Translation of Monthly the TV 2009.07: Gekkan Arashi No.85 featuring Jun & Ohno designing caps for themselves & for the other 3 Arashi members XD
Scans credit to SNG :)
Our boys decorating caps with smiley faces & iron-ons... Cute!<3
☆ Words in grey: my side-notes/comments. Please do not repost my translations & credit if using. Thank you :)
From left to right:
Black cap for Sho
(made by Ohno)
Green cap for Nino
(made by Ohno & Jun)
Red cap for Ohno
(made by himself)
Blue cap for Jun
(made by himself)
Purple cap for Ohno
(made by Jun)
Colourful cap for Aiba
(made by Jun)
Translation of the captions
(Left) First of all, you have to choose your materials. Ohno looks at the rhinestones & studs with much interests, picking them up occasionally.
(Middle) On the other hand, Matsumoto stuff the cap with newspapers & he starts spraying various colours on the cap.
(Right) He didn’t hesitate at all. But it seems he didn’t plan ahead [laughs].
Ohno came up with the idea of hanging a very thin chain on the cap. “This looks like Sho-chan’s style right?” [laughs]. He draws an ‘S’ on the front & decorated it with rhinestones.
(Left) Matsumoto ironed the smiley face onto the cap. And he starts drawing on the empty space beside it.
(Right) A double ‘Smile’ cap is complete! “I kinda like this” He seems satisfied with the cap.
For Ninomiya’s cap, they came up with the design together. “For Nino, it has got to be this.” Matsumoto sticks a poker card iron-on on the cap. After which, Ohno adds some hand-drawn poker cards to it.
With regards to the multi-coloured cap which Matsumoto has given up on, Ohno said “Don’t worry, if it’s Aiba-chan, he’ll wear it!” He seems very positive. They decided to cover it up by sticking a skull on it (?).
Ohno took the ‘I ♥ NY’ iron-on & cut out the ‘N’ & the ‘♥’. So it becomes a ‘N♥ (Nino loves) poker cards’ design. Matsumoto carefully irons them onto the cap. He is becoming an iron-on expert.
Awww~ This is so cuteeee~
Original caps fashion show
In the end, they finished 6 caps!
(1) Matsumoto's ‘Smile’ cap, which he put all his efforts in making.
(2) For Aiba. After it was completed, Matsumoto said “I definitely will not wear this~” They burst out laughing.
(3) The first cap that Ohno made. He used felt cloth & rhinestones to make Tamo-san’s face.
(4) Ohno’s hand-drawn poker cards & Matsumoto ironed on poker cards. For Ninomiya.
(5) Matsumoto used a gold pen to write “Chicken Chilli” on the cap.
(6) “For the concert this year, Sho-chan will wear this during his solo!” Both of them seemed very happy ♥
Great design ideas popped up! All of them are of excellent workmanship.
Matsumoto: We made some really nice caps~!
Ohno: Chicken Chili (referring to the words on the cap that Jun made for him), thanks [laughs].
Matsumoto: Riida loves Chicken Chilli Curry.
Ohno: Times 5 the level of spiciness. I always order this when I go to a curry restaurant.
Matsumoto: The one that Riida made, is that a ‘Tamo-san’ cap? (Tamo-san: Tamori-san, the Music Station host)
Ohno: I didn’t really think about it. I just stick the lips-shaped iron-on on the cap.
Matsumoto: It can be used in Music Station [laughs].
Ohno: MatsuJun made a ‘Smile’ cap. That’s nice.
Matsumoto: This is really well done!
Ohno: It looks good. Really well done.
Matsumoto: The design just came to my mind [laughs]. Initially, I wanted to stick the smiley face iron-on & a Jack Daniel iron-on. But after I stick the smiley face iron-on, I think they won’t go well together. So I was wondering what to do with the empty space. Then I thought I could draw it myself.
Ohno: A personal touch!
Matsumoto: It’s No.1 [grins].
Ohno: It’s No.1.
Matsumoto: Amongst the collection of caps, this is out! A model could wear this in a fashion show.
Ohno: Nino’s one is too nice.
(I suppose they meant too 'normal' looking XD As compared to the rest :p)
Matsumoto: The shade of colour looks nice~ I think Nino can wear this out normally.
Ohno: He can use it when he performs magic tricks. I hope Sho-kun would really wear his cap too. This is quite fashionable.
Matsumoto: It’s like you don’t have to wear the necklace, you can also use it to accessorise your cap.
Ohno: I hope he wears it during the concerts.
Matsumoto: I’ll use my ‘Smile’ cap for the drama [laughs]. Or I could give it to Aragaki Yui-chan too. Then, Aiba-chan’s cap…
Ohno: [Stifles his laughter]
Matsumoto: Aiba-chan often buys clothes with this kind of pattern when he goes overseas, so it should okay right? He can use it during variety programmes. I definitely won’t wear it though [laughs]
Ohno: The colour is amazing [laughs]. MatsuJun ironed the skull on the cap perfectly.
Matsumoto: But this skull is kinda ugly~ [laughs]. But anyway, we did really well today ♥
Ohno: I look forward to giving the caps to everyone~
Extra snippet:
The original caps made with love & laughter by Ohno & Matsumoto. We received comments on the caps from the other 3 members.
Sakurai: “I might get strangled by this” *ROFL*
Ninomiya: “This is great! Thank you very much!”,
Aiba: ”The caps suit everyone [laughs]. Next time, let’s do a Masaki style cap.”
That day, everyone wore their respective caps during the staff meeting [laughs]. Awwww~ So sweet<3