Translation: Seventeen 09/12 - Part 1
Formatting this entry is about as time-consuming as translating the article *sigh*
Please ignore my comments if you find them annoying - which I bet you will LOL
The members' talk will come up later
Enjoy Seventeen's readers' unique & weird ideas
Celebrating this year’s November the 3rd! Using the occasion of Arashi’s 10th year, we carried out an urgent survey among 100 people. Please carefully consider our collection of everyone’s voices, then go on to Arashi’s super long conference, relayed right from the spot~!
To the 5 people that we love the most ~~~♥♥♥
We asked 100 female high school students ★
Do you know Arashi?
YES 100%
This year is Arashi’s 10 year anniversary since their CD debut!
By the way, 10 years ago, how old were you?
3 years old - 4%
4 years old - 18%
5 years old - 27%
6 years old - 30%
7 years old - 17%
8 years old - 3%
9 years old - 1%
(X Monster's comment: damn, these magazines are good at making me feel like an old grandma... 10 years ago I was 11 *sigh*)
What is the image you have about Arashi?
Brightly refreshing ♪
Proper young men
Good relationship ☆
The kind of jack-in-the-box that can calm you down
Full of energy
A collection of different characters
Almost naked! - I just can’t forget the costume they wore with their debut song (laugh) (X Monster's comment: this girl has some good memory, but again, who would ever forget THAT? LOL)
It seems like they’re really really really really busy
Sometimes they seem Johnnys-like, sometimes not… a mysterious feeling
In terms of color, they’re gold ☆
Smile
The song you like the most is?
No.1 - truth
●Cool! I want them so sing more songs like this ♥ ●The costumes, the PV, the dance, all are amazing!! ●I specially love the intro ☆
No.2 - Love so sweet
●I played this song in my first wind instrument solo recital ●It really matches with Hanadan! ●The lyric and the dance are all cute, so I watch it over and over again!
No.3 - One Love
●This song is cheating. It writes all the things that girls love to hear!! ●Please pledge your love of a hundred years to me too!!!! (translator’s note: referring to the line in One Love: hyaku nen saki mo ai wo chikau yo - I pledge on my love, even 100 years from now on)
[Others] Re(mark)able, Sakura Sake, Be with you, Aozora Pedal, Hero, A.RA.SHI, Jidai, Step and Go, WISH
Arashi’s charm is?
They display their own individualities. Their relationship is good
They are good at singing, dancing and talking!
Since their songs are all easy to remember, it’s easy to feel familiar with them!
They can harmonize well while showcasing each member’s different character!
The 5 members’ conversations are usually comics-like. Very interesting!
If you go on a date with a member of Arashi, where would you want to go?
Aiba kun
No.1 choice - The zoo & amusement park
●He seems to be very knowledgeable about animals, so I think he will teach me a lot of things ●Our raising tensions, coupled with the animals’ presence, it seems like a lot of fun
[Others] ●BBQ in the garden → I will buy a lot of foods ●Taking our dogs on a walk ●Taking instant photos at some game center
Matsumoto kun
No.1 choice - Going for a drive
●When MatsuJun checks the car’s rear view, his eyes and mine will meet through the mirror, oh, but he should be wearing sunglasses, so our eyes wouldn’t meet…… Anyway, I’ll surely be like “so cool!!” ♪ ●Driving fits his image
Ninomiya kun
No.1 choice - A date at home
●We’ll do things like playing games and watching DVDs, simply spending time in our own way - that kind of comfortable feeling! ●I want us to be at ease and joke around with each other
[Others] ●Shopping at Omotesando ●Game center ●A baseball game
Ohno kun
No.1 choice - Going fishing & Tsukiji (translator's note: this is a huge fish market in Japan, wikipedia will give you further details)
●If he’s willing to teach me, I want to go fishing ♪ ●I think I’ll get to see a face that he doesn’t usually show ●I want to go eat some fish dishes with him at the marketplace ●I want us to get excited together when watching a maguro no kaitai show (translator’s note: this is the kind of show where you can see the process of taking apart of huge tuna, I have absolutely no idea what it’s called in English, sorry)
[Others] ●The art museum
Sakurai kun
No.1 choice - The cinema
●It looks like we can have an exciting discussion after watching the movie ●It looks like he can give me a lot of trivia information
[Others] ●Karaoke → getting excited ●If I can go on a date with him, anywhere is fine!! Because I really love him ♥ (X Monster's comment: now this is some comment I absolutely agree with!) ●Yokohama ●The library
The Arashi song that you want to listen to when you’re feeling down is?
No.1 - Sakura Sake
●Really, there’s no tomorrow behind you!! I feel like I’m able to stop turning back, take a step forward and try my best (translator’s note: referring to the line in Sakura Sake: furimukuna ushiro ni wa asu wa nai kara, mae wo muke - there’s no tomorrow if you look behind, so turn forward) ●Whenever I get bad result in exams, I listen to this song! ●This song has helped me overcome many things
No.2 - Kitto Daijoubu
No.3 - Happiness
The song that you want to listen to when you’re in love is?
No.1 - One Love
●The word “My everything” makes my chest tighten! I wish someone would tell me that (translator’s note: referring to the line in One Love: kimi wa boku no subete sa - you’re my everything) ●It makes you feel like you’re really loved. I want someone to think about me in such a way ●It gives you the feeling that you’re really treasured!!
No.2 - Love so sweet
No.3 - WISH
The song that is popular at karaoke is?
No.1 - Love so sweet
●This song got really popular through Hanadan, so everyone knows it ●As soon as the title appears, everyone stands up in unison → from the intro, everyone dances together!! It’s always like that
No.2 - A.RA.SHI
No.3 - Happiness
The fashionable person is?
No.1 - Ninomiya Kazunari kun & Aiba Masaki kun
●They’re always cool when they appear on “Arashi no Shukudai kun” (they’re good at making use of simple accessories) ●It seems like they pay attention to even the smallest details such as their hairstyles and their hands ●Their selections for “The best clothes that I would wear to a group date” that I saw on TV were really fashionable!!
No.3 - Matsumoto kun
●The outfits he wears on “Himitsu no Arashi chan” are all cool ●He really knows how to dress up using the quite simple items ●He has been on the cover of “MEN’S NON-NO” after all!
The person who is likely to live a long life is?
The decisive no.1 - Ohno Satoshi kun
● Because he seems to be stress-free ♪ ●It looks like he will be happily going fishing even when he’s 100 years old ●Because, he’s Riida, you know. He will definitely live the longest, I’m sure
[He will live until what age?] 1000 years old/120 years old/98 years old/180 years old/etc. Furthermore, no.2 is Aiba kun, 73 years old!!
If you could become an Arashi member for one day, who would it be?
No.1 - Aiba Masaki kun
●I want to try filming at the zoo ●He seems to have so much fun everyday, it looks interesting ♪ ●I want to try making some miracle!!!!
Tied for the no.2 place:
- Matsumoto Jun kun
●I want to go meet F4 ●I want to play Domyouji’s role
- Sakurai Shou kun
●I want to try being a newscaster ●He’s intelligent and he seems to know about a lot of things, I’m really envious!!
- Ohno Satoshi kun
●I want to know what he’s thinking about ●Everyone plays around with him and it seems like such fun!
- Ninomiya Kazunari kun
●I want to act in dramas and Hollywood movies ●He seems like he has a lot of secrets ●I want to touch Ohno kun (X Monster's comment: what the hell? LOL no, I swear I translated this right, word by word)
The sexy person is?
No.1 - Matsumoto Jun kun
●When he’s thinking about something, he looks so mature! ●The way he talks is sexy ♥ ●He’s like the essence of existence!! ●He seems to understand very well his own attractiveness ●He quite usually wears clothes that reveal his chest ●In magazines and on TV, he is really good at attracting people’s attention
No.2 - Ninomiya Kazunari kun
●Isn’t his voice sexy? ●The way he treats girls in a somewhat cold manner really gets me ●His facial expressions are sexy ♥
No.3 - Sakurai Shou kun
●Because he’s slightly macho ♪ ●His lips are irresistible ♥
The one who seems to be a closet pervert is? (X Monster’s comment: OMG, these Japanese magazines…)
No.1 - Sakurai Shou kun
●He seems to be interested in those kinds of thing, only he wouldn’t be open about it ●He always puts on an honest face, but actually he’s thinking about a lot of things (X Monster's comment: Shou kun, what at image you have ROFL)
No.2 - Ohno Satoshi kun
●He always appears to be innocent, but in reality he seems the most likely to be… ●I just have that kind of feeling about him! (X Monster's comment: Riida too...)
No.3 - Aiba Masaki kun
●The atmosphere around him makes me think that ●I sometimes think about him that way when I listen to him on the radio ●On “Arashi no Shukudai kun” when everyone talked about the plan to peek at the girls’ bathrooms, he seemed to be genuinely interested!! (X Monster’s comment: could anyone please tell me which shukudai kun ep this is?)
The person you would want as your boyfriend?
No.1 - Sakurai Shou kun
●He is smart, good-looking, and gentle ●He looks like he is good at a lot of things ●His occasional no-good moments are nice ●I love how he always gives off a calm atmosphere ●He looks like he’s willing to do anything for me
No.2 - Matsumoto Jun kun
●He’s got the Domyouji-like feeling, no doubt!! ●I want him to tell me sweet words while looking straight into my eyes ●Such a gentle type S is irresistible (X Monster’s comment: everyone knows what type S - or “do S” as the Japanese say it - means, right? It’s common sense LOL)
No.3 - Aiba Masaki kun
●He will surely devote himself to me ●He will always smile for me ●We will have a relationship in which we treat each other equally ●Even though he appears to be unprepared, he will never run out of topics to talk about in conversations ●We’ll have fun everyday. It looks like we’ll hardly ever fight.
No.4 - Ninomiya Kazunari kun
●I really love magic, so I hope he’ll perform for me everyday! Then, it’d be nice if he teaches me some trick ●Being together with him seems really relaxing. ●He is like a sibling
No.5 - Ohno Satoshi kun
●I think he’ll never ever make me sad
The different good points of each member are?
Aiba Masaki kun
●The idiot that is in charge of playing the boke of the group (laugh) ●Always carefree ●He’s somewhat mischievous ●Mood maker ●The smile that can raise everyone’s spirit ●Interesting and cheerful ●The ability to cheerfully get along well with anyone ●His role as the group’s cushion ●He is never discouraged no matter what happens
Matsumoto Jun kun
●Everything he says is interesting ●Sometimes his acting as the tsukkomi is funny ●He takes care of everyone ●Gorgeous ●His way of supporting everyone in secret is wonderful ●I like his eyebrows, so manly! ●The way he takes care of everyone is nice
Ninomiya Kazunari kun
●He’s way too good at playing the tsukkomi!! Always sharp ●I like it when he sometimes acts as the boke ●His tsukkomi act is perfect ●It is easily overlooked, but there’s a small boke part in him too, he’s like the legendary receiver (translator's note: as in receiver of jokes) ●Calm ●His acting ability ☆ ●His open attitude ●His hunchback (X Monster's comment: Japanese girls have some weird ideas all right)
Ohno Satoshi kun
●His gentle nature has a healing effect ●He’s the kind of character that anyone can play around with, but I like it because he treats everyone with earnestness! ●His artistic side is excellent ●Both singing and dancing, awesome!! ●He’s handy ●He’s going at his pace, but at the same time he’s thinking about and carefully watching over the other members ●The gap between when he is singing and when he is in everyday life
Sakurai Shou kun
●He’s always doing things promptly ●Sometimes he’s quite playful ●Accomplished in everything he does ●He is sure to answer all requests from the group ●When there’s a gap between his different images ●Maid dresses suit him (X Monster's comment: LMAO) ●His gentle eyes when he watches over Arashi are wonderful ●His face when he receives a shock is nice
(translator’s note: boke and tsukkomi are 2 words that I decided would be better off if I leave them alone. They are the 2 roles found in a comedy duo. Boke is the idiotic role that often does idiotic things (obviously) and gets told off by the tsukkomi - literally means the straight man. Well, probably most of you are familiar with these two already anyway.)
How did you get to know Arashi?
No.1 - Music Station
No.2 - I saw “A.RA.SHI” at a CD shop and borrowed the CD from my friend to try listening to it
No.3 - Drama/Before I knew it I was already watching an Arashi variety show
●I watched “Gokusen” and thought that Matsumoto kun was so cool, then I went to check out more about him and got to know about Arashi ●I watched “Minami kun no Koibito” and got to know Nino, “so cool!” - I fell for him at first sight ●I was knocked out by “Kisarazu Cat’s Eye”’s Bambi (Sakurai kun) ●There’re many more: “Hanadan”, “Yamada Tarou Monogatari”, “STAND UP!!”, etc.
No.4 - Word Cup Volleyball / Myojo / Johnnys Countdown
No.5 - Dances at schools’ athletic meets
●When I was in 3rd grade, we danced to “Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi” ●I danced to “A.RA.SHI” when I was in kindergarten
What expectation do you have for Arashi from now on?
☆Really, it’s good if they can continue to try their best the way they’re doing now. They should take a rest sometimes too, and then go on to follow everything to the very end.
☆Please release more songs and get into even more activities.
☆I want them to have a kind of “Darts’ journey” corner in their shows.
☆I want them to travel to more places.
☆Concerts, please do more ♪
☆Please lead a Kohaku Uta Gassen show (translator's note: for those who don't know what Kohaku is, we have wikipedia)
☆Each member please release a photobook.
☆Please come to “Utaban” more.
☆A 100km marathon with 20km per person x 5 people (X Monster's comment: Japanese fangirls are cruel...)
☆Music and lyrics: Arashi - please release such a single.
☆Please revive “D no Arashi!”.
☆At “Utaban”, Nakai kun and Ohno kun, please get along better with each other.
Criticism full of love for Arashi!
As a group though, please never change the way you are now!!
Aiba kun ●Please come to shows where you can interact with things that aren’t animals too! ●Even when you become a grandpa, please keep being the way you are
Matsumoto kun ●Please smile more and more ♪ ●Please play the boke more! ●I’m in big troubled if you keep on being so cool ●Please put some restraint on your seductiveness
Ninomiya kun ●Please utilize your sharp tongue even more (laugh) ●Please increase your stock of magic tricks ●You’re flirting with Riida too much! ●Please be a more gentle tsukkomi with Aiba chan!!!! (X Monster’s comment: LOL Nino, you’re made of evil, that’s why I love you so ♥)
Ohno kun ●You’re too tanned… it’d be nicer if you become a little paler ●You’re too much into fishing (laugh)
Sakurai kun ●Please act as the boke a little bit more ●When you’re talking, please use words that are a little bit easier to understand. Because, sometimes your words are just too difficult (laugh) ●Am I the only one who thinks that your poses are all Showa-like?
If the Arashi members are a family?[Father - Sakurai] It looks like he will be reading a newspaper in the morning. Also, he’s always reliable.
[Mother - Matsumoto] Because he’s good at cooking. Always being considerate, it seems like he is able to take good care of all the little details. His is also the most gentle and kind in nature.
[Grandfather - Ohno] Carefree & calm. He’s being treasured by everyone, a person everyone would like to express their gratitude to.
[Pet - Aiba] He really looks like he could speak animals’ language. He will cheerfully extend his hand to everyone.
[Child - Ninomiya] Because he has a baby face. He’s good at being innocent. He will quietly play games or practice his magic, seriously child-like!
Everyone, shall we try to answer these questions with our own opinions?
Please ignore my comments if you find them annoying - which I bet you will LOL
The members' talk will come up later
Enjoy Seventeen's readers' unique & weird ideas
Celebrating this year’s November the 3rd! Using the occasion of Arashi’s 10th year, we carried out an urgent survey among 100 people. Please carefully consider our collection of everyone’s voices, then go on to Arashi’s super long conference, relayed right from the spot~!
To the 5 people that we love the most ~~~♥♥♥
We asked 100 female high school students ★
Do you know Arashi?
YES 100%
This year is Arashi’s 10 year anniversary since their CD debut!
By the way, 10 years ago, how old were you?
3 years old - 4%
4 years old - 18%
5 years old - 27%
6 years old - 30%
7 years old - 17%
8 years old - 3%
9 years old - 1%
(X Monster's comment: damn, these magazines are good at making me feel like an old grandma... 10 years ago I was 11 *sigh*)
What is the image you have about Arashi?
Brightly refreshing ♪
Proper young men
Good relationship ☆
The kind of jack-in-the-box that can calm you down
Full of energy
A collection of different characters
Almost naked! - I just can’t forget the costume they wore with their debut song (laugh) (X Monster's comment: this girl has some good memory, but again, who would ever forget THAT? LOL)
It seems like they’re really really really really busy
Sometimes they seem Johnnys-like, sometimes not… a mysterious feeling
In terms of color, they’re gold ☆
Smile
The song you like the most is?
No.1 - truth
●Cool! I want them so sing more songs like this ♥ ●The costumes, the PV, the dance, all are amazing!! ●I specially love the intro ☆
No.2 - Love so sweet
●I played this song in my first wind instrument solo recital ●It really matches with Hanadan! ●The lyric and the dance are all cute, so I watch it over and over again!
No.3 - One Love
●This song is cheating. It writes all the things that girls love to hear!! ●Please pledge your love of a hundred years to me too!!!! (translator’s note: referring to the line in One Love: hyaku nen saki mo ai wo chikau yo - I pledge on my love, even 100 years from now on)
[Others] Re(mark)able, Sakura Sake, Be with you, Aozora Pedal, Hero, A.RA.SHI, Jidai, Step and Go, WISH
Arashi’s charm is?
They display their own individualities. Their relationship is good
They are good at singing, dancing and talking!
Since their songs are all easy to remember, it’s easy to feel familiar with them!
They can harmonize well while showcasing each member’s different character!
The 5 members’ conversations are usually comics-like. Very interesting!
If you go on a date with a member of Arashi, where would you want to go?
Aiba kun
No.1 choice - The zoo & amusement park
●He seems to be very knowledgeable about animals, so I think he will teach me a lot of things ●Our raising tensions, coupled with the animals’ presence, it seems like a lot of fun
[Others] ●BBQ in the garden → I will buy a lot of foods ●Taking our dogs on a walk ●Taking instant photos at some game center
Matsumoto kun
No.1 choice - Going for a drive
●When MatsuJun checks the car’s rear view, his eyes and mine will meet through the mirror, oh, but he should be wearing sunglasses, so our eyes wouldn’t meet…… Anyway, I’ll surely be like “so cool!!” ♪ ●Driving fits his image
Ninomiya kun
No.1 choice - A date at home
●We’ll do things like playing games and watching DVDs, simply spending time in our own way - that kind of comfortable feeling! ●I want us to be at ease and joke around with each other
[Others] ●Shopping at Omotesando ●Game center ●A baseball game
Ohno kun
No.1 choice - Going fishing & Tsukiji (translator's note: this is a huge fish market in Japan, wikipedia will give you further details)
●If he’s willing to teach me, I want to go fishing ♪ ●I think I’ll get to see a face that he doesn’t usually show ●I want to go eat some fish dishes with him at the marketplace ●I want us to get excited together when watching a maguro no kaitai show (translator’s note: this is the kind of show where you can see the process of taking apart of huge tuna, I have absolutely no idea what it’s called in English, sorry)
[Others] ●The art museum
Sakurai kun
No.1 choice - The cinema
●It looks like we can have an exciting discussion after watching the movie ●It looks like he can give me a lot of trivia information
[Others] ●Karaoke → getting excited ●If I can go on a date with him, anywhere is fine!! Because I really love him ♥ (X Monster's comment: now this is some comment I absolutely agree with!) ●Yokohama ●The library
The Arashi song that you want to listen to when you’re feeling down is?
No.1 - Sakura Sake
●Really, there’s no tomorrow behind you!! I feel like I’m able to stop turning back, take a step forward and try my best (translator’s note: referring to the line in Sakura Sake: furimukuna ushiro ni wa asu wa nai kara, mae wo muke - there’s no tomorrow if you look behind, so turn forward) ●Whenever I get bad result in exams, I listen to this song! ●This song has helped me overcome many things
No.2 - Kitto Daijoubu
No.3 - Happiness
The song that you want to listen to when you’re in love is?
No.1 - One Love
●The word “My everything” makes my chest tighten! I wish someone would tell me that (translator’s note: referring to the line in One Love: kimi wa boku no subete sa - you’re my everything) ●It makes you feel like you’re really loved. I want someone to think about me in such a way ●It gives you the feeling that you’re really treasured!!
No.2 - Love so sweet
No.3 - WISH
The song that is popular at karaoke is?
No.1 - Love so sweet
●This song got really popular through Hanadan, so everyone knows it ●As soon as the title appears, everyone stands up in unison → from the intro, everyone dances together!! It’s always like that
No.2 - A.RA.SHI
No.3 - Happiness
The fashionable person is?
No.1 - Ninomiya Kazunari kun & Aiba Masaki kun
●They’re always cool when they appear on “Arashi no Shukudai kun” (they’re good at making use of simple accessories) ●It seems like they pay attention to even the smallest details such as their hairstyles and their hands ●Their selections for “The best clothes that I would wear to a group date” that I saw on TV were really fashionable!!
No.3 - Matsumoto kun
●The outfits he wears on “Himitsu no Arashi chan” are all cool ●He really knows how to dress up using the quite simple items ●He has been on the cover of “MEN’S NON-NO” after all!
The person who is likely to live a long life is?
The decisive no.1 - Ohno Satoshi kun
● Because he seems to be stress-free ♪ ●It looks like he will be happily going fishing even when he’s 100 years old ●Because, he’s Riida, you know. He will definitely live the longest, I’m sure
[He will live until what age?] 1000 years old/120 years old/98 years old/180 years old/etc. Furthermore, no.2 is Aiba kun, 73 years old!!
If you could become an Arashi member for one day, who would it be?
No.1 - Aiba Masaki kun
●I want to try filming at the zoo ●He seems to have so much fun everyday, it looks interesting ♪ ●I want to try making some miracle!!!!
Tied for the no.2 place:
- Matsumoto Jun kun
●I want to go meet F4 ●I want to play Domyouji’s role
- Sakurai Shou kun
●I want to try being a newscaster ●He’s intelligent and he seems to know about a lot of things, I’m really envious!!
- Ohno Satoshi kun
●I want to know what he’s thinking about ●Everyone plays around with him and it seems like such fun!
- Ninomiya Kazunari kun
●I want to act in dramas and Hollywood movies ●He seems like he has a lot of secrets ●I want to touch Ohno kun (X Monster's comment: what the hell? LOL no, I swear I translated this right, word by word)
The sexy person is?
No.1 - Matsumoto Jun kun
●When he’s thinking about something, he looks so mature! ●The way he talks is sexy ♥ ●He’s like the essence of existence!! ●He seems to understand very well his own attractiveness ●He quite usually wears clothes that reveal his chest ●In magazines and on TV, he is really good at attracting people’s attention
No.2 - Ninomiya Kazunari kun
●Isn’t his voice sexy? ●The way he treats girls in a somewhat cold manner really gets me ●His facial expressions are sexy ♥
No.3 - Sakurai Shou kun
●Because he’s slightly macho ♪ ●His lips are irresistible ♥
The one who seems to be a closet pervert is? (X Monster’s comment: OMG, these Japanese magazines…)
No.1 - Sakurai Shou kun
●He seems to be interested in those kinds of thing, only he wouldn’t be open about it ●He always puts on an honest face, but actually he’s thinking about a lot of things (X Monster's comment: Shou kun, what at image you have ROFL)
No.2 - Ohno Satoshi kun
●He always appears to be innocent, but in reality he seems the most likely to be… ●I just have that kind of feeling about him! (X Monster's comment: Riida too...)
No.3 - Aiba Masaki kun
●The atmosphere around him makes me think that ●I sometimes think about him that way when I listen to him on the radio ●On “Arashi no Shukudai kun” when everyone talked about the plan to peek at the girls’ bathrooms, he seemed to be genuinely interested!! (X Monster’s comment: could anyone please tell me which shukudai kun ep this is?)
The person you would want as your boyfriend?
No.1 - Sakurai Shou kun
●He is smart, good-looking, and gentle ●He looks like he is good at a lot of things ●His occasional no-good moments are nice ●I love how he always gives off a calm atmosphere ●He looks like he’s willing to do anything for me
No.2 - Matsumoto Jun kun
●He’s got the Domyouji-like feeling, no doubt!! ●I want him to tell me sweet words while looking straight into my eyes ●Such a gentle type S is irresistible (X Monster’s comment: everyone knows what type S - or “do S” as the Japanese say it - means, right? It’s common sense LOL)
No.3 - Aiba Masaki kun
●He will surely devote himself to me ●He will always smile for me ●We will have a relationship in which we treat each other equally ●Even though he appears to be unprepared, he will never run out of topics to talk about in conversations ●We’ll have fun everyday. It looks like we’ll hardly ever fight.
No.4 - Ninomiya Kazunari kun
●I really love magic, so I hope he’ll perform for me everyday! Then, it’d be nice if he teaches me some trick ●Being together with him seems really relaxing. ●He is like a sibling
No.5 - Ohno Satoshi kun
●I think he’ll never ever make me sad
The different good points of each member are?
Aiba Masaki kun
●The idiot that is in charge of playing the boke of the group (laugh) ●Always carefree ●He’s somewhat mischievous ●Mood maker ●The smile that can raise everyone’s spirit ●Interesting and cheerful ●The ability to cheerfully get along well with anyone ●His role as the group’s cushion ●He is never discouraged no matter what happens
Matsumoto Jun kun
●Everything he says is interesting ●Sometimes his acting as the tsukkomi is funny ●He takes care of everyone ●Gorgeous ●His way of supporting everyone in secret is wonderful ●I like his eyebrows, so manly! ●The way he takes care of everyone is nice
Ninomiya Kazunari kun
●He’s way too good at playing the tsukkomi!! Always sharp ●I like it when he sometimes acts as the boke ●His tsukkomi act is perfect ●It is easily overlooked, but there’s a small boke part in him too, he’s like the legendary receiver (translator's note: as in receiver of jokes) ●Calm ●His acting ability ☆ ●His open attitude ●His hunchback (X Monster's comment: Japanese girls have some weird ideas all right)
Ohno Satoshi kun
●His gentle nature has a healing effect ●He’s the kind of character that anyone can play around with, but I like it because he treats everyone with earnestness! ●His artistic side is excellent ●Both singing and dancing, awesome!! ●He’s handy ●He’s going at his pace, but at the same time he’s thinking about and carefully watching over the other members ●The gap between when he is singing and when he is in everyday life
Sakurai Shou kun
●He’s always doing things promptly ●Sometimes he’s quite playful ●Accomplished in everything he does ●He is sure to answer all requests from the group ●When there’s a gap between his different images ●Maid dresses suit him (X Monster's comment: LMAO) ●His gentle eyes when he watches over Arashi are wonderful ●His face when he receives a shock is nice
(translator’s note: boke and tsukkomi are 2 words that I decided would be better off if I leave them alone. They are the 2 roles found in a comedy duo. Boke is the idiotic role that often does idiotic things (obviously) and gets told off by the tsukkomi - literally means the straight man. Well, probably most of you are familiar with these two already anyway.)
How did you get to know Arashi?
No.1 - Music Station
No.2 - I saw “A.RA.SHI” at a CD shop and borrowed the CD from my friend to try listening to it
No.3 - Drama/Before I knew it I was already watching an Arashi variety show
●I watched “Gokusen” and thought that Matsumoto kun was so cool, then I went to check out more about him and got to know about Arashi ●I watched “Minami kun no Koibito” and got to know Nino, “so cool!” - I fell for him at first sight ●I was knocked out by “Kisarazu Cat’s Eye”’s Bambi (Sakurai kun) ●There’re many more: “Hanadan”, “Yamada Tarou Monogatari”, “STAND UP!!”, etc.
No.4 - Word Cup Volleyball / Myojo / Johnnys Countdown
No.5 - Dances at schools’ athletic meets
●When I was in 3rd grade, we danced to “Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi” ●I danced to “A.RA.SHI” when I was in kindergarten
What expectation do you have for Arashi from now on?
☆Really, it’s good if they can continue to try their best the way they’re doing now. They should take a rest sometimes too, and then go on to follow everything to the very end.
☆Please release more songs and get into even more activities.
☆I want them to have a kind of “Darts’ journey” corner in their shows.
☆I want them to travel to more places.
☆Concerts, please do more ♪
☆Please lead a Kohaku Uta Gassen show (translator's note: for those who don't know what Kohaku is, we have wikipedia)
☆Each member please release a photobook.
☆Please come to “Utaban” more.
☆A 100km marathon with 20km per person x 5 people (X Monster's comment: Japanese fangirls are cruel...)
☆Music and lyrics: Arashi - please release such a single.
☆Please revive “D no Arashi!”.
☆At “Utaban”, Nakai kun and Ohno kun, please get along better with each other.
Criticism full of love for Arashi!
As a group though, please never change the way you are now!!
Aiba kun ●Please come to shows where you can interact with things that aren’t animals too! ●Even when you become a grandpa, please keep being the way you are
Matsumoto kun ●Please smile more and more ♪ ●Please play the boke more! ●I’m in big troubled if you keep on being so cool ●Please put some restraint on your seductiveness
Ninomiya kun ●Please utilize your sharp tongue even more (laugh) ●Please increase your stock of magic tricks ●You’re flirting with Riida too much! ●Please be a more gentle tsukkomi with Aiba chan!!!! (X Monster’s comment: LOL Nino, you’re made of evil, that’s why I love you so ♥)
Ohno kun ●You’re too tanned… it’d be nicer if you become a little paler ●You’re too much into fishing (laugh)
Sakurai kun ●Please act as the boke a little bit more ●When you’re talking, please use words that are a little bit easier to understand. Because, sometimes your words are just too difficult (laugh) ●Am I the only one who thinks that your poses are all Showa-like?
If the Arashi members are a family?[Father - Sakurai] It looks like he will be reading a newspaper in the morning. Also, he’s always reliable.
[Mother - Matsumoto] Because he’s good at cooking. Always being considerate, it seems like he is able to take good care of all the little details. His is also the most gentle and kind in nature.
[Grandfather - Ohno] Carefree & calm. He’s being treasured by everyone, a person everyone would like to express their gratitude to.
[Pet - Aiba] He really looks like he could speak animals’ language. He will cheerfully extend his hand to everyone.
[Child - Ninomiya] Because he has a baby face. He’s good at being innocent. He will quietly play games or practice his magic, seriously child-like!
Everyone, shall we try to answer these questions with our own opinions?