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I am surprised because I honestly didn't expect so many people to read it. Thank you. Actually, Yoshi-P was singing after the twinning dance, I just wanted to say that Yoshi-P fans who didn't know should enjoy his singing voice. It was midnight in North America at that time, so I figured there were people who didn't know. That's all I wanted to share. I was surprised that so many people read it.

I'll add the audio source of the community broadcast, although it is in Japanese. The story of his right leg injury starts at about 3 minutes 20 seconds.

Feb. 9, 2023

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Funfest in 2021 was held online. At that time, the rule was that large events could not be held in Japan.

I think some users know that they did a twinning dance inspired by a meme created by an American FF14 player. But there's more to that one.

In the video with the English title, I saw some guy's comments "Why is the man in the red shirt on the far right not smiling?" or "His dancing isn't serious, and he doesn't seem to be having any fun at all." etc.

There was a reason for this. I found it!

As you probably know, all of them who danced the twinning dance are very high authority people in the development team. They were requested to dance by Soken, still in the hospital room. Soken-san's request at first was to create a lighting effect as if there were four professional dancers in a row. But it would be fun if all the fans could see that it was them as soon as the lights were brightened.

When they heard that, they were confused at first, and after getting a little pissed off at Soken-san for saying such a thing. They laughed, then their passion kicked in and they decided to get serious about dancing. But there was no time before the event. They went to a dance studio after normal business hours and received instruction from professional dancers. If their dancing failed, it would ruin the fun concert that their fans were enjoying. But they also wanted to make Soken-san happy when he came back from the hospital room, so they asked never to let him see them practicing their dances.

The guy in the red shirt on the far right had injured his ligament in his right leg practicing that time. He wanted to dance with a smile on his face but couldn't, he said in a community broadcast in June 2021. By the way, it was a minor injury than he and others around him thought. Sorry I can only summarize the broadcast as it was in Japanese.


Okey, here's the YouTube video link.
I'll just tell you that it's not an official Square Enix video. The video is full of comments in Japanese, but please ignore the comments because the video contributors are reproducing it from Nico Nico Douga in Japan.


Finally, Yoshi-P commented.
Yoshi-P: "I came here to sing because you guys called me, but what am I supposed to do now?"
Soken: "Ah, you can go away."
Yoshi-P: "Oh, what? ah.., okay. I understand."
(He left the stage humming.)

Funfest 2022.
He could sing the rest of the song. Good for you, Yoshi-P!


He is wearing a kimono, which is completely designed for singers to wear on stage and is too flashy for everyday Japanese people to wear, but it is cool. That's why he is introduced in Japanese in this video as Naoki Yoshida, a great enka singer.