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Ran Ito
Candies, “I want to go back to being an ordinary girl”, Hohoemi Gaeshi. The figure at the centre of a farewell that remains in the history of Showa-era idols. In her teens she stood at the centre of the group; four years after their debut, at the height of their popularity, they announced their break-up. With their last single they reached the top of the chart for the first time, and on 4 April 1978 they drew the curtain at Korakuen Stadium. On that day her ten-year flow had just entered a decade that coincides completely with the destiny she was born with. Two years later she returned as an actress, and after forty-one years she came back to the singing stage. Why did she close the curtain herself at the summit? We read her seventy-odd years against the phases of destiny and time.
At a Glance
The case
- Subject
- Ran Ito (伊藤蘭) — Singer and actress, formerly of Candies
- Period analysed
- 1955–2026
- Three pillars
- Day 甲戌 / Month 丁丑 / Year 甲午
- Void branches
- 申酉 (Monkey–Rooster)
- Void decades
- Ages 33–53 (癸酉 and 壬申 phases)
- Destiny area
- 0.21 The area of the triangle formed by the three pillars on the sixty-cycle circle (maximum 1.30)
- Format
- PDF, 15 pages — written in Japanese
- Price
- ¥50,000 including tax
Research Brief
What the case shows
- Her destiny carries a structure in which parent and self work closely together. It is also a type that raises a house in a single generation and brings it to completion within that generation.
- On 17 July 1977, a day on which the element most supportive of her destiny came round twice over, she announced the break-up.
- The break-up on 4 April 1978 fell on the 81st day of a ten-year phase carrying the same flow as her natal destiny. That decade was also the one in which work, honour and wealth expand most in her lifetime.
- She holds a star that keeps possibility alive in the unfinished rather than in completion. Just after reaching number one for the first time with the last single, she drew the curtain.
- The twenty years from thirty-three are a period of void fortune, and her marriage and childbirth fall within it. Afterwards, at the entrance to a decade that supports her destiny, she returned to the singing stage after forty-one years.
Questions
The questions the report answers
- Why did she close the curtain herself at the summit?
- What overlapped on 4 April 1978?
- Where in her destiny were the twenty years of supporting her family placed?
- Why did she return to the public stage after forty-one years?
Public Record
The record, year by year
Selected events from the public record. Analysis and judgement are given in the report itself.
| 1955 | 甲午 | 13 Jan — Born in Kichijoji, Tokyo |
| 1969 | 己酉 (天) | Enters Tokyo Music School and joins the School Mates |
| 1972 | 壬子 | Candies is formed |
| 1973 | 癸丑 | 1 Sep — Debuts with “Anata ni Muchu” |
| 1977 | 丁巳 | 17 Jul — Announces the break-up at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall |
| 1978 | 戊午 | 25 Feb — “Hohoemi Gaeshi” is released; the group’s first Oricon number one |
| 1978 | 戊午 | 4 Apr — Farewell concert at Korakuen Stadium |
| 1980 | 庚申 (天) | Returns in earnest as an actress |
| 1989 | 戊辰 (天) | Jan — Marries Yutaka Mizutani |
| 1990 | 庚午 | Her elder daughter, Shuri, is born |
| 2019 | 己亥 | 29 May — Solo debut, forty-one years on |
| 2023 | 癸卯 | 31 Dec — First solo appearance at Kohaku Uta Gassen |
Year pillars change at Risshun, in early February. (天) = void year or void decade.
Contents
14 pages
- Destiny profile and chart
- Yin and yang charts
- Axis and type of destiny
- Ten-year phases
- The four layers of 4 April 1978
- The unfinished summit
- 1972–1977: Candies
- The decade of 律音
- The twenty-year void
- A destiny that serves as a staff
- The phase of the second guardian element
- Independent systems
- Timeline chart
- Public record
- Conclusion
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Analysis supervised by FAITH (Makoto Tokunaga) — MSc Economics, University of Warwick · CICP · Shugakuin Saii