A young woman sat at the counter. She pointed at the poster. “You’re Reona, aren’t you?”
She continued: “My mother played your cassette until it broke. ‘44 Days of Rain,’ she said it saved her.”
She smiled. “Then play it. For one person.” Shoetsu Otomo Reona 44
His stage name. His past.
“That song,” he said, voice dry as autumn leaves, “was about a woman who left. Never came back. Ironic, isn’t it? The singer stayed. The audience left.” A young woman sat at the counter
He set down the glass. For the first time in a decade, Shōetsu Otomo – Reona – walked to the small upright piano.
Ōtomo Shōetsu wiped the same whiskey glass for the third time. He wasn't cleaning it – he was hiding. ‘44 Days of Rain,’ she said it saved her
Behind him, on the wall, a faded poster:
However, there is no widely known public figure, celebrity, or historical person directly named or with that exact combination of names in major databases (Japanese entertainment, history, literature, or sports).