Travis Japan's Ryuya Shimekake, "I want to join this agency" when he was in sixth grade, and sent out his resume on "Tetsuko's Room"

Ryuya Shimekake of the popular group "Travis Japan" made his first appearance on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi), which aired on September 3rd. He talked about what prompted him to apply for the audition.

Travis Japan, a group that continues to perform worldwide using dance as their weapon. The members are "all good friends," he said, smiling, "(The members) said they were very happy to be appearing on 'Tetsuko's Room,' a nationally known program that everyone knows. They were very happy."

Influenced by her parents, she developed an interest in dancing and singing. "My father is a fan of SMAP, and my mother is a fan of KAT-TUN. I was able to go to their concerts from a young age. I saw the seniors there and decided I wanted to join the agency, so I sent in my resume when I was in sixth grade."

However, she didn't receive a reply right away, and it wasn't until a year and a half to two years later that she received a call about an audition. "I had forgotten (that I had sent my resume), so at the time I thought I wanted to be a hairdresser (laughs). Then I got a call about an audition, and at first I thought it was a lie, but when I went, it was true," she recalled.

After passing the audition, she commuted to lessons every day by train, which took about an hour and a half from her hometown in Ibaraki. "It was really far away, but I felt I had to work hard, so I continued to commute every day. On the way home, I would often fall asleep on the train and end up going to a place about an hour away from my hometown," she revealed.

When asked by Tetsuko about his future goals, Shichigosan declared, "I want to perform at the Tokyo Dome as a group. We've only ever performed as backup for our seniors, so one day I'd like to hold a concert on our own main stage!"