Q (from listener): Please ask the guest, Inoue Kikuko, if her "boke" is real.
Hitomi: Is she "boke"?
[Hitomi had never met Kikuko before.]
Akira: It's.. she has a very unique presense. You'll feel it if you're with her.

Akira: The guest tonight is Inoue Kikuko. Good evening.
Kikuko: Good evening..
[Kikuko started laughing.]
Akira: If you just keep laughing, we won't be able to proceed.
Kikuko: I wonder what is so funny..
Akira: I wonder..

[in the background, they had the Osakana Penguin song]

Akira: You have a very distinctive presense.. or tempo..
Kikuko: Really? I'm always so quick..
Akira: I think the listeners who know you already know that you were a manbou in your previous life.
Hitomi: You were a manbou?
Kikuko: No, that's a little wrong. I was a fish. When I was wondering what kind of fish I was, a manbou came to my mind. I remember that I was a fish, but I don't remember if I was a manbou.
Hitomi: You remember that you were a fish?
Kikuko: Yes, I remember it.
Hitomi: How wonderful..

Akira: You do seiyuu work, but you also have released some albums. I was given one, the second album Tadaima. You wrote all of the songs on it.
Hitomi: Really? How many songs are there?
Kikuko: 12. But it's not something that great. Ever since I was little I've put some melody to the lyrics that I've written. I didn't think of it as writing songs. So I just put the melody into a tape recorder.
Hitomi: So you didn't use musical instruments to write these songs?
Kikuko: I've learned piano before, and I tried to write songs along with the piano. But when I do that, the notes of the piano doesn't keep up with my feelings. When I try to figure out which notes I was thinking about it, I lose the melody in my head. So I put the tape recorder to my mouth and created the songs naturally.
Hitomi: You did this even in the middle of the city?
Kikuko: Yes. But if I do it in the middle of the street, it's a little suspicious, so I hid in corners and did it.
Hitomi: That's suspicious too.
Kikuko: Yes, that is a little suspicious..
Akira: Weren't you embarrassed? Or was it more important to save the songs?
Kikuko: It was important to save the songs.. When I was riding the train, I can't sing on the train, so I got off and went to the edge of the platform and sang.
Akira: So that's how Tadaima was created.
Kikuko: But it's a lot of fun. Why don't you try it.
Akira: Hitomi-chan, you should try it.
Kikuko: If you think it's hard, it's hard. But if you think it's fun, it will be fun. I think everyone has these songs inside them.

[background music changed to Fukuhen Brothers]

Akira: Right now you are together with Iwao Junko and forming Osakana Penguin?
Kikuko: We both have albums out, and we wanted to sing something that is very different. So we wanted to create the Osakana Penguin world, and sing songs in harmony.
Akira: Right now the song that's playing doesn't have anything to do with harmony.. What is this?
Kikuko: This is.. there is going to be a CD single released prior to the album. There is a dubious rap group called the Fukuhen Brothers, and they are singing a song called "Anime Zasshi no Henshuu ha Mikka Yattara Yamerarenai". That's the A-side song! We are the B-side.
Akira: This is a funky song.
Kikuko: Osakana Penguin is nothing like this.
Akira: The Osakana Penguin album goes on sale 7/21, and the single goes on sale 7/5.
Kikuko: The single will have "Osakana Penguin no Theme osakana mix" (おさかなペンギンのテーマ), and the album will have "Osakana Penguin no Theme penguin mix".

Then they played the osakana mix. It's a very "musical-like" song.

Whatever Best 3

Akira: A great place to do nothing, number 2.
Kikuko: A park.
Akira: Any specific park?
Kikuko: No, any park is fine. When I'm walking along and I have time and I see a park, something pulls me in to the park. Also the roof of a department store is good too.
Akira: Do you like places that have things so you can play?
Kikuko: Yes.. I like it when there are old people and children.
Akira: Then how about a hospital? (^_^)
Kikuko: That's a little different. When I go to a park, I can get a little happiness.
Akira: So instead of the park, you like to watch the people in the park?
Kikuko: Maybe that's it..

Akira: A great place to do nothing, number 1.
Kikuko: On top of the bed, sitting in the "sports sitting" position.
Akira: Do you hold your knees together?
Kikuko: Yes. Of course in my own room.
Akira: Is there anything to that position?
Kikuko: No, it just feels good.
Hitomi: You like to be cramped?
Kikuko: Yes, I wonder why people like that..
Akira: Embryo..
Kikuko: When I sleep I always get into the embryo pose, and my mother always scolded me.
Kikuko: The other day, I had a dream. I was a shrimp. The body was a shrimp, but the face was my face. When I woke up, I was in the embryo pose.
Hitomi: They say that people who cramp up when they sleep have lots of worries.
Kikuko: Is that so.
Hitomi: I usually spread out when I sleep.
Akira: Oh, so you don't have any worries.
Kikuko: You're lucky. I cramp up a lot.
Akira: But in your case, it's not because of the worries, but because you are a shrimp.
Kikuko: Maybe I was a shrimp instead of a fish..

Then they played "Okashi na Paradise" (お菓子なパラダイス) by Osakana Penguin. This song is the first song on the new album. This is a musical type song too, but it is a great song! Junko does a lot of the background vocals. VERY cute and nice!
"osakana ga utaeba.. penguin ga odoru.." (when the osakana sings.. the penguin will dance..)

Final message

[The ending song of Battle Skipper was playing in the background.]

Kikuko: There will also be a best scenes CD of this coming out. I did the narration for it.

Kikuko: I have a radio show called Twilight Syndrome. It's the first time I'm doing a radio show.
Akira: It's a scary program. I was a guest on it before.

Kikuko: One more.. We Osakana Penguin will go on a concert tour of five cities this summer. Please look forward to it.

Akira: Next week will be the final week where we invite guests.

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