Thanks to Lara for the heads up on this!

A while ago, we posted about the one day revival live that ラジオ体操 (Radio Taisou) is going to have in March.

Back in January, Kasumi, who is now a solo artist but was previously the vocalist for SMILE and Radio Taisou, posted the following entry in his blog regarding his break from musical activities.

Please note that he has not said anything about completely retiring from the music industry. He’s a student, he has a job and he’s a musician… that all has to pile up at some point and become quite hard to handle.

Regarding My Activity Pause
Ahh.
I’ve plunged into my university testing week.
It’s a week from hell.

After listening to Radio Taisou and SMILE songs, I keep wondering if I should practice… (sweat)
Sorry~

Things from my behind the scenes job have also piled up. To everyone concerned, I’m really sorry.
Also, I gotta write five new songs. Unrelated to that, I also have ten new sets of lyrics to write and singing to record.

Just as I thought, it’s pretty impossible to be a student, have a job and be a musician all at the same time.

I’m sorry, but after March 23rd, I’m taking a break~ (sweat)
As you can expect, I’m really tired (Laughs)
But for now, don’t use the word “retire”!

I’m sorry to all the fans of the “on stage Kasumi”.

Even though I started “Radio Taisou”, it seems like this time it’s just going to be a one night thing (laughs)

At any rate, I’ll do my best until March!!!!

On February 19th, Kasumi posted the following in his blog on the same subject:

Anyhow, you gotta keep going without any breaks.
If you stop, you’ll lose out to someone else.
Therefore, you gotta keep moving forward.

Right now, that’s how I feel.

Not only am I looking forward to March 23rd, but it’ll probably become a live where I’ll give some insight into what I’ve decided, and what my style will be in the future.

“Activity Pause” is what seems to be the normal way of saying it, but as far as being a person goes, I don’t have any plans to ”stop”.

Rather, more… even more than when I was in SMILE, I want to do things flashy and intense.
Only it’s temporarily physically impossible for me to do a live anytime soon, and I’ve been talking about changing my style.

My plans to move forward haven’t changed.

From here on, I’m going to speed up.
Seriously.

For the time being, I just have to work on getting my credits.

Source: Kasumi’s Blog

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