まじめなあの娘が、マジでメジャー入り!!
〈古き良き時代から来ました。まじめなアイドル、まじめにアイドル〉をキャッチフレーズに、チャーミングなスマイルを届ける〈ゆっふぃー〉こと寺嶋由芙が、いよいよメジャー・デビュー!
「ちっちゃい頃からモーニング娘。、とくに安倍なつみさんに憧れて、大学に入ってから地下アイドルを始めたんです。でも、思い描いていたアイドルとは違うな、モーニング娘。には近づけないなと思って、いろんなオーディションを受けて……でも、20歳前だったし、アイドルはもうキビシイだろうなって思ってたところ、BiSの事務所のオーディションで〈アイドルどうですか?〉って言われて、入ってみたんですけど、あらびっくり（笑）」。
2013年春、約2年間活動したBiSを脱退。翌年ソロ・デビューしてからは、憧れだったモーニング娘。よりも昔、70年代や80年代のアイドルも意識するようになったという彼女。コンスタントに発表してきた3枚のシングルも、人懐っこいメロディーと等身大の世界観で、寺嶋由芙というひとりの女の子との距離をぐっと縮める──あの時代のアイドルが持っていたチャームにほど近いものだった。そんな彼女のメジャー・デビュー・シングル“ふへへへへへへへ大作戦”は、〈81、82年頃の松田聖子〉に敬意を表したかのようなラヴリーなメロディー&サウンドで、作編曲はこれまでに続いて同い年の女子シンガー・ソングライター、rionosが担当。作詞を手掛けたのは、自身のシングル“きゅるきゅる”など、かねてから寺嶋由芙を（勝手に）イメージした楽曲を書いていた大森靖子だ。
「大森さんとはトーク・イヴェントなどで何度もご一緒させていただいてるんですけど、私のちょっと歪んだところが気に入っていただけたみたいで（笑）。普段から〈まじめなアイドル〉とか言っちゃってるので、自分の中の毒や黒い部分はなかなか自分から言い出しにくいんですけど、大森さんの歌詞は刺激的だし、可愛い曲のなかにスパイスがピリッと効いて、アイドル・寺嶋由芙の世界も広がったと思います。私のことをまだ知らない人が聴いても、曲と詞のアンバランス感が楽しめると思うし、聖子さんとか好きだった世代の方にも届いてほしいなって、いまはオジサマを釣る方法を考えてたりもします（にっこり）」。
Yufu Terashima “Fuhehehehehehehe Daisakusen”
Interview and article by Peace! Kubota
That serious girl has made a serious major debut!!
With the catch phrase 'Furuki Yoki Jidaikara Kimashita. Majimena Idol, Majimeni Idol (literally: ‘I came from the good old days to be a serious idol acting seriously’)', Yufu Terashima, aka 'Yuffy', who delivers a charming smile, has finally made a major debut!
"From childhood onwards, I have admired Morning Musume (Japanese girl group), especially Natsumi Abe, and became an underground idol when I was in college. But I found it was different from what I dreamed of, what a Morning Musume-like idol is supposed to be. So I started to take various auditions. But around 20 years old, I started thinking that it would be difficult to be an idol anymore. But then, I was asked 'what do you think of becoming an idol' during an audition held by the talent agency of BiS. I signed with the agency and surprisingly became a member of the idol group (LOL)."
She left BiS in the spring of 2013 after about 2 years. After making a solo debut the following year, she said she also became interested in Japanese idols of the 70s and 80s, idols that were much earlier than Morning Musume that she used to admire. The previous 3 singles released one after another which deliver listener-friendly melodies and her natural musical world make you feel much closer to the girl named Yufu Terashima - which is similar to the charm the idols of those times possessed. With a lovely melody and sound that seemingly show respect to 'Seiko Matsuda (one of the most famous and popular 80s Japanese idols) at around 1981-1982', her major debut single "Fuhehehehehehehe Daisakusen" was again composed/arranged by rionos, a female singer-songwriter of the same age as Yufu who has been writing for her from the past. The lyrics were written by Seiko Omori who has written songs that took their inspiration from Yufu Terashima (without Terashima knowing), including her own single "Kyuru Kyuru".
"I've met Omori several times at talk shows and she seems to like my slightly-distorted personality (LOL). Being a self-proclaimed 'serious idol', I hesitate to reveal my dark-side and toxic characteristics, but Omori's lyrics are exciting with a spicy twist to a pretty song, adding another dimension to the musical world of ‘idol’ Yufu Terashima. I think even those who don't know me yet would enjoy the beautiful imbalance between the sound and lyrics, and I hope my songs will reach the generation who adored Seiko Matsuda as well. Lately, I’ve been wondering how to attract middle-aged men (she says with a smile)."
