Interview with Bubbly Dance Coach, Akane | JAPAN Forward

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If you haven’t seen it yet, watch the “Bubbly Dance” (   • Tomioka Dance Club - Japanese High Schoole...  ) that Tomioka Senior High School students performed at the recent 10th All-Japan High School Super Cup Dance-Off. Although they only placed second overall, they captivated viewers by their mesmerizing movements and nostalgic outfits so that the applause undoubtedly proclaimed them the “people’s champions.”

This year’s theme, based on Japan’s bubble economy of the 1980s, represented the flashy, fast-cash lifestyle at the time Japan dominated the global electronics industry, manufacturing the majority of the world’s consumer electronics products and introduced innovative and revolutionary new products. Nintendo and Sega were leading the first global video game market expansion, and many Japanese companies were acquiring businesses in the United States.

Similar to the crash of the bubble economy, unfortunately, Tomioka’s national reign stopped this year after two back-to-back championships.

Their performance in 2016 was also highly-stylized, with the regional theme of Osaka Obachans (grandmas), featuring awkward but adorable sequences that entertained the audience. They took home the first prize. It was the second year in a row that Tomioka won in the national competition, and their unique style and brand started to create a new standard of dance performance.

Still, the buzz about their performance last August reached and lingered on the internet, as well as Japanese TV and media, for weeks throughout the summer.

Akane, the coach of the Tomioka Senior High School dance club in Osaka prefecture, sat down with JAPAN Forward editor in chief Yasuo Naito on September 29. Akane discussed the timeline of events that led to Tomioka’s success on the national stage.

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