NEWS news (week of Jan 20)
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KEIICHIRO (Jan 21)
Koyama updated to write about how it’s the anniversary of him joining Johnny’s. He talked about how he dyed his hair blonde for the audition because he thought it would be better, but Johnny told him to dye his hair back before coming back. He thanked everyone saying that this day was a day to be thankful to Johnny and to those who support him.
He said that it doesn’t feel like it’s been 20 years, and how writing this late at night feels like writing a love letter. He talked about how he’s in the middle of working on the tour, and how he loves everyone. At the end he included a selfie of himself working on his tablet.
Shigeaki no Cloud (Jan 22)
Shige wished everyone a happy new year, and asked everyone to not forget Kai, Kota, and Bonsen when enjoying th Epcotia Encore DVD. He also wrote a bit about “Alternate” and asked everyone to read it. He also mentioned the upcoming Story tour and how they’re coming up with lots of ideas for it.
NEWSRING (Jan 22)
It was Tegoshi’s turn to update
Tegoshi wrote about how at Countdown a bunch of kohai came up to talk to him and how he recently bought the Johnny’s Jr Meikan, which lists all the jrs, because he wants to get to know them. He said that up until a few years ago he honestly didn’t have much interest in kohai, but late he’s started to really become fond of them and is trying to do a lot to help them become better entertainers. He doesn’t really have an interest in just going out to dinner and being friends, he wants to give them advice and learn from each other.
He told his fans not to worry though because he’s still working hard with NEWS and preparing for the STORY tour.
At the end of his post he congratulated SixTones and SnowMan on their CD debuts.
Masuda Takahisa no Marumaru (Jan 23)
As a special for Marumaru’s 4th anniversary, it’s been given a new logo, a year’s worth of archives are open till Feb 23, and Massu is doing a “1 (short) question, 1 (short) answer” from the things people have been sending in
He posted the first series of questions and answers on Jan 23, including
Q: Masuda Takahisa’s Ambition
A: To make NEWS a top group
East Side Story (Jan 23)
Higashiyama mentioned Massu in his entry when he said he watched Gochi, and told Massu to do his best
KenTeaTime (Jan 24)
Kento mentioned Massu in his entry when he commented on the results for the first Gochi match that aired on Jan 23, and said it was a very enjoyable first match.
KEIICHIRO (Jan 27)
He encouraged everyone to stay healthy in the cold, saying that he’s managed to avoid getting the flu. He said that he recently started watching a certain movie series that Shige recommended to him and he’s really hooked on it and excited to watch all the movies.
NEWSRING (Jan 29)
It was Koyama’s turn to update
He picked a few words starting with “u” and wrote a short paragraph on each word, including umi (sea), unagi (eel) etc., before finally deciding on “ushiro kara koyama” (Koyama, who came from behind) sharing the story of how he stepped in when a Jr went up to Tegoshi to tell him they respected him a lot. Koyama said he really likes it when Tegoshi talks while trying to hide his embarrassment
Masuda Takahisa no Marumaru (Jan 30)
Masuda Takahisa no Ichimon Ittou
Massu posted the second round of answers to questions, including the following
Q: A story Massu cannot forget
A: My entire life as a Johnny’s and NEWS
Shigeaki no Cloud (Feb 1)
Shige said it’s now February, the season of entrance exams and told those who’re taking them to take care of their health and do their best so they won’t have regrets.
He also wrote about the essay collection for “Dekirukoro nara Steed de”, saying it’s a piece of work that’s filled with “Kato Shigeaki” (as a person) to the brim, and recommended this book to a few groups of people, including, of course, those who are interested in Kato Shigeaki.
At the same time, he’s also working on “Alternate” and “STORY” (both tour and album). He’s making so many things at the same time, January passed by in the blink of an eye. But he’ll focus and deal with them one at a time.
His last paragraph was directed at Massu, playing with and including the titles of Massu’s recently announced works (Gochi and Rental Nan mo Shinai Hito), saying he hopes the members would read the essay collection too, but will “that” person read it? It seems like he doesn’t do anything though~ Even if I rented him~ Will he at least buy me a meal as a form of celebration~
KEIICHIRO (Feb 2)
He wrote about “Taichisan”, saying the programme started that day and he’s happy to be appearing in the same programme as Taichi (TOKIO). He shared that Taichi asked him for a photo after the programme ended, so he asked if he could post their photo on his jweb too.
He also promoted his appearance on “Kare Monday Mikketai!!” on Feb 3 before ending off the entry with his photo with Taichi
TAHICHI (Feb 2)
Taichi (TOKIO) mentioned Koyama when he talked about “Taichisan”, saying he took a photo with Koyama after the live telecast ended, and that Koyama will appear in the programme about once a month. He also posted a photo of him together with Koyama
Sorashige Book (Jan 5)
Shige wished everyone a happy new year
Listener Letter: The listener said they were really happy to hear about his new serialization.
Shige said that he actually found in spring of 2018 and started writing in April during Worldista so he’s writing a lot so far but he now has to edit.
♪ Strawberry ♪
♪ Vaundy - Tokyo Flash ♪
Listener Letters: Shige read a number of letters from fans about Akuma no Temari Uta.
He talked about filming the drama, and how he had thoughts from the 1st one on things he wanted to do better though the response was quite good and that he had worries over whether the second one would be able to surpass the 1st. He said it was really thanks to the staff that he was able to film in such a great atmosphere, it was the same staff from the 1st drama.
♪ Aikotoba ♪
Kchan NEWS (Jan 7)
This week all three of the other NEWS members came on as guests.
They all introduced themselves and goofed around a bit before talking a bit about the S tour.
♪ LPS ♪
Koyama explained that they asked fans to write in with what they want NEWS to do, and so they decided to play the ishin denshin game, where given a theme they all have to say something at the same time and they try to all say the same thing. Koyama picked the theme: New Years which caused the other three to start complaining, but they tried it and all came up with different answers:
M: Happy New Year
K: Otoshidama (Money given as gift on New Years)
S: Kadomatsu (New years decoration)
T: Mochi
They tried again with types of onigiri and failed again. They tried then with an ingredient that you can’t not have in Miso soup (based on Tegoshi’s preferences) and they all got it right with “tofu”. They then tried again with type of set meal, and they all got it almost with “shogayaki” but Shige messed it up by specifying “pork shogayaki”. They then tried zoo animals.
T: Lion
S: Lion
K: Giraffe
M: Elephant
They told Koyama to come up with another theme since his suggestion of New Years was so badly received and he said “favorite color” and they complained that it’s not a theme if they all just say their own favorite colors, whose favorite colors? So Shige came up with European countries.
T: France
S: France
K: Spain
M: Paris
They did ramen next, and agreed to go with the standard one.
K: Soy Sauce
S: Soy Sauce
T: Soy Sauce
M: Tonkotsu
Next they played magical banana, where you go around with each person saying a word that the previous word reminded them with the theme of New Years.
K: Otoshidama
S: Ose- …
Shige got part way through his word before cracking up and stopping the game, they restarted agreeing that they’ll start with New Year’s, but then the words just have to relate to the one before it not stay in the New Year’s theme.
K: Hatsumode (first shrine visit of the year)
S: Shrine
M: Visit
Massu’s pronunciation was a bit weird to fit it in the rhythm of the game and it took them a second to realize what he meant.
T: Oteage (Not knowing what to do)
K: Lose
S: Match
M: Work hard
T: School entrance test
K: High schoolers
S: Uniform
M: Hadakeru (to open up the shirt collar etc can also mean to bear/expose)
This caused the others to crack up and he said he was referring to how some people try to arrange they uniform to look more stylish
T: 1!(@#
His answer was censored and they decided to end the game.
They decided to try again and said that they should try to stick with nouns this time. Massu started by playing off of the word banana
M: Slip (can also mean when you tell an unfunny joke)
T: Massu
K: Fashionable
S: Ikko (A TV personality and makeup artist)
They agreed but laughed at it and told him to pick another one
S: Don Konishi (a nickname for a japanese fashion designer)
M: Glasses
T: Sunglasses
K: Summer
S: Beach
M: Surfing
T: Feels Good
The other members paused to laugh at that before they continued
K: Sauna
S: Hot
M: Sweat
T: Sports
K: Soccer
S: Brazil
M: Opposite side (of the earth)
T: Intersection
Koyama and Shige were cracking up at Massu and Tegoshi’s answers but kept going.
K: Traffic light
S: Red
M: Green
T: Yellow
Koyama and Shige stopped the game saying Massu’s answer wasn’t valid, and so he tried again.
M: Apple
T: Gorilla
Koyama and Shige stopped the game for good because Tegoshi’s answer was going off of the rules for the game shiritori (starting the next word using the last character of the previous word “ringo (apple)” to “Gorilla”)
♪ Top Gun ♪
At the end they tried to play a different version of the first game, but instead of all saying the same thing they had to each say different things. The first theme was prefectures on the Japanese island of Shikoku because there’s 4 of them so they each can pick one.
K: Tokushima
S: Kouchi
T: Ehime
M: Ehime
Tegoshi complained that he purposely didn’t pick Kagawa, because when Tegomass went there on tour Massu ate so much udon so he thought Massu would pick that one for sure.
Next they decided to try with Kyushuu because there are 7 prefectures they can pick from.
K: Miyazaki
S: Kumamoto
T: Saga
M: Miyazaki
They then tried again with NEWS singles from the first disc of Encore. Koyama specified that they can’t pick any of the warp songs, and the others teased him because that was obvious that they wouldn’t pick those. Koyama and Shige said that they couldn’t tell what song Massu was going to pick, and Massu said that he didn’t know himself. They then further specified that they should each pick the song they thought was cool.
K: SPIRIT
S: LVE
M: Jump Around
T: Black Fire
They ended the games since they finally were successful and did some PR for the Story tour.
Tegomass no Radio (Jan 8)
At the opening, they talked about the year beginning for a bit and decided to move on to the request
Request this week: ♪ Forever ♪
The listener likes listening to songs that match their destination while driving. Like if they’re going to the beach, they’ll listen to songs that suit it. They’d like to know if the three of them do similar things.
M: Nope.
T: Seriously? That ended the conversation. Pien!*
(TL note: Tegoshi is using a recent phrase he learnt from the Dec 24’s episode of Kchan NEWS)
Tegoshi went a bit off tangent, by first just naming what songs he listens to while driving (e.g. songs they’re recording soon), until Massu pointed out the listener isn’t just asking for songs they listen to while driving. Tegoshi then named some songs he listens to during winter.
Sakura doesn’t own a license and if she listens to anything on a car it’d be when she’s on her father’s car. If he lets her choose the songs, it’d be from the animes she likes etc.
Massu said he doesn’t change his songs according to the season etc. at all. He’s usually listening to hiphop or songs he needs for work on the car, regardless of season or destination. Tegoshi said he’s the only one who gave a “right” answer to the question
The listener writes things they cannot forget on the back of their hand to help them remember, but they end up forgetting that they wrote it on the back of their hand. Do they have any tips for remembering things they can’t afford to forget?
Tegoshi said he writes them down into his calendar (without setting alarms), Massu and Sakura does the same too. Tegomass even writes what they need to buy into their calendar.
Sakura: Oh, not something like the “To-do list”?
M: “To-do”?
Sakura: There are to-do lists, aren’t there?
T: There are.
M: I don’t get it.
Sakura: No way… there’s the option to write things you have to do in point form.
M: Ah not that, I just “do”. I just put them into my calendar.
Massu started picking on the example of item to buy that Sakura brought up, and Tegoshi joined in. Tegoshi said his mother writes them on the whiteboard on the fridge, and Massu started saying how putting too many things on the fridge affects luck.
T: That’s okay, we have super good luck even then.
M: Hmphf~
T: (cackle sounds)
The next listener said they bought the novel that “Pareto no Gosan” was going to be based on, and can’t wait to watch Massu play Onodera. They wanted to know if Tegomass check out the originals of drama/film remakes before watching the drama/film versions. (T: You don’t right, since you don’t read books.) Massu said this became the second book he read in his entire life and it was good. He read it to know more about the work, but otherwise he wouldn’t. Sakura would read the original before watching the remake, and Tegoshi said there’ve been times when he watches remakes of books he’s read, and also read books of dramas/films he’s watched. Massu said again that this book was interesting and asked everyone to watch the drama
On the sense of touch they don’t like (e.g. fingernails scratching blackboards, pencil on paper, onions inside potato salads etc.). Tegomass didn’t understand how anyone could dislike pencils on paper, and Sakura shared that she can’t eat apples because she can’t stand the crunchiness. Massu said there are moments when he doesn’t feel like eating pickled plums (like when he bites into them inside onigiris when he’s not ready for them), but they said he wasn’t answering the question. Tegoshi said he doesn’t like sudden loud sounds, but that probably applies to everyone so he doesn’t think he has anything in particular
For Tegomass no Debate, the first question was, which would they choose out of the following from the menu?
A: Seasonal dish
B: Chef’s choice
As usual, they tried to create situations where they didn’t have to pick one out of the two, before finally choosing - both chose A. Massu said there’re like “Chef’s Salad”s, aren’t there? He’s never ordered them as he’d have to first ask what’s inside, and it’s different from if he asked the chef to make one. Tegoshi then explained his choice - season limited items are as their names suggest, limited to the season, but the chef’s menu can be made anytime
Second debate: which sound do they not like?
A: The sound of a mosquito flying at your ear
B: The sound of a huge balloon bursting (T: WAHHHHH this is so hard. M: It’s the blackboard for me, the blackboard!)
They both chose the same answer, A. Tegoshi explained his choice first, saying hearing the mosquito means he’d definitely be bitten somewhere and that affects his following day too. Massu said he dislikes both as around the same level, but for the mosquito, there’s harm on another level, like if he was at home, there’d be that “Ah there’s a mosquito at home!”
They then talked a little about how each time there’re balloons for shoots someone would burst the balloon(s)
At the ending, Tegomass did terrible imitations of celebrities while Sakura was reading the address details
Masuda Takahisa no Master Hits (Jan 10)
At the opening, he said he didn’t have many year-end parties at the end of 2019, and he wondered if his friends didn’t need him as much anymore. He hasn’t received many New Year gathering invites either, and while there’re times when he invites friends, he also likes knowing people want him around, so… he’ll be waiting for invites! He also said there’ll be a theme for the three songs he plays that night, and asked everyone to guess
If he prefers yakiniku or sukiyaki at this time of the year - he prefers yakiniku
♪ Miso Soup ♪
The second listener said they’ve preordered EPCOTIA ENCORE’s DVD and asked if Massu had any sections/parts he specially recommends. He talked a bit about the background and concept of ENCORE before saying he recommends the band section (and everything of course)
The third listener turned 20 this year and was going to have a gathering with their middle school classmates after the Coming of Age Ceremony. What should they wear to the gathering? He said it’s hard to decide if they should go for something that evokes reactions of how different they look how, or that they haven’t changed at all, but it’s probably best to go in what they like best, and something that’s easy to move around in
The fourth listener asked if Massu can say all of the multiplication table and if he had a favourite (M: So do they think I can’t!?) He said he memorised it through the song and proceeded to sing a part of it, which was really cute until he messed up and laughed (M: I CAN SAY IT, obviously). And while he can say all of them, there’re a few that he needs a few seconds to process, like he know what 7x8 is immediately, but 8x7 will take him a while
The fifth listener wanted to know if he prefers the zoo or the aquarium. He said it’s hard to compare them and he likes them the same.
♪ Kimi + Boku = Love? ♪
For Brain Master this week, the question was, “What fur is cashmere made from?” Massu knew this - goat. He said he has to get these fashion related questions correct, and started talking about how he never knows when to wear knit items.
♪ Kibou no Hikari wo Kokoro ni Tomosou ♪
At the ending, he revealed the theme for this week’s songs to be “songs released during the year Massu was 20” and promoted the EPCOTIA ENCORE DVD/Bluray.