HnA VIP Room - Yoshitaka Yuriko (part 1)
I'm pretty psyched about this episode because Yoshitaka Yuriko is plain weird (almost to the extent of Naka Riisa). So here's part 1 of her appearance on VIP Room!
Jun: Well it’s begun! This is the VIP Room!
Everyone: Good evening!
Matsushima: Isn’t everyone looking rather simple today?
Aiba: Now that someone with sloping shoulders isn’t around… It somehow doesn’t fit well.
Matsushima: It doesn’t fit well, eh?
Nino: And why isn’t he here?
Aiba: Explain it to us please.
Nino: Didn’t it happen on last week’s episode of Arashi-chan? The people who watched it would have known, [Sakurai] was the one who was unsold the most number of times on Mannequin Five…
Aiba: Ahh, he had lots of stickers stuck on him…
Nino: And because of that, just now, the Master (referring to Sho) and Verbal-san, whom he respects, went for a Fashion training outdoor shoot. Let’s see what he came up with.
Jun: Shall we have him come on stage now? The Reborn Sakurai Sho, 2011 version.
[Coordination theme: Sho (Ready to soar)]
[The members of Arashi start praying to Sho, who waves his hand as he comes on stage.]
Matsushima: Is there a translator here with us today?
[Sho whispers to Nino]
Nino: He says, “Please favor me today.”
Matsushima: What do you think Arashi will be like in 2011?
Sho: $^#&*!$^ [speaks gibberish]
Nino: Well although we’re pretty much at the peak now, but we’ve still got lots to go!
Nakajima: What do the members think?
Ohno: How shall I put it? There’s no neck, so that makes it interesting.
Nino: And even though it looks rather chic at a glance, could you face the back please?
Naka: Please do us the honor. [Sho obliges and turns to the back.] It looks like it’s been gathered.
Naka: The sloping shoulders and the double parka don’t matter anymore. All the problems have been solved at once!
Sho: I think it must be pretty bad for the guest today!
Jun: I mean, it is the VIP room today, right?
Naka: That’s right.
Nino: Yeah, we’ve got to bring it!
Naka: So, for the guest today, how is she related to Arashi?
Sho: Nino’s acted with her before.
Nino: That’s right, we’ve acted together.
Jun: I’ve wanted to meet her!
Nino: You haven’t really seen her much, right? On variety shows like these.
Jun: I wonder what she talks about.
Nino: I think it would be better for you to look at what’s inside her head. It’s pretty strange…
Sho: She feels like a rather interesting person-I mean, it’s weird that this is coming from me…
Nino: That’s right.
Narrator: Himitsu no Arashi-chan, VIP Room! Tonight’s VIP guest has the following impressions of Arashi!
Narration: Her image of Ninomiya-kun is…
Narration: A Star!
Narration: Her image of Sakurai-kun is…
[The infamous episode where the guys try to eat beef bowl in a manly way to impress Inoue Mao.]
Sho: The taste is too bland! [pours beef bowl sauce into his mouth]
Narration: It’s scary once he lets loose, almost like a model student.
Sho: That’s representative of what’s happening here!
Narration: Her image of Aiba-kun is…
Aiba: Time out! Time out! HELP!
Narration: A person who wishes to be groped.
Narration: Her image of Matsumoto-kun is…
Jun: I’ve come to take you away. [change to scene on motor bike] That’s because I love you. [change to Marionette 5] Let’s get married.
Narration: Heisei Trendy.
[Heisei refers to the period they’re in, namely from 1989 to present]
Jun: Heisei Trendy?
Narration: Her image of Ohno-kun is…
Marie: Let’s hold hands!
Ohno: Grab my hand more tightly!
Nakajima: [watches as Ohno tries on a bra] Riida, you’re being rather proactive here…
Matsushima: Run, Riida, run!
Narration: The most perverted.
Sho: That’s what you’d think if you only saw this video!
Narration: And the guest who has these impressions of Arashi is this person!
[Yoshitaka Yuriko enters, but does a double take when she sees Sho]
Naka: Introducing our guest for tonight, together with our prince here, it’s Yoshitaka Yuriko!
Nino: Prince!
Sho: Everyone come forward!
Naka: Is she your wife?
Sho: Yoshitaka-san, you know quite a bit about Arashi!
Jun: He can speak normally!
Yuri: What happened? [referring to his outfit]
Sho: On the contrary, what do you think of it?
Yuri: I would love to share in your good fortune!
Sho: It suits me?
Yuri: [thumbs up]
Sho: [thumbs up] Thank you! I got Yoshitaka-san’s stamp of approval! Let’s start with Ninomiya-kun!
Yuri: Yes!
Sho: “A Star!”
Yuri: That’s right.
Sho: When did that impression form?
Yuri: We were always together on set for the movie, and the people there called him a “star”.
Nino: My nickname was “star”!
Jun: Who called you a “star”?
Nino: The staff!
Yuri: Yes.
Jun: And Matsuken-kun as well?
Nino: You mean when Matsuken was addressing me?
Jun: Yup.
Nino: He said, “Ninomiya-san”!
Sho: And for Ohno-san… It’s an amazing phrase. The Most Perverted. Is there any phrase that carries a greater impact?
Nino: Congratulations! She said you were the “Most [Perverted]”!
Yuri: I wonder how far his imagination goes? It’s like his imagination is unfathomable, it has a borderless feel to it. And that’s scary.
Ohno: I’m pretty sure everyone’s a pervert!
Sho: You mean everyone has an element of perverseness in them?
Nino: Why don’t you approximate how perverse everyone here is?
Aiba: Like the extent of how perverted we are?
Ohno: Now then, you would sniff things which are smelly, right?
Aiba: Yeah, I would.
Ohno: And even though you think, “Oh man, this stinks!” You would take another sniff, right?
Aiba: Yes, there are times like that.
Ohno: So how many times would you sniff it?
Nino: Ohno-san… what the heck are you talking about?!
Narrator: The actress, Yoshitaka Yuriko. Last year, she was ranked first in the list of Up and Coming Actresses, a 22 year old currently riding on the wave of popularity. And the film which first put her in the limelight as an actress was…!
Yuri: I don’t want to be in a world like this.
Jun: Oh, I’ve watched this.
Yuri: I want to set this thoroughly dark world on fire.
Narrator: That was her first leading role in the movie, Snakes and Earrings. She put her life at risk in an extreme portrayal of violence and sex, and brought out the essence of her role. Beginning with the Japanese Academy Best Actress and Newcomer Award, she was nominated and awarded for various awards. And now, in the movie “Gantz”, that premieres the day after, she plays a classmate who has an interest in the leading character portrayed by Ninomiya, Kurono Kei. She makes her presence felt in the movie.
Nino: There’s someone who’s waiting for me. [X-Gun scene] A hero’s got to take down the bad guys.
Narrator: And tonight we’ll get closer to Yoshitaka Yuriko’s real self!
Naka: And to welcome Yoshitaka Yuriko, we’ve prepared this plan tonight: The “What if Yoshitaka Yuriko were your girlfriend?” Database!
Nino: Oh, what is this about?
Sho: This is something new.
Naka: That’s right. We’ve talked about various things in our interview with Yoshitaka-san, and there are various topics of interest that was recorded. And we thought that this time, if Yoshitaka Yuriko were to be your girlfriend, it would be pretty stimulating. With that in mind, we could get closer to Yoshitaka-san’s real face.
Jun: As expected, when I hear about her from other people, she comes across as someone who is unique, or should I say, different. I heard this through the grapevine. I wonder what kind of person she is?
Sho: I get the feeling that she’s a person who’s let loose!
Naka: We have here the type of guy she likes. Firstly, someone who is cheerful. That’s nice. And then, someone who treasures his family.
Sho: That’s pretty normal.
Naka: And the third point is, a XXXXX person.
Sho: If you were to go with the flow, it would be someone who is gentle.
Naka: A gentle person, yes?
Aiba: I’ve got one! Someone with a lot of moles?
[Translator’s note: Aiba-chan, are you referring to Nino? He’s got a lot of moles.]
Naka: That does happen once in a while as well. It’s someone who is a little XXXX.
Jun: A person who is a little gross.
Naka: That would be correct!
Jun: Are you serious?
Sho: A person who’s cheerful, treasures his family, but is a little gross doesn’t come by easily!
Matsu: Did you experience that personally? While thinking that the person was gross.
Yuri: Yes. He was sitting on the table, and as we were talking, he started tearing tissue into little bits. He then spread the tissue out onto the table. Hmph! [lets out a deep breath of air]
Jun: He was making the tissue fly all over by his breath?
Yuri: Although he was being gross by making the tissue fly all over the place, I kinda like it.
Matsu: I don’t get it at all.
Sho: Did you like the fact that you couldn’t get a grasp of that person?
Yuri: I guess I enjoy the fact that the person is slightly gross…
Naka: Actually, we’ve prepared scraps of paper, so let’s see how it turns out. Please bring it in!
Jun: Well it’s begun! This is the VIP Room!
Everyone: Good evening!
Matsushima: Isn’t everyone looking rather simple today?
Aiba: Now that someone with sloping shoulders isn’t around… It somehow doesn’t fit well.
Matsushima: It doesn’t fit well, eh?
Nino: And why isn’t he here?
Aiba: Explain it to us please.
Nino: Didn’t it happen on last week’s episode of Arashi-chan? The people who watched it would have known, [Sakurai] was the one who was unsold the most number of times on Mannequin Five…
Aiba: Ahh, he had lots of stickers stuck on him…
Nino: And because of that, just now, the Master (referring to Sho) and Verbal-san, whom he respects, went for a Fashion training outdoor shoot. Let’s see what he came up with.
Jun: Shall we have him come on stage now? The Reborn Sakurai Sho, 2011 version.
[Coordination theme: Sho (Ready to soar)]
[The members of Arashi start praying to Sho, who waves his hand as he comes on stage.]
Matsushima: Is there a translator here with us today?
[Sho whispers to Nino]
Nino: He says, “Please favor me today.”
Matsushima: What do you think Arashi will be like in 2011?
Sho: $^#&*!$^ [speaks gibberish]
Nino: Well although we’re pretty much at the peak now, but we’ve still got lots to go!
Nakajima: What do the members think?
Ohno: How shall I put it? There’s no neck, so that makes it interesting.
Nino: And even though it looks rather chic at a glance, could you face the back please?
Naka: Please do us the honor. [Sho obliges and turns to the back.] It looks like it’s been gathered.
Naka: The sloping shoulders and the double parka don’t matter anymore. All the problems have been solved at once!
Sho: I think it must be pretty bad for the guest today!
Jun: I mean, it is the VIP room today, right?
Naka: That’s right.
Nino: Yeah, we’ve got to bring it!
Naka: So, for the guest today, how is she related to Arashi?
Sho: Nino’s acted with her before.
Nino: That’s right, we’ve acted together.
Jun: I’ve wanted to meet her!
Nino: You haven’t really seen her much, right? On variety shows like these.
Jun: I wonder what she talks about.
Nino: I think it would be better for you to look at what’s inside her head. It’s pretty strange…
Sho: She feels like a rather interesting person-I mean, it’s weird that this is coming from me…
Nino: That’s right.
Narrator: Himitsu no Arashi-chan, VIP Room! Tonight’s VIP guest has the following impressions of Arashi!
Narration: Her image of Ninomiya-kun is…
Narration: A Star!
Narration: Her image of Sakurai-kun is…
[The infamous episode where the guys try to eat beef bowl in a manly way to impress Inoue Mao.]
Sho: The taste is too bland! [pours beef bowl sauce into his mouth]
Narration: It’s scary once he lets loose, almost like a model student.
Sho: That’s representative of what’s happening here!
Narration: Her image of Aiba-kun is…
Aiba: Time out! Time out! HELP!
Narration: A person who wishes to be groped.
Narration: Her image of Matsumoto-kun is…
Jun: I’ve come to take you away. [change to scene on motor bike] That’s because I love you. [change to Marionette 5] Let’s get married.
Narration: Heisei Trendy.
[Heisei refers to the period they’re in, namely from 1989 to present]
Jun: Heisei Trendy?
Narration: Her image of Ohno-kun is…
Marie: Let’s hold hands!
Ohno: Grab my hand more tightly!
Nakajima: [watches as Ohno tries on a bra] Riida, you’re being rather proactive here…
Matsushima: Run, Riida, run!
Narration: The most perverted.
Sho: That’s what you’d think if you only saw this video!
Narration: And the guest who has these impressions of Arashi is this person!
[Yoshitaka Yuriko enters, but does a double take when she sees Sho]
Naka: Introducing our guest for tonight, together with our prince here, it’s Yoshitaka Yuriko!
Nino: Prince!
Sho: Everyone come forward!
Naka: Is she your wife?
Sho: Yoshitaka-san, you know quite a bit about Arashi!
Jun: He can speak normally!
Yuri: What happened? [referring to his outfit]
Sho: On the contrary, what do you think of it?
Yuri: I would love to share in your good fortune!
Sho: It suits me?
Yuri: [thumbs up]
Sho: [thumbs up] Thank you! I got Yoshitaka-san’s stamp of approval! Let’s start with Ninomiya-kun!
Yuri: Yes!
Sho: “A Star!”
Yuri: That’s right.
Sho: When did that impression form?
Yuri: We were always together on set for the movie, and the people there called him a “star”.
Nino: My nickname was “star”!
Jun: Who called you a “star”?
Nino: The staff!
Yuri: Yes.
Jun: And Matsuken-kun as well?
Nino: You mean when Matsuken was addressing me?
Jun: Yup.
Nino: He said, “Ninomiya-san”!
Sho: And for Ohno-san… It’s an amazing phrase. The Most Perverted. Is there any phrase that carries a greater impact?
Nino: Congratulations! She said you were the “Most [Perverted]”!
Yuri: I wonder how far his imagination goes? It’s like his imagination is unfathomable, it has a borderless feel to it. And that’s scary.
Ohno: I’m pretty sure everyone’s a pervert!
Sho: You mean everyone has an element of perverseness in them?
Nino: Why don’t you approximate how perverse everyone here is?
Aiba: Like the extent of how perverted we are?
Ohno: Now then, you would sniff things which are smelly, right?
Aiba: Yeah, I would.
Ohno: And even though you think, “Oh man, this stinks!” You would take another sniff, right?
Aiba: Yes, there are times like that.
Ohno: So how many times would you sniff it?
Nino: Ohno-san… what the heck are you talking about?!
Narrator: The actress, Yoshitaka Yuriko. Last year, she was ranked first in the list of Up and Coming Actresses, a 22 year old currently riding on the wave of popularity. And the film which first put her in the limelight as an actress was…!
Yuri: I don’t want to be in a world like this.
Jun: Oh, I’ve watched this.
Yuri: I want to set this thoroughly dark world on fire.
Narrator: That was her first leading role in the movie, Snakes and Earrings. She put her life at risk in an extreme portrayal of violence and sex, and brought out the essence of her role. Beginning with the Japanese Academy Best Actress and Newcomer Award, she was nominated and awarded for various awards. And now, in the movie “Gantz”, that premieres the day after, she plays a classmate who has an interest in the leading character portrayed by Ninomiya, Kurono Kei. She makes her presence felt in the movie.
Nino: There’s someone who’s waiting for me. [X-Gun scene] A hero’s got to take down the bad guys.
Narrator: And tonight we’ll get closer to Yoshitaka Yuriko’s real self!
Naka: And to welcome Yoshitaka Yuriko, we’ve prepared this plan tonight: The “What if Yoshitaka Yuriko were your girlfriend?” Database!
Nino: Oh, what is this about?
Sho: This is something new.
Naka: That’s right. We’ve talked about various things in our interview with Yoshitaka-san, and there are various topics of interest that was recorded. And we thought that this time, if Yoshitaka Yuriko were to be your girlfriend, it would be pretty stimulating. With that in mind, we could get closer to Yoshitaka-san’s real face.
Jun: As expected, when I hear about her from other people, she comes across as someone who is unique, or should I say, different. I heard this through the grapevine. I wonder what kind of person she is?
Sho: I get the feeling that she’s a person who’s let loose!
Naka: We have here the type of guy she likes. Firstly, someone who is cheerful. That’s nice. And then, someone who treasures his family.
Sho: That’s pretty normal.
Naka: And the third point is, a XXXXX person.
Sho: If you were to go with the flow, it would be someone who is gentle.
Naka: A gentle person, yes?
Aiba: I’ve got one! Someone with a lot of moles?
[Translator’s note: Aiba-chan, are you referring to Nino? He’s got a lot of moles.]
Naka: That does happen once in a while as well. It’s someone who is a little XXXX.
Jun: A person who is a little gross.
Naka: That would be correct!
Jun: Are you serious?
Sho: A person who’s cheerful, treasures his family, but is a little gross doesn’t come by easily!
Matsu: Did you experience that personally? While thinking that the person was gross.
Yuri: Yes. He was sitting on the table, and as we were talking, he started tearing tissue into little bits. He then spread the tissue out onto the table. Hmph! [lets out a deep breath of air]
Jun: He was making the tissue fly all over by his breath?
Yuri: Although he was being gross by making the tissue fly all over the place, I kinda like it.
Matsu: I don’t get it at all.
Sho: Did you like the fact that you couldn’t get a grasp of that person?
Yuri: I guess I enjoy the fact that the person is slightly gross…
Naka: Actually, we’ve prepared scraps of paper, so let’s see how it turns out. Please bring it in!