Translation of Maru's interview in December 2011 Saita
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Q. How would you welcome someone to your house?
A. “Enjoy your stay~”
“A date at home sounds fun doesn’t it?” Maruyama-san smiles in a friendly manner. He proceeds to come up with a date plan… “We’d start off by inviting friends over and have a cheery hotpot party that has an ‘enjoy your stay~’ feel to it. And if possible, she’d take charge of cooking, and I’d stick my head in the kitchen from time to time and ask, “Can I help with anything?” She’d say, “No, I got it,” and it would make me happy and I’d think, “Wow, she’s good.” On the other hand, if she said, “Help me,” I’d also be happy and think, “She’s got me eating right out of her hand (laughs).” He seems to be head over heals over his imaginary girlfriend. What’s something he would want to do if they were by themselves? “We’d each bring a DVD we like and watch them together. With cheese as an appetizer and drinking wine as we watch. After we’re done, we’d discuss our thoughts on them and get to know each other better that way… Ooh, I love that kind of grown up feeling.
Q. What kind of woman would you like to invite to your house?
A. A person that would be okay with my messy room!?
“I can only invite people whom I’m really close with to my house,” Maruyama-san says sincerely. What kind of woman would he be close enough to invite over to his house? “My image of women is that they’re living beings that sort of rarely show their unadulterated selves by covering it up with make-up and by being fashionable (laughs). That’s why I’d like someone who would show me their true self. But of course, I’d be my true self as well, so she’d have to be someone who could accept me the way I am. For example, I make a mess of my house in a flash, so she’d have to be someone who would still love me after that (laughs). Then again, if she says “OK, I’ll clean for you,” that would be a problem, too, because I’m the type who prefers to clean on my own. Ah, I might be a particular kind of guy. (laughs)”
Q. What kind of things would you fight about with your girlfriend?
A. We probably wouldn’t fight.
“The only things I don’t concede on are about work. That’s why we’d never fight, and I’d probably be the one to concede.”
Q. What type are you when you’re in love?
A. A foolhardy carnivore!?
Apparently Maruyama-san would convey in whatever way possible that he loves someone so much he can’t help it. Perhaps he’s the carnivore type? “Mmm, I might be (laughs). I’m the type that approaches aggressively and often calls or texts her. I have a hard time holding back my feelings, so I can’t do manipulative romances. I’m just the foolhardy type.” But if Maruyama-san is so obvious in his actions, wouldn’t the other members in his group catch on? “Right… I thought no one was on to me, but maybe they all actually knew back then. (laughs)”
Q. What are the perks of dating Maruyama-san?
A. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep you smiling!
Maruyama-san, who is always cheerful and plays the mood maker role in Kanjani∞, prefers a relationship in which both can stay smiling. “In order for me to stay smiling, I think there might be a lot I’d ask of her, but I’d like to do whatever I can to keep her smiling too. I’ll do whatever she wants and treasure her! I’ll do anything!! Like, maybe, I don’t know… What kind of stuff do women like?
Q. Which body part are you proud of?
A. My arm that can be used as an arm pillow!
“I have quite a bit of muscle on me, so I think I’d make a good arm pillow! If you don’t like arm pillows… I’d like to squeeze you tightly! (laughs)”
Q. What’s something you treasure every day?
A. Being someone that I like.
Maruyama-san says that a short while back, when his stage play and drama work came to an end, he was a little depressed. “By the time I realized it, I’d been slacking off on cleaning and laundry and I had turned into my lazy self. I thought it was no good. I thought that I couldn’t be proud of myself and show my face in public like this.” That’s when Maruyama-san noted down some goals in his cell phone. “I put a big slogan: ‘Things I need to do in order to be someone I like.’ (laughs) Clean my room, eat a healthy breakfast, exercise… that’s the kind of stuff I wrote. I believe that these basic things are what construct a person’s charming interior, so I’m going to do my best!”
Q. What do you want people to do when you’re feeling down?
A. If they would hear me out.
“I would be honest and say ‘I’m feeling a little down right now,’ when I am, so please hear me out over some tea.”
Q. What would your ideal marriage be like?
A. To be whipped by my wife? (no, not literally XD;)
“Someday, when I’ve become a man of higher caliber, I’d like to get married,” says Maruyama-san. What’s his ideal portrait of a family? “I’d prefer to be a little whipped by my wife. After I come home late, it’d be like: ‘What were you doing!?’ ‘Sorry.’ ‘You think I’d forgive you just like that?’ ‘Alright, let’s go somewhere this Sunday then?’ (laughs) My aspiration is for it to be like I’m no match for my wife yet we love each other. I’d also want my kids to like me. Like, no matter what I do on variety shows, I want them to think “My dad is cool.”
Q. How would you like your wife to be?
A. For her to stay pretty.
It sounds like Maruyama-san would make a kind husband when he gets married, but what does he want his wife to be like? “I’d like her to stay pretty. That’s why I’d probably encourage her to go to spas and stuff (laughs). If she’s the type who loves her career, I think it’d be nice for both of us to work.” In that case, who would do the housework? “I’d love for her to cook, but if she can’t, I will! There are so many guys out there who don’t understand how much hard work cooking and doing laundry is so they leave all of it to their wives. I’d like to help out as much as possible.”
Q. How would you welcome someone to your house?
A. “Enjoy your stay~”
“A date at home sounds fun doesn’t it?” Maruyama-san smiles in a friendly manner. He proceeds to come up with a date plan… “We’d start off by inviting friends over and have a cheery hotpot party that has an ‘enjoy your stay~’ feel to it. And if possible, she’d take charge of cooking, and I’d stick my head in the kitchen from time to time and ask, “Can I help with anything?” She’d say, “No, I got it,” and it would make me happy and I’d think, “Wow, she’s good.” On the other hand, if she said, “Help me,” I’d also be happy and think, “She’s got me eating right out of her hand (laughs).” He seems to be head over heals over his imaginary girlfriend. What’s something he would want to do if they were by themselves? “We’d each bring a DVD we like and watch them together. With cheese as an appetizer and drinking wine as we watch. After we’re done, we’d discuss our thoughts on them and get to know each other better that way… Ooh, I love that kind of grown up feeling.
Q. What kind of woman would you like to invite to your house?
A. A person that would be okay with my messy room!?
“I can only invite people whom I’m really close with to my house,” Maruyama-san says sincerely. What kind of woman would he be close enough to invite over to his house? “My image of women is that they’re living beings that sort of rarely show their unadulterated selves by covering it up with make-up and by being fashionable (laughs). That’s why I’d like someone who would show me their true self. But of course, I’d be my true self as well, so she’d have to be someone who could accept me the way I am. For example, I make a mess of my house in a flash, so she’d have to be someone who would still love me after that (laughs). Then again, if she says “OK, I’ll clean for you,” that would be a problem, too, because I’m the type who prefers to clean on my own. Ah, I might be a particular kind of guy. (laughs)”
Q. What kind of things would you fight about with your girlfriend?
A. We probably wouldn’t fight.
“The only things I don’t concede on are about work. That’s why we’d never fight, and I’d probably be the one to concede.”
Q. What type are you when you’re in love?
A. A foolhardy carnivore!?
Apparently Maruyama-san would convey in whatever way possible that he loves someone so much he can’t help it. Perhaps he’s the carnivore type? “Mmm, I might be (laughs). I’m the type that approaches aggressively and often calls or texts her. I have a hard time holding back my feelings, so I can’t do manipulative romances. I’m just the foolhardy type.” But if Maruyama-san is so obvious in his actions, wouldn’t the other members in his group catch on? “Right… I thought no one was on to me, but maybe they all actually knew back then. (laughs)”
Q. What are the perks of dating Maruyama-san?
A. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep you smiling!
Maruyama-san, who is always cheerful and plays the mood maker role in Kanjani∞, prefers a relationship in which both can stay smiling. “In order for me to stay smiling, I think there might be a lot I’d ask of her, but I’d like to do whatever I can to keep her smiling too. I’ll do whatever she wants and treasure her! I’ll do anything!! Like, maybe, I don’t know… What kind of stuff do women like?
Q. Which body part are you proud of?
A. My arm that can be used as an arm pillow!
“I have quite a bit of muscle on me, so I think I’d make a good arm pillow! If you don’t like arm pillows… I’d like to squeeze you tightly! (laughs)”
Q. What’s something you treasure every day?
A. Being someone that I like.
Maruyama-san says that a short while back, when his stage play and drama work came to an end, he was a little depressed. “By the time I realized it, I’d been slacking off on cleaning and laundry and I had turned into my lazy self. I thought it was no good. I thought that I couldn’t be proud of myself and show my face in public like this.” That’s when Maruyama-san noted down some goals in his cell phone. “I put a big slogan: ‘Things I need to do in order to be someone I like.’ (laughs) Clean my room, eat a healthy breakfast, exercise… that’s the kind of stuff I wrote. I believe that these basic things are what construct a person’s charming interior, so I’m going to do my best!”
Q. What do you want people to do when you’re feeling down?
A. If they would hear me out.
“I would be honest and say ‘I’m feeling a little down right now,’ when I am, so please hear me out over some tea.”
Q. What would your ideal marriage be like?
A. To be whipped by my wife? (no, not literally XD;)
“Someday, when I’ve become a man of higher caliber, I’d like to get married,” says Maruyama-san. What’s his ideal portrait of a family? “I’d prefer to be a little whipped by my wife. After I come home late, it’d be like: ‘What were you doing!?’ ‘Sorry.’ ‘You think I’d forgive you just like that?’ ‘Alright, let’s go somewhere this Sunday then?’ (laughs) My aspiration is for it to be like I’m no match for my wife yet we love each other. I’d also want my kids to like me. Like, no matter what I do on variety shows, I want them to think “My dad is cool.”
Q. How would you like your wife to be?
A. For her to stay pretty.
It sounds like Maruyama-san would make a kind husband when he gets married, but what does he want his wife to be like? “I’d like her to stay pretty. That’s why I’d probably encourage her to go to spas and stuff (laughs). If she’s the type who loves her career, I think it’d be nice for both of us to work.” In that case, who would do the housework? “I’d love for her to cook, but if she can’t, I will! There are so many guys out there who don’t understand how much hard work cooking and doing laundry is so they leave all of it to their wives. I’d like to help out as much as possible.”