[OWV] Music Blood 220520

https://www.ntv.co.jp/musicblood/articles/2295j85fc9ihwb7stfoz.html

OWV’s Nakagawa Katsunari to appear in MUSIC BLOOD’s “New corner THE NEXT UP〜 you are the next~” (literal translation)

On tomorrow’s (20th May) episode of MUSIC BLOOD #59 JO1 will guest. And, there will be the corner “THE NEXT UP〜 you are the next~”.
It will focus on the aftermath of the participants of the audition program “PRODUCE 101 JAPAN” and Nakagawa Katsunari will be introduced. He is a member of the 4 member next generation boy group OWV, which was formed by trainees who failed the audition.

Nakagawa-san who is 183cm tall, has an outstanding style and is highly skilled in rapping and dancing was regarded as a potential member, but unexpectedly he was voted on the 63th place by the national producers. “I didn’t want to hear or see anything. I was so depressed that I wanted to forget that I participated in this audition.”, he says while looking back. This Nakagawa-san was saved by OWV’s leader Honda Kosuke-san who was introduced in the corner the week before. “That guy wasn’t someone who should end at this point. It is really a mystery that he ended up being eliminated. He had potential so I wanted to do my best together with him.” Now Nakagawa-san is finally standing at the entrance of his dreams.

Full script of the feature:

OWV is a group made up from 4 members who were eliminated in the audition that gave birth to JO1. One of them, Nakagawa Katsunari, had experienced hitting the rock bottom before.
In this audition the 11 members of the group were chosen by the voting of the audience.
(Short snippet from his 1minute PR video)
There were high expectations for Nakagawa who is 183cm tall and had high skills in rapping and dancing to become one of the final members.
However…
Comment 1: The blonde hair is ugly!
Comment 2: what’s with that red shirt?
(Both referring to his 1min PR video)

He received harsh criticism and was eliminated in the first round. He placed 63rd. Nakagawa who cut himself off from the public opinion shut his heart. Looking back at the time…
Katsunari: I was in a huge void for a long time and I did not want to see anything of it. I shut down everything from my daily life and I was so much in a state of depression that I wanted to forget that I joined that audition.

He turned the tables from being eliminated as the 63rd place. How was he able to debut?

(Commercial break)

The one who rescued Nakagawa who had hit the deepest rock bottom was OWV’s leader Honda Kosuke.
He went to Yoshimoto Kogyo for direct talks every day and formed the group.
He said: Katsu, let’s do it together! You are not a guy who should end (his career) at this place.
He felt the potential of Nakagawa who was eliminated as the 63rd place.

Kosuke: As you can see Katsu is the slender model type and his face is cool (Katsunari: thank you) and he can rap, sing and dance. So why he was eliminated in the first round was a riddle to me and I was bothered by this.
Katsunari: Back then I was so happy (that you asked me to join).

For the people who believed in him Nakagawa took up hard lessons again and turned things around from his crushing failure in the audition. He now stood at the entry of his dreams.