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In 2018, Kanagawa Prefectural Police arrested Watanabe five times for rape, indecent assault, theft and other crimes. The arrest is not the first for Watanabe. The matter emerged when a passerby saw the woman crying outside the station after the incident. They brought the woman to the parlor after calling out to her in the street. The suspects, both of no known occupation, are acquaintances. Yota Watanabe, left, and Kazuki Koyama (Twitter) Upon their arrests on suspicion of coerced intercourse on November 20, the suspects declined to comment on the allegations, the Omiya Police Station said. 22).Įarly on March 24, 2019, Yota Watanabe and Kazuki Koyama, both 24, are alleged to have sexually assaulted the woman, aged in her 20s, inside a karaoke parlor near JR Omiya Station.Īfterward, Koyama forced the woman into a nearby internet cafe where he is alleged to have sexually assaulted her again. But I'm not going to just be nice – I'm going there to win.SAITAMA (TR) – Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested two men over the alleged rape of a woman in Saitama City last year, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun (Nov.
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And the costume! I’ve got to pack four costumes into one suitcase, plus makeup, accessories and shoes it's going to be tight! I don’t know how well sequins, feathers and capes roll, but we will see!”Īlthough Ball admits representing the UK in Japan feels surreal, she is taking it very seriously: “I can't believe I'm going to represent the UK. So it's really powerful – it’s going to be more of a performance song. “It's a big number and it's in a higher key. So my aim is to do really well in the first two, get into the top 10, smash those, and win! Just like that – really easy, no stress, no pressure,” she laughs.īall reveals that one of her songs for the final will be The Show Must Go On by Queen. If I don't score highly enough in the two songs, I won’t be able to perform my last two songs.
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I mean, if you're doing it, you need to know your lyrics! I do know my lyrics, but in that moment in time I lost my words – it can easily happen to the most professional singers.”ĭescribing visiting Japan as a “massive bucket list tick,” Ball is excited for what’s ahead: “I just found out that all of the countries do two songs, and your two songs have to be strong enough and score you enough points to get into the top 10.
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Ironically, Ball made it quite far into the competition in a previous year, missing out on going to the final in Finland by one point when points were deducted for forgetting her lyrics. In terms of go-to songs when gigging, she admits she often sings crowd-pleasers: “I usually sing what they want to hear, but if I’m doing karaoke for fun, I’ll just sing something that I don't know the words to because they're going to be there in front of me!” (This author may or may not have worn a tie as a belt in her teenage years). “I love singing Anastasia, S Club 7 and Avril Lavigne,” Ball says. First introduced to karaoke as a child when she was gifted a karaoke machine by her parents, Ball went on to sing in a few pubs when she was 15 – “I wasn't allowed to drink, obviously” – and is now doing regular gigs and weddings. “Apparently within a mile radius of that venue there are over 80 karaoke bars – I might have no voice left,” she jokes. The Blackpool-born 27 year old is preparing to travel to Tokyo to represent the UK – whittled down from 50 finalists in the biggest amateur singing competition in the world. But now that I’m going to Japan, it’s like, ‘Oh my goodness – this is really serious!’” In the UK we tend to take the mick and have fun with karaoke. “There are some class acts on, and the singers that are performing are of a certain standard. “For us, it’s just a bit of fun to let your hair down it's not taken seriously at all, but overseas and in Japan especially, it is absolutely huge, and they take it very seriously. “It's a bit frustrating, because in the UK you've got some bloke that will say to his mate, ‘come on, let’s go and do a bit of karaoke’ after a few drinks,” Jenny Ball, the UK finalist for this year’s Karaoke World Championships tells Headliner on the phone ahead of packing for her trip to Japan. In England, however, it is a bit of a joke – usually only suggested by that one friend that thinks they're Celine Dion after consuming vast quantities of alcohol on a Saturday night. Headliner speaks to Blackpool-born UK finalist, Jenny Ball ahead of the competition final in Japan, who reveals her song choice and explains how the competition is helping change the perception of karaoke. ‘Avoid boring life – Sing karaoke!’ reads the slogan by Singa – the streaming service for karaoke singers that is behind the Karaoke World Championships.