HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ – Hirano Aya Appearance

Hirano Aya (the voice of Suzumiya Haruhi) made an appearance on last night’s HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ program that’s generating huge buzz across the Japanese blogsphere. After running through the Oricon Top 10, they show a short clip of her performing God knows… before the two hosts, the comedy duo Matsumoto Hitoshi and Hamada Masatoshi, interview her. This was the really hilarious part because the hosts didn’t realize how different her real voice was compared to her singing/acting voice. So of course when she’s talking about how she entered the industry at age 9 and started seiyuu work at age 14, they’re making fun of her voice. You can see her switch to that “mature” voice at 3:58 in the video, which gets the audience going wild. I knew she could do both voices, but to see her switch like that was really cool. And then there was that part at the end where they’re talking about nicknames and she calls Hamada “Ensign Hamatis” and Matsumoto “Captain Matsumotinu.” Anyway, it’s a really fun and hilarious video, and I’d recommend everyone watch it.
Watch it on YouTube!