Aomori Hirosaki's dance and vocal unit "Ringo Musume" won the "TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL (TIF) 2023 National Selection LIVE" on August 5th.

Ringo Musume was formed in 2000 (Heisei 12), and the members are active under the name of apple varieties. Since April of last year, four people, Pink Lady, Hatsukoi Grin, Star King Delicious, and Kinboshi, who live in Hirosaki, have been active since April.

TIF is Japan's largest idol event, held from August 4th to 6th this year. In the national selection LIVE, idols from all over the country will win through live performances, etc., and the winning idol will receive support for a one-man live as a supplementary prize. Ringo Musume advanced from the national selection LIVE qualifier, won the East Japan B block, and won the right to perform on the stage of TIF and the right to participate in the main competition. In the main competition, they competed among 8 groups of idols selected from all over the country.

According to the leader, Pink Lady, on the day of the final match, Kinboshi was not feeling well and could not speak much. Even so, the three of us covered for Kinboshi, who participated, and we were able to finish the performance safely. The results of the voting by the broadcast viewers, which were counted immediately after, were in first place, but the final results depended on the venue votes and judges' votes to be announced the next day.

At the time of the announcement of the results, the venue vote that was announced first came in 2nd place, and the results of the judges' votes were the focus of attention. Since she couldn't perform at her best, Pinklady said, "I thought that I might not be able to win, so when I was told that I would win, I couldn't think of anything."

Star King Delicious said, "Thinking about the one-man live and future activities, I felt a sense of tenseness that I had to make a leap forward rather than happiness." "I'm happy that I was able to stand on the stage of TIF, which I've always dreamed of, and achieve results. It's all thanks to the support of Farmer (nickname of the fans)," said Grin Hatsukoi.

When the winner was announced, Mr. Kinboshi was watching the result announcement from outside the stage, but according to Ms. Hatsukoi Grin, Mr. Kinboshi cried the most. Looking back, Kinboshi said, ``I thought it was my fault that I couldn't speak when I lost.