Morning Musume. '23 Kitagawa Rio's 19th Birthday (3/16) event at KT Zepp Yokohama 3.17.23
MC Suzuki Keita
1st event
1. Shunrenka (Tsubaki Factory)
Opening Talk
~ Kitagawa said "On the day of the event, there is basically a rehearsal every year, but this year there just wasn't one, and in the Morning Jogakuin recording, Fukumura-san and Haga-san came into the booth while singing a birthday song."
~ "The first person to send me a Birthday message was Yokoyama-san, and I thought I was very loved by the members."
~ MC Suzuki Keita entered stage and her asked if she feels like an adult now. Kitagawa said that she gets used to her age, which is a common occurrence when one is born early.
She explained that she feels like she has finally caught up with everyone around her who is already 19 in March, and that even now her friends are turning 20, and every year she says to himself, "I finally feel like I've become an adult."
~ During a talk on how to be an adult, Keita asked Kitagawa if she exercises, Kitagawa says "not at all." She explained that she was too nervous to go into a 24-hour gym without a trainer because she was too shy.
~ She was asked if her taste buds changed as I grew up. She said her taste buds are more mature, and she said that from early elementary school she drank coffee with her mother and ate dark bitter chocolate, but she no longer eats bitter food.
- VTR Birthday message from OCHA NORMA Kitahara Momo
- "Kitagawa Rio's Mini-Mini Declaration before turning 20 years old!" corner : In this corner, Rio talks about what she wants to do by the time she turns 20, making declarations on the spot.
~ Her first mini-mini declaration is "to make a whole cake" : She says that she likes baking sweets, but has only made madeleines and chiffon cakes due to problems with molds and such, and that she would like to make a birthday cake for her 20 year old self because it is difficult to apply cream, but she realized that it would be sad to make one for herself, so she decided to make it for her mother's birthday or something instead.
~ When asked about her favorite cake, Kitagawa said that her taste buds have changed recently, but she loves Mont Blanc. Her mother loves Mont Blanc so much that she says she will eat Mont Blanc until she dies, and she says that she has been eating Mont Blanc all the time lately.
~ Her next mini-mini declaration is "Challenge," and Kitagawa says she wants to take on the big-eating challenge because she was also asked to do so. She said she is the type of person who just can't keep eating the same thing. But she eats a variety of foods and usually has a cheat day after the photobook. For her 24 hour challenge, she would get three cheese Korean hotdogs, a hamburger, large fries and a Mcfleurie delivered to her door, then she has ramen for lunch, which is always bigger than usual, and for dinner, curry and two cakes at the end of the day.
~ Kitagawa said that when she was in high school, she was never full, but recently he has been, so she wanted to challenge herself while she still can. If she eats a large bowl of ramen at 4pm, she will not have to eat anything at night.
~ Keita: "Why don't we do that kind of project?"
Kitagawa: "Wouldn't it be scary if I did it alone?"
Keita: "If it's half or something, it's a bad plan."
Kitagawa: "Then I'll do it alone..."
~ Kitagawa's next mini-mini Declaration: "In the City..."
Kitagawa "I want to talk to strangers on the street"
Keita: "What are you talking about?"
For example and assuming in front of the Hachiko statue in Shibuya) :
Kitagawa "Excuse me. Do you think there are aliens?"
Keita "I don't want to solicit that kind of thing..."
The audience was scared to death.
Kitagawa: "I wanted to overcome my shyness."
Keita: "You're too outlandish."
Kitagawa: "I think it would be fun to talk about aliens. Each of us has our own ideas."
Keita: "They are scary. What if it's the other way around?"
Kitagawa: "It's very scary."
~ She explained that people often tell her that her eyes are not smiling when she wears a mask, so she can't come and talk to them easily, which makes her feel lonely, and that asking if she thinks there are aliens is so far-fetched that there is nothing beyond that, so she is not afraid of anything.
~ Keita advises that if that's the case, Kenshuusei and staff members who haven't talked to Kitagawa properly in Hello Pro may answer her questions since they know her.
~ Kitagawa "I'll ask them if they think there are aliens at the next Hello concert when Kenshuusei are next to them.
Keita: "That trainee will definitely make a mistake." LOL
~ Kitagawa's next mini-mini declaration is simple "clean-up" : "When I get my head in the clouds, I get messy, and I can't get my clothes off the floor and hang them because I have to memorize the lyrics for my birthday event! I put my cosmetics on the bed so that I don't mix up what I've used, but I'll report on my blog when I've cleaned up the mess."
~ The next mini-mini declaration is "a dream I've had since I was a little girl." : Kitagawa wants to try eating the "sanshoku dango" (three-colored dumplings) on a sword that she saw a TV show Samurai character eat. That was the first time she recognized "sanshoku dango", and she wanted to do it because it was something that could never happen in real life.
*The show is called "Zenmai Samurai", and has a sword with "sanshoku dango" on it.
- The next corner is "Rio Percentage" : The audience was asked to fill in a questionnaire with two choices A or B. Kitagawa is holding 100 Ping-Pong balls. Kitagawa has to guess the "Percentage" of the questionnaire results. Ping-pong balls are taken away if she is wrong. If there are more than 19 Ping-Pong left at the end of 5 questions, she gets a prize for winning.
~ "Rio Percentage" Question 1 : If I were to describe Kitagawa Rio, I would choose A. beautiful, B. cute.
When the audience was surveyed, Keita said A to be 65%. When it was Kitagawa-san's turn to answer, she answered that A was 70%, and with a margin of error of 5%, they moved on to the next question.
~ Question 2 : The most suitable cosplay for Kitagawa is A. Police officer B. Nurse
Keita-san said A to be 80% of the audience. And when Kitagawa was asked about her prediction, she said that A is 30%, with a margin of error of 50%. Kitagawa himself said that she wanted to wear a police outfit.
~ Question 3 : Is Kitagawa a natural airhead? A. YES B. NO
Keita said the audience was A for 50%. Kitagawa's prediction was 20% A with a margin of error of 30, and at this point the game was over with 15 ping-pong balls left.
Kitagawa replied, "I'm not a natural airhead am I," but Keita said, "I think it's a YES."
~ She ran out of ping-pong balls, so she pleaded for another chance and resumed.
Question 4 : What can Kitagawa Rio? A. stand upside down B. 6 step of a vaulting box
The question was written as "it seems unlikely", but Keita misread it, so the audience was asked which they thought she could do. Kitagawa's prediction was 30% for A, with a margin of error of 30. The audience was 60% for A.
She said that she couldn't do both. She was in the gymnastics club in elementary school but couldn't jump the 4th step and had to practice for a year, and that in a class of 4~6 graders, she had to do it with alongside a little girl in 4th grade, even though Rio was in 6th grade.
~ Final Question : A school drama starring Kitagawa Rio. A. Okamura Homare as a rival, B. Yamazaki Mei as a rival. After a survey of the audience, Keita said A to be 90%. Kitagawa guessed A to be 15%, and the game was over with an error of 75% LOL.
Kitagawa: "I can't tell you how much Mei-chan snickered at me. "Rio-chan yabai". Mei-chan clapped her hands and laughed when she saw me crying in the live footage in the upcoming DVD magazine.
- The last corner is the "Rio Present Drawing" where 7 lucky winners will receive autographed goods.
Live corner :
2. Shooting Star (S/mileage)
3. 19sai no Hitorigoto (Goto)
4. Hatachi Mae no Onna no Ko (C-ute)
2nd event
2. Asu wa Date na no ni, Imasugu Koe ga Kikitai (S/mileage)
Ending MC : "I've never done a raffle before, but since I put the date on my signature, I'm happy that this moment will remain, and I'd like to make it a regular occurrence."
Kitagawa thanked the audience for coming even though it was a weekday and a Monday. "The tour has just started and 3 or 4 shows have just finished, but it will continue until June, so please come and enjoy the show!" She waved to the audience, saying that she was sad because it all happened so fast. As she looked at the audience, she noticed that many of them were using MOMM's "20" penlights, and after waving to the audience, the event was over.

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