Q1: Tell us where your name came from!
It was given to me from a fixation by my mother. It's wrapped in a meaning of wanting to raise me virtuously (the meaning of the 聖 character).
Q2: Which senpai do you aim to be like?
Kamei Eri-san. Like how she'd always be the dream for her fans. What I admire most is when she's singing, whatever voice she uses makes you look forward to the next. When singing she'd sing as if she was the central figure, and express herself through her dance. I admire Kamei-san as a Morning Musume senpai as well as a fan!
Q3: Who would you want to be if you were born differently?
Goto Maki-san. Since I want to see what it's like being told "A star has arrived!" or "The overwhelming choice for center!" (lol) Though I think her own appeal is huge, I'd wanna be a person who has newly born talent as well. I want to be a rock-solid center that anyone would recognize.
Q4: What do you think you are #1 at in Hello Pro?
Hello Pro love! The thing I draw in when I'm worried or having rough times is the feeling that I love Hello Pro! Since our member Oda listens a lot to older Morning Musume songs in order to convey them to our current fans, even while praising her for giving so much importance to Morning Musume, it also makes me feel a bit of a sense of rivalry. I don't want to lose!
Q5: Tell us something awesome about Hello Pro!
How the word "powerful" fits it. When watching Yaguchi Mari-san and Tsuji-san and Kago-san and Takahashi Ai-san and such, that era, I feel such power in their movements. Though I think normal idols have a strong cute component, it's power I feel from Morning Musume or Hello Pro!
Q6: If you could form a special unit in Hello Pro, who would it be with?
I wanna form up with Kamei-san~. I think I'd be happy no matter what we sang! For active members, I'd want to form up with Oda and Kudo as a trio. Even among us we talk about how our voices go so well together. Since we also have a shared understanding of Hello Pro and our songs, if I'd be with the two of them I think we'd be able to deliver some great songs.
Q7: Tell us your favorite Morning Musume song!
"I WISH". When I think deeply about it, it's a song that makes me feel glad to be alive. We have all kinds of different types of days in Morning Musume, and it makes me happy how we can really express gratitude to so many people. Though this song gave me energy back then, now when we sing this song at a concert or somewhere, I wonder if it doesn't make fans think they want to come to a concert again. I think about how I want that to happen while delivering that song.
Q8: What's your favorite song in all of Hello Pro?
Fujimoto Miki-san's "Romantic Ukare Mode". It's a song which I think is like the perfect idol song. When listening to this song the fans have so much fun, and it makes all of us incredibly happy hearing their calls and cheering. In addition there are the sidesteps, as well as the hollowed-out Tsunku♂ melody. It's just full of components I like. I also like how it's not just cute, but cool too!
Q9: What's the difference between the current and former Hello Pro?
Formations are complex in the current Morning Musume. When senpai come to see our concerts, they tell us "I don't know how you can move like that!" and "We definitely couldn't do that!" Hearing that leads to confidence for us too!
Q10: Aside from yourself, who would be your #1 member for someone to watch in order to come to like Hello Pro?
Angerme's Kamikokuryou Moe-chan. I personally like her voice an awful lot. When listening to her songs, it makes me do a double-take wondering who has such an awesomely pretty voice. Moreover, she has a cheerful personality and an incredibly cute face. After joining Angerme, in addition to the cuteness I like how she's just added so much fun to them.
Q11: What about you do you want people to pay the most attention to?
My hair settings. I think I've come to decisions about my hair recently. I let my hair go completely free during lives. I want you to look at how I've set my hair at lives!
Q12: What's some work you'd like to try in the future?
I want to sing songs that children can dance to! I'd like to try doing a program like "Okaa-san to Issho" which airs in the mornings. I love little kids, and I'd like to show Morning Musume dancing some really intense songs to the kids and mothers who'd come to that kind of show . I think they'd be amazed when they got to see them.
Q13: What do you want people to pay the most attention to in Morning Musume?
Our concerts! How we put so much heat and strength into them. Since I think this can only come out in concerts, I definitely want you to see them.
Q14: What will you be doing 20 years from now?
20 years from now... I'll be 40! Though I can't imagine it, I wanna become an adult like my grandpa who doesn't forget his dreams no matter how old he gets.
Q15: Since it's the 20th anniversary, please tell us a special secret!
In elementary school I was the type of girl who'd run and chase after someone without forgiveness or crying if they tried to mess with me (lol). Wouldn't fans probably think that's surprising?
Q16: What's something you'd like to become able to do by next year when the 20th anniversary is over?
I hope the level of the group can rise higher. I want to increase and give out even more that feeling only Hello Pro can provide of cuteness and coolness and comedy!
Q17: What would you do if you weren't an idol?
I'd want to work at a movie theater! I'm also interested in selling ice cream and popcorn!
Q18: What are you most into now?
Since the only time I can take it easy is in the bath, bath powder and aroma candles and such have become my daily healing.
Q19: Who are you close with in Hello Pro?
My Hello Pro egg generation-mate Angerme's Takeuchi Akari-chan, and my Morning Musume generation-mate Ikuta Erina-chan. Generation-mates really have a special bond! We go shopping and to amusement parks and out to eat together. With those two by far the most!
Q20: What is an idol to you?
A source of energy! I want to be the source of everyone's energy! I want to bring big dreams to little kids. Since that's what it was like for me.