Nino More 08/2010
More: Nino: It 08/2010
Episode 20: A Tokyoite's Character
"The Arashi Generation"--We at MORE call the portion of our readers in their late twenties "The Arashi Generation", likening them to the stars that fall in the same generation, Arashi. "Isn't that a small range? (smiling) I mean, from oldest to youngest there's only a three year difference in Arashi. Leader is turning 30 this year, huh. Even he's a normal person that ages. (smiling) But Arashi aside, honestly, our generation is difficult to deal with. It's easier for us to relate to each other if we put aside that sense of senior and junior. he says, but naturally there is a generation that he likes, as well as a generation that he's close to.
We have interaction with people like Narimiya (Hiroki), Oguri (Shun), Aoi Yuu and the like. And when I got to act with Yamada Takayuki just a bit ago that was interesting. We went out drinking together in a group just once. It's not like we opened up completely to each other, (smiling) but there was no doubt for me that he's an interesting guy. As for Oguri, we're so close we're like family. A while ago I went to his place to wish his mother a happy birthday. It's possible that lately Jun-kun's been seeing more of him than I have, but I've known him since forever. We have comfortable silences with each other, no need to talk.
Others include Matsuyama Ken'ichi, Eita, Koide Keisuke… etc. Within their generation, there are many actors that have both talent and popularity.
I think that the traits of a particular generation are something that generation creates. What the bubble generation brought was definitely a bubble. And there are certainly people in our generation that find it a hassle to look outside of their generation, and that may be in part because they've been raised on video games. Rather than a reality that doesn't do what you want, the world of games, where you can press the right button and go right, is much easier. Though I myself have both games and reality, which I think is interesting. And so are the people who are reliable and like to economize. Since being children, they've watched the adults that floated through the bubble but ended up with painful memories, and so they really can't let themselves be excessive. (smiling)
Nino, also, is reliable when it comes to money.
I've often been called stingy. (smiling) But it's not stingy so much as me just not caring, I think. I have no real desire to eat expensive, delicious food, or to buy nice things. I have no real interest in using money on myself. When I go out to eat with someone, I don't mind paying or being paid for. To be an adult that can say something like "Put it all on my tab" like Higashiyama-san can is really impressive, though. For me it might depend on the time and place. If I'm with a senpai and they open their wallet, I'll accept them paying for me without pretenses. But the other day when I went out to eat with Kanjani8's Okura, I paid without thinking about it. I don't like conversations like "I've got it," "No no let me" when it comes time to pay, and I also don't like splitting the bill. You've spent all that time together enjoying yourselves, and so at the end to calculate stuff out brings you suddenly back to reality. So if I'm going out with people that seem likely to split the bill, I'll ask the restaurant staff ahead of time to bring the bill already split. And I tell them I'll pay a portion up front.
Instead of being a characteristic of the generation, it's a sophisticated, gentlemanly "Aesthetic of a Tokyoite" that's very much a part of Nino. Would that be because he was born and raised in Tokyo?
I really do think there is a disposition particular to Tokyoites. (smiling) They're impatient. The don't want to do things that don't have purpose, and the older they get, the more recklessly they seem to live their lives. They don't like having disputes; I suppose that defines them. Rather than talking something out, it seems faster to just try to do something about it. Right now, filming for Ooku is like that. When my opinions differ from the director, I say "This is what I think," but I never persist. I do it just like I was told to do. And then later, the director says, "I want to try your idea too, Nino." It's the same director as "Ryusei no Kizuna" two years ago, though he didn't say such things back then…… It seems as if he's come to want to try some of the things I suggest since we're working together again on another set. I'm glad for that. Things don't progress if you just discuss them, and if you don't have an alternate plan you can put into practice, you shouldn't casually voice a dissenting opinion. Really, I think the best way is to try out both people's suggestions.
When with women, he's shy. But he hides it.
The commute between Tokyo and Kyoto for Ooku's filming will soon come to an end. And though one would think it was stressful…
Not at all. Right now, it's easy. To be frank, GANTZ was incredibly tiring. There was prep time and tests that took forever, and in one day there were a number of scenes that had to be filmed, and so we filmed and filmed and it never ended. I was emotionally drained. (smiling)
He always speaks of the difficult times he's had with a frank tone. That, too, is the characteristic of a Tokyoite.
I'm shy and hide more than I seem to. For example, if one of my good friends introduces me to a girl I don't know, I get shy. In the presence of a younger girl from our same generation, even I get shy. But I do my best to not show it. Because I'm a Tokyoite. (smiling)
Episode 20: A Tokyoite's Character
"The Arashi Generation"--We at MORE call the portion of our readers in their late twenties "The Arashi Generation", likening them to the stars that fall in the same generation, Arashi. "Isn't that a small range? (smiling) I mean, from oldest to youngest there's only a three year difference in Arashi. Leader is turning 30 this year, huh. Even he's a normal person that ages. (smiling) But Arashi aside, honestly, our generation is difficult to deal with. It's easier for us to relate to each other if we put aside that sense of senior and junior. he says, but naturally there is a generation that he likes, as well as a generation that he's close to.
We have interaction with people like Narimiya (Hiroki), Oguri (Shun), Aoi Yuu and the like. And when I got to act with Yamada Takayuki just a bit ago that was interesting. We went out drinking together in a group just once. It's not like we opened up completely to each other, (smiling) but there was no doubt for me that he's an interesting guy. As for Oguri, we're so close we're like family. A while ago I went to his place to wish his mother a happy birthday. It's possible that lately Jun-kun's been seeing more of him than I have, but I've known him since forever. We have comfortable silences with each other, no need to talk.
Others include Matsuyama Ken'ichi, Eita, Koide Keisuke… etc. Within their generation, there are many actors that have both talent and popularity.
I think that the traits of a particular generation are something that generation creates. What the bubble generation brought was definitely a bubble. And there are certainly people in our generation that find it a hassle to look outside of their generation, and that may be in part because they've been raised on video games. Rather than a reality that doesn't do what you want, the world of games, where you can press the right button and go right, is much easier. Though I myself have both games and reality, which I think is interesting. And so are the people who are reliable and like to economize. Since being children, they've watched the adults that floated through the bubble but ended up with painful memories, and so they really can't let themselves be excessive. (smiling)
Nino, also, is reliable when it comes to money.
I've often been called stingy. (smiling) But it's not stingy so much as me just not caring, I think. I have no real desire to eat expensive, delicious food, or to buy nice things. I have no real interest in using money on myself. When I go out to eat with someone, I don't mind paying or being paid for. To be an adult that can say something like "Put it all on my tab" like Higashiyama-san can is really impressive, though. For me it might depend on the time and place. If I'm with a senpai and they open their wallet, I'll accept them paying for me without pretenses. But the other day when I went out to eat with Kanjani8's Okura, I paid without thinking about it. I don't like conversations like "I've got it," "No no let me" when it comes time to pay, and I also don't like splitting the bill. You've spent all that time together enjoying yourselves, and so at the end to calculate stuff out brings you suddenly back to reality. So if I'm going out with people that seem likely to split the bill, I'll ask the restaurant staff ahead of time to bring the bill already split. And I tell them I'll pay a portion up front.
Instead of being a characteristic of the generation, it's a sophisticated, gentlemanly "Aesthetic of a Tokyoite" that's very much a part of Nino. Would that be because he was born and raised in Tokyo?
I really do think there is a disposition particular to Tokyoites. (smiling) They're impatient. The don't want to do things that don't have purpose, and the older they get, the more recklessly they seem to live their lives. They don't like having disputes; I suppose that defines them. Rather than talking something out, it seems faster to just try to do something about it. Right now, filming for Ooku is like that. When my opinions differ from the director, I say "This is what I think," but I never persist. I do it just like I was told to do. And then later, the director says, "I want to try your idea too, Nino." It's the same director as "Ryusei no Kizuna" two years ago, though he didn't say such things back then…… It seems as if he's come to want to try some of the things I suggest since we're working together again on another set. I'm glad for that. Things don't progress if you just discuss them, and if you don't have an alternate plan you can put into practice, you shouldn't casually voice a dissenting opinion. Really, I think the best way is to try out both people's suggestions.
When with women, he's shy. But he hides it.
The commute between Tokyo and Kyoto for Ooku's filming will soon come to an end. And though one would think it was stressful…
Not at all. Right now, it's easy. To be frank, GANTZ was incredibly tiring. There was prep time and tests that took forever, and in one day there were a number of scenes that had to be filmed, and so we filmed and filmed and it never ended. I was emotionally drained. (smiling)
He always speaks of the difficult times he's had with a frank tone. That, too, is the characteristic of a Tokyoite.
I'm shy and hide more than I seem to. For example, if one of my good friends introduces me to a girl I don't know, I get shy. In the presence of a younger girl from our same generation, even I get shy. But I do my best to not show it. Because I'm a Tokyoite. (smiling)