35 posts tagged “nino”
It's starting to seem like everyone is an Arashi fan...remember the shiatsu expert who appeared on 2008.06.09 Shukudai-kun?
Turns out he's an Arashi fan (!). He wrote about the taping on his website:
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*
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Just clear your cache and cookies and you'll be able to vote again. They easily won last time (Nino - Best Actor for Haikei and MatsuJun - Best Supporting Actor for HanaDan 2); let's make them win again ^^ What they'll get:
* A trophy to show off (MatsuJun's trophy last year from Koon)
* A spread + article in the newspaper (Nino's spread last year from Arashi.vox)
* More validation that they're famous and have tons of fans lolz
Best looking fanvid I've seen: Doumyouji x Nobu (Nino in Handoc!!!)
Asakusa Kid wrote about Arashi on their blogs. From Suidobashi Hakase:1/29, Tuesday
Entered Nippon Television, Shiodome at 1:45 pm.
Arashi no shukudai-kun taping. (scheduled to be aired on 2/18)
Together with Ogura Tomoaki,
Arashi (Ohno Satoshi, Sakurai Sho, Aiba Masaki, Ninomiya Kazunari, Matsumoto Jun).First time to work with the members of Arashi.
For one thing, we're 20 years apart in age.
So apart that until today, I couldn't put the members' faces and names together.But speaking of Arashi's popularity in our midst......
The writer Takeuchi Yoshikazu-san, well over 50, has proclaimed himself to be an Arashi fan,
to the point of setting up a blog where he writes only about Arashi.Before the actual taping, the 60-year-old Ogura Tomoaki-san also praised them profusely, saying,
"There's no better group than this".'Homework! Research and report about smelly and delicious food'
'Asakusa Kid picks their 3 most dangerous work'
'Legendary men of the entertainment world! Kusano Hitoshi, Ogura Tomoaki'
'Pushing sumo match'
Etc. etc., happily we did them together.The pushing sumo match, where I battled against all the Arashi members,
had quite a miracle ending.And the Ogura Tomoaki Super Athlete Legend that I revealed ---
the real thing was better than hearsay this time around.I encountered for the first time surstromming,
the world's smelliest fermented food product.
From Tamabukuro Sujitaro:
2008/1/29 (Tue)
The members of Arashi
The 'Arashi fever' that Takeuchi-san talked so passionately about
during last summer's Psychic Meeting.It completely got to me too.
Being thrilled even when the Arashi members who are younger
go at me saying, "Tama-cha~n"!
Sounds fun, can't wait to watch. And they actually know Yoshikazu-chan lol (maybe they brought him up?).
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scan: arimi_skywalker
Nino's hair was long when I first met him, and I thought, "That guy sure seems like an otaku"
(laughs). Back then Nike was all the rage, and a~ll the juniors wore
Nike sneakers, but only Nino wore Reeboks. I was also wearing Reeboks,
so I think I felt an affinity with him because of that. Me and Nino,
we're so alike in the way we don't like to do bothersome stuff. For
instance, there are times when it would absolutely rain, right, like when the weather report says the chances of
rain are 90%? Even on such days,
if it's not raining when we leave the house, then we both won't
absolutely bring an umbrella. So in the end, we're both soaking wet
(laughs). You really should change that about you! Well, me too...By
the way, the one who's always prepared is Anazawa. There's always a
folding umbrella inside his bag. Speaking of which, when I went to
Nino's house recently, I was so surprised~. His dad is so young. He
was like a slightly chubby yobikousei,
and I thought he was Nino's older brother. The bath house the two of us
went to that day was really fun! All the other customers left halfway
through, and we had the place all to ourselves. We poured water on the
floor, and we slid and glided on the tiles stark naked! Our butts hurt a bit though (laughs).
Wink up, circa 1997
scan: arimi_skywalker (thanks a lot ♥)
I've
never acted before. During school arts festivals, I was always the
lighting guy. It's a role nobody really wants, but it's actually deep
and interesting, because the feel of the stage completely changes
according to the lights. The actors I like are Ishida Issei-san and Sorimachi Takashi-san!
In the future, it would be great if like them, I could become an actor
with a strong personality, whose presence can be felt just by being on
screen. One thing I'm happy about lately is being able to go to New
York for a Wink up shoot! It was so much fun! We went to lots of
different places riding the location bus. It was all for the magazine
story, but it was fun and hardly felt like work. The one thing I
remember the most is...Nonaka-kun's * one-man conte
(laughs). He's like talking all the time. He makes lame jokes, but
slowly and strangely, we begin to find them funny (laughs). The details
of our New York trip will be in next month's issue, so look forward to
it!
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Aiba Masaki = born on
12/24/82. 3rd year, middle school, 14 years old. From Chiba Prefecture.
Blood type: AB. Height: 164 cm. Weight: 48 kg. Shoe size: 27 cm.
* an ex-junior
Didn't know the four of them were called J-Boys (short for Johnny's Boys) before MAIN. And Toma admired Sho-kun?
The
other day I was asked by a girl, "Are you the junior Matsumoto
Jun-kun?" I was so happy! I mean, Matsumoto-kun's face is so cute,
isn't it?...The one I admire among the juniors is Sakurai-kun!
And wah MatsuJun so cute (this MatsuJun doesn't exist anymore lol):
We've
always gotten along well, but I'm happy that since the [junior] radio
show has started, and the stage play decided, we've become closer! Ah,
but that guy just had me in a stranglehold a while ago (laughs). (Ninomiya-kun faces here and flashes a peace sign)
Concerts are also fun! I mean, even though it's fun to just be dancing,
Aiba-kun and Ninomiya-kun next to me would always be making me laugh.
And during this year's spring concert, I was praised by the dance
teacher! For me who is always getting scolded by name, this is such big
news. Stage experience? I have...at our school arts festival, and a bit
part at that (laughs). I only had a few lines, but this time won't
definitely be at that level. I think that as long as I give it my all,
even though I look like this, I'm a pretty quick learner. Anyway, I'm a mass of willingness and motivation this time around, so it's definitely gonna be okay! But you know,
if I mess up during the actual show, don't strangle me, Ninomiya-kun!
(laughs)
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Matsumoto Jun = born on
8/30/83. 2nd year, middle school, 13 years old. From Tokyo. Blood type:
A. Height: 153 cm. Weight: 38 kg. Shoe size:
25.5 cm.
YOUNG SONG, September 2005
scan: Tess
I
like Kazamidori among the songs in the album. Back in grade school, I
had a really good friend, but he transferred to another school.
Together we tested how far we can go riding our bikes, we played
baseball and soccer etc...I remember those stuff when I hear this
song. The words "Let's enjoy today~" in my solo Itsuka no summer is
also a priority in my life, so it's easy to put my feelings into it when
I'm singing it. The song's lyrics could be looking back at the past, or
it could be comparing the past and the present...I guess there are many
ways of interpreting it, depending on the listener. The lyrics are
deep, and I myself get more confused the more I think about it (laughs).
Er
Leader month is over, but here's what Leader said when he appeared as a
guest on 2007.09.06 ON8. The DJ told Leader that he was already a "Man
of Legend" lol, and she was so
looking forward to meeting him. What he said:
Ninomiya Kazunari comes to me and meddles with me, so I have no choice but to pay attention to him.
So it's like you're just going along with him?
Yup, that's right. It's not like I really want to do it...
Lol poor Leader...
As the leader of Arashi, what is it that you want from the members?
Treat me more gently
So you're not treated very gently?
Yup, it's rough treatment. I want them to go easy on me (laughs).
Ninomiya-kun talked about fooling around during rehearsals, and together with Aiba-kun getting scolded a lot by Matsumoto-kun.
Well he doesn't really get angry that seriously. It's more like *imitates MatsuJun* "Hey that's enough" (laughs).
Er that seems more serious instead (laughs).
And then we'd go, "Yes, we're sorry", then end up coming up with another game.
For instance, when you're in the middle of a meeting...
When I feel like we've run out of ideas, I'd like
send a message to Nino. Even though he's sitting right next to me. I'd say like, "We sure are not coming up with anything..."
And what does Ninomiya-kun say?
"I know. I want to go home..." (laughs)
In connection with the title Happiness, during which times do
you feel happy as an Arashi member, or think, "I sure am happy I'm an
Arashi member"?
Lately we've been together all the time because of the tour...Well, I'm
happy because we're together all the time (laughs).
So Happiness for Ohno-kun is to be able to be with everyone always.
Right...that's Happiness. ♥
Happy 27th birthday, Leader! Sorry for the belated greeting >< Er this is so not timely anymore (it's Aiba-chan month already!), but here's the last for Ohno Satoshi month, which is from Nino's guest appearance on bayfm ON8 (Onpachi). They had a corner where he was asked to compare the other members to something (Ohmiya moe~). Ohno Satoshi month was fun, thanks for reading! Will catch up and reply soon:
mp3: Arashian Files
Aiba-chan → Chinese [food], then Ramenman
Why: the family business. Nino said that for lunch that day, they had food from the Aiba family restaurant, from gyoza, chili shrimp, to fried rice. They were brought by Aiba-chan's father himself, whom Nino calls by his name Katsuhisa.
MatsuJun → spaghetti
Why: Bambino. Nino: "I think he looks good in any role."
And then Leader:
How about Ohno-kun?
Ohno-san... *long pause* ...everything about him...
Everything about him...
Is weird.
Hahahahaha you're not comparing at all!
No, really, everything about him is weird.
Everything?
Well
I don't know if he's weird in the typical way, but that's what I think.
Right now we're in the last stages of our concert rehearsals,
and...he's like...always wearing a t-shirt that says Hell Taxi.
Hahaha what?! It says that? It says Hell Taxi?
Yup, and when I say "Taxi!", he'd like come over.
Hahahahaha!!! *claps*
We're like doing that the whole time, so Jun-kun would get angry at us. He'd go, "Get serious, will ya?" Me and Ohno-san, we end up fooling around most of the time, so during rehearsals we're made to dance on opposite ends from each other.
Away from each other.
Yup, but whenever we take a break, when I call out "Taxi!", the taxi would come over. Since we end up playing like that, I tell him, "Then don't wear it!" I mean, in the first place, what the heck is a Hell Taxi? Also, he'd always say, "I'll take you to hell today too."
[At this point the DJ is laughing her butt off]
We normally do stuff like that, but I'm thinking most people would find it weird. I mean, if you get into a taxi for real and the driver says, "So, shall I take you to hell today?" You'd be surprised and want to get off, right?
Haha of course, obviously!
You'd think, "Ack, I've gotten into a weird one!"
Yup, exactly.
If you think of it that way, the way that guy thinks is, well, a bit unique. I'm thinking it's sorta rude to call him weird, so maybe it's better to say unique.
Sho-kun → stone
Why: his strong convictions. For Ichimen!, they'd have a meeting around Thursday or Friday, and until then he'd be reading about three different newspapers everyday, comparing and contrasting them, and even on the set of YamaTaro he'd be reading them early in the morning etc. etc. etc. *the talk gets serious*
[At this point the DJ has stopped laughing and is now all serious]
I
think he's really amazing...er, Sho-san's gotten serious and all, so
shall we cut this part out? Apologies to Sho-san, but let's focus on
Hell Taxi!
Hahahahaha!!!
Well,
the person called "Leader"...lately it's really getting to be a
nickname. Basically it's Sho-kun who leads. And during concerts, it's
Jun-kun.
Everyone's got their own roles, in a balanced way.
And during variety shows it's me or Aiba-san.
None of you really overlap each other.
Yes, but who would have thought that after eight years there'd be a taxi driver. And the biggest mystery is that he's the only one who doesn't have a driver's license. All he's got is a PASMO.
Hahaha but despite that he'll take you to hell!
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Other
interesting stuff: it was Sho-kun who came up with the name Time
for their album, but Nino, Leader, and Aiba-chan came up with other candidates, like: "What's a piglet doing here?" → "Since there's
a pig, let's name it Olympig." ^^;;; I searched for the shirt and found
these (seems like a fashionable and expensive brand):
duet, April 2003
scans: mellowdee
This brown waist bag that Ohno always carries with him is something
that has put in its years --- he bought it in Kyoto when he was there
for KYO TO KYO. "I've been using it for about five years now (laughs).
This bag is enough for anything other than stay-overs."
This jacket, which he wore during the premiere of Nino's movie Ao no honoo, seems to be quite warm. "I said it was cold, and before I knew it my mom had bought me this." Mother is full of love ♪
Inside his waist bag is this MD player. "I listen to it on the train...well it's more like I'm just letting it play rather than actually listening to it (laughs)." By the way, both CDs are *NSYNC CDs.
On the screen of his camera phone is a figure of E.T., which Ohno made himself using clay. "My sis all of a sudden asked me to make it, so I stayed home the entire day to make it. Surprisingly it was quite easy to do."
Saved on the same cellphone is this clay figure of the drawing of the black guy which made an appearance in Arashi's concert last summer. "This would be his first appearance on the pages of a magazine. I've put him in a glass case, and placed him on top of the TV."
Arashi ♥ Spring Q &A
Q1 What stuff do you want this spring?
A
digital camera and a computer. I've been taking pictures of my drawings
and clay works with a SLR camera, but all that film's gonna be tough.
With a digicam, you can check what you've taken right then and there. I
also want to properly organize the pictures I've taken on the computer
and like edit them and stuff. However, I'm not interested in the
internet, so I won't be doing that even if I bought a computer (laughs).
Q2 What fashion items are you looking out for this spring?
Pink and yellow stuff. I wore a pink and yellow costume during our winter concert, and the fans quite liked it. The members
didn't, though; they said it doesn't suit me (laughs). That's why, I'm
going to work hard for pink and yellow to look good on me (laughs).
Q3 What challenge do you want to take on this spring?
Definitely computer.
Q4 What do you think of when we say "spring"?
Hanami!
We've always had work during hanami season, so I've never been to one.
During hanami season last year we did PIKA☆NCHI. I want to go this
year~.
Q5 If you were to go out on a date this spring, what would you do?
A fishing date by the river. But I feel the conversation won't be lively, more like "Caught anything yet?" "Nope..." (laughs).
Ume Kayo is an award-winning photographer, and a Satoshi fan! She has mentioned wanting to shoot Arashi in an interview before (Arashi is her 念願のアイドルグループ), and she picked Leader as her #1 in the anan ranking "Dream male subject I want to gaze at through my viewfinder" (she certainly has interesting taste in subjects: #2 is the guy in blue and #3 is this professor). There's an interview with her in the October issue of spoon.:
--- What has caught your attention lately?
Arashi. Ohno-kun and Ninomiya-kun. It's my dream to shoot an Arashi calendar.
July, August would definitely be swimwear. For June, they'd be pelted with rain and their shirts would be all see-through. April would be in front of the cherry blossoms, all refreshing. December would be with Santa by the kotatsu. Wouldn't it be great? It's so cool!
The interviewer comments that it's different from her former photobook, and she says:
「嵐は恋だから」
Haha I don't know her, but I like her already. This is like the Arashi fangirl motto. Arashi, please make her dream come true!
