21 posts tagged “jun matsumoto”
Reason for selling: Most individual otakara pics are found on group Otakaras XD
Shipping to be handled by buyer. MatsuJun otakara pics will follow..
Nino Otakara.. [Reserved for Vannie]
Aiba Otakara [Reserved for Jaella]
Sho Otakara [SOLD]
MatsuJun Otakara [Reserved for Alex]
Finally! What I've been waiting for! I found this video somewhere and downloaded the file. No need to expound on this more since we are talking about Arashi here.. This is the latest AU cellphone CM, which of course, starred Arashi.. I loved the phone Sho had.. Lolz! The part where Aiba made very careful movements to avoid the alligator made me laugh so hard! I'm gonna post the actual AU CM and the making of the CM. I also added some bits of the AU CM series.. There's one of Jun and Aiba, Sho and Ohno.
Enjoy and please do comment ^_^ Anyway, to those who are interested to visit the main website for AU phones, visit here.
[2008.04.02] Got all Arashi AU KDDI ads. Enjoy them! I do love the CM of Sho and Ohno.. Lolz! I don't mind being carried away like that as long as the one who caused it is any of the Arashi members..
I know I've said before that I'm glad that I purchased this PB demo after some realization (and credit card bills to pay)I realized that I can sell 2 of my Minimum Arashi PBs.. Think of this PB as a mini Otakara photo book.. Paparazzi pics galore and all that.. Attached below are the pics of the Photobook and the comparative pic of the size and thickness of Minimum Arashi and the Otakara..
For local buyers, I accept bank transfers and meet-ups.. Will soon post pics from inside the photobook.. Interested buyers, please PM me or contact me:
Yahoo mail/YM: lei.bautista@ymail.com
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They're at it again.. Get your wallets ready Arashi fans.. Looks like we're in for huge cash out for September and October.. After the release of Arashi's Otokara Big Wave Photobook (which made me really happy that I purchased it), they will release 5 photobooks of our beloved AMNOS.. You read right minna.. 5 PBs featuring each of our Arashi boys!
Each photobook's size is in A5, featuring photos since the day their started their Johnny's career. These 5 photobooks are AMNOS personal photobooks. By September 16, Ohno and Jun's Otokara Photo file / Photo book will be realeased. It is said that on October, Nino, Aiba and Sho's versions will be released.. SQUUEE~
Johnny.. You're making me go bankrupt even before Christmas.. Lolz! Check out the following CDJapan links for more info: Ohno's unofficial Otokara Photo File || Jun's unofficial Otokara Photo File
Ok then.. Why am I so hyped up? These are NOT official photobooks ok? Demo.. After purchasing Arashi Otokara Big Wave Photobook, I was way beyong happy with the pics ^^ So.. I think these other PBs are worth the purchase ^^ If I have the chance to scan/take pictures of my Otokara PB, I'll post it here ^^
[Updated 09.19.2008] For the love of anything that's Arashi.. They really have ways to drain my wallet.. They finally released the remaining three Otakara PBs.. And I still have a lot of credits to pay T_T Demo.. I'm still getting them.. Nino's will be released on October 15 and SakurAiba's on Oct. 30th. Lolz! Here are the links from CDJapan for the trio's otakara photo files: Nino's unofficial Otakara Photo File || Sho's unofficial Otakara Photo File || Aiba's unofficial Otakara Photo File
I was so ecstatic after receiving the photo book! Actually I was a bit pissed off at first since the mailman didn't delivered it right in our office.. I have to go out and claim the parcel from the post office.. To add, it started raining while I was on my way.. But then, as soon as I had the parcel in my hand, I immediately opened it and.. Voila! ARASHIGOTO!
I don't have any ideas on how to scan the images though T_T Poor me but then, I'll be posting the translations here! The photo book contains a lot of Arashi pics from 1999-2005. Yes, it's a back issue but who cares?! Lolz! A very interesting photo book indeed.. I can't place everything here in once bunch since it's gonna be a long.. Long entry.. Imagine.. A.M.N.O.S 10,000 words interview.. Lolz! Get ready to read, minna!
Thanks to say_it_again @ LJ for the translations and links!
10,000 Words Interview: Aiba || MatsuJun || Nino || Ohno || Sho
Funny Flashback Interview: Clickeh
Enjoy! Comments are very well loved..
It's been some time since my last post.. Anyway.. I will be updating my fanfic by tomorrow so.. Please do read on it ^^ I appreciate readers a lot.. Anyway.. A quick post on something I found on YouTube.. I really find this funny and cute.. So.. I need to show it to you guys.. I love the reaction of one of the guys when he raised the 'NO' sign.. Lolz! Here's Kawai Fumita on Shonen Club doing a fantastically superb imitation of MatsuJun! Enjoy!
Another video post! Here's one of MatsuJun dancing Pop Dance.. Kytana's gonna love me for this.. Lolz! I dunno where I got it but he looks good in it.. So.. I posted.. Guys, wanna impress your GFs? Do follow MatsuJun's move.. If possible, do get some of his great facial features.. That'll immediately make your GF's fall over you all over again.. Lolz!
And last but not the least.. A video where Arashi does some recording ^^ Notice their looks and some unsatisfied expressions.. To top those, they looked a bit tired, neh?
As Jo watched Sho being placed in a tense situation, she suddenly laughed then gave a smile at Johnny. “If you quit staring at my models from the photos, then you would have seen Sho’s reply.” She said and the rest of the eyes flew at her direction. “He simply nodded his head since he was taking a sip from his drink, neh?” At this, Arashi nodded, excluding Sho took a big gulp of his drink. “No need to get uptight over such small matters, Johnny-san.. These guys won’t last 9 years if they weren’t abiding to JE’s policies..”
Johnny nodded at this then laughed at Sho. “You should’ve simply told me that you have answered..” He pointed out.
“How could he since you had your right eyebrow raised and looked as if you were about to pounce on him..” Jo answered good naturedly then smiled as Johnny gave her a dirty look. She simply shrugged it off. Johnny then laughed and agreed at her words, turning his head to look at the remaining photos and Jo gave a very obvious relieved sigh. One which only Arashi can see. She then looked at Sho then winked, giving a thumbs up signal.
Jun closed his eyes for a moment and thanked Jo. She was remarkable. She can easily see other’s problem. Aiba nudged Jun to imply that he was also relived at Jo’s reply. Nino took another sip if his drink since his throat suddenly went dry through the ordeal and Ohno simply played with the pages of the photobook in front of him, as if calculating what happened and relieved that it passed. Jun’s eyes looked up to Sho and smiled as the rapper gave a smile of relief in return.
“Anyway Johnny, I wanted to talk to Arashi personally.” Johnny quirked his eyebrows once more and Jo frowned at this. “And you really should stop that.. As you have your JE policy, I also have my own and one of them is personally talking to my models, which in this case happened to be Arashi..” Johnny was about to comment and Jo raised her hand in a sign which told Johnny that she will not have any of his words. “I think you’ve heard how stubborn I can be, Johnny-kun and I'm telling you that I am definitely more stubborn than you can ever imagine.. I won’t let you leave until I have some words with Arashi..” She pointed out. “I won’t sexually harass them or anything, for Kami-sama's sake.. I have Rina and Mako to do those tasks.. I leave those pleasures to them..” She added and laughed. Seeing that Johnny refused to even budge out of his seat, she then gave a playful sigh.
“Okay.. How about this.. As temptingly delectable MatsuJun may seem to me..” At these words, Jun’s eyes widened in orbs and the rest of the Arashi members, including Johnny looked at her in an aghast manner. She then raised her right hand. “I hereby promise not to lay any hands nor body parts on MatsuJun as long as there’s anyone in the room.. I also promise to keep a 2 meter distance from him and restrain myself from literally jumping and harassing him within my vicinity.. Clothes ripping is also a definite no-no as long as the contract is proved valid..” She then brought her hand down, laughing as she saw Jun literally gaping at her words. She beamed at him then pointed at herself. “Jun-bait.” She agreed and shook her head afterwards. “And I promised myself that I won’t admit it to anyone..”
“That was.. Surprising..” Jun commented as he flushed slightly at those words and the group fell into a roar of laughter. “OI!” He shouted at the others but he himself fell into a fit of laughter. Jo gave a very uneasy look as she blushed a birght red color. “That could be a famous line when we do our Shukudai shows..”
“Very well then, with those words, I think I can trust you..” Johnny agreed and Jo called in for Rina through her intercom. She then instructed Rina to take Johnny into their photo gallery and show him around. “If the gallery contains girls in summer wear, I can leave Arashi to your for an hour or so..” Jo laughed at this and Rina agreed that there is indeed such photos inside the gallery. “Good.. Toodle-oo then..” Johnny waved and followed Rina out.
“And after humiliating myself with such promise, I still will say that I am a fan of MatsuJun..” She finished and smiled at him. “Mako is all for Sho .. Though I think he's kinda sliding a wee bit for OhMiya tandem.. And Rina is our infamous SakurAiba fan..” She informed them as they laughed. “Keep clear from their sights when their eyes held a certian spark in them.." Jo suggested over Arashi's laughter. "I do hope I didn’t scared you, MatsuJun..”
Jun shook his head. “That was.. Quite original..” He admitted, feeling a wee bit light headed and giddy. "That was the first time someone ever gave such proposal to Johnny.."
“Oh.. He’s very very happy with it actually..” Aiba commented and hid behind Ohno as Jun reached for him. “Missed me..” He simply commented then stuck out his tongue at Jun. Nino, who saw all these, rolled his eyes and mumbled 'How mature..' for Jo and Ohno to hear, earning a laugh from the trio.
Jo laughed at this then looked at Sho. “And I’m very sorry for the tight situation I placed you in before..”
Sho shook his head in reply. “No. Actually, I really wanted to thank you for saving me back then..” He admitted and bowed his head. “Thanks a lot.”
Jo smiled at this and waved her hand in a manner which said it was not a big deal. She then twisted her mouth in a manner which looked a smirk. "Follow policies.. HAH! Those who literally followed every policies lined up for them had their careers ended after a year or so.." She added, shaking her head. “So.. Whoever she is might be someone you really treasure the most, neh? Sho-kun?” She said and all heads turned her way. “What?! You don’t expect that I wouldn’t notice it right? Your eyes are a dead giveaway Sho-kun.. Aside from the fact that I'm a photographer, I'm also female to remind you.. We are quite sensitive with matters of the heart..” She said then sat at the edge of her desk. “You didn’t deny her even in front of your boss. I was really amazed with that.. And to add.. That girl really receives a medal for bravery and loyalty that she agreed to be in such a secret relationship with you..” She finished.
Sho smiled at this and nodded. “She is indeed remarkable..” He commented and Jo caught that spark in his eyes. He was positively relieved. He was sure that Jo would keep it as a secret and he was thankful that he won’t have to worry about hiding his relationship from her. She was obviously supportive of it.
Jo nodded and looked at them once more, her expression changing to one of a serious photographer. “I’ll keep it short and sweet.. We’ll start the shoot next Monday since Johnny said it’s the day wherein all of you are free, though you all have to be back at the studio around 7PM for Shukudai.. I hate tardiness as you all know and any incident like before, I would literally walk out from you guys.. I will also be having your numbers and please do expect personal calls from me about work.. If any incident was to happen and causing any of you not be able to attend the shoot, please do inform me ahead of time. I dislike runing my scehdules for something I will not be able to do..” She finished then took a quick breath.
Arashi was taken aback by her professional manner. ‘So, this was the professional Jo.. Scary..’ Jun thought as he looked at her. But.. As scary as she may seem, she had that certain air of dignity in her. He noticed Aiba writing something into his palm top and smiled as he saw that those were Jo’s words. Aiba, being absent-mided as he is, he realized that he didn’t want to see Jo angry.
Jo straightened up and continued her words. “During photo shoot I can be a wee bit touchy especially on fixing hair and clothings. If you hate to be touched in a certain manner, inform me and I will stop. If not, bear the feeling of having a female touching you.. I tend to be very straight forward when commenting during work.. I tend to call models “baka” and I do tend to get into disagreements with some of them. If you carry those anger even after work, I don’t care but for me, those emotions will be left at the work place, completely forgotten after work.. I’m a perfectionist.. If I am not pleased with a shot, I can repeat those shots again and again until I’m pleased with it.. Such acts can last a hour or two.. Worst, a day. Bear with it.. And that’s it..” She finished and nodded. “Will I be hearing anything from you guys? Any objections on my policies?”
Arashi simply shook their heads meekly and she smiled at this. “You just seen a professional part of me.. I can be scarier on an actual photo shoot and before deadlines.. Try to bear with me then..” She admitted as she took a bow in front of Arashi. “OK then, we can now call Johnny. I know you guys are perfectly tired from today.. Thanks a lot for coming.” She said and walked to each of them, giving them a firm hand shake.
As she reached Jun, she smiled and shook his hand. “To tell you frankly, I only became your fan after watching 'Kimi wa petto'.. And I really don’t have any plans on harassing you or anything..” She admitted then gave him a wink of acknowledgment before opening the door, allowing them to exit.
Jun, on the other hand, was simply smiling at her and he was feeling certain tingles as their hands met. Jun was aware of the fact that he liked her personality but was afraid of her professional side. He was still confused on the reason why he was thinking of such matters even. He was walking towards Liason lobby and searched for Aiba. As soon as he saw him, he tugged him towards a corner. “What do you think of her?” Jun simply asked and Aiba smiled erratically. “If you gave me a smart ass or a hentai-ish answer, I’ll hurt you.. Honestly.. I would..”
Aiba laughed at this. “Professional, mature, good reader of emotions and inner thoughts.. Quite scary.. But there’s still a soft side in her which you find amusing, neh?” He asked and Jun nodded. “So.. You're delectable, neh? Are you thinking of the same about her?” Jun flushed at his question then decided not to answer, leaving Aiba laughing.
‘Hell, yes! I find her delectable, Aiba-chan..’ He inwardly thought and gave Jo another waning look as she talked to Tomi about something wherein she animatedly laughed as Tomi frowned. She turned towards them and caught MatsuJun looking at her. She smiled and gave a small wave of goodbye which Jun returned. ‘Interesting, delectable and sweet.. I really do wanted to know her more..’ He thought one last time as he followed the rest and gave Jo and the Liason group one last wave before they exit the premises.
Jun’s eyes followed the young photographer as she walked into the conference room. Like the rest of the group, he was surprised that the person Johnny referred to as very professional, short tempered and mature happened to be the very same girl she saw near the vendo machine. Young and witty but had proved that not all youth these days only knows how to have fun. ‘Interesting..’ Jun thought and gave an inward smile at the fact. Jun snapped out of his reverie when he saw Aiba trying not to laugh. ‘Damn.. Aibaka really does see through me..’
If there’s someone in Arashi who can easily read in between the lines, it would be Aiba. He may seem clueless and childish most of the time but it was Aiba whom they can easily talk to. He may not give the smartest advice but he does listen with full interest and attention when one talks about something. And at this point, he reads Jun’s thoughts but decided not to pester him with it. Realizing this fact, Jun also wondered why he was thinking on such matters. He was paired with countless girls on various projects. There were even rumors on girls who were linked with him but he simply ignores them. As a matter of fact, whenever he got close (in a friendly manner) to a girl, it was because the girl approached him first. That’s why he was very confused as to why his thoughts ran in only one direction and that is, he wanted to know Jo more.
‘No!’ He stopped himself. ‘I only find her cute and I’m a sucker for anything or anyone cute!’ He reminded himself as he sat down the chair by the table. ‘This is business and nothing more! I’ve met a lot of girls and she is just one of them.. An acquaintance and nothing more..’
Jo opened the door wide as she walked into the mini conference room of Liason, allowing Johnny and Arashi to enter and be seated before she sat on a chair herself. After the interesting encounter she had with Johnny, she was placed in a good mood. She was not a fan of Arashi but she had to admit, she now realized why Rina and Mako was so into the group. All five were handsome, carries a certain air of confidence and famous. Very, very famous in fact.. As soon as she told some of her photographer friends that she will be having magazine photo shoot job with Arashi, they all fell in awe and congratulated her.
Before arranging this meeting with Arashi, she researched some facts about them, wanting to know something about the group and the personality of each member before diving into work with them. She downloaded mp3s and listened to them. She even asked Rina and Mako to lend her their shows, dramas and concerts. Listening and watching them amused her in more ways than one. She learned that all of them started at an early age and was trained by the agency to turn into idols. She was amazed by the number of their fans worldwide and she was immediately taken in by their series and movies.
Ohno, in her perspective, was a quiet person. Though he was referred as the leader of the group, it is obviously seen that he gives his group freedom to voice out their opinions and suggestions. There are times when he gets unsure of his status as their leader but the rest kept on insisting that he is one and he does act as a very effective leader of the group. Jo was also mesmerized by his powerful voice. It’s not a wonder why he was referred to as Arashi’s lead vocals. In terms of vocals, she thought of Nino as another powerful singer. Being a guy with high pitched voice, she was amazed at how he can control it. Personally, she made a mental note that she would have a difficult time getting along with him. To her, Nino was the one who showed least interest in some of their tasks but one thing Jo finds attractive in Nino is that once he got into something and finds it interesting, he would continue the task and will do his beat at it.
As she was making a mental notes of her past observations (while listening and commenting on small discussions with Arashi and Johnny), she then continued her inward observance on the rest of Arashi members. Her eyes then landed on the group’s rapper, Sho. She was too shocked when Mako (being an ultimate Sho fan), told her that he came from an elite family. Having a father with government position and a professor of a mother, Jo was shocked that Sho was able to pursue his entertainment career. During this part, she also realized that she had met his parents on one of the government gathering where she was hired to be the occassion's official photographer. She also remembered the time when she had a small conversation with Sakurai-san when he mentioned that he had a son who was in the entertainment industry. Jo, since she just returned from France at that time, was clueless on whom the person was talking about. Jo instantly remembered that Sakurai-san was not too happy with this fact but there was a certain proud spark in his eyes whenever he talked about his son’s achievements and fame. Then we have Aiba; the most cheerful and lively one in the group. He was referred to as the group’s baka person because of his senseless comments but Jo knew that he was the one who is closest to every Arashi members. Aiba had this aura which can befriend anyone. As Rina (a die-hard SakurAiba fan) said, Aiba can make even the toughest person open up for him and after seeing Aiba that day, Jo can’t argue with that fact. To her, Aiba was the one whom she can openly talk to and she was sure, a hundred percent, that she won’t be having trouble with him.
Lastly, Jo looked at the group’s fashion-guru and so-called woman expert, Jun. Being known to the fact that he was personally chosen by Johnny, she was sure that there was something with this person that Johnny found special. Truth to be told, Jo cannot still decide on this person’s personality. As she watched their series, shows and movies, she still cannot grasp on Jun’s personality. All she can surmise is that he easily gets irritated, had a certain air in him which shouts ‘look up to me!’ and most of Arashi and Jun fans called it the 'Do-S syndrome'.. But if there’s one thing she’s certain about, Jun is positively passionate with his work. A bit hard to understand but he's someone she can work with. And as much as she tried to hide it, she have to admit that she was Jun-baited.. Despite the collected persona and ‘touch-me-not’ aura, she grew a liking on how he carries those outrageous concert outfits and of course, superb acting. But then, she made sure that her fanatic side would always be kept in check and not be like those absurdly stalking fans.
“So, what do you think of my boys?” Jo quickly looked up as Johnny asked the question. She inwardly thanked the gods that she was done with her internal recollection as Johnny shot his question. Her eyes landed immediately on Arashi as she heard the frustrated groans and hid her laughter as she saw Arashi rolled their eyes. “WHAT?!”
“You asked as if you own us or something..” Nino complained as he took a sip of the juice Tomi placed for them.
"My boys indeed..” Ohno repeated the exact phrase as he sighed. “Are we items which you have placed under bidding and asked for a buyer to comment on? We’re people, Johnny-san.. H-U-M-A-N-S..” Ohno spelled the last words to emphasize his point as Johnny continued to look unabashed by his talent’s reactions.
Johnny’s eyes widened comically at this. “I do own you, Nino-kun..” He stated in a matter of fact tone. “In fact, I invested quite a lot for you guys and I can say that I officialy have my brand on you..” He added as he gave a satisfying laugh. “You all are under my mercy..” He joked as he crossed his leg, getting comfy on his seat.
“Well and precisely said..” Sho commented and railed back as he received the glares from his group. “I didn’t said I was happy with it!” He added.
Jo gave a soft laugh at the exchange. She was relieved that this group, as famous as they are, were able to get along well with their boss. As far as she knew, Johnny only talks this way to his talents who had proved their worth and no doubt, Arashi was able to pass Johnny’s expectations. “Well, aside from the fact that you already know that I positively hate tardiness, they are way beyond famous so I can say they’re professionals in the modelling field.. I don’t know what else you wanted to hear from me Johnny-san.” She safely answered. “Fishing for compliments, Johnny-kun?” She jokingly added, earning a laugh from the group.
“Not quite.. We got a daily dose of compliments from fans already..” He admitted off-handedly and Jo didn’t retorted back since she herself knew that this was true. “We can start on who you think you can easily befriend with.. Or.. Do you think they can be a problem to you?” Johnny pressed on. Jo looked at Arashi at this and was a wee bit surprise that they were also waiting for her honest opinion on them. “Go on.. If one of them reacted quite violently, I can immediately replace KAT-TUN with them.” At this comment, the conference room was filled with Arashi’s replies of “EH?!”s and “NANI?!”s. At this, Jo realized that KAT-TUN was probably their virtual rival in all of the JE team.
“Well, I don’t think I have problems working with Riida-kun, Masaki-kun and Sakurai-san..” She admitted, earning smiles from the three. “Though I may have a problem with Matsumoto-san and Kazunari-kun..” She added then quickly added an explanation. “I’m not saying that you guys are not what I’m expecting you to be but I was inclining more on the professional side!” She finished, blushing a bit as she caught Nino and Jun’s amused looks. Relieved that they are not offended, she continued. “From my reference, which also happened to be photographers Arashi had worked with, Nino and Jun are the.. Um..” She stopped as she searched for a right word to describe their personas without offending them. “The.. ‘Touch-me-not’ types..” She finished, hoping that they got it.
Johnny laughed at her comment and nodded. “They do give that aura, don’t they?” He returned then smiled. “Personally, I can’t say that would be a problem, neh?”
Aiba nodded at this fact. “Though these two may look snobbish..” He was cut short as Jun and Nino threw a piece from the nuts they were nibbling on, indicating that they are not too flattered at his choice of words. “Anyway.. They are really nice.. It may take time for one to adjust with them but they are quite friendly.. All you need are the right words and coaxing abilities, then you’ll have them at your fingertips!”
“And now, he referred to me and Nino as kids..” Jun hissed as he gave Aiba a whack on the head. “Baka..” He mumbled and folded his arms at his chest. “It’s just that unlike Aiba, we seldom speak and open up to those we just met..” He admitted and Nino nodded in affirmation.
“Maybe you’re description for us are correct..” Nino admitted then smiled. “But we will do our best to meet your expectations, Sashika-san..” He finished, earning a lot of agreement from Arashi. “And do work on your choice of words, Aiba.. It irritates me..” He said and Aiba simply smiled his reply.
“Good to hear that then..” Jo said then smiled as she placed her elbows on the table and propped her chin over her hands. “No wonder you were chosen as Yamada Tarou, Kazunari-kun.. That smile of yours is quite addicting.” She commented and Nino scratched his head from embarrassment and mumbled thanks. “And please do call me Jo.. I think I’m the youngest one in the group..”
Jun bit his lower lip at Jo’s comment on Nino. Jealousy? He doesn’t know but he was quite irked at Nino. He quickly brushed the thought then smiled. “Are you? Nino and I happened to be the youngest here..” He added as he looked at her.
Jo nodded in reply. “Born in 1984, only I was born on October 29.. I’m currently 23. So, calling me Sashika-kun or Sashika-san makes me feel I’m way over your senior..” She said then looked at Jun as she tilted her head to the side. “Also.. Unlike Nino, your smile is more of charming people rather than amusing them..” She commented and heard the rest laughed at the comment. As she realized what she said, she bowed her head in apology. “Gomen.. I was used on commenting on people’s smiles since I’m a photographer and all..”
“Jo-chan then!” Jun simply said then waved his hand in a non-offending manner as she made her comment. His irk for Nino was placed with amusement. “No worries.. We’re used to it.. People often say the same thing” He joked then the rest laughed once more..
“Do-S in the house, y’all!” Sho rapped as other laughed more. Jun gave a Domyouji-like smile at them then settled in his seat. Truth to be told, all were relieved that they can talk like this. It was a start of a good working relationship between Liason and JE.
“Another thing..” Jo added as she remembered something. “If there’s something I need to know about your schedules, I mean aside from the common work-related schedules, I would appreciate it if you would tell me when’s your day off and such..” She suggested. “I hate it when your girlfriends come barging in here and start attacking me on taking your time and ignoring them..”
And after that comment, everybody went silent. Jo looked around and she saw Arashi had their eyes downcast but still trying to look as if nothing was happening. Jo, being a very experienced photographer can immediately detect their sudden change in expressions, especially Sho’s. ‘Did I asked a wrong question?’ She asked herself, wondering what's the cause of the sudden change in their expressions.
Johnny laughed at this. “Looks like you are not oriented with our policies, Jo..” He stated. “While they are in JE, they are not to be involved in serious relationships since it can destroy their concentration, thus causing havoc to their work..” Johnny said and laughed as Jo’s eyes widened in surprise. “It’s been a part of the working contract and Arashi can attest to this..”
Arashi members nodded and agreed on this. All except Sho who suddenly turned quiet and literally paled. ‘Uh-oh.. Me and my big mouth..’ Jo thought as she realized she placed one of them in a tight spot and mentally cursed herself for this mess.
Sho’s mind was reeling. He didn’t expect this coming and he can’t blame Jo for this. She was just doing her part. He looked at the rest of Arashi and they also gave him a look which said that he should agree with Johnny. Problem is, Sho was the type who hates lying and agreeing would mean denying Hikari. Aiba bit his lower lip as Ohno looked from Johnny then back at Sho.
Johnny was looking at the photos on the wall as they agreed but as he didn’t heard Sho’s reply, his attention returned to him and he quirked his right eyebrow. Not a good sign and Arashi knew this. He was still expecting a reply from Sho. “Well Sho? I didn’t heard you..”
Jun noticed the tension around the room then laughed. “Come on, Johnny-san.. You know Sho’s answers.. We are all aware of that line..” He said, hoping that Johnny would simply get off the topic.
“That’s right, Johnny-kun!” Aiba added enthusiastically, trying to replace the dead air rising in the room. Nino and Ohno also attested to this fact, saying that there’s no need to state that policy since they were all too aware of JE’s rules.
“No.. You know me.. I want the answer coming out from the person’s mouth..” He finished. The tone of his voice was in a ‘final decision’ tone and he returned to Sho. “We’re waiting, Sakurai..” Johnny said in a very deep tone. He used Sho's surname.. Not a good sign..
Sho swallowed the sudden lump in his throat as he struggled to answer. “I.. I.. Um..” He stammered as he looked around for help. ‘Kami-sama.. Help..’ He prayed and this was the only time Sho thought that lying can sometimes be a good thing.
I got this from Myojo March 2007 issue where we got some answers from our Fab 5 regarding their stands on love and relationship.. Let's face it.. We love reading such things about Arashi (even if it's a year ago.. Lolz!)
1. When was your first love?
O : Fifth year of junior school (about 10 years old)
S : If you mean really falling in love with someone, probably 1st year of high school.
N : When I was born? I cant remember.
A : 7 or 8
J : I think when I was in nursery school.
2. What was she like?
O : She was my classmate, a really pretty girl but she left the school. The whole class was friends with her I may have gone out with her with friends.
S : A girl from Hungary called Gabriella.
N : I cant remember.
A : Bright and fast runner and cute [Lei: Same energy level, neh?]
J : I had so many girls I liked (laughs). I had people in the same year and I liked my teachers too. My teacher only used to call me by my first name. I really liked her. [Lei: I think he did mentioned something about being close to his teachers.. Lolz.. So.. Does MatsuJun goes for the more mature type of women? Well.. He's kinda serious and mature in thinking though..]
3. When did you first confess your love to someone?
O : 15 or 16 years old.
S : 5th year of junior school. On our class trip in the night we had like a confession night and I just kinda confessed along with the flow of things.
N : I think high school.
A : In high school, the girl was in the same basketball team as me.
J : Probably in nursery. [Lei: Did he even know what he was doing?!]
4. How did you confess?
O : I confessed using a poke bell (pocket bell - its basically a really really really old mobile phone..you can only send messages). And the reply was on the poke bell too. Such memories!
S : I was straight and said “I like u”
N : I think it was in a play.
A : In high school, it was me, my friend, a girl my friend likes and a girl I liked and we went out together and then split into two and confessed [Lei: Looks like well planned, neh?]
J : I think I used to tell my teacher I liked her.
5. Has anyone ever confessed to you? [Lei: Makes you wonder if any of them replied with a "NO"]
O : In junior/high school.
S : Yep
N : I cant remember..
A : Last year of junior school.
J : Of course I have!! Who do you think I am! [Lei: Do-S on!]
6. How did they confess to you?
O : I think I was given chocolates on valentines day which was their confession
S : 5th year of junior school, I was given chocolates by a girl who was 1 level ahead of me
N : I don’t really have any interest in love life so I don’t really remember.
A : I was so happy, I was called out by my friend and he said ___ wants to talk to you and then she confessed to me [Lei: Take note on the "so happy" part.. I'm imagining Aiba-san having a wide smile on his face..]
J : Told straight or told on the phone
7. Tell us about a memorable valentines day you have had
O : I'm not really into valentines day…OH! The year before last (year) my mum gave me a chocolate in the shape of a gorilla I ate it right in front of her [Lei: Gorilla shaped? XD]
S : Well the chocolates I got in junior school, were in the shape of footballs and I used to love playing football and was so happy I kept them in my school drawer but before I knew it they have melted….
N : Everyone around me used to get worked up but I had no interest.
A : In high school, all the girls brought `guilt chocolates’ (chocolates you give out to guys who you ‘have to give’ to..(e.g work people… classmates). But one girl came to my house and gave me one and she was like “cos everyone got one” but I knew my one was special.
J : I've got less and less as I have got older. Since i graduated I have hardly got any
8. Have you ever given a present on white day?
O : No… Never… Wen is white day again? March the…? Before I know it, it has passed.. Lol.
S : My parents usually bought a return gift for me but I thought I should buy something myself for them (girl mentioned above) so I got her a mug from the football team that I used to support… As if she would want that [Lei: Even if she didn't liked it, I'm sure she treasured it since it came from a guy she liked ^-^]
N : Nope.. I never gave a return present so the other person would just give up.. Rude right?
A : Yep. I was given loads of chocolate so my mum got me chocolates to give to girls who I thought gave me chocolates.
J : Of course I have. I used to go out and buy marshmallows [Lei: Shouldn't White Day also be chocolates?]
9. Do you believe in love at first sight. Have you ever experienced it?
O : All the time! I look at people and think.. Oh they are nice. I think liking someone at first sight can lead to love.
S : I haven’t
N : Definitely definitely yes!! I have!! I always see people I like the look of but it usually ends with just that moment.
A : Yeah I think so. In my case, I have never experienced meeting someone and thinking straight away I like them
J : I have never experienced love at first sight although I sometimes look at people and think they are cute
10. When you got a girlfriend would you tell your family and friends?
O : I wouldn’t say or do anything.
S : If I was asked I would say but I wouldn’t say it specially.
N : No I won’t
A : When the relationship is steady [Lei: Yey! I loved this answer! Aiba-chan does know when to be serious in a relationship..]
J : If it was the right timing I would say
11. If you liked someone would you tell them straight away?
O : YES! Cos I like them. I wouldn’t worry over it. I would tell the person I like them straight away (laughs).
S : No.. I would wait until the very last moment to confess.
N : It would depend on the person
A : I'm not that great at it.. I'm really not good when I am alone with someone I like
J : No I wouldn’t
12. What is the longest that you have liked someone but the feeling was only one way (i.e. they didn’t like him back)?
O : I think about 2 years
S : I still havne't confessed to Gabriella so… About 10 or so years [Lei: Who exactly is this Gabriella girl?!]
N : As if I would remember.
A : I dunno
J : About two years.. Those two years were tough
13. Have you ever been broken hearted?
O : Yes
S : Yes
N : I have
A : Yep
J : I have.. Yeah I have
14. What do you do, how do you become when you are broken hearted?
O : Go for a drink and forget about it. [Lei: My bestfriends.. Sake and beer]
S : Huh?... I dunno.. I've forgotten…
N : It depends, whether it was one way or two way love. And if we were going out then there would be memories too right?
A : I'd be like, “That’s life! Move on” [Lei: Can he really feel that way.. Personally I think Aiba-chan is the type who would smile brightly as if nothing happened but keeps everything bottled up inside..]
J : It depends on the time and place. I can’t really say.
15. What type of women do you like?
O : Someone who has the same pace as me
S : I don’t really split people into types , as long as our conversations match
N : I don’t have a type
A : Someone who has the same opinions/morals as me
J : I don’t have
16. What sort of types don’t you like?
O : Fussy, liars..
S : I don’t have
N : I don’t think I would like to be around someone I don’t like... stupid people? I don’t think I like those sorts of people
A : Someone who says bad things about someone
J : I have less than I used to. Although there are people who I just don’t get along with. Before, I used to meet people and go in with a negative view and my acceptance of people was very small
17. What is the maximum age gap for a potential partner?
O : None
S : I don’t think it really matters. When I was in high school I saw people who were one or two years older to be really mature and I really liked them
N : However old.. It doesn’t matter to me … I think it is just other people who have a problem with it .. I don’t.
A : I don’t really care [Lei: Eh? I thought it's would be someone older than him but younger than 35 years of age..]
J : I have never dated someone cos of their age so I don’t know
18. What female action do you think is cute?
O : I think its cute when they look a little childish ne?
S : Someone who will serve out food, although I am the type of person who shares out food too, but I would want someone who could do it before me and then I would be like “Oohh.. You got in there before me!”
N : I think everything is cute… People with a cute smile is nice
A : I think its cute when someone is being reserved
J : When they put their hair behind their ears
19. What action would put you off someone?
O : I wouldn’t like someone who from the start sets rules and decisions
S : I don’t really have any but I wouldn’t like someone who wouldn’t take off their shoes before sitting on a seat etc. [Lei: Quite obvious on what type of family he's grown up, neh?]
N : I don’t have a particular one just cos they are girls. Although just people in general, there are habits I don’t like
A : Someone who is too clingy
J : Depends on the time and place
20. What romantic film do you like
O : Notting hill [Lei: Aww.. We're the same!]
S : Hachimitsu to clover
N : Boku wa imouto wo suki ni naru [Lei: Um.. Is he referring to MatsuJun's film?]
A : LOVE STORY it’s a Korean movie that I went to see with my brother and his girlfriend I was the one crying the most [Lei: Aiba-chan's acted as a chaperon?]
J : Recently LOVE ACTUALLY. If it was a manga then Hana yori dango
[Lei: Mine would be Blueberry Night.. A good film.. Really..]
21. Whats your fave love song
O : LALALA LOVE SONG
S : LALALA LOVE SONG, love song = Naomi Campbell right!
N : A.RA.SHI by Arashi… it’s a love song in many different ways right [Lei: I think I have to check the lyrics again..]
A : LOVE SO SWEET by Arashi
J : TASHIKA NA KOTO by Oda Kazumata.
22. If you were being confessed to, what situation and what words would be good?
O : Someone who said “I LOVE YOU” just straight, through a poke bell. I wanna remember that feeling. But I've never been confessed to face to face so I would like to know what that is like too
S : Bridge in Yokohama. I went there the other day and it was so beautiful. Although I don’t think I wanna go again. I don’t really mind where. I would rather it face to face rather than on the phone though.
N : A situation that the other person feels comfortable and as long as it came accress to me that the other person liked me. So whatever really.
A : It's nice to be told straight or the long way round [Lei: Almost same as whatever neh?]
J : Any. Although I would prefer if it wasn’t before work cos I would get really nervous and wouldn’t be able to work properly
23. When you get a girlfriend would you want to see her everyday?
O : No not at all. Although If it was someone who was really similar to me then I would wanna be with them all the time. It would be good that, even when we are together, we can relax and chill out
S : No… I think there is a limit… Also im so busy seeing all my friends
N : Depends on the person
A : It would be good if we could have good amounts of space. Its important to have your own time too
J : I have loads of things I wanna do so.. No
24. Would you wanna text and call everyday?
O : I don’t mind. But if I received a text then I would definitely reply. [Lei: I do hope most BF are like him..]
S : There is a limit
N : Depends on the person
A : If messages came I would reply
J : No I wouldn’t. If my partner was to send me messages then i wouldn’t not like it but I don’t think I would
25. Promises with friends or promises with girlfriends. Which Is more important?
O : Friends
S : WOW..thats a hard one!... You've raised my tension! Umm.. I'll play around with my time and try and keep both
N : Whoever made the promises first [Lei: Safe answer!]
A : I would keep both…Or take her to my friends
J : It depends who made the promises first
26. Love or be loved?
O : Whichever
S : Both
N : Whichever
A : Whichever. The best would be if both our feelings were at a good balance. But it might be better if my feelings to take care of the other person was greater
J : Whichever
27. Fawn or be fawned over?
O : Whichever
S : Be fawned over [Lei: How come I'm not surprised? >.<]
N : Whichever
A : It depends on the time and place
J : Both
28. Do you think you are the type who is quite restraining?
O : No
S : No I don’t
N : I wouldn’t
A : I wouldn’t and I wouldn’t want my partner to either
J : I wouldn’t be too restraining but I wouldn’t not be restraining.
29. What would you do if you had a fever and were ill on the day of a date?
O : I would say sorry and apologize
S : Drink medicine
N : I would cancel
A : I would rest. If the partner didn’t ask then its obvious she isn’t thinking about you
J : Uhhh… I might go.. Or not… I would try and go and then say sorry and go home… If I couldn’t stand up then I wouldn’t go [Lei: Aww.. MatsuJun.. You can just call the girl.. But I really smiled as I read this..]
30. What would you do if a girl came late to a date?
O : Maybe go home… No I would wait 30 minutes… Although I would probably wait longer, cos while you are waiting you could just walk around the town
S : How annoying! Probably go and waste time.. Like a CD shop. I can spend about 2 hours in a cd shop
N : I would try and wait for as long as it took. If I had my games console I would stay until the batteries ran out [Lei: Wow! I'm a video game lover so.. This would take a long time.. Thank God for game consoles!]
A : I've never had to wait for someone [Lei: It's either his dates are always on time or he's always late.. Go figure..]
J : I would make them buy me a coffee [Lei: Wow! Then, the girl must be really, really late for their date..]
31. What film would you watch on your date?
O : Kiiroi namida!
S : Anything.. Although I would prefer not a romantic movie.. If I was to go and see one I would go alone [Lei: And based from Utaban 02.14.2008 episode, I have a feeling they'll be watching suspense.. Lolz!]
N : Whatever my partner would wanna see
A : I like action movie but if I said “lets go see Jackie chan” I have a feeling the other person would be like “go on your own!” [Lei: Nooo.. I love Jackie Chan and Jet Li movies!]
J : Right now, Letters from Iwojima… Cos I wanna see it!
32. What music would you listen to on a drive with your girlfriend?
O : Okinawa music
S : Love so sweet by Arashi
N : Whatever my partner wanted to listen to
A : My radio Rekomen show [Lei: Eh? On a drive but Aiba's show? Then.. How can that be?]
J : Daite senorita by Yamapi! [Lei: Love that song!]
33. What meal would you want your girlfriend to make you?
O : NABE (its kinda like stew, like meat and veg etc in a big bowl thing… Like sukiyaki if you know what that is ). A really spicy hot one
S : If they were making for me anything.. I think anything would be nice
N : Whatever my partner would want to make
A : Something warm
J : Whatever
34. What meal would you make your g/f?
O : Potato gyoza [Lei: watch Mago Mago Arashi's Kodomo no Bangohan! Lolz!]
S : Fried aubergines with soysauce and mayonnaise. [Lei: Bangohan again?]
N : I wouldn’t make anything. I don’t think making food for someone is a sign of love. I wouldn’t want someone to ask me..” will you make something”. If they told me what they wanted to eat then I would try my best.
A : Recently I have started to be able to cook from cookery books. Before I was like.. How much is a pinch of salt and what colour is golden brown. So now I can cook what I want. I am the son a Chinese restaurant owner, so please make all requests Chinese food [Lei: Prawn salad would suffice me, Aiba-kun]
J : Pasta. With pepperoni
35. Would you still go out with your friends who are girls even if you had a girlfriend?
O : Yes
S : I would go! Cos friends are friends
N : I would go
A : I would go
J : I think I would
36. Is it ok for your g/f to go out with guy friends?
O : Yep
S : OK.. Cos friends are friends
N : It's completely ok
A : Yea why not
J : NOT SHE CANT!!! No I'm joking.. Yeah its ok
37. What action your g/f did would make you happy?
O : Just leave me alone… Lol that would make no sense [Lei: Eh? Oh! Maybe some personal time..]
S : Nori tsukkomi [Lei: EH?!]
N : As long as it wasn’t something bad then whatever
A : Little kind gestures
J : If her heart was in it then anything [Lei: Awwwwww...]
38. What wouldn’t you like your g/f to do?
O : To be retrained and stalked [Lei: I hate those types.. Even in guys..]
S : Nothing
N : I don’t really have anything. I think you would have to like everything of someone to go out with them.
A : Being told “I like Be Yon Jun” [Lei: I think he's referring to the Korean star who is really famous in japan. I think aiba is referring to Bae Young Joon from Winter Sonata, April Snow, Hotelier. Heard he really is famous in Japan and in Korea]
J : If I was lenient then nothing. (And then Aiba came along and sat next to jun and interviewer asked how about a date with Aiba-chan.)
A : We would have so much fun!
J : No I would hate that!! Definitely not!
39. What would you do if you started to like someone else who wasn’t your g/f?
O : Break up with the g/f and go out with the other person I like
S : That would be bad.. Probably I would have to break up
N : I wouldn’t do anything. That’s why I'm not so serious when it comes to love [Lei: I'd kill him.. Really..]
A : This is such a bad position. But I don’t think it can’t be helped cos we are only human
J : It would depend then
40. What would you do if you liked a friends g/f?
O : I wouldn’t
S : Definitely not! Cos it’s a friends girlfriend!
N : I wouldn't in the first place
A : I wouldn’t tell anyone and forget it. Although I don’t think I would in the first place
J : I wouldn’t
41. What would you do if the person you liked got married?
O : Give up
S : I would have to give up.
N : I would give up.
A : I would give up.
J : Well its free to fall in love with whoever [Lei: Will you steal her away MatsuJun?]
42. Do you think that friendship is possible between male and female?
O : Yes
S : Yes
N : Yes
A : Yes
J : I think yeah
43. Can you be friends with your ex?
O : In my case yes
S : Yes
N : I think so
A : Yes. After a while
J : Why not
44. Do you have any desire to get married soon?
O : No!
S : No
N : I don’t
A : Not really
J : Yes I do
45. Is there a difference between marriage material and g/f material?
O : I think there is a different. But I wont get married
S : It would be nice if they were the same
N : It would depend on it person
A : I think it’s the same. Saying that imagine by miracle I had an arranged marriage
J : I haven’t gotten married so I don’t know
46. If you were to get married, how old?
O : If I was to get married. Maybe 50. I might wanna start something new [Lei: EH?! Then.. You are planning to have a younger wife, Riida? You'd have problems in having a child at that age..]
S : When the timing is right
N : Not really thinking…
A : When I was younger I thought about 20 but now I think 30
J : Whenever I feel like it
47. What situation, word would you propose marriage with?
O : “Do you wanna try marriage?”, when I'm around 50. As long as we both understand each other, age isn’t an issue
S : I would want a formal situation. But I don’t have a plan
N : I don’t really want to get married yet so I haven’t planned that far in advance
A : Words, I think, that could be remembered forever [Lei: Another 'Awwww...' from me..]
J : I don’t know until it happens
48. How many children do you want?
O : If I were to have any, 2. I had an older sister so maybe just a boy.
S : 2 or 3… It's fun to have brothers and sisters that are not close in age
N : Hmmm.. I haven’t thought about it
A : 2-3. I can play Catchball if I have boys and girls would be cute. I personally think 2 is a good number cos you can have sibling fights and you can also play together. Right now we are doing a program with kids and I sometimes wonder what my childs face would look like
J : 2. I think because my family has 2 children
[Lei: Thank goodness no one answered 'A basketball team', neh?]
49. Do ever think about names for your children
O : No no no!
S : Sometimes.. I did want the letter 翔 (Sho) to be in my children’s name but in the children’s case I thought it might be a bit of a pain
N : Of course not!
A : No. When you think about lettering its too hard
J : No
50. What would you do if your daughter got a boyfriend?
O : I'd be so worried and be like… OMG!
S : I think id be happy, we could drink together! [Lei: The guy can either get too happy or scared lolz!]
N : Well with the rate I'm going no… I cant even imagine it.. In 'Letters from Iwojima', my character was married and my wife was pregnant with my baby and all around me was criticism
A : I think it would be good. Its better to be popular. When she gets married I wanna make the speech! [Lei: I'm even scared to think that Aiba will be making a speech.. I have this funny feeling that her daughter would go like: "Otou-saaaaannnn" then her BF would try to hide his laughter..]
J : I think I would accept it.. Crying
Again! Credit to 旭 ofr her blog post. I'm just posting this as a consolidated list of what she had posted. Um.. 旭, if I ever offended you for posting this (and the previous post), please do tell me and I will remove the posts in respect to you ^-^ Anyhow.. I learned a lot of fun facts from the posts and I really do thanks 旭 for taking her time searching for the facts..
Here are her Vox links for the original posts:
Aiba Masaki Interesting Facts
Ninomiya Kazunari Interesting Facts
Jun Matsumoto Interesting Facts
Sho Sakurai Interesting Facts
Ohno Satoshi Interesting Facts
- He speaks English ^^; (or... tries his best to speak English...?)... lately in their variety shows (D no Arashi, G no Arashi) as well as in the educational animal show Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen (Genius! Shimura Zoo), Aiba-chan declares he's fluent in English... he even speaks it too, but... you be the judge... ^^
- He has earned various nicknames that relates to the word idol (Super Idol, King of Idols, etc. etc.)
- He is a HUGE fan of TOKIO, another Johnny's band. His fandom influenced the rest of the guys to get in to TOKIO too!
- He is the 3rd member who most likely to appear in TV drama serials and TV drama specials. He hasn't appeared in dramas for the longest time... but he's still on TV, of course... just not dramas...
- He is very skilled and enjoys playing the sax! He's one of the very musically-inclined members in the group along with Nino, who plays the guitar! Last time I heard, he pretty much quit the sax due to lung problems...
- His least favourite season of the year is spring because he's allergic to pollen.
- His family owns a Chinese restaurant named Keikarou in his hometown somewhere in the Chiba Prefecture.
- He hopes to have a younger sister as well...
- He has a very huge, visible, noticeable birthmark on his left shoulder.
- Aiba-chan joined Johnny's Jimusho for two "interesting" reasons: (a) he is a huge Ken Miyake fan; (2) he has a huge obsession with basketball and saw these Johnny's idols playing basketball in one of the Johnny's shows shown on TV and thought that he'd get to play basketball in public if he joined, so he signed up and sent in an application to join Johnny's, not to become an idol, but probably to use it as a ticket to playing basketball with SMAP
- He is also the only one among the members who calls fellow member Sho Sakurai the nickname Sho-chan!
- Sometime in early Spring 2002, Aiba-chan collapsed during a rehearsal of a performance for their single Nice-na Kokoroiki. It turned out that he was suffering from a disease known as pneumothorax - a collapse of one of the lungs due to a huge change in the internal pressure in the chest cavity, caused by some sort of trauma or spontaneous lung rapture. Symptoms include shortness of breath and severe, one-sided (affected side) chest pain on inhalation. This disease is VERY common among young guys who are both hyperactive yet skinny at the same time and it IS a curable disease! It is also a one-time thing as well, and because of that, Aiba-chan learned his lesson and decided to "buff" himself up a bit.
- During high school, he joined his high school basketball team because he got along "too well" with the people in his school's baseball and soccer team and felt scared/nervous
- According to one of Aiba-chan's interviews, the most bizarre gift that he ever received on his 20th birthday was a walking stick, given to him by none other than his own leader, Satoshi Ohno!
- Aiba tends to skip from topics to topics randomly during interviews and apparently during their concert MCs or talks, he can also go out of topics sometimes.
- After he starts drinking, he would start taking off his shirt and run around. Sho mention about it before.
- During concerts, Aiba will sing even when it's not his turn to sing... he loves to sing along to the entire song! :P
- He sleeps with a soft toy. Last time in Hawaii 2002 was this erm brown/black doggie/bear?
- Sho said that Aiba is the most horny. But he continued to say that he can't say the reason why so as to protect Aiba's reputation. But it's funny how when Sho said Aiba is the most horny, every other members said that Sho is the most horny instead. It's funny how Aiba always say perverted stuff suddenly out of the blue. Like during the Mago episode where he was comparing himself to the radish and so. Or when they were going to the Mago boating camp and while on the bus, he was talking about the bananas that Ohno had bought for them.
- Aiba follows Sho even in his dreams. Sho is talks in his sleep about Aiba. Once saying “Let Aiba sleep!” The other time he said in his sleep to Ohno that he should go and wake Aiba instead.
- Halfway watching movie “I am Sam”, he left the cinema because the story was too tragic, Sho said he’s the ‘emotional type’
- He eats the most among all the members, can’t stop eating between meals (according to Sho), eats two bentos a day (according to Jun), after having a sushi meal with one of the Tokio members, he still ordered a large set meal (according to Ohno)
- Ever since he met the super loud alarm clock, he wakes up before the alarm goes off (amazing...)
- Kept urging Dohmoto Tsuyoshi to teach him guitar (Nino despised him perhaps?)
- Nino: When we went for dinner after movie shooting, Sho and Jun’s table was clean after the meal, Aiba and Ohno’s table was terrible
Aiba: this is how a man eats- Before their concert started, he asked Ohno to write the kanji Arashi for him on the arm, but because he kept sweating, only the ‘yama’ on the top was visible. Nino realised it and told him about it. Ohno said he’ll write it again for Aiba, but Jun scolded him instead: “if you’re so free, why don’t you just get your butt on the stage?!”
- Nino said he’ll always memorise his line before movie shooting starts, but Sho says Aiba memorises his lines AFTER shooting... (EH?!)
- Everyone agrees that it is impossible for Aiba to accomplish two things at the same time
- According to the card readings, he’s the ‘playboy type’...
- During KKK concert, he has a draught paper to remember his placing for their dance, and will check it everytime they go in and change. But it fell on the stage, and the choreographer scolded him
Sho: not only during changing time, he’ll also peek into the paper on stage!- There was once he had a phone call with Yokoyama in a very sleepy condition, when he woke up he didn’t remember the conversation so he called Yokoyama again. That’s why Yokoyama says he’s like a kid
- During 2001 Spring concert, Kame kept picking on him, Aiba pretended to argue and fight with him, but the other members said that seeing little kids fight is super boring
- He ate more lately, and is able to finish 3 McDonald set meals in the morning. He still says he’s 53 kg, Ohno who gets fat easily is very suspicious about this
- During Nagoya concert, he forgot to bring his towel into the bath twice. So he walked out naked twice. The fist time he was kinda shy and tried to cover, the second time he walked straight out.
- He has a licence to drive small boats other than cars...
- He tried going into hotspring bath when he’s really really sleepy. He slept halfway through and nearly drowned, his family members saved him in the end
- He asked Yokoyama, Nino and Sho to go fishing, but he himself was late
- When he was in second year of elementary school, he likes to wear those soccer socks. So he wore with shorts and went to baseball practice. Of course, the coach went: “AIBA!!! @#$%^$@#%&*&^$#@&”
- A stray baseball hit his leg went he went to watch a baseball game with Nino and Imai Tsubasa, they kept laughing at him
- He used to call Sho ‘Sho-chan, but changed to ‘Sakurai’ now
- Only one week before the official press conference, then he got to know that they’re debuting
- Very good at penalty kick
- He’s becoming more and more like Jun, condering things carefully before acting on them
- Gradually turning outdoor’ish cause of Ohno
- Sho and Ohno said his personality is like a cat
- Loves to sleep, hates waking up in the morning, can sleep nearly anywhere
- Loves manga, but despises those girls’ manga, cause he said he’s ‘afraid’ of the big watery eyes
- He’s not afraid of worms, ghosts, or being alone in the dark, neither is he afraid of watching horror movies. But he’s afraid on human beings, like Yokoyama, yet couldn’t resist asking him out for a meal
- Always daydreaming
- Loves sports, played baseball during elementary school, basketball during highschool
- He’s usually a bit slow. Sho laughed at him saying he created a jetlag for Arashi
- Likes girls who are older than him, below 35
- Resembles his mom rather than his dad
- His birthdate was decided by his mom who wanted to give birth at Christmas eve no matter what
- Plays the saxophone and the piano
- Washes his face first thing in the morning
- Will wash his hair fist during baths, then his left leg (0.o)
- Right leg first when he wears his shoes
- Right leg first when he wears his trousers
- Prosedure to wearing his shirt: head, right hand, then left hand
- Broke his arm during first year of high school
- It’s only a 1 minute journey from his house to his high school, so he usually leaves home right after he hears the bell ring
- Will read manga before he goes to bed
- Enjoys being in the library during recess time, because it’s warm during winter and cool during summer, plus he gets to read manga
- He’s super allergic to pollen
- His kanji reading is lousy, he’ll stop halfway when he sees a kanji on the script.
Aiba: how do you read this?
- His five favourite hobbies are music, song writing, self-taught guitar-playing (which he is very famous for...), and watching/playing baseball, of course his games
- He can play the piano as well
- He appeared in the most TV dramas among his fellow band mates
- His least favourite season of the year is summer... which is kinda ironic because they first debuted as a new group in the J-Pop industry in Hawaii on a VERY HOT, RIGID SUMMER.....
- He's an overall nice and sensitive guy who cares a lot about the environment and enjoys the wonders of nature.
- In the group, he and fellow member Sho Sakurai are the closest of best friends. ^_^
- According to Nino's close chum Sho Sakurai in an interview, he described Nino as an "unpredictable guy who can get VERY spontaneous." He also stated that Nino used to be a funny and talkative guy but ever since their debut and his huge appearances in TV dramas he had become silent somehow. Sho-kun was even worried about Nino as well
- Another skill that Nino possesses other than playing the guitar and baseball is his ability to write his own songs. Nino hoped that maybe one of his songs might be produced and released in one of their future singles/album releases along with the rest of the group.
- His nickname "Nino" has existed since his first year of elementary school.
- Joined JE at the same time with Aiba
- During the audition day Nino actually had a baseball GAME (that's why Nino did NOT want to miss this day for baseball). After auditions he eventually went to his baseball game (which started already of course).
- He did not have any passion for performing (singing, dancing, acting, etc.) before he joined Jrs.--- he was always a baseball guy. But he had good abilities in learning everything on his own, therefore he learned all the performing when he was already in Jrs.
- The only reason why his parents signed him up to Johnny's behind his back is because they were paranoid for. They feel that Nino was hanging out with the wrong crowd and were afraid that he'll be a "juvenile delinquent" when he gets older. They thought that being in Johnny's would give him a sense of discipline and stability. They just wanted what's best for their son after all. None of them (not even Nino himself) expected that he'll end up going all the way to stardom with Arashi once he was in Jrs.
- He’s considered a self-centered person from a card reading
- In hotels, he takes off his shirt and walks around naked before entering the bathroom, Sho who’s in the same room hope that he will enter the bathroom then take off his shirt
- After the Nagoya concert, just as everyone got ready to bathe before going to bed, Nino imitated Ohno’s solo concert performance wearing only an underwear, and everyone was cruel enough to refuse to sleep with him
- He realised that his left pointer is as long as his middle finger, but it’s not like that on his right hand
- He still remembers the Music Station performance in year 1999, October 8th, because they all have to wear those transparent suit while singing, when they sweat, it looks like they’re only wearing underwears singing and dancing on the stage
- He had to portray a character which is his total opposite (as he considers)—— a very smart yet cool person in “Abunai no Houkago”
- He’s getting closer with Ohno, even during concert MC he kept talking secretly to Ohno behind the rest, this made Kame, who was in front, complain that he was really ‘mad’
- During the Nagoya concert when Nino and Ohno are changed and prepared to get on stage again, Nino sang to Ohno in those two nights.... is it a love song?!
- Because Nino has serious posture problem, his mom bought him a waistband to help correct this problem, but then his mom didn’t know how to use it, so he too never used it
- Lately, his ‘sitting height’ have grown 1cm taller, congrats
- Loves to play games, he won’t even stop when there’s an earthquake, his longest record is 9 hours
- When he watches his own performances, he calls himself ‘Kimura Takuya #2’
- He hates sweet food
- He loves saving money
- In June, he knew that they will debut, got to know that they’re named ‘Arashi’ together with Sho
- While they were having 109109 concert, they had to do ‘V no Arashi’ and didn’t have the time to practice their dance steps, Nino was so anxious he felt like crying
- Although it’s publicly shown that he’s 168cm, but in reality he’s only 166
- There was once while in Jr concert, he said thank you and goodbye to the fans while using the mike he was still in the toilet, didn’t manage to come out in time
- Bathing, it’s the first thing he does every morning
- He always forgets his things
- When he was filming “Abunai no houkago”, he lost 6.5kg in a month
- He usually bathes after he washed his hands
- Right foot first while wearing shoes
- While wearing pants, both legs go in together, cause he sits down to wear them
- Procedure to wearing his shirt: right hand, head, left hand
- Loves ice-skating
- He got lost in the backstage during his first time in Jrs concert
- He once saw a stranger (man) inside the mirror in a hotel, when there isn’t anyone else in the room
- While he was in elementary4, there were 9 girls who gave him chocalates. Other than those from his class, there were some girls from the other classes, some were his seniors. That day, he became his boy classmates’ idol
- He loved to press other people’s doorbells during elementary days
- He uses left hand when he was young, but then his grandad taught him to use right hand. Now he uses both hands perfectly well, when he eats, usually he uses left hand, he uses right hand to play guitar
- When he was young, he was forced by his grandad to show the ‘V’ sign while taking pictures
- Loves to study, he wanted to enter Todai’s Economics studies
- In "Music Jump", he was considered Push-up King
- Also in "Music Jump" he challanged “tear king”, he had to start crying (as in real tears flowing out) in 1 minute. But he only managed to wet his eyes, that’s it. Imai Tsubasa was laughing at him that he looked that those Manga heroines
- People always say he looks like a kind of dog
- He can sleep practically anywhere, he tried sleeping by the riverbank for 6 hours
- His longest sleeping record was 21 hours
- Became bald once because of movie shooting
- Fractured his bones before. Thoughts? Very painful, and the medical bills really hurt
- “My kanji name is different from Kame’s!”
- Probably the only one who "matured" technically by appearance, Matsujun used to be a cute, adorable, short little round-faced munch kin back in his Johnny's Jr. days.
- He is one of the very well-known "A"-list young actors in dramas and movies. He is also known for roles derived from popular manga (Japanese comics) series. His latest role (Fall 2005) was the unforgettable Tsukasa Domyouji in the Japanese live-action version of the manga series Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers).
- The places he would love to visit are Los Angeles and Las Vegas. ^^
- He is a huge fan of Tom Hanks and the Harry Potter series.
- Probably the "coolest," most serious member of the group, Jun is also a sensitive guy when it comes to love, romance, and girls. ^_^;
- Though mentioned that his bloodtype is "A," in technicality his bloodtype is rhesus negative, which is a VERY RARE bloodtype
- Matsujun is also nearsighted. On stage, screen, and magazines, he makes himself look good by wearing contacts. Outside his work and during his free time, he is mainly seen by many wearing a pair of glasses.
- Those turtles Nino gave him are “fine”, other than changes in size, they wer once frozen to death, and were ‘revived’ after being dipped into hot water
- He went to a fellow actor’s house during “Gokusen” shooting, fell in love with the darts there
- His card reading result is: self lover, Aiba: “he loves himself VERY MUCH!
- In the Official Arashi Calendar 2001, Jun’s pictures were edited to hide his leg hair, but there are still some pictures that “they forgot to edit”. Sho kept teasing Jun about this, as Sho thinks this is really entertaining
- Loves to change his hairstyle
- His 17th birthday presents from the members: electric massager (Sho), skateboard (Aiba), self portrait (Ohno), 5 small turtles (Nino). Jun felt really happy that the members remembered his birthday
- Ohno said that his fans were the youngest
- Wanted to spend his 17th birthday with Aiba, but was refused (politely, i guess)
- Jun’s legend: he was once in the football team! But he never played a real game before, left when he entere Johnny’s
- He was once really angry with Takki. On Takki’s 16th birthday, they were all working outstation. Jun bought a cake and planned to burst into his room to celebrate with him, but Takki refused to wake up. Jun was so angry that he finished up Takki’s cake with the rest
- Sho was once his private tutor
- During Video Concert, he forced Ohno to sleep with him on the same pillow
- He’s quite close to Ohno, so he doesn’t use very respective words while talking to him
- In June, he knew that they will debut, but the fact that they would be names ‘Arashi’, he got to know it from Nino and Sho at the end of August
- While they were having 109109 concert, the choreographer was very strict till Jun cried
- His height when he first entered Johnny’s: 150cm
- He once met an accident and was hospitalized for two months, went through phisiotherapy even
- The first thing he does in the morning, wash his face
- He’s afraid of ticklish feelings, especially at the ears
- During elementary days, he saw a white floating figure when he was visiting a deserted hospital with his schoolmates
- He’s always late
- He joined a ‘courage competition’ during elementary school, they had to go through the forest in the night without light to reach their destination. Because he was afraid, he walked in the middle of the line
- Jun finds mandarin extremely difficult. no matter how much he tries to memorise the words, he always forgets them easily.
- Surfing is one of Jun's hobbies. his so-called mentor is Yamaguchi Tatsuya of Tokio
- Aoki Kotomi, the author of the manga "Boku wa Imouto ni koi o Suru" confessed being so excited that she nearly fainted when she found out that Jun was chosen to play the lead role of brother, Yori
- Jun is quite a big fan of Harry Potter franchise
- Jun seems to have this anime/manga thing going on in his screenwork
- His personal time is from 12mn-3am
- He is good in football
- He likes dry plums so much that he snatches them away from Aiba
- He is never able to sleep whenever he is in the same room with Aiba or Nino, because Aiba grinds his teeth and Nino howls in the middle of the night
- Jun is very emotional and can cry while watching a movie
- Once he almost got blown away while holding a flag (when he was younger of course)
- His best friend in Arashi is Aiba
- Jun is the first Japanese male to make it to the cover of the Japanese Marie Claire magazine. The only guys to grace the cover in its 24-yr history has been foreign superstars including David Beckham
- Jun didn’t go thru an audition to get into Johnny Jrs. although the usual process is that the boys will have to go through auditions. Jun got a personal call by Johnny himself to come and watch the auditions, after that, he just got in without knowing it.
- When he was in 2nd grade, he ran out onto the road and was knocked over by a van, he was severely injured, but he was as chirpy and cheerful as he could be. when the ambulance came, he kept apologising to the uncle, saying he was naughty for running out onto the road (from arashi.vox.com)
- Jun is very picky about movie/drama scripts, and will only act the roles that interest him
- Jun is something of a fashion guru... he is known as the most stylish dresser in arashi
- He didn’t like the HYD curls as much as any of us because of the fashion problems it posed on him. When he was on set, it was fine because he had costumes, but once he was out, he couldn’t find anything in his wardrobe to compliment his curly hairstyle
- Little Jun used to idolise Sho
- If you like Oguri Shun, hear this : Shun got the role as Rui, because Jun told the producers that if they didn’t give shun the role, he wouldn’t act as Doumyoji. In real life, Shun and Jun are good friends all the way from Gokusen days
- Jun used to have a room so messy that sometimes when he slept, he would jerk awake when clothes fell onto his face. Now though, he has a sort of clothesline above his bed, and he just grabs the clothes he wants to wear, saying its a lot more convenient
- Jun's ideal summer activity is to drive to the beach and play with a dog even though he doesn’t have a dog
- He worries quite a fair bit about Arashi and how the public will respond to them especially overseas fans
- One of the reasons why Jun took on the role of Domyouji Tsukasa was so that Arashi could release a new single, "Wish"
- Jun would prefer to go dutch on dates
- He doesn’t like kids, but he wants them... in the future
- Sato Atsuhiro is a very respected senpai of Jun. he feels that they are "fated" to be friends since they share the same birthday and hobbies.
- He is bilingual (Japanese and English).
- He loves and cares about children!
- He is an alumni of Keio University, one of Japan's most prestigious university , equivalent to the U.S.'s Ivy League schools such as Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and similar schools. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics.
- His father is a government official and his mother is a professor at a prestigious women's college (as well as an heiress to a huge company). His family is basically a family of scholars and professionals. He is the only one in the entire Sakurai Family to be in the entertainment business, but his philosophies and influences are similar to his family's philosophies.
- Back in his Johnny's Jr. days, he was also one cute yet short little midget that he even earned the nickname mame (bean).
- For some odd reason and he doesn't even know it himself at times, he is known and is in charge of the rhymin' raps that they always have in their tracks!
- The place he would love to visit is New York, which he has visited with his fellow members (minus Nino) in 2001
- He has a little brother in the elementary years and often tutors him with his studies whenever he can...
- Back in his days as part of Johnny's Jr., he was also the only one in Johnny's Jr. history to show off a bit of his "tush" on Japanese National TV (and it is quite amusing too...). He was around 15 or 16-yrs-old when he did that. Rebellious, gutsy little guy, isn't he?
- His close friends back in school always called him "SakuSho" since elementary school.
- Sho's secret to success in studies? When there was an exam coming (probably about a month before the actual date of exam), he puts everything related to his career on hold, cancels or postpones his appearances in public, and spends his time at home (or in the library whenever he feels like it) studying. Best time to be free to do any extracurricular activities or resume his career is right after exam period
- His favourite TV channels (or rather the ONLY TV channels that he watches on TV) are MTV and the Discovery Channel.
- His favourite magazine is Newsweek.
- He cannot go to sleep at night without reading a good book (a (classic?) novel, textbook, reference book, etc.) beforehand.
- He doesn't feel comfortable or confident enough to take his shirt off just for a photo shoot (but if that's what the director/photographer wants, then so be it...).
- His ideal girl? Sweet, simple, smart-dressed (no spaghetti-strapped blouses, no short one-piece dresses, no short-ass, tight-ass daisy duke shorts, etc.), non-smoking, NON-CELEBRITY girl WITH brains and an independent mind of her own.
- When he's got a lot of time in his hands, he surfs in the Internet
- He has a huge interest in history in general and hopes to study the field of History right after he earns his Bachelor's Degree in Economics.
- His days (especially his first days) are quite interesting. Fans in Japan actually say that it's easier to find Sho in Keio than in the TV studios, which is why lots of fangirls invaded Keio U. back then just to see Sho
- Sho's pet peeve is that he loses his cool easily (but he's been trying to control himself regarding this pet peeve)
- There is a known incident among us fans that back when Sho was a Jr. and was on his way to the studios, he caught a fan taking pictures of him. Instead of acknowledging or ignoring, he actually came up to this girl, grabbed her camera, and threw it right at the subway tracks and started scolding her about Johnny's rules and why she should follow them (one of the rules is that fans are not allowed to take pictures of idols whether if it's on the scene or off the scene or even candid shots)
- There's also another scene where Sho was entering Keio U. to take his entrance exams (so he could get in to the university). There was a mob of fans screaming and gawking at him as he was entering the gates. Then the screaming got louder that Sho actually turned around to the fans and creamed "URUSAI YO!" (shut up!) and few seconds later, all the fans fell silent as he entered the campus quietly.
- He takes everything seriously
- His childhood is kind of pressuring because of his family background. If you're a kid whose parents have high-ranking positions such as a politician and a university professor, everyone would expect you to become someone successful, like a CEO of a corporation or a lawyer or something.
- Sho chose the entertainment industry because he always wanted to dance. When he joined Jrs., of course, his friends and supporters were happy, but his parents are not exactly happy and those in their "social circle" looked down on the entire Sakurai Family (not just Sho, but the ENTIRE family) for having a son who is so incredibly gifted and talented to choose something "low" such as the entertainment biz. In other words, Sho's days as Jr. isn't exactly hunky-dory when it comes to his parents/family. But he proved everyone that he could still be a prestigious young man despite of him deciding to become an idol. He spent more time studying in school than his career that he even worked with Johnny and staff to work a schedule with him. (WOOT! GO SHO!)
- There was another known story in which in the middle of the "Heaven Cannot Wait" drama filming that he had to ditch the shooting to get to class. The director complained of Sho's disappearance that he called Johnny for it (to get Sho in trouble), but Johnny just said: "He ditched because he had to go to class. Wait until he returns."
- Sho is truly one of the most hardworking idols in the entertainment biz (and not just Johnny's). This is why in Johnny's, a lot of the younger idols respect him big time, like no one wants to mess with him, no one wants to get him mad. They call him Sakurai-senpai or even Sakurai-sama to the extreme because of that.
- A lot of Arashi fans (non-Sho fans) think that Sho is straight out unfriendly (I don't blame Sho though), but see, that's because these fans don't understand what he's gone through in the past, so much that sometimes he can't help himself but snap out and lose his cool towards certain things.
- He finally gained the respect that he deserved from his family and his family's social circle of intellects and successful individuals right after he graduated with a Bachelor's in Economics.
- Especially with a BS (Bachelor of Science) in Economics at least his family knows that he does somehow plan to go further in to working in an industry based on the field of study that he took.
- When he is in Keio, he is there as a student, not as an idol. He gets annoyed when other students act like psychopathic fangirls and scream and follow him around campus.
- In the beginning he was a loner because everyone is intimidated by him and his background, but it wasn't until his first day of English class that he finally met and became friends with some of the guys there and made friends with 2 girls in that class (both are actually nerdy geeky girls who actually had no clue who Sho is. Lucky them). From then on he didn't like being alone, he always stuck w/ his classmates... It's like his friends are almost like his bodyguards
- He talked in his sleep during 2002 Summer Concert. Ohno who was in the same room heard it very clearly at around 6am saying “Let Aiba sleep!”. But he himself didn’t know anything about it.
- He doesn’t eat between meals
- When he went to the hot spring with Myojo for shooting, it so happened that it was the place he went with his family 10 years ago. He called his mom on the spot just because of this.
- Arashi Car usually comes to fetch Sho after getting Ohno, Sho once saw Ohno’s feet on the manager’s head when he opened the car door...
- When he went outdoor shooting with Aiba on ‘Uso! Japan’, they interviewed a pop idol group. Sho said without thinking that he knew their songs, and sang quite awkwardly. But Aiba on the other hand, was singing along rather happily...
- Card reading prophesized that he’ll have to retain class (we all know it didn’t come true)
- His brother calls him ‘Bambi’ after watching ‘Kisarazu Cat’s Eye’
- His results are good, so his teachers wrote a recommendation letter for him to take the examination to enter Keio
- His father was a student from Keio since young, graduated in Todai, now a politician. His mother’s an English Literature teacher. He has a sister younger than him by 5 years, named Mai and a brother younger than him by 13 years named Shu.
- Aiba and Ohno influenced him to be less calculative about things
- During the audition part of the Summer Concert, he was super nervous because he can hear fans talking as he sat quite close to them
- His ‘girlfriend preferences’ are quite similar to Ohno’s...
- Seem to like Aiba a lot lately, even ‘ex-love’ Nino complained about this in envy. After the photoshooting session for April’s DUET, he left with Nino. Later, he came back alone to the shooting scene to wait for Aiba instead. (Love triangle, neh? Lolz!)
- He joined the Boy’s Brigade before, but he was bullied so he quit after 3 days joining
- In June, he got to know that they’re debuting with Nino
- He’s building up on his muscles (yeah, it’s pretty obvious)
- Fast-thinker
- He was considered a senior in Johnny’s Junior before Arashi was formed
- Because he’s the rapper in Arashi, Japanese (who have bad English, really) calls him ‘Raper Sho’
- He’s quite close to Imai Tsubasa. And there’s even a reason for it, because their name has the kanji character 井 and 羽
- He was called ‘Piano King’ in Music Jump
- He becomes super monstrous when he’s angry
- On the first day on entering his university, he asked for Nino’s help because he didn’t know how to fix his tie
- He likes to sing songs by female singers in KTV, like songs by Amuro Namie
- The short form initial of every male member in the Sakurai family is written as S.S.
- He loves ‘Frisk’ peppermint sweets very much. Will usually finish up a box a day
- He will read some comics before he goes to bed
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- He's the leader of Arashi, not just because he's the oldest, but because of a little small round of jankenpoi ("rock-paper-scissors") with the other guys before their official debut.
- If you've seen the movie The Sixth Sense, it's a bad idea to joke about Haley Joel Osment's character --- Ohno HAS that same sixth sense, and yes... He sees dead people to all kinds of creepy stuff appearing from out of nowhere...
- Within the group, he is the most picked-on member (as well as being the most talked-about member).
- I wouldn't call him "peculiar," but the only reason why he seems quiet whenever you see him in guest appearances is because his mind is always wandering off somewhere in his own world...
- If you hear a few of their songs and hear that sweet, romantic-sounding singing voice, it's most likely going to be Oh-chan (if not, Nino) -- He's in charge of the melodic vocals in all their songs... Well, most of it anyway.
- He is mostly seen in stage musicals than in TV dramas. He only appeared on two TV dramas --- one in V no Arashi and the other in Speed Star. In other words, he's the only member who will be less likely be seen on any TV drama series at all... O_o;
- Oh-chan's inspiration, main confidant, and even his own personal manager? His mother.
- Oh-chan's "other" career option --- An artist! He has excellent skills in drawing practically anything... Painting as well? When he was in school, art was his MAJOR passion and nothing else.
- At the time before he was picked to debut in the upcoming new group Arashi, he was also having thoughts of quitting Johnny's to pursue his art profession. Fortunately when he was offered to debut, he decided to take it and see where this debut career of his as part of an idol group would lead him to... (Good choice!)
- Though we all know that Ohno's best talent is art, he stated that his "real" special skill among all is sleeping. He is farsighted, therefore he needs to wear a pair of reading glasses every time he reads something. Like Matsujun, who is nearsighted, he also makes himself look good by wearing contacts in public, stage, and screen.
- He also has a bit of trouble reading the Japanese written language. Though he has no problems reading Romanji (alphabet), don't count on him reading the written English language. He'll drag Sho to read (and translate) all the English for him. He just passed the national Kanji test two years ago so he shouldn't have anymore "reading" problems.
- Aiba and Nino said he looks like someone who’d never tell the members when he gets married, and will hide it till the end. Sho said maybe there’ll be this one day when they received Ohno’s divorce report then they’ll know that Ohno was married
- He said he admires someone when he went on Aiba’s program on 16th August.
Ohno: “Aiba Masaki desu” (is this a confession?)- Also on Aiba’s program that day, someone said that in “All or Nothing” Sho’s rap for “you know what I mean” sounds like “ra-men”, Ohno said that’s exactly what he thought
- Ohno said he was absent from Pino because no one invited him. Actually he was assigned for recordings, but it was cancelled last minute, he got a free holiday. The three members who were there said: “then you should come!” but Ohno said he only got to know about it after reading the next day’s paper, thinking while reading “how come I’m not inside?”
- His birth time, 09:07
- “When he walks, his eyes are closed” – Sho
- When people say Sho’s more fit to be Arashi’s leader, Sho said Ohno is Arashi’s protector (how sweet...)
- On the first day of their concert, when he was halfway to Tokyo station he realized he forgot his shoes, so he rushed home to get it. He came back in time, but was already all sweaty (partially because he was nervous)
- His fans are usually older, just like his mom, they always say that he’s cute
- During their summer concert they had to change on stage. When he took off his pants and saw his underwear, he realized he forgot to wear another white shorts inside, fans were laughing while the crews searched for a pair of pants for him (how embarrassing)
- He’ll never be any of the members’ love rival, if such thing does happen, he’ll get out of it voluntarily
- He stupidly talked about another program while he was on Aiba’s program, Aiba who rarely shows his temper couldn’t resist warning him too...
- When they were recording A.Ra.Shi, he didn’t know that was their debut song. Their third day in Hawaii, (one week before Arashi debuted), then he realized that they’re debuting
- Before Arashi was formed, all he cared about was sleep, now he is more concerned about work
- He’s really reluctant to sleep with Jun, and is trying to stop Jun from requesting it for the second time (0.o)
- He’s actually 165cm, though it’s publicly shown as 168cm
- He’s worried that he’s growing fatter
- Dohmoto Tsuyoshi thinks he’s the upcoming pretty boy
- He was once voted Pretty Boy No. 1 in a magazine
- Cares for others
- Usually doesn’t bring money when he leaves the house (wonder how he survives)
- We all know that Ohno is a good artist. Well, he started drawing in 3rd grade, thanks to "Dragonball." He had a friend who was into it as well, so they'd always be competitive trying to outdo each other with Dragonball drawings.
- He says his parents raised him liberally. They never told him to study or anything.
- We know that Ohno is *extremely* close to his mom. When he goes home late at night, she is always up waiting for him. He sometimes texts her saying "You can go to sleep," but she always waits for him. He asked her why and she replied that he might not like it if he comes home late from work and the house is all dark. This really touched him, because she also has to work the next day at 5AM. To Ohno, she is more like a friend than a parent.
- His mom came to the Johnny's audition with him. At the audition, it surprised him to see Katori-kun (Katori Shingo from SMAP); he was familiar with him because his sister liked him. Everyone started dancing at the audition, but Ohno stood in the back and didn't dance. Instead, he waved at his mom and said hi. -_-; Then Johnny-san spotted him and yelled, "What are you doing? Come up to the front and dance!" So Ohno danced and Johnny said to him, "You've got good rhythm."
- So since then, he started going to the lesson 1 day a week. There were about 50 people starting out, but later on, it was reduced to only 4 of them. One of them was Machida Shingo (from another Johnny's unit, Musical Academy). With Machida, Ohno danced as hard as he could. Since then, he was always together with Machida.
- Ohno's first gig as a junior was at Tokio's concert in Budokan. He heard the "Johnny's cheer" and freaked out. It was so loud, he couldn't believe it was coming from people! He even wanted to go home because he was so freaked out.
- Initially, he wasn't interested in being in the entertainment industry at all, or doing dramas. But dancing kept him interested. It was the only thing he wanted to excel in.
- He realized that if he wanted to go to Kyoto, he'd have to stay there at least 1/2 year. He volunteered to go. He wanted to escape the situation he was in at the time. Younger, newer juniors were coming in to Johnny's and he kept getting pushed back, as the newer ones got popular. He thought to himself, "Why? I'm better than them!" He had heard that he could be the main star if he went to Kyoto, so he didn't hesitate to go.
- His mom was happy and supportive of his decision to go to Kyoto. He quit high school after just three days of starting. He walked out with Machida. His parents didn't say anything. They just asked him, "Is this it?" and he said, "Yes." He had to quit school because if he hadn't, he couldn't go to Kyoto.
- Life in Kyoto was hard. He had to perform 5 times a day on stage. At least during summer, it was okay because there were people. But in fall, there were only about 50 people in a theatre that could hold 1,000 people. He wondered why he had to be doing this. He sometimes cried because he wanted to go back to Tokyo, but his colleagues helped him out because they were all on the same boat.
- If there was an opportunity to dance solo, he volunteered even if it meant taking himself away from Tokyo and going to Kyoto. I think from this, we can see that Ohno is actually quite ambitious and wants to do justice to his own skills. He said he was satisfied with the way danced at the solo of "Kyo to Kyo" - he doesn't think he can dance as well now as he did back then during his solo "Cool."
- About 2 years into his life in Kyoto, he thought about quitting. He wanted to start drawing again. He picked up some skills from the makeup artist and thought to himself that when he goes back to Tokyo, he will quit Johnny's Jimusho and start anew, something related to art. At this point, he had already danced to his satisfaction.
- Ohno told Johnny's that he wanted to quit. But for some reason, he ended up being in "MASK" (stageplay starring Domoto Koichi from Kinki Kids, from January '99 to February '99), and also "Playzone" (summer play Shonentai - way way senpai group from Johnny's - does every summer).
- Then from there, it was straight to becoming Arashi. He really hesitated, but since it was his last chance, he decided to just ride this wave. After the initial debut press conference in Hawaii, he participated in the Junior Concert in October ('99). From there, as they were introducing themselves, it went like this:
"Sakurai Sho- " *WAHHHHHHH* (all the people screaming)
"Matsumoto Jun - " *WAHHHHHHH*
"Ohno Satoshi - " *... WHHHAAAATTT? Who is this person?*- Ohno wanted to get off the stage ASAP. He realized that his time spent in Kyoto had made him less exposed compared to the other members. He became quite desperate at this point. Since the other 4 members had so much more exposure thanks to their TV appearances, he knew he had to try harder. He wrote back to his fan letters and such. He knew that Arashi was somewhat getting popular because their debut song, "A.Ra.Shi," was #1, but he didn't know if he *himself* was popular.
- He started having negative thoughts at this point, because people didn't know who he was, or they were saying "How come it's not Tackey *Takizawa Hideaki from Tackey & Tsubasa* that's in Arashi?" He started wondering if it would be okay for him to be part of Arashi.
- But it brought comfort to be with Arashi members from the beginning. When the 5 of them were together, it really upped the atmosphere.
- When the first Arashi concert came, he wondered if anyone would be holding his uchiwa (*the hand-held fan with member's face on it that fans hold at concerts). He was relieved and happy to find that there were just as many uchiwa for him as there were for other members.
- Ohno prefers stageplays to dramas/movies. That is probably why we see him in so few TV dramas. :( Overall, I get the impression that acting makes Ohno really nervous. But he's so good anyway!
- He liked shooting the movie "PIKA*NCHI" with rest of the Arashi members, since it was the first time all 5 of them got to be in one thing since "V no Arashi."
- Unlike acting (which makes him nervous), he likes doing concerts. He's always thinking about the next concert. Starting in 2004, he could even come up with his own choreography. He thinks about what songs to do solos for, what outfit to wear, etc., and likes thinking about those.
- But even now, he has that nagging feeling somewhere that he might not have any fans (stemming from his lack of popularity in the beginning of his Arashi days). So habitually, he looks for his uchiwa whenever he goes on stage. When he finds them, it relieves him and he feels good.
- In the past few years, fans have been holding boards with their "requests" on them - like "Wave your hand" and things like that. It was fun, and he liked doing it because his fans liked it. But then the requests got more... Intense and now they've become something like "Blow a kiss" and such. Ohno's really shy and he says it's "out of his character." And the next request is "Take it off." >.<;
- When they start going on concert tours, Ohno always checks the internet because he is interested in the fans' reactions, since fan letters take time to get to him.
- He watches all his concert videos. Sometimes it maddens him because he sucks so bad, but because his time spent with Arashi is precious, even bad performances are something to be treasured.
- Arashi members started opening up to each other while they were doing "Here We Go" concert tour (I think around 2002). They stayed up all night talking to each other about their plans, what they think, how they would move on individually, etc. Ohno felt that everyone treasured the group Arashi.
- Year 2003 brought on some changes. Arashi started hanging outside work and Ohno felt like they had transcended some sort of a barrier. He thinks it's important to hang out outside work, because they are different people when they are working together. Since they are all adults, they can go drinking and stuff too.
- He thinks his voice got higher as the years went by. He feels it's strange, since people's voice tends to get lower as they get older. Now he thinks it's as high as Nino's (which, he says, is REALLY high).
- Working in this industry limits him from meeting people outside, and sometimes it makes him feel lonely. He's always guarded because he doesn't want to be deceived. He thinks that's just the way it is, but it doesn't stop him from feeling lonely.
- Since he started thinking that way, he became a bit more outgoing. Even if he doesn't know the people, if he thinks it'd be fun, he talks to them.
- Personally, he doesn't know where he would be, but he wants to have an art exhibit of his own (Yey for Freestyle!).
- He wonders what their 10th year anniversary would be like. 2004 was HIS 10th year anniversary since joining Johnny's. "I've survived," he says. He has always tried his best. He was a bit irresponsible when he was a junior, so he is repentant of it. But overall, his 10 years were filled with many things and he considers himself a happy person.
- He thinks Arashi only has room for improvement. Each member thinks of the other in a precious way, and after each concert, they become even more united. He says that whatever happens, the fact that the 5 of them will always be close won't change.
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