Potato 02.2011 - NEWS stars [Translation]
POTATO 02.2011 - NEWS SHOOTING STARS
Yamapi
I want to be an idol since I was a kid. I didn't even know that there were dancing and singing idols though. Watching a drama with Tackey the first thing I thought was that I wanted to become a person who acts in dramas and goes on tv. When I entered between the Jrs the only thing I had in mind was getting better at dancing. That's why in my first years in the Jimusho I wasn't conscious of the spectators when I was on stage. I started to think mostly about the fans when I debuted with NEWS. I think that the most important thing in this job is to make the fans happy. This is not limited to idols, I think it's the same for cooks too. While they cook they think that they want to offer to the guests something delicious, right? If there isn't this kind of feeling the results will be completely different. It's also important to always be a little ahead on things. But nothing will work only with this.
Moreover, the idol is somebody that "can do anything if he does its best", isn't he? Sometimes you also wonder how far you can push yourself...By the way, I won't be more detailed about this. That's my professional secret (lol). I know how I have to behave as an idol because I condensated my many years' experiences like a stock for soups. 15 years before I used to give up on things but I also realized that some of them could be essential so I came back on them too. Doing like this by trial and error now I'm at my best. You can't do anything if you're not at your best in the current time. That's why I want to improve my singing and I want to practice dance more. I think that gathering more acting experiences I can be better at it. For all this I have to hold tight and do properly every job I get one by one.
Recently I've always been in studio to record my solo album. During the recordings my throat had difficult times. That's why I'm trying to sleep a lot. In 2011 I want to cherish the balance between work and private life. People can't stay always awake, we have to properly rest.
[The soup line was weird I know, sorry. Yamapi is always so lovely]
Ryo
Idols are human too. I understand that this is a weird thing to hear from an idol but it's ok. There are people who look at me and say "He's a professional idol" or "It's amazing!". I had moments in which I thought the same too but that's not true (lol). I'm just myself, if people like me I'm happy, if people hate me I don't care. Being an idol I should say things like "My favourite food is melon!" but I prefer to say the truth. I'd say "I like frozen food!" (lol). Being like this everybody must say "That's weird he's not idol-like at all!". Didn't you give up on that yet? I have no conflicts at all about it.
I have no idea what are the conditions to be a star. Maybe it's about the aura? Then it's about the rules you put on yourself and your surrounding. I think that SMAP's Kimura Takuya is a man who has both of these conditions. I don't have an aura and I have some rules but sometimes they work sometimes not at all (lol). I'm not making excuses, it's just that I use to think that it's ok because I'm a human being. Today's theme is "Shooting star", isn't that just a burning meteorite? (lol). But still many people entrust their wishes to them, it would be great if we could become presences like those to somebody else. To make it true...I'll do my very best. I just made it up now though (lol). As a NEWS member I want to have fun on the surface and on the inside too. Personally I still don't have clear objectives or vision, I only think it must be nice to spend good days one by one. In my case I want to think that I can be fullfilled in work and private life brightly connecting them (lol). What am I going to do concretely?
This year I want to travel in Europe. Searching about the EW system and the signatories I got very interested into the 3 Baltic countries. I'd love to go there.
[That's approximate, he strongly used Kansai-ben there ._. Ryo has a tought way of saying things but I like his honesty more than anything.]
Koyama
I think that a star is a person who can make people smile and be happy. There are stars who are very very cool on the appearances but to me being a real star means to be able to make forget bad things and to give energy to others.
Thinking to my senpai I'd say Domoto Koichi. If you ask me to think to a star the first one to come into my mind is him. 10 years ago I partecipated to the butai "Endless Shock" and I was truly shaken by Koichi-kun's attitude to work. During the meetings he always thought from the point of view of the audience, during the rehearsals he never made mistakes. He's not the kind of person who says "Follow me" but just watching him from behind you felt like doing it. To be a star you have to be stoic. Swans swim with elegance but under the water they move their legs desperately, right? It's the very same.
In 2011 I want to grow up more as a news caster. Since I started "News every." I met many people from different fields and my view got wider. The words of those people who dedicate all their life to something stuck into my heart. Each one of them is a star. Listening to them made me want to do my best even more. I want to sincerely face their words and convey them to the audience without being too full of myself.
The aspect I want to make more and more bright inside of me is "to share". Until now I've always wanted to show only myself but since I'm a caster I became conscious of what and how I want to express things. I think about this also when I'm doing concerts or tv shows, I'll keep pursuing this so that my expressions will become wider.
As a NEWS member I want to do concerts this year too. In 2010 we've been in Tokyo and Osaka so I'd be happy if in this new year we will be able to increase the places of even one more! (lol).
[Koyama is so good at talking T_T I really admire him ><]
Shige
What does it mean to be an idol...That's a really difficult question! (lol). I think that an idol must be somebody with a strong personality. For example, if it's a man he should be like a character came out from a shojo manga, right? Because the mangas that are turned into movies or dramas are always a big hit. When somebody is called to the casting of such works I think he's a real star.
From a universal point of view an idol must have a great charm. Even if he has other abilities, his charm is outstanding and surpass them all to the eyes of people in the end. I think that they are some kind of magical people. With this way of thinking I'm really not an idol yet (lol). Because I can't build something I have not. I think I will never be an idol like Domoto Koichi. It would be the same of suddenly aiming to be an Olympic player. I must do what I want to do and prepare myself to the things that will come to me one by one, that's the only thing I can do. A thing I consider important is to not lose focus. I'm a human being so there's no "forever" for me but I think I must forget about being an idol (lol).
NEWS members are all idols. When I went to see the butai I thought "What an idol Koyama!". Tegomasu have some kind of female idols' charm (lol). Me? Well~ (lol). This may contradict a little what I've said before but I won't be careless, I think that as a human being the most I can do is to try think this: "Idols are like this and I have to behave like one". We'll never get rid of the generic image of an idol. That's why I'll aim to something different from the universal image of an idol (lol).
My objective for 2011 is to calm down with hobbies (lol) I don't have any more time! That's why I want to compress them a little. I have many ambitions about work. There's nothing I don't want to do. I have nothing more to say except that I will put all my efforts in every job will come to me!
[Shige...always nonsense...it's so funny that if you read this thing he really talks like he's everything but an idol!! LOL Shige you are an idol! Why are you talking like somebody caught you at the zoo on the streets and intervistated you about idols!? XD He was so sweet saying that he can never be an idol...I think that's true because it's not in his nature and differently from what Koyama said, I wouldn't like to see a Shige who winks or smile to the camera with self-confidence, it wouldn't be Shige anymore ^^"
"I will put all my efforts in every job will come to me" --> Sound like desperate LOL]
Massu
An idol or a star are people that you want to be like. Even if I don't aim to be like anybody else (lol). I like Katori Shingo. He's a star!
Hearing the word "idol" the first thing to come into my mind is NEWS. Between us who is the most idol? If you ask me this it'd be me (lol). Or better, I'd like to be it. Recently I've been thinking that I'd like to grow 4cm taller. Now I'm 171cm so I'd like to be 175. Because my image of a star is at least 175cm tall. Some people I randomly meet in the city told me that I'm bigger than what I look like though. Koyama is really tall, right? Maybe compared to when he's in TV with us, in reality he looks smaller.
The abilities I'd like to improve...I won't say them here, ok? (lol). Strenght is something hidden and I think that to idols it's essential to show the sides in which he's better.
My ambitions for 2011? In 2010 I decided that I wanted to try many new things. I climbed the Fujiyama, I went to fish, I traveled to Europe. The only thing I did alone was travelling though. During the trip I had a transit of 3 hours but I had two change 2 terminals in an airport so big that you had to move inside it with buses. I was waiting at the wrong terminal and I realized that just in time...I dashed off but when I arrived there it was already the departing time (T_T). I thought "What can I do now? It's over!" and I tried in a somewhat-english to ask if there was nothing I could do to an employee and he said it was all ok! The plane was a little in delay. I've been saved. I've never been in such troubles all alone, thinking back to it it was a positive experience. I realized that it's important to be able to speak a minimum of foreigner languages. I want 2011 to go on on the basis of 2010 and to keep my resolution to try to many new things. And then I want a tour in the whole country with NEWS.
[Massu and his random interviews again XD The airport scene was funny, I'd like to see it XD]
Tegoshi
When I partecipated to the Fireworks event at the Jingu Gaien in 2010 I thought that Macchi-san is a real idol. He was all sparkly (lol). Of course he has a coolness and an aura obtained from his long experience, he also gives the impression of being a real expert. Still he didn't lose his idol-like aspect. A man always sparkling like him is really cool.
I don't have any problems at all at being called idol. Because I am an idol (lol). I heard that Kei-chan said that as an idol I have a score of 100 points, I'm so happy. I mean, the Johnny's T-score is 100, right? (lol)
From now on too I want to become an idol more and more. For example, during a PV or a photoshooting I'll never want to say: "I can't do this, I'm 30 yrs old", even if they ask for a weird situation that makes me think "Huh?". I want to go on to a cool line no matter what, no matter how old I am. I want to always be smily. Because if I show my smile the people who watch me will surely smile too. One of the meanings of our concerts is to make the fans happy and smily. That's why I want to be a person that always smile.
From 15th January I'll be a detective in the drama "Dekawanko". There will be comic moments, sad moments and of course cool scenes of investigation. It's a work full of different and interesting aspects. My character Kirishima is quite similar to me. When he thinks that something isn't right he quickly reacts, he gets more passionate as more atrocious is the crime. I get excited when the hurdle is higher too. Until now I had many weak roles but this time my character is a little older than me and he's hot-tempered. He's also a little violent with words (lol). I've never acted like this before so it's really funny.
My objective for the future is to become a person who's able to do many works. A singer in concerts and an actor in dramas. Then a talent in variety shows. I'm an idol so I don't want to lose against the people who do only one work as singers or actors. Of course this is not a challenge but I don't want to be seen as somebody who's half-hearted in work. Being a Johnny's who fortunately can do many jobs I want to do everything properly.
[Just...typical Tegoshi XD]
I apologize for my English in advance for this one ^^"