My first time: Singing on stage at an event for Yasuda Narumi's debut song "Nausicaä of the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind."

Even today's hottest stars and artists have had moments of "firsts" - their first appearance, first event, first live performance, etc. "My Firsts" is a program where they look back on those thrilling moments that only come from inexperience. Narumi Yasuda, an actor currently working on a recitation play "The Little Prince," talks about her memories of her debut song "Nausicaä of the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind," released in 1984.

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I made my debut as a singer in 1984 with the theme song for the animated film "Nausicaä of the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind."

What was memorable was that I sang on a stage for the first time at the event for my debut song.

All the anime fans were carrying nice cameras, and there was no applause; just the sound of shutters at the beginning and end of the show, and most of the audience were looking at me through their camera lenses.

It was a very strange feeling, and I didn't feel nervous because no one was watching me directly.

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Narumi Yasuda Born in Tokyo in 1966. Debuted in 1981. Made her debut as a singer in 1984 with the theme song for the animated feature film "Nausicaä of the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind". Won the Japan Academy Award for Best Actress twice for the films "Idiot! I'm Angry" (1989) and "A Drop of the River" (2002), and won the Japan Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Fukushima 50" (2021). She also won the Best Mother Award in 2009. Currently, she is streaming "Nausicaä of the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind(2024wer.)" and "Silver Harmonica (2024wer.)", produced by Haruomi Hosono for the first time in 40 years.

*...The reading play "The Little Prince" (written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Naito Tadashi) was held at the Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan Auditorium (Toshima-ku, Tokyo) on July 1st and 2nd (doors open at 6pm, performance begins at 7pm). In conjunction with the performance, an essay titled "The Little Prince: The Important Things That Make Me Up" (Kizuna Publishing) was published.