Showing posts with label Aya Hirano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aya Hirano. Show all posts
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Will Aya Hirano be able to make a comeback as an "artist"?
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Monday, October 21, 2013
Aya Hirano's 12th single sells only 1,471 units in its first week--- "This is my current self"
After learning of the sales results -- 36th in the Oricon weekly ranking and only 1,471 copies sold -- she wrote on her blog that "This is my current self".
Hirano made her debut as a child actress, and made her huge break as a voice actress with Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, which got her top honors at the Seiyuu Awards in 2008, both as a voice actress and as a singer. She reigned over the seiyuu world, and even extended her activities outside of animation and into serial dramas and variety shows.
Hirano has always had a "pure idol" image attached to her, but she suddenly revealed her love life on Fuji TV's Gout Temps Nouveau in 2010. The following year, her "Nyan-nyan" pictures with who was thought to be a member of her backing band got leaked.
Due to these series of events, her public image came crashing down, which drastically decreased the number of her fans. Her CDs which used to sell over 20,000 copies in its first week have taken a hit thanks to her scandal.
Aya herself is accepting these consequences. Despite hearing news of these sales, she wrote on her blog: "There are people who comment on the ranking and the number of sales, but I personally think that this is still something amazing. This is my current self. I'm not bitter about it, but I just hope that my feeling of gratitude has reached the people who have bought it and listened to it".
According to a seiyuu magazine writer: "Hirano-san declared that she'll be switching over to becoming an actress, but all the projects that she's been getting are voice acting roles. Her past image of being this idol-seiyuu is still pulling on her tail. But she's been in stage plays recently, most notably in Les Miserables and has also gotten hold of musical fans. She always said that she wanted to do musicals, so she might actually be content with her current self".
The damage that an idol-seiyuu receives once she is hit by a romance scandal is much more colossal than what sort of damage AKB48 would receive. Will Hirano still be able to gain more fans who are not otakus?
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Gout Temps Nouveau 08/04/2010
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