Ikuta Erika (Ikuchan) / 1st Gen

shinkansen seats are pretty comfortable so she can sleep, no need for sleeper carriages , it's just under 3 hrs tokyo to shin-osaka, from shin-osaka she still has to travel a bit to osaka (where Umeda theater is) but the stress of traveling daily may take a toll on her

if she left yesterday's BD live by encore, she may have taken the last shinkansen to osaka by 930 pm arriving before 12 midnight
today's Mozart starts at 545 pm probably 3 hrs? she could again catch the last shinkansen to tokyo at 923 pm but it looks tight so she could take the first shinkansen tomorrow 6am and be in tokyo before 9am whew!

if i remember it correctly , she won't be in Osaka's summer tour Aug 4,5

 

Here we go

 

So, she has hell schedule under bad weather. Maiyan sending her energy to Umeda Theater for Erika.

http://nogizaka-46bunno1.blog.jp/archives/76264577.html

IkuMai is life, IkuMai is love...

 

awww ikumai, so sweet
so surprised to learn that my row 4 seat is actually the very first row , right in front of the stage
anyways ikuchan was great because i am biased hehe but she looked tired during the curtain call, she was still smiling though but the eyes lacked that twinkle, ganbatte ikuchan
her part was around 30%,not much appearance during the first half but she did show her puku face in one of the scenes

 

Maybe not sleeper carriages, but are there reclining seats?

 

You can recline them a bit, but not all the way iirc.

 

I hope she has the Green Car. She's worth every penny that JR comfort can bring her

 

Ikuchan sang her trademark birthday song at chichibu for Nogichans 6th birthday

 

I must be the only Ikuta fan to not believe in IkuMai. Most likely because I fall into the Nanase camp. I'm more of an IkuMoto fan though they've been relegated to small doses. I think because of Maiyan's influence. Nanamin would never had had it this way.

 

No you're not. I had this false notion of there being an IkuNana, mainly from watching Hatsumori Bemars, so I was really disappointed when I found out that it was IkuMai instead. Nonetheless, I do like Ikuchan. I believe she must be very happy now that she is doing things of her childhood dream. Not many people get to be so. And I'm happy for her.

 

Are you guys talking about the ship/pairings? Lol
It’s okay guys, let’s just ship/pair them up all because sometimes it depends on the situation and it’s all for fun

The reason why I think Ikumai is more popular is that the two have been consistent since the start and the fact that the management doesn’t really pair them up (because Baka couple exists) yet they manage to be close (Maiyan mentioned in her recent interview that aside from Sayurin and Misa, Ikuchan is her closest Nogi member) and have a lot of moments together. Also IkuHime because bffs that plays like couple sometimes. Now this make me realize that Ikuchan is really shippable to anyone. Ikuo-kun you! LOL

 

IkuNana? Only if that Nana was Nanamin. I've never seen a meaningful interaction between Ikuta and Nanase. Pardon my ignorance if there has been. I think Nanase would be really guarded when dealing with Ikuta as an introvert would.

I think we've seen more IkuMai in the last year than in the previous 5, because Nanamin has graduated. I think Maiyan deferred to her more. Now that Nanamin is gone she's got free reign to have fun with Ikuta.

 

The brightest star in the entire galaxies.

https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1778518

 

Yep.

It was just that when I first knew of an Ikuchan in Hatsumori Bemars, I saw that Nanasemaru, Ikuchan and Kazumin got along really well in the show. So I had thought maybe they were close to each other outside of drama too. Plus there seems to be many mutual fans of Nanasemaru and Ikuchan.

It's really funny the way you put it.
But she is a very cute introvert.
Why really guarded against Ikuchan?
Is she supposed to be extroverted?
Thought Aquarians are generally rather quiet.
P.S. I have more things in common with Ikuchan than just being in North Rhine-Westphalia and hating piano practices.
Partly the reason why I became her fan.

 

I was just thinking out loud about my problems with IkuMai! LOL!

Here's one (as I raise my hands!)! Ikuta is my kami-oshi, but I can still fall in love with Nanase.

Nanase, as she's said about her self, has a hard time getting close with other members which is usually what an introvert would say. Ikuta who seems to be outgoing would be a lot to handle -- high tension Ikuta would come out! It would be exhausting. Although that's my impression, I have no idea how their relationship is in real life.

 

Ikumai again lol
I've been loving them since early days, so as long as they're having fun together,I'm healed~

I remember from Maiyan's new year blog, she said she'd call Ikuchan "Erika" this year lol And you know how important calling someone's name is in Japan
Maiyan is taking action, this year'll be full with Ikumai~

On the negative side, I think they're just enjoying their time together since their G day can come up at any minute

With a lot of Ikumai moments these day, I hope they get a unit song. I've given up on their W-center single, but a song with an MV would be OK
Maiyan's goddess beauty and Ikuchan's angel voice, Maiyan can be in white and Ikuchan in red, the MV'll be top notch!!
Sounds like a mousou request lol

 

Oh yes, forgot to mention that I hate school too.

I'm a little different from you.
My all-time favourite oshimen is the only one.

Did Nanasemaru say that?
Was she referring to the members, or was it something much earlier in the past, like in her schooldays?
Haven't seen the statements before.
Anyway, she seems to be really close to Yodachan.

I'm feeling a little sad now that Ikuchan is starting on her musicals.
Had been hoping that she would become an actress or something else where I can still see more of her many years later.
Well, at least she should be very happy.

 

I remember how ikumai fans went wild when Maiyan decided to do that and she really is consistent. It’s really rare to hear other members call her Erika (not Erika-sama) while they are in public appearances. Ikuchan also started calling her Mai. Lol. And it’s also amazing how they became more rampant with their moments lately. If only one of them is of the opposite sex, I might think that they are a couple.

And it’s nice that the conversations here in Ikuchan’s thread seems to be really fun and her fans love to discuss here.

 

Becaus they are acting like that LOL. You should check out the reports about Ikumai in the lqst day of the concert (and also during the second day when Maiyan used Iku’s oshi towel and shouted Erika during her solo song), they looked like they are straighr out from fanfics .
And I noticed that lately they don’t like “flirting” or responding to it with others while both of them is there. Maybe I just have an eagle eye for Ikumai LOL.


Okay. No Ikumai or IkuNana duet for this single but only NanaMai LOL. Fans are going wild in twitter about it. I wonder how fans will react if it would be Ikumai? I might end upbuying a buffet for the whole Nogi members and staffs.