[Trans] Kame Camera - Vol.49 WIND
Slowly catching up!
I remember this issue hit me as I think it was one of the first times Kame was expressly referring to leaving the group after debut, and from his words it's actually possible to backtime those moments. And what he says after sounds particularly close, despite being said even before 9uarter...
These Maquia are all 2015 interviews. I wrote all numbers and release date on top of all issues.
**please keep in mind that each Maquia's interview was probably made 1 to 2 months before its release date**
ps: thanks to scorch66 who, as always, read them and kindly fixed my non-native English :)
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Published on Maquia 2015.07, released in May.
KAME CAMERA
What's the scenery of the bottom of the heart that Kamenashi Kazuya's lens reflects?
Vol. 49 風 WIND
「I like feeling a new breeze. But don't live leaving everything up to the wind. You must row towards the future with your own strength」
I went to Dominican Republic for work. Reporting the baseball culture, talking with the children living there, interacting with the rich nature... I could experience a lot of things I haven't experienced until now and my heart was so cleansed by it. I felt a wind different from Japan, I could load a new power!
Some days ago, after playing at Futako-Tamagawa, we four men came back home in the train. It's just this, but I could feel a fresh breeze and it was fun. After joining this world, how many years have there been of going back and forth between house, work, restaurants, and filming spots by car. What everyone considers to be small everyday things, I consider to be adventures!
I always want to feel the wind. My roots must be of a free, outdoor-oriented person. When I was a kid, I was looking forward to the usual family campings. Although thinking about it now, those outings were because we weren't a wealthy family (laughs). Myself back then enjoyed staying in a tent more than hotels! We settled the tent not only at the mountain but also by the sea. Trying to settle the tent on the sand, the sea wind was too strong and many times it was blown away (laughs). Including these happenings, they're all good memories.
The part of me that enjoys soaking in the wind once going out into the vast world is unchanged now too. But I also know that as a famous person, the less I go outside the less troubles may happen. As a consequence, I just learned to limit the outings and interactions with many people. When I go overseas where no one knows me, I go back to being a nature kid (laughs). When I travelled to a certain country, the taxi driver of the car I stopped by chance was a young man, so we chatted and became in good terms. We made an appointment for the day after and he guided me around the whole day. He even brought me to a special place with no Japanese people around! When I came back, I expressed my gratitude by sending him the picture we took together and a letter. I'm friendly, aren’t I? (laughs) Maybe if I hadn't joined this world, I guess I would have become such an open adult even here in Japan.
A workaholic who wants a new wall more than a brief relax time
I think that feeling the wind is extremely important in this job too. After the drama filming ended I had some room in my schedule and I could drink with friends and eat delicious food. But somewhere in my heart I am already looking for a new wind. I want to find the next hurdle and overcome it. I'm quite work-intoxicated, aren’t I? (laughs) Recently I came to understand the direction I want to pursue as Kamenashi Kazuya, so maybe I'm impatient to go towards that direction soon.
What's important for this is reading the wind properly and joining the favorable wind. But only waiting for the wind won't make it happen; plus I think that if I leave everything up to the wind, I won't reach the place I want. It has been like this even up until now. The song “Seishun Amigo” that made me recognizable to the world wasn't a wind that appeared out of the sudden. I was utterly distressed, “is it okay to debut with this song?”, but I decided it was my own responsibility and I challenged it full force. For this reason a small wind was born and after that it became stronger and stronger.
KAT-TUN’s debut song hit was the same. We were lucky, but without the many years before the debut in which we existed with our own power, that wind wouldn't have risen. Regarding KAT-TUN, in these 9 years there have been more unfavorable winds than favorable. But you know, thanks to that we confronted each other. I've never said it, but actually even I had a period when I was about to be disheartened in continuing being in the group. But every time I thought that, an opposite wind came up and I made up my mind again “I have to do something!”. I was always worried, and my feelings for this group are strong as I desperately continued supporting this group until now. But you know, from now on I think that we can't continue with only the feelings. Everyone has to challenge work with a heightened sense of danger. Without relying on the fact of being a group, each one of us must hold a fighting spirit and the decision of arising a new wind with their own power. I believe that this wind will naturally turn into a favorable wind, and will surely clear up the path for a new KAT-TUN world.
As much as KAT-TUN had unfavorable winds, feelings and the sense of responsibility became stronger. I think that from now on, a decision and a sense of danger are necessary.
Kame’s fixed point of observation
The photoshoot was held in open air, embraced by the sun and the cherry blossoms scattering. Even just walking down the roads, he looks like he’s enjoining it. “Since my job means I have to pay attention when I walk out, I'm happy when I can go outside for work! Because it's totally okay to be seen. Well, it doesn't mean that I'm doing bad stuff when I go out in private (laughs)” He said that recently he could get some holidays and went overseas, “I want to know with my skin the culture and knowledge of many countries. I want to shorten the distance with the world as a single human being”.
By Maquia
I remember this issue hit me as I think it was one of the first times Kame was expressly referring to leaving the group after debut, and from his words it's actually possible to backtime those moments. And what he says after sounds particularly close, despite being said even before 9uarter...
These Maquia are all 2015 interviews. I wrote all numbers and release date on top of all issues.
**please keep in mind that each Maquia's interview was probably made 1 to 2 months before its release date**
ps: thanks to scorch66 who, as always, read them and kindly fixed my non-native English :)
***************************************************
Published on Maquia 2015.07, released in May.
KAME CAMERA
What's the scenery of the bottom of the heart that Kamenashi Kazuya's lens reflects?
Vol. 49 風 WIND
「I like feeling a new breeze. But don't live leaving everything up to the wind. You must row towards the future with your own strength」
I went to Dominican Republic for work. Reporting the baseball culture, talking with the children living there, interacting with the rich nature... I could experience a lot of things I haven't experienced until now and my heart was so cleansed by it. I felt a wind different from Japan, I could load a new power!
Some days ago, after playing at Futako-Tamagawa, we four men came back home in the train. It's just this, but I could feel a fresh breeze and it was fun. After joining this world, how many years have there been of going back and forth between house, work, restaurants, and filming spots by car. What everyone considers to be small everyday things, I consider to be adventures!
I always want to feel the wind. My roots must be of a free, outdoor-oriented person. When I was a kid, I was looking forward to the usual family campings. Although thinking about it now, those outings were because we weren't a wealthy family (laughs). Myself back then enjoyed staying in a tent more than hotels! We settled the tent not only at the mountain but also by the sea. Trying to settle the tent on the sand, the sea wind was too strong and many times it was blown away (laughs). Including these happenings, they're all good memories.
The part of me that enjoys soaking in the wind once going out into the vast world is unchanged now too. But I also know that as a famous person, the less I go outside the less troubles may happen. As a consequence, I just learned to limit the outings and interactions with many people. When I go overseas where no one knows me, I go back to being a nature kid (laughs). When I travelled to a certain country, the taxi driver of the car I stopped by chance was a young man, so we chatted and became in good terms. We made an appointment for the day after and he guided me around the whole day. He even brought me to a special place with no Japanese people around! When I came back, I expressed my gratitude by sending him the picture we took together and a letter. I'm friendly, aren’t I? (laughs) Maybe if I hadn't joined this world, I guess I would have become such an open adult even here in Japan.
A workaholic who wants a new wall more than a brief relax time
I think that feeling the wind is extremely important in this job too. After the drama filming ended I had some room in my schedule and I could drink with friends and eat delicious food. But somewhere in my heart I am already looking for a new wind. I want to find the next hurdle and overcome it. I'm quite work-intoxicated, aren’t I? (laughs) Recently I came to understand the direction I want to pursue as Kamenashi Kazuya, so maybe I'm impatient to go towards that direction soon.
What's important for this is reading the wind properly and joining the favorable wind. But only waiting for the wind won't make it happen; plus I think that if I leave everything up to the wind, I won't reach the place I want. It has been like this even up until now. The song “Seishun Amigo” that made me recognizable to the world wasn't a wind that appeared out of the sudden. I was utterly distressed, “is it okay to debut with this song?”, but I decided it was my own responsibility and I challenged it full force. For this reason a small wind was born and after that it became stronger and stronger.
KAT-TUN’s debut song hit was the same. We were lucky, but without the many years before the debut in which we existed with our own power, that wind wouldn't have risen. Regarding KAT-TUN, in these 9 years there have been more unfavorable winds than favorable. But you know, thanks to that we confronted each other. I've never said it, but actually even I had a period when I was about to be disheartened in continuing being in the group. But every time I thought that, an opposite wind came up and I made up my mind again “I have to do something!”. I was always worried, and my feelings for this group are strong as I desperately continued supporting this group until now. But you know, from now on I think that we can't continue with only the feelings. Everyone has to challenge work with a heightened sense of danger. Without relying on the fact of being a group, each one of us must hold a fighting spirit and the decision of arising a new wind with their own power. I believe that this wind will naturally turn into a favorable wind, and will surely clear up the path for a new KAT-TUN world.
As much as KAT-TUN had unfavorable winds, feelings and the sense of responsibility became stronger. I think that from now on, a decision and a sense of danger are necessary.
Kame’s fixed point of observation
The photoshoot was held in open air, embraced by the sun and the cherry blossoms scattering. Even just walking down the roads, he looks like he’s enjoining it. “Since my job means I have to pay attention when I walk out, I'm happy when I can go outside for work! Because it's totally okay to be seen. Well, it doesn't mean that I'm doing bad stuff when I go out in private (laughs)” He said that recently he could get some holidays and went overseas, “I want to know with my skin the culture and knowledge of many countries. I want to shorten the distance with the world as a single human being”.
By Maquia