<figure id="attachment_464264" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-464264" style="width: 2083px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="325badc5"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/04/5bfa05ce9bcebf51ea440f6cee7c4012.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-464264" class="wp-caption-text">On April 5, Airu Ikumi appeared onstage at the stage greeting for the movie &#8220;The Song You Left Behind at the End&#8221; in Korea.</figcaption></figure>
<h2><span class="strongInContent"> A smile on her face as she greeted the audience for the first time in Korea.</span></h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> She said, &#8220;Año haseyo~!　Chonun. Nukumimel, imnida. Kamusahamnida!&#8221;</span></p>
<p> From April 3 to 5, the promotion of the movie &#8220;Kimi ga naze wa shita shita uta&#8221; (&#8220;The Song You Left Behind at the End&#8221;) was held in Korea. 24-year-old Airu Ikumi, who plays the heroine, took the stage with &#8220;Naniwa Boys&#8221; member Shunsuke Michieda, 23, who plays the lead role, at the stage greeting held in Seoul on April 4. As she said at the beginning of the speech, <span class="strongInContent">&#8220;Hello! I&#8217;m Airu Ikumi. Nice to meet you!</span> in Korean. The audience cheered, &#8220;You are so cute! and &#8220;You speak Korean so well!</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Kimiuta&#8221; is based on the second novel &#8220;Kimi ga naze wa naze shita uta&#8221; (The Song You Left Behind at the End) by writer Ichijo Misaki, who won the 26th Dengeki Novel Award for his novel &#8220;Seka Koi ga Nanae Mo Mo&#8221; (Sekakoy), a big hit that was made into a movie starring Michieda in 2010. Michieda plays Haruto Mizushima, the main character whose secret hobby is writing poetry.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Ikumi plays the role of the heroine, Ayane Tohsaka, who has developmental dyslexia and has difficulty reading and writing, but has a talent for singing and composing music.</span></p>
<p> The film was released in Japan on March 20, and drew 130,000 viewers in its first three days of release. The box-office revenue exceeded 170 million yen. Meanwhile, in South Korea, &#8220;Seka Koy&#8221; has become a social phenomenon, recording 1.25 million viewers, the second highest attendance ever for a Japanese live-action film in South Korea. When it was announced that Michie and Ikumi would be appearing in this film, the approximately 7,500 seats in the theater where the stage greeting was to be held sold out in almost three minutes.</p>
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<p> After Ikumi&#8217;s opening remarks,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I am really healed by the warmth of all of you. Thank you very much.</span></p>
<p> He also expressed his gratitude to the audience. The next day, she took the stage at the &#8220;CGV Yongsan Aipark Mall&#8221; for a stage greeting. Ikumi appeared on stage in a sleeveless fitted knit and black skirt. She showed off her elegant and beautiful style, charming the audience.</p>
<p> On the 7th, she updated her SNS. Once again,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> On the second day of the Korean stage greeting for the movie &#8220;The Last Song I Left for You,&#8221; he expressed his gratitude by saying, &#8220;Thank you very much for your support.</span></p>
<p> Thank you very much! The film&#8217;s success is likely to trigger a Meruru boom in Korea.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" Airu Ikumi&#39;s adorable smile that charmed Korean fans."></div>
<figure id="attachment_464265" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-464265" style="width: 2548px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="3553084a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/04/7b181b0cad777dcb9b91ca481f9d2ea0.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-464265" class="wp-caption-text">Airu Ikumi coming out of the venue after the stage greeting.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_464267" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-464267" style="width: 4000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="9fbe0bd6"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/04/3cd5dd505a118fa98325bb6903f44893.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-464267" class="wp-caption-text"> Airu Ikumi smiles as she comes out of the venue to the cheers of many Korean fans.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_464266" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-464266" style="width: 4000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4f2a5334"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/04/ac03f02847047cd35095403304c9f5c9.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-464266" class="wp-caption-text"> Airu Ikumi looks shy as she is cheered by the fans.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_464268" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-464268" style="width: 2050px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="919e5bbf"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/04/b81fc3597363453790bebbc2f2b1c7fd.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-464268" class="wp-caption-text"> Her adorable smile made the Korean fans melt with joy.</figcaption></figure>


 On April 3-5, the movie "The Last Song I Left for You" was held in Korea, and Airu Ikumi, who played the heroine, took the stage and was cheered by many Korean fans when she came out of the venue on April 5.

Airu Ikumi “Año haseyo~” at her first stage greeting in Korea, showing off her beautiful style in a tight-fitting knit at a film festival.

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