Translated by: Hatsumichan & demon2

母の日！！
Mother’s Day! !

母の日ですね！
It’s Mother’s Day, isn’t it?

YUIです。
It’s YUI.

いつもありがとう。
Thank you for everything.

この一言は魔法みたいに人の心を幸せな気持ちにしますね。
This one phrase is like magic, where it can make a persons heart filled with happiness.

今言おう。
Let’s say it now

今日言おう。
Let’s say it today

アデュ！
Adieu!

母の日
Mother’s Day

YUI

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Music Japan website confirmed YUI among the guests of the show.
Will she sing fight live? or will it be just an interview about her work for n-con contest?
We’ll find out in one week!

Fanarts

Portrait by Kysel

Great colouring!

Portrait by Fujishiro Kouji

Once again very interesting hair technique!

Covers

In this edition, fight covers!

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I’ve decided to start a new monthly digest here for updates from Honey Bee Management. Most of you should already know what Honey Bee Management is, the people inside, and their role in YUI’s career, but for those who don’t, here’s a short introduction to kickstart this new series!

If you think this is going to be a bore and you don’t care, I think it’s going to be a pity because Honey Bee is pretty much responsible for all the YUI music that goes into your ears, maybe even more so than YUI herself sometimes. YUI writes her songs and sings them, but without the backing of e.u.Band and other supporting musicians, producers, engineers and staff of Honey Bee, her music could probably still be street music. So, spend some time to get to know the people behind the awesome music you love!

Contents
1. Introduction
2. Honey Bee Meeting 3
3. Chelsy 2nd Live @ Shimokitazawa MOSAiC
4. Honey Bee Bicycle Club
5. Upcoming Events in May
6. How you can get involved

Introduction

Honey Bee Management (a.k.a. Honeybee Studios or Mitsubachi) is the direct managing and recording company for YUI. YUI does all her recording and music production with them, but promotions and events wise she is managed by Stardust Promotion, and all of these companies are under the Sony Music Japan umbrella.

Honey Bee Management was founded by Hisashi Kondo (You will see his name a lot in the credits for YUI’s CDs, he is the main producer for almost all her recent music and has played a vital role in YUI’s career ever since she debuted) and Takeshi Kaneko (The acting boss of Honey Bee Management).

They manage all of the e.u.Band members (Backy, MaiMai, ARISA, Sakura, kuro, and Chris) who provide the instrumentals for almost all of YUI’s music since post-hiatus, and also play in YUI’s Live Tours.

Sakura (percussions)

Kuro (Guitar)

MaiMai (drums)

Backy (Bass)

ARISA (keyboard)

Chris (drums)

They have recently added a new female guitarist, RISA to their pool of musicians, a new vocalist MOSS GREEN, as well as a new all girls band Chelsy (previously known as MIO Band) which features ARISA of e.u.Band.

Chelsy, from left to right: ARISA (keyboard), Shizuka (bass), MIO (guitar/vocal), Ami (drums)

Honey Bee Meeting 3

Honey Bee started a series of events called the Mitsubachi Kaigi or Honey Bee Meetings, and made an open invitation for fans to go to Sony Music Ichigaya for a meeting with the staff and members of Honey Bee Studios to discuss how to better improve and promote their artists. The first Honey Bee meeting in January this year gave birth to MIO Band, now known as Chelsy, and the fans helped decide the direction the band was to take and how their first live performance should be like (down to the way they dressed!)

The third Honey Bee Meeting happened on 21st April last month, and YUI-Lovers was represented by 3 members, Jun, Takachan and myself (cyclo). Note that YUI-Lovers has already established itself as a reputable and recognised (and largest) international YUI fan community in the eyes of Honey Bee Management! During the meeting, we were split into teams led by e.u.Band members Sakura, Backy, MaiMai, and the boss Takeshi Kaneko (from now on known as Top, that’s what they call him xD) to brainstorm how to further promote Chelsy.

At the end of the meeting, one simple request was made by Chelsy; they had already heard our suggestion (yes, our suggestion, by YUI-Lovers) to be more open with their music and promote it online via YouTube, but the view counts were not showing that the promotion was successful.

They set a target of 20,000 views before the next meeting on May 26th. Let’s show them that sharing music on YouTube is a good thing as more people get to know about them, and hopefully the success of Chelsy’s online campaign will lead to Honey Bee Management to reconsider their strategy with promoting YUI’s music. Help watch and share this video!

Do also check out their International Fan Page here if you like them: https://www.facebook.com/mioband.international
(it is run by Jun and myself, and also recognised directly by Honey Bee, Top is one of the people who liked it!)

This is probably the first time that Honey Bee Management is attempting to make a track they produced completely free and available on the internet. Please don’t let it go to waste!

If you want to read and know more about what happened at Mitsubachi Kaigi 3, you can read Takachan’s report in the forum here:

http://forum.yui-lover.com/topic/6695866/1/

Mitsubachi Kaigi 2 report by cyclo here:

http://forum.yui-lover.com/topic/6693239/1/

Chelsy 2nd Live @ Shimokitazawa MOSAiC

Chelsy successfully performed their 2nd Live at a small live house Shimokitazawa MOSAiC (YUI goes there often!)

Chelsy, hardcore Japanese fans we call Mitsubachi Rangers, and YUI-Lovers cyclo, Jun and takachan

The set list:
1. All My Love (original)
2. Sixteen Age (original, youtube PV here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzZa6_YUeg8)
3. JAM
4. Happy Birthday to you you
5. ロケット(Rocket)(new original)

Get a package with videos, photos, and some recording to have  feel of the atmosphere and their performance here: http://ge.tt/5rKduvG/v/0

Read more about the event here in takachan’s report: http://forum.yui-lover.com/topic/6696274/1/

Honey Bee Bicycle Club

Yet another new initiative by Honey Bee Management to engage fans, Honey Bee Bicycle Club took place on a public holiday in Japan on the 4th of May, where fans cycled alongside Backy and Top for over 40km, braving the rain, cold, and a punctured tire, while receiving support from Sakura, ARISA, and Shizuka! Once again we are represented by cyclo, Jun and takachan, here’s a short video to show the atmosphere and events of that day:

Read more about the day in takachan’s report: http://forum.yui-lover.com/topic/6696903/1/

Upcoming Events in May

25th May – Sakura solo Live

26th May – Mitsubachi Kaigi 4

How you can get involved

Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten about the YUI-Lovers from all over the world who brought this community to where it is today. With YUI-Lovers interacting directly with Honey Bee Management and musicians, this is your best chance to speak your mind and send messages, because the chances of you being heard now is astronomically higher than before.

I have started a new thread in the forum for messages to any e.u.Band member, Honey Bee staff, or Chelsy (unfortunately MOSS GREEN is in Sapporo so we probably won’t get to meet her). Drop a message addressed to the person you want, and if you need translation help, we are happy to do that for you too. We aim to collect enough messages each month to convince Top that we can allocated a few minutes at each month’s meeting specially for messages from International fans. However, as the meetings are meant for improving things over at Honey Bee Management, we will only recommend messages that we feel are well crafted and relevant to the discussions.

Personal messages are fine too but no guarantees they will be delivered. We sometimes get the chance to speak directly with the e.u.Band
members and if the situation allows we might be able to deliver your messages to them directly.

For example, this would've been a good time for me to tell Sakura how cute you think her daughter is! Also just to show that I'm not bullshitting.

Post your messages here: http://forum.yui-lover.com/topic/6697100/1/

If you are making a trip to Tokyo anytime soon, feel free to contact Jun or cyclo, and we will advise you on upcoming events you might be able to catch and arrange for your registrations or tickets.

cyclo – twitter: @_cyclo   facebook: http://facebook.com/linuslimyang
Jun – twitter: @_JunAndo    facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jtrax13

Have a great week ahead!

cyclo

Translated by: Hatsumichan

こんにちは
Hello

雨は大丈夫でしたか？
With all this rain, are you all okay?

YUIです。
It’s YUI.

思っていたよりも被害が大きかったみたいですね。。
It seems like the damage was worse than I thought it would be..

恵みの雨だけど、降りすぎると大変ですね。
It was rain that was needed, but when too much rain falls, it becomes troublesome.

そんな中ではありますが、最近の出来事。
And though it may be during all those difficulties, here are my recent events.

友達の個展に行ってきました♪
I went to my friend’s solo exhibition♪

個展
Solo exhibition

タンバリンギャラリーにて、清水麻由子さん。
At the tambourine gallery, it’s Shimizu Mayu-san.

清水さん
Shimizu-san.

ギャラリーでセッションもしていました。
There was also a session going on at the gallery.

セッション
Session

写真のフレームを作ったり、お店の壁のペンキを塗ったり。
Making frames for the pictures, painting the walls of the store.

空間やものをデザインして心地良くするのは素敵だなぁ。
Designing rooms and things, and making the atmosphere feel pleasant is something wonderful isn’t it.

刺激になりました。
It has inspired me.

そして、刺激になるといえば。
And then, speaking of things that inspire you.

JAPAN JAMに行ってきました。
I went to JAPAN JAM.

向井秀徳さんと星野源さんのセッション。
For Mukai Shuutoku-san and Hoshino Gen-san’s session.

最後にまさかの「CHE.R.RY」の演奏！
For their last song, they unexpectedly played “CHE.R.RY”!

驚いた＆嬉しかったな！
I was surprised & happy!

素敵な空間に酔いました。
I got drunk on the wonderful atmosphere.

本当にありがとうございました。
Really, thank you very much.

向井さん、星野さん
Mukai-san, Hoshino-san

ではでは、まだまだ雨に気をつけていきましょうね！
Well then, well then, let’s continue to be cautious of the rain!

アデュ～！
Adieu~!

YUI

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YUI on Rの法則  aired on 2012.04.26

YUI-san recently participated as the featured guest on the show Rの法則 (R no Housoku/Rule of R). This show aired in Japan on April 26th, 2012.  It has been a long time since we’ve seen a video interview with YUI so it was exciting to see!  It’s nice to see how much she’s grown. As she answers these questions politely and you can see the difference in her overall composure compared to her earlier shy self.

The show is about 30 minutes long filled with interview questions sent in by viewers and a choir performance of YUI-san’s “fight” song.

YUI-san answers a variety of questions where she talks a bit about the following topics:
(These may not be super accurate as I am summarizing with my limited knowledge of Japanese. Topics follow video order)

- Her debut/origin story,  meeting a street musician ‘senpai’ (bianconero) and then about her auditions briefly
- Not sure what the モテ期 / moteki question is about ….something to do with “popularity period”
-  Sports that she plays: badminton
-  Something she is/was not familiar with:  fashion

- A failed moment?: While she was working at her part-time job at the Chinese restaurant where she dropped something? (The animation they made is really cute)
- Not sure what the question asked but YUI talks about music being very important to her
- Not sure what questioner #76 asked nor what YUI said. The host further asks her a question about ‘pace’ and she talks about spending 15-30 min on writing a melody?

YUI-san picks out 5 more questions and says how this feels like the bingo game:

Person from Osaka asks – If  not an artist (singer), what would she be? She has thought about this and as a job, she would see herself doing some sort art or dance (maybe performance arts)?

Pia-san asks about some sort of food item YUI likes (maybe a health food item) ? She answers really liking ‘natto’ and something called “satō” (satō shoyu – some sort of soya sauce?). Second host asks her something and YUI-san mentioned something about her throat and wearing a mask.

Ko-chan – *Not sure*… 曲げらわないとを …..Please tell us something that you can’t be able to bend? (Maybe a something like a rule she would not break? I have no idea what this is about nor what YUI says)

Kobe-san – Does YUI-san sing her own songs at karaoke? YUI-san says she doesn’t but when she does it’s embarrassing.

Then it cuts to a couple of audience members singing to YUI’s songs in karaoke. Then they show the TOP 10 YUI songs sung at Karaoke with YUI commenting about a few of them.

TOP 10 YUI Songs at Karaoke

1. CHE.R.RY
2. Rolling star
3.  again
4. GLORIA
5. HELLO
6. LIFE
7. Good-bye days
8. feel my soul
9. My Generation
10. Summer Song

Audience who are asking questions compliment YUI-san and how she’s amazing being a solo artist and how pretty/cute she is.  They also talk about her type of voice and the falsetto then how they have to change keys to sing her songs.

Host continues to asks her a few things then continues on with more questions from the audience. Eventually, a group of school girls perform the choir version of YUI’s song “fight.” It’s really nice seeing YUI listening, singing, and clapping along with the choir. <3 She looks so happy singing along and so proud of the choir group at the end.

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Translated by: Kikino & Hatsumichan

相棒は・・・ (2012/04/25)
Buddies are…

皆さん元気ですか？
Everyone, how are you?

不安定な天気ですね。
The weather is unstable isn’t it?

でも、温度感など丁度いいこの時期も好きです。
But, I love the way the temperature feels just right in this season.

YUIです。
This is YUI.

新生活の方もたくさんいるのかな？
引っ越しシーズンでもありますよね！
I wonder if there are many people starting new lifestyles?
It’s also moving season isn’t it?

ドキドキワクワクしてるのかな？
I wonder if that will make you feel excited?

夏に向けて楽しんでいきましょうね♪
Let’s have fun as we approach summer okay?

最近私は、レコーディングをしています。
I’ve been recording lately.

ずいぶん前の日記に載せた事もありますが、今回も相棒はウェルチです♪
I posted about this on a very old diary, but this time my buddy is Welch’s too ♪

ポリフェノールがいいと聞いて真似してみてます。
I heard that polyphenol is good, so I’ll try it too.

ポリフェノール、クエン酸、ビタミンE…
Polyphenol, citric acid, Vitamin E…

立派な健康オタクです♪
I’m a wonderful health otaku ♪

最近気に入っている塩風呂も血行が良くなって最高です。
Lately, I’ve been into saltwater baths which improve your blood circulation, and they’re awesome.

何だか憂鬱になりやすい時期などもリフレッシュ方法をたくさん知っていると便利ですよね。
Somehow, in seasons and times when it’s easy to get depressed, it’s handy to know different methods to feel refreshed right?

ではでは、梅雨前アデュー。
Dewa dewa, Right before rainy season adieuuu.

YUI

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This is the segment of the show where they introduced fight for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy!

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This Thursday on April 26th, 2012, YUI will appear on a show called 『Rの法則』 “R no housoku.”

The show will feature YUI speaking about past stories including a ‘failed’ part-time job and a love story. Also, broadcasted in the show, will be a different version of YUI’s 『fight』

YUIがNHK Eテレの『Rの法則』に出演することが決定しました（4/26（木）放送予定）。
つきましては、番組では皆さんからの質問・メッセージを募集中です！

YUIへの質問や新曲『fight』（「Nコン2012」中学校の部課題曲）に関する
感想など、どしどしお寄せ下さい。
＊YUIが歌っている『fight』はまだ試聴できません。歌詞は、「YUI LYRICS」（PC）メニューより閲覧いただけます。ご了承ください。

＊放送日は変更になる可能性があります。

質問・メッセージは、下記番組サイトより！
（ケータイサイトは、QRコードより）

http://www.nhk.or.jp/rhousoku/

「Rの法則」 2012/04/26 18:55～19:25 @ NHK Eテレ ^.^

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Translated by Hatsumichan

REC中のスタジオから。。
From the Currently Recording Studio…

みなさん。こんにちはっ！
Everyone, Hello!

お元気ですか？
How are you doing?

東京は雨です。
It’s raining in Tokyo.

この季節は雨のたびに、暖かくなっていくので
In this season, every time it rains, it gets a little warmer

季節は進んでいますね。。。
so the seasons are continuing to change huh…

さてさて、先日取材で会社に
Well then, well then, the other day, when the YUI team

YUIチームが集合した際に
gathered at the office for an interview,

我らがスーパーヘアメイク「羊二メン」の
we held super hair and makeup artist “Youji-men’s”

誕生会をしましたよ。
birthday party there.

この若さで、38歳。２児のパパ。
At the young age of 38, he’s the father of two.

素敵ですね～！
Isn’t that wonderful~!

雑誌の取材チームも
The interview team for the magazine was also

羊二メンの若さにびっくりしていました～！
surprised at how young Youji-men is~!

羊二さん、いつもありがとうございます！！
Youji-san, thank you so much for everything!!

感謝ばかりです！！
We are filled with only gratitude!!

もう４月も終わりに近づいてきましたね（涙）。
It’s nearing the end of April already huh (tear).

早いです～。
It’s gone by so fast~.

先日街の花屋で見かけた
The other day, the display board that I saw at a flower shop in town

ちょっと惜しい（笑）看板。
was close, but not quite right (lol).

「GW」もあと少し。
In a little bit it will be “GW” (Golden Week) too.

ひとつひとつ丁寧に仕事を進めて行きます～。
One by one, let’s properly finish up our work~.

でわでわ。
Well then, well then.

アデュ⇒
Adieu⇒

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