— bright eyes *

— overview;

asami has the sg2 premade, so that might already say a little bit about her.

initially scouted for her visuals and wanted to be an actor, but was convinced by her company to pursue being an idol even though she had a lot of catching up to do. currently in yuju ent.

asami grew up in nagano, japan, and she never left her hometown for long periods. going to seoul on vacation was the first time in her life that she spent longer than a week away from home.

she follows the popular girl with a heart of gold kind of trope, especially when she was in school. people liked her well enough, and she was surrounded by people all the time (she can't be left alone, she doesn't like being by herself), but she was easily one of those people who could be taken advantage of because they are so pliant and nice.

she heard her whole life that she should be someone who'd appear on tv. a model, an actress, a news anchor, or anything. her face was worthy of being displayed to everyone to see, and she bought the idea and decided she would become an actress.

she's not that untalented, but she didn't stand out on that field. she did participate in a few school plays, of which some she was the protagonist, but that was the farthest she got into the stardom.

asami started working as a barista in a café after high school. she went to university and majored in acting. asami auditioned a lot and even got a few minor roles, so she knows how to hear a now as an answer.

at the age of 21, she went to seoul for a vacation of two weeks, and that's how she was scouted to her current company. she was in the subway when she was approached by a woman and offered the opportunity to join an entertainment company. for someone who didn't have anything to lose, why would she deny the chance, right?

the thing is, asami foolishly thought that a foreigner could get a gig or another in korea. it's not the case, of course. so, upon the chance to branch out from her comfort zone, asami throws herself at it blindly.

she's not at all the most talented of the select! girls. she has charisma, and she has the looks. she can hold the public's attention, but she's not a good rapper, she can barely sing, and her dancing is passable at best. summing up, at this stage, she's not at all prepared for debut, and to be fair, it's not something that she wanted for herself, but since she thinks she can branch out once her name is out there, trying doesn't hurt anyone.

asami is kind, gentle, patient, and a good friend, but she's a bit airheaded, and a little too eager, as well. she's sturdy at the very least and works hard.

— plot ideas;

Someone who knew Asami when she was younger and still living in Japan. They should either be Japanese or have grown up in Nagano.

Someone also interested in acting, and this could go some ways, I think:

They love what they do as idol-actors, and fully support the idea of Asami pursuing that path

Someone who hates acting but was pushed into it and wish Asami would stay away from the mess

Someone who doesn't like the idea of more idols wanting to make their way into this acting thing and dislikes that Asami thinks she'll ever make it

Someone who's patient enough to teach her Korean

Someone who's patient enough to teach her dance

Asami expected a lower grade than the D that she got. Sure, F would be the next step if she just kept lamenting and crying about how bad she did despite the countless hours of practice, so she was still in a very scary position right now. She could still go lower, while people who got worse than her could only hope to do better and go up.

There are no guarantees that Asami will be able to make it higher. If her audition taught her anything, is that despite having the best intentions at heart, she was still painfully mediocre in the eyes of the judges, and well, she couldn’t even blame them. She did a bad job at keeping up with the standard.

The camera had caught her crying after receiving her grade, despite her best efforts to not do it in front of everyone. She guesses that they need some of the drama to edit it in later like she had seen in other survival shows in the past, and truthfully, Asami doesn’t know how to feel about it. She didn’t want to be seen as a cry-baby, or a weak spot. She didn’t want people feeling sorry for her. But later when they are given the song and the assignment to learn the lyrics and choreography of I Wish, all Asami can think about is how she wants to do better.

The public loves an underdog, that’s very clear since always. The person who’s mediocre at best and manages to exceed expectations and blow everyone’s minds. People love that. If there is something Asami is, is mediocre at best, and if given the chance, she wants to be someone who the public likes and roots for, and not feel sorry for the poor foreign contestant who can’t keep up.

Asami trains day and night, as many hours as she can, with as much help as she can gather. She records herself and looks attentively at the mirror time and time again because she doesn’t want to get any moves wrong. Dancing comes quite easily to her, but it’s less about her ability to memorize and more about how she delivers it. She knows how to be charming, and she might as well use it to her benefit.

The lyrics are another story completely. She can’t hope to only dance and not sing. That would downgrade her even more, but singing is so difficult. Korean is difficult, and her tongue doesn’t roll the words as nicely as they are supposed to, and it’s frustrating to keep trying, especially when Asami starts sounding worse and worse at each try.

For some reason, Asami never felt particularly nervous in front of cameras. It wasn’t something she was used to, of course, because she had only done theater by the time she flew to Korea and started training to become something here. Even then, she held herself quite well whenever they had to do a camera test, and it wasn’t different now. They might be doing this for real this time, but it doesn’t mean Asami has a lot to be nervous about after all.

“Asami, take your position now. There’s no room for mistakes since there’s a lot of girls to go still, so work hard,” the staff tells her and makes an okay sign with his fingers asking if she’s ready to start. Asami takes a deep breath and slightly nods at him while not taking her eyes off the lenses of the camera.

She bows politely and smiles her best charming smile at the camera. Her hands are clasped in front of her and Asami tilts her head to the side mere centimeters before she starts talking. “Hello everyone, I’m Furukawa Asami, Yuju Entertainment’s trainee. It’s so very nice to meet you all,” she says sweetly as Asami pays extra attention to say all the words clearly despite her accent. “I’m a trainee for a little bit more than two years now, but I still have a lot of things I’d like to improve on myself. I hope that on Select, I’ll be capable of showing off my charms and be deserving of the fans’ support and love.” Asami had decided to go with the honest route even before she saw that compared to the others, her skills were not par. So, she hopes to stand out with what she knows she does best. Her charm.

She tucks a strand of hair behind her ear and quickly cups her chin between her thumb and index finger. “Now, up to something more interesting. Music, start, please.” And as soon as the words leave her lips, the sound of Phoenix’s Cherry Bomb fills the room, and she starts dancing to what she believes to be the most iconic part of the choreography. She stayed up a couple of nights before trying to make sure it looked flawless, but Asami knows that it isn’t the case. She does her best, though, and if she can’t deliver a spot-on performance, at least she knows her face can make up with that with how expressive she’s trying to be.

Asami has been told before that she looks good in pink. It was never a thought she paid too much attention to since it’s just a color, but as the years passed and people had more and more to say about her appearance, the comment started sounding a bit dull in her ears. It’s not bad, and certainly not the only thing people have to point out whenever she’s involved, but the comment had stuck in the back of her brain for the longest time with no reason to be put into action.

But since then, so many things have changed. Asami graduated from college, she gave up her job at the café, moved to another country with minimal knowledge of pretty much everything, and is now part of a survival show that’ll pick fourteen girls to debut in a girl group. From acting to singing, Asami’s life had turned upside down with no chance of changing anytime in the foreseeable future.

She has been told that the Halloween party would be something the Select! girls were allowed to attend, and while she didn’t think it would be a good idea, especially because she’s still a trainee who barely knows anyone in the industry yet, others had ideas that this could be the perfect opportunity to promote Asami. They aren’t wrong, and she’s fully aware of that fact, so when they are discussing the costume for Asami to wear, she doesn’t even fight against it too much and just lets what has to happen, happen.

They couldn’t go with something too edgy after all, she’s still a trainee, and while she does want the attention, Asami can’t get all of it without some eyes rolling in distaste. And a part of her also acknowledges that even though this isn’t something she had always wanted, she still wants to be on the good side of the few people who do pay attention to her.