Lead Shinya Interview

To celebrate the second anniversary of the opening of the PONYCANYON SHOP, we have published an interview with an artist whose products are sold in our store! Lead, who will celebrate their 20th anniversary on July 31st, is featured in this issue! Shinya looks back on the unforgettable scene at "THAT PLACE"!

Q1. Tell us about your favorite memory from Asia so far.
In 2019, we performed at one of Taipei's biggest music festivals, Super Slippa 10. Seeing the audience dancing as they cheered as loud as they could for us made me so happy that the memory is still remains engrained in my mind. It had been over 10 years since we had performed in Taiwan yet seeing all of our fans come to see us made us truly realize that they had been waiting all that time for us and I was so happy.

Q2.What city in Asia do you most want to visit right now and why?
The capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. It has been the top country that Japanese people want to live in for the past 10 years, but why is that? I want to experience the diversity brought about by the coexistence of immigrants from all over the world myself.

Q3.Please tell us about your favorite souvenir that you bought in another country.
We went on a super short-term dance training trip to Los Angeles, and I bought a wooden art plate there. It fit in perfectly with the rest of the wooden interior design stuff I have around my house and I love it a lot!

Q4 What sort of events would you like to participate in while overseas?
We haven't been able to formally announce it because COVID-19 caused us to have to cancel anything related to this, but we have a collab song with GBOYSWAG from Taiwan and we'd really love to perform it in Taiwan!