This week’s blog has 2 main contents which are updating my biography and research materials that are related to my works.
After I published the first blog “My Hero – Ayumi Hamasaki, I have thought about what else I missed writing on it and I found some points to explain about myself. What I would like to add is another appearance on Instagram. What I mean by “another appearance” is using the creator name instead of my real name, Satomi. My creator name is Rui (榴唯) which means “be the only one and sparkling like a ruby” in Japanese. I chose this Kanji and put the meaning by myself and the reason why I am using the name is to be the person who I want to be in the future. So when I create lyrics or post photos on Instagram, I always use this name and I always have one theme “I was born by lyrics and I give birth to other lyrics as well” in my mind.
For the second part, the research materials that are related to my works, I would like to use one song, Moments from Ayumi Hamasaki.
This song was written by her and it has something like a blue mood or sadness with her lyrics, melody, and the music video. What I want to emphasise in this song is not only them but also her hidden messages behind lyrics. It is possible to analyse she used one Japanese proverb, Ka Cho Hu Ge Tsu (花鳥風月) whose meaning is the beauty of nature, and beauty of changes seasons in Japanese. She used four components and put her original meanings on each part. When I realised this strategic message, I was really surprised and moved by how she has a lot of vocabulary and talents. In addition to my personal thoughts about the song and her, I would like to reference one article that is about her to demonstrate there are many other people who have similar thoughts. The Japan Forum Newsletter (2002) introduced her as “Her songs speak of heartache, loneliness and despair, the importance of accepting and believing in ourselves just as we are, seeing failure in love as energy to go forward, and offering the encouragement that “I (ayu) am right here with you.”. These explanations show who Ayumi Hamasaki is and her works make me more influenced.
Reference
The Japan Forum Newsletter 2002, ‘浜崎あゆみ Hamasaki Ayumi—Source of strength for young people searching for a place of their own‘, The Japan Forum Newsletter, number 24, viewed 5 August 2021, <https://www.tjf.or.jp/newsletter/pdf_en/Nl24_JCN.pdf>
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