At the "100rd NIKKEI National Company Song Contest" sponsored by Nikkei Inc., the image song "For Our Dreams" produced by Showa Women's University to commemorate the XNUMXth anniversary of its founding was the highest award and the jury chairman singer-songwriter. Won the Kawashima Ai Award selected by Ai Kawashima.
The "NIKKEI National Company Song Contest" is held with the aim of revitalizing internal and external communication within the company, starting from the company song.The judges include Ai Kawashima (singer-songwriter) who also serves as the cheerleader of the contest, Masazumi Yugari (writer / journalist), and Yoshihiro Hirata (Senior Managing Director of Nikkei Inc.). The selection began on July 2021, 7, and out of 8 applicants, 142 companies with a wide variety of faces, from universities to railway companies, local governments, and automobile repair service companies, advanced to the finals.
On February 2th, in the final match at TACHIKAWA STAGE GARDEN, each company appealed and judged, and from Showa Women's University, two students took the stage on behalf of the Image Song Project.At the time of the award, "I wanted to make a song that will be sung and loved for the next 10 or 2 years, and I have been promoting it. It is difficult to aim for that at a university where students are changing, but the award is a big step. It will be. "
Showa Women's University's song "For Our Dreams" was produced on the occasion of the 2020th anniversary of the university's founding in 100.The composer and pianist Toshiaki Matsumoto wrote the song, and the lyrics are compiled by a project consisting of students and staff with phrases submitted from within the university. With the theme of "Let's move on to the future, to her Next Stage," we hope that the entire school will move forward.A total of 213 people including kindergarten children, children, students, students, graduates, and faculty members appeared in the music video.With choreography devised by the students, they perform a breathtaking dance on a beautiful campus.
Currently, it is widely played at ceremonies, chimes, clubs and circles, affiliated schools, etc., and it was time to apply for the company song contest at the timing of taking a step toward a new tradition.