A serious Tegoshi Yuya post.
I just finished watching Itte Q!’s segment for Tegoshi entitled “No Chara Life” in Cambodia - a segment wherein they want Tegoshi to leave his chara (flashy) life for 3 days and 2 nights in a self-sustaining village in a lake and do some self-reflection.
Even though his co-hosts were laughing at almost everything he said, I believe he was serious in what he was saying, especially his reflections during those 3 days:
“I basically live my life without regrets from not doing something.”
“It’s not humans who play with cellphones. It’s cellphones playing with us humans.”
“Rather than having superficial "likes,” I think it’s better to have sceneries or memories engraved in our hearts instead.“
"Humans will betray humans, but dogs will never betray humans.”
After hearing those words, I remembered what I believe was his most fragile period - the one during NEVERLAND Tour with all the issues and scandals, and most especially during QUARTETTO Tour when his father passed away. Behind those contagious smiles are countless tears, heavy feelings and tons of hard work.
But the one thing that he’s probably really sad of is his father not being able to watch him perform live. In QUARTETTO and NEVERLAND performances of Sakura Girl, he was always looking up - singing to his father his most favorite NEWS song.
Now I am absolutely confident that I am following the right person.
PS Thanks to chiseen for subbing the video!