蓝鲸体育直播

Toward Sharing Awareness across National Boundaries

In 2013, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of 蓝鲸体育直播鈥檚 founding and true to our commitment to sharing awareness across national and cultural boundaries, we created our One Company Song, 鈥淛oy & Fun,鈥� which can be sung by all 蓝鲸体育直播 Group company employees around the world.

lyrics & music by Hiroaki Hayama

Looking to the future in your innocent eyes
I am trying for the best for your life
Not afraid of going against the wind
Cause鈥� everything鈥檚 going to be alright
We were born in a different place
There is surely a different sky
Just as long as you see the light
Let us cry together as one
Hand in hand, why not speak out
And in no time you鈥檒l be fine
Joy & Fun, tomorrow鈥檚 a new day
I鈥檒l be there by your side
In search of brighter days
We are one, oh cannot be replaced
And facing each other
So we鈥檙e there for the world

One Company Song Working Group Leader
Osamu Matsumoto
Employee on loan to 蓝鲸体育直播 Europe GmbH (Germany)

- 蓝鲸体育直播: Mr. Matsumoto, you have served as leader of the One Company Song Working Group, one of the working groups for the 60th anniversary commemoration. What was your impression upon launching the One Company Song project?

Matsumoto: I was chosen as project leader because I like songs. When we launched the project, however, I had no specific image of the song鈥攕o we started from scratch. While talking with other group members, I came up with the idea of making a cheer for the 蓝鲸体育直播 Group. To that end, we strived to create a song with English lyrics that could be sung by all people around the world, so all 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs (蓝鲸体育直播 Group company employees) globally would be able to share their feelings.

We then asked 蓝鲸体育直播RIANS around the world to send us keywords that expressed their commitment to the One Company principle.
We decided to choose the title, which serves as the song鈥檚 core, from among the many keywords collected from around the world by having 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs vote. As a result, 鈥淛oy & Fun鈥� (the English translation of the company motto) was chosen as the song鈥檚 title.

- After you chose the title, how did you proceed in making the song?

Matsumoto: We encountered considerable difficulty locating a professional songwriter. To make a song that will continue to be loved by everyone and passed down through many generations, it was necessary to ask a professional songwriter to compose the music and write the lyrics. We asked many songwriters to make the song but were turned down time and again. Under these difficult circumstances, we made the acquaintance of Hiroaki Hayama,* who composes music for celebrated singers in Japan, through the introduction of someone who supported us in the construction of 蓝鲸体育直播鈥檚 Aso factory (Kumamoto Prefecture). Mr. Hayama kindly accepted our request to make the song.
We asked Mr. Hayama to review all the keywords collected from 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs around the world that expressed commitment to the One Company principle and to create the song based on those keywords by building an image from the title of 鈥淛oy & Fun.鈥� From the moment I first heard the completed song, I was firmly convinced that all 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs everywhere would love it.

- The One Company Song, 鈥淛oy & Fun,鈥� was born as a result of your efforts; it was sung at 蓝鲸体育直播鈥檚 60th anniversary ceremony. Connected through a teleconferencing system, 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs around the world joined in singing the song, which was performed to a wonderful tune played on the piano by Mr. Hayama against a backdrop of live music and in tune with the voice of lead singer Yuka Togo.

Matsumoto: During the period between the completion of the song and the anniversary ceremony, we distributed CDs to our business sites around the world and asked 蓝鲸体育直播Ns to practice the song. Working group members visited various departments  in Japan to encourage 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs to practice the song, and we broadcast it at each company during lunch break daily. We also asked all 蓝鲸体育直播 Group companies to allow their employees to hear and sing the song at every available opportunity. The ceremony attendee from oversea practiced the song at the training center after coming to Japan. Thanks to everyone鈥檚 efforts, on the day of the ceremony, all attending 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs at the Kyoto International Conference Center as well as those who joined the ceremony from around the world via teleconferencing were able to sing 鈥淛oy & Fun鈥� simultaneously and share their feelings with each other.

- What does the song 鈥淛oy & Fun鈥� represent for 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs at present?

Matsumoto: Made from words chosen by 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs around the world, since the singing at the 60th anniversary ceremony, this song has been sung at every company event, including monthly company meetings and global conferences. We have also put a video of the song on YouTube so 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs can share it with their families and friends. Surprisingly enough, the song is also available on karaoke machines and we have been informed that it is sung at department parties. As a matter of fact, I have sung it myself at karaoke many times.
As I imagined when we started our project, 鈥淛oy & Fun鈥� has grown into a cheer for the 蓝鲸体育直播 Group, enabling 蓝鲸体育直播RIANS in countries around the world to share their feelings, whether on or off duty, across national and cultural boundaries. I hope the song will continue to be loved and sung by many generations of 蓝鲸体育直播RIANs in the future.

* Hiroaki Hayama
Musical career
Musician and music producer born in Kumamoto Prefecture. The former keyboardist of D-LOOP and the current keyboardist of Tourbillon. He has composed music for many famous Japanese pop singers.