DISPATCH, 07/19/17: Kaleidoscope Recrods has officially released information about soloist, Cho, on their official website! Cho is a ‘94 liner and has been beloved by fans since her debut in 2014. Find out more about Cho below!
I, (YAMASHITA ERIKO), have read and understand the terms and conditions as my position of (SOLOST) and agree to honor the standards that are to be expected of me as an employee of (KALEIDOSCOPE RECORDS).
OOC INFORMATION
Preferred name: Jon
Pronouns: She/her
Timezone: -7 PDT
Other muses: nope
IC INFORMATION
Faceclaim: Mikako
Name: Yamashita Eriko
Stage name (if applicable): Cho
Idol concept: Soloist. Her main concept is kind of Ballad and Soul feel. She has a kind of soft, vulnerable sound to her that helps with any sound she tries out. If asked about her own image, Cho would reply with: “That girl who cries a lot. My music, my image is all about trying to make everyone feel. Happiness….sadness and everything in between. “
Strengths: Dancing only. Has a dance history prior to joining Kal Recs
Weaknesses: Her acting skills are lacking in every area. While she may be a soloist, there are days when her voice isn’t hitting ever note at the right time or in the right key. She struggles with taking orders which causes her to get in trouble.
Positive traits: analytical, excitable, curious,
Negative traits: blunt, ungrateful, poor planner
PERSONAL HISTORY
“My family? Uhm, it’s just my mom, me and my step-dad. They moved back to Japan a few years back. My mom is a teacher and my dad…he’s trying to be a lawyer. Go figure, right? They’re okay people, you know. Neither of them wanted me to do any of this. They tried to talk me out it several times. It almost took; you see- my mom is paranoid. Of life, of people and the music biz - everything. She sat me down one day and asked me to wait. Go back to school, get a normal job and wait on it. Yeah, it was after my first group got trashed but I couldn’t. Ask a man to stop talking for 24 hours, or for a child not to play around and what will happen? They might try for a few minutes but it gets hard. The little itch in the back of their neck comes back and they have to cave.
I had a few friends back home: Sam and Kaya who I met before TRI-COLOR happened and failed. We don’t talk much anymore these days. I wasn’t really sociable back then. Between school and practice, I was barely sleeping, never mind having lunch with other kids.
Being solo…it wasn’t really what I wanted. I wanted- needed to be in a group. It’s so hard, doing this alone but after everything that happened with BKB, space felt good. It wasn’t my choice, I didn’t wake up think ‘huh, being a singer sounds like fun.’ No, what happened was music began to feel good. Different and I just kept riding the motions of it. I love what I do and I would be powerless to leave it behind. I just want to touch people’s hearts. Music is therapy for so many people and if I could ease someone’s suffering just by singing, I wanna do that.”
