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6/27/2025, 1:52:06 AM
New Wakana interview
https://entamenext.com/articles/detail/39631
>The CanCam audition was the trigger for your entertainment career, right?
>Uehara: Yes, that’s right. Before that, I had gone to hear about agencies and such, but it was after that audition that I seriously started using social media and made up my mind to pursue this path.
>When did you first become interested in the entertainment industry?
>Uehara: Around junior high school. When I was in elementary school, my family hardly ever watched TV. But after I finished my entrance exams for junior high and started going to school, all my friends were excitedly talking about TV shows. That’s when I discovered, “Wow, there’s a world like this!” and I started to admire it.
>I heard you were even scouted in Tokyo?
>Uehara: Yes, once I started going to Tokyo more often after becoming a junior high student, I began getting scouted more. I was surprised, like, “Huh? Me?” But I thought, “If I’m going to do this, I want to do it seriously,” so I researched agencies I liked and started auditioning.
>You were attending an academically competitive junior high, right? Were you good at studying too?
>Uehara: Well… I was really bad at the humanities subjects (laughs). My deviation score in social studies was in the 40s. But I was good at science and math — my math deviation score even exceeded 70 at one point. My junior high entrance exams were also focused on science and math, so I think that’s why it worked out for me.
>You started your entertainment career as an idol, right?
>Uehara: Yes. But originally, I wanted to be an actress, and my dream was to appear in a morning drama (Asadora). I was taking acting lessons, but without name recognition, I couldn’t even get audition invites… I’ve always liked idols too, so I ended up debuting as an idol.
>That said, wasn’t idol life really tough?
>Uehara: It was tough. I was an idol during my university days, living alone in an apartment in Nakano that cost 48,000 yen a month.
https://entamenext.com/articles/detail/39631
>The CanCam audition was the trigger for your entertainment career, right?
>Uehara: Yes, that’s right. Before that, I had gone to hear about agencies and such, but it was after that audition that I seriously started using social media and made up my mind to pursue this path.
>When did you first become interested in the entertainment industry?
>Uehara: Around junior high school. When I was in elementary school, my family hardly ever watched TV. But after I finished my entrance exams for junior high and started going to school, all my friends were excitedly talking about TV shows. That’s when I discovered, “Wow, there’s a world like this!” and I started to admire it.
>I heard you were even scouted in Tokyo?
>Uehara: Yes, once I started going to Tokyo more often after becoming a junior high student, I began getting scouted more. I was surprised, like, “Huh? Me?” But I thought, “If I’m going to do this, I want to do it seriously,” so I researched agencies I liked and started auditioning.
>You were attending an academically competitive junior high, right? Were you good at studying too?
>Uehara: Well… I was really bad at the humanities subjects (laughs). My deviation score in social studies was in the 40s. But I was good at science and math — my math deviation score even exceeded 70 at one point. My junior high entrance exams were also focused on science and math, so I think that’s why it worked out for me.
>You started your entertainment career as an idol, right?
>Uehara: Yes. But originally, I wanted to be an actress, and my dream was to appear in a morning drama (Asadora). I was taking acting lessons, but without name recognition, I couldn’t even get audition invites… I’ve always liked idols too, so I ended up debuting as an idol.
>That said, wasn’t idol life really tough?
>Uehara: It was tough. I was an idol during my university days, living alone in an apartment in Nakano that cost 48,000 yen a month.
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