Yuuki Otani | A little lady who prays for the well-being of her fans

The first impression is innocence!

Talking without stagnation that makes you feel confident 

Yuuki Otani is an idol from Aichi prefecture who joined SKE48 at the age of 13.

She has recently been a member of the Coming Flavor.

I gave the title "Little Lady", which is an image of a junior high school student, and she is now about 158 ​​cm tall, which is about the average height in Japan.

But I still want it to mean "young."

明日公園！ pic.twitter.com/iRMTRqK7Da

— 大谷悠妃 (@SKE48_yuuki) January 17, 2021

Around 2019 I started paying attention to this group.

It was triggered by Kimie Akahori, a 9th generation student of the same group.

However, at that time, there was not much content about Kimie Akahori, so while collecting related information, Yuuki Otani also caught my eye with videos on YouTube.

She feels like an innocent and pretty girl, and she feels energetic.

She is a self-proclaimed genius and seems to have done a trouble consultation section on the official website of SKE48.

I found her talks interesting and began to research and follow her information.

It's fun to see her answering at a good tempo without feeling the hierarchical relationship between her seniors and juniors.

It's funny that she acts like a grown up.

I must listen to her talks seriously!

She has a slightly unusual way of joining SKE48 as a third draft student.

The appeal video at that time conveys her desire to be a pure idol where she doesn't feel embarrassed.

her calm before her senior

Perhaps her first impression is that she is cheerful, energetic, and talkative, but there is another attraction.

It's dignity.

She laughs with a big mouth, and she isn't afraid to dive into the challenges presented on the TV show.

No matter how much she laughs, flies or bounces, she has the dignity of being born and never leaving.

It's like an aura that can't be erased by her superficial words and deeds, just as a Disney movie princesses will continue to be princesses even if they are adventurous, in trouble, angry, or crying.

When I think about it, I think all the 3rd draft students had something like that kind of elegance.

Perhaps at the time of the 3rd draft meeting in which she was selected, SKE48's seniors and fans could potentially have an atmosphere of demand for such elegance.

I may think too much.

There was a scene where such her character appeared a little aggressively.

A live broadcast program called "SKE48's" I called the announcers of 4 Nagoya stations for 8 consecutive weeks. "" Delivered on Locipo.

It was a program in which Mina Oba acted as MC, and the TV station in Aichi Prefecture rolled the dice to handle the theme.

And the theme that hit Yuuki Otani was "I want my seniors to fix it."

Mina Oba is a big senior, but Yuuki Otani said without fear, but with a pretty voice.

She said, "There seems to be an image that SKE48 is not cute, so I want you to convey that there are many cute girls."

When Mina Oba heard this and laughed a little, she said, "Yes, that's right."

She seemed that something comes to her mind.

As you can see on the internet, she probably once said that SKE48 could be put in even if it wasn't in good looking.

I was surprised.

And it was funny and laughed.

Since it's a live broadcast, Mina Oba seems to have been surprised.

Mina Oba is veteran.

So, she wouldn't be impatient with her response, but she wouldn't expect it to pinpoint what herself said.

Yuuki's eyes on it are serious.

Normally, no one will dig up what remains on the net like this.

Yuuki dares to bring it out.

I think she looked up the evaluation of the SKE48 group by herself and was disappointed that such an image had taken root.

However, Mina Oba wasn't ill-intentioned, but rather a little humility, self-defense, and I think this was also a reaction to slanders on the internet.

Does she say a defiant attitude or a bluff?

And I think there was a little aim.

It would have been nice if the mentality of the members of SKE48 at that time could be eased even temporarily.

In the world of welfare, this is called creating an alternative story, and in this case, to the members and antis who think that "idols must be cute" is the common sense in the world, "it's not the only idol” It is a skill that frees you from the original dominant idea by presenting another way of thinking.

Dominant story / Alternative story(kidukikensyuu.com)

However, this kind of communication skills are perishables.

Even if it works at that time, if it is documented and established, it becomes a new dominant story, a belief that afflicts the target audience.

It needs to be updated in moderation.

Therefore, Yuuki Otani may have been inspired to change that image here.

She may have declared on behalf of her synch and member dissatisfaction that are hurting their hearts with anti-swearing behind the idol activities that everyone wants to have fun with.

She may say that one of her elegances is a sense of justice.

She likes to be cheerful and fun, and she is positive and friendly, but she can't do anything.

There seems to be some policy there.

One stone thrown by her

She doesn't seem to be good at SNS and isn't the type to send out very often, but she used to say to fans who praise her as "kawaii" at SHOWROOM.

She said, "Everyone is so kind that you can use that kindness in your daily life ..."

I don’t remember exactly what she said.

However, there is no doubt that she wanted to say her fans are wonderful.

I felt that this led to the case where yuuki said, "I want you (Mina Oba) to tell everyone that SKE48 also has a lot of cute girls."

Yuuki Otani, I'm sure she thinks slanders online are bad, and she doesn't want her fans to get involved or involved in it. (Although I know the mechanism that fans may get aggressive because they protect what's important)

Speaking of which, Kimie Akahori also said, "I want you to know that SKE48 has cute girls," and maybe they are colluding.

Yuuki Otani seems to be talking about that with the 3rd draft students and members of the Coming Flavor.

But I think she is kind.

And I think she's strong.

Normally, it can be bit bitter, but in this way, no one is hurt, but she uses a style that guides ethics towards the grown men and women.

Her name has the word princess in it.

I remembered a little about the Russian emperor Catherine II, who was known for her enlightenment in world history study.

I forgot what it was, but only her name.

It would be great if Yuuki Otani's deep and earnest wishes could be realized.

Yuuki Otani's Twitter　@SKE48_yuuki

Yuuki Otani's Instagram　Instagram.com/0tani729

By the way, she seems to be a big Yakult fan.

Although she is from Aichi prefecture, she is not Dragons but Yakult ...

Is that because of a family member, or because she had a favorite player in that team?

Baseball fans have a strong image of regionality, but in the future, it may be mixed, or the fan base may be formed based on a different standard from the region.

It seems interesting to check this as well.