A quick translation of yamapi's interview on the latest RAY magazine issue.
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YAMASHITA TOMOHISA
Wants to do something for the girl I like!
Yamashita Tomohisa kun with the pet name of Yamapi, gives off a mature aura lately and is getting more and more manly. However after analysing, I realised that he is still very pure and innocent.
"During elementary and middle school, I can easily fall in love with girls at first sight, and also all of them are girls of great popularity in class. I'm serious, I was really very pure and innocent last time (laughs). Usually a girl will like a boy who have a gap between between him and herself, guys are the same too. Another thing that remains unchanged from last time is wanting to do something for the girl that you like. At school when I was the duty person in charge of distributing the lunch boxes, I would specially bring some to her. Maa, I will only be like that towards the girl I like, in any case, I really want to present myself well."
However after I've grown big, I won't fall in love at first sight anymore.
"There are still times when I feel that the girl is cute, but at the start you don't know her character and so on yet right? So at this kind of times I won't fall in love or like. However if the girl I like or my girlfriend tells me to go out suddenly or within a short notice, no matter how tired I am, I will definitely go. My feeling of wanting to do something for the other party has never changed from before. Of course other than the times when I'm at work, but it is impossible to give the girlfriend happiness if I don't work."
Then what are your demands towards your girlfriend that are a must.
"Firstly, she need to have manners, I feel that greetings, words and actions are very important. I also hope that she can cook. For example when we are alone and we get hungry, I don't wish for my girlfriend to tell me things like wanting to eat xxx ne, If that happens, I will reply "I'm not hungry yet" oh (laughs). Also it maybe my own personal problem, but I don't want her to dress up till it's too revealing ne, it's even better if she wears a matching shorts underneath her skirt."
This kind of Yamashita kun is currently starring in the television drama 《CODE BLUE》, The role that he acts, is the same as Yamashita kun doing his best no matter what for the girl he likes, Aizawa Kousaku who is a trainee flight doctor, a front line job in the emergency department.
"The medical terms are really hard (laughs). But instead I am really happy because of these things which I have no choice but to do and memorise. Another thing is that helicopters are very cool, at the start I was still thinking that helicopters are very scary, but after that the borrowed helicopters turned out to be the ones used for real emergency, which are stable and do not shake too much, I was very relieved. Maybe it's tougher on the females."
The other casts ,Aragaki Yui chan, Toda Erika chan, Higa Manami chan, Asari Yosuke san and so on, are all veterians.
"Lately I can converse with the director and other casts. Last time, it used to be hard for me to start a conversation with someone of older age than me, could it be that I became more conscious of myself because I've grown up?"
Lastly, because this time the role is more senior, he was given a whole new hairstyle.
"I hesitated for very long about what to do, In the end I felt that curly hair still looks the most mature, I only need to let my hair dry naturally after washing it, so relaxing. But in private, I couldn't match with my clothes at all, really shocked. So I continued wearing T-shirts, didn't dress myself up well. It really doesn't match oh (laughs)."
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