Noting that she thought of President Kim Il Sung when singing the Korean song, Tooyama told KCNA:

It was after the passing away of Kim Il Sung when I first visited Pyongyang with Mitsuko Okasawara, former chairwoman of the society.

The chairwoman had honor to be received by the President on several occasions, but I did not.

However, I have learnt a lot about his noble life. I chose to sing the Korean song "The Man Who Remains in My Heart", praying for his immortality.

Thanks to the strong sense of moral obligation the dear respected Kim Jong Un has, the history of the Sun runs uninterruptedly in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Promising is the future of the DPRK in which the cause of perpetuating the memory of precedent leaders has been realized with credit.

I am very pleased to hear that our performance somewhat delighted Korean people in celebrating Kim Il Sung's 100th birth anniversary.