I've written too many blogs about Kou already, but there shouldn't be any reasons to why I should stop the ritual of dedicating a blog to my favourite Japanese each year on her birthday!
Two days ago I had a dream about Kou actually! I dreamed that Kou went to Fraser Heights to give a concert, and I was soooo ready to participate, I arrived at the Firehawks theatre five hours before it even started, I had the best seat right in the middle! Just as the concert was about to start, I realised I don't have my ticket. So I ran out in search for tickets, I ran all over the school ground when finally I found a ticket machine to buy tickets. But the touch screen function was all screwed up so it took me so long to get my ticket. When I got in, Kou was on her last song...
Then I also dreamed that I walked past her dressing room at Erma Stephenson. I waved at her while she went in, then she came over to me, and she looked at my arms, I was carrying some DVDs, turned out to be pirated DVDs of Orange Days and Good luck!! Man she looked awkward hahahahaahah, and she "ahhh"-ed and "ohhh"-ed and backed off. Then I woke up!
Just a while earlier, I was watching Kou's 2010 concert tour, again, after listening to her last song Hyakunengo, I was completely touched by her voice and effort of the overall concert. Kou is soooo adorable in there, not to mention that her live has improved so much as well. I especially enjoyed Lover Soul, Hyakunengo, and Dive.
Then I just remembered, this is my fourth year as a Kou fan! Since watching Battle Royale in 2006, I have been spending most of my savings on Kou goods. Magazines, albums, and concert products. She should really thank me, I just spent nearly 200 canadian dollars on a two pieces of towel, a t-shirt, and 2 cellphone straps. Which fan can go further?! HM? HM?
But then, after all, Kou was the one who gave me something to look forward to after a busy and exhausting day of work and school. An hour of drama, five minutes of a new single, or even chatting away with other fans online. Doing these things can really help me take my mind off of other craps. I remember once when I was stressing over my huge term papers, I listened to her new single over and over again on the bus, it helped me hold back my tears. Actually listening to her songs or watching the films always helped to ease the frustrations in life.
During the last two years of my high school, I spent summer alone, oh yes! and with Kou! I missed the time during those hot summer evenings, I would lie on the wooden floor, listening to Kou's songs with a fan blowing against my fat feet. On the background noise would be the sprinkler's splash on the grass..then comes the smell of the wet sun baked grass. There wouldn't be anyone else at home, I could turn it on max all day long. Then I'd take a nap right there, fully bathed in the music. During those summer days, sometimes I'd stay up until dawn after finishing my English project, and talk to other kou fans at different time zones, about new CMs she has done or new dramas she's filming. Then sometimes I would pull out Battle Royale and watch the scene when Mitsuko died over and over again, not that I'm perverted or anything, but I like Kou's Mitsuko, it makes you feel, "I need to be strong too!"
I'd ask myself a lot of times how I managed to love a celebrity for so long. But then Kou is so much more than a celebrity. Using the word celebrity might even be an insult to the girl haha. She's a real professional employee of her agency, of the entertainment industry. Kou didn't simply boomed out of nowhere. Her evolvement is a realistic one. From an amateur singer who only dared to release singles, to this day's live tours and music station appearances, sitting alongside Ayumi Hamasaki and Glay,.. Kou's no fast food, she progresses slowly, yet she does it well, step by step, is not in hurry to make big money, but to make the best out of herself, so that she doesn't waste our money!!!!
Happy Birthday to Kou (feels kind of weird to wish a stranger happy birthday, but what the heck!) Please take more dramas, and stop dating.
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