Prize-winning works in the “Photo and Essay Division” for high school students of the 31st Yomiuri Photo Grand Prix

Go Haruka! You Can Do It! / Nakamura Mao (Kumamoto)

Message from the photographer

Haruka’s childhood dream was to become a voice actor. Now, at the age of seventeen, her dream has not changed, and she rehearses regularly in the drama club at school. She joined the club because she wanted to brush up her acting skills. Watching Haruka’s passion for what she wants to do, I asked myself if I was doing anything to achieve my own goals. My dream is still vague and undecided, so I don’t really know what I should be doing, but I want to go for what’s before me right now as best I can. What is your dream? What are you doing right now to attain your goal?

About the subject

Haruka has wanted to be a voice actor since she was in elementary school. I heard that she had been pursuing that dream in drama club since she entered high school, so I decided to photograph her.