Rindo Chihaya Reflects on One-Minute Fan Conversations in a Short Post-Event Chat

HOLOLIVE — Rindo Chihaya went live on Sunday evening for a short *zatsudan*, or chat stream, to talk about an event earlier that day where each fan got one minute with her. She said the minute was far shorter than she had imagined, and that it left her wanting to talk with her viewers one by one.

She opened by playing out a hurried one-minute thank-you, then said she was shocked by how little time it had been. She compared it with Formula 1, where a lap of about a minute and a half feels long, yet the minute with fans passed in what felt like 30 seconds.

“I just wanted to see everyone a little, and talk a little if I could. That’s honestly the only feeling behind this stream.” — Rindo Chihaya, on why she went live

Chihaya said the photo machine at the event broke down partway through and kept throwing errors, which held up her line in the first half. She put the total number of attendees at about 130 to 140, called that small, and said she wanted to make the venue bigger or hold more sessions. She also described how staff took off the headphones she wore to talk with fans when time was up, and how she kept shouting as it happened. Her throat was sore but not hoarse, she said. She added that she had overheard fans chatting in the waiting line and thanking one another afterward, and that it made her want to hold a fan meeting.

She then turned to viewer comments. One mentioned that a fan had posted that the venue’s parking lot was full of fans’ cars, and she joked about being blamed for things she had only read out. When a viewer said they were about to start driving school, Chihaya advised listening to the instructor, then told of a lesson where a student set off in the car without the instructor aboard. The talk moved on to a roughly 80 km/h road she had driven during lessons in Tochigi, and to motorcycle lessons.

Chihaya said she had been up since 5 a.m. and would be up at 4 a.m. the next day for her Formula 1 stream, which starts at 5 a.m. After about 50 minutes she thanked viewers, invited anyone who has never watched F1 to drop by and say good morning, and moved on to a members-only stream.