Hayami Saori to Appear Live

Brilliant 16-year-old singer/seiyuu Hayami Saori 早見沙織 will be appearing in what I think is her first live event next month in Tokyo. She will sing the Wagaya no Inari-sama ED and there will be a talk portion of the program.

Also appearing will be Hitomisora (Yoshida Hitomi and Izumikawa Sora), who do the OP. The OP single will be released on 14 May and the ED on 28 May.

There is an application form on the official site for people who want to attend the 17 May event. One hundred names will be chosen.

There continues to be a steady trickle of posts in Hayamin's thread on 2channel. And it is on 2channel that they have decided to give her the nickname "Hayamin." People see her as making progress in her voice-acting and as already very accomplished in her singing. Her soft-voiced portrayal of the strange Kou in Wagaya is quite riveting. For me, she and Yukana are the only things of much interest in that show.

She may also be appearing in a new show this summer: Sekirei, an ecchi comedy from the director of Nanoha A's, Nanoha Strikers, and Inukami. The cast has not been announced, but some people (including me) think it's her voice in the promo video, playing Musubi, a miko who seems to drop from the sky onto our hero and move in with him, and whose large breasts are often uncovered in the promo video.

Perhaps I"m Enterprises is rolling out its "secret weapon."