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So I went to KiraFes 2017 day 1 on March 4^th. This was my third year participating in KiraFes! :3

Zoey and I took a taxi (my first taxi experience in Japan!) to Yokohama Arena. There were already girls lined up (what time did they get up and get there!?) but the line wasn’t too bad in my opinion. We waited for 4 hours and along the way, Misae joined us before they started selling at 8:45.

I only got one thing.

Once we got our goods, we went to Tully’s and stared at the pamphlet. Eventually, we killed some more time and we lined up to get in.

Of course I took pictures of the flower stands! xD

Even though I hit for the first application period, I got stands seats… orz but it turns out that the venue wasn’t too big!

After going in, I decided to go to the restroom and barely got to my seat right when they started.

I’m sure you can find a set-list for KiraFes somewhere! And as for my brief fan-report, I’m gonna just talk about songs for each group/singer that left an impression on me some parts will be out of order, okay? Each singer/group sings two or three songs and then change. xD

Trignal started things off this year with Update a Day. I think they were a bit nervous but I was really excited that they started off KiraFes! There was a cool 3D screen in addition to other screens. I didn’t like Wing’s hairstyle that much… even with his hair, I still love him. He gives out such great fanservice!! He waved to us a lot!! Egu’s mushroom hair was cute and Ryohei looked really good. <333

I screamed when I heard Blazing! I really love that song! (especially when it was performed at Trigal’s live with suit) but <333

Kamiya sang a few song that I thought was cute. He started off with a cute song as the second one up.

And of course the one that left an impression on me was that one song Ism Rhythm. A 40+ year old man doing hip thrusts and a sexy dance. He was holding the mic stand suggestively as well. And even did a hand motion to his err crotch. XD LOTS of screaming and fangirls dying. I was just really amused that he did it like it was nothing. XDDD

Oh and when he sang his official cover of “Nagareboshi,” it just made me miss Miyu. (Because it’s originally Miyu’s song but this is Kamiya’s cover… and it’s the rock version of it).

NamiDai was the third person up! XD

I remember he sang pretty cool songs! He danced a lot!! For one of his songs, a part of his jacket glowed in the dark! We were like oooooh!

Kakki was the fourth one up! My first thought was, “Oh, he was definitely a bit sick last year for KiraFes.” Because his voice was a lot deeper last year but this time, he sounded fine! He definitely has a unique way of singing! Othello was a really cool song! He put on a hat for the song.

Nobu was the next one up! At one point, he came out with a traditional Japanese outfit and did a cool dance with a Japanese fan! For another song, I clearly remembering thinking, “Wow… he can do body rolls.”

He was the last singer for KiraFes. Nobu talked about things that gave us a lot of FEELS… I can’t really remember what he said but they were very heartfelt. He talked about how there were many kinds of “Daijobu?” (Are you okay?) and how we are supported by those around us… that kind of talk. I think he also said the other members in Kiramune encouraged him to write the song. <3 Then he asked for everyone’s cooperation for the next song: 8piece. It’s a really great song!! He sang, “Daijobu” and the fans follow up with “Daijobu.” Nobu looked so emotional and looked as if he was gonna cry. AHHHHH ;w; As he was singing, these paper (actually I found out later that they were styrofoam) birds were released and flying around. I thought they were 3D images for some reason. XD Later I found out that some of them had signatures from the Kiramune members! XD

Yocchinlooked really good! He sang while playing the guitar! At first it was acapella so it was nice. His voice also didn’t sound as rough as it usually did when he sung the song.

There was an ad-lib song… more like a song of him talking and he was using a megaphone for that song. XD I could hear him pretty clearly with the megaphone compared to the microphone. It was pretty interesting! I felt a bit confused because I had never heard such a song before.

Uncle Bomb!! sang pretty cool songs. There was this one song which sounded like a Spanish song… and they brought out these gold or silver capes and danced with them (think of bull-fighting capes).

Thetalk corner happened after every member/group sang two or three songs. It was a bit awkward with NamiDai trying to lead the convo. XDDD If you have seen him, you would know he’s the awkward one in the group and usually gets bullied by others… even by kouhais. XD The other members didn’t try to help. They couldn’t understand what he was trying to say and neither did we. XD

He even started a random topic going, “What do you do when you first enter a hotel?” So random! The other members thought it was a weird question as well. They were like, “What do you mean what do you do??” XD

At one point, Kamiya and NamiDai talked about something relating to their age and Wing went, “Shouldn’t you go, “Jiji janai!” (I’m not an old man!) in a cute voice. If you know Wing’s catch phrase… His catch phrase is “I’m not an old lady!” NamiDai asked him if he was a “bishojo (girl)” and he said he wasn’t. xDD When asked about the gender, Wing says that his gender is unidentified. XDDD He’s seriously so cuuuute!

When Kamiya left to get ready for the next song, I felt like the talk corner got even more awkward. Ryohei led the convo.at one point asking if there was anything the members wanted to try. NamiDai said he wanted to do something like the Tarzan kinda thing? XD

Anyway, after Nobu ended KiraFes, he left the stage and the fans began to chant, “Encore!” Though actually not everyone was saying it at the same time. XD

Encore time!

Then all the members came out and they sang Ever Dream!

Kakkistarted with Lesson A to B!!! You know how there was a break in the song? Well, Ryohei came onto the stage with other staff. The staff had an AB paper taped on his/her front or back? Kakki asked what they were doing here and Ryohei announced that they’re the AB team! Ryohei’s blood-type is AB. (Which made me miss Miyu because he’s AB too!!). Kakki asked Ryohei what a typical thing people with AB blood-type experience is. Ryohei answered, “When someone asks you, “What blood-type are you?” And then you answer, “Oh, AB.” And then he/she goes, “O-ohhh…” XDDD Like that reaction. It was really amusing. And then Kakki continued with the song and Ryohei joined in for a few parts! AHHHH

Wasshoi – Yocchin sang this song! And later on, Egu and Nobu joined and waved flags.

Panorama Soda – Trignal sang the song and toward the end of the song, the spotlight was on NamiDai and Kakki. And they were both laying down on beach chairs with sunglasses and sipping from a fancy glass with a flower on it (cocktail?). They were acting cool with the sunglasses. Trignal looked at them as if asking them, “What are you doing here? What are you doing?” kinda look. Ryohei tried to bother Kakki but Kakki just ignored him, acting cool. XD

Next was Kamiyawith Harebare Heart!

Want You – Nobu sang the song and was eventually joined by Yocchin and Kamiya… and they even did the cute dance!!! Then they gathered together and Nobu suggested that they danced together so they did! Then Nobu suggested that they blow a kiss at the “I want you!” part. And each of them did it!! Kamiya did it with an unsure face. Yocchin seemed to exaggerate it if I remember? Then they did it together at the end!!

Funky Wave – NamiDai sang it and we participated in the wave! It’s a really fun song! Then toward the end, Trignal came out with a big electric fan and aimed it at NamiDai while Kakki threw big pieces of paper at him, which hit his face. All of the Kiramune members minus Kamiya joined in for the dance for Funky Wave. The dance moves looked like fish flopping. XD And Kamiya came at the end to do a tsukkomi.

I was so happy to hear Get Together! It’s one of my favorite songs

Then each of them gave a closing comment.

And finally, announcements were made!

Kiramune fan-meeting in Kyoto on July 30^th!!! Egu, Ryohei, Kamiya, Yocchin, and NamiDai will attend!

And Trignal and Nobu joint live on September 30^th and October 1^st!!! When it was Trignal’s turn to give announcements, Ryohei dragged Nobu to read them. XD OMGGG Nobugnal! This is the first time I’ve ever heard of a joint live so I’m really excited!

I always enjoy attending KiraFes!!! It’s great to see all of them singing their songs although I missed Miyu. ;w; I will apply for the Kiramune fan meeting and try for Trignal and Nobu’s joint live if possible! I wonder what it will be like… xD

This should be the last of the fanreports I needed to write! I don’t think I’ll write one for Servamp! xD It’ll come out in DVD so… :3 Anyway, until next time! :3

I went to the Kiramune Fan Meeting in Kanazawa held at Honda no Mori Hall in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture on November 12. This was my first time attending a Kiramune fan meeting!

Kanazawa is famous for ninjas hence the ticket. xD

For the Kiramune fan meetings, only those who are in the fanclub can attend the fan meeting. I just remembered that you can actually apply up to two tickets but your friend has to be in the fanclub as well and you need to provide your friend’s information (Kiramune FC club member number, etc).

And if you’re wondering how I still remember these details even though it has been four months, it’s because I typed some notes down in my phone. Truthfully, I don’t remember much now but looking at them now brought back some memories!

I went there by shinkansen.

I thought I had enough time to get goods since it’s a smaller venue. There were two separate lines; one for goods and the other for gacha for can badges. But for some reason, it took way more time than I thought it would. I thought to myself, I should just take the first train to get goods from now on especially if you’re going to the afternoon session (except for another event later on, I didn’t do it and hence regrets again. This only happens when I go alone). The line for the fan meeting was a bit crazy especially for the gacha. Can badges were sold out pretty fast and many fangirls gave up waiting for goods even though they waited for a while because they weren’t gonna make it in time for the afternoon session. And I barely got the goods I wanted in time.

The material for the scrunchies are really nice! They’re like kimono sorta cloth? (Kanazawa is also known as a mini Kyoto too by the way).

I managed to take pictures of the displays really fast!

Their signatures! <3

When I handed them my ticket, I was given this special postcard as a present!

I rushed to find my seat after getting the goods, which was thankfully in the last row near the aisle. It was easy to find. I didn’t have much time to recover before it started.

Only five out of all the members appeared for the fan meeting.

• Kamiya Hiroshi
• Irino Miyu
• Yonaga Tsubasa
• Eguchi Takuya
• Yoshino Hiroyuki

I think you’re surprised to see no Ryohei. xP But I’m actually a Miyu fan as well (I would’ve totally gone to his live if it wasn’t for the fact that he had them in the middle of the week)! He’s my second favorite artist in Kiramune though I like KAmiYU as well. I also wanted to attend a Kiramune fan meeting at least!

Anyway, they first came out one by one. For their self-introduction, they had to say their name, Kiramune color and birthplace. Wing joked around and said he was from Ibaraki.

They started the fan meeting by talking about famous tourist spots in Kanazawa. They showed pictures of them as well and commented on them. Kamiya led this segment. Apparently Miyu went exploring and went to many places without the other members. xD For a lot of pictures, Miyu said he already went there and that the scenery was pretty.

For Kenrokuen Garden, one of Japan’s three most beautiful gardens (I went there afterwards and totally agree that it’s beautiful!), Kamiya said that he got there at 7:30. Apparently admission is free until 7:45 and the staff asked what he wanted to do: either wait 15 minutes or go in and come back out and pay. Kamiya said that he would just go in. Time went by fast because when he looked at the time, he saw that it was nearing 7:45 so he hurried back to the entrance and paid the entrance fee. xD I just found this cute for some reason. xP

The next segment was called “treasured photos” led by Egu. I actually couldn’t see the pictures that well but they’re pictures taken by the members (most likely) of the other members. I don’t quite remember them and they were top secret after all… so xP Egu was told he wasn’t interesting at all (kinda implying that he sucked at doing the MC thing? XD)

Wing led the next segment: Ranking quiz!  Actually, for those FC members that got tickets, we were sent an e-mail with a survey. I actually filled it out. xD Each member was given a sketchbook and marker and they had to guess the top 5 answers for each category and these answers were based on the Kiramune fan club members’ answers! Whoever got the most points wins a prize.

Q1: What is “the” word of this year (2016)? Basically, what are the top 5 most popular words/phrases of this year?

• Miyu was really cute and knew one immediately. I saw him writing PPAP and he showed the answer. Egu thought the same thing and drew the answer. A few other words that were in the top 5 included Pokemon Go (Egu’s drew a VERY artistic Pikachu LOL) and Perfect Human (a popular comedy act).

Q2: What is a food you want to eat in winter?

• The top five answers included nabe (hot pot), stew, ice cream, mikan (a kind of orange) and one more that I forgot.

Q3: What are events/things that you do in winter?

• The top five answers included Christmas, New Year’s, hatsumode (first shrine/temple visit of the year), eating mikan under a kotatsu and one more.

Throughout all of this, Kamiya kept on saying the correct answers instead of writing them down while Miyu hurried and wrote down the answers Kamiya said. XD Miyu was really adorable, trying to be competitive and win. Yocchin didn’t participate much. LOL Egu kept on drawing his guesses.

When they were tallying up the points, Miyu was too cute!! He was hoping that he would win and put his hands together, praying that he would win. In the end, Kamiya won the game with the most points and got a prize. xD I really wanted you to win, Miyu… XD

Next was the Q&A session. In the survey sent out to those attending the fan meeting, there was a section where you can ask any question. They brought out a box and inside were those questions written by the Kiramune FC members. Each member pulled a question from the box except Yocchin because he didn’t want to do it. He was actually pretty quiet overall… @w@

Questions included…

1. If you became a ninja, what would you want to do?

• My memory is pretty fuzzy but I think one of them said they wanted to walk on water or something? xD

2. If you could become another member in Kiramune, who would you want to be and not want to be? I don’t remember what they said…

3. Egu was asked, “What are the advantages and disadvantages to being tall?”

• All I remember is Egu said he hit his head a lot. And the thing that surprised me the most was when he told us that apparently his parents forced him to drink milk for all three meals even for traditional Japanese meals… They didn’t have juice or soda or anything. (He did live in the countryside…). Now we know why he is so tall! I think he said his entire family is tall as well! (Well, no wonder… with all that milk.)

4. Yocchin got asked a question about sports, something like, “Do you still play soccer?”

• I think he said he doesn’t play anymore but he watches it a lot on TV. (He’s a sport fanatic).

5. If Miyu and Egu hung out, what would they want to do?

• Egu said he wanted to go camping. He said he could make fire and grab fruits and other things from trees. Then Egu asked, “Oh, what if Kamiya and I hung out?” Kamiya answered that he didn’t want to hang out with him…. (poor Egu. xD). Kamiya eventually answered that he would want to go to a restaurant that Egu recommended and go alone because all the restaurants that Egu recommended to him before were great. Wing said that all of those recommendations were originally Ryohei’s recommendations. XDDDD

They ran out of time and next was a video message by the other Kiramune members who weren’t present! Ryohei and Nobu together, Kakki, and finally NamiDai.

Next was the live segment! Each of them sang a song!

• Kamiya – Kage mo Mata Shin nari
• Wing – Rhapsody in You
• Egu – Enchosenjo no Friends
• Yocchin – Dramatic Surf Coaster

He came out with a guitar and Wing brought in a microphone stand for him! Then Yocchin sang while playing it.

• Miyu – Ryusei no Kimi e
  

Towards the end of the song, all of the other members came out. He gathered everyone and they were confused as to what to do for the ending pose. XDDD

Each said a closing speech and promoted their CDs and/or live tours.

Miyu said, “Home ga aru kara,” lyrics to Get Together. The other members asked which song will they sing. And Miyu kept on saying Home ga aru kara. I feel that he trolled me because I was really hoping for Get Together and Miyu finally said, “The other one,” and they sang Ever Dream. XD (I don’t know why the Kiramune Fan website says only Get Together because that was for the night session only).

After the session ended, I took a few more pictures.

Overall, I really enjoyed my first Kiramune fan meeting! I have only seen them in KiraFes or Reading live so it was nice to see the members interact with one another!

Miyu was just super adorable. He was so energetic and acted like a kid. Since he’s studying abroad now, I wish him the best and will definitely welcome him back once he returns! :3

As always, unbeta-ed so ignore the grammatical mistakes. That’s all for now! :3 Until next time! Thanks for reading!

I apologize for the delay! >___< I just had too many events going on within 3 weeks (3 events!) and I wasn’t able to recover since I had work as well. I’m pretty sure I forgot a lot of things already.. but I’ll just tell you what I remember! I’ll just give you a brief description (this is why I should not procrastinate on fanreports). I believe Emi ( @emii-suterii​ ) and Rizu ( @fugacissomnii​ ) wrote a fanreport for day 2 of KiraFes 2016 so you can check out Emi’s report HERE and Rizu’s report HERE for reference! Basically the same things happened but with differences of course! Sorry for any grammatical mistakes and such! And of course, you all know, I’m biased so…. XD

I actually couldn’t sleep well the night before (most likely because of excitement). So I woke up around 5:30 or so and got ready. The place I was staying at was only a few stops away from Saitamashintoshin, the closest stop to Saitama Super Arena. I planned to meet up with Zoey ( @xpeppermin​ ) and Sam ( @bakedcrackers​ ). They were already queue-ing for goods and apparently it was already a crazy queue. Zoey told me that it would most likely be difficult to get in line with them.

When I got there, the venue wasn’t that difficult to find. Follow the fangirls and signs!

But I could see how it would be difficult to get in line… The line zigzagged like crazy.

Luckily, we managed to find each other. Actually, they spotted me standing there awkwardly. I wanted to join them in line but there was this line guide rope in the way and some staff members standing around. I thought it would be better to ask so I asked a staff member if I could join them but he said that wouldn’t really be fair to the others. Actually, I regretted asking in the first place… because I saw other girls just going under the rope anyways. Eventually I was able to join them suspiciously. XDDD Emi came later but it was hard to describe where we were at that time… so we couldn’t meet up in line.

So we waited in line, talking to each other. The staff passed out the goods paper as well. And I learned from last year to always bring a pen so I did… xP

Finally, we managed to get the goods within an hour or so. Nothing was sold out. I only got the pamphlet; I was surprised to see it was completely black and very thick, much thicker than last year’s and Ryohei’s can badge and charm set.

(My wallet was already crying since I went to the Starmyu event the week before and two weeks later, I would go to the Prince of Stride event… I swear I will write that fanreport soon, too!).

After that, we finally met up with Emi. It was so great to meet her even for a short time! We talked for a bit! Then she had to go.

Then Zoey, Sam, and I went to Omiya, one stop away, and ate something at a café. I got a savory salmon salad crepe. It was a bit weird but interesting. After eating, we decided to look at the KiraFes pamphlet. Instead of flipping it normally, we decided to take turns opening the pamphlet to a random page and awe over it. xD I kept on flipping to NamiDai…. But they all looked very good! <333 Ryoheeeei!

Eventually, we went back to the venue with Sam’s friend joining as well. We could enter at 14:00.

When we entered the venue, we saw flower stands and present boxes.

I took pictures of some of the flower stands. (I’ll just post Trignal’s)

Aww… Tsuda Kenjiro sent them flowers as well! :3

I was really surprised to see Nobugnal (Nobu + Trignal).

After that, we headed to our seats. We had to part with Sam and her friend.

Zoey was with me. I got the stands, level 200.

When we got there, I was surprised that it wasn’t as big as I thought it was going to be. Apparently Saitama Super Arena has more seats than Yokohama Arena but it wasn’t too bad. Actually, I thought Saitama Super Arena was a better venue overall. (I remember poles were blocking parts of the screen when I was in Yokohama Arena). The stage setup was interesting as well. It kind of reminded me of Tokyo Dome set up in a way. Also, our seats were pretty nice in my opinion!

While we were waiting, they showed advertisements of the Kiramune artists and also of anime that starred some Kiramune members as well! I remember many fans kept screaming when Nobu’s upcoming single, “Kimi no Egao, Boku no Egao” advertisement was shown. He looked very cute there. XD

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Finally, KiraFes 2016 started at 15:30!

I believe it started off with the screen showing the chibi version of the Kiramune members one by one, explaining the rules (no smoking, no high heels, etc..).  

Last year, KiraFes 2015 started off with NamiDai so I wondered who would start this year.

And it actually started off with Kamiya! Cue the purple penlights. He sung songs from his Haregou album.

• -Zeitaku na Jikan (Extravagant Time)
• -HARE? GO!
• -VIVA LA FESTA!!

Next up was Nobu!Cue the white lights. He sung from his Questory album.

• -Star Fanfare
• -Want You - When I first heard this song, I thought it was such an adorable song. I was very happy to hear it sung live! It was seriously adorable. Especially when he said, “Want You!” in this cute voice.

Followed by Yocchin! Cute the hot pink lights! And he sung songs from CYCLE.

• -Hajimari no Uta
• -Wasshoi – Very fun song!! There were fanchants as well!

ThenKakki’s time! Green lights!

• -Saichaina – I actually grew to like this song and have liked it since I saw it sung live in KiraFes last year. Some people used hot pink for this song to represent the sakura. It’s just a very pretty song~ The animation was just amazing as well. Very high tech.
• -Lesson A to B – Man… when I first heard this song, I just thought this is one of the most random songs I have ever heard. It’s crazy! I do like one part of it but… anyway… to see it live… it was just damn amazing and full of win. Like seriously. Why??? Oh god, where do I even start? XD Basically the most awesome part was that they played a video behind on the screen as he was singing. Basically a PV. And it was a video with Kakki… cosplaying!!! Lots of cosplay outfits! God, I’m sure he had tons of fun with this song. So he was in different oufits including an old man and best of all… crossdressing. CROSSDRESSING. And he looked good!!! Very pretty! He crossdressed as a schoolgirl with straight, long hair, holding a… gun. Yes, he started shooting random stuff too. Did I mention it was super random? For some reason, I could’ve sworn I saw him cosplaying as a nurse as well. And then there was another crossdressing outfit he had on. And guess who he cosplayed? XD He cosplayed Marilyn Monroe… with that white dress and short blonde wig… and he even did that one famous scene where wind is blowing the dress. XDDD At one point, he took out the breast paddings from his chest and threw them somewhere. LOL Just so many things happened in that pv but it was fun overall. The crossdressing got to me the most. xD  

After that came Miyu! Yay for the red lights!

• -Jewelry Day – AHHHH I didn’t think he would sing an old song but <333. It’s from the JUMP single.
  

I remembered he did an introduction after singing this song. He also asked the audience if it was anyone’s birthday. (It’s a birthday song). Then he said, coincidentally, it was his father’s birthday. Dawww <3

• -I am I – It’s a pretty mellow song~ :3 So prettyyyy

He’s my second bias after Trignal. He has such a wonderful singing voice. >////< I seriously love his voice.

Then it was NamiDai’s turn. He sung songs from ELEVATION.

• ELEVATION
• Awaked
• LIGHT RAY

I just remember that NamiDai was very cool, singing all these songs, which was a bit strange because I don’t associate him with cool that often.

Lastly,Trignal finally came out!! I was anticipating them for a while. XD And little did I know that they would start off with….

• ESCOLTA - AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I remember Zoey was telling me that she hoped that they would sing this song for KiraFes and they actually did it!!! ASDLFJLAKWEF; IT’S SERIOUSLY SUCH A CUUUTE SONG. LOOOOVE IT!! <3333333333 All three of them were basically wearing all white with random lines of their colors within Trignal (so Ryohei = red, Egu = yellow, Wing = blue). Ryohei wore a hat as always! RYOHEI LOOKED SO GOOD!!! AND THEIR HIP SHAKING PART DAWWWW WING IS SO CUUUUUTE (though I’m not sure if I approved of his hair since it was a bit long) and Egu… was Egu. XDDDD The dance was as cute as I remembered!
  

They did an introduction after the song. And then said that their song would be a summer song…. Which means…

• PANORAMA SODA – an upbeat song!! It kinda reminds me of Summer Magic. XD I think Wing messed up at one point here. XD

Time for the MC Talk corner! :3

• So Kamiya led the MC!
• I remember he asked the members something but I forgot what it was.
• NamiDai got told to wipe off his sweat. You know how NamiDai is famous for sweating a lot? (Egu too). He was given a towel by Ryohei but before Ryohei gave it to him, Ryohei starting wiping off his sweat with the towel. <333
• Also, at one point, they talk about Kakki. And Ryohei proceeded to touch Kakki’s abs and sorta hug him? XD Man, Ryohei is too good at this fanservice. XD AHHHHHHH
• I also remember Miyu teasing…. bullying Egu. XDDDD Oh Miyu…
• Oh and someone called Kakihara, “Tetsuya”! XD That was pretty interesting. XD
• I only remember two topics in particular!
• One topic was aboutfood. People who have gotten better at cooking goes to the right side and people who haven’t goes to the left. Most of the members went to the right side. On the left side, there were only Egu, Miyu and Kakki.
• Apparently Kakki doesn’t cook at all. O__O; I think the members were surprised Nobu was on the right side and Nobu tried explaining how he has cooked. I don’t really remember the contents but it was a weird explanation that didn’t count. So the members told Nobu to go on the left side. XDDD But then at one point, all the people on the left side tried to join the right side and leave Egu by himself. But he chased Miyu down. XDDD Miyu tried to run away from Egu. And Egu kept following Miyu!! XD Eventually Miyu got caught by Egu and got hugged by him XDDDD Fans were going crazy. XD
• Unfortunately, Nobu had to leave early to prepare for his next song.
• The final topic wasalcohol. People who have gotten “stronger” with drinking (or basically can drink more) goes to the right and those who haven’t goes to the left. On the left, there was Ryohei, NamiDai, Wing, and one more. NamiDai explained that he has gotten “weaker” and how once you hit a certain age (over 30), you just can’t drink as much. People were surprised Ryohei was at the left side as well because he’s known for his love for drinking. When Ryohei was asked to explain, he said he agreed with NamiDai.
• On the right side, Yocchin said he has gotten a bit stronger thanks to NamiDai. Apparently NamiDai invites him to go out to drink a lot (well, with Uncle Bomb and Kiramune Company XD). Yocchin said he likes drinking some kinda “hai” and recommended it to Kamiya.
• Kamiya was on the right side and said he hated the taste of beer (I CAN TOTALLY RELATE). But recently, he is now able to drink two glasses of beer. But he gets red and tipsy easily. XDDD Ryohei proceeded to show us how Kamiya acted when he’s tipsy/drunk. Ryohei went to the middle of the stage and just sat down, legs sprawled and looking really out of it (I can totally imagine this).
• When it was Wing’s turn to explain, he told Ryohei to show the audience how he (Wing) acted when he’s tipsy/drunk. Again, Ryohei went to the middle of the stage and sat in a very cute seiza (imagine how girls sit while doing tea ceremony) and looked very tired with his head sort of tilted and looking feminine with his hand position, too. Then suddenly, he became alert because he noticed someone’s glass was empty and asked what they wanted and ordered for them. (If you watched Kiramune Company’s episode with Ryohei… it’s basically that). XD Then it got to a conversation where Kamiya praised Wing for being really considerate when they go out to drink. Then they looked at Egu with a face. Egu suddenly got defensive and said he was considerate, too! And Wing went, “Uhh… when?” LOOOL God, I really want to see what they’re like when they’re tipsy/drunk. XD And that was the end of the MC talk portion!

Next up was Nobu’s second round of songs! All were from his Questory album.

• -Shinjiru Kokoro
• -HOLY HOLY - I’m pretty sure for this song…This song… so Nobu looked really cool in his outfit. There were “enemies” with weapons on the stage, closing in on him and on the screen, there was this really awesome animation of a dragon flying around. Eventually Nobu got a weapon and he FLEW. (I totally flashed on Johnny’s groups right away). What I mean by flew is that a rope and string(?) were attached around his waist and he flew. AHHHHHH. He even did backflips and beat the enemies. And before the song ended, he slayed the dragon!!! It was seriously really cool!!!
• -Lost Universe

Then it was Kakki’s turn.

• -Oresa
• -Orange
• -Call My Name

Followed by Uncle Bomb!! Apparently they sang from INFINITE.

• -LOCUS
• -Party Star

I remember the songs were super cool! The dance was really cool, too!

And then Miyu!

• -Peppy Hopper!! – Another old song from his album, vivid. <333 AND I BELIEVE HE FLEW HERE LIKE WHAT NOBU DID. HE FLEW SO ELEGANTLY. OMG. ASJKLKFSD
  

And after the song, he said he had an announcement… he announced a new album coming up!!!! The title hasn’t been decided yet but it would come out this winter.  AND he said he would sing two songs from it.

• -Ryusei no Kimi e
• -Melody

Oh god… I really love his voice. >////< I remember one of them was a bit slow-ish? But I really liked it! I think I really liked “melody”… I could just close my eyes and feel so content listening to Miyu.

After that, Trignal came out!

• Kiss Plus – AHHHHHHHH FINALLY. SERIOUSLY LOVE THIS PARTY SONG. I had been waiting for them to sing this song!! <3333 They were jumping as if they were at a party with music blasting. They also did hand motions… doing the peace sign when they sung “Futari (literally meaning two people)” I just thought it was really cool!! It makes me all hyped up too!!!
• GREAT ESCAPE PARTY – I think Egu forgot his lines here. Because at one point there was silence when Egu should’ve been singing. XD Heehee but it was cute.
• MISSION – Very cool as always!!

I think Ryohei didn’t wear a hat for these songs. <3333 AHHHH

ThenKamiya came out!!!

And there was so much awesomeness here!!!

• -Danger Heaven? – First it started off with him on the stage. There was a desk with some papers on it. He was dressed up like a typical sort of scholar… well just think of his PV. As he was singing, he started writing and eventually threw papers in the back and in the front. Then he walked toward the middle, where you see this super HUGE book. He opened the book and then smoke came out of it. Suddenly, a ninja-like person with a big weapon appeared. Then Kamiya went to the book and there was smoke once again. And he came out with a cape (basically that other outfit from his PV. Kind of reminded me of Attack of the Titans for some reason). He got a sword somewhere and started fighting with that ninja-guy. And he won! The ninja-guy was on the ground for a while and eventually started dancing with Kamiya. XDD Man, it was seriously awesome. XD

After that, NamiDaicame out in this extremely…. Gaudy outfit? XD I remember that I didn’t approve of his outfit much.

• -UTAO – This is seriously such a cute and hyper song!!! I really love it and the fanchant as well!
• -For Dear Light

Then it was Nobu’s turn again!

• -Shunkan Beat – I really love this song… it’s just really cute and adorable. It makes you hyper! XD

And I believe Nobu announced he would sing from his new single releasing in July! And it’s called “Kimi no Egao, Boku no Egao (Your Smile, My Smile)”

• -Kimi no Egao, Boku no Egao – I remember Nobu sung this song and smiled a LOT. He’s just so adorable.

Followed by Miyu!

• -Uso to Mirai to – No words to describe this incredibly beautiful song. It gave me goosebumps. AHHHHH MIYUUUU <333

ThenKakkicame out!

• -Monogram
• -Susumasero! - This song is really cool!!! XD Do it!!! XD And I believe for this song, he got on this podium thing that rises so I couldn’t exactly see the front of him. I suddenly heard screaming and I thought, wait, what happened? And when I looked at the screen, he had LIFTED UP HIS SHIRT AND FLASHED HIS BODY. He definitely has been working out that body… OMGGGG XDDD I NEVER THOUGHT THAT SORTA THING WAS ALLOWED. I DUNNO WHY I THINK THAT. XDDD But WOW. Great fanservice…. XD Sexy. xP

AndTrignalcame out!

• -Hoshizora Sentiment
• -RAINBOW

God… of all the songs they had to do… they had to choose the two songs that were ballads and gave me too many feels. >___< They were both very beautiful songs… and during Rainbow, there was an animation of a rainbow forming in the background. AHHHH… It’s like how I remembered it was… for Trignal’s live last year.

After that, Kamiya!

• -Neverland Glitter
• -Harenochi Hajimari no Hi – So actually, I don’t keep up with Kamiya’s songs but I do have this single!!! And I really like this song, too!! I was so happy to hear him sing it!!!

And finally, Yocchin finished it off. I was thinking that I didn’t see him as often compared to the other members! And he gave this emotional speech about how they do KiraFes every year as if it was their last time doing it (?) and his gratitude to the fans…. My feels… >______<

• -Anthem
• -Goodbye
• -The End

Like seriously… ;w; ahhhh

We started to chant “Encore!” for a while.

And finally Trignal came out!!! They would start the encore!! (And I believe all the members wore the KiraFes 2016 T-shirts for the encore.) And I was really surprised to hear them singing…

• -DARLING – IT’S SUCH A CUTE SONG. AND A SPECIAL APPEARANCE FROM NOBU! Nobugnal!!!! It was just full of fanservice!
• Nobu appeared sitting in a chair. And the Trignal members were singing to him. Wing pushed Nobu towards Egu when he did his solo part. Then he pushed Nobu towards Ryohei when it was his solo part who proceeded to HUG him (and thus not singing his lines because he was hugging him with two arms. Wing tried putting his mic towards Ryohei). AHHHHHH. AJSDF;AKWELF Then when it was Wing’s part, Wing hugged Nobu from behind. AHHHHH SO CUUUTE ASLDKFJALWE. Towards the end, one by one, they sung, “My Darling” while kneeling in front of Nobu while offering a hand. Nobu looked very flattered and was looking at all 3 of them, trying to decide. And he looked like he was gonna take Egu’s hand but chose Wing in the end. LOOOL Poor Egu. Then Nobu grabbed onto Wing’s arm and they skipped happily.

After the song, they talked a bit and talked about how they wanted to do Nobungal one day and they finally did! I think they said for when Nobu chooses one of them, it’s really just up to him. And Nobu said, “Maybe I’ll choose Wing again next time.” And Ryohei started acting like a little spoiled kid who can’t get what he wants. XDDD By sorta stomping his feet. XDD You know how Ryohei loves Nobu. XD

And of course, Nobu was the next one to sing! :3

• -ONE

I’m pretty sure Miyu must have joined him for this song though I don’t know why I don’t remember what happened here… XD

It was Miyu’s turn of course!

• ZIP ROCK! – AAAAAAAHHHHHH I was so happy to hear this song sung live!!! <3333 It’s one of my favorite songs by Miyu so AS;FJKAWLE And towards the end, Kamiya joined him and they danced together!!!! A’SD;FJLKAWE

I had been hoping for KAmiYU to sing a song together throughout KiraFes and they finally did!!! YAAAAAY!!! XD

• -my Proud my Play! - But what threw me off was the fact that I had never heard of the song they sung… I thought I had all of their songs because I really love KAmiYU… (Later, I found out it is from some tokuten… got to go find it…).

And of course, Kamiyawas next!

• -YELL – For this song, NamiDai joined him. Kamiya was running all around throughout the entire song (Wow, he has more stamina than me!) and NamiDai did the same but on the other side… But NamiDai looked like he was gonna DIE. He tried! XD Whenever they met in the middle, they high fived each other and when they met for the last time, Kamiya hugged NamiDai. Daawwwww I don’t think I see much skinship from Kamiya. XD

Then it was NamiDai’s turn!

• -Gekiatsu Chouzetsu Saturday Night!! – And yes, it was indeed Saturday night. XD They attached this bungee jump kinda thing… And he was AMAZING. FLIPPING CONSECUTIVELY AND FAST. WHILE SINGING. I’M SO AMAZED WITH HIM. XD Yocchin came out and asked the audience if anyone had seen NamiDai. And I was surprised to hear Yocchin call NamiDai, “Daisuke”! While NamiDai was flipping, Yocchin had this WTF face like… what the hell are you doing? He was just shaking his head and when NamiDai finally stopped and his song ended, Yocchin still had that face on and NamiDai looked like a little kid who looked like he did something wrong. XD It was seriously priceless.

Of course, Yocchin was next!

• Dream Flag – I believe this time, 3 Kiramune members joined him, carrying these big flags. They were waving them, too. I think there was Kakki, Miyu, and Wing(?). I thought that Miyu was very strong for being able to wave the flag constantly. XD

And finally Kakki!

• -Hikouki Kumo – I remember this song was very nice to listen to~

And all the members came out, wearing the T-shirts. Yay for Kiramune All Stars!

I think it was here when they all said their concluding thoughts about KiraFes 2016 and promoted their recent singles, DVDs, live tours, etc..

I remember quite a few members almost forgot to promote. XDDD Unfortunately, I forgot most of this part…. I know I yelled out Ryohei when it was his turn to talk. Oh! and I do remember…

• Nobu mentioned how it was great that he could do Nobugnal with Trignal. Cue Ryohei being unhappy. XD He also said how it would be cool if he and Kamiya could have a faceoff. XD And Kamiya looked at him with a serious face and basically went, “I accept your challenge.” XDDD
• Kamiya was the last one and he said he had a big announcement. He was gonna have his second live! And it would be held in Makuhari Messe, same as last year! XD He asked us not to post the setlist and what happened during KiraFes 2016… basically spoilers on twitter or any social media. XD One of them commented that NamiDai always immediately posts things on his blog and he said he would not do that. XDDD

And of course for the finale… they all sung!

• -EVER DREAM – AAAAAHHHHHH Lots of fanservice of course!!!
• -Bokura no Egaku Mirai –Of course they would sing this song! <3 They started off on this circle… so they were in a circle and that circle rose and moved around slowly.

And during the encore with all the members, suddenly a purple ball was thrown in front of the girl a row in front of me…. but it bounced off the seat in front of her so a girl two rows in front of me got it and she looked like the happiest girl in the world. I believe she was a Kamiya fan, too. But OH MY GOD… I have NEVER seen a ball thrown that close to me before. XD It was nice of Kamiya to throw it in our direction too because we weren’t so close to the stage either. XD

They all said thank you and left the stage. >____<

It felt like it was all a dream…. >___< I wish I could’ve gone on the second day, too, but I had work on Monday and last year, I was so exhausted from KiraFes what with it being  a very loooong live.

But wow, it was an amazing 5.5 hours of my life!!! I was a bit more familiar with the songs this year compared to last year so that was nice. And I love the songs that they sang this year! I was a bit sad I didn’t get to hear Get Together!! (I heard that they sung that on day 2 instead of Ever Dream) and more KAmiYU songs. But overall, I loved it. I love the stage setup for Saitama Super Arena because the stage setup extends from one end to the other and the members all sang from different positions each time, in consideration of all the fans! And they did so many cool things this year such as flying and doing skit-like stuff!  I was glad to get the seats that I got. I got a good view of all the members in general! I didn’t have to look at the screen that much!

• Kamiya - I really enjoyed Danger Heaven? And loved the fact he sung my favorite song by him!!!
• Yocchin – So cool as usual!!! <3
• NamiDai – I was surprised to see his cool side!!! XD
• Kakki – Too much awesomeness from him especially Lesson AtoB! And what’s with the sexiness!? XD
• Nobu – How can he be so cute and cool? XD
• Miyu – I could listen to him all day…. I love his voice and songs… >///< I look forward to his new album!
• Trignal – Egu – Oh god… such a dork as usual. XD
• Wing is just SO ADORABLE AS ALWAYS. He was waving to the fans a lot!
• Ryohei – ASJDF;AJKWEL AHHHHHH <333 My bias XD

Thanks Zoey and Sam!!! <3 I had fun seeing you guys again! And it was nice to meet you, Emi! And Rizu, unfortunately we didn’t get to meet but next time!!! I had tons of fun! I’m definitely going to KiraFes next year and I look forward to the DVD!

I’m gonna attend both days of Trignal’s live: Secret Garage in Yokohama in August. I actually won the tickets a while back. I will be going with Zoey, my Trignal buddy. XD And the last day is also my birthday so I’m really excited for that!!! AS;DJFLKAEW It’ll be the best birthday present. <3

Next up, Prince of Stride event fanreport! Since Emi has already done the afternoon session of that, I will do the night session! That will come up soon! (I should be free this weekend and I don’t have much to do at work on Monday so…look forward to that!


Thanks for reading this long post if you got to the end of this! <3