Hirosaki's local idol "Ringo Musume" won the final at the "Aido Dance Festival-Aiduru Festival 2016" held at Tokyo Dome City Hall on September 10.

The competition where 242 idol groups from all over the country entered. A national anime song is used as a theme song, and each one competes with the original choreography freely arranged. In the qualifying round, the results were judged by web voting, and finalists who survived from 10 areas participated in the final competition.

Apple Musume was formed in Hirosaki as an agricultural idol, and all the members are active in apple varieties by name. There are currently four local high school girls and leaders, Orin and Toki, and local female junior high school students Jonagold and Saika who joined the group as new students in November last year. Three of them are over 170 cm tall and basically use the Tsugaru dialect for conversation.

At the final competition, the theme song of "Crayon Shin-chan", "Ora Hannikimono," became the theme song, and along with the "Sukisuki song," the theme song of the qualifying, "Nambomeja! Apo Pai" was performed. Mr. Wanglin, who is confident that he was able to perform 100% of the performance by assigning a role that suits each character, said that he was suffering from a pain in his right ankle ankle ligament 4 days before the tournament, and he was able to resist the pain. ..

At the time of announcement of the results, Toki-san laughed, "I didn't understand the meaning of the prize," when he was called by the first-ever Best Audience Award. Although he participated in the tournament last year and was named as a candidate for the championship last year, he was unable to bring back any prizes. Said Wanglin. He said that his name was first called because he was only aiming to win, but on the other hand, he said he was worried about his feelings at the time.

When the victory was called, Mr. Jonagold said, "It was like a lie. I still can't believe I was the best in Japan." “I forgot the pain in my right leg and jumped and showed joy,” says Wanglin, who was unable to control his excitement and recalls the moment when he won the championship, saying “I'm glad I was born in Aomori.” He also revealed a scene in the dressing room, saying, "Before the announcement, my father sent me an e-mail saying, "Oh, thank you. How was the result?"

The four people who returned to Aomori the day after the tournament said that their family, friends, and teachers at school also said, "Congratulations on the victory." Ayaka is said to have received a handmade gold medal at the entrance of her home, when her elementary school sister celebrated the victory.

“When the championship starts,” he said, “I haven't released new songs since I've been four people, so I want to shoot new songs and PVs with four people.” Ayaka said, "I want to make four varieties of apples more recognized," and Jonagold said, "I want each of them to take the leap to the next step." Mr. Wanglin shows his willingness to become an idol who can be active in the world.