Tablet Jun (50), a former vocalist for the mood song group Wada Hiroshi and Mahina Stars and currently active in a wide range of fields, including singers, comedy and song researchers, held a recital today (June 9th) at Asakusa Public Hall in Tokyo.
Part 1 features 1,000 passionate fans, and appears in red Latin-style costumes. It started with “Como Esta Akasaka” with the Latin music unit “Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys” in the background. He sang the Latin classic “Besame Mucho” and Yamamoto Linda’s “Nothing Can’t Stop.” After that, she reappeared in a beautiful blue dress and performed her original song, “Tokyo Paradise.” When the host Nishiyori Higashi was pointed at him, saying, “It’s been said that he’s on the verge of breaking up many times,” Tablet Jun made the audience laugh, “It’s been said that it’s a break scam many times, but it’s been 23 years since his debut with Mahina Stars in January 2002. At that time, he was wearing a tuxedo with 7-3 divisions, but it turned out like this.” They continued to perform some masterpieces such as “The Roundway” by Wada Hiroshi and the Mahina Stars, the original “I’m more interested in that than that,” Chanson’s masterpiece “Dark Sunday,” and Misora Hibari’s “Sad Sake.” There are imitation medleys of famous narration from his specialty TV programme, and the first part was brought to an end with “When I Round the Towel,” which Tablet Jun wrote and composed and provided to the Asagaya Sisters.
Part 2 appears in a golden costume, singing Alice’s “Now Now Everyone” while playing the drums. Later, Alice’s drummer Yazawa Toru appeared as a surprise guest and sang “Champion” to Yazawa’s drums. A medley of famous 70s songs from male idols such as Saijo Hideki’s “The Chains of the Rose” and Sawada Kenji’s “Dangerous Two,” featuring the dance unit “team 80’s,” a former schoolmate mate dance unit “team 80’s,” and they duet Go Hiromi and Kiki Kirin in red hanging pants, wearing matching red hanging pants. He tried out Elton John’s “YOUR SONG” and John Lennon’s “IMAGINE” while singing and singing on the piano. The second part was concluded with “Mother,” written and composed by Kato Tokiko, and “Embedded by the Galaxy” (poem written by Takahata Junko, composed by Tablet Jun), which was aired as “Late Night Songs” on NHK’s Radio Midnight Flight.
During the encore, they performed the song rakugo “Tawara Hoshi-ten” and the legendary masterpiece “Summize the Night” (poem written by Yoshida Akihiro, composition by Okamura Midori), published under the name Tabuchi Jun in 2007. From classic Showa-era songs to foreign songs and original songs, he sang a total of 24 songs with his singing ability and variety of songs that are unique to Tablet Jun, who has a strong knowledge of music. The fans were all excited throughout, and the audience was entertained until the very end, mixing hilarious conversations with each other.
