memorable quotes from ARASHIGOTO
last night, i read the book "arashigoto" for the Xth time.......(lol) actually, i haven't read it that many times......3 or 4 times at the most.
sometimes it makes me wanna cry while reading the 10,000words interview.
it gave me insights of how arashi grew as a group, and how they felt before and how they are feeling now.
it was painful to know that many of them had to give up their goals at the time to become "arashi", which they didn't even intend to be, but it made be even happier when i realized that not one member regrets on taking the challenge as becoming the member of "arashi".
It seems like i was only picking up the bizzare and weird (and also ecchi) parts of arashi (lol), so i will pick up some memorable comments published on the book.
its just words, but i think some people would have read it already so i'll hide it! i hope my first livejournal cut works......fufufu!
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*SAKURAI SHO
"if the volleyball worldcup was a year later, i would have been a normal university student"
"when we said the words "we are arashi" at the end of the 1st concert, we were more like saying it to our selves. i needed a proof that i was arashi, since the 6 months after forming arashi has gone so quickly for me without any realistic proof that i am a member of arashi"
"i know how close and friendly arashi is, but it will be nice if we could get into a big fight once or twice in the future. I can say this because i'm definetly sure that the consecuences are going to be positive for us."
"the thing we need to work on at the moment is "talking". all five of us are not.....desparate of taking the spotlight amongst the five of us, so although we talk a lot when no one is looking, we close our mouth in front of the TV. its not good, i know. I didn't think being "desparate" or "pushy" was necessary for me, but i think i need it as a person who works in the tv industry.
*OHNO SATOSHI
"I always felt underminded as a jr. whenever i was dancing in the back for more popular kids, i was thinking "i am a much better dancer"
(during kyo-to-kyo)"one day when I was getting ready at backstage, I realized I was crying. I couldn't stop crying on stage as well. "I want to go back to tokyo.......I want to go back to tokyo...." that was all i could think of (lol)"
"I can never forget the happines I felt when I found my first uchiwa at Arashi's 1st concert"
"we had a big talk during the "here we go" concert. I felt so happy when i knew how arashi was so important for the other members as well. It made me reassure that i could spend my time with them in the future"
*AIBA MASAKI
"when i heard i was going to debut as "arashi", i was just so worried and worried"
"I love arashi. I think its my meaning of life at the moment. So naturally words like "gosh, arashi is so cool.....daisukidayo" pops out of my mouth (lol)
"Because i was "arashi", i was able to have future goals that i didn't have back then. I've learned to work hard to meet those goals. I have a lot of things i want to do right now."
"the toughest time i experienced since i became arashi was when i got sick. It was so hard to cope, I even thought i might get kicked out of arashi. But now, whenever i see my scars from the surgury, i remember the feeling i had back then and think "ganbarou" to myself.
"showbiz is tough. the first year you debut as a new johnnys group, everyone will want to know about you just because of that. From the 2nd and 3rd year, you won't get focused unless you stand up and do something by yourself. But it gets more tough, because if the group doesn't have something that attracts people, no one will even try to look at your accomplishments"
*NINOMIYA KASUNARI
"right before i went to hawaii for the debut press confrence of arashi, i was getting ready to quit the jimusho and go to the US to study filming. I did save up money for it as well. So the debut conference was basically my life's worst situation at the time. But i still had to answer questions like "how do you feel getting picked for the member of arashi?". Of course i answered "im very happy!". But no one will ever understand how i felt at that moment. i was stuck in a situation 180 degrees opposite of where i really want to be, but i didn't have the power to change that by myself. It made me laugh. I thought, "how misrable am I?"
"I started to think about acting after i debut as arashi. I didn't want to make a mess and make people think that the group arashi itself is overvalued.
"i think the existance of an"idol" is for the fans, so as an idol, doing whatever you want to do isn't acceptable. well, not just "inacceptable", its "inappropriate" because the idol will loose its meaning of existance" (03.01.31)
"I've always felt uncomfortable around people and liked to be alone, but i never thought i grew up and matured by myself. I was always supported and protected by someone, and thats how i became who i am."
*MATSUMOTO JUN
"i was so worried when i became "arashi"....the first thing that i thought was "why is it us?"
"you might not see it on the outside, but all the member are always ready to "fight" any battle. They just don't show it to people. So in that case, i thought i was my job to become very straight foward and show my intention of fighting."
"the "here we go" concert that we did in 2002 became memorable for all the members i believe. It was the first time when we actually got together with the five of us and discussed matters like "how are we going to shape arashi in the future?" and "how are we going to shape ourselves individually" and "what is the meaning of arashi for us?". I always felt like this kind of talk was necessary, but it didn't happen until that moment. maybe it was just timing. When you think about it, us five were just collected from different backgrounds in terms of most factors: personality, life style....etc. so of course the things we want to accomplish is different from the others. But until then, we never really said it out loud. From that point on, i think it was easier for the members to say out loud what they really wanted to do. And this was a big thing for us."
"the thing we talked about during the "here we go" concert is something we are working our butts off to accomplish, so i can't say it now."
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*sigh* translating these made me think alot......my boys are MUCH MUCH matured and grown up than we see them.
sometimes i question the age of these five boys (especially when im watching udauda or AnoArashi), but frankly, they think much more than people who are the same age as them.
i love how they never for get to appriciate the fans and the people around them.
i love how they are so majime (serious) when it comes to the future of arashi.
i love....i love them period.
sometimes it makes me wanna cry while reading the 10,000words interview.
it gave me insights of how arashi grew as a group, and how they felt before and how they are feeling now.
it was painful to know that many of them had to give up their goals at the time to become "arashi", which they didn't even intend to be, but it made be even happier when i realized that not one member regrets on taking the challenge as becoming the member of "arashi".
It seems like i was only picking up the bizzare and weird (and also ecchi) parts of arashi (lol), so i will pick up some memorable comments published on the book.
its just words, but i think some people would have read it already so i'll hide it! i hope my first livejournal cut works......fufufu!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
*SAKURAI SHO
"if the volleyball worldcup was a year later, i would have been a normal university student"
"when we said the words "we are arashi" at the end of the 1st concert, we were more like saying it to our selves. i needed a proof that i was arashi, since the 6 months after forming arashi has gone so quickly for me without any realistic proof that i am a member of arashi"
"i know how close and friendly arashi is, but it will be nice if we could get into a big fight once or twice in the future. I can say this because i'm definetly sure that the consecuences are going to be positive for us."
"the thing we need to work on at the moment is "talking". all five of us are not.....desparate of taking the spotlight amongst the five of us, so although we talk a lot when no one is looking, we close our mouth in front of the TV. its not good, i know. I didn't think being "desparate" or "pushy" was necessary for me, but i think i need it as a person who works in the tv industry.
*OHNO SATOSHI
"I always felt underminded as a jr. whenever i was dancing in the back for more popular kids, i was thinking "i am a much better dancer"
(during kyo-to-kyo)"one day when I was getting ready at backstage, I realized I was crying. I couldn't stop crying on stage as well. "I want to go back to tokyo.......I want to go back to tokyo...." that was all i could think of (lol)"
"I can never forget the happines I felt when I found my first uchiwa at Arashi's 1st concert"
"we had a big talk during the "here we go" concert. I felt so happy when i knew how arashi was so important for the other members as well. It made me reassure that i could spend my time with them in the future"
*AIBA MASAKI
"when i heard i was going to debut as "arashi", i was just so worried and worried"
"I love arashi. I think its my meaning of life at the moment. So naturally words like "gosh, arashi is so cool.....daisukidayo" pops out of my mouth (lol)
"Because i was "arashi", i was able to have future goals that i didn't have back then. I've learned to work hard to meet those goals. I have a lot of things i want to do right now."
"the toughest time i experienced since i became arashi was when i got sick. It was so hard to cope, I even thought i might get kicked out of arashi. But now, whenever i see my scars from the surgury, i remember the feeling i had back then and think "ganbarou" to myself.
"showbiz is tough. the first year you debut as a new johnnys group, everyone will want to know about you just because of that. From the 2nd and 3rd year, you won't get focused unless you stand up and do something by yourself. But it gets more tough, because if the group doesn't have something that attracts people, no one will even try to look at your accomplishments"
*NINOMIYA KASUNARI
"right before i went to hawaii for the debut press confrence of arashi, i was getting ready to quit the jimusho and go to the US to study filming. I did save up money for it as well. So the debut conference was basically my life's worst situation at the time. But i still had to answer questions like "how do you feel getting picked for the member of arashi?". Of course i answered "im very happy!". But no one will ever understand how i felt at that moment. i was stuck in a situation 180 degrees opposite of where i really want to be, but i didn't have the power to change that by myself. It made me laugh. I thought, "how misrable am I?"
"I started to think about acting after i debut as arashi. I didn't want to make a mess and make people think that the group arashi itself is overvalued.
"i think the existance of an"idol" is for the fans, so as an idol, doing whatever you want to do isn't acceptable. well, not just "inacceptable", its "inappropriate" because the idol will loose its meaning of existance" (03.01.31)
"I've always felt uncomfortable around people and liked to be alone, but i never thought i grew up and matured by myself. I was always supported and protected by someone, and thats how i became who i am."
*MATSUMOTO JUN
"i was so worried when i became "arashi"....the first thing that i thought was "why is it us?"
"you might not see it on the outside, but all the member are always ready to "fight" any battle. They just don't show it to people. So in that case, i thought i was my job to become very straight foward and show my intention of fighting."
"the "here we go" concert that we did in 2002 became memorable for all the members i believe. It was the first time when we actually got together with the five of us and discussed matters like "how are we going to shape arashi in the future?" and "how are we going to shape ourselves individually" and "what is the meaning of arashi for us?". I always felt like this kind of talk was necessary, but it didn't happen until that moment. maybe it was just timing. When you think about it, us five were just collected from different backgrounds in terms of most factors: personality, life style....etc. so of course the things we want to accomplish is different from the others. But until then, we never really said it out loud. From that point on, i think it was easier for the members to say out loud what they really wanted to do. And this was a big thing for us."
"the thing we talked about during the "here we go" concert is something we are working our butts off to accomplish, so i can't say it now."
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
*sigh* translating these made me think alot......my boys are MUCH MUCH matured and grown up than we see them.
sometimes i question the age of these five boys (especially when im watching udauda or AnoArashi), but frankly, they think much more than people who are the same age as them.
i love how they never for get to appriciate the fans and the people around them.
i love how they are so majime (serious) when it comes to the future of arashi.
i love....i love them period.