Shingo Interview in Dragon Ball Daizenshuu (published in 1995)

Aug 29, 2013 14:09


I love this! Shingo was interviewed for a Dragon Ball Compilation Special Book release in 1995. He was 18 years old^^   He was interviewed as a -DragonBall fan- celebrity.

Some of his quotes:

-My elementary school life was like Goku's, cause I lived around the mountain area back then.

-My favorite character is Piccolo, because he's so cool.

-If I were to match DB characters with SMAP members... Kimura-kun has gotta be Vegeta. Nakai-kun is Goku, his cheerful and carefree personality resembles Goku's a lot. I think, Mori-kun is Ten Shin Han. Goro-chan is Piccolo. Kusanagi-kun is either Krillin or Yajirobe. I'm Gohan.

Did he realize what he was just saying? Piccolo is cool and he's his favorite character and he said Goro is Piccolo?? LOL, I knew it.

If only there was a Japanese DB live action in the 1990s. I'd love to see Nakai as Goku and Kimura as Vegeta! But for now... Shingo as Goku and (Yamamoto) Koji as Vegeta is my DB live-action headcanon XD (Mizuki Arisa as Chichi / Shaku Yumiko as Bulma too)

I remember there was a Yamamoto Koji X Fujiwara Tatsuya cross talk in a magazine where they talk about how they talk abt Dragonball on the Shinsengumi filming set. They talked about Dragonball live action and casting Shinsengumi cast for the roles. Koji (who played Hijikata Toshizo in Shinsengumi) would love to play Vegeta, then he said Tatsuya (Okita Soji) would be great as Son Gohan. They picked Shingo (who played Kondo Isami) as Son Goku, and Sakai Masato (Yamanami) as Piccolo. Lol, I'd say perfect casting! I love these Dragonball dorks! (cos I'm a DB-dork too XD)

Recently, there's this "Dragon Ball Live-Action Casting by fans", a Japanese poll website: http://dragonball.real-casts.com/
And I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I saw Katori Shingo as Son Goku is winning the votes by a far margin. Shingo is the #1 choice for Son Goku among the Dragonball fans. (unless a lot of DB fans are Smappies? what are the odds of that?) I'd guess this is because the public has Saiyuuki's Goku image for Shingo, but one of the comment mentioned it's not just because he has played Saiyuki's Goku, but Katori Shingo has a sense of purity though he's in his mid-30s.

My ShinGoku headcanon started ever since Koji was all like 'if you ever play Goku, Vegeta has gotta be me'.... (surprised he was not a guest in Saiyuuki XD)  So I'm very surprised that the Japanese public and Dragonball fans actually love the idea of ShinGoku as well! I thought it was just me, as a Shingo fan XD

Pleeeeeaaaaaseeee~~~!!! I hope Shingoku and KojiVegeta comes trueeee very soooonnnn!!!*v*

katori shingo, translation, dragonball

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