Hinageshi Sings Eight Dark Songs Ahead of Halloween, Then Redoes Her Opener

KAMITSUBAKI — Hinageshi, a singer with KAMITSUBAKI’s 1mPHENOMENON RECORD label, sang eight songs on a Halloween-themed *utawaku*, or singing stream, on Thursday, choosing dark and ghostly numbers over seasonal ones. She sang them in front of a dim, ornate backdrop that her manager had found. She said she had planned to perform in a back alley, but the scene looked too frightening and the room was cuter.

She opened with a song she had to stop partway through. She apologized for choking up, and said that over-singing had left her throat raw. She sipped olive oil and honey to recover and said her voice might sound more composed than usual. Late in the stream she asked viewers’ permission to sing it again so she could end on a clean take, and she did, thanking them for the chance at a redo.

“No, I’m the only one on the handsome-role duty.” — Hinageshi, on being the group’s handsome one

In between came Kitani Tatsuya’s “Bakeneko” (“Monster Cat”), Eve’s “Ghost Avenue”, which she said she had wanted to sing for a long time and had been waiting for Halloween to use, and “Giragira”, a song she had sung during her training period. She said she could not manage its growling delivery back then and was glad she had since learned to. Ahead of it she told viewers the last three songs of the night would be more forceful.

Chat answered several songs with long runs of applause. After “Ghost Avenue” viewers wrote that the performance had a cool feel, and after “Giragira” that it was sharp and dashing. Late in the stream she joked about witches “kneading” potions, and the talk turned to the *Naruto* manga, of which she said she had read only the first volume. She closed with a spoonful-at-a-time recommendation of honey and olive oil for a sore throat, told viewers not to gulp them, and read out the day’s Super Chats, four in all. Her next stream is set for Nov. 1 at midday.