ZKSVBLOG VOL,17(Vienna,Austria篇)

オーストリアウィーン、音楽の街、憧れではあったけど"自分たちではなかなかライブすることは難しいかもな…"そんな風に思っていた街でした。それはクラシックのイメージが強すぎたせいもあるんだけど、ヨーロッパチャプターを組み始めた時にオーストリアの知り合いなどがいなかったことも相まって。けれどこの男に出会ってそれがコロッと変わっていった、その名もクリスチャン仲西。

Austria, Vienna. The City of Music. It had always been a place I admired, but I also thought, “Maybe performing there is something beyond our reach.” Part of that came from Vienna’s overwhelming image as the home of classical music. And when we first started putting together the Europe Chapter, we didn’t know anyone in Austria, which made it feel even more distant.

But then I met one man, and everything changed in an instant.

His name is Christian Nakanishi.

「空港に着いたらわたしが待っています！」の第一声LINEがこの写真付きだった。空港で出会った彼の第一印象は"死ぬほど優しそう"だったし、今もその第一印象は変わっていない。なんなら、日本人の僕やアベさんなどは他人に迷惑は絶対にかけないようにするけど、世界中である程度図々しく立ち回るし(そうしなければならない場面も多々ある為)、どの国の人よりも声がデカいし、言うことははっきり言うし、嫌なこと、ダメなことなどは注意するし、全て日本人が世界に来させてもらっているってつもりで立ち回る。クリスチャンは優しすぎて大丈夫？って思うくらい本当に優しい男で、気遣いもすごいし、察する心もたくさん持ってる。やけに"日本文化に精通してるな"って思ってたけど、日本人の奥様がいらっしゃった。なるほどなるほど。実は今年2026年の11月にもきっとまた会えると思うと、とても嬉しい気持ち。

His very first LINE message to me was, “I’ll be waiting for you when you arrive at the airport!” accompanied by this photo.

When I met him at the airport, my immediate impression was, “This man looks unbelievably kind.” That first impression has not changed at all.

In fact, Japanese people like Abe-san and me try our absolute best never to inconvenience anyone, but when travelling around the world, we also have to be somewhat bold and assertive. There are many situations where we simply have no other choice. We are louder than people from almost any other country, we say exactly what we think, and when something is unpleasant, unacceptable, or simply wrong, we speak up.

At the same time, we always conduct ourselves with the understanding that we are Japanese visitors being welcomed into someone else’s country.

Christian, however, is such a genuinely kind man that I sometimes find myself wondering, “Are you really going to be okay being this nice?” He is incredibly thoughtful, considerate, and remarkably good at sensing what others need without them having to say it.

I had often wondered why he seemed so unusually familiar with Japanese culture, but then I learned that his wife is Japanese.

Right. That explains everything.

And knowing that we will most likely see each other again in November 2026 already makes me very happy.

さて、オーストリアウィーンに滞在出来るのはこの国に着いた日(3/2)と、ライブの当日(3/3)のみ。その翌日(3/4)はもうスイスに移動するスケジュールになっていたのです。お昼はそれぞれ少しだけうろうろしていたけど、夕方前からクリスチャンに迎えに来てもらって、題して"クリスチャンの送迎車でウィーンの街中短時間紹介ツアー"のスタート。

Now then, the only time we had in Vienna, Austria, was the day we arrived in the country, March 2, and the day of the live show, March 3. The very next day, March 4, we were already scheduled to leave for Switzerland.

Everyone wandered around a little on their own during the afternoon, but just before evening, Christian came to pick us up.

And so began what I decided to call:

“Christian’s Whirlwind Vienna Sightseeing Tour, Aboard His Trusty Shuttle Van.”

肉眼ではもっと色んなものを車の中から見させてもらったんだけど、いかんせん車内の自分の座ってる位置で写真が撮れる時と撮れない時があって、これくらいしかありません、悪しからず。これにて小規模観光地巡りは終わり、いよいよオーストリアウィーンのライブハウスに到着！

We actually got to see a lot more with our own eyes from inside the van, but depending on where I was sitting, there were times when I could take photos and times when I simply couldn’t. So unfortunately, this is about all I have to show you.

And with that, our little sightseeing tour came to an end.

At last, we arrived at the live venue in Vienna, Austria!

ここが我々"ぜんぶ君のせいだ。"ウィーン初ライブの場所にして、初ワンマンの場所である「Replugged」。なんか知らないけどとっても感動したのを覚えています。だって初めて行く国でワンマンライブをさせてもらえる事なんてなかなかないです、本当に。他の国でもそうだし、各国のオーガナイザーの皆さんのおかげだし、今回で言えばクリスチャンの尽力のおかげでもあるし、各国にファンが居てくれないと出来る事でもない。続けてきてよかったなと思う瞬間でもありました。

This is Replugged, the venue where Zenbu Kimi no Sei da. played our very first show in Vienna, and also our very first solo concert there.

I still remember feeling strangely overwhelmed when we arrived. Being able to hold a solo show in a country we were visiting for the very first time is not something that happens often. It truly isn’t.

The same is true in every country. None of this would be possible without the organizers in each place, and in this case, without all the effort Christian put in for us. It also would not be possible without fans waiting for us in each country.

It was one of those moments that made me think, “I’m really glad we kept going.”

そしてこの日はカメラマン(僕自身も"Ic"名義で写真は撮るけれど)としてエストニアからマイクが来てくれていました、マイクもありがとう。

And on this day, Mike had come all the way from Estonia to photograph the show. I shoot photos myself under the name “Ic,” but having Mike there meant a great deal.

Thank you, Mike.

来年の世界ツアーでは、マイクのいるエストニアにも行けるといいな。エストニアってバルト三国だよね、バルト三国って勝手なイメージでめっちゃかっこいいんだけど、少し調べたら素敵な国って出てきたよ。行けますように。

I really hope that on next year’s world tour, we’ll finally make it to Estonia, where Mike lives.

Estonia is one of the Baltic states, isn’t it? Maybe it’s just my own imagination, but I’ve always thought the Baltic countries sounded incredibly cool. I looked into Estonia a little, and everything I found described it as a beautiful, wonderful place.

I hope we get to go.

話を元に戻して、ウィーンでのワンマンライブをライブ写真で振り返りながら紹介します。

Now, back to where we left off.

Let’s look back on our solo show in Vienna through these live photos and revisit the night together.

All Photo by Ic ( @GARDESECT )

今までの"ぜんぶ君のせいだ。"の活動の中でも珍しく出来事が起こりました…皆さんがぜんぶ君のせいだ。のライブをどのように捉えているかはわかりませんが、我々のライブの特徴として幾つかの点が挙げられます。

Something rather unusual happened during this show, even by the standards of everything Zenbu Kimi no Sei da. has experienced over the years.

I’m not sure how each of you perceives our live performances, but there are a few characteristics that have always defined what a Zenbu Kimi no Sei da. show is.

1：基本的にMCがライブ中に存在しない事(自己紹介以外ほとんどない)

1. There is essentially no MC during our live shows.
Aside from a brief self introduction, we rarely speak between songs.

2：ライブ中に水を飲まない

2. We do not drink water during the live show.

この2点は特に変わっている点だと思います。理由は様々あるので知りたい人はまたどこかの機会で聞いてください。そんな我々ぜんぶ君のせいだ。ですが、このウィーン公演では上記が覆る事態が起こりました。日本のライブハウスは都内であればほぼ100%、地方であればあるところもあるという感じですが、ワイヤレスマイクが常設されているかどうかの問題があります。今回の公演ではメンバー分のワイヤレスマイクがないとのことで、クリスチャンがワイヤレスマイクのシステムをレンタルしてきてくれていました。これはノルウェーのKaiなどもそうでした。

Those two points are probably the most unusual aspects of our live shows. There are various reasons behind them, so if you’re ever curious, feel free to ask me another time.

That said, something happened at our Vienna show that completely broke both of those “rules.”

In Japan, especially in Tokyo, live houses almost always have wireless microphone systems permanently installed. Outside Tokyo, some venues do and some don’t.

For this show, however, we were told that the venue didn’t have enough wireless microphones for all of our members. So Christian went out of his way to rent a complete wireless microphone system for us.

Kai did the very same thing for us in Norway as well.

ライブハウスのPAさんがそれをセッティングしてくれるわけですが、日本であればコドモメンタル及びGARDE SECTが所有している専用のワイヤレスマイク&システムがあります。特に、ぜんぶ君のせいだ。は会社ではなく、グループ専用のものがあります。声質に合わせてチューニングしているものが。海外では当然そうではない(その全てを日本から持ち込む事は出来ない)のでそもそも難しいのですが、この日は1曲目が「歩兵ディストピア」でした。ツーバスがドカドカ鳴ってホーンのモチーフが印象的なメタル/ラウドPOPな楽曲ですね。

The venue’s sound engineer was responsible for setting up the system, but in Japan, KODOMOMENTAL and GARDE SECT own their own dedicated wireless microphones and equipment. Zenbu Kimi no Sei da., in particular, even has a system reserved exclusively for the group rather than simply using the company’s shared equipment. Each microphone is carefully tuned to suit the individual member’s voice.

Naturally, things are different overseas. We cannot bring that entire system with us from Japan, so recreating the same setup is difficult from the outset.

The opening song that night was “Hohei Dystopia.” It is a metal and loud-pop track driven by pounding double-bass drums and a striking horn motif.

イントロから始まり、愛海ちゃんの煽りが入り、来るぞ来るぞーってところ、Aメロの歌い出しは愛海ちゃんです。なはずなのに、愛海ちゃんのマイクの音が急に出ない！ 通常であればキャリアの長いメンバーが即時それを察知し、お互いのパートの時にマイクを貸し合うと言うのを事前の準備などなしで行います。それくらいの対応力は当たり前に身につけていますし、そんなことも多々あるので、この時もメイやこもちとマイクを共有しながら対処。が…この日はどうにもそのマイクが不調のまま…よっぽどのことがない限りライブを止める、と言う行為をしない我々ですが、流石に海外、しかも初の国でのワンマンで愛海ちゃんのマイクの音が出ないと言うのは致命的でした。ですのでかなり珍しいのですが、この日はライブを止めたのです！

The intro began, Megumi gave her opening call to the crowd, and the tension was building toward that moment when you can feel the song about to explode.

Then came the first verse, which was supposed to begin with Megumi.

But suddenly, no sound came from her microphone.

Normally, the more experienced members notice something like that immediately and, without any prior discussion or preparation, start passing microphones to one another whenever their respective parts come up. That level of adaptability is simply something they have developed over the years, especially because problems like this do happen from time to time.

So on this occasion as well, Megumi dealt with it by sharing microphones with Mei and Komochi.

However, the microphone simply refused to recover.

Unless something truly serious happens, we almost never stop a live show. But this was our first solo concert in a country we had never visited before, and having Megumi’s microphone completely fail was simply too serious to ignore.

So, in an extremely rare turn of events, we stopped the show.

その時間にして約15分ほど。PAさんとアベさんとクリスチャンがあの手この手を試している最中メンバーはどうしているのかと言うと…なんとMCをしていました！1本だけアナウンス用の有線マイクを活かしていたのでそれを愛海ちゃんが使いながら、慣れない英語で15分間も(笑)愛海ちゃんの英語力はリスニングはいけるのですが、英語が喋れる！と言うほどでは全然ない。どちらかというと、ゴリゴリの出川イングリッシュなんですが、なんでかそれが通じるんですよ…不思議。当然ね、ファンの方が優しいし、絶対に聞き取るんだって気概を見せてくれるから聞き取ってくれているが正解なんでしょうが、この日は15分間伝説のMCでした(笑)ちなみにキャリア最大である日本武道館公演ではMCは一切ありませんでした！15分間機材との格闘の末何が起こったかというと、PAさんの一言であっけなく片付きました。

It took about fifteen minutes.

While the sound engineer, Abe-san, and Christian were trying every possible solution to get the system working again, what do you think the members were doing?

Believe it or not… they were doing an MC!

There was one wired microphone available for announcements, so Megumi picked it up and somehow kept an MC going for the entire fifteen minutes… in English. (laughs)

Now, to be clear, Megumi’s English comprehension is actually quite good. But it’s definitely not at the level where she’d confidently say, “I can speak English.” If anything, it was full-on “Degawa English.”

And somehow… it worked.

Of course, the audience was incredibly kind. More than anything, they genuinely wanted to understand what she was saying, and that’s probably the real reason communication was possible.

Still, that fifteen-minute MC has become legendary. (laughs)

Incidentally, at the biggest performance of our career, our show at Nippon Budokan, we didn’t have a single MC.

After fifteen minutes of battling with the equipment, the problem was finally resolved…

All because of one simple sentence from the sound engineer.

「あ、そう言えばうちに一本だけワイヤレスマイクあるよー」

“Oh, come to think of it, we do have one wireless microphone here.”

あるんかい！！！！！！！！！！ですね。和歌山生まれの僕も思わず突っ込みたくなるくらいのゆるさで、しかも早よ言ってそれ！となる感じでしたが、もう笑うしかなかった(笑)そこからは仕切り直してど頭からやり直すという不思議なライブ始まりでした。いつも通り全力でウィーンの公演をやりきって、とにかく暗い暗いフロア照明が全然ない中で物販と特典会をやって、無事にこの日が終わりましたとさ(笑)。最高の一日だった！

So they had one all along?!

Even as someone from Wakayama, I couldn’t help wanting to shout, “Come on!!” And of course my next thought was, “You might’ve wanted to mention that a little earlier!” But at that point, all we could do was laugh. (laughs)

So we reset everything and started the show over from the very beginning. It made for a rather unusual opening to the concert.

From there, we gave it everything we had, just as we always do, and finished our Vienna performance with all our strength. Afterwards, we somehow managed the merchandise sales and meet-and-greet in a venue so dark it barely had any floor lighting at all, and before we knew it, the day had come to a happy end. (laughs)

It was an absolutely wonderful day.

最後にメンバーとクリスチャンとマイク。

And finally, a photo with the members, Christian, and Mike.

おまけにスタッフフォト。
And as a little bonus, here’s a staff photo.

言うまでもなく、ライブは心の底から素敵なもので、心の奥底に残るものでした。ウィーンで出会えたファンも心底素敵だったし、協力してくれたクリスチャンはもとより、奥様やお子さん、そしてライブハウスの方々、マイク、みんな素敵な方々でした！僕らはこうして2027年の世界ツアーでも絶対に帰ってきたい場所がまた増えてしまいました。(そしてエストニアも)

Needless to say, the live show was truly wonderful from the bottom of my heart, and it became one of those memories that stays with you somewhere deep inside.

The fans we met in Vienna were genuinely wonderful too. Christian, who supported us so much, his wife and children, everyone at the venue, Mike, every single person we met was lovely.

And just like that, we found yet another place we absolutely want to return to on our 2027 world tour.

And Estonia too, of course.

こうしてヨーロッパチャプター、オーストリアウィーン篇はおしまいです！残すところはスイス、ドイツビーレフェルト、イタリアフェラーラ、イタリアミラノ、イギリスロンドン、フランスパリ、オランダアムステルダム、そしてファイナルの地である、ドイツケルンまで7つの章でこのヨーロッパチャプターのブログもおしまいとなります！

And with that, the Austria: Vienna Chapter of our Europe Chapter comes to a close!

There are now just seven chapters left before this Europe Chapter blog series reaches its finale: Switzerland (Zurich), Germany (Bielefeld), Italy (Ferrara), Italy (Milan), England (London), France (Paris), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), and finally, the last destination of this journey, Cologne, Germany.

We’re almost at the finish line, so I hope you’ll stay with me until the very end.

ここまでポーランドグダニスク、ポーランドグディニャ、ノルウェーオスロ、ノルウェーコングスヴィンゲル、ノルウェースマラグドコン、スウェーデンリンシェーピング、チェコプラハ、ベルギーブリュッセル、イタリアジェノバと書いてきました。お時間ある方や、再度読み返したいと思ってもらえる方は是非こちらから↓

So far, I’ve written about Gdańsk and Gdynia in Poland, Oslo, Kongsvinger, and SmaragdCon in Norway, Linköping in Sweden, Prague in the Czech Republic, Brussels in Belgium, and Genoa in Italy.

For those who have some time, or anyone who would like to revisit the earlier chapters, you can read them all here:

それでは、次の章であるスイスチューリッヒでの記事でお会いしましょう。お読みくださってありがとう！また世界のどこかで！

And with that, it’s time to move on to the next chapter, Zurich, Switzerland.

Thank you so much for reading.

Until next time… somewhere else in the world.

追伸：記事を読んで"いいな"、"応援したいな"と思ってもらえる事があったとしたらチップという機能があるので是非よろしくお願いします！

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