[Ami Suzuki]“It’s important to pursue what you love and carve your own path.” Message to elementary school students in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture at the “Avex Class” held as part of recovery support activities

Ami Suzuki appeared for the first time as a lecturer at “avex class” held at Nakajima Elementary School in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture on Wednesday, November 27th, and gave a career education class to 80 4th to 6th grade elementary school students. I did it.

“Avex Class” is a career education program run by Avex Inc. as part of its sustainability activities. Artists, talents, creators, and athletes visit educational institutions across the country to convey to children the importance of “the ability to believe in talent and dreams” through their own experiences.

This class was held as part of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake recovery support activities that have been underway since September. “Stories of people who made their dreams come true through challenge and effort will be used by children who experienced the earthquake.” “We want this event to light up your heart and give you an opportunity to take a step toward the future,” the school said, and the idea was to convey a message about the importance of having dreams.

Speaking about his childhood, Suzuki, who served as his first teacher, said, “I just loved singing and wanted to be famous.However, I had never learned to sing and I thought it would never happen, so my parents told me I couldn’t even confide in you,” he said, revealing his struggles before auditioning.

After her debut, Suzuki quickly became a popular artist, selling 1.8 million copies of her CD album, participating in the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, and winning the Japan Record Grand Prize. Regarding the hectic days of those days, he said, “I was happy that my dream of appearing on a glamorous stage had come true.However, I also wanted to enjoy high school life with my friends, so I was able to balance work and school, which was very fulfilling.” I looked back. Regarding the fact that he is currently expanding his activities beyond being a singer, he says, “I focused on what I was interested in and liked, such as DJing and spicy cooking, and carved out a path for myself, which led to work. “By looking at yourself objectively, you can make new discoveries and develop a desire to take on new challenges,” he said, passionately conveying to the children the joy and reward of taking on new challenges.

In the second half, we communicated with the children about work and future dreams based on three topics. In response to the first question, “What is work?”, “When I was little, I thought that work was something I had to do in order to make a living, but there are people like me who can do what they like as a job.” There are a lot of people, and there are a lot of possibilities,” he said of the job, referring to his own experience. In addition, regarding the themes of “How do you find your dreams?” and “Can you turn what you love into a job?” ” he advised.

During the Q&A session at the end, when asked, “What did you do to make your dreams come true?” he answered, “I talked about my dreams to people close to me who I can talk to about anything.It’s very reassuring to have people nearby who support me.” He said, “They push me,” and talked about the importance of having family and friends who support you.

At the end, she said, “It was a very valuable time to be able to talk in this way with children who are similar in age to my own children.Today’s class gave me the opportunity to actively talk about what I like and what I am interested in.” “I want them to be able to appeal to the world,” he said, and the time provided an opportunity for them to think about work and their dreams while actively communicating with the children.

[Event overview]

・Official name: “avex class” (pronunciation: avex class)

・Date and time: Wednesday, November 27, 2024 13:15-14:00

・Location: Nakajima Elementary School, Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture (26-2 Kamimachi, Nakajima-cho, Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture)

・Speakers: Ami Suzuki, Yurika Tachibana (MC)

・Number of participants: 80 people (4th to 6th grade elementary school students)

[About “avex class”]

A career education program in which artists, talents, creators, and athletes visit educational institutions across the country to convey to children the importance of “the ability to believe in talent and dreams” through their own experiences. Participating members are Chiaki Ito, Kumi Koda, Daimaou Furusaka, SAM (TRF), Ami Suzuki, Risako Tanabe, Yu Tamura, and DJ KOO (TRF) (in alphabetical order).

*About avex class

https://avex.com/jp/ja/sustainability/news/avexclass2022entry

[Past reconstruction support activities]

・Fundraising activities

Conducted at live venues of artists belonging to our group, event venues held by our group (excluding some performances), Avex Artist Academy, offices of our group, etc.

・Career education program “avex class”

Held on September 27th (Friday) at Shihoku Junior High School in Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture (for details)here)

・Performance by “Nanao City Hatachi no Tsudoi” DJ KOO (TRF)
Held on Sunday, October 13th in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture (for detailshere)

[About Avex and SDGs]

Avex Class is an initiative that contributes to SDGs Goal 4 (education), 8 (decent work and economic growth), and 17 (partnership). In addition, we are implementing many social actions based on our sustainability policy of “contributing to future talent and unknown excitement.”

*About SDGs

https://avex.com/jp/ja/sustainability/about-sdgs

*About the video “Teach me Mr. Dai Furusaka” introducing Avex’s sustainability and SDGs

https://avex.com/jp/ja/sustainability/news/202306sustainabilitymovies