Murota Tatsuya (+ birthday message from Taro-mama)

It's starting to seem like everyone is an Arashi fan...remember the shiatsu expert who appeared on 2008.06.09 Shukudai-kun?

Murota Tatsuya (Director, Physicalmainte yuraku)

Turns out he's an Arashi fan (!). He wrote about the taping on his website:

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I appeared on Arashi no shukudai-kun, scheduled to air on Monday, June 9 2008, 11:58 pm!

Ever since I wrote the book Independent practice: teach yourself foot pressure points and reflexology, from time to time I get offers to be on TV saying, "Won't you please inflict pain on comedians through foot shiatsu?"

However, I get tense even when delivering a wedding speech, and on many occasions I even became incoherent. I have social anxiety, and so I've refused such offers.

I had an extremely hard time deciding on this one, because this show is actually very familiar to me --- it is one of the few shows that my daughter and I happily watch together every week without fail.
My daughter is a big Arashi fan, and among them she has fallen completely head over heels for the gorgeous MatsuJun!

Of course she also likes the other members, and she never fails to record all the shows they appear on.

There's the fact that this show is a late-night one, and that it is one of the few shows that I actually get to watch. Furthermore, it also serves as an enjoyable means of communication with my daughter, who is in high school.
So I consulted with my daughter, and promptly made the decision to accept the offer.

Having said all that, I got through with the taping, but with the speediness of the show, and the fact that I was so nervous as expected, I missed most of my chance to explain as planned, and so for those who came to this site, wondering, allow me to apologize and explain about the pressure points.
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I abruptly inflicted pain without making such explanations on the show. I'm sorry, Fujiwara-san...

With that, not onIy did I get to watch a show live as a viewer, but I even participated in it as well. It was a day filled with fun and regret --- ashamed of my belly fat, I wish I went on a diet beforehand, if only there was a bit more time.

After the taping, I was able to relax in a small room with Aiba-kun and Ohno-kun in such close proximity, and my sense of closeness with them grew stronger.
I ran into Nino-kun near the elevator going down, and he greeted me and shook my hand, and we rode the elevator together. It's a little something I can brag about to my daughter.
I didn't see MatsuJun or Sho-kun apart from the taping. Too bad!
I feel like I've become a bigger Arashi fan than my daughter!

☆ This is late, but from 2008.06.15 bay storm:

Ninomiya Kazunari-kun,
Happy birthday.
Do you remember your mom?
This is Kikuchi Momoko.
We worked together during this time last year on the drama Yamada Taro Monogatari, so I was able to greet you in person.
It's unfortunate that I'm not able to see you this year.
My sincere congratulations to you.
I see you're now 25 years old.
They say that as a man grows older, he becomes more refined, his character more mature, and he becomes more brilliant, so please spend your days happily and grow to be a cool man.
But of course you're already quite cool now (laughs). Sorry.
You know, I really love Nino-kun's acting.
I think the way you remember your lines and such strikes of genius.
Also, our co-stars all say that they find it so easy to act with Nino-kun.
I think this is proof of genius, so anyway, I have greater, higher expectations of your acting.
Please work hard and make us happy.
Also, there's one more thing --- it's my daughter.
She's seven years old this year, and Nino-kun is her first love, her idol.
She still says even now that she wants to marry you.
Her name is Sayuri by the way.
I gave her that name hoping she will become a pure lady like Yoshinaga Sayuri-san.
She's seven right now, but in about ten years she'll be 17.
Nino-kun will be 35 years old by then, so won't you consider her to be your wife? (laughs)
Pushing aside all other rivals.
As her mother, I would be grateful if you could make my daughter's dream come true.
And with that, I also become your real mother.
Nino-kun, this is important, so please let us know what you think of my daughter's feelings.
It's fine if you just tell us your feelings at the moment.
Please don't fail to answer (laughs).
Happy birthday.

p.s. Yoshikazu-chan's Arashi book ("BokuAra" for short) now has a publisher and is scheduled to be released sometime in late July or early August. Congratulations~ *throws confetti*