Hna Fall Special

今、 HnA の 秋 SP を  見てます。。。

超 うらやましい なぁ~ 
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どうして?!
どうして 日本 に 住んでない の?!

あたし も。。。
カラオケ に 行く とき
嵐 が 入って来て ほしい なぁ~
ラキー な 女性たち だった ね?
近くに 嵐 を 見たり、
手 を さわる チャンス も あったり。。。
その 女性たち は うれしそう なぁ~

もし あたし は 嵐 を 見たら (ライブ で、 そして その きょり で?)
その 後 に 死んで も いい!

幸せ!!!

昨日 の 夜、 最近 の 「ひみつ の 嵐ちゃん」 を 見てました。

それ で、 あの。。。 いろんな ランキング を した。。。

最後 の ランキング は あやせ はるか さん が 決めた。。。

さんまさん と 嵐 の なか で、 誰 と 結婚したい と いう こと に なった。。。

で あやせさん の 答え は、 さんまさん でした。

でも ねんれい が 知らなかった から そう いう チョイス を した。

さんまさん は 一番 だった。。。 二番 は 相葉さん だった。。。

スタッフ の 人 が ”ねんれい は どう? さんまさん は 54歳 です” (です か?)

さんまさん の ねんれい が 聞いたら、 あやせさん は ちょっと。。。 カルタ を スワップ した。 相葉さん は 一番 に した。。。


たぶん、 その 番組 を 見た から 私 の 夢 の 中 に 相葉さん が 入ってた。
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その 夢 で、 私 は 相葉さん の 彼女 でした!!! うれしい!!!
最高 です よ!
一番 好き な 夢 です。
相葉さん は タガロゴ語 で 話した。

Envious

I'm so envious of Arashi's fanclub members. I saw from their latest Shukudai-kun that they signed exactly 5000 special card boards that they will give out to the fans who are enlisted in their fansclub.

They showed how they signed the last piece. The members were like "Riida, why don't you go ahead? Take the center part, the very important center part." Which he followed so he wrote on the center of the board.

I want one!!!
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But I guess it's limited for those in the fanclub. I hope Johnny opens an overseas fansclub or something. I'm willing to save money and spend for them!!!

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Or I may be wrong! ^_^ It's a bit impossible right? That there are exactly 5000 FC members... Hmmm... Just hoping. lol

My Girl Episode 2 - Review

Warning: Contains spoilers for those who haven't watched it yet.

I really really love this drama.

In this episode, Masamunekun has already accepted that little Koharuchan is his daughter. The episode starts off with him welcoming the kid in his house.
It's kind of cute how the kid calls him "Masamunekun". ^^,

Then he hears his landlord say that he doesn't want children in his apartment, which forces Masamunekun to hide his child from them.

At work, he gets an offer that could make or break his career. He is chosen as the assistant to a famous photographer. This chance is good for his career but bad for his daughter. He ends up going home late at night leaving Koharuchan alone. While alone, Koharuchan sings a song Yoko taught her. So while waiting for her dad to come home or before she falls asleep (whichever comes first) she opens the window and reaches out to the moon while singnig the moon song. She told this to her dad but Masamunekun told her to stop talking about her mom coz it made him sad. Apparently, he didn't want to cry in front of his daughter.

Little did they know that Koharu's singing in the night was already scaring some people. The people were thinking that it was a ghost. A tenant (or a neighbor) went to Masamunekun's landlady and told her this. So she went and checked. She found out that the little voice they were hearing wasn't a ghost, but it was a kid in Masamunekun's room. After she found out, she decided to stay with the little girl until Masamune came home.

His landlady volunteered to take care of his child while he's at work and promised to keep this from her husband.

But they weren't able to keep the secret that long. One time, the landlady decided to bring Koharu dinner. Her husband heard her go out the door and followed her. Masamunekun sees his landlord leaning against his unit's door. This forces him to admit that he was, in fact, living with a child. He was worried that the landlord will kick him out for having a child live with him but the landlord was cool with it.

He wasn't ready to tell his boss about his daughter yet. But they needed a fresh face for a photo shoot, he thought that it was the right time to tell them about his daughter. He dashes off to fetch Koharu from school and takes her to work. The photographer agrees that she was, indeed, the model he was looking for. It was then that he admitted that he had a daughter.

It was liberating... But could Masamunekun's admission to having a child be the end of his career? After his boss says "Do you think he can go on with his career because of his kid?"

Arashi - Getting to know them more

*This was a long article. Whew!*

Credits:
Scans: Jesychan@livejournal

On the cover, the interview was done simultaneously with the photo shoot. During the interview, the guys had Italian food delivered to them. Riida had [Hot (Spicy) tomato sauce pasta], Sho had [Raw ham and mushroom pasta], Aiba had [Mullet roe pasta], Nino asked for [Margherita (pizza base made with tomato, sliced mozzarella, basil, and extra virgin olive oil -- in case you didn't know coz I didn't. xP)pizza] while Jun had [Tomato mozzarella pasta]. Very likely choices. With everyone's stomachs full and while the staff change the set, let's head on to the fun part!


Part 1
Backstage stories about their nationwide concert
Opening day event: Sho's fear of heights attacks!
As per tradition, let's decide who the master of ceremony will be through the JANKEN!!!
Everyone's OK! Let's go! Saisho ha gu! Jankenpon! The MC for today based on the janken is... Nino! [A~~!] a roar came out from the guy but what was that for? Lucky? Unlucky? What kind of wail was that?

Nino: This will have 3 parts and I will be the one in charge all throughout.
Sho: (Casually) Whew! What a relief!
Nino: So shall we start? National stadium, 3 days... 1st month, how was it?
Jun: The weather was really great, right? The scene we had while the sun was setting, it was also beautiful. The feeling was great.
Nino: Yeah. We were also blessed with a wonderful weather.
Ohno: (According to weather forecasts) The first month was cloudy right?
Sho: If I'm not mistaken, the 2nd month was rainy right? The first day's forecast?
Nino: But I think it wasn't raining that time.
Jun: The original forecast for those 3 months wasn't good.
Aiba: The 1st month was really hot (sunny) during daytime.
Nino: The previous day, while rehearsing there was still grass (on the field).
Aiba: That's right. There was no stage hahaha.
Sho: The staff's great right? (Nice one Sho. ^^, Plus pogi (charm) points!)
Nino: It was impressive! The next day, when we arrived at the stadium, the grass turned into chairs! It was early! The staff checked everything out without sleeping.
Jun: Aside from being early, how many people were involved?
Nino: Whatever you say, the first day was still...
Sho: The most difficult thing on the first day was the 'air cabbage' (pechay). (^_^)
(* In the song "Allergy", all expect Sho were carrying vegetables with them while they sang and danced.) (I think, though I'm not that sure, what he meant by 'air cabbage' was like 'air guitar' wherein he acted as if he was carrying a cabbage but he didn't actually have one.)
Aiba: But that was a blast. (^_^) In the last part of the song, we all threw our vegetables out right?
Sho: Ye~s.
Aiba: There, we all threw the cabbages up in the air perfectly. (^_^)
Ohno: Then, when we looked at the pictures, we were all smiles!
Sho: I've said this a lot of times already, but the hardest time was when everybody didn't tell me. When I met Jun's eyes, he noticed that I wasn't holding anything. Somehow, my embarrassment was alleviated but during the time that no one was laughing (from the members) I went through it alone. That was pretty tough! (^_^)
Aiba: I really didn't notice when we started.
Nino: I was looking at Jun then. He was all smiles and he looked like he was enjoying what we were doing.
Sho: He likes "Allergy" that much (^_^)?
Nino: That's why I also had to join in and do it properly.
Aiba: Yes, yes. It was like he made sure that we didn't forget the objective. (*This was a performance they had even before they debuted. A lot of fans haven't seen this yet.)
Nino: Right? Jun was all smiles so I thought... There was someone without a vegetable. (^_^)
Ohno: I noticed when we were in a line already. I was thinking "Did the staff forget?". So that's what happened.
Jun: Actually, the spot where I was, Sho looked like he was holding a vegetable.
Sho: That explains it...
Aiba: It would've been better if you threw it out.
Sho: Inside me, everything was happening in slow motion... When the staff realized... I wasn't holding anything... I looked down... Nothing! Everything stopped. (^_^)
Nino: The song was playing...
Sho: I was dancing (^_^)
Ohno: (Laughs)
Aiba: (His perception is) it was that slow huh?
Sho: I'm just letting the "air" series live on. "Air Guitar", "Air Keyboard"... (in "G no Arashi's" USO corner. Acting like they were carrying instruments)
Aiba: Air drum right?
Nino: Air vocals too (^_^) (That was funny. lol) Next one, when talking about "happening", we still have Sho's fear...
Sho: (Flying, stopping while in the air) is a joke! I was saying that high places are my weakness that's why. The staff got it from that and did an improvised joke that's what it is!
Nino: It wasn't a joke. (^_^)
Sho: Huh?! Really? (^_^)
Aiba: You were really frightened weren't you?
Sho: (With a soft voice) That was... It was more frightening when I wasn't moving. What'll happen? At the back of my mind I was thinking, "what if I stayed this way til the audience left?!" I was really thinking about a lot of stuff that time. (^_^)
Aiba: That's right huh. When you weren't moving.
Sho: (Concert end) "Thank you very much for coming today. The audience may now exit starting with Block A..." If the announcer starts off with that, what'll I do?! (^_^)
Ohno: Uh-huh! It's really hard when you stayed immobile all that time.
Jun: I was Sho's symmetry (I think, again, though not that sure, they were talking about that time when they were suspended in mid-air while singing) I was saying "Let's do our best!" for him. With eyes wide open, I tried to open my arms wider. (^_^)
Sho: Impressive!
Aiba: Really impressive.
Sho: I appeciated that.
Aiba: We all did it side by side.
Jun: Due to that symmetry, whenever I looked at Sho I couldn't move. I thought that it would end. But while being helpless, I just danced til I dropped.
Sho: Everyone beside me was really dancing. I was like "I wanna dance that way too~~".
Nino: That accident was really epoch-making. Stopping right in the middle would've been great for a picture though. Then at the end, he'll go down...
Jun: It was extremely funny, Sho walks handsomely to the center then goes back (^_^). That'd be very funny.
Sho: While suspended in mid-air like that, I thought about a lot of things. Everyone was already on the stage, beautifully lined up. At that point, I was thinking "How will I go back?". Then the result: "While greeting the audience I'll walk back to the stage." (^_^) There was also one during the MC. While I was flying, I saw the staff from "Shukudaikun" right below me, they were laughing their asses off. Pointing, holding their stomachs while laughing. (^_^)
Nino: On Potato's concert memo says something like: "Sho forgets to take his costume off, Jun points it out to him"
Sho: Aa... That?! I didn't forget to take it off. I just wanted to be noticed. (Attention whore! ^^,) (^_^)
Nino: Of course, your memory's good right?
Aiba: He also has the strength not to admit (that he forgot).(^_^)
Nino: So you mean you didn't take it off coz you wanted to get noticed right? (Isn't it because of old age?^^,)
Jun: Well, he was excited.
Nino: You did it that way?! Moving on, the balloon part was beautiful.
Sho: On the 2nd month we had balloons and released them the same time as the fireworks went off. The fireworks were set up in the Jingu Stadium next to us. The timing was perfect.
Nino: The fireworks went off just behind the Olympic cauldron that's why it was a lot prettier.
Sho: That was also another one of Arashi's performances, right (^_^)?
Nino: Of course. I wished for that at the shrine. (^_^)
Ohno: Cool! The fireworks were so near.
Jun: The people whose seats were near the Olympic cauldrons had the same view as I did, they could see the fireworks, the fireworks were really beautiful, but those guys looked somewhat scared you know.

The reason why all 4 guys panicked over Matsujun's birthday present
Nino: Having the same view of the fireworks was near impossible. Ohno, what can you say about the 2nd month?
Ohno: ... The second month was cloudy.
Sho: Ohno's just concerned with the weather.
Nino: Do you want to be a weather forcaster? (^_^) I wasn't asking about the weather. I was asking about the things that we did during the concert.
Ohno: On the second month, (Ikuta) Toma came?
Jun: He came on the 3rd month? Didn't he? (Jun and Ohno sharing Toma.~<3)
Aiba: I think he was there on our 2nd month.
Ohno: No... It was on the opening day.
Nino: Aiba, what can you say? (jealous Nino~~<3>
Aiba: On the 2nd month, actually Kazama Shunsuke came.
Sho: No one knew.
Aiba: He did.
Jun: How'd you know?
Aiba: "I came to watch" he said. He called me up.
Sho: He bought his own tickets (the normal way)?(^_^)
Nino: He entered our fanclub? (^_^) (Nyahaha, Nino!)
Aiba: He didn't come to greet us. He went home without even showing his face to us.
Nino: That guy's got that kind of coolness.
Sho: He's full of aesthetics you know. In those 2 months, seniors, juniors, a lot of people came.
Nino: Yeah. Kanjani8 was there too...
Jun: Who from Kanjani8 came?
Aiba: Nishikido (yiheee!!! ~<3<3<3), Ookura, Yasuda...
Sho: Is that so...
Jun: Maru?
Ohno: Maru wasn't able to come. (Why?! He didn't want to watch his Uta no Oniisan co-star?!)
Sho: Too bad, I really wanted him to be there. Then V6's Sakamoto (Masayuki) and (Miyake) Ken came.
Jun: Chinen Yuri and Nakashima Yuuto came too. (~<3)
Sho: Everyone from Kis-MyFt2 came. We'll still have a concert at the Tokyo Dome, everyone, please come again. (^_^)
Nino: Aiba's brother came too. (Even though I saw him all the way from the stage) I knew immediately that it was Aiba's brother. (~<3)
Sho: Well, I looked at him one time then looked at the same spot again. (sakuraiba)
Aiba: hahaha.
Sho: Nino and I had a talk about this but Aiba's brother and dad are exactly the same!
Nino: Their figures right?
Sho: His dad was like saying "Hey! Do your best!" while the brother was also a bit... (^_^) "Hey, Shokun, well... Do your best k!". Even though I was already doing my utmost best.
Jun: Riida, did your parents come?
Ohno:... they didn't. (aaaaw)
Everyone: (In chorus) They didn't?!
Nino: Were they busy?
Ohno: Coz it was hot.
Everyone: (While forcing a smile on their faces)
Sho: It's likely...
Ohno: Even I was shocked.
Sho: Right? It was our 10th year and we were doing a nation wide concert but...
Ohno: They came to watch all our concerts up until last year. Maybe the concert last year was unbearably hot.
Sho: I get it (^_^)
Jun: Who? Your old man?
Ohno: My mom!
Jun: My family was really excited you know coz they went on the last day. They were really excited about the rain and the fountain but in the end they told me they had fun.
Nino: My sister also came on a rainy day.
Jun: My older sister looked like she had colds then but until the end, she was there. They told me they had fun. That's my family, you know... (looks at Riida with a smile on his face)
Aiba: My dad couldn't come because of work but my mom came.
Sho: Everyone from my family came.
Nino: My mom came on the first day while my sis made it on our last day. Riida, your sister came right?
Ohno: No... My mom and my sister couldn't make it. Coz it was hot (^_^) (Somehow I don't believe this one. I think they went to the concert.)
Sho: They should, by all means, come to the dome concert then.
Aiba: The air conditioning is better there. (^_^)
Sho: If you like, it'll be winter inside the dome. Which reminds me, Nino's mom used to give us pickled plum. Those were really delicious. But why didn't we get some when we had our concert at the Yokohama arena?
Nino: That's right...
Sho: That was the only time we didn't get some.
Nino: We also didn't have some at Tokyo Dome.
Ohno: Yeah... The pickled plum image is only for the Yokohama arena.
Jun: Well, maybe because while we were at the Yokohama arena, we really wanted to eat those. (^_^)
Nino: Then, let's go to Part 1's last theme! Jun just turned 26 last August 30 on the 3rd month of our concert!
Sho: Isn't that great? In the midst of that rain, we were able to celebrate.
Jun: Yes. But it almost didn't happen right?
Nino: Initially, we were supposed to be in the dressing room ahead of Jun.
Sho: But the first one who got there was... Jun! Of course we panicked. We were supposed to be there first but it was Jun who arrived first (^_^)
Jun: Huh?! That explains it!
Aiba: All 4 of us were in the next room. "Aa, but we don't have any other choice." I thought.
Jun: It was some kind of a backroom right? A secret room? Who was that? He went out of the dressing room with that innocent face but I felt that there was something going on in the other room. (^_^)
Sho: He smelled something fishy.
Aiba: Yeah he did.
Sho: He's so kind, pretending that he didn't notice.
Nino: I agree.
Aiba: That was really fun.
Ohno: It was funny! When we got back to the dressing room, it became totally awkward! (^_^)
Nino: We didn't talk to him (Jun). (^_^) This time, we gave him a shiny (spangled) jersey. Aiba and I saw it one time on our way home from work. There's no one else who can wear that kind of (Nino used the word "hade" which could mean "loud, gaudy, gay, flashy" and a lot more...) jersey but Jun right?! (hahahah... I think so too...)
Jun: They gave the jersey to me while we were doing the MC. I immediately wore it then wore it again during the encore.
Nino: He dried it right away in the dressing room.
Jun: When I went home, our manager dried it in the bathroom's drying room. (He/she put it in the spin dryer and the shiny stuff fell off)
Nino: That was something (^_^)


Part 2:
A member produces another member!
Ohno's "Easy Talk" show
Nino: "Producing a member's show" through "amidakuji"
Sho: O! Everyone loves "amidakuji".
Aiba: Let me do it (after writing the initials, while drawing the lines he makes the announcement) Nino will do me, Ohno will do Nino, Jun will do Sho and Sho will do Jun. (Woooh! Nice pairs!) And I will do Ohno. Who'll go first?!
Nino: It says "something original", so let's do it that way. I'll go first. Everyone's in this too, not just Aiba... Aiba's doing a home drama.
Aiba: I was given an offer, shall we go with "My Girl" (^_^)?
Nino: That's right. He chooses "My Girl" over a historical drama.
Sho: Hahahaha... It's okay!
Ohno: But while shooting "My Girl", Aiba gets an offer to do Jun's role "Bernardo" in "West Side".
Aiba: Right, right.
Nino: This must be an original concept right?!
Sho: I want to see Aiba as "Bernardo"! He lifts both his hands up in the air, lifts them higher, and does the famous dance step he'll definitely look he's about to fall.
Ohno: I'll laugh. Once he falls. (^_^)
Nino: He'll pay a fine every time he performs. (^_^)
Aiba: I'll say sorry.
Nino: That's fine, Aiba, "My Girl"'s good right?
Aiba: I haven't done it yet, that's why.
Nino: If a miracle happens, it'll be a family show. Being a show host alone is already a miracle so let's make it a family show. It'll be great if we did it like "Inaka ni Tomarou" (a show in Japan).
Sho: I want Jun to do a funny short play for me. Recently, it's become a trend right?
Jun: I think that's great. I'll do that.
Sho: You'll be bald, well that kind of image.
Aiba: Arashi's never done that before right?
Sho: It'll be like he'll be an evil magistrate "Echigoya, you're evil too aren't you?!" (^_^)
Jun: I'll do it! Everything's fine by me.
Sho: I think that'll be funny.
Jun: Afterall, (10 years ago) I was Arashi's "Owarai" (Comedy) leader right?
Nino: Thank God you changed course.
Jun: It was for the better right? (^_^)
Nino: Yeah. If you didn't, Aiba would've done "Hana Yori Dango". (hahahaha... Nino's such a funny guy isn't he?!)
Aiba: I agree.
Nino: Huh, Aiba what leader were you again?
Aiba: Idol leader. (^_^) I didn't know why though...
Sho: Coz he had this "spaced out" image. (exactly! That's why Riida's their leader right?!)
Nino: Okay let's do it the other way around. Jun, you try thinking of something for Sho.
Jun: Okay it'll be a photobook.
Sho: Is nude alright? (Sho?! DO IT! DO IT! DO IT ^^,)
Jun: Ok (^_^). I'll be the cameraman. And I'll be like the art director.
Sho: (Insistent) With my clothes off? (^_^) (I said yes! Sho! Yes!)
Jun: Well, it's okay if you showed just half of your bum. (O men!)
Sho: But they've seen that in "Kiiroi Namida"... (that's why I said take it off! Take everything off!)
Aiba: That's why it should be a whole butt exposure! (^_^) (See... Even Aiba agrees with me!)
Nino: I agree! The whole butt! (Naughty guys!)
Jun: Sho's got a lot of sides, right? That's the reason why I wanna see the unseen side of Sho. (The whole butt?!) I want the world to see that through the photobook.
Sho: Yes! I'll do my best! I think it'll be fun (^_^) (Jun's pretty creative don't you think? And I do want to see an artistic photoshoot of the 5. I think that'd be awesome!)
Nino: Sho, you'll do Ohno...
Aiba: Riida huh... What do you want to do? O, I know! What about a talk show?!
Sho: I want to see that! It'll be like "Satoshi no Heya" (Patterned after the famous Japanese one-on-one talk show "Tetsuko no Heya") right?
Aiba: Ru-ruru ru-ruru (hums "Tetsuko no Heya's" theme song). What do you think, Riida?
Ohno: ... The conversation won't go smoothly you know! (^_^)
Nino: Hey, do you have someone in mind, someone you'd like to do a one-on-one with?
Aiba: Hey, Riida, do you like conversations?
Nino: What do you think about having a one-on-one with someone?
Ohno: One-on-one? I don't hate that!
Sho: You don't. You don't hate it right?
Ohno: But if I'm not interested with the guest, that'd spell trouble. (^_^)
Nino: I know. That's why we'll think of something new. You're the host of your own show but... the guest will be the one who'll do the talking. (^_^)
Sho: That's right! The guest will think of ways on how to entertain him.
Aiba: That'd be awesome! Let's do it with Ohno very near to the guest.
Jun: It'd be great if they did it in a food stall.
Aiba: Great! Later it'll be inside a car.
Jun: It won't be allowed if you don't have a driver's license. (Ohno doesn't have one, I think.)
Aiba: The guest'll drive? (^_^)
Sho: Yeah! It'll be entitled "Inside Satoshi's Car" with a subtitle "Satoshi at the passenger's seat". (^_^)
Ohno: Sometimes I'll be at the back seat. (^_^)
Nino: While you're there, the guest will be talking to you from the driver's seat.
Aiba: I wanna see that!
Nino: Do you have any new concepts in mind?
Ohno: An experiment on Nino... (Ohmiya!!<3<3<3)
Everyone: (Choral) What do you mean?!
Ohno: Nino's the most seasick person so...
Nino: (has a doubtful expression on his face while holding his laughter)
Ohno: After being seasick, I wanna see how stressed he's become...
Sho: So it's an experiment on the human body...
Ohno: That's right. We'll take his picture and make him smile despite of the stress he just went through. (hidoi yo Ohnosan! Poor Nino!)
Nino: Hey, Ohno, that concept's really interesting you know. (^_^) (I'm sensing some sarcasm in that.)
Ohno: That'll be the first stage.
Sho: Well, before that let's think of a title. We'll be able to construct a framework from that.
Jun: Yeah. The concept is?
Ohno: (Ohno struggles to think for an answer) It won't be "Iyagaru Nino" but it'd be "Iyagari-no" (Riida+Nino=ri-no? Just a product of my Ohmiya crazed mind).
Nino: If we'll go with that... my name changes to "Riino"! (See... Riida+Nino=Riino)
Ohno: We're aiming for... ill humor. (^_^)
Nino: Okay. So the first one would be about my seasickness, you'll be taking a picture of me after that... The 2nd one would be?
Ohno: If the 1st one gets aired people will think "He did great! Of course! It's Nino!". The 2nd one will be... I can't think anymore so I'll try to think of it later.

Part 3
A thourough analysis according to the members
"Despite being a performer, still a middle-class"
Nino: Finally, the last part. A thorough look at Arashi, everyone, what do you think?
Sho: It's about the "Best" album we recenlty released. My mom went to the CD shop to buy one but "There's no first press eidition..." she said through text. (^_^). I told her I had no idea about that.
Jun: She can't buy her son's CD. What sort of thing is that? (^_^)
Nino: I heard the same thing from friends.
Jun: Yeah, me too. I received a lot of mails asking where to buy the album. That's why I already made a template saying "I think they're selling it at the CD shop" (^_^)
Sho: I heard that from a lot of people.
Jun: The first press limited edition was... (I had a hard time getting a copy myself!)
Ohno: My family told me they bought a copy.
Nino: We sold a million copies... 1 million people bought our album! I'm very grateful! When you hear that we just crossed the million record, how did you feel?
Ohno: I was honestly happy.
Sho: I was happy.
Ohno: I was happy when I read that we just passed the million mark from a certain newspaper.
P: Today's (September 15, Hawaii time) the day you were presented to the public as Arashi. right? In Hawaii?
Jun: That's right. 10 years ago. When I think of that, I can't help but be amazed. We've been together for 10 years huh? (speaking with deep emotions)
Sho: If I'm not mistaken, we were here in this very studio when we got back from Hawaii.
P: Through simple calculations, 365 daysx10 is 3650 days.
Sho: When you say it that way, it feels so short.



Aiba's Choice




This is from a show entitled "Wide Scramble".

Screencap from a Clubbox Gachapin video.



Host: If you were a kid, who among Arashi will you choose as your dad?

Aiba: It would be Sho-kun.

Host: Why?

Aiba: Coz he's intelligent...
He's reliable.


*sakuraiba
Aiba's so handsome in that "My Girl" poster behind the host*

マイ ガール: Episode 1

泣きたかった なぁ~・・・

いや、 ”マイ ガール” は 寂しい ドラマ です けど・・・

それ は 相葉さん の ドラマ から・・・

泣きたかった・・・

おめでとう 相葉さん・・・

これ は いい ドラマ に なる かも・・・

こはるちゃん は とっても かわいい・・・

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相葉パパ が いつも 見たい から ね・・・

似合ってる! 本当 に 似合ってる!

My Girl: Episode 1 - Review

I think this is the best Arashi drama I've watched in terms of how the shots were taken, the angles, the view, the background...

Aiba's role:
Aiba as a father? Hmmm... Cute! ^^, He's perfect for the role - a guy who's not yet ready to become a father. Maybe that's the reason why he's so effective at portraying the role.

He also seems to hit it off with little "Koharu-chan", which makes the scenes more convincing.

I can't wait for the next episodes. The last Arashi drama I really liked and watched was Ohno's "Uta no Oniisan"... Based on the first episode, I think I'm going to love this drama. I like the plot, the quality, Aiba's acting, little miss Koharu, and the Bananaman guy... lol.

マイ ギャル Soundtrack

やった! 相葉さん の ドラマ が 来た!!!
本当 に 楽しみにしていた!

ちなみに・・・
嵐 の 新シングル マイ ギャル の 歌 を 買いました。 ^_^
また、 楽しみにしてる・・・

Arashi's New Single: My Girl's OST

When my "5x10" arrived, I was actually thinking that it was already October. For the past months, Arashi released at least a single every month. It's been rumored that Aiba's drama's ost will be done by Arashi but it was an unofficial release right? I just read it from some blog.

But now that I've already seen it at YesAsia... It's more than just a rumor huh! Well, I'm a few days late with this news but here's My Girl (Single+DVD)(First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version) @ YesAsia.

Though it's true that these guys are practically emptying my wallet almost every month, I'm already used to it. Every month, I'm looking forward to their releases.

November 2009 - [Nino] On how Arashi's never changed




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Nino wholeheartedly recalls his memories of Arashi as I walked with him through his path.


With the dizzying array of night light behind us, the guy was constantly humming a tune. Despite of humming it rather softly that it was almost impossible to hear, his voice was tinged with warmth. Before I listened to his story, I already saw how excited he was for the opening of their 10th anniversary tour that was going to take place several days after the interview.

[It makes me happy to know that people go out of their way just to watch our concerts. Concerts are like vegetables that we, ourselves, grow in our backyards. Nothing makes me happier than to know that we are being sought for and that our "garden" is continuously growing.]

On Nino being the one in charge with the composition of the song they'll use for the commemoration of Arashi's 10th year that'll be included in their "5x10" album

[ Well, I did receive e-mails from the other members too. But I based things on my own judgment. I like it done this way: the more you listen to it, the more discoveries you'll have, when we sing it and as people watch it, I want everybody to get wowed by it. I definitely wanted to put the words "Just the 5 of us. Always." in the song. When we sing that, it will, without a doubt, blow everyone away. It's true, it's always been the 5 of us right? We're not a 6-member group, right? (^_^)]

It is for certain that these guys have always been together. May it be in articles, photo shoots, these 5 guys are definitely present.

Around the first half of the year, I was working on my own drama and stage play that's why every time I was with them (Arashi), I spent time to chat with anyone.
Especially Riida, he's a pretty open-minded person so I don't have second thoughts about talking to him anytime. (^_^) But the degree of our conversation is like "Yesterday, I went to eat yakiniku...". We also had conversations about our jobs back in the old days though. "Arashi from here on is... The group's color will be...". We've talked about serious stuff during meetings too. But I always told them that "There's no need for this right?". If things were decided on purpose, it's like the possibilities would be narrowed down. For me, it should be "take it as it comes". I think we all eventually realized that there's really no need to talk about these stuff anymore.]

Nino laughed and said "Really, nothing out of the ordinary, right?" as he stared at their picture where they were lined up in a row that was taken for last month's More Arashi special issue.

[ Since we're idols, it's okay to be wrapped in tasteless flattery but the impression of being old should be zero, right? (^_^). At any rate, we do our jobs seriously and at our own pace. We also have a 'creator-like' atmosphere at times. I don't get tired of looking at each one of us. The reason why we 'can' be together is because we seem to fit each other. Like for example, Jun-kun. He seems to be someone who always steps forward (leads), well the truth is he's that kind of person. But if he's in another group, it won't really be the case. (^_^) Because Jun-kun always steps forward, the rest of us step forward too. That's how Arashi moves on. ]

On being able to revolutionize their inner selves due to the fact that they've remained the same after all these years

[ All 5 of us didn't change. Though we receive a lot of impressions on how we are from the outside, coz we're growing old you know, we are still the same people deep inside. Like Sho-kun, right from the start, he already wanted to be a caster and now that he is, it's like his dream just materialized (but he didn't change). Same case with Riida's art exhibit, Aiba on being a variety host, those are just our dreams materializing. I think it's not a transformation of our inner selves. In reality, the reason why we've continued to build such relationship is because not one of us changed. I didn't change too. It's not that I 'can't' change, it's more like 'I don't want to change'. If I can't change, then I'd be way older now (^_^). I definitely think, deep inside my heart "It's great that nothing's changed". Though as a sign of times, continuously revolutionizing yourself is an added ability, an ever changing situation is not a good thing either. I do believe in "Evolution without change". A person struggles to transform for his job, his love life, and to move forward in life but I can't say that it applies to everyone though. There's also this thing we call "strength not to change" right? Like Oda Kazumasa-san and Sazan, they are strong that's why they don't change. It's not about the appearance but they keep on revolutionizing themselves, don't they? I think it takes time. I think it's hard to believe in yourself for who you really are (without changing anything), at good times and bad times.]

Even before Arashi became this big, even during the time when he went to Hollywood alone and act on a movie, even this year when he received a momentous award, Nino constantly insisted on being "a member of Arashi". He hasn't, for sure, changed in that aspect.

[ All of us have no intentions of changing that's why now even if people say "We can't get Arashi's tickets anymore!", I still don't know what to feel. Before, we used to have quite a lot of unsold tickets. (^_^) With the hands of time turning, we continued doing our stuff seriously. Even though we aren't good enough, or we are not skilled enough, may it be in small venues or large venues, we remain consistent in doing our stuff seriously. That's who Arashi is. I feel happy whenever people see us as that kind of group, be thought of as foolish, but be watched over by everyone. We feel that the most during concerts.

Several days after the interview, as always, all 5 of them including Nino stood up in the stage, his head held high showing his lovely face to everyone.

★★終わり★★

I think Nino just cemented his claim to being Arashi's number 1 fan through this interview didn't he?
I love seeing Arashi's serious side. It makes me feel happy as a fan to know that they think this way.

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