Jun 27 2008
A Very Bikkuri Survey
Surveys are fun, aren’t they? They give you something interesting to write about without having to pull material from nowhere. When I was doing my survey post, I started thinking about the kinds of questions I would want to ask other bloggers and J-Pop fans, things that I maybe didn’t know or hadn’t heard before. I would appreciate it oh so much if you would take the time to answer them, either in the comments section or your own blog if you have one.
1. You have found a magical J-pop genie who will grant you one J-pop related wish (so no wishing for a million dollars or world peace or anything like that). It can be virtually anything as long as it’s directly related to J-pop, and don’t worry, because this is the nice sort of genie, not the kind who will try to find a loop-hole and screw up your wish. So, what do you wish for???
2. Is there any J-pop artist or group who seriously pisses you off? If yes, who, and why?
3. Who do you think is the sexiest japanese singer out there?
4. How about the cutest?
5. Best personality?
6. If given the opportunity, would you rather date person 3, person 4, or person 5?
7. You work for a Japanese music magazine, and you have the opportunity to interview your favorite artist or group. What are a couple of the questions you want to ask them?
8. What’s the best (J-pop) song to listen to when you are really sad?
9. When you’re really happy?
10. Do you often sing along to your favorite songs?
11. How about dance?
12. Artistic integrity question!! If someone offerrered to pay you for blogging, but they were allowed to censor some of your opinions or veto some of your blogging ideas, would you do it?
Eagerly Awaiting Responses,
~Celestia~
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Aah~ I took the survey, and posted it as an entry on my Blog, http://mayugebeam.wordpress.com/. Whoot. Where are your answers?
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The survey should be up on my blog soon!
http://midoriio.vox.com/
My survey answers:
1. You have found a magical J-pop genie who will grant you one J-pop related wish (so no wishing for a million dollars or world peace or anything like that). It can be virtually anything as long as it’s directly related to J-pop, and don’t worry, because this is the nice sort of genie, not the kind who will try to find a loop-hole and screw up your wish. So, what do you wish for???
Spend a year in Japan and go to any J-pop and J-rock concerts I want.
2. Is there any J-pop artist or group who seriously pisses you off? If yes, who, and why?
None. It’s all good.
3. Who do you think is the sexiest Japanese singer out there?
Aya Matsuura
4. How about the cutest?
Aya Matsuura
5. Best personality?
Aya Matsuura
6. If given the opportunity, would you rather date person 3, person 4, or person 5?
Yes,
7. You work for a Japanese music magazine, and you have the opportunity to interview your favorite artist or group. What are a couple of the questions you want to ask them?
How do you keep up such a brutal concert schedule without dropping dead?
8. What’s the best (J-pop) song to listen to when you are really sad?
Aozora ga Itsumade mo Tsuzuku You na Mirai de Are!
9. When you’re really happy?
Jump!
10. Do you often sing along to your favorite songs?
Yes.
11. How about dance?
Yes.
12. Artistic integrity question!! If someone offered to pay you for blogging, but they were allowed to censor some of your opinions or veto some of your blogging ideas, would you do it?
No.
I filled out the survey and posted it on my blog
http://sqkisiggy.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/bikkuri-survey/
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I (kinda) answered it too! Here: http://andra805.vox.com/library/post/this-survey-at-bikkuri-project.html
1. You have found a magical J-pop genie who will grant you one J-pop related wish (so no wishing for a million dollars or world peace or anything like that). It can be virtually anything as long as it’s directly related to J-pop, and don’t worry, because this is the nice sort of genie, not the kind who will try to find a loop-hole and screw up your wish. So, what do you wish for???
Yaguchi Mari. Sorry that came out wrong (yeah right). I meant to say Yaguchi Mari still actively releasing singles, preferably in a group with Iida Kaori, Konno Asami, Rika Ishikawa, Yuko Nakazawa, Takahashi Ai, Tanaka Reina and Yui Okada (for the sauce).
2. Is there any J-pop artist or group who seriously pisses you off? If yes, who, and why?
None. Although I don’t pay much attention to C-ute or Berryz as it’s just not my thing. As I don’t care about them they don’t bother me. Live and let live. Morning Musume can be annoying sometimes just for following up brilliant singles with the occasional dreadful one.
3. Who do you think is the sexiest Japanese singer out there?
I can’t explain exactly what it is but Tanaka Reina does something to me.
4. How about the cutest?
Konno Asami (just ahead of Yaguchi Mari).
5. Best personality?
Yaguchi Mari.
6. If given the opportunity, would you rather date person 3, person 4, or person 5?
It’s hard to split Konno and Yaguchi. I guess if pushed I’d choose Konno as she’s cuteness through and through and yet quite smart too.
7. You work for a Japanese music magazine, and you have the opportunity to interview your favourite artist or group. What are a couple of the questions you want to ask them?
I’d ask Morning Musume what they feel about Kago Ai and what she has been through and I’d ask them what they feel about doing photobooks (which I like myself but I am curious as to what the members really think about them).
8. What’s the best (J-pop) song to listen to when you are really sad?
Nannimo iwazu ni I LOVE YOU - V-U-Den version. Although the Biyuuden version isn’t bad either. It’s a song that hits me every time. It’s a song that lifts me up. It feels sad but towards the end it soars and I start to feel up. Plus it reminds me of my love for the perfect escape from the stresses and strains of modern life that is Hello! Project.
9. When you’re really happy?
Renai Revolution 21 (just ahead of The Peace and Souda). Still my favourite Morning Musume song and from the golden period of single releases (from Renai Revolution 21 to Do it! Now) where they could do no wrong in my opinion.
10. Do you often sing along to your favorite songs?
I can’t sing. I can feel the songs in my heart though.
11. How about dance?
If on my own yes.
12. Artistic integrity question!! If someone offered to pay you for blogging, but they were allowed to censor some of your opinions or veto some of your blogging ideas, would you do it?
Yes. I’d just make sure I had a private side-project where I could do all the things they vetoed. It’d be silly to turn down the money.
Very interesting survey! I attempted some answers here: http://kahori762.vox.com/library/post/a-very-bikkuri-survey.html
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1. You have found a magical J-pop genie who will grant you one J-pop related wish (so no wishing for a million dollars or world peace or anything like that). It can be virtually anything as long as it’s directly related to J-pop, and don’t worry, because this is the nice sort of genie, not the kind who will try to find a loop-hole and screw up your wish. So, what do you wish for???
That JPop (or at least Hello! Project) would spread fully to the western world and be fully appreciated here…..
Can I have a quick 2nd one? (LOL): I’d like to yell at Keith Olbermann for his comments on MoMusu!!!!
2. Is there any J-pop artist or group who seriously pisses you off? If yes, who, and why?
Well…. I don’t especially like Kumi Koda … her image is too much like well… western singers (from what I’ve seen).
3. Who do you think is the sexiest japanese singer out there?
Matsuura Aya
4. How about the cutest?
Kago Ai
5. Best personality?
Yaguchi Mari
6. If given the opportunity, would you rather date person 3, person 4, or person 5?
probably Kago (4)
7. You work for a Japanese music magazine, and you have the opportunity to interview your favorite artist or group. What are a couple of the questions you want to ask them?
I’d like to ask Hello! Project members what they think of the whole Kago thing (scandal and more recently return/movie role) and if any of them have kept in contact with her.
8. What’s the best (J-pop) song to listen to when you are really sad?
Well to cheer myself up…. something up beat like The Peace
9. When you’re really happy?
Anything MiniMoni (more specific? well then maybe… Ai~n dance no uta, pure minimoni + shimura awesomeness!!!!)
10. Do you often sing along to your favorite songs?
yeah, the ones I know the words to (or if I have a karaoke subtitled music video)
11. How about dance?
sometimes…..(if no one else is there)
12. Artistic integrity question!! If someone offerrered to pay you for blogging, but they were allowed to censor some of your opinions or veto some of your blogging ideas, would you do it?
No, probably not
Thanks for the survey it was great to do.
http://www.helloblog.co.uk/comment.php?commentID=324
1. You have found a magical J-pop genie who will grant you one J-pop related wish (so no wishing for a million dollars or world peace or anything like that). It can be virtually anything as long as it’s directly related to J-pop, and don’t worry, because this is the nice sort of genie, not the kind who will try to find a loop-hole and screw up your wish. So, what do you wish for???
A chance to go and see Hikki, Namie Amuro or Koda Kumi in concert.
2. Is there any J-pop artist or group who seriously pisses you off? If yes, who, and why?
No
3. Who do you think is the sexiest japanese singer out there?
Koda Kumi or Namie Amuro
4. How about the cutest?
Mariko Shinoda from AKB48
5. Best personality?
Yossi
6. If given the opportunity, would you rather date person 3, person 4, or person 5?
Mariko all the way!
7. You work for a Japanese music magazine, and you have the opportunity to interview your favorite artist or group. What are a couple of the questions you want to ask them?
I’d ask Morning Musume what they think of their foreign fans and if they’re aware just how popular they are in the West.
8. What’s the best (J-pop) song to listen to when you are really sad?
X-Japan - Tears
9. When you’re really happy?
Nana Mizuki - Heaven Knows
10. Do you often sing along to your favorite songs?
All the time
11. How about dance?
Yes
12. Artistic integrity question!! If someone offerrered to pay you for blogging, but they were allowed to censor some of your opinions or veto some of your blogging ideas, would you do it?
Nope
my results are finally up, or will be in a few minutes
http://ckhp.vox.com
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Im late. Sorry.
1. I’d wish to be given a chance to become famous in the J-pop world
2. Is there any J-pop artist or group who seriously pisses you off? Maybe… bis. I only hate them because they have stayed under the radar but they’re amazing and shouldn’t.
3. Hyde from L’arc en Ciel, then maybe Gackt and Miyavi.
4. Miku from An Cafe
5. eh, since I don’t know anyone, I can’t really say but maybe, Kanon from An Cafe. He’s really full of laughter it seems like.
6. I don’t think I’d date any of them. They’re amazingly hawt but they could be action bastards.
7. I’d ask about how they got started and what life was like before they were famous.
8. An Cafe because they make me really hyper and happy. then maybe someone from Hello! Project
9. anyone, if I’m happy the music almost never matters.
10. Definately. I’m always singing.
11. also definately. I like learning Hello! Project dances.
12. I’d say no. This person paying me can’t guarantee anyones reading it and if there was someone, I’d feel bad since not everything is being said that I want to say.
1. What would I wish for? To have a career producing JPop singers and bands.
2. When the Gospellers performed with painted black faces maybe. I acknowledge Nakky’s (° C-ute) ignorance about Hitler.
3. Sexiest Japanese singer? Mai Satoda by a nose over Aya Ueto
4. Cutest? Ai Takahashi (Aya Ueto again close behind!)
5. Best personality? Risa Niigaki
6. Would I rather date person 3, person 4, or person 5? # 3 Mai. She is a recent fascination. These questions are too difficult!!
7. What questions would I ask? I am a big fan or hiro (formerly of SPEED.) I would ask her about growing up in Okinawa, her experiences in the Okinawa Actors School, and experiences in America.
8. What’s the best (J-pop) song to listen to when you are really sad? “Broken Wing” by Tomomi Kahala
9. When you’re really happy? “As a person” Tomomi Kahala
10. Yes, I sing but I need lyrics most of the time..
11. I only dance to reggae and African music.. if I live with someone who likes to dance then I would.
12. I would take the job because I need the $.