YUI and Japanese Earthquake

岩手・宮城内陸地震が起きた１４日朝、盛岡市内に人気シンガー・ソングライターのＹＵＩ（２１）が滞在していた。

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http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2008/06/15/07.html

The 14th morning when Iwate Miyagi inland earthquake occurred, YUI of popularity Singer [songuraita] (21) stayed in Morioka city.

激しい揺れに跳び起き、携帯電話のメールでスタッフらと安否を確認した

It jumped to the shaking which is extreme and occurred, verified the staff and others and safety with the mail of the portable telephone.

ＹＵＩは全国２２会場を巡るライブツアーの岩手公演を１３日夜、盛岡市民文化ホールで行い、そのまま総勢約４０人のツアースタッフとともに盛岡市内に滞 在。午前８時４３分ごろ、激しい揺れで跳び起きた。同行していたスタッフによると「部屋の中の家具などが倒れそうなほど大きく激しい揺れだった」という。

YUI the 13th night, to do the Iwate performance of the live tour which is related to the nationwide 22 meeting place with the Morioka citizen cultural hole, that way with entire spirit approximately 40 tour staffs stay to Morioka city. 8:43 AM around, it jumped with the shaking which is extreme and occurred. According to the staff whom you have accompanied “the extent the furniture and the like in the room may collapse, it was the shaking which is extreme largely”, that you say.

すぐに携帯電話でそれぞれが安否を確認しようとしたが、３時間近く全くつながらない状態。そこで携帯メールを使ったところ、ＹＵＩから「大丈夫」と返事が来るなど連絡が取れ、直接部屋を訪れるなどして全員の無事を確認した。

Directly, it tried that each one will verify safety by the portable telephone, but nearly 3 hours when it is not connected completely. When the portable mail was used, e.g., communication takes, visits the room directly doing, you verified the safety of everyone then e.g., “all right” and the reply comes from YUI.

１４日は移動日で、１５日の公演地の青森へ向かって正午に出発。ＹＵＩは「びっくりした」と話し、実際に地震の恐怖を体感したこともあり、ファンの無事を祈るとともに大きな被害に心を痛めていたという。

14 days at portable day, facing to Aomori of performance area of 15 days, start to noon. As “you were surprised”, you say YUI, you pray the safety of the fan partly due to the fact that really it fears earthquake bodily sensation, it is heart to big damage that it hurt.

ＹＵＩが盛岡市内に滞在していたことはファンも知っており、公式ホームページの掲示板には安否を心配する書き込みが相次いだ。これを受け、スタッフが午 後、「あす（１５日）の青森市文化会館の公演は予定通り行います。ただ岩手・宮城内陸地震の影響で余震活動が続いております。決して移動等に無理をするこ となく、ご注意して会場にお越しください」とＹＵＩとの連名でコメントを発表。ＹＵＩらの気遣いに、ファンたちはさらに感謝のメールを寄せている。

It has known also the fan, that YUI stayed in Morioka city, the entry which is worried about safety followed one another in the bulletin board of the official home page. This is received, the staff does in the afternoon, “tomorrow (15 days) as for performance of the Aomori city cultural center according to schedule. Simply aftershock activity is continued with influence of Iwate Miyagi inland earthquake. Never noting without overstraining in movement and the like, that please cross over to the meeting place”, announcing comment with the joint signature of YUI. The fan furthermore moves aside the mail of appreciation to the worry of YUI and others.

[2008 June 15th]

ADDITIONAL INFO:

The gist was that YUI held a concert the day before the earthquake.
They (staff) lost contact with YUI and others. And after three hours, they were able to contact her and the staff.
They said they were okay and YUI was more concerned with the fans out there.
The next concert place of YUI was on Aomori Prefecture, last June 15. And she was asked about the earthquake.
All she said was “I was shocked.”

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