I do remember when my little sister was born and holding her. UntiI then I had lived the life of an only child. In an instant it felt as if my mama and papa had been taken away by my little sister. I think it must have felt that way.
Awwww!
But Hikaru would have turned out to be a good older sister figure, I think
When I was little I used to play in parks and became friendly with children I didn’t know, I even gave my home address to the parents of the children (laughs).
I don’t know if you’ll believe me even if I say this but my mother says ‘Ever since Hikaru was still inside my belly, I knew she would be a child that loved music.’ She also said this when I was auditioning (for Kalafina) but everyone scoffed and laughed (laughs)….
I would sing karaoke while playing the CD and she would say ‘It would be better to do this part like this’ and get really angry saying, ‘That’s no good at all.’ I have also practiced while crying a lot. My mother’s word was absolute. Even if I thought ‘I hate this’ at times, I couldn’t say so, so I went to where the laundry was and did this (does a ‘bang bang’ pounding gesture) to the laundry (laughs). My mother’s thought process is very quick so her comebacks were always immediate, I was like ‘I’ve had enough…’ (laughs) In the end, we didn’t end up fighting.
- Is your relationship unchanged even now?
Hikaru: It hasn’t changed. As well as being my mother, she’s also like a friend. We have overcome many things working together. I can ask and talk to her about anything. On that point, there are some things I don’t want her to interfere in that she does though (laughs).
Hikaru's mother sounds like a really strong, firm, assertive woman
I'm sure that's helped Hikaru a lot with her endeavours, having such a tough pillar of support.
I went on to a foreign language vocational school so that I could study English. I thought that since it was English it might come in handy in the future, even if I couldn’t become a singer it would definitely help in finding employment.
Smart choice, Hikaru really planned ahead well
After the audition was over my mother would say ‘What kind of things did they ask you?’ but my memory would be hazy and when I would reply ‘Hm, what kind of things did they ask me?’ she would get angry and say ‘Remember the things they say to you!’ (laughs)
Oh my goodness, Hikaru is so cute
At that time I was so flustered at first I put on the headphones with the right and left sides mixed up (laughs).
Hikaruuuuuuu
Somehow or other I ended up finishing the recording, after that when I was in Toyama again another message came. It said ‘The songs we are doing now are ‘sprinter’ and ‘ARIA’, however Hikaru-chan you will be singing as the main vocal.’ I was like ‘Eh, is that alright?’ My mother and I were both in an uproar saying ‘This is bad! What are we going to do!’ (laughs)[/quote]
Hikaru and her mother make the perfect pair
Now… it is the place that moves me. It is the single reason I leave the house (laughs). To me it is living. If I didn’t have Kalafina, I might be dead. Truly. I probably wouldn’t eat. Because of Kalafina, I take care of my physical condition, I live my life with my focus always on it. Without Kalafina I probably wouldn’t be who I am now.
Hikaru's devotion to Kalafina is so intense!
omg:
Hikaru: I never thought of wanting to quit. There was a feeling of working together with my mother but it never felt as if she was dragging me into it. Because I said that I wanted to do it my mother helped out too. She said to me ‘If you don’t want to do it, you don’t have to.’ However there wasn’t anything else I wanted to do. In my vision of the future there wasn’t anything else but becoming a singer. I thought that even if I was turned down in an audition, I could always gamble on the next one. I don’t know why, but I thought that ‘It’ll all work out somehow.’ I thought ‘I’ll definitely become (a singer)!’
So Hikaru was a really straightforward person who just kept truckin' forward and never looked back
She's such a tough cookie
I don’t talk that much, however as it is necessary to, I think it is my job to measure the correct timing for when I do speak (laughs)….
Because the two of them are a little sister with an older brother and a little sister with an older sister. The parts where (the two of them) think that they would like to go first on, they go first on, their feelings of having parts they feel they cannot yield are stronger than my own. If everyone were to go first then it would be a bit too much so I feel like I should go afterwards. I’m always having thoughts like that.
She's so mature
I wish I had an older sister like Hikaru!
She is a very cute person in private. Like she holds onto your hand. She wants to feel the warmth of another person, probably (laughs). I think she is probably the type to gain composure from skinship with others.
Oh, Keiko.
Awwwww
Also, because Wakana is someone who knows very well what she has to do, when she notices something, she will focus there and there will suddenly be a moment when she can’t see what’s happening around her. Just at those times times I think ‘I’ll support her.’
Wakana and Keiko are so lucky to have someone as mature as Hikaru to understand and watch over them
It’s like she is in a place very high up, yet at the same time she is someone that feels very close by. Your hand doesn’t reach, but you have a very strong sensation of her being by your side...
If Kalafina was a plant, then Kajiura-san would be the soil, the sun and the water. She is the person who created Kalafina and also the one that allowed us to grow. I cannot express it in just one word. Kalafina exists because of the three of us and Kajiura-san.
omg george is right, Yuki is like an omniscient, all-powerful goddess to them
Even if I were to do activities on my own, I wouldn’t want Kalafina to cease to exist… selfish of me, isn’t it? I want the three of us to do the things we want to do while still being in Kalafina as well. Still having a place that I can return to while conducting solo activities is my ideal. It’s a warm place where I feel comfortable so as expected it’s place where I can think ‘This is great.’
Awwwwwwwww
it's so sweet and touching to see how Hikaru thinks of Kalafina almost like her musical 'home' , where she can return to
It’s because I don’t really want to look to the side, nor do I want to look back. It feels a bit like, ‘Look straight ahead, and do your best at the things you can do right now!’ It might be just an ideal, but I would like it if everyone could face forwards with a smile. If you are always happy, everyone else around you will be able to be happy too.
I really admire how Hikaru can just put her head down and keep moving forwards, without regrets or doubts or being pushed down by her failures. She has the strength of a bulldozer!
Yet at the same time she's the gentle, quiet person in the group. I really think Hikaru's maturity lends a huge role in holding the group together - you can see that she really understands how to work in co-operation with others when she talks about how she often steps back to let the other two 'go first'. And she's so humble and supportive.
Her tight relationship with her mother and her idolisation of Kajiura sensei is really endearing
I reall y, really wish I had an older sister like Hikaru!
Alphard Sokaina said:
Besides, it's great to read about the girls' lives and how they became Yuki's vocalists. I hope to read this kind of interview with Yuriko and Kaori too one day.
Oh, yes please! Wonder if they'll ever make a "FictionJunction Record"...
