TAKAHIRO interview from BRODY June 2021
Two sides of the same coin Q: As we move from Keyakizaka46 to Sakurazaka46, I would like to hear from TAKAHIRO-san, a creator who knows the Keyakizaka46 era intimately. Your journey here has been marked by twists and turns of fate, but what did you envision when you came up with the choreography for “Nobody’s fault”, including to differentiate between the two groups? TAKAHIRO: Both Keyakizaka46 and Sakurazaka46 take on as their motif the changing feelings of young hearts when they feel repressed emotions, as a presence that comforts those who feel that way, and moves forward together with them. That is something you feel when listening to songs from any of the Sakamichi groups, but each group has their own answer to how they face that repression. For example, in Keyakizaka46, the characters of the story continually face their heavy emotions on a deeper level, and follow a Thanatos-like path. In the face of reality, their relaying of the message that “It’s hard right now, but that’s h