【💐 Encounters with Idols vol.0̸】Record of the SWEET STEADY Grand Special Event @ Bellesalle Shiodome 2026-02-21
SWEET STEADY
🩷 Natsuka Kurita
人生で初めてチェキを撮ったアイドル🩷#すいすて #なあなあなつかちゃん #はんなりなつか #栗田なつか pic.twitter.com/HlyO81u83C
— Dusk (@Dusk_9) February 21, 2026
Taking a cheki with an idol
was a first-time experience for me.
I didn't know any of the etiquette, so I reread the regulations over and over to reassure myself.
I couldn't visualize it, and as the time for our face-to-face meeting approached, I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my mouth.
An event I wasn't actually planning to go to
I had planned to attend a different event that day (an event where I could meet world-class macho men).
However, I got caught up in a simple sales pitch from my favorite idol asking, "Can you come?"
I stared at the Shinkansen schedule, held out until the very last minute, and somehow decided to attend this grand special event.
I'm so glad I went!!
Honestly, I was conflicted, thinking, (Is it really okay to go meet them when I haven't even been to a live concert yet?), so I was reluctant to go.
Even so, I headed there because I knew there was a chance to meet her.
Up until then, I had almost no contact with her.
Online special event: 1 time
Online autograph session: 1 time
Talkport: 1 time
That's all.
Moreover, this is my first time supporting an idol, so I'm in a state where I don't really know what I'm doing. (Actually, I still don't really know what I'm doing...)
I headed to the grand special event on a Shinkansen with a view of Mt. Fuji, listening to "Suki ni Shite" (Do As You Like).
An event where I could talk directly to my favorite idol and take a cheki.
While waiting in line, I stared at her as she came into view, desperately racking my brain for what to say.
— It was my turn.
It was my first time meeting her in person.
Yet, the first thing she said was,
"Dusk~!"
She called me by my name.
Even though it was our first time meeting in person.
With my brain unable to process what was happening, we took the cheki and moved on to our conversation.
Once again, she said,
"I see your tweets!"
I was so shaken up that I have no memory of the conversation that followed.
https://note.com/dusk_ss315/n/n40af25b64191?sub_rt=share_pw
It's pathetic how completely floored I was by Natsuka lol
One surprise after another left me unable to speak reflexively.
While I lamented, "That was such a precious opportunity!", my heart was filled with the joy of knowing that she recognized me enough to call me by my name just by seeing my icon.
She just called my name.
It was just that, but it seems I've been put under a heart-shaped spell.
Before I met you, I didn't really express my affection much
I felt like just saying "cute" would make me look cheap
But once I met you, the vocabulary I thought I'd memorized disappeared
The only words that suit your appearance and what you do are
"You are a cute person"
(From Reaction The Butta's "Suki ni Shite")
🧡 Nagisa Shoji
当日券があるということで2次受付の時に迷いに迷って断念したなぎゅと。#すいすて #なぎゅとぎゅーしよ #庄司なぎさ pic.twitter.com/eEi8iRPoSB
— Dusk (@Dusk_9) February 21, 2026
I have a special feeling for Nagyu somewhere.
It might be tactless to bring up other idols to a currently active idol, but there is someone I can't help but think of when I look at Nagyu.
The idol known as “Keiko Sawaguchi”.
She was a member of the “adult” idol group predia, which has already disbanded.
My first encounter with predia's Keiko Sawaguchi was when she was selected as the Tuesday assistant for Ken Washizaki's Yorunight x Yorunight.
【本日放送📻】
— predia (@pre_dia) January 4, 2022
今夜24:00~
文化放送 超!A&G+「鷲崎健のヨルナイト×ヨルナイト」に沢口けいこ（ @sawaguchikeiko ）がレギュラー生出演致します🗣
今週もぜひご視聴をお願いします💻https://t.co/M8v0dNhkt3 #PRedia #ヨルナイト #agqr pic.twitter.com/wTkOccNRlp
That was the beginning of Keiko Sawaguchi's success story as an idol.
I never went to her solo concerts, nor did I ever meet her in person.
I only knew her as a listener.
As a radio listener, I only watched the activities of both predia and Keiko Sawaguchi from afar.
However, there was the first and last predia concert I attended.
Ken Washizaki's Yorunight x Yorunight presents
～Yona Yona Fes 2022 in Yaon～
The “I love you!!” towel I held up that day.
I cannot forget the emotion of that day.
The moment the dream of the idol Keiko Sawaguchi came true.
Anyone who was there that day should understand this feeling.
Maybe I'll write about this on note someday.
Setting that aside for now.
From my perspective, Nagyu's idol life somehow overlaps with the trajectory of the idol Keiko Sawaguchi.
Is it because they look a little alike?
Is it because she has such high variety skills that she can pull off gag routines?
Is it because she works hard even though she's a member who struggles with singing?
I don't know what it is.
I haven't been able to put it into words yet, but they somehow seem to overlap.
However, I want to clarify that this does not mean I am underestimating Nagisa Shoji.
Nagyu is Nagyu.
Even so, to me, she seems like a somewhat special existence.
The moment we faced each other, I thought I would be sucked into those large, clear eyes.
At the same time, I felt a little relieved that she is just a girl of her age.
It was only a few seconds. But, it is firmly etched in my memory.
https://note.com/dusk_ss315/n/nf11db0ec1d2b?sub_rt=share_sb
In a world that changes dizzyingly
There were times when I had nowhere to belong
Even so, I was able to meet you properly
I already know what is important
( from predia 『My Story』 )