November, which began with Koji Tamaki and ended with Koji Tamaki [Chocozap & Karaoke Diary 2025/11/30]
To maintain my motivation for Chocozap, I keep a record of my muscle training and karaoke (JOYSOUND National Scoring Grand Prix. 1000 points in the BEST 10).
Today's exercise record
Shoulder Press 25kg 45 reps
Chest Press 35kg 100 reps
Lat Pulldown 45kg 60 reps
Bicep Curls 15kg 30 reps
Dips 50kg 100 reps
Leg Press 40kg 100 reps
Adduction 60kg 60 reps
Abduction 60kg 60 reps
Ab Bench 100 reps
Treadmill 6km/h 12 degrees 30 minutes
Thoughts & Diary
Since the pain in my neck has almost disappeared, I have slowly resumed muscle training. I am using much lighter loads and doing more repetitions to compensate.
It seems to be fine, so I am relieved. I'm glad it wasn't anything serious, even if I really did just sleep on it wrong.
JOYSOUND National Scoring GP
970.186 points (- points)
Ranked 1,665th out of 39,669 nationwide
I achieved one of this month's goals, which was to get 970 points in the BEST 10, so now I'm challenging myself to see if I can break into the national TOP 10. The candidates are the following 3 songs.
Ken Hirai 'Ookina Furudokei' (Grandfather's Clock)... 97.506 points, 11th place / 129 people
Koji Tamaki 'Den-en'... 95.236 points, 12th place / 330 people
DEEN 'Eien wo Azukete Kure'... 96.887 points, 17th place / 111 people
So, I'm practicing these 3 songs, but the hurdle is naturally high! Even though I can get into the teens, I just can't quite reach the top 10.
Raising the bar for GLAY and Yutaka Ozaki
So I changed my strategy and decided to raise the scores of songs ranked 20th and below with an eye on next month and beyond. As a result, this hit the mark.
GLAY's 'Haru wo Aisuru Hito' reached 16th place, 'HOWEVER' reached 36th, and Yutaka Ozaki's 'Shelly' reached 19th.
Personally, I feel that 'HOWEVER' is the most valuable one. I am genuinely happy to have made it into the top 10% of a popular and difficult song that about 400 people participate in. It's a song full of memories that I listened to hundreds of times back in the day...
Moreover, looking back at my own articles, my score has gone up by 1.8 points from three weeks ago. I want to praise myself for that.
Also, compared to back then, my vocal volume has clearly increased in these three weeks, and my throat stamina has improved, making my voice less likely to get raspy. This is also a kind of growth.
A new personal best with Koji Tamaki!
Riding the momentum, I challenged "Grandfather's Clock" and "Den-en" again. In the end, I didn't make it into the top 10, but I still managed to set a personal best with Den-en.
Hmm, come to think of it, I first tried Den-en at the beginning of this month and finished it at the end of the month as well. It is truly a fitting song to wrap up this month.
Also, although I missed a personal best, quietly MISIA's "Ai no Katachi" briefly exceeded 90 points and rose to the 20s out of 115 people. I can expect good things from it in the future.
I intended to cut back on karaoke after buying a ukulele this month, but the chords are difficult and I'm struggling. My problem is that I inevitably end up wanting to go to the karaoke place I'm used to.
Since the scores will be reset starting tomorrow, I don't feel like I'll be pushing myself this hard at karaoke in December. ...Or so I should, or maybe not lol
Well, I'll probably be singing one way or another next month too.
November ended with 970.186 points
FIN.
Details of the JOYSOUND National Scoring Grand Prix are below