Our world has a rich and colorful color, and for a long time, people have given it a certain symbolic meaning for each color. Although the same color may have different meanings in different cultural contexts, the same thing is that everyone thinks that color can be used as a kind of mark, to represent a certain meaning or to be related to something

Since a long time ago, there have been records about pink. Whether it is past or present, pink seems to have a lot of fate with women, and can be associated with women’s temperament. In the 1 8th century French Rococo era, pink is the favorite color of nobles and girls, a symbol of noble, gentle and pure charm. In modern times, although pink has more different meanings than before, the most deeply rooted is its impression of warmth and romance, girls and cuteness. There is a beautiful girl from Japan. Sometimes she is a cute costume model, showing beautiful costumes and her playful looks. Sometimes she will become a seiyuu of a popular idol animation and sing on the stage. Jumping again; sometimes it will become a sharp-eyed fashion designer, designing a set of visual impact clothing for the idol group. Her biggest goal is to become the “world’s number one pink artist” who is a household name in the world like cherry blossoms. This beautiful girl who loves pink is Kimura

For the average hobbyist, it is possible to learn about Kimura Yuu, who is a seiyuu, through the role of “Hayakawa Sakura” in the 2016 idol-like animation “Idol memories”. But for those who love Japanese pop culture, they will know that Kimura is a seiyuu who can see her in many fields. Kimura was first introduced as a reader model of the famous Japanese fashion magazine “KERA”. The Harajuku style matching model, which is often dominated by pink, appeared in the magazine and was well known; but at the same time she was Lolita. The famous models of the world often attend the various Lolita brand events, and they are deeply impressed by the various cute Lolita styles. In 2009, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs selected three “cute ambassadors (カワイイAmbassador)” to promote the charm of Japanese fashion culture to the world in Japan. Kimura Yukook as Japan The Harajuku style representative was selected as one of the three “cute ambassadors”. After that, Kimura was a “Cute Ambassador” and attended the Japanese cultural promotion activities in various countries around the world. In addition to model work, Kimura is also involved in the music field. In 2011, Kimura Yuu debuted as a singer-songwriter, and co-published the CD album “Super Harajuku and the Female Revolution” in collaboration with “The Hatsune Miku”, which attracted wide attention and sparked a topic in the VOCALOID circle. As a Harajuku trend vane, Kimura Yu, in addition to being a model, is an active fashion designer. In 2014 and 2017, Kimura first created two clothing brands, “KOKOkim” and “KawaiiHolic.”, of which “KOKOkim” and “Hatsuneミク” have launched cooperative clothing, and “ KawaiiHolic.” is the official clothing cooperation brand of the idol group “わーすた”. In 2018, Kimura Yu made a new attempt to serialize her original comics as a cartoonist on the Internet. “ピスタとチオ 』. In addition, Kimura will appear as a guest on animation and TV programs from time to time

This versatile and pink-loving girl artist came to Shanghai Comicup as a guest model of the domestic dress brand “CEL”. Our JPbeta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gave an exclusive interview with Kimura

JPbeta : Miss Kimura is at. 2009 Year was appointed by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs as “Cute Ambassador (カワイイAmbassador)”. What was the chance of becoming the ambassador?

木村优:It is said that officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at that time screened about 100 individuals who published popular Japanese information, and I was just now “KERA!” The reader model is not long, so there are actually many models than my famous readers. I don’t think I will be elected. However, I was still trying to try. At that time, I didn’t even have a computer. I wrote a 10-page plan with handwriting. Although I didn’t actually have the idea of building my own brand at the time, I wrote 10 pages to introduce my future brand management. So they said that the first time they saw such a hard-working young man, they chose me to promote the Japanese representative of Harajuku pop culture

JPbeta : What do you think about Miss Namumura after he was on the scene?

木村优: I am very happy, I did not expect to be elected. I used to want to debut as a member of the band, and I came to Tokyo from my hometown, and then in a very small livehouse, I played about a hundred games a year. I have always been anonymous and I don’t know when I can be famous. I feel that this is an opportunity. So I worked very hard to write a plan. I didn’t expect to choose me. I discovered that someone would really see your efforts

JPbeta : Ms. Kimura said that she is “the world’s number one pink artist (worldで1 Fanピンクなクリエイター)”, is there any place for pink to attract you?

木村优: I was the first time as a cute ambassador and participated in Japan Expo in France, an activity similar to comic. At that time my hair was pink, and then I was shouted by “Haruno Sakura! Haruno Sakura!” At that time, “Naruto Ninja” was very red, and the heroine inside was pink hair. I remembered that at that time they might call Haruno Sakura in “Naruto Ninja”. At that time, I was a flash of light. Sakura is a flower representing Japan. I want to be a famous artist like a cherry blossom, no matter where you go to the world. Pink is the pink color of the cherry blossoms, so I decided that I was the “world’s number one pink artist”, and since then I have maintained a pink image

JPbeta : Ms. Kimura has a special liking for pink eroticism. Many of the original germinations (MengえるHarajuku) are based on style and clothes, and many sweet Lolita (Sweet Lolita) The style is mainly pink. Is there any intention to design a Lolita that combines the elements of the original Harajuku and the sweet Lolita?

木村优: I opened my own store “KOKOkim” in the Shibuya 109 building. The Shibuya 109 is a place where many young people from Shibuya and Harajuku will go. My style of combining animation and fashion was very novel at the time, and I named it “Meng Yuan”. At that time, I thought that if the costumes in the animation can be worn out in peacetime, not cosplay, then the girls all over the world will be very happy. But now whether it is Lolita style, or animation cosplay, Harajuku trend, etc., rather than everyday clothes, more and more girls are wearing instagram, Weibo, Twitter to wear these, it seems Just coming out of the animation, it is definitely not the feeling of wearing it. I also want to try to create a piece of Lolita and Meng style clothes that can’t be worn on the street

JPbeta : Ms. Kimura has created her own clothing brands “KOKOkim” and “KawaiiHolic.”, among which “KOKOkim” has cooperated with “Hatsuneミク” to launch clothing. What is the opportunity for cooperation?

木村优:One day, a very young girl who was working in a company in Hatsune Miku, sent me an email saying that I wanted to work with Xiaoyou. I can’t believe it. I really like the Hatsune Miku. Compared to the songs that people listen to, I listen to the songs sung by Hatsune Miku, and work more efficiently. The Hatsune Miku is a fantasy character that exists but is not real. It is an exciting new thing for me. I always want to do things that I have never seen before, and I have never experienced it. For me, Lolita is one of them. I haven’t passed it before, so I want to wear it once. So I am very happy to be able to work with the Hatsune Miku, which is at the cutting edge of the trend of the times

JPbeta : Ms. Kimura’s clothing brand “KawaiiHolic.” is an idol group. “わー官方” The official cooperative clothing, what do you think is the difference between designing a costume for a character and designing a suit for a combination?

木村优: I think that the design of idol clothing is more happy, because the degree of freedom is higher, and Lolita is to be able to wear it on a daily basis, we must consider the element of convenient action, but “わーすた”The clothing may not move after wearing it.” It is. However, I still have to make this dress. I don’t need to think about wearing such a costume. I can’t dance, I can’t do it. There is no limit to the time of creation. “わーすた” All the costumes are responsible for me. If it is done according to the brand, then there must be such a design that cannot be sold. This kind of design must be unpopular and will be followed by customers. Trend. And “わ ーすた%% The @@ ” costume is entirely responsible for me, so I am very happy and can do some clothes that I have never seen before, very happy

JPbeta : Miss Kimura came to China earlier and shot several models of models as the model of the domestic Lolita brand “CEL”. What do you think of the design style of this dress shop?

木村优: I think the quality is very high, maybe it is made by many paintings, there are many kinds of patterns. Lolita has been in development for a long time in Japan, and it has only just started for Chinese designers. I learned a lot and felt the difference between tradition and innovation

JPbeta : “Lelita” of “CEL” is mostly in classical style. If you let Miss Kimura designs a set of Harajuku styles for “CEL”, how do you combine the elements of the two?

木村优: I want to give it a try, I want to try a style I have never seen before. I haven’t created classical style clothes, but the Harajuku style of animation and dynamic feeling has a completely opposite part of the classic style. I want to connect these opposite parts together

JPbeta : “CEL” As China’s Lolita brand, Miss Kimura lets you design a Chinese style Lolita for “CEL”. Which Chinese elements do you add?

木村优: I have previously created a set of Lolita on the theme of “KawaiiHolic.” with zombies. There are many monsters in Japan from China. I combined the horror elements of Japan and China. But if you only use Chinese elements, then what good is it? I think myths can be tried and I want to try something based on the things that have been passed down from ancient times

JPbeta : Ms. Kimura published her own magazine “1st style book Kimura Yuki” in 2015. Can you tell me something interesting when I made this magazine?

木村优:I am working hard to target animation supervision, and I am drawing comics myself. There is a plan in the book “I have a conversation with three of my most respected Japanese people.” One of them is the drama actor Shan Liliang, who is a Japanese talent combination “Nanhaiキャンディーズ”, another It is the wife of Prime Minister Abe, the first lady of Japan, Abe Shogo. We are talking about how women in Japan should play their own value in the future. The last one is the animation producer Takeuchi, who cultivated the hot animation of last year. The name of the supervision of Xin Haicheng, I admire him very much. I also had a conversation with him. If my book has the opportunity to be translated into Chinese, I hope everyone can read it. They are very good people and can talk to them. I feel very happy

JPbeta : Ms. Kimura is a costume designer and a singer who will compose music. When Ms. Kimura is a fashion designer, when designing clothes, what is the similarity between mood and song creation?

木村优: I am almost not doing music-related work, but whether it is singing, composing, making clothes, doing animation, or drawing comics, I am expressing what I want to express, no matter which one I use. Forms are no different. Maybe I like this dress now, or I like animation very much. I am a very impatient person. I will be free to choose a way to express what I want to express. But what I want to express is life and freedom. If you are alive, you should do what you like. No matter which expression you use, it is the same

JPbeta : In 2011, Ms. Kimura hosted her first solo concert, but the location was in the United States. Is there any special meaning?

木村优: The reason why I opened the concert was because from that time, the one I was painting was called “ピスタとチオThe theme song of the comic has been prepared in advance, I hope that everyone can understand my comics from music, so I opened a concert. The comics I am painting are also translated into English, published on Instagram, and then translated into Chinese and published on Weibo. I hope to bring my work to the world before I make a song. The composer is very powerful, “LoveLive! There is a song called “Snow halation”, which is made by the people who created the song. I feel that I have to rush to animate now, so I got a lot of help. I want to put “ピスタとチオ』 Go out, in order to promote “ピスタとチオ』Opened the concert

JPbeta : Ms. Kimura has been very active in the game as a seiyuu in recent years. Can I talk about the biggest feeling when I am a seiyuu identity event?

木村优: The key is really not true. No matter what you do, even if you are doing clothes, is this the effect you want? Although the performance is only acting, not true, it is meaningless if it is not true. It’s not to pretend to be cute, but to say it from the bottom of my heart, not to read a line, but to really think about it, and then to say it, this is very important. Then I can’t do anything that I can’t imagine, and it’s absolutely impossible to put it on the dress. I will practice this role in my mind. If I use this voice to say this line, if I don’t play it in my mind, I will never say it. Therefore, after I have imagined 100%, I will let my heart have such an idea and then perform the interpretation

JPbeta : Miss Kimura has this model, fashion designer, cartoonist, singer, seiyuu and many other different identities. What do you think is the biggest gain for these different identity experiences over the years?

木村优: If you like something in this moment, you must do it. The Japanese are accustomed to doing a professional career, but I think that now is no matter what kind of things you want to do, what kind of talents you have, and the era of glory. So what I want to do now is to become an animation supervisor. I will suspend my own brand and go to draw comics. Among the many things I have done, I like what I like. I made it to the world in order to achieve something. I think I am doing all sorts of things to find this answer

JPbeta: Miss Kimura is convenient to disclose some of the next plans?

木村优: Is animating the comics I am painting “ピスタとチオ”, first I want people from many countries support. I will translate it into Chinese first, then upload it to Weibo, and hope that Chinese people will also take a look

JPbeta : Is Miss Kimura willing to say a few words to Chinese fans?

木村优: I think that meeting with Chinese fans is a treasure of my life. I hope that Japan and China will be able to move closer

In recent years, Kimura has some new cross-border movements from time to time, and has begun to have more and more different identities, but the most familiar to domestic fans is her cute image as a Lolita model. Mr. Kimura also came to China to attend a lot of Lolita events, and also let more new princesses have the opportunity to feel the charm of this cute ambassador

In recent years, domestic Lolita clothing has developed very rapidly, and both style and quality have been greatly improved. There are also several styles of Lolita that Kimura has made in China. There are more styles that combine Chinese and traditional European court uniforms, giving Lolita fans more choices. Finally, we followed the lens to see a group of pioneering public photos taken by the former Lolita brand “CEL”

(Photo courtesy: CEL dress design text: Ma Sha, Sakura innocent editor: Masha draws synergy: Xia Shenle, mice)