Reporter Liu Yanchi/Ishigaki Island, Okinawa
▲Lotte Girls audition 7 candidates, from left Xiong Ni, Ying Le, Chen Yi, Li Fang, Qiu Ziting, Lin Xiang, Lu Qiaohan. (Photo/photographed by reporter Liu Yanchi)
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Lotte Taoyuan came to Ishigaki Island in Okinawa again after 2 years for an exchange match with Japanese professional Chiba Lotte. The 6 accompanying Lotte girls including Lin Xiang, Ying Le and Xiong Ni are all members who will join the 2021 audition. Among them, Xiong Ni turned out to be the first time to come to Japan. She revealed in an interview with “Sanli News Network” that she used to go abroad to participate in ballroom dance competitions, but she had never been to Japan. This time, she came to Ishigaki Island as a dream come true, and the two-day support has also increased a lot. Japanese fans.
She will be turning 20 on February 14th, and the Lotte Peach Apes team specially celebrated Xiong Ni’s birthday at the team meal on the 12th. She is very grateful to the team for allowing her to set foot in Japan for the first time in her life!
▲Xiong Ni showed off the ballroom dance in the Lotte Girl audition. (Photo/photographed by reporter Liu Yanchi)
Xiong Ni said in an interview: “I used to fly abroad a lot when I was competing against the national standard, but I have never been to Japan for competitions. I think this opportunity is really rare, because the country I most wanted to go to before was Japan. This time It happened that Lotte came to Ishigaki Island for the exchange match, and I am very happy to be here.”
Xiong Ni, who will be 20 years old, is a professional dance teacher. In the 2020 Lotte Girl Audition, she performed a wonderful ballroom dance performance, showing her extraordinary dancing skills. Bi Guobiao has been to more than 20 countries including Italy, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore before. The first time she came to Japan left a deep impression on her. Xiong Ni said: “The Japanese are very polite, which makes me feel very polite. Kind, they directly expressed that you are so cute, I like you so much, and everyone in Taiwan would be more shy.”
▲ Lotte girl Xiong Ni. (Photo/photographed by reporter Liu Yanchi)
Xiong Ni saw the enthusiasm of Japanese fans during the two-day support, “They will also make special signs for us and send us flowers, which is super heartwarming.” This trip to Ishigaki Island also added a lot of Japanese fans to her. Xiong Ni said that they would take a photo of me, and wrote that they were very happy to meet for the first time.