Shikomi Shion

Shikomi Shion of Hanafusa okiya

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         Watashi no namae wa Shion desu.

                     My name is Shion.

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Born in Kobe, Shion was involved in the performing arts from a young age - and she hated it.

Her mother was vicariously living her dreams of becoming a idol sensation through her daughter, signing Shion up as a children’s idol. She was a very shy girl at that age, and developed a habit of never listening to music unless she had to.

This habit was broken during a family holiday to Kyoto. Passing through a department store, she saw a crowd huddled around an empty stage. Something compelled her to wander away from her parents and take a look.

As the geimaiko arrived on stage and began, Shion found herself enraptured. This performance was not loud, boisterous and fake - each move was perfected down to the minutiae, and the music progression was simple yet played with talent and grace. The performer’s façade was focused on expressing a story to the audience, although it was too complicated for little Shion to fully understand.

She knew this was what she wanted to do.