The Third Wind Blows! 3rd Generation Members of Nogizaka46 Debut at the Holy Land of Meiji Jingu Stadium

乃木坂46三期生が聖地・神宮球場に初登場！　三番目の風が吹く～三期生ライブレポート～

| 48 / 46 Group | Posted by TokyoGirls'Update on Jul.07.2017

The Third Wind Blows! 3rd Generation Members of Nogizaka46 Debut at the Holy Land of Meiji Jingu Stadium

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More than half a year since Nogizaka46‘s unprecedented performance at the Nippon Budokan in December of 2016, the highly esteemed 12 members of their 3rd generation made their debut at Meiji Jingu Stadium, a venue known as “holy land” for Nogizaka46, on June 1, 2017　the opening day of the group’s national tour.

昨年12月、過去に例をみない規模で開催された日本武道館でのお見立て会からおよそ半年を経て、即戦力と評価の高い乃木坂46の三期生12人がついに全国ツアー初日となる2017年7月1日、乃木坂46の聖地と呼ばれる明治神宮野球場（以下、神宮球場）のステージに登場した。

Nogizaka46 Manatsu no Zenkoku Tour 2017 was the group’s first endeavor featuring various performances by the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation members together. With their 17th single “Influencer” (release date: March 22) surpassing a million in sales, it would be no exaggeration to claim that Nogizaka46 had attained the status of “national idols” in 2017 as well.

今回の「乃木坂46 真夏の全国ツアー2017」は、加入時期の異なる一期生、二期生、三期生がそれぞれでパフォーマンスをするグループ初の試みで開催。また、グループとしては最新シングルでもミリオンセールスを達成するなど、乃木坂46は2017年現在、「国民的アイドル」としての座を極めたといって過言ではない。

With Nogizaka46 tours and lives increasingly raising their production and planning to meet the expectations of fans and with surprise announcements bringing joy as well as sorrow, Manatsu no Zenkoku Tour 2017 was without a doubt, a decisive challenge for the group that had become the biggest that it had ever been.

乃木坂46のツアーやライブは、制作側の意図・演出とファンの思いがいつも対峙するのが特徴的。毎回のサプライズ発表に一喜一憂し、ここまで大きなグループになったこのタイミングだからこそ、今年の「真夏の全国ツアー2017」は、間違いのないいわば頂上決戦だった。

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Selected from 49,000 applicants from all over Japan these elite, rather the 12 who had been chosen to carry the idol world into the future, were given the responsibility to open the concert, beginning “Sanbanme no Kaze” with an acapella verse and a shout of “Ikuzo!” from center Momoko Ozono.

全国49,000人の応募者の中から選ばれた精鋭、いや今後のアイドル界を背負うべき大選抜の三期生12人は、トップバッターとして「三番目の風」の一節をアカペラで、そして暫定センターの大園桃子による「行くぞー！」の掛け声でライブをスタートさせた。

Within the lyrics of “Sanbanme no Kaze”, the first song bestowed upon the 3rd generation, the words “We will become the 3rd wind. We will blow in a direction different than before”, provide a tangible and clear aim for the members.

三期生に初めて与えられたグループ曲「三番目の風」。その歌詞にも託された「三番目の風になろう　今までとは違う向きに吹き抜けろ！」は、まさに具体的な乃木坂46三期生の方向性だ。

Performing for the first time on stage in white and orange checkered dresses, the 3rd generation members excited the fans greatly with their second song, Nogizaka46’s sure-fire tune “House!”. To see such a display by the 3rd generation was the fulfillment of the theme “ascent of a new slope” that they had been bestowed with since their addition to the group.

ステージでは初お披露目となった白地にオレンジをあしらったワンピースで、乃木坂46ファンの鉄板楽曲「ハウス！」を2曲目に披露し、一気にファンを盛り上げた。そんな乃木坂46三期生が加入当初から課せられたテーマは「新たな坂の登り方」。

Because of that precisely, it seemed fitting that Kagoshima native Momoko Ozono was appointed as the tentative center of the 3rd generation. With all the information spilling out, this “cute girl from the countryside” who didn’t know anything about Nogizaka46 was seen as clearing a new path, or rather a new route up the slope. During the next song “Aitakatta Kamoshirenai”, Ozono took center stage with a charming smile on her face.

だからこそ鹿児島県出身の大園桃子が暫定とはいえ三期生のセンターにふさわしいといえる。これだけ情報が氾濫する中、「乃木坂46」という存在をほぼ知らなかったという「地方にいたかわいい女の子」による新たな道の切り拓き方こそが、まさに新しい坂の登り方。続いての楽曲「会いたかったかもしれない」で、センターステージに彼女の魅力である満面の笑顔で駆けていく。

Mizuki Yamashita and Yūki Yoda were not to be outdone by the senbatsu members who are popular at handshake events. Yamashita was introduced as a member to keep an eye on by the popular senbatsu member Asuka Saito with the comment, “During rehearsal, she never seems to run out of energy so I really want to see what it would be like if she went all out”. As she talked about the other members, the fans saw a new form of Nogizaka46 unfolding before their eyes.

すでに握手会人気では乃木坂46の選抜メンバーにひけをとらない山下美月と与田祐希。後半のMCで、現選抜の人気メンバー齋藤飛鳥は山下美月を自身の注目メンバーとし、「リハーサルでも常に力を抜かない一生懸命な姿をみてほしい」、と紹介する。齋藤飛鳥が他のメンバーを語る様子そのものも、ファンからみれば新しい乃木坂46の姿だ。

Yoda, who is from Fukuoka prefecture, charmed the fans with a “Suitoyo” (I like/love you) in her Hakata dialect when she introduced herself. It might be half an exaggeration but there may have been about 40,000 fans delighted to have seen the petite Yoda with her high twintails.

与田は最初の自己紹介でも福岡県出身らしく「みんな好いとうよ」と博多弁でファンを魅了。半分はネタかもしれないが、小柄ながらも振りまく色気で4万人のファンを喜ばせ、ファンに人気の高いツインテール姿も印象的だった。

However, the 3rd generation of Nogizaka46 is not just the “ascent of a new slope”. Shiori Kubo, who despite her negative character, has impressive singing and acting abilities. Abilities which earned her the center position for “Nandome no Aozora ka?” during the 3rd generation’s solo concert. Claiming a role in a stage play, and fighting through rehearsals which often left members broken in body and mind, she gained experience walking the road of her senpai. Starring in “3 Principal”, a remake of the demanding “16 Principal” for 2 months in February, Kubo was one of the standouts, even alongside Erika Ikuta; the 1st generation Nogizaka46 member with vast stage experience including the role of Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet” and Cosette in “Les Miserables”. With a magazine feature focusing on a discussion between Ikuta and Kubo coming soon, expectations are high for this member.

しかしながら乃木坂三期生は「新たな坂の登り方」だけを模索しているのではない。すでにミュージカル女優として、今年だけで「ロミオとジュリエット」のジュリエット、「レ・ミゼラブル」ではコゼットとして出演している1期生の生田絵梨花。彼女が全役を制覇するなど、その演技力がシビアに問われた舞台「16人のプリンシパル」を再構成した「3人のプリンシパル」公演も、三期生はお見立て会からわずか2ヵ月後の今年2月に経験。毎回がファンの投票によるオーディション形式で配役が決定されるこの公演では、メンバー全員が体も心もボロボロになりながら、先輩の歩んだ道を経験した。ここで歌唱力、演技力を認められた久保史緒里は、三期生単独ライブでは「何度目の青空か？」でセンターをつとめた。ネガティブキャラを克服したいと常に語る久保史緒里だが、その歌唱力の高さは前述の生田を彷彿させ、その後雑誌の企画では生田と対談するなど、演技方面での期待も高い。

Nanami Umezawa, known for her slender figure, lead the stage talk portion for the 3rd generation members. Even though she is not the eldest, she had become the leader of her generation with her sense of self-awareness, even issuing a strong declaration for them to grow rapidly over the summer during the guest greeting after the performance had ended.

また三期生のMCは、すらりとしたスタイルが注目の梅澤美波が担当。最年長ではないものの、すでに三期生のリーダー的な自覚をもち、終演後の関係者挨拶でも梅澤が代表してこの夏の成長を強く宣言した。

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An unexpected younger member was the group’s sole Okinawa native Riria Ito, who also played a major role during the 3rd generation’s talk. With experience in “3 Principal” and speaking during the 3rd generation’s solo concert, she was extremely calm and composed on the stage at Meiji Jingu Stadium. She even appeared during “Omoide First” after the 3rd generation’s part had finished, delivering a message to the fans, “I became an idol in order to make someone happy. Was I able to make you happy today?”

意外にも年少メンバーでグループ唯一の沖縄県出身・伊藤理々杏も三期生の中ではMCを担当する。「3人のプリンシパル」公演のあとに開催された三期生単独ライブ公演でのMC経験は、今回神宮のステージでも十二分にいかされ、三期生パート最後の楽曲「思い出ファースト」の間奏時には、オーディションの時から言い続けてきた「誰かを幸せにするためにアイドルになった。今日は幸せになってくれましたか？」とファンにメッセージを送った。

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Aside from the previously mentioned 1st generation member Erika Ikuta, the other notables such as fashion magazine models and TV commercial stars Mai Shiraishi, Nanase Nishino, and Asuka Saito, variety program regulars Manatsu Akimoto and Kazumi Takayama, 2nd generation center Miona Hori, and NHK ETV regular Karin Ito, the range of media activities by Nogizaka46 has expanded greatly.

乃木坂46の一期生には先述の生田絵梨花以外にも、雑誌モデルやテレビCMで活躍する白石麻衣・西野七瀬・齋藤飛鳥、バラエティ番組に多数出演する秋元真夏や高山一実、そして二期生にもすでに選抜のセンター経験がある堀未央奈、Eテレの将棋番組にレギュラー出演する伊藤かりんなどがおり、幅広いジャンルでの活躍が増えている。

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“The answer will be found in history.”

『答えは歴史の中にある』

This tour was a baton pass from the 3rd generation to the 2nd generation to the 1st. The second half of the 3rd generation’s part with them performing Nogizaka46’s early songs “Guru Guru Curtain”, “Oide Shampoo”, and “Hashire! Bicycle”. This was followed by the biggest theme of the tour, that of building a bridge, based on a line from Nanase Nishino’s beloved film “My Sassy Girl”.

今回のツアーでは三期生から二期生、そして一期生へバトンをつなぐ。三期生パートの後半には、乃木坂４６の初期楽曲「ぐるぐるカーテン」「おいでシャンプー」「走れ！Bicycle」を三期生メンバーのみで披露した。そして、今回のツアー最大のテーマである、橋を架ける演出は、一期生・西野七瀬の好きな映画「猟奇的な彼女」の一節にもとづいたもの。

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“The fate builds the bridge by chance only for the person who made an effort.”

The fate builds the bridge by chance only for the person who made an effort. “運命というのは、努力したものだけに偶然という橋を架けてくれる”

Nanase Nishino, who has become the ace of Nogizaka46, had originally lacked presence back when she first joined.

いまや乃木坂46の大エースとなった西野七瀬も加入当初は注目度の低い存在だった。

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Unlike the aforementioned, there were 3rd generation members the gave off no sense of timidity: Hazuki Mukai, a character beloved by fans and members wherever she goes, Kaede Sato, who softens a venue with her peculiar call and response rhythms, youngest member 13-year old Renka Iwamoto, who wrote her nickname on an “oshi-towel” during the final MC and could be seen smiling brightly among the other members at the front of the stage to end the concert. There was no shortage of personality to be found among them, as there are many that may be able to grow rapidly enough to surpass Nanase Nishino in just a short time.

上記であまりふれることのできなかった三期生のメンバーもいるが、いつでもどこでもメンバーやファンの間で話題にあがる愛されキャラの向井葉月、コール＆レスポンスで独特のリズムで会場を和ませた佐藤楓、ライブ全体の最後のMCで自分の愛称が書かれた推しメンタオルを、勢ぞろいした全メンバーの中で唯一正面に向け堂々たる笑顔を振りまいた最年少13歳の岩本蓮加、など個性的で粒ぞろいのメンバーがそろっている。西野七瀬を超える急成長をこの夏遂げるメンバーも多いことだろう。

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When it comes to discussions about a 3rd generation, Morning Musume. experienced a surge in popularity shortly after 3rd generation member Maki Goto joined so, for Nogizaka46, who has already reached the peak of the idol world, it may be comparable to how the Tokugawa clan, is synonymous with how Tokugawa Ieyasu solidified the Edo Shogunate. Well, since we are talking about stage performances, perhaps a better comparison would be Nakamura Utaemon III, the top star of Kamigata (Osaka–Kyoto) Kabuki in the Bunka and Bunsei eras…In fact, the third-generation members of Nogizaka46 are already treated as a phenomenon, appearing on the front covers of various magazines and even doing solo performances. It really does bring to mind how Nakamura Utaemon III would be drawn by numerous ukiyo-e painters and how a Kamigata actor such as he made it big in Edo.

三期といえば、かつてモーニング娘。の三期メンバーとして後藤真希加入後のグループの大きな飛躍が思い出されるが、まさに現在のアイドル界で頂点に立つ乃木坂46にとっての三期生は、徳川家でいえば江戸幕府の基盤を固めた徳川家光、いや舞台での活躍という意味では、文化・文政期の上方歌舞伎のトップスター三代目中村歌右衛門を比較対象にするのが正しいか……。実際、乃木坂46三期生は破格の扱いですでにさまざまな雑誌の表紙を飾り、単独公演も実施。まさに江戸時代に三代目中村歌右衛門を多くの浮世絵師が描き、上方役者である歌右衛門が江戸での興業を大成功させた歴史を彷彿させる。

Nakamura Utaemon III was highly praised and immensely popular as a “kaneru yakusha” (an actor with range). In Kabuki, “kaneru” signifies a broad skill range that allows the actor to play not only the leading role, but antagonists and female roles as well.

三代目中村歌右衛門は「兼ル（かねる）」役者、としての評価が高く大人気となった。歌舞伎で言う「兼ル」とは、立役だけでなく、敵役、女形までを演じ分けるその芸域の幅広さをいう。

The various individual traits of the third-generation members (“kaneru” idols, indeed!) very much inspire amazing hope for the future. I felt this quite clearly on the first day of this tour.

三期生それぞれの持つさまざまな個性は、まさに「兼ル」アイドル、として圧倒的な未来を感じさせる。今回のツアー初日はそんなことを強く感じさせた。

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One of Nogizaka46’s founding themes was “to rival AKB48 despite having fewer members.” Miraculously, the joining of the third-generation members has brought up the total to 46 members, allowing for a performance as the full Nogizaka46 at the sacred Jingu Baseball Stadium.

結成当初、「AKB48 よりも少ない人数でも負けない」がテーマのひとつでもあった乃木坂46は、くしくも三期生の加入により、今回ついに「46」人の乃木坂46として、聖地・神宮球場でパフォーマンスすることとなった。

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During the live concert’s final act, members of all three generations appeared together for the first time to perform “Settei Ondo” from their newest album, Umarete kara Hajimete Mita Yume. Picking “Nogizaka no Uta” for the finale has become a tradition, but the penlights shining in the group’s signature purple were hauntingly beautiful. It goes without saying that the fine weather contributed to that beauty.

ライブの終盤には、最新アルバム「生まれてから初めて見た夢」の楽曲「設定温度」を初めて一期生・二期生・三期生そろいぶみで披露。最後の曲「乃木坂の詩」はもはや恒例とはいえ、グループカラーの紫のペンライトがあまりに美しかった。もちろん好天に恵まれたこともその美しさの理由のひとつ。

What I really want to say is that we’ve gotten used to gloomy skies for Nogizaka46’s concerts at Jingu Stadium. Yet for this first day on the nationwide tour with the third-generation members and during the interlude of the first song “Sanbanme no Kaze,” the rain prognosis was proven completely wrong and the sun finally shone over Jingu Stadium. There, the twelve third-generation members sang on a stage bathing in light, as the third wind (Sanbanme no Kaze) blew in a new direction. What will fans refer to that sight and that moment as?

なにより伝えたいのは、これまで荒天でおなじみだった乃木坂46の神宮球場ライブ。雨予報を見事なまでにくつがえし、三期生が加入した全国ツアー初日公演の最初の楽曲「三番目の風」の間奏部分で、あの神宮に、ついに光が射した。光り輝くステージで歌う三期生12人。三番目の風がいままでとは違う向きに吹き抜けたその光景・その瞬間を、ファンはこれからなんと呼ぶのだろう。

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Also the first day of this tour was a “chance bridge,” born out of a stand-off between the producers’ intentions and the fans’ expectations. It was at the second-day performance at Jingu Stadium that the Tokyo Dome concert this fall was finally announced.

今回のツアー初日でも制作側の意図とファンの思いの対峙からうまれた、「偶然の橋」。神宮球場の2日目公演では、ついに今秋の東京ドーム公演の開催が発表された。

This is a bridge that the third-generation members will cross at astounding speed.
この橋を三期生も圧倒的なスピードで渡ることになる。

Written by Yama Junta

Set List (July 1st)

00 Overture
01 Sanbanme no Kaze
02 House!
03 Aitakatta Kamoshirenai
04 Romance no Start
05 Guruguru Curtain
06 Oide Shampoo
07 Hashire! Bicycle
08 Omoide First
09 Barette
10 Kizuitara Kataomoi
11 Shitto no Kenri
12 Sonna Baka na…
13 Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka?
14 Wakaregiwa, Motto Suki ni Naru
15 Border
16 Kakigōri no Kataomoi
17 Kikkake
18 Seifuku no Mannequin
19 Dankeschön
20 Korogatta Kane wo Narase!
21 Hoka no Hoshi Kara
22 Igai Break
23 Arakajime Katarareru Romance
24 Yokubō no Reincarnation
25 Yubi Bouenkyō
26 Romantic Ikayaki
27 Inochi wa Utsukushii
28 Kimi no Na wa Kibō
29 Settei Ondo
30 Kimi ga Aoide Kureta
31 Fūsen wa Ikiteiru
32 Influencer
33 Girls Rule
34 Hadashi de Summer
35 Natsu no Free&Easy
36 Taiyō Knock
37 Skydiving

E1 Hadashi de Summer
E2 Shakiism
E3 Offshore Girl
E4 Nogizaka no Uta

Related Links

Nogizaka46 Official site : http://www.nogizaka46.com/
Nogizaka46 Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/nogizaka46
Nogizaka46 Official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nogizaka46

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