Event Tomo Natsu 24 Mini Itsumo Ouen Arigatou! Location Akihabara Hundred 2 Date 2024.07.27 Time 13:00- 16:00- 18:00- Cost 3000 yen + drink (500 yen) Seiyuu Sakurai Tomo (桜井智)

• event report version 0.4 by Hitoshi Doi, 2024.08.05

This was a set of three events by Sakurai Tomo. The first two sessions were events with talk and songs, and the last was a dinner party with a signing session.

This event was held at Akihabara Hundred 2, which was just a room converted into an event floor in an office building. It was the first time I went to this location.

The stage was around 20 to 30cm high, and there were 5 rows of 10 seats. There were many poster panels on the stage, and along the walls.

The event was full, with about 50 people for the first event, and a little more for the second.

I sat in the 4th row, and it was close enough to see the event very well.

13:00 session

The first session started a little late, at around 13:20. It started with some talk by Ikki (who was from the karaoke bar Sakura Seven). After she warmed up the crowd, Tomo came out at around 13:30.

Tomo was wearing a white frilly blouse and a checkered skirt. Her hair was in a pony tail with a ribbon. She sang "Taiyou wo Agetai" to start it off.

Then Tomo talked for about 20 minutes. She said that today was more an event than a live. She talked about many of the photos in the panels that were on the stage. Many of the photos were from her trip to the USA, so she talked a lot about her trip.

After the talk, the next part was the parcticing the calls corner. The song was "Tasogare Lonely", and Tomo and the fans practiced the calls for the song. After going through the song once, Tomo sang for real.

Next Tomo sang "GT Natsu Shounen" and "Waracchau kedo Suki".

After the songs, there was a janken corner for 2 of Tomo's calendars.

Then Tomo talked about the photobook that she's working on now. She hopes that it will go on sale later this year.

There there was another janken corner, this time for the large photo panels that were on the stage.

Next Tomo sang "Koi no Recipe ha Daitan Futeki" and "Baby Baby".

There was another janken coner, and then Tomo sang her final four songs, "Destiny", "My Friends", "Heart ni Message", "Hitasura Maemukini".

For the encore, Tomo sang "Koi no Recipe ha Daitan Futeki" and "Waracchau kedo Suki".

The event ended at around 15:20.

16:00 session

For the second session, all of the seats were full, and there were several people standing in the back.

The second session started at 16:10, again with a short talk by Ikki.

Then Tomo came out to sing "Waracchau kedo Suki". She was wearing a pink yukata, with some flowers in her hair.

In the talk corner, Tomo talked about going to the anime event in Chicago, and also the Tomo Sakurai Museum in Qunicy, Illinois. She invited Gary L. Blickhan, curator of the museum, onto the stage, and they talked a little more about the photos on stage.

Next was the calls corner, and this time the song was "GT Natsu Shounen".

The next two songs were "Tasogare Lonely" and "My Friends".

There was the janken corner for the 2 calendars again, and then Tomo sang "Koi no Recipe ha Daitan Futeki" and "Destiny".

After the janken for some of the photo panels, Tomo sang four songs to end the event. "Baby Baby", "Heart ni Message", "Taiyou wo Agetai", and "Hitasura Maemukini".

For the encore, Tomo sang "Waracchau kedo Suki" and "Koi no Recipe ha Daitan Futeki", and the event ended a little after 18:00.

Then everyone had to leave for a short while so the staff can set up the room for the last session.

18:00 session

There was a table in the middle of the room with several plates of food, and there were chairs set up around the table. There were around 30 to 40 people participating in this session.

Tomo came out still wearing the yukata. There was a kanpai, and everyone just ate while Tomo answered some questions from the fans.

After about one hour, the party turned into a signing session, and a janken tournament for all of the remaining posters.

The event ended at around 20:40.

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