like I want to go home now...... Somewhat... I regret it..."Nanase Nishino's heart began to waver, but then she thought of her parents, on the way from Osaka to Tokyo, the worry on her mother's face never stopped, and her parents kept comforting herself, telling herself, and even asking her if she wanted to give up. Thinking of this, Nanase Nishino pursed his lips and made up his mind.

In fact, another reason is that since the matter was confirmed from her mother that day, Nanase Nishino has been imagining every day what it will be like to be in Tokyo, whether she can be selected, and then measuring whether she has the specialty that can be selected, and what kind of life she will have if she is selected. Nishino yearns for it every day.

Tokyo is a dream place that every girl from other places has ever had. Nogizaka 46 not only gave these girls hope in the idol world, but also hope for living in Tokyo.