Mai Sasaki, the “Four Heavenly Kings” of “Karaoke Battle,” made her major debut after losing “45 kg” and being slandered as fat

Entertainment desk reporter Norifumi Arakida’s “irresistible” stories from the world of show business.

The strongest junior high school student that everyone fears.

Mai Sasaki was given such a catchphrase on the popular TV program “THE Karaoke Battle” (TV Tokyo), in which professional and amateur singers alike gather to show off their singing skills. On September 20, she made her long-awaited major label debut with “Yakusoku Misaki.

Although Ms. Sasaki reigned as the “U-18 Four Heavenly Kings” on the show and has been recognized for both her popularity and ability, it was not an easy task for her to make her debut. ……

I first appeared on “Karaoke Battle” when I was in the sixth grade, but it was not until I was in the first year of junior high school that the show actually aired. Actually, I moved to a new house at that time, so I had no friends at all.

I didn’t know anyone, but I came to a school completely away from home, and suddenly I was famous.

Sasaki says she was very confused by the change of environment. Not only that, but she was also trapped in the “singing” she loved. ……

As the show went on, more and more children of my generation and younger than me were getting higher and higher scores,” she said. I was under pressure from school life, but the pressure to sing was even greater.

Influenced by her mother, she had grown to love enka (traditional Japanese ballads) and other songs from an early age, and even won her first competition on the same program in 2002. Even so, she was mentally driven, and the only “relaxation” she found was “eating.

He recalls, “At that time, I would eat three bowls of rice, a bag of ramen noodles, and snacks like potato chips, and I would gobble them down. I would eat them while my mother was taking a bath so that she wouldn’t find them (laughs).

Also, when my grandma would pick me up after school, the two of us would go to a family restaurant or a conveyor belt sushi place. And we eat (laughs). Of course, after we got home, we would eat, and then I would say, “I’m going to walk the dog,” and then I would eat two more ice creams or something like that. So I was eating five meals a day plus snacks.

Sasaki’s stress caused her to eat constantly. Naturally, her weight continued to increase in proportion.

However, a turning point came suddenly in his third year of junior high school. It was the worst situation …….