Popolo 2017.05: messages + crosstalks
[released March 23, 2017]
They wrote some thank you messages for their 3rd year in debut. For the crosstalk, they were split into 2 groups and asked 4 questions about the members.
To my irreplacable members I love.
Thank you for always♡ letters
This is Shigeoka.
I'm thankful for everything that you've done.
I'm going to take care of my health, and will continue to do my best!!
Take care of me~
(^^) Thanks♥
Shigeoka Daiki
Hello~!! It's me, who lost weight at the beginning of the year, but thanks to everyone, rebounded♥
However, only the amount of weight I've gained is equal to how much I like WEST!
By the way, it's 25kg right now~ (laughs)!
If it goes up again I'll let you know♪♪
Kiriyama Akito
To my dear WEST
Thank you for all of the fun times!!
I'm always smiling when I spend time with all of you. It's truly fun.
Let's be a group that always laughs at pointless things together from now on!
PS. Because I was bought up overseas, I'm sorry for saying things straightforwardly ♥ (laughs)
I'll be careful in the future!!
Nakama Junta
To the Johnny's WEST members.
The 6 comrades that I have shared joys and sorrows with since our junior era.
We're in our 3rd year since formation, and our 3rd year since debut is almost about to pass. Each member's various characters are dense; a gathering of various types of fools. But when these 7 fools come together, I believe that very strong explosion can happen. No, it definitely will happen.
Let's utilize our rainbow member colours, become an entity that resembles a rainbow, and deliver our fans love, joy, healing, vitality, a group that they will never get tired of!
Kamiyama Tomohiro
It's been 3 years since we were formed. We happily stood in the dome. Lately, our individual activities have also increased, and it's fun to watch them on TV.
When I watch you eating delicious-looking things on "Hirunandesu!", I get hungry, and as a result I often eat lunch while watching.
I've been watching your dramas and movies. Let's continue to be a group that motivates each other through watching each other's jobs.
Take care of me from now on!!
Fujii Ryusei
To Johnny's WEST-san
I want us to spend the rest of our lives together doing silly things!!
We have the kind of relationship where we're able to say the things we want to say.
Let's become idols that make people feel joy when they watch us and love when our energy comes out.
When we reach our 60's, let's sing "Eejanaika" even more energetically than we do now (laughs)!!
I love WEST.
Hamada Takahiro
I'm always in your care. That's right. I'll be in your care (laughs).
No matter what, I'm thankful to everyone, and I love all of you.
There are going to be a lot of things, but because it's us, we'll definitely be able to overcome them!
Even though I'm like this, please continue to treat me affectionately from now on♥
Kotaki Nozomu
Team Paprika with Green Pepper
When Nakama saw the T-shirt colours, he said "it's paprika". However, Kamiyama said "technically, I'm a green pepper", and that's how their team name came to be.
Q1. When do you feel the members' love?
When the members are gathered together, we never run out of things to talk about!
Nakama: In terms of feeling love, I end up thinking "I like the members" during MCs. When I saw Kami-chan imitating famous comedians on stage, it made me laugh from the bottom of my heart, and at that time I thought it's great we were able to become a group like this one.
Shigeoka: That was amusing~! You fell off the stage.
Nakama: It looked like you were laughing so hard your sides were coming apart (laughs). The staff came in to stop the excessiveness.
Kamiyama: No, it would have been impossible to stop at that point (laughs).
Nakama: That's true (laughs). It's good to fully enjoy yourself at lives.
Kiriyama: I thought that was my specialty though...
Shigeoka: Unexpectedly, that's not the case.
Kamiyama: Unexpectedly, (points at Shigeoka) over here...
Shigeoka: Nah, it's not me. I'm a super idol, after all.
Kamiyama: What are you saying? (laughs) Lately, I've had a lot of opportunities to do interviews on my own, and I thought that would keep going, but it's fun to be able to do interviews with all 7 of us. The locations were really quiet when I was on my own.
Nakama: Definitely, when the members are gathered together, it's fun, and we never run out of things to talk about.
Shigeoka: In the end, I like it when our dressing room is noisy.
Kiriyama: It's you, you're the noisiest one (smiles wryly)!
Shigeoka: I'm generally always doing crossword puzzles.
Kiriyama: You liar, I've never seen you do that (laughs)!
Shigeoka: Things will suddenly start happening in our dressing room. Like a pro-wrestling tournament, or comedy skits... And just the other day, Junta tied all of us up and stole our money... (laughs).
Nakama: That didn't happen (laughs)! You're just making things up (laughs)!
Q2. Only I know this!? What are the member's confidential episodes?
The people that set Hama-chan's hair are Kamiyama and Kotaki!?
Shigeoka: It was bad for Akito when we got udon for catering!
Kiriyama: Since we're going to talk about liking udon, I'm grateful that they've been preparing it every day from that day forward.
Kamiyama: We're grateful for your quick response (laughs).
Shigeoka: I kept thinking, "how much did you have!"
Kiriyama: 4!!
Kamiyama: You ate a lot~
Kiriyama: The udon was calling me.
Shigeoka: Akito went up many times to get food, which caused the catering staff to get worried and even suggest "how about half", but he was like "1 more!"
Kiriyama: I'm greatful they were worried about me, but I thought I'd be able to eat it all (laughs). When it comes to Shige, he actually sleeps up until the last second.
Nakama: Everyone knows this one. Shige is always sleeping.
Kamiyama: Moreover, he's always sleeping in such a noisy dressing room (smiles wryly)
Shigeoka: Somehow, I end up wanting to sleep (laughs). When there's nothing for me to do, I sleep.
Nakama: We all do various things when we're in the dressing room, like Kami-chan and Non-chan will act like our makeup staff, and they'll help roll up Hama-chan's hair.
Shigeoka: He'll say, "I can't roll my hair up. Non-chan, help me~" and then he'll always help him roll up the back of his hair. Even though it doesn't really change (laughs).
Nakama: Ryusei's also good at that~. Shige and I aren't able to do that kind of thing (smiles wryly). Akito does it for himself.
Kiriyama: It's because I have short hair.
Nakama: By the way, Akito takes unusual baths. On top of that, the time between when you get in and out is really short! When Hama-chan measured it, it was 1 minute and 27 seconds long.
Kamiyama: Like shabu-shabu.
Everyone: (laughter)
Nakama: He blanched himself quickly (laughs)
Q3. What are the members' rumours and mysteries you're interested in?
Witness the appearance of Kotaki threatening his broken hair iron!
Kamiyama: It seems Hama-chan has been using a good lotion. He told me the ingredients are so good that it caused him to break out (laughs).
Nakama: It's so good it doesn't match his skin (smiles wryly)
Shigeoka: Maybe it's actually supposed to cause break outs (laughs).
Kiriyama: I saw that too! He was using some crazy thing.
Kamiyama: Hama-chan's surprisingly into these kinds of things.
Kiriyama: It seems he also pays special attention to treatments. He's also comparatively sensitive to fragrances.
Shigeoka: Speaking of, earlier, he told me he went to the shop to try some. He had different perfumes on his left and right wrists, and they had become some indiscernable scent~ (laughs)
Kamiyama: For some reason, Non-chan is always walking around with a broken hair iron. Even though he could buy a new one (laughs).
Kiriyama: And then he's always threatening it. Like, "why are you even here!"
Kamiyama: Yeah. Like, "why can't I use you. If you can't do this, what else can you do. Fulfill your role properly!" (smiles wryly)
Kiriyama: He's retraining it.
Shigeoka: I find Ryusei to be a mystery. I'd heard he was into health sandals, but he doesn't just wear them in the dressing room, he also wears them when we're travelling. Moreover, he'll be wearing down and a fuzzy sweater, but he'll have the health sandals on his bare feet. It's a mysterious combination.
Kamiyama: Eh, on his bare feet?
Kiriyama: He doesn't know the difference between hot and cold (smiles wryly)
Nakama: I heard that he didn't feel well while wearing the health sandals (smiles wryly)
Kamiyama: So they caused the soles of his feet to be too stimulated instead? (laughs)
Q4. Who is the person that loves the members the most?
"It seems like I'll fall in love" with Kami-chan's kindness!!
Kiriyama: It's Kami-chan. He always gets us juice. When he goes to buy it, he'll invite us with "let's go together?" and he buys it without anyone asking. Why?
Kamiyama: I want to see everyone's happy expressions.
Everyone: Ohhh♡
Kiriyama: Uwa, how cool~!
Shigeoka: You're really praising him (laughs). Speaking of, Akito bought an expensive powder that makes you really energetic.
Kiriyama: Um, could you stop with your dubious statements (laughs)? It's amino acid! Someone told me about it and it was good, so I thought I'd recommend it to everyone.
Shigeoka: We're grateful. It really makes you energetic when you drink it. Also, we often use group mail. But it's mainly a lonely room because Junta's the only one talking in it.
Nakama: That's... (smiles wryly)
Shigeoka: So then, we made a separate group where we observe Junta's actions.
Nakama: That's the most hurtful pattern!
Everyone: (laughter)
Nakama: When I come across something amusing, I want to share it. So I will immediately share photos and videos.
Shigeoka: Yesterday you even sent us a funny video of Hama-chan waking up in the dressing room.
Nakama: When we're returning from concerts, Kami-chan is the only one that goes a different way, so we'll take photos of us and send them to him.
Kamiyama: It makes me feel lonely, getting all these successive photos of everyone having fun and relaxing in the car~
Shigeoka: The reply that you sent, a photo of yourself all alone, naked and with a lonely expression, was really funny. Everyone burst out laughing.
Kamiyama: It's good it was able to make you laugh~ (laughs)
Team Hamada~zu
After Kotaki said "our team name is Hamada-gundan!" he commented "but Kami-chan isn't here," so it became "Hamada-zu"!
Q1. When do you feel the members' love?
Hama-chan's way of talking is always in good condition!?
Fujii: I felt it during the times when my drama filming often overlapped with tour rehearsals, and everyone sent me recordings of the rehearsals.
Kotaki: Anyone could send it through the group mail.
Fujii: Yeah. The love was from the members sending it, not the staff.
Hamada: It's great that made you feel loved!
Kotaki: For me, it's when someone tells me their impression of seeing my drama, and then in the group mail they say "I just saw it~".
Fujii: I know! When someone gives you their impression it makes you happy.
Kotaki: Exactly! It's like that when they say it in the group mail, or when they tell you directly.
Hamada: Everyone often says it. For me, it's when I'm in poor condition that I feel their love!
Kotaki: You're referring to when your condition is poor, and you're talking.
Hamada: Yes! It's when you follow up on what I say. Everyone immediately says things.
Fujii: You're referring to when you're in poor condition, but I think it's actually your good condition (laughs).
Kotaki: Yeah, it's always your good condition. Though you could always refer to it as your funny slip ups.
Hamada: Is that so (laughs)
Fujii: Well, it's extremely funny when you stumble over your words. I end up thinking "how nice~"
Kotaki: Active became akitive. It's harder to say it that way, isn't it!? (laughs)
Fujii: It was when he was saying "Akito is active".
Hamada: The words got mixed together!
Fujii: Your speech stumbling is genius!
Kotaki: When Hama-chan says something weird with a straight face, it's my role to decipher and translate it for him.
Hamada: I'm grateful~ (laughs)
Q2. Only I know this!? What are the member's confidential episodes?
Recently, everyone is into magic
Kotaki: Lately, when Hama-chan has the opportunity, he's always taking out cards!
Fujii: I know! He does it whenever he gets the opportunity.
Hamada: Except today, I forgot them! I can't touch them, and I can't do magic with them, it's tough (laughs).
Kotaki: ...and with that, how long is this going to carry on (laughs)!?
Fujii: It's been about one month?
Hamada: Yup!
Kotaki: When you learn a new magic trick, you show it to the members first, and when you're done with that you'll generally go show the manager, and then after that, the staff.
Hamada: I'm testing my skills.
Kotaki: Honestly speaking, first off, you're too into it aren't you!? Saying that, I'm going to sound like a fool, because you taught a little of it to me yesterday... it was super fun (laughs)!!
Fujii: Yeah. When we're waiting around or when we're traveling, and we're like "we're free, what should we do~", when Hama-chan says "I'll do magic for you," it makes me happy.
Kotaki: Isn't Hama-chan's magic relatively impressive? Though it only causes average reactions.
Fujii: It's amazing. And it's high-quality!
Hamada: I'm testing my skills by showing everyone. It's fun for me to see the reactions I get from everyone when I show it to them as well.
Fujii: The other day, when we were on the bullet train, we were sitting next to each other the whole time, and he was showing me magic tricks. Generally, it ended when we got bored, and we ended up playing games like daifugo and Old Maid (laughs). Because it was just the two of us, there were a lot of cards, and it was evenly matched!
Kotaki: That's also fun! Still, you're really talented~
Q3. What are the members' rumours and mysteries you're interested in?
You can definitely tell where Ryusei's sitting!
Kotaki: In the dressing room, Junta and Shige's seats are near each other. You can tell where Shige's seat is because it's messy.
Fujii/Hamada: That's true.
Kotaki: And on the other hand, we often hear Junta saying "Shige, tidy up a little bit!" don't we?
Hamada: We do!
Kotaki: That's why I think it would be better if he didn't sit next to him, and moved his seat somewhere else (laughs).
Hamada: But we often say things like that to Ryusei too. Ryusei's marking habits are strong!
Fujii/Kotaki: What do you mean!? (laughs)
Hamada: Would it be possible for you to stop leaving your drinking cup lying around!?
Fujii: My drinking cup...?
Kotaki: Ah~ that.
Fujii: Ehh!?
Hamada: And then, there's your energy drinks, and empty cans. Somehow they're always around my seat!
Fujii: No way!
Hamada: No, every time, it somehow ends up being me that tidies them up! The energy drinks are clearly Ryusei's.
Kotaki: They're like his footprints (laughs).
Hamada: They're footprints stating Ryusei was here! (laughs)
Fujii: ...I left those behind?
Kotaki: They're like the kind you leave behind when you're walking around a cave (laughs).
Fujii: Eh, did I really leave them behind?
Hamada: You did (affirmation). When our manager asks "was Ryusei here?" we answer "yes".
Fujii: Seriously? But there's also wet clothes there! None of those are mine! But I think determining the energy drinks = mine does happen~
Hamada: He has no self-awareness (laughs)!
Q4. Who is the person that loves the members the most?
Kami-chan even knows who sings what line
Hamada: This is difficult. But it seems like it's Kami-chan. That's what I feel! He listens to Johnny's WEST songs the most, and properly plans things like, it should be like this here, and like this here!
Fujii: Kami-chan is amazing. It's not just our songs that he knows, but our seniors' songs as well.
Hamada: Yeah. He knows the lyrics, and he even knows who sings what line. When we're trying to remember how a lyric goes, it's generally Kami-chan that tells us.
Kotaki: Oh yeah!
Fujii: The other day, when I was doing radio with Shige, we were asked "who sings this line?" Shige was doing it, but he couldn't tell who it actually was while listening to it.
Hamada: If it was Kami-chan, the odds that he would have immediately known the answer are high.
Fujii: Our songs have a lot of background chatter in them, and it seems he even knows who does that!
Kotaki: But the person who has a lot of member love is... me (abruptly)
Hamada: Ah, we've reached this point?
Fujii: No, you're wrong. It's me.
Kotaki: (responding immediately) You're the one that's wrong!
Fujii/Hamada: Ahahaha (laughter)!
Kotaki: It's me after all!
Fujii: That's wrong! (immediate answer)
Kotaki: Yes, that's wrong!
Hamada: You wouldn't answer with "wrong" there, you'd answer with your firm intention (laughs)!
Fujii: That's why it's me.
Hamada: Eh, Ryusei? But you were just praising Kami-chan.
Fujii: Because I love him.
Kotaki: I love him too.
Hamada: It's not LIKE, but LOVE?
Kotaki: Yes, I ♡ WEST!
Fujii: I love Kami-chan, and I love all of us!
I could have split this but meh. hope you enjoyed!!
translated using scans from yoshiko_mama
They wrote some thank you messages for their 3rd year in debut. For the crosstalk, they were split into 2 groups and asked 4 questions about the members.
To my irreplacable members I love.
Thank you for always♡ letters
This is Shigeoka.
I'm thankful for everything that you've done.
I'm going to take care of my health, and will continue to do my best!!
Take care of me~
(^^) Thanks♥
Shigeoka Daiki
Hello~!! It's me, who lost weight at the beginning of the year, but thanks to everyone, rebounded♥
However, only the amount of weight I've gained is equal to how much I like WEST!
By the way, it's 25kg right now~ (laughs)!
If it goes up again I'll let you know♪♪
Kiriyama Akito
To my dear WEST
Thank you for all of the fun times!!
I'm always smiling when I spend time with all of you. It's truly fun.
Let's be a group that always laughs at pointless things together from now on!
PS. Because I was bought up overseas, I'm sorry for saying things straightforwardly ♥ (laughs)
I'll be careful in the future!!
Nakama Junta
To the Johnny's WEST members.
The 6 comrades that I have shared joys and sorrows with since our junior era.
We're in our 3rd year since formation, and our 3rd year since debut is almost about to pass. Each member's various characters are dense; a gathering of various types of fools. But when these 7 fools come together, I believe that very strong explosion can happen. No, it definitely will happen.
Let's utilize our rainbow member colours, become an entity that resembles a rainbow, and deliver our fans love, joy, healing, vitality, a group that they will never get tired of!
Kamiyama Tomohiro
It's been 3 years since we were formed. We happily stood in the dome. Lately, our individual activities have also increased, and it's fun to watch them on TV.
When I watch you eating delicious-looking things on "Hirunandesu!", I get hungry, and as a result I often eat lunch while watching.
I've been watching your dramas and movies. Let's continue to be a group that motivates each other through watching each other's jobs.
Take care of me from now on!!
Fujii Ryusei
To Johnny's WEST-san
I want us to spend the rest of our lives together doing silly things!!
We have the kind of relationship where we're able to say the things we want to say.
Let's become idols that make people feel joy when they watch us and love when our energy comes out.
When we reach our 60's, let's sing "Eejanaika" even more energetically than we do now (laughs)!!
I love WEST.
Hamada Takahiro
I'm always in your care. That's right. I'll be in your care (laughs).
No matter what, I'm thankful to everyone, and I love all of you.
There are going to be a lot of things, but because it's us, we'll definitely be able to overcome them!
Even though I'm like this, please continue to treat me affectionately from now on♥
Kotaki Nozomu
Team Paprika with Green Pepper
When Nakama saw the T-shirt colours, he said "it's paprika". However, Kamiyama said "technically, I'm a green pepper", and that's how their team name came to be.
Q1. When do you feel the members' love?
When the members are gathered together, we never run out of things to talk about!
Nakama: In terms of feeling love, I end up thinking "I like the members" during MCs. When I saw Kami-chan imitating famous comedians on stage, it made me laugh from the bottom of my heart, and at that time I thought it's great we were able to become a group like this one.
Shigeoka: That was amusing~! You fell off the stage.
Nakama: It looked like you were laughing so hard your sides were coming apart (laughs). The staff came in to stop the excessiveness.
Kamiyama: No, it would have been impossible to stop at that point (laughs).
Nakama: That's true (laughs). It's good to fully enjoy yourself at lives.
Kiriyama: I thought that was my specialty though...
Shigeoka: Unexpectedly, that's not the case.
Kamiyama: Unexpectedly, (points at Shigeoka) over here...
Shigeoka: Nah, it's not me. I'm a super idol, after all.
Kamiyama: What are you saying? (laughs) Lately, I've had a lot of opportunities to do interviews on my own, and I thought that would keep going, but it's fun to be able to do interviews with all 7 of us. The locations were really quiet when I was on my own.
Nakama: Definitely, when the members are gathered together, it's fun, and we never run out of things to talk about.
Shigeoka: In the end, I like it when our dressing room is noisy.
Kiriyama: It's you, you're the noisiest one (smiles wryly)!
Shigeoka: I'm generally always doing crossword puzzles.
Kiriyama: You liar, I've never seen you do that (laughs)!
Shigeoka: Things will suddenly start happening in our dressing room. Like a pro-wrestling tournament, or comedy skits... And just the other day, Junta tied all of us up and stole our money... (laughs).
Nakama: That didn't happen (laughs)! You're just making things up (laughs)!
Q2. Only I know this!? What are the member's confidential episodes?
The people that set Hama-chan's hair are Kamiyama and Kotaki!?
Shigeoka: It was bad for Akito when we got udon for catering!
Kiriyama: Since we're going to talk about liking udon, I'm grateful that they've been preparing it every day from that day forward.
Kamiyama: We're grateful for your quick response (laughs).
Shigeoka: I kept thinking, "how much did you have!"
Kiriyama: 4!!
Kamiyama: You ate a lot~
Kiriyama: The udon was calling me.
Shigeoka: Akito went up many times to get food, which caused the catering staff to get worried and even suggest "how about half", but he was like "1 more!"
Kiriyama: I'm greatful they were worried about me, but I thought I'd be able to eat it all (laughs). When it comes to Shige, he actually sleeps up until the last second.
Nakama: Everyone knows this one. Shige is always sleeping.
Kamiyama: Moreover, he's always sleeping in such a noisy dressing room (smiles wryly)
Shigeoka: Somehow, I end up wanting to sleep (laughs). When there's nothing for me to do, I sleep.
Nakama: We all do various things when we're in the dressing room, like Kami-chan and Non-chan will act like our makeup staff, and they'll help roll up Hama-chan's hair.
Shigeoka: He'll say, "I can't roll my hair up. Non-chan, help me~" and then he'll always help him roll up the back of his hair. Even though it doesn't really change (laughs).
Nakama: Ryusei's also good at that~. Shige and I aren't able to do that kind of thing (smiles wryly). Akito does it for himself.
Kiriyama: It's because I have short hair.
Nakama: By the way, Akito takes unusual baths. On top of that, the time between when you get in and out is really short! When Hama-chan measured it, it was 1 minute and 27 seconds long.
Kamiyama: Like shabu-shabu.
Everyone: (laughter)
Nakama: He blanched himself quickly (laughs)
Q3. What are the members' rumours and mysteries you're interested in?
Witness the appearance of Kotaki threatening his broken hair iron!
Kamiyama: It seems Hama-chan has been using a good lotion. He told me the ingredients are so good that it caused him to break out (laughs).
Nakama: It's so good it doesn't match his skin (smiles wryly)
Shigeoka: Maybe it's actually supposed to cause break outs (laughs).
Kiriyama: I saw that too! He was using some crazy thing.
Kamiyama: Hama-chan's surprisingly into these kinds of things.
Kiriyama: It seems he also pays special attention to treatments. He's also comparatively sensitive to fragrances.
Shigeoka: Speaking of, earlier, he told me he went to the shop to try some. He had different perfumes on his left and right wrists, and they had become some indiscernable scent~ (laughs)
Kamiyama: For some reason, Non-chan is always walking around with a broken hair iron. Even though he could buy a new one (laughs).
Kiriyama: And then he's always threatening it. Like, "why are you even here!"
Kamiyama: Yeah. Like, "why can't I use you. If you can't do this, what else can you do. Fulfill your role properly!" (smiles wryly)
Kiriyama: He's retraining it.
Shigeoka: I find Ryusei to be a mystery. I'd heard he was into health sandals, but he doesn't just wear them in the dressing room, he also wears them when we're travelling. Moreover, he'll be wearing down and a fuzzy sweater, but he'll have the health sandals on his bare feet. It's a mysterious combination.
Kamiyama: Eh, on his bare feet?
Kiriyama: He doesn't know the difference between hot and cold (smiles wryly)
Nakama: I heard that he didn't feel well while wearing the health sandals (smiles wryly)
Kamiyama: So they caused the soles of his feet to be too stimulated instead? (laughs)
Q4. Who is the person that loves the members the most?
"It seems like I'll fall in love" with Kami-chan's kindness!!
Kiriyama: It's Kami-chan. He always gets us juice. When he goes to buy it, he'll invite us with "let's go together?" and he buys it without anyone asking. Why?
Kamiyama: I want to see everyone's happy expressions.
Everyone: Ohhh♡
Kiriyama: Uwa, how cool~!
Shigeoka: You're really praising him (laughs). Speaking of, Akito bought an expensive powder that makes you really energetic.
Kiriyama: Um, could you stop with your dubious statements (laughs)? It's amino acid! Someone told me about it and it was good, so I thought I'd recommend it to everyone.
Shigeoka: We're grateful. It really makes you energetic when you drink it. Also, we often use group mail. But it's mainly a lonely room because Junta's the only one talking in it.
Nakama: That's... (smiles wryly)
Shigeoka: So then, we made a separate group where we observe Junta's actions.
Nakama: That's the most hurtful pattern!
Everyone: (laughter)
Nakama: When I come across something amusing, I want to share it. So I will immediately share photos and videos.
Shigeoka: Yesterday you even sent us a funny video of Hama-chan waking up in the dressing room.
Nakama: When we're returning from concerts, Kami-chan is the only one that goes a different way, so we'll take photos of us and send them to him.
Kamiyama: It makes me feel lonely, getting all these successive photos of everyone having fun and relaxing in the car~
Shigeoka: The reply that you sent, a photo of yourself all alone, naked and with a lonely expression, was really funny. Everyone burst out laughing.
Kamiyama: It's good it was able to make you laugh~ (laughs)
Team Hamada~zu
After Kotaki said "our team name is Hamada-gundan!" he commented "but Kami-chan isn't here," so it became "Hamada-zu"!
Q1. When do you feel the members' love?
Hama-chan's way of talking is always in good condition!?
Fujii: I felt it during the times when my drama filming often overlapped with tour rehearsals, and everyone sent me recordings of the rehearsals.
Kotaki: Anyone could send it through the group mail.
Fujii: Yeah. The love was from the members sending it, not the staff.
Hamada: It's great that made you feel loved!
Kotaki: For me, it's when someone tells me their impression of seeing my drama, and then in the group mail they say "I just saw it~".
Fujii: I know! When someone gives you their impression it makes you happy.
Kotaki: Exactly! It's like that when they say it in the group mail, or when they tell you directly.
Hamada: Everyone often says it. For me, it's when I'm in poor condition that I feel their love!
Kotaki: You're referring to when your condition is poor, and you're talking.
Hamada: Yes! It's when you follow up on what I say. Everyone immediately says things.
Fujii: You're referring to when you're in poor condition, but I think it's actually your good condition (laughs).
Kotaki: Yeah, it's always your good condition. Though you could always refer to it as your funny slip ups.
Hamada: Is that so (laughs)
Fujii: Well, it's extremely funny when you stumble over your words. I end up thinking "how nice~"
Kotaki: Active became akitive. It's harder to say it that way, isn't it!? (laughs)
Fujii: It was when he was saying "Akito is active".
Hamada: The words got mixed together!
Fujii: Your speech stumbling is genius!
Kotaki: When Hama-chan says something weird with a straight face, it's my role to decipher and translate it for him.
Hamada: I'm grateful~ (laughs)
Q2. Only I know this!? What are the member's confidential episodes?
Recently, everyone is into magic
Kotaki: Lately, when Hama-chan has the opportunity, he's always taking out cards!
Fujii: I know! He does it whenever he gets the opportunity.
Hamada: Except today, I forgot them! I can't touch them, and I can't do magic with them, it's tough (laughs).
Kotaki: ...and with that, how long is this going to carry on (laughs)!?
Fujii: It's been about one month?
Hamada: Yup!
Kotaki: When you learn a new magic trick, you show it to the members first, and when you're done with that you'll generally go show the manager, and then after that, the staff.
Hamada: I'm testing my skills.
Kotaki: Honestly speaking, first off, you're too into it aren't you!? Saying that, I'm going to sound like a fool, because you taught a little of it to me yesterday... it was super fun (laughs)!!
Fujii: Yeah. When we're waiting around or when we're traveling, and we're like "we're free, what should we do~", when Hama-chan says "I'll do magic for you," it makes me happy.
Kotaki: Isn't Hama-chan's magic relatively impressive? Though it only causes average reactions.
Fujii: It's amazing. And it's high-quality!
Hamada: I'm testing my skills by showing everyone. It's fun for me to see the reactions I get from everyone when I show it to them as well.
Fujii: The other day, when we were on the bullet train, we were sitting next to each other the whole time, and he was showing me magic tricks. Generally, it ended when we got bored, and we ended up playing games like daifugo and Old Maid (laughs). Because it was just the two of us, there were a lot of cards, and it was evenly matched!
Kotaki: That's also fun! Still, you're really talented~
Q3. What are the members' rumours and mysteries you're interested in?
You can definitely tell where Ryusei's sitting!
Kotaki: In the dressing room, Junta and Shige's seats are near each other. You can tell where Shige's seat is because it's messy.
Fujii/Hamada: That's true.
Kotaki: And on the other hand, we often hear Junta saying "Shige, tidy up a little bit!" don't we?
Hamada: We do!
Kotaki: That's why I think it would be better if he didn't sit next to him, and moved his seat somewhere else (laughs).
Hamada: But we often say things like that to Ryusei too. Ryusei's marking habits are strong!
Fujii/Kotaki: What do you mean!? (laughs)
Hamada: Would it be possible for you to stop leaving your drinking cup lying around!?
Fujii: My drinking cup...?
Kotaki: Ah~ that.
Fujii: Ehh!?
Hamada: And then, there's your energy drinks, and empty cans. Somehow they're always around my seat!
Fujii: No way!
Hamada: No, every time, it somehow ends up being me that tidies them up! The energy drinks are clearly Ryusei's.
Kotaki: They're like his footprints (laughs).
Hamada: They're footprints stating Ryusei was here! (laughs)
Fujii: ...I left those behind?
Kotaki: They're like the kind you leave behind when you're walking around a cave (laughs).
Fujii: Eh, did I really leave them behind?
Hamada: You did (affirmation). When our manager asks "was Ryusei here?" we answer "yes".
Fujii: Seriously? But there's also wet clothes there! None of those are mine! But I think determining the energy drinks = mine does happen~
Hamada: He has no self-awareness (laughs)!
Q4. Who is the person that loves the members the most?
Kami-chan even knows who sings what line
Hamada: This is difficult. But it seems like it's Kami-chan. That's what I feel! He listens to Johnny's WEST songs the most, and properly plans things like, it should be like this here, and like this here!
Fujii: Kami-chan is amazing. It's not just our songs that he knows, but our seniors' songs as well.
Hamada: Yeah. He knows the lyrics, and he even knows who sings what line. When we're trying to remember how a lyric goes, it's generally Kami-chan that tells us.
Kotaki: Oh yeah!
Fujii: The other day, when I was doing radio with Shige, we were asked "who sings this line?" Shige was doing it, but he couldn't tell who it actually was while listening to it.
Hamada: If it was Kami-chan, the odds that he would have immediately known the answer are high.
Fujii: Our songs have a lot of background chatter in them, and it seems he even knows who does that!
Kotaki: But the person who has a lot of member love is... me (abruptly)
Hamada: Ah, we've reached this point?
Fujii: No, you're wrong. It's me.
Kotaki: (responding immediately) You're the one that's wrong!
Fujii/Hamada: Ahahaha (laughter)!
Kotaki: It's me after all!
Fujii: That's wrong! (immediate answer)
Kotaki: Yes, that's wrong!
Hamada: You wouldn't answer with "wrong" there, you'd answer with your firm intention (laughs)!
Fujii: That's why it's me.
Hamada: Eh, Ryusei? But you were just praising Kami-chan.
Fujii: Because I love him.
Kotaki: I love him too.
Hamada: It's not LIKE, but LOVE?
Kotaki: Yes, I ♡ WEST!
Fujii: I love Kami-chan, and I love all of us!
I could have split this but meh. hope you enjoyed!!
translated using scans from yoshiko_mama