Takeuchi Yoshikazu
Have you heard of him? I'm reading his blog, and he may just be the biggest Arashi fanman (he's 52) yet. Among other things, he's a writer --- he wrote the novel on which the anime Perfect Blue is based on, and right now he's in talks to do a collection of essays on, you guessed it, Arashi. I think he's this guy:
He waxes poetic about Arashi all the time. Some bits from his blog (pardon the rough trans):
An
essay collection about Arashi! At this point I only have a vague idea
of how it's going to turn out, but my desire to write about Arashi
burns intensely inside of me, like magma. (I swear I'm not making this up)
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I
was at my friend J-kun's apartment. He's got a high-vision projector in
his room, and I've always wanted to watch the con DVD there. Mine is
500k pixels, but J-kun's is 2 million pixels! So clear, so distinct!
The loveliness of Nino's skin, MatsuJun's eyes that suck you right in,
Aiba-chan's silky(?) hair, the sweat that glistens on Sho-kun's skin,
Captain's firm face...they all looked so real. (I'm not making this up either)
* * * * *
I
got a call from Kuwana Masahiro-san, whom I haven't heard from in quite
a while. He wants to do a book together with me, so we made plans to
meet on Monday. From what I hear, it seems that Kuwana-san is close
with an Arashi member. Maybe I should try and ask him to get summer con
tickets for me...no no, it would probably be a bother to him. I'm going
to have to restrain myself. (He lost the ticket battle too)
* * * * *
Indeed, it's amazing. Arashi is popular! Today I was out on
a get-together with my fans, and men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s
confessed, "The truth is, I'm an Arashi fan." "I watched ~ no Arashi,
and their concerts are also amazing, aren't they." One even confessed
to having a part-time job doing Johnny's concert set construction! (More and more guys are coming out)
* * * * *
I think it was exactly about a year ago when I got hooked on
Arashi by chance, and there was a time when I couldn't even talk about
it with anyone. But since I like what I like, a year ago, when I had
the opportunity to talk with a lady who was a fan of my radio show, I
took the plunge and brought up Arashi. It turned out that she was also
an Arashi fan, and from there I talked to my heart's content. I was
certain I would be told, "Takeuchi-san, that's so not like you," but
she said, "That's amazing! That's interesting!" Since then, I began to
talk about just how fascinating Arashi is. (Please don't stop!)
He is now my favorite Arashi-loving famous person (sorry Ogu-san). More gushing here: Yoshikazu-chan no Bochibochi Blog
p.s.
Was looking at the track list for Time, and Aiba-chan's solo Friendship
is written and arranged by an "Abe Yuya"! Could it be his actual
friend, the vocalist of Suther Rand?
Aiba-chan did the remix of ONLY LOVE for his radio show with him and
another friend. If it's really him, it makes the song title more
meaningful. Can't wait to hear it! (Was hopeful about the "Ohno
Kazunari" too, but he turns out to be a real person. Guess LIFE won't
turn out to be some silly Ohmiya SK song lol.)
Comments
Oh God! He seems crazier than us fangirls!
To be writing something poetic for Arashi?!
*Salutations to this guy*
"From what I hear, it seems that Kuwana-san is close with an Arashi member. Maybe I should try and ask him to get summer con tickets for me..."
LOL!
That's exactly what we'll consider doing if a friend of ours turns out to be a friend of an Arashi member!
After reading these few collections of his articles,
I hereby anounce Takeuchi Yoshikazu as a certified Arashi Fanboy!
Would love to hear more from him.
:)
OMH!
All the fanboys are coming out of the woodwork.
It's now an "IN" thing to be a male and support Arashi LOL...
What happened to the days when the oyajis confessed they like watching big boobs guava models?
XD
Ah! Looking through his blog, this guy has an ARASHI-entry every alternate days lol and even those non-Arashi entries have Arashi-mentions.
He must have been so frustrated for the year as a fan and cannot say anything. Now, he seems to lash out about Arashi every chance he gets haha.
Somehow I think all the shows Arashi does gives their male fans the motivation to just talk and enjoy themselves on normal issues like Kiiroi Namida for the older men to reminisce and ~ no Arashi for everyone to talk crack.
Fanboys are amazing XD more so than fangirls.
Men are professing their love for Arashi left and right now. XD
I never thought that a man like him would be fanboying ARASHI as much as we do...or perhaps never in my wildest imagination to any boyband..
its really amazing how our boys could attract even the male species..lol!!
Hurray to all fangirl and fanboys!!!
Takeuchi Yoshikazu..you rock!!!!!!
Uoh, sugoi!!!
I think Arashi & Kanjani are 2 groups which even men can enjoy and support, cause they're not just pretty boys but also entertainers and really funny people in my opinion!
Really happy to read that our boys are supported and loved from different kind of people!^^ Thanks for sharing!
Woah...thanks for sharing!! Our boys are amazing!!! I'm wondering how many times is he going to watch same dvd? where does this end???? LOL I'll keep checking it.
Hope you don't mind I added you!
ohh.. I wonder when he'll release his essays?
I love this info to bits! Thank you for sharing it to us. ^__^ It's amazing how Arashi captures the heart of men.. I love seeing them fanboy!
thank you for the info! I`m reading it now. I can`t believe there will come a day when I can find a grown man gushing in his blog about scenes in bambino that made him teary.
Hmm...my favourite fellow fan is still Zoom-in`s Hattori-san ;p
The loveliness of Nino's skin, MatsuJun's eyes that suck you right in, Aiba-chan's silky(?) hair, the sweat that glistens on Sho-kun's skin, Captain's firm face...they all looked so real.
i don't have a word for this. It's very interesting that fanboys n fangirls are very much alike
@Jun.M-san - I don't mind at all, thanks a lot! Hope you don't mind me adding you too. :D
@charurei - there's nothing definite yet about his Arashi book. Let's all pray that it pushes through!
"MatsuJun's eyes that suck you right in"-> kyaa~ this is so true!
He really is a big fanboy ne?? so crazy like us ne?? XD. a book about arashi?? i'll totally buy it! takeuchisan, don't stop and keep writing about our boys, onegai shimasu!! ^__^ thanks huxley! and thanks for adding me back.
OMG! Its-----adorable! It's would be nice to read his essays~ He sounds interesting. Thanks for translations! :D
Takeuchi-san is just a year older than my mom! ^^
and he's an Arashi fan!!
isn't that great? ^___________^v
wish my mom also one la...hehe
**posted a message at his blog - and he replied to my mail (in English)! yasashii ojiichan ^0^ if only i can understand all his post - hontou ni, almost everyday there was an Arashi-related posts! <3 **
btw, huxley-san, yes i'm kunyit from ninoland ^___^ and you're one of the intrepreter there, right? huxley -> hux (ninoland) --> it is you i guess? ^^
yoroshiku!