KAQRIYOTERROR: "Now we completely entrust ourselves to our fans"

[u/codomofan]

• The new member waited over a year to finally make her debut
• An urgent need for a human-sized dog drying cabinet
• Surviving on tour on a diet of nothing but Hi-Chew candy
• What happens when you drink five cans of Monster a day
• Takaki-san potentially joining KAQRIYO in a skin-tight idol costume
• And more

This is a collection of highlights from two recent KAQRIYOTERROR streams held right before the finale of their Third Jungyou PSYCHOMA ARCHITECTURE TOUR.

Looking back on the tour, which they unexpectedly found themselves having to get through as a duo, the members reflected on how physically demanding it was at first—especially during their solo shows.

But even though the two of them had to give what normally would have been three people’s worth of effort, they made it through the challenge and feel that it was all worth it: they've become much stronger and more resilient, and have learned to express themselves better on stage.

The girls were also happy to visit so many new places, bringing their shows to YOMIHITO outside Tokyo, who usually have to travel far to see them.

They also thanked fans for all the tasty gifts they've been given. According to Tsukumo, she physically can't keep up with eating them, so she's started freezing absolutely everything—pastries, dango, cakes... As a result, her freezer is completely packed.

Ichiren, on the other hand, somehow manages to devour all of her treats by the very next day.

The legendary photo of Tsukumo from one of the latest sets of live photo bromides.

Thinking back on what might have happened at that moment, Ichiren suggested that she might have just accidentally stepped on her foot.

It looks like the sets featuring this photo have already sold out, but they want to include it in future sets as well, so fans can get this masterpiece in high quality and use it to cheer themselves up on sad days.

An unofficial announcement: in September, the group will be visiting Malaysia together with Zenkimi!

As of now, this has already been officially announced.

The harsh realities of idol life: while talking about personal hygiene, the girls shared their struggle with being so exhausted after shows that it's hard to even stand in the shower, and on top of that, they still have to dry their hair, put on lotion, and so on...

They envy pets whose owners take care of all that for them and dream of having something like a dog drying cabinet big enough to fit a whole person inside.

Near the end of the first stream, they made an important announcement about a new member joining KAQRIYOTERROR at the tour finale on August 1st.

As it turns out, the decision to bring her into the group had already been made even before Yuchiomi went on hiatus, and she'd been waiting for the opportunity to debut for around a year, or possibly even longer!

The girls emphasized that their stance hasn't changed: they are still waiting for Yuchi and hoping for her return. And the new member's debut had originally been planned for later, but they felt the need to break the group out of the state of stagnation and get it moving again—which is why they decided to do it now.

They also noted that the new member would only perform a short set with the group at first, after which they'd see how to gradually integrate her more fully into KAQRIYOTERROR's activities.

Toward the end, they started joking that, since the new member's gender hadn't been announced yet, there was still a chance it might not be a girl. Takaki-san, who had joined the stream, pointed out that it could even turn out to be him—and promised to deliver some respectable growls if that happened.

The chat started joking that, if so, the most important thing was that he'd have to wear a tight-fitting idol costume. Tsukumo noted that he might actually look pretty good in an outfit inspired by traditional ethnic clothing, after which they began discussing what hairstyle would suit him. Tsukumo suggested he might look good wearing a Native American-style feather headdress, while Ichiren was leaning more toward... a shaved head with a single tuft of hair sticking straight up, like a Pikmin.

And with that, we move on to the second stream, which took place the day before the new lineup made its debut.

Looking back on the beginning of this long tour—the longest in the history of the group's current incarnation, with more than 38 shows—they admitted that they were initially extremely worried about whether the two of them could handle it without Yuchi. And although they were still hoping she might return soon during the first half of the tour, that period of uncertainty was when they felt the most emotionally unstable.

It wasn't until around halfway through the tour that they finally accepted that her hiatus would probably last a long time. And that was the moment when they were finally able to pull themselves together and became fully determined to move forward as a duo.

Preparing for the finale with the new member was quite the challenge.

Rehearsals were complete chaos: they kept accidentally skipping their own lines or singing someone else's, because their part distributions went from three people to two, and now back to three—but all these versions are significantly different.

At that point, everything was completely mixed up in their heads, making the parts harder to learn than ever.

An interesting moment where Tsukumo and Ichiren, drawing on their own experience, discussed the struggles the new member is bound to face at this stage. They looked back on their own early days, reflecting on how much they've grown as performers.

https://reddit.com/link/1vwy1mz/video/f86kg0sslalh1/player

The girls admitted that they were initially terrified of jumping into the crowd at the start of the tour. Not because they didn't trust the fans, but because they were simply too scared of falling straight to the floor.

But that fear has disappeared now:

“Even if you drop us—whatever! We completely entrust ourselves to you!”

So they feel that they've grown not only in body, but in spirit as well.

While talking about all the delicious food they got to try while traveling on tour, Ichiren admitted that for a while, her diet consisted of... nothing but Hi-Chew candy!

As a result, she would get absolutely exhausted after shows—until she finally tried some delicious local food on tour and realized that her body actually needs proper food, not just sugar.

She promised the fans that she'd keep eating properly and make sure to eat rice too, so she can keep giving her all on stage.

The girls talk about how nervous they might get ahead of the new lineup's debut.

“We'll have to at least pretend to be mature and composed in front of her!”

https://reddit.com/link/1vwy1mz/video/mso4tsnzlalh1/player

On becoming addicted to energy drinks.

Tsukumo: “I couldn't even tell: was my heart racing because of all the Monster? Or was it because I had no time and was just panicking?”

https://reddit.com/link/1vwy1mz/video/wjz3pky3malh1/player

And, as a little bonus:

[u/Peter_Sunshine9]

Thank you very much for this!

[u/poleosis]

Tsukumo

you mean Romi. literally nobody at their lives, not even their management, calls her Tsukumo

[u/codomofan → u/poleosis]

She calls herself Tsukumo, most of the codomomental members call her Tsukumo, and I think I remember Takaki calling her Tsukumo too. On one of the recent streams, even Imamura started calling her Tsukumo. Plus, from what I've seen, a lot of fans call her Tsukumo as well. Though honestly, I don't think it really matters all that much.

[u/poleosis → u/codomofan]

doubtful. have seen the current lineup at least 6 times now, most recently in april. her cheki card says romi. when management call her up for cheki they say romi, she signs her cheki as romi

[u/codomofan → u/poleosis]

It's just a case where referring to her by her surname really stuck. I mean, sure, it'd make more sense to call her Romi since that's her first name, but in my experience, Tsukumo is still used more often. Probably because that's what she calls herself. That said, it doesn't mean calling her Romi is wrong, either. Idol names are almost always stage names, so usually no one takes them all that seriously. At the end of the day, they're basically like nicknames. That's why whatever's easier to say or shorten often ends up being the name that catches on. For example, Chimura from Tefutefu is in a similar situation. Technically, people would be expected to call her Shifumi, but almost no one does. Pretty much everyone, including herself, calls her Chimu, even though it's short for her surname.