Beauty Japan 2024 Challenge

Hello! I am tidanomiyuki, a singer-songwriter.

I was honored to receive the Grand Prix at the Beauty Japan Okinawa Chura Island Area Preliminary Round held on June 30, 2024.

I never dreamed that I would win the Grand Prix in my first competition, but I am truly grateful for the opportunity to challenge for the next step up.

This is a bit long, but I would like to introduce myself and explain my decision to participate in the Beauty Japan contest.

I hope that this new challenge will help you as much as possible.

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I was born and raised in Inoda, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa.

Surrounded by lush greenery in the sun and the beautiful ocean, I loved eating vegetables, fruits, and fish that my father grew and caught since I was a child.

When I was in junior high school, I borrowed my brother's guitar and wrote my first song.

When I left the island to go to college, my grandmother, who had experienced the war, was very much against my going to Tokyo, but the people I met for the first time were all good people, and I never felt lonely.

When I joined a music club at university, I became more and more absorbed in music and gradually had more and more opportunities to sing songs I had written in front of people.

When I went to England to study after graduating from university, I met people who shed tears and cheered me up at street live performances, and I came to realize that being able to write songs is a special thing.

After returning to Japan, I worked at a company in Tokyo and was about to start a full-fledged music career when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, and I decided to return to Okinawa.

In 2011, I returned to Okinawa, took care of my grandmother who was living alone at the time, and started my music career.

My first stage performance was a open mic at a club. I remember that right before I was to go on stage, there was not a single audience, so I ran outside and performed on the street, caught some audiences, brought them back, and got on stage for good.

I made and released albums in 2014 and 2018.

I wanted as many people as possible to hear my songs, so I sent the CDs to 50 companies, including music companies. One of those companies contacted me and used my songs in a commercial. The album also led to appearances at music festivals in Korea and Mongolia.

After I returned to Okinawa, one of the things I started to do was to play the sanshin. When I played the sanshin, my grandmother was very happy because it reminded her of my grandfather who had passed away. I am still learning from Kousei Miyara, a leading Yaeyama folk singer, and I am always fascinated by the beauty of the melody that is full of emotion.

I met and married my life partner in 2015, and my daughter was born the year after my grandmother, whom I loved very much, passed away at the age of 104. It was not until I became a parent that I learned that birth of a child is such a life-threatening experience.

I never wanted to give up the things I loved to do or the dreams I had because of child rearing, but when my son was born in 2022 and I was tossed about raising a child, there were times when I could not find any strength in my mind or body.

Last year, Corona finally settled down and I was able to return to my hometown for the first time in three years. From the moment I stepped off the plane, my empty heart and soul were filled with energy, as if water was being poured into them.

Surrounded by familiar air and nostalgic scenery, I remembered that I was born and raised here.

For years I had been unable to find a reason to return to my hometown, Ishigaki Island, but I realized that this was the place where I could be healed from the depths of my body.

When I was embraced by the abundance of beautiful nature and my mind and body were filled with an overflowing energy, it was as if my true self had returned once again.

When I came back to the main island of Okinawa, I held a series of events, including my first live concert after giving birth, moving house, and having my first wedding in over 5 years.

Since the beginning of this year, I have been thinking a lot about the ideal life for my family.

First of all, I put the children first. I hope that everyone in the family can spend their time together laughing and feeling safe.

And then there is music, which is both my purpose in life and my mission. I want to write more and more songs and deliver them to people who would like to listen to them.

I am still on the road, but my ideal life is starting to seem more and more realistic.

It was around this time that I was invited to participate in the Beauty Japan contest for the first time, and I hoped that I could contribute something through what I am sure of based on the path I have taken so far.

As I thought about how I should express myself, I thought of my friends around me. I have the utmost respect for my friends who have children and are still pursuing their own dreams.

As a mother myself, I think how amazing they are. I wonder how they are able to shine so brightly.

Encouraged by their presence, I realize that I don't need to be in a hurry and that it is important to go at my own pace.

Beauty Japan” As I thought about the beauty of beauty, there was one thing that I realized. That is that perhaps no one is aware of their own beauty and radiance by oneself.

Everyone is truly beautiful. No one has the same light, and it shines brightly. If we can see each other through the light of our star-like radiance, I feel that we can know our own light, which we have not noticed, through the others.

I hope that this Beauty Japan stage challenge will help you to see your own shining light. And I sincerely hope that it will give you courage and strength, even if only a little.

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★ tidanomiyuki https://g.co/kgs/QfMmSna
★Beauty Japan https://beauty-japan-or.jp

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