Translation: Wink Up October 2016 - Hey Say BEST crosstalk
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Hikaru: We might be on good terms now, but how was it like at first?
Yabu: I was in the same generation as Hikaru and Inoo, so we have been talking normally since our junior times.
Takaki: To me, all of you were my seniors…
Hikaru: “were”?
Takaki: (panicking) ARE my seniors….
Inoo: (strictly) Having someone as your senior will not change for your entire lifetime! Gosh… just neglecting a little will show that there is a gap in BEST’s strict rules.
Takaki: Since when did we have such rules? (laugh). So are we going to continue with the crosstalk like this today?
Yabu: Be careful, Takaki. Inoo-san is someone who scolds our generation a lot okay!
Inoo: That’s right. (in a threatening tone) I am the type whose actions are faster than words.
Arioka: It is difficult to find out which is real and which is just for the fun of it, when it comes to BEST talks (laugh). (Going back to a straight face) Me too, I have heard the wails of the numerous people who have become Ino-chan’s prey…
Yabu: Haven’t you heard of the phrase “the 709 cries of death”? By the way, 709 refers to the rehearsal room number.
Takaki: I really don’t understand these people anymore~
Hikaru: Once they start, they just continue (laugh)
Takaki: But going back to the topic, we have already been hanging out since junior days.
Arioka: We did. But weren’t the two of them (Inoo and Takaki) have a little strained relationship previously?
Hikaru: That did happen
Arioka: But suddenly their distance became closer
Hikaru: What happened to result in that?
Inoo: We hugged once
Takaki: ……(bitter laugh). I think it was because during one of the Wink Up interviews, someone teased me and he suddenly said “Don’t talk bad about Takaki!” (laugh)
Arioka: There was something like that. So, what happened?
Inoo: It is a secret that cannot be mentioned here
Takaki: Yes. You just have to write “something happened”. Actually, it just happened naturally… (laugh)
Arioka: But for me, I think it was after we had the BEST gathering that we became closer, no?
Hikaru: It was a birthday gathering for Takaki but it became the first BEST gathering.
Yabu: That photo we took during that gathering appeared the other day. I looked at it full with emotions and was like “Oh…~”
Inoo: Weren’t many of us still in school uniform on that day?
Yabu: Yeah. And we went to eat miso hotpot.
Arioka: Having hot pot in school uniform, how grown up were we (laugh)
Inoo: And didn’t we even order things like raw horse meat? We were so mischievous (laugh)
Hikaru: We said things like “this miso capsicums are so delicious” But what we drank was oolong tea and juice (laugh)
Takaki: It snowed too
Yabu: And after that, we gathered again for someone else’s birthday
Inoo: The most recent BEST gathering was…. in Thailand when we went there for work?
All: Ah~~ we did!
Takaki: That was fun. Going back to the topic again, as juniors, there was this atmosphere of seniors and juniors right?
Arioka: There was. To me, Hikaru-kun has become really harmonious now.
Hikaru: Well, I don’t deny it (laugh)
Arioka: When Hikaru-kun told me “lend me your mobile charger”, I thought it was really troublesome to take it out from my bag and I was taking my time. And then he got really angry and said “Hurry!!”
Hikaru: Ahahaha! Really? I was so narrowminded? (laugh)
Arioka: I talked about this in previous Wink Ups too, but you also stabbed me with my necklace…
Takaki: Ah, the silver necklace with a skull holding a sword right?
Yabu: When Hikaru picked it up, I stabbed it down and that was our wonderful collaboration (laugh)
Inoo: Speaking of that, what happened to that necklace? You haven’t worn it recently.
Arioka: (with a dark face) Both of them did that to me and gave me such a traumatic experience…. so I buried it in the mud.
All: Ahahaha!
Yabu: So your wounds will all return if you look at it (laugh)
Arioka: Do you know? Since that day, I have a phobia of pointed things, my wound hurts when it rains, and everytime I see a skull my whole body starts shaking.
Takaki: What a lie, you all are lying (laugh)
Inoo: Firstly, for Dai-chan to wear a skull silver necklace at that age, Dai-chan is the one who is unfashionable! (laugh)
Arioka: I thought so too. That’s embarrassing (laugh). Recently everyone in 7 has been calling “Yabu-chan”. But I was the first one who called him “Yabu-chan” alright?
Yabu: Oh. Oh…. was that so.
Arioka: I thought “I guess I can pull it off today?” and so I tried calling him that.
Yabu: And I unexpectedly accepted it.
Inoo: Wait a minute. But everyone calls me “inoo-chan” from the start though?! Takaki is the only one who calls me “Inoo-kun”
Takaki: I still call you Inoo-kun now
Yabu: I call Inoo as Inoo. We don’t have a BEST gathering recently, but the other day during 27 hours tv, we felt the bond.
Arioka: The Busaiku program in the middle of the night was good too
Yabu: Hikaru was really teased by Gaya-san (Fujigaya)
Hikaru: Yea. He kept doing it. But I guess what rounded JUMP up was the dunk segment?
Yabu: That felt like a bond~
Hikaru: When we were practicing we kept saying “Just be careful not to get injured”. Being able to say that, I thought we were really adults (laugh)
All: Ahahah!
Inoo: That’s true! Even if the grown ups used to tell us that, we wouldn’t understand it.
Arioka: Yeah. We would think they are exaggerating. But now, we focus a lot on stretching.
Takaki: Me too! I have aged (laugh)
Arioka: That dunk does cause a lot of damage to our backs. Also for jumping up and landing again on the ground, it also burdens our knees a lot.
Yabu: We were impatient and there was quite a lot of mental stress too. We had to decide on some factors and we were fighting with remaining time. The pressure was really great! Chinen unexpectedly was impatient too.
Arioka: It is probably the first time I saw Chinen looking so flustered too
Inoo: Chinen doesn’t really show his nervousness
Yabu: Yeah. Chinen was in front of me and he was really nervous. Takaki was last.
Takaki: Yup. It didn’t reach my turn so there wasn’t a burden on my physical condition, but the pressure was really strong!
Inoo: But during practices, it did reach Takaki. Everytime he did a dunk, he would be told “Takaki-san, so cool~!!”
Arioka: And like “Really awesome!!” “That one just now was the best!”
Takaki: And because of that, it became hard to perform (laugh)
Yabu: The video which we succeeded during practice, I have watched it countless times.
Arioka: Me too! I will watch it whenever I have spare time.
Yabu: I show my friends too, and say “Isnt this awesome? Awesome right?” (laugh). My friends also asked “Whose that guy who was last?” And I helped to promote by saying “Takaki! Takaki, takaki, takaki!!” (laugh)
Arioka: I did the same too~ I said “I came from practice today…” and while saying that, I show my friends the video.
Inoo: And so the conclusion will always be “Takaki-san, so cool~” (laugh)
Hikaru: I was third from the last, and that’s a weird positioning. I was very nervous.
Arioka: I was the first one. At first, we were all motivated and I said like “Lets do it now!” I didn’t expect to have a second or third time. After failing the first time, I already don’t know what I had to say from then.
Yabu: Well, we really wanted to succeed!
Hikaru: We succeeded many times during practice so that was regrettable. For JUMP’s recent updates… we have started our concert tour!
Yabu: For me, recently I went with Chinen to Arashi, Kisumai and ABC-Z’s concert.
Arioka: How was it?
Yabu: Firstly for Arashi senpai, I felt like I was surrounded by passionate fans who gave out that “I love everyone in Arashi!” feeling. It was Yokohama arena, so the distance felt close too. I guess the fans were really happy.
Hikaru: What kind of performance was it?
Yabu: LED lights were the main, and the lightings were fantastic.
Takaki: Eh, how about Kisumai?
Yabu: Because Busaiku is shown on television, so the fans would already know the characteristics of all the members. So during the MC, the fans can tell when they fail (laugh). When that happens, the fans have the right reactions and I think a great relationship was formed between the audience and Kisumai.
Arioka: Ohh, I see! How about A.B.C-Z?
Yabu: Everyone including the members, audience and staff seem to be nervous while looking at Tsuka-chan (laugh)
Inoo: What do you mean?
Yabu: All 5 members have a solo song. Gocchi’s solo is a cool dance number, Hasshi’s one was also a cool dance number, Tottsu danced and played the guitar. Three of them had normal solo songs. But Kawai-chan was funny as he was riding a wooden horse. But well, you would expect that.
Arioka: You would. Kawai-kun seems to fool around and do funny things.
Yabu: Then, Tsuka-chan. He suddenly took out a harmonica and started blowing on an introduction. It was so surreal and anyway there isn’t anyone in JUMP that is like him (laugh)
Inoo: He is just like Chaplin, challenging too many new things (laugh)
Yabu: But it feels like that “nervousness” had become a habit.
Takaki: If JUMP members had their solo part, I think we would do it quite normally.
Yabu: That’s true. Like me and Hikaru, we would probably try to put our performance in control and do it normally (laugh)
Inoo: Ehh, if both of you don’t take such risks what am I going to do?
Yabu: How about doing an electronic dance number?
Hikaru: Uwah, he definitely wont do it (laugh)
Inoo: Nope, I am the type who will do it if you tell me that.
Hikaru: Uwah, I am looking forward! On the other hand, when other people come to JUMP’s concert, and when you ask them how was it, what do they reply?
Arioka: Probably “The audience is energetic”? Their cheers are really loud.
Hikaru: Sometimes our senpais come and watch our concert, and they tell us “The cheers are awesome!”
Arioka: Yup. And I feel that their cheers are also a little on the high pitch.
Inoo: Dai-chan has a great ear for music.
Arioka: Of course. That pitch is the “#” sound.
Takaki: So random (laugh)
Hikaru: Also, a characteristic of a JUMP concert is that we do many things
Arioka: That’s right. The other time, Matsumoto (Jun)-kun came to our concert rehearsal and I asked the staff after that, they said his comment was “they do a lot of things”.
Takaki: We look forward to the audience reaction too
Inoo: Yup. Especially, look forward to my electronic dance solo
Hikaru: You are not gonna do that this time (laugh)
Yabu: It is important to think of “how to make the audience happy” when we plan for a concert and I would be glad if they can go home thinking “it was so fun!”