Kashiyuka’s 10 keywords

  1. strengths: calm. I say what I think
  2. weaknesses: prideful
  3. hobbies: taking pictures, losing myself in thought while listening to music
  4. special skill: I can fit a bunch of straps on my phone! (lol)
  5. prized possessions: all of them are precious. So I can't throw anything away...
  6. someone you respect: (I don't really want to limit it to one person, but...) our dance choreographer MIKIKO-sensei. Her way of living both as a woman and a professional is cool
  7. compare yourself to an animal: I'm self-centered, so... maybe a cat
  8. favorite word or phrase: himitsu (secret)
  9. lucky color: black, red. When I had it examined at a power stone place, they told me it was purple
  10. something you always carry with you: cell phone. I seriously can't live without my phone
**Kashiyuka**
*Kashino Yuka*
born 1988.12.23 / from Hiroshima prefecture / blood type A / 160cm

The old days

“The biggest reason I could make it this far is dance. Dancing was fun for me”

“I wouldn’t wear skirts, and I never wore anything but black clothes. I think that symbolized me the most.” This is the type of girl Kashiyuka tells us she was.

I’ve never liked being in front of others (laughs). When I wear black clothes, it calms me down. I hated anything flashy, and I didn’t like girly things either.

My mom always wanted to make me wear cute clothes, tie up my hair and put hair ornaments on me, but I’d be like “No!” at everything (laughs). Even if she brought me yellow or orange clothes, I’d ask for black clothes with nothing on them… I must’ve liked the inconspicuous “stagehand” feeling of black clothes as well (laughs).

I didn’t like the thought of having to look cute in front of other people, and it wasn’t really that I hated being a girl, but I never thought I wanted to be like the girls I saw, so I did nothing but resist my mother’s intentions of making me that way. So it wasn’t my intention to enroll in Actors either, and it was like, “Why am I in a place like this where I have to sing even though I hate being in front of other people so much?” At first, I hated it so much I didn’t know what to do with myself.

Even in school, I wasn’t the type who’d stand up in front of everyone and say “I’ll be such-and-such representative” or raise my hand like “I know the answer to this question!” But even then, it wasn’t that I hated everything either, and I liked to just quietly help the teacher for some reason (laughs).