Amaiwana as Kimiko Takeguchi -- Loneliness

 

Well, it's been a little over a couple of weeks since I introduced "Kayo Kyoku Plus" AI representative Kayo Grace Kyoku（旭花耀）. I wanted to have her seen in other environments other than the Xmas ones that I was able to concoct before the AI art generator started poking at me to subscribe on one of their plans. To quote this week's ROY article: no can do. I tried it out forgetting to put in the anime filter after requesting "a dark-haired Japanese 80s idol singer drinking in a bar". Not sure what that cocktail is, but man, her hair is all kinds of 80s-level BIG. Good on ya, Kayo!

Speaking of manufactured 80s female aidoru, I bring you back to the just-finished Nisemono（偽物...Fake） arc of Ginger Root. When last we were here, it was back in June this year when I posted the song that concluded the arc, "Everything's Alright". Ginger just became a star but idol Kimiko Takeguchi（竹口希美子）, who he took over for when she had some temporary cold feet about her career, returned to take responsibility of it with no hard feelings from everyone concerned. All's well that ends well.

I guess to tie a nice crisp bow on things, Ginger Root has also decided to have Takeguchi, played by singer-songwriter Amaiwana（アマイワナ）, sing the song that she was supposed to have sung in the first place, "Loneliness", which actually got vocalized first by the Root Man himself when the aidoru had gone AWOL. 80s aidoru-dom is back in the video and Amaiwana has got the twee high-pitched delivery just right. The only thing missing in the video is the reappearance of "The Best 10" host Tetsuko Kuroyanagi（黒柳徹子）thanking her at warp speed.