IENOMI!! 12/26
Merry Nipplemas! Did you all watch Takanori unwrap himself the other night?
Because he totally did.
Nishikawa-chan: Hey it sure is cold? lately
Nishikawa-chan: New Year's coming up so fast...
Nishikawa-chan: You guys coming to Budokan for New Year?
Nishikawa-chan: Wow! Lots of people are coming! I'm happy!
Nishikawa-chan: So who came to the Men live? Or watched?
Nishikawa-chan: Yeah, this year's Men live felt really awesome.
Nishikawa-chan: If you like, you can still timeshift and watch it, so do that!
Nishikawa-chan: K, here we go!
(and we start!)
Takanori: I know I'm late, but Merry Christmas *grin*
HE shows us his lovely Men's Live Tshirt and talks about how it was on Nico and we can still watch it and all that lovely stuff ^-^
Takanori: I wanted to start the second part at 1 am so that people who work really late could still come. And this year we put it online, too. The theme of the year is connecting with as many people as possible, so yes.
He checks the attendance with staff, and finds that there were only 200 people that could physically fit in the venue, including "the guys in hell" in the lobby.
Takanori: It's not really hell. *laughs*
He goes to talk about how, even though the venue is tiny, the crowd gave him more than enough Xd
Takanori: But there are a lot of rules there! I had to work hard not to break anything. And I wasn't allowed to throw water.
Fanmail!
1. From a fan who heard the crowd calling for Him to be Prime Minister, and wonders if he'll start by taking over Shiga as governor.
Takanori: No no no, my job is to connect to everyone and spread genkiness, so that one day the people who grew up in the world we influence can fix the country. We artists, we do want to change the world, but I'm not going to be PM. What do you think I'd do? *innocent smile*
Then he goes off on a tangent about people saying they'll "spend time with him" and wondering what that means.
Takanori: Does it mean you'll take care of me? You're going to jack me off, what?
Staff: LOL
On a much more serious note, he shows us the certificate he got for STAND UP! JAPAN's accomplishments at collecting money for the Earthquake relief. He reads out some key numbers of donations received, noting that he's still collecting through his tour so its nowhere near the final total.
Also, its the last show of the year, and Nanase is not here!
He tries to recap last show and fails to remember the girls' names XD
But he does remember the nickname, Fake-Gundam.
Takanori: I can't launch myself in three parts, maybe that's why I'm a fake gundam.
Complaints now!
1. From someone who watched the last show and wants to tear into the one girl who said something negative about where he's from. 8o
2. From someone who watched the men's live and is upset that he wasn't taking FAXes on the stage (...)
Letter: I had to work so I was expecting to get there by FAX. I'm so disappointed that you didn't allow FAXers to get in.
Takanori: So FAX me then.
3. From a housewife...? He starts laughing, noticing that the name is from a game company developper and definitely NOT a poor housewife like the letter says. (I guess its someone he actually knows?)
He rofls so hard its fantastic, even though the letter makes no sense to me XD;
Takanori: Like I said, this is fake. Please stop lying in your messages. *laughs* That's terrible.
Now, the guests! Two members of AAA: Hidaka the human beatbox, and Sueyoshi the acrobat.
Takanori: They're coming, and I met them on Music Japan a little while ago, and they came to my birthday party too.
Messages now!
1. A Question for the guests: What would you do if a giant volleyball blocked the ozone hole?
Takanori: ..............
2. How would it feel to burn down Hounoji?
Takanori: How old is that temple anyway? (He tries to get an answer from t he comments but its all nonsense XD)
3. (missed it, something about pink cigarettes?)
4. Have you ever gone skydiving in a bra?
Takanori: Sueyoshi-kun probably has, he's an acrobat you know.
He then declares that NONE of this will be getting asked 8D
Takanori: Tonight we're just three guys, so we can show whatever we want! Send me some mails now/
*Doorbell*
Takanori: Come in! Faster!
He offers them drinks and comments on Sueyoshi's hat.
Sueyoshi: What's wrong with it?
Takanori: You look like a half-melted mushroom.
Hidaka insists that the hat is normal, just as Sueyoshi is claiming.
They order weird drinks, milk tea and a hi-ball.
Kampai!
Takanori: What did you bring me? What? What? What?
They brought... toshikoshi soba! (The traditional new year noodles)
Takanori: It's early! But thanks! Where did you get it?
Hidaka: From the soba shop under the Avex building.
Om nom nom.
Takanori: Hey viewers, you can eat too if you have anything.
After several minutes of Hidaka pointing, Takanori notices the picture of the noodles shop on the back monitor XD
Turbo wants to know if non-Avex people can even go there, and they insist that its public, but Takanori seems suspicious.
Hidaka: There's this shop, a bar, a Tony Roma's, and a recording booth.
Takanori: You record in the Tony Roma's? But i can't really go to other people's studios. At Sony they get nervous if we wander into the wrong section.
Then they remember to introduce themselves 8D
Takanori didn't remember where Sueyoshi is from (Nagasaki) nor where he lives now, even though the latter insists he knows his exact address.
Then they talk about ages. The guys are both 29.
Takanori: That's cool, having your mixed gender group.
Hidaka: It's normal for us.
Takanori: So where do you start...
They all burst out laughing, clearly thinking he's implying something dirty about their group :p
Sueyoshi: But its not like that at all.
Takanori: Oh.
Takanori: People keep asking me to act in weird sketches, and its not something I'm into at all. Like "Don't look at me!!" (hides non-existent boobs)
Now, onto serious questions!
1. Why did you want to become an artist?
Hidaka: Because I wanted to go out into the world in my teens. I went to university but I didn't want to wait until I was done.
He explains that the group started when he was still in high school, and though he planned to go to school longer he changed his mind about trying to do both at once.
Evidently it was Avex who decided to make AAA into a mixed group, and they met by auditions.
Takanori keeps hinting about "shadowy figures".
Takanori: I've never actually auditioned for anything so I don't know how it feels. Is it like... waiting for your number?
(he mimes such an event)
Sueyoshi: I auditioned just to see if I could do it.
They discuss his dance career - he didn't start with a group but just as a solo dancer, doing break dance.
Takanori: Like this? *dances*
Sueyoshi: No. Have you ever heard of stomp?
Takanori: This? *dances....?*
Anyway 8Dl;; he took up dancing because he thought it was cool.
Takanori: I think if I went over to AAA, your characters would just die.
He spends a few minutes making fun of the way Sueyoshi looks at his nails :p
Next, a freestyling lesson!
Takanori wants to know how rapping gets started.
Hidaka: It started from.. well, I got made fun of a lot.
For the lesson, he provides "mics" that are in fact, rice scoops.
Hidaka *mimes spanking*
Takanori: Trust me, it looks like a mic.
They decide to have him rap by riffing off the comments. So he does!
Takanori: *thumbs up.. sideways*
Takanori: Ehh.. Well to be honest I know a lot of rappers, and they practice a lot, like one guy I know does his beatboxing every day.
Naturally, he starts talking about Micro and how he raps around even at the afterparties.
Takanori: I don't rap. He keeps trying to make me, but I've always been a singer, I don't rap. you know?
But sure enough, he attempts to.
.........
Or not XD
Takanori: I can't do that, I'm a singer after all. There are some things we all can't do, and I'd rather not do it at all than do it badly or do it halfway.
Takanori: I mean, rap is interesting, and so is hip-hop, but how do you decide that you want to be a dancer?
He talks about how the dancers go around looking cool by wearing their clothes so as to be loose on the one side only...
Takanori: That's not cool. Right? It just isn't.
They all laugh.
Takanori: You know how most dance teams are girls? There's so many of them, not that guy teams don't exist, but they're mostly girls.
Hidaka gets nervous because the scoop comes awfully close as Takanori talks XD
They decide to go to a song next.
- Charge & Go! -
So this song is already released but it took a while to come out, so its "off-season" as they say.
Takanori asks if they ever pose naked.
Hidaka: Well we make sexy pictures, but no nudity. Like, suggestively posed bananas in yogurt
Takanori: nice!
Now, more emails!
1. A question about whether its true dancers overdevelop their left sides.
None of them have heard of this, but Sueyoshi has a theory on what they might mean by it.
2. Given that AAA is a mixed group, do they talk dirty in front of the female members?
Takanori: You would, when you're in a group together.
Indeed, given that they've been a group for 8 years, they feel close.
Takanori: Right? After 10 years or so, you build that closeness, even if you're not together all the time.
But Turbo does suspect that its hard since they are 5 guys to 2 girls.
The guests are amused by his "counting face" and everyone lols.
Takanori: Isn't nico-live FUN? 8D I bet you'll want to take your distance from me now.
They insist otherwise and tell him he can invite them again any time.
Next, auditions~
Takanori: This is perfect, you guys have done auditions so you can help me hold these.
They scan the first application and survey the viewers, as usual :)
In the end, people want to see so we do!
It's an older-looking guy with a sword in his picture.
Hidaka: He looks like a Shinsengumi member.
Takanori: He's not though. He can't be. Yeah right.
Next person is also from Nagasaki and wants to join the group so he can quit his job at the combini
Takanori: That's not a good reason. Go away.
They look at his picture anyway. Also there's a timer that goes off to tell him its midnight, but Turbo barely acknowledges it at all XD
Takanori: I'm not letting you leave yet.
Takanori: Oh, he's wearing a wristband from my band. I think he wins.
(Oh its the best one yet!)
Takanori: I'll have to think about pretty hard.
He then asks how the guets would carry out an audition if they were to start a "AAA junior" or something like that.
Takanori listens to their advice, and adds one more criterion.
Takanori: Hmm...when the shows are over, I want them to buy guys I can go drinking with.
He then explains a few more ideas about how to recruit guys, saying he's actually serious and wants to seriously put this group together next year.
Between jokes, he asks the guests to come back and be judges for the eventual auditions.
Now, announcements!
Takanori: Apparently its the ending now :/
They have a single to announce, but it has no title yet, just a release date.
Takanori: That's so Avex. At Sony, they never allow that, we need to give them single names a month or two ahead so they can start promoting.
Also they have their own Niconico show, and Strawberry wants them to join together as musician shows, so maybe he'll go on theirs.
Takanori: I'll do that, next year.
Next, His announcements are the New Year shows at Budokan, the remainder of CLOUD NINE your, and an ALL NIGHT NIPPON 45th anniversary event.
Also, starting next show, the air date is changing to Wednesdays! So the next show is on 1/19 at 23:00!
Takanori: This must be some political thing, I'm sure. What? Oh its because of my schedule? I see.
The guests say goodbye to the viewers, between invitations to come back and be audition judges, and also throw in some encouraging new year messages. Including one from Takanori :)
Sueyoshi makes his "famous" impression of Cell from DBZ to close it off ^^;;
The end! For 2011!
There was a special Premium Segment again, but to see that you'll need your own premium accounts 8)
(It's just more "bad" emails like he does at the start)
See you next year!
Because he totally did.
Nishikawa-chan: Hey it sure is cold? lately
Nishikawa-chan: New Year's coming up so fast...
Nishikawa-chan: You guys coming to Budokan for New Year?
Nishikawa-chan: Wow! Lots of people are coming! I'm happy!
Nishikawa-chan: So who came to the Men live? Or watched?
Nishikawa-chan: Yeah, this year's Men live felt really awesome.
Nishikawa-chan: If you like, you can still timeshift and watch it, so do that!
Nishikawa-chan: K, here we go!
(and we start!)
Takanori: I know I'm late, but Merry Christmas *grin*
HE shows us his lovely Men's Live Tshirt and talks about how it was on Nico and we can still watch it and all that lovely stuff ^-^
Takanori: I wanted to start the second part at 1 am so that people who work really late could still come. And this year we put it online, too. The theme of the year is connecting with as many people as possible, so yes.
He checks the attendance with staff, and finds that there were only 200 people that could physically fit in the venue, including "the guys in hell" in the lobby.
Takanori: It's not really hell. *laughs*
He goes to talk about how, even though the venue is tiny, the crowd gave him more than enough Xd
Takanori: But there are a lot of rules there! I had to work hard not to break anything. And I wasn't allowed to throw water.
Fanmail!
1. From a fan who heard the crowd calling for Him to be Prime Minister, and wonders if he'll start by taking over Shiga as governor.
Takanori: No no no, my job is to connect to everyone and spread genkiness, so that one day the people who grew up in the world we influence can fix the country. We artists, we do want to change the world, but I'm not going to be PM. What do you think I'd do? *innocent smile*
Then he goes off on a tangent about people saying they'll "spend time with him" and wondering what that means.
Takanori: Does it mean you'll take care of me? You're going to jack me off, what?
Staff: LOL
On a much more serious note, he shows us the certificate he got for STAND UP! JAPAN's accomplishments at collecting money for the Earthquake relief. He reads out some key numbers of donations received, noting that he's still collecting through his tour so its nowhere near the final total.
Also, its the last show of the year, and Nanase is not here!
He tries to recap last show and fails to remember the girls' names XD
But he does remember the nickname, Fake-Gundam.
Takanori: I can't launch myself in three parts, maybe that's why I'm a fake gundam.
Complaints now!
1. From someone who watched the last show and wants to tear into the one girl who said something negative about where he's from. 8o
2. From someone who watched the men's live and is upset that he wasn't taking FAXes on the stage (...)
Letter: I had to work so I was expecting to get there by FAX. I'm so disappointed that you didn't allow FAXers to get in.
Takanori: So FAX me then.
3. From a housewife...? He starts laughing, noticing that the name is from a game company developper and definitely NOT a poor housewife like the letter says. (I guess its someone he actually knows?)
He rofls so hard its fantastic, even though the letter makes no sense to me XD;
Takanori: Like I said, this is fake. Please stop lying in your messages. *laughs* That's terrible.
Now, the guests! Two members of AAA: Hidaka the human beatbox, and Sueyoshi the acrobat.
Takanori: They're coming, and I met them on Music Japan a little while ago, and they came to my birthday party too.
Messages now!
1. A Question for the guests: What would you do if a giant volleyball blocked the ozone hole?
Takanori: ..............
2. How would it feel to burn down Hounoji?
Takanori: How old is that temple anyway? (He tries to get an answer from t he comments but its all nonsense XD)
3. (missed it, something about pink cigarettes?)
4. Have you ever gone skydiving in a bra?
Takanori: Sueyoshi-kun probably has, he's an acrobat you know.
He then declares that NONE of this will be getting asked 8D
Takanori: Tonight we're just three guys, so we can show whatever we want! Send me some mails now/
*Doorbell*
Takanori: Come in! Faster!
He offers them drinks and comments on Sueyoshi's hat.
Sueyoshi: What's wrong with it?
Takanori: You look like a half-melted mushroom.
Hidaka insists that the hat is normal, just as Sueyoshi is claiming.
They order weird drinks, milk tea and a hi-ball.
Kampai!
Takanori: What did you bring me? What? What? What?
They brought... toshikoshi soba! (The traditional new year noodles)
Takanori: It's early! But thanks! Where did you get it?
Hidaka: From the soba shop under the Avex building.
Om nom nom.
Takanori: Hey viewers, you can eat too if you have anything.
After several minutes of Hidaka pointing, Takanori notices the picture of the noodles shop on the back monitor XD
Turbo wants to know if non-Avex people can even go there, and they insist that its public, but Takanori seems suspicious.
Hidaka: There's this shop, a bar, a Tony Roma's, and a recording booth.
Takanori: You record in the Tony Roma's? But i can't really go to other people's studios. At Sony they get nervous if we wander into the wrong section.
Then they remember to introduce themselves 8D
Takanori didn't remember where Sueyoshi is from (Nagasaki) nor where he lives now, even though the latter insists he knows his exact address.
Then they talk about ages. The guys are both 29.
Takanori: That's cool, having your mixed gender group.
Hidaka: It's normal for us.
Takanori: So where do you start...
They all burst out laughing, clearly thinking he's implying something dirty about their group :p
Sueyoshi: But its not like that at all.
Takanori: Oh.
Takanori: People keep asking me to act in weird sketches, and its not something I'm into at all. Like "Don't look at me!!" (hides non-existent boobs)
Now, onto serious questions!
1. Why did you want to become an artist?
Hidaka: Because I wanted to go out into the world in my teens. I went to university but I didn't want to wait until I was done.
He explains that the group started when he was still in high school, and though he planned to go to school longer he changed his mind about trying to do both at once.
Evidently it was Avex who decided to make AAA into a mixed group, and they met by auditions.
Takanori keeps hinting about "shadowy figures".
Takanori: I've never actually auditioned for anything so I don't know how it feels. Is it like... waiting for your number?
(he mimes such an event)
Sueyoshi: I auditioned just to see if I could do it.
They discuss his dance career - he didn't start with a group but just as a solo dancer, doing break dance.
Takanori: Like this? *dances*
Sueyoshi: No. Have you ever heard of stomp?
Takanori: This? *dances....?*
Anyway 8Dl;; he took up dancing because he thought it was cool.
Takanori: I think if I went over to AAA, your characters would just die.
He spends a few minutes making fun of the way Sueyoshi looks at his nails :p
Next, a freestyling lesson!
Takanori wants to know how rapping gets started.
Hidaka: It started from.. well, I got made fun of a lot.
For the lesson, he provides "mics" that are in fact, rice scoops.
Hidaka *mimes spanking*
Takanori: Trust me, it looks like a mic.
They decide to have him rap by riffing off the comments. So he does!
Takanori: *thumbs up.. sideways*
Takanori: Ehh.. Well to be honest I know a lot of rappers, and they practice a lot, like one guy I know does his beatboxing every day.
Naturally, he starts talking about Micro and how he raps around even at the afterparties.
Takanori: I don't rap. He keeps trying to make me, but I've always been a singer, I don't rap. you know?
But sure enough, he attempts to.
.........
Or not XD
Takanori: I can't do that, I'm a singer after all. There are some things we all can't do, and I'd rather not do it at all than do it badly or do it halfway.
Takanori: I mean, rap is interesting, and so is hip-hop, but how do you decide that you want to be a dancer?
He talks about how the dancers go around looking cool by wearing their clothes so as to be loose on the one side only...
Takanori: That's not cool. Right? It just isn't.
They all laugh.
Takanori: You know how most dance teams are girls? There's so many of them, not that guy teams don't exist, but they're mostly girls.
Hidaka gets nervous because the scoop comes awfully close as Takanori talks XD
They decide to go to a song next.
- Charge & Go! -
So this song is already released but it took a while to come out, so its "off-season" as they say.
Takanori asks if they ever pose naked.
Hidaka: Well we make sexy pictures, but no nudity. Like, suggestively posed bananas in yogurt
Takanori: nice!
Now, more emails!
1. A question about whether its true dancers overdevelop their left sides.
None of them have heard of this, but Sueyoshi has a theory on what they might mean by it.
2. Given that AAA is a mixed group, do they talk dirty in front of the female members?
Takanori: You would, when you're in a group together.
Indeed, given that they've been a group for 8 years, they feel close.
Takanori: Right? After 10 years or so, you build that closeness, even if you're not together all the time.
But Turbo does suspect that its hard since they are 5 guys to 2 girls.
The guests are amused by his "counting face" and everyone lols.
Takanori: Isn't nico-live FUN? 8D I bet you'll want to take your distance from me now.
They insist otherwise and tell him he can invite them again any time.
Next, auditions~
Takanori: This is perfect, you guys have done auditions so you can help me hold these.
They scan the first application and survey the viewers, as usual :)
In the end, people want to see so we do!
It's an older-looking guy with a sword in his picture.
Hidaka: He looks like a Shinsengumi member.
Takanori: He's not though. He can't be. Yeah right.
Next person is also from Nagasaki and wants to join the group so he can quit his job at the combini
Takanori: That's not a good reason. Go away.
They look at his picture anyway. Also there's a timer that goes off to tell him its midnight, but Turbo barely acknowledges it at all XD
Takanori: I'm not letting you leave yet.
Takanori: Oh, he's wearing a wristband from my band. I think he wins.
(Oh its the best one yet!)
Takanori: I'll have to think about pretty hard.
He then asks how the guets would carry out an audition if they were to start a "AAA junior" or something like that.
Takanori listens to their advice, and adds one more criterion.
Takanori: Hmm...when the shows are over, I want them to buy guys I can go drinking with.
He then explains a few more ideas about how to recruit guys, saying he's actually serious and wants to seriously put this group together next year.
Between jokes, he asks the guests to come back and be judges for the eventual auditions.
Now, announcements!
Takanori: Apparently its the ending now :/
They have a single to announce, but it has no title yet, just a release date.
Takanori: That's so Avex. At Sony, they never allow that, we need to give them single names a month or two ahead so they can start promoting.
Also they have their own Niconico show, and Strawberry wants them to join together as musician shows, so maybe he'll go on theirs.
Takanori: I'll do that, next year.
Next, His announcements are the New Year shows at Budokan, the remainder of CLOUD NINE your, and an ALL NIGHT NIPPON 45th anniversary event.
Also, starting next show, the air date is changing to Wednesdays! So the next show is on 1/19 at 23:00!
Takanori: This must be some political thing, I'm sure. What? Oh its because of my schedule? I see.
The guests say goodbye to the viewers, between invitations to come back and be audition judges, and also throw in some encouraging new year messages. Including one from Takanori :)
Sueyoshi makes his "famous" impression of Cell from DBZ to close it off ^^;;
The end! For 2011!
There was a special Premium Segment again, but to see that you'll need your own premium accounts 8)
(It's just more "bad" emails like he does at the start)
See you next year!