{Winkup} June 09 HSJ
Winkup June 2009 - HSJ Tricksters
Yabu Kota x Yaotome Hikaru x Arioka Daiki x Okamoto Keito x Yamada Ryosuke
Interview was taken in the midst of country wide tour for JUMP.
In this month, we had them talk about happenings during concert or disaster that occurred behind the scenes.
I’m thinking of going 3 times more mature than usual today.
Yabu: Oh, aren’t our positions today like how it is during MC in concerts?
Yamada: You’re right. Yabu kun and Hikaru kun stands at both ends putting everyone else in between… kind of style, right?
Yabu: Yup, like a hamburger. Hikaru is the harder bun and I’m the softer bun.
Arioka: I didn’t know there were different kinds of buns picked (laughs).
Okamoto: I can’t talk well in this position. Hey Dai chan, can we switch seats?
Yamada: Keito has his own pickiness for his talks (laughs).
Okamoto: It’s easy for me to talk when I have about the same number of people on the both side.
Yabu: (Whispering) Keito is the mustard.
Yaotome: You don’t have to use hamburger as the metaphor every time (laughs).
Yabu: My standing position during MC has Takaki standing next to me most of the time but he’s always one step behind of everyone else. He probably thinks either me or Hikaru will talk to him if our eyes meet and that’s why he’s always in the back hiding (laughs)
Yaotome: I usually pass around the talk like crazy not worrying about those things though (laughs). That reminds me, I don’t usually have interview with Yamada that often.
Yamada: I’m thinking of going 3 times more mature than usual today.
Arioka: What kind of announcement was that? (laughs) I know, it’s because you’re going into high school in April.
Yamada: Exactly
Yaotome: (Looking at his uniform) Oh, Yamada wears his school shirt with first two unbuttoned. Hmm, that’s a little dangerous (laughs).
Yamada: Eh, really? You’re a bad kid if you have the first two unbuttoned? …. (buttons them)
Yaotome: Good! Yamada really is a carefree kid. Even during the MC, he create his own character all the sudden and announce that to the world. When he becomes that character, he’d start talking. Um…. How exactly are you guys going to say something about this, just watch his skills…. Is it (laughs)?
Yamada: In the end, I end up making a fool of myself.
Yaotome: But Yama chan, you always look satisfied with it so I think that’s a good thing (laughs). But I wonder…. I wonder if that’ll continue on in the future. I want to ask just in case we have to prepare ourselves (laughs).
Yamada: It’s fine. You can’t be scared of failing at getting a laugh or two! Someone once said, your heart will grow stronger with repeated failed attempts.
Yaotome: That was me (laughs). Yeah, I’m not scared of it either. Lately, I’ve been picking up myself after a bad joke… that’s an advanced technique I learned (laughs). Behind that thick wall, there was a skill called “2 act by one” (laughs).With this rate, I bet I could make a “failed attempts collection” (laughs)
Arioka: Is that included in the DVD special (laughs)?
Yabu: Ah, then we can make “Yabu’s failed attempts collection” too. Shall we put both together (laughs)?
Arioka: Yabu kun usually fails when he starts talking with his usual maniac talk.
Yaotome: So “Yabu’s maniac fails collection” is the right way to say it (laughs)
Yabu: That’s good! It’s like Stojković!
Arioka: Tha, thank you…
Yaotome: He just explained it in soccer player terms. This is why the audience and the rest of us feel left behind because you keep throwing in things like that.
Arioka: It’s okay, that was on the light side. It’s was in the level where I could reply “thank you” (laughs)
Yabu: Honestly, I wanted to say “Kamo Shu” or other mania with soccer players…
Everyone: ….
Arioka: Excuse me but who’s that?
Yabu: Manger who retired before World Cup…
Arioka: Manger! I don’t know that! Readers, this is what we mean (laughs).
Yabu: ~JUMP’s bad side is that if someone fails during MC, they leave it like that!
Yamada: You’re right, no one picks up after that (laughs).
Yaotome: Exactly! Even in the dressing room! You guys make a mess and don’t clean it up (laughs)!
Yabu: The only member who cleans up after is Yuto and… Keito too. Different from Keito who cleans up without saying a word, I think Yuto wants everyone else know because he says “gosh, there’s so much trash you guys!” and cleans up after us (laughs)
Arioka: Ah, I know! He’s like a mother figure (laughs)
Yabu: Yuto is Miyamoto and Keito is Inamoto type
Okamoto: Ah, I know Inamoto!
Yamada: Then, maybe Keito should try cleaning up after in the MC next.
Yaotome: Yeah, Keito and I spend time with each other a lot so you can look after me.
Okamoto: That’s not it. When it’s just the two of us, he doesn’t make jokes at all unlike how it is right now. That’s why there’s no need for me to do that.
Yaotome: Ah, you’re right. We do have normal talks.
Okamoto: Therefore, there are no failed attempts or jokes.
Yaotome: It’s a typical conversation like “It’s warm today” “yeah, it is” (laughs). I see… I guess I should start saying jokes when it’s the two of us from now on.
You were actually nervous thinking “I’m talking to Hikaru kun right now~” (laughs)
Yabu: When there are 10 members, it’s hard to have a long talk with just the two. I had an outside filming with Hikaru for a show the other day and we talked for 2 hours in the bus on the way back. I spent my 2 hours thinking “oh, I haven’t talked to Hikaru like this for a while now…”
Yaotome: Eh, you were? I didn’t think too deeply that I just talked to you like any other time (laughs). You were actually nervous thinking “I’m talking to HIkaru kun right now~” (laughs).
Yabu: I was (laughs)
Yamada: What kind of talk is this? (laughs)
Yabu: I just talked about how Dai chan is a good assistant but to me, Inoo chan is pretty high leveled and Yamada has potential too.
Yamada: Really? I have no confidence at all…
Yabu: You say things like “I didn’t do well today” after the MC but I think you have good sense in talks.
Yaotome: Don’t be disappointed with your “bad jokes” until you experience my level of bad jokes (laughs)
Yabu: Exactly. That’s why I can watch Dai chan and Yamada at ease when you guys start talking. Yeah, you guys are like Inamoto…
Arioka: Soccer player again!
Okamoto: But you said I was Inamoto (laughs)!
Yaotome: Has the Miracle child・Ryutaro perform any miracles lately on MC?
Yabu: I can’t predict what kind of topic he’ll start talking about (laughs)
Arioka: People were excited about WBC at the moment in Nagoya stage so remember how he was really wounded up talking about that topic
Yamada: We talked about just that for 10 minutes.
We were all quiet right after debut even with 10 members
Yabu: I got a little upset when Ryutaro said “Yabu kun, you’re really funny” (laughs). I understand if it was “Yabu kun’s that story was funny” (laughs). And Chinen’s talk! When I listen to it, I feel like I just drank green tea (laughs)
Yamada: Yeah, it’s so mellow (laughs)
Okamoto: I know, you just feel loosen up (laughs). Chinen was the one who rotated the talks around on ~7 concert’s MC. We were all relaxed from the green tea power (laughs).
Yamada: There was no trace of jokes, it was truly in a soothing atmosphere
Yabu: I really want to see Chinen pass around (talks) as an MC. When I went to see ~ 7 concert, I ended up appearing on MC and passing the talks. I really did say “I’m not going up (on the stage)” but they insisted…. And I got up on the stage.
Yaotome: Yeah, it was like that when Dai chan and I went too. That’s why I haven’t seen just ~7’s MC.
Arioka: Right? But we’re all getting more used to MC now lately compared to how we were all quiet right after debut even with 10 members.
Yabu: Personally, I’m still worried. I can feel my heart beat when MC nears like “ah~, it’s MC time soon”
Yaotome: Eh, really? I’m totally fine. Instead, I’m more “I wonder how long it is until MC” and look forward to it. Before, I was worried about not having a topic but lately I’m starting to think “I could just make up a topic at the spot”
Okamoto: Oh~ that’s reassuring!
Yabu: I guess that’s right. I’m starting to understand how we could go into a good direction if we have one big theme and let ourselves just flow.
Arioka: Exactly. If we decide “let’s talk about this or let’s talk that” first, we end up having this awkward mood because the talk can start and end abruptly
Yaotome: Hey, we’ve only talked about MC for the concert this month (laughs). We haven’t talked about dancing, makings, or music at all (laughs).
Yamada: But isn’t it a good thing that we care about MC? I want people who came to the concert feel “I had fun today” and you want them to think “~JUMP’s talks are pretty funny” too. I love comedy and I think we have to do more than look cool!
Arioka: It’s really true. You can see the member’s true self in MC and we don’t get those chances that often.
Okamoto: When we’re taking this interview, we still have Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Sendai left for ~JUMP concerts. I’m really looking forward to all of those new places we’ve never been to as JUMP.
Yaotome: It’s really fun to travel around the country. I felt that the each venue have different mood depending on different places. In Fukuoka, they had a ~JUMP call 20 minutes before live. I was really happy about that.
Okamoto: Ah, I was surprised too! It’ll be over when this magazine comes out though. Yamada: Oh yeah. I hope we can go on up on the stage pretty soon. Then, please check out the MC that we worked hard for, not just the songs and dances! I will not be afraid of failing (laughs)!
※When the guys talked about "failed attempts" the exact translation was 「すべる」a term often used to describe a person who got bad reaction from a joke/performance/etc. My voabs are still limited and I don't have the best translation for that. Sorry. If anyone has a better one or see any grammer mistakes, feel free to make a comment!