Singer and Actor Sugi Ryoutarou (66) is the special ambassador for Japan and Vietnam and with this title he has invited 43 artists, including EXILE, AKB48, and Koda Kumi (28) to attend the “2nd Japan-Vietnam Friendship Music Festival”. The event will be held on October 9th in Hanoi, Vietnam.
This is the second time the music festival will be held with the first occurring back in 2008 and is held in order to promote a cultural exchange between both countries. Japan has received much support from Vietnam after the Great Tohoku Earthquake and the artists want to show their gratitude to the people in Vietnam despite these hard times. A donation of around 16 million yen (~208,384 USD) was made to the disaster relief from the earthquake.
Seven different artists across various genres and generations will be performing and adding up all the groups’ members the total amount of artists will be 43. The following will attend: EXILE, Koda Kumi, AKB48, w-inds, AAA, and Sugi’s wife Godai Natsuko (49).
Koda grinned as she commented on bringing her sexiness to Vietnam for the first time, “I want to appear there in a sexy outfit. Is that alright Sugi-san?”. Even though the rules will probably be strict, Sugi gave his seal of approval, “That’s alright! But it might be the first time ever, so there will be a lot of people copying (you)!”
EXILE’s TAKAHIRO (26) commented, “Ever since I was a child, I received power from artists all over the world, so I also want to give that power to someone”. AKB48 is planning on sending 16 members, Miyazawa Sae (20) smiled, “We want to show AKB’s power!”
The live will be broadcasted live on Vietnam’s national broadcasting for two hours, and it will be shown in Laos and Cambodia as well.
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