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Actor's School Hiroshima アクターズスクール広島 | |
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3rd Floor, TSS Headquarters, 2-3-18 Deshio, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, 734-0001, Japan | |
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School type | Private performing arts school |
Founded | 1999 |
Website | http://www.tss-tv.co.jp/actors/ |
Actor's School Hiroshima (アクターズスクール広島, Akutāzusukūru Hiroshima), commonly abbreviated to ASH, is a performing arts school in Hiroshima, Japan, founded in 1999. It is managed by the production company TSS Production , a subsidiary of Shinhiroshima Telecasting, and is located within TSS Production offices. [1] It has a longstanding business relationship with the talent agency Amuse, Inc. [2] In October 2017, ASH opened a branch school near Fukuyama Station in Fukuyama, the second-largest city in Hiroshima Prefecture. [3]
Classes offered at Actor's School Hiroshima include acting, singing, dancing, and modelling. [4]
ASH maintains several internal idol groups, which membership consists of its active students and perform both in internal and outside events, allowing them to obtain real-world experience. These include SPL∞ASH , MAX♡GIRLS, peony (Shimane Prefecture promotional unit, named after that prefecture's official flower), and Kakumei Shojo (革命少女, "Revolution Girls").
ASH holds recitals, or "Acts", twice a year in the spring and autumn. [5] The audience is allowed to record the performances using professional equipment. Students may perform solo or in groups after passing auditions, and the internal idol groups also perform there, often groups where a former ASH student is present. [6]
On March 31, 2019, to commemorate the school's 20th anniversary, ASH students performed a medley of songs released by their notable alumni in that year's Spring Act. [7]
In 2019, Riho Sayashi, formerly of Morning Musume, became a support dancer for Babymetal. This was considered a "shocking" occurrence in the Japanese entertainment industry, especially since Sayashi held a prominent position in her former group and both groups belong to different management companies. Sayashi and Babymetal lead singer Suzuka Nakamoto's relationship at ASH, where they were considered rivals and two of the top students of their time, [8] is believed to have an influence on this. [9]
On December 1, 2020, Arisa Mineyoshi of STU48 covered "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" by Babymetal in the final rounds of the AKB48 Group No. 1 Singer Contest. [10]
On February 2, 2021, Nikkan SPA! reported on a series of concerts at the Nippon Budokan by three different musical acts fronted by ASH graduates, which it dubbed the "Budokan ASH Relay". It started with STU48, which performed there on January 15 and announced that Chiho Ishida would be the lead performer in their sixth single. Mitsuki Imamura, the group's captain, tweeted after the show "We left the baton at the Budokan", and =Love leader Anna Yamamoto tweeted "We received the baton" before her group performed there the next day. Babymetal would also perform in Budokan on the 19th and 20th, the first two shows in a planned ten-day performance. [11]
On September 20, 2021, STU48 announced the "New Wave Project", an STU48 trainee recruitment process exclusively for active ASH students, at the 2021 ASH Autumn Act. [12]
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