Hitomi: Around this time 3yrs ago, I was really conflicted about whether to go to Korea & challenge myself. I haven't been to overseas much, couldn't speak the language & circumstances around me would change so it was a challenge which required a lot of courage.▶️
Hitomi: But because I pluck up my courage & took up the challenge at that time, I was able to meet a version of myself I never could have imagined before. So, firstly, I'd like to thank myself from 3yrs ago (laughs) After becoming #IZONE, of course there are fun memories but▶️
Hitomi: there might have been even more tough moments...(teary laugh) Somehow, during the debut & right after it was really really hard. Just looking at people passing by in cars or walking, I would think, "Ahh, it's nice to be free... "🥲. That's how hard it was emotionally...▶️
Hitomi: During those times, the words & letters that everyone sent me were a great source of encouragement! Because of the words of everyone who supported me, I think I was able to confront myself & do my best everyday~ Just like dreams, the days spent with WIZ*ONE are▶️
Hitomi: filled with happiness. Thank you for the many treasures~
Sakura: The reason behind why I put up a solo song cover... Around 1 year ago, I started seriously taking vocal training. Even so, when it comes to singing, it's kinda scary. In the olden days, it wasn't scary at all.▶️
Sakura: I'm also from a musical background, I appeared on Lion King & such so I loved singing. Maybe even more than dancing. But I don't know since when, I became fearful of singing...well, it's also after looking at various comments & such. I started having doubts about my▶️
Sakura: voice & thinking, 'I probably shouldn't be singing'. Like, even during recordings, listening to mere advice like, "It'll be better if you sing it like this" would fill me with doubts. I could feel that the more I sing, the more negative I became. I thought to myself,▶️
Sakura: I woke up around noon. Since it was my birthday, everyone tweeted various stuff after 12am right? It became quite late after I had a look at those & it's not like I had plans the next day so I took the time to wake up.▶️
Sakura: Nako & Chaeyeon were getting ready to go skating & Nako said, "Kkura unnie, come along too!" but I can't skate so...(laughs) I was kinda scared of getting hurt too so Chaeyeon was like, "Then how about going to Lotte World?" & we ended up going to Lotte World (laughs)▶️
Sakura: I went with Chaeyeon, Nako & Manager unnie. It was super duper fun BUT...it was SO scary~! (laughs) When I was a kid, I used to be the type who likes to go on scary rides. Nako wasn't able to ride on the scary ones before but when we went to Universal previously,▶️
Sakura: I've turned 23! There's a funny story about how I welcomed my birthday...😂 The day before, on the 18th, all of us went to thank the people who had taken care of us so far. It was a timing where all the members could gather together & they surprised me▶️
Sakura: with an ice cream cake which made me really happy~ All 12 of us celebrated together & after that, I went to my bday cafes. I went afterhours to avoid congestion & it took around 2hrs. I went home around 11pm & had my meal together with Yuri. There's a dumpling she eats▶️
Sakura: EVERYDAY, she only eats that! I was like, "Is it really so yummy?" & she said, "This is really yabai! Should I make 1 for you?". Yuri warmed up 1 pc for me & we were having a convo like, "It's yummy right?" "You're right. But not to the extent of eating it everyday..."▶️
Sakura: (reads fan letter) I feel the same. When I look at the sky, it reminds me of #IZONE & WIZ*ONE too. A sky is something that exists equally wherever we are. Everyone looks at the same sky right? Since there's only 1 of it.▶️
Sakura: So I feel like comrades who have spent the same time together are forever comrades. Like those who have been with me since HKT 1st gen but have now graduated, even though they won't be able to stand on the same stage with me anymore, they'll forever be comrades to me.▶️
Sakura: Even #IZONE, they'll forever be my comrades too. Despite being apart, it will never change. Of course the fans who have been supporting us then & now too, they'll still remain a precious existence to me. For me, if there isn't a past, there won't be the present.▶️
Sakura wrote 3 undisclosed songs for #IZONE actually. Says it's too bad we won't be able to hear it in the members voices but she hopes it'll be heard someday...
Sakura: to everyone. In one of the song, the lyrics say, "In the dark night sky, even if you lose your way, I'll become a star & shine forever so you won't be lost". The title is 'Bright Night' or '밝은 밤' in Korean. It'll be nice if it can be released someday, somewhere...😅▶️