Weekly TV Guide 2015.12.11: Questions+Crosstalk
Note that I am self-taught, and not a native Japanese speaker. There may be errors. Feel free to share, but please don’t claim this as your own translation. Corrections are welcome.
They were asked 7 questions about luck. The topic of this crosstalk was Christmas (eg, how long did they believe in Santa), their album, and their upcoming live.
Questions
1. What's your lucky number?
2. Which member has a lucky constitution?
3. On the other hand, which member do you think has bad luck?
4. What's a lucky event that happened recently?
5. Conversely, what's something unlucky that happened recently?
6. Are you concerned about whether you have good or bad luck?
7. If you were to make something catchy for the album "Lucky 7", what kind of content would it have?
Shigeoka Daiki
1. My birthday is on August 26th, so when I get 26 on a numbered ticket, I think it's a good thing.
2. Isn't it me? I'm probably a really lucky boy. I'm favoured by the heavens (laughs).
3. It's by image, but Hamada. Though Hama-chan's ability to hang in there is amazing.
4. I like Darth Vader from "Star Wars", so it's lucky that he has been doing a lot of PR for the new movie.
5. Though I like "Star Wars", I haven't seen the earlier movies (laughs). I've borrowed them, but I haven't had time to watch them in time for the new movie. But I'm going to see the new one.
6. I'm probably not. It seems I'm before an important year of my life, but my mood won't fall by any extent.
7. The real Seven Lucky Gods are us!
Kiriyama Akito
1. My birthday, 831, or shiawase (happy)'s shi (4).
2. Probably me. I think I'm blessed with people.
3. Hama-chan. Because he often says "aah!" or "shoot!" (laughs)
4. When it was decided I'd be in the asadora "Asa ga Kita". The members even told me "that's amazing!".
5. When I purchased a book on my ebook reader that I already had. I didn't realize until I'd reached the middle. I was thinking "I'm going to read the next development", "if it's like this, I could probably also be a writer". And then I realized "I've already read this!"
6. I wear red underwear at concerts!
7. People who want to be lucky, gather round!
Nakama Junta
1. I've always liked 2. It's also apparently my soul number.
2. I became desperate to appear on the nationwide internet results, but haven't been able to. However, Ryusei, who has no interest in that, appears the most.
3. Kami-chan. The other day, he went on a family vacation in Okinawa, but had work during that time. So in the morning, he went to Tokyo, and then returned back to Okinawa at night. The time he could spend in Okinawa decreased.
4. There was a watch I wanted but wasn't able to buy. When I was telling them my thoughts, they made it slightly cheaper!
5. I have bad luck with weather. For example, if I carry an umbrella, it won't rain.
6. Because I'm Christian, if I don't pray before standing on stage or before eating, I feel strange.
7. "Dense!" All of the songs have a punch to them, so it's a really dense album.
Kamiyama Tomohiro
1. The ones I like are 7, 1, and 3. Because I was born on July 1 at 13:07 (1:07 PM).
2. In WEST, the people who make fun of the members and the members that are made fun of are established, but I've never seen someone make fun of Non-chan, so I think he must be having fun (laughs).
3. On the other hand, Akito-kun's bullying level is only half, and he gets made fun of, so I feel bad for him (laughs).
4. When I properly wake up in the morning. I'm weak with mornings.
5. While I was asleep, my phone updated itself. In the process, it reset my alarm settings. I overslept!
6. My parents' home is a home of Buddhist prayer, and I've always been told I can't sleep with my head facing north. Even now I still pay attention to that.
[t/n: 2 notes here - he used 願掛け to describe his parents' home, which can either mean Buddhist or Shinto, I just picked one but it could be the other, and in Buddhism, it is considered bad luck to sleep with your head facing north, as dead people are placed that way]
7. "A super-persistent album". There's a lot of noisy and idiotic-seeming songs. It makes you really energetic. On the other hand, it might make you so energized that you get exhausted (laughs).
Fujii Ryusei
1. When I choose a number, I pick 7. It's also the number of members we have.
2. Shige. When I think of subtitles on the screen saying "lucky boy," I think Shige's smile suits it the most.
3. Kami-chan. We often play manly spirit rock-paper-scissors to determine who pays, but Kami-chan really dislikes it. Whenever he's invited to do it, he'll definitely lose (laughs).
4. I wanted a coat, but there wasn't one my size. However, in a nearby store, I found it. A camel-coloured long coat.
5. I made a mistake when I was doing my laundry. One of my knits went through the dryer and shrank a lot (laughs).
6. I'm a bit concerned. Before work, I'll do my usual routine, like using eyedrops and putting on fragrance, and after all of that, I'll be like "alright!".
7. There's even songs with Lucky Ikeda-san's choreography!
Hamada Takahiro
1. I like rock, so 69.
2. Probably Kotaki. His luck is strong at critical moments.
3. Me. Because it's easy for me to hit in Russian Roulette, I've been told "you have to do it in reverse", but I don't think to do so. Well, it's fine.
4. When I went out to eat, even though I didn't ask for a large serving, I got one. Probably because the manager knew who I was.
5. I cut my hair recently. When my niece saw it, she told me "you look like an eggplant" (laughs).
6. "If a black cat crosses your path..." is often said, but nothing bad has occurred when that happened up until now!
7. There are a lot of songs that will make you energetic. There's also strange songs, but if they somehow make you energetic, I'll be happy!
Kotaki Nozomu
1. It's 7. Lucky 7. Whenever I'm asked to pick a number, I will most likely pick 7.
2. Shige has that kind of image. He ran into Maruyama (Ryuhei)-kun and Yasuda (Shota)-kun by chance, and after that the 3 of them went to a hot spring.
3. Hama-chan. During important times, he's usually the only person missing.
4. When the members and my family congratulated me on my stageplay. I was also happy that Yasui (Kentaro)-kun and (Morita) Myuto were able to come see it as well.
5. One time during my stageplay, I ran out of breath during the pool scene and came up for air.
6. I'll say things like "it's bad luck!" but actually, I don't really worry about it.
7. "An undetermined album". It has a good and bad meaning though (laughs).
Who are the members that pretended to believe in Santa Claus up until their 3rd year of middle school?
Kiriyama: If we're talking about Christmas, it's Junta-kun's home, right?
Kotaki: It seems like they actually eat turkey for the holiday.
Shigeoka: It's the first time I've heard of this. A real house that has turkey for the holiday.
Nakama: Probably because we're Christian. It's the most important event. I'll definitely spend it with my family.
Shigeoka: I want to try eating turkey. I want to be invited to the Nakama household.
Hamada: At my house, we eat cream stew and chicken grilled with salt. It kind of has a winter feeling.
Fujii: When you say "chicken grilled with salt", it's just grilled chicken, right? (laughs)
Kamiyama: That's really normal!
Fujii: Anyway, until when did you believe in Santa?
Kotaki: I still believe in him.
Fujii: Are you saying that seriously?
Kotaki: Yup. I want to believe that he's somewhere in this world!
Shigeoka: I also believe in him!
Kiriyama: As expected, idiots would definitely say that (laughs).
Shigeoka: You're noisy! But if he was actually real, that would be nice.
Fujii: I'd already realized around the time I was in kindergarten.
Hamada: Seriously?
Fujii: On a present I got, there was a sticker from Toys "R" Us. I was young at that time.
Hamada: Santa also goes to toijarasu?
[t/n: he mispronounced it]
Kiriyama: What was that (laughs)?
Kotaki: It sounded like "donjara".
Shigeoka: It's not that he misspoke. That's how he'll remember it. Because Hama-chan can't read the alphabet (laughs).
Nakama: I think I realized around the time I was in 6th grade.
Kiriyama: That's long! I realized in 2nd grade.
Kamiyama: Me too.
Hamada: I probably still believed in him up until my 3rd year of middle school.
Kiriyama: That's a lie! You knew, you just continued because you wanted presents.
Hamada: Yeah.
Nakama: I also pretended to believe in him until my 3rd year of middle school. I got presents up until then (laughs).
Kiriyama: So, for someone who's believed in Santa until their 3rd year of middle school, what did you get?
Hamada: I don't really remember, but I would just pretend around Christmas time. And then finally, my mom announced it to me.
Kiriyama: "Santa doesn't exist" (laughs). Did you write any letters to Santa? I remember doing that.
Kamiyama: Because I have a lot of siblings, we'd all write a letter together, and leave one chocolate. And then when we woke up, the chocolate would be gone. I remember there being a reply letter written in katakana which made us really pleased.
Kiriyama: That's cute~. Receiving that is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I would put it in my wallet.
Hamada: I asked for a fishing rod, but it wasn't in the stocking. Because stockings are small. So I thought of something for next time. I drew a nylon bag as the stocking, and in that nylon bag... (the rest is omitted)
Kiriyama: What kind of story is that! Recently, we've always been doing lives during Christmas.
Kamiyama: Didn't we film the "Zundoko Paradise" MV last year around then?
Nakama: That was fun. We all ate cake together. The female dancers were also there. Though it was in a group, it was the first time I spent time with women.
Fujii: Hahaha! I wonder what we'll be doing this year.
Kotaki: I want to appear on Music Station!
Kiriyama: We're also releasing an album in December.
Kotaki: (in a loud voice) Album!
Kiriyama: Don't just say that loudly, dig into the topic (laughs).
Shigeoka: Just hearing the title will make you lucky. I think it'll give you a good feeling.
Hamada: While there's a lot of good songs, there's also weird songs.
Kiriyama: There aren't just good songs!
Hamada: Because if you're normally listening to a song like "Horumon ~Kansai ni Tsutawarishi Diamond~", it's weird, right? That's why we picked it. When you're listening to it, you'll be like "wow!" The song will pierce through you!
Kotaki: Conta... conpa... the impact is amazing!
[t/n: I think Kotaki was having trouble remembering how to say impact in English]
Hamada: I can relate~ you got it wrong. Contact!
Kamiyama: Wouldn't you realize it way earlier (laughs)?
Kotaki: Even if I say so myself, it's a masterpiece.
Fujii: (laughs). It's voluminous. There's also a part where there's two separate groups singing at the same time. And because it's the first time we're doing it, to not disappoint the fans, we made units that the fans imagined.
Kamiyama: Shige and I did a Christmas song. It's suitable for winter, and our member colours are red and green, which is why we chose it. It'll probably make all the fans' hearts squeeze.
Hamada: Because our song is loose, we'll be happy if it makes them laugh a lot.
Kiriyama: Yeah. I want them to be noisy during the lives.
Nakama: I'm in charge of planning the lives every time. Every time, I think of what kind of feeling the fans, and of course, the friends they bring with them, want us to create. I used that feeling to write the lyrics for my song.
Fujii: Everyone is thinking about the live.
Kotaki: Ours is a modern-cool song.
Kiriyama: It's a modernly cool song!
[t/n: got lost in translation there, but Kotaki said "oshakakkoii" and Akito amended his statement to "oshare de kakkoii". I tried to keep the feeling]
Kotaki: I want people to listen to it and think something like "is this artist from overseas?"
Fujii: In the lives, right.
Shigeoka: For the tour this time around, because we let our feelings of wanting to do a live explode, it's become nonsensical.
Nakama: For the first time, we have a solo and units, so we want you to look forward to the various individual characteristics that are going to appear. I'm the most confident I've ever been planning the concert, so I want you all to look forward to it!
They were asked 7 questions about luck. The topic of this crosstalk was Christmas (eg, how long did they believe in Santa), their album, and their upcoming live.
Questions
1. What's your lucky number?
2. Which member has a lucky constitution?
3. On the other hand, which member do you think has bad luck?
4. What's a lucky event that happened recently?
5. Conversely, what's something unlucky that happened recently?
6. Are you concerned about whether you have good or bad luck?
7. If you were to make something catchy for the album "Lucky 7", what kind of content would it have?
Shigeoka Daiki
1. My birthday is on August 26th, so when I get 26 on a numbered ticket, I think it's a good thing.
2. Isn't it me? I'm probably a really lucky boy. I'm favoured by the heavens (laughs).
3. It's by image, but Hamada. Though Hama-chan's ability to hang in there is amazing.
4. I like Darth Vader from "Star Wars", so it's lucky that he has been doing a lot of PR for the new movie.
5. Though I like "Star Wars", I haven't seen the earlier movies (laughs). I've borrowed them, but I haven't had time to watch them in time for the new movie. But I'm going to see the new one.
6. I'm probably not. It seems I'm before an important year of my life, but my mood won't fall by any extent.
7. The real Seven Lucky Gods are us!
Kiriyama Akito
1. My birthday, 831, or shiawase (happy)'s shi (4).
2. Probably me. I think I'm blessed with people.
3. Hama-chan. Because he often says "aah!" or "shoot!" (laughs)
4. When it was decided I'd be in the asadora "Asa ga Kita". The members even told me "that's amazing!".
5. When I purchased a book on my ebook reader that I already had. I didn't realize until I'd reached the middle. I was thinking "I'm going to read the next development", "if it's like this, I could probably also be a writer". And then I realized "I've already read this!"
6. I wear red underwear at concerts!
7. People who want to be lucky, gather round!
Nakama Junta
1. I've always liked 2. It's also apparently my soul number.
2. I became desperate to appear on the nationwide internet results, but haven't been able to. However, Ryusei, who has no interest in that, appears the most.
3. Kami-chan. The other day, he went on a family vacation in Okinawa, but had work during that time. So in the morning, he went to Tokyo, and then returned back to Okinawa at night. The time he could spend in Okinawa decreased.
4. There was a watch I wanted but wasn't able to buy. When I was telling them my thoughts, they made it slightly cheaper!
5. I have bad luck with weather. For example, if I carry an umbrella, it won't rain.
6. Because I'm Christian, if I don't pray before standing on stage or before eating, I feel strange.
7. "Dense!" All of the songs have a punch to them, so it's a really dense album.
Kamiyama Tomohiro
1. The ones I like are 7, 1, and 3. Because I was born on July 1 at 13:07 (1:07 PM).
2. In WEST, the people who make fun of the members and the members that are made fun of are established, but I've never seen someone make fun of Non-chan, so I think he must be having fun (laughs).
3. On the other hand, Akito-kun's bullying level is only half, and he gets made fun of, so I feel bad for him (laughs).
4. When I properly wake up in the morning. I'm weak with mornings.
5. While I was asleep, my phone updated itself. In the process, it reset my alarm settings. I overslept!
6. My parents' home is a home of Buddhist prayer, and I've always been told I can't sleep with my head facing north. Even now I still pay attention to that.
[t/n: 2 notes here - he used 願掛け to describe his parents' home, which can either mean Buddhist or Shinto, I just picked one but it could be the other, and in Buddhism, it is considered bad luck to sleep with your head facing north, as dead people are placed that way]
7. "A super-persistent album". There's a lot of noisy and idiotic-seeming songs. It makes you really energetic. On the other hand, it might make you so energized that you get exhausted (laughs).
Fujii Ryusei
1. When I choose a number, I pick 7. It's also the number of members we have.
2. Shige. When I think of subtitles on the screen saying "lucky boy," I think Shige's smile suits it the most.
3. Kami-chan. We often play manly spirit rock-paper-scissors to determine who pays, but Kami-chan really dislikes it. Whenever he's invited to do it, he'll definitely lose (laughs).
4. I wanted a coat, but there wasn't one my size. However, in a nearby store, I found it. A camel-coloured long coat.
5. I made a mistake when I was doing my laundry. One of my knits went through the dryer and shrank a lot (laughs).
6. I'm a bit concerned. Before work, I'll do my usual routine, like using eyedrops and putting on fragrance, and after all of that, I'll be like "alright!".
7. There's even songs with Lucky Ikeda-san's choreography!
Hamada Takahiro
1. I like rock, so 69.
2. Probably Kotaki. His luck is strong at critical moments.
3. Me. Because it's easy for me to hit in Russian Roulette, I've been told "you have to do it in reverse", but I don't think to do so. Well, it's fine.
4. When I went out to eat, even though I didn't ask for a large serving, I got one. Probably because the manager knew who I was.
5. I cut my hair recently. When my niece saw it, she told me "you look like an eggplant" (laughs).
6. "If a black cat crosses your path..." is often said, but nothing bad has occurred when that happened up until now!
7. There are a lot of songs that will make you energetic. There's also strange songs, but if they somehow make you energetic, I'll be happy!
Kotaki Nozomu
1. It's 7. Lucky 7. Whenever I'm asked to pick a number, I will most likely pick 7.
2. Shige has that kind of image. He ran into Maruyama (Ryuhei)-kun and Yasuda (Shota)-kun by chance, and after that the 3 of them went to a hot spring.
3. Hama-chan. During important times, he's usually the only person missing.
4. When the members and my family congratulated me on my stageplay. I was also happy that Yasui (Kentaro)-kun and (Morita) Myuto were able to come see it as well.
5. One time during my stageplay, I ran out of breath during the pool scene and came up for air.
6. I'll say things like "it's bad luck!" but actually, I don't really worry about it.
7. "An undetermined album". It has a good and bad meaning though (laughs).
Who are the members that pretended to believe in Santa Claus up until their 3rd year of middle school?
Kiriyama: If we're talking about Christmas, it's Junta-kun's home, right?
Kotaki: It seems like they actually eat turkey for the holiday.
Shigeoka: It's the first time I've heard of this. A real house that has turkey for the holiday.
Nakama: Probably because we're Christian. It's the most important event. I'll definitely spend it with my family.
Shigeoka: I want to try eating turkey. I want to be invited to the Nakama household.
Hamada: At my house, we eat cream stew and chicken grilled with salt. It kind of has a winter feeling.
Fujii: When you say "chicken grilled with salt", it's just grilled chicken, right? (laughs)
Kamiyama: That's really normal!
Fujii: Anyway, until when did you believe in Santa?
Kotaki: I still believe in him.
Fujii: Are you saying that seriously?
Kotaki: Yup. I want to believe that he's somewhere in this world!
Shigeoka: I also believe in him!
Kiriyama: As expected, idiots would definitely say that (laughs).
Shigeoka: You're noisy! But if he was actually real, that would be nice.
Fujii: I'd already realized around the time I was in kindergarten.
Hamada: Seriously?
Fujii: On a present I got, there was a sticker from Toys "R" Us. I was young at that time.
Hamada: Santa also goes to toijarasu?
[t/n: he mispronounced it]
Kiriyama: What was that (laughs)?
Kotaki: It sounded like "donjara".
Shigeoka: It's not that he misspoke. That's how he'll remember it. Because Hama-chan can't read the alphabet (laughs).
Nakama: I think I realized around the time I was in 6th grade.
Kiriyama: That's long! I realized in 2nd grade.
Kamiyama: Me too.
Hamada: I probably still believed in him up until my 3rd year of middle school.
Kiriyama: That's a lie! You knew, you just continued because you wanted presents.
Hamada: Yeah.
Nakama: I also pretended to believe in him until my 3rd year of middle school. I got presents up until then (laughs).
Kiriyama: So, for someone who's believed in Santa until their 3rd year of middle school, what did you get?
Hamada: I don't really remember, but I would just pretend around Christmas time. And then finally, my mom announced it to me.
Kiriyama: "Santa doesn't exist" (laughs). Did you write any letters to Santa? I remember doing that.
Kamiyama: Because I have a lot of siblings, we'd all write a letter together, and leave one chocolate. And then when we woke up, the chocolate would be gone. I remember there being a reply letter written in katakana which made us really pleased.
Kiriyama: That's cute~. Receiving that is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I would put it in my wallet.
Hamada: I asked for a fishing rod, but it wasn't in the stocking. Because stockings are small. So I thought of something for next time. I drew a nylon bag as the stocking, and in that nylon bag... (the rest is omitted)
Kiriyama: What kind of story is that! Recently, we've always been doing lives during Christmas.
Kamiyama: Didn't we film the "Zundoko Paradise" MV last year around then?
Nakama: That was fun. We all ate cake together. The female dancers were also there. Though it was in a group, it was the first time I spent time with women.
Fujii: Hahaha! I wonder what we'll be doing this year.
Kotaki: I want to appear on Music Station!
Kiriyama: We're also releasing an album in December.
Kotaki: (in a loud voice) Album!
Kiriyama: Don't just say that loudly, dig into the topic (laughs).
Shigeoka: Just hearing the title will make you lucky. I think it'll give you a good feeling.
Hamada: While there's a lot of good songs, there's also weird songs.
Kiriyama: There aren't just good songs!
Hamada: Because if you're normally listening to a song like "Horumon ~Kansai ni Tsutawarishi Diamond~", it's weird, right? That's why we picked it. When you're listening to it, you'll be like "wow!" The song will pierce through you!
Kotaki: Conta... conpa... the impact is amazing!
[t/n: I think Kotaki was having trouble remembering how to say impact in English]
Hamada: I can relate~ you got it wrong. Contact!
Kamiyama: Wouldn't you realize it way earlier (laughs)?
Kotaki: Even if I say so myself, it's a masterpiece.
Fujii: (laughs). It's voluminous. There's also a part where there's two separate groups singing at the same time. And because it's the first time we're doing it, to not disappoint the fans, we made units that the fans imagined.
Kamiyama: Shige and I did a Christmas song. It's suitable for winter, and our member colours are red and green, which is why we chose it. It'll probably make all the fans' hearts squeeze.
Hamada: Because our song is loose, we'll be happy if it makes them laugh a lot.
Kiriyama: Yeah. I want them to be noisy during the lives.
Nakama: I'm in charge of planning the lives every time. Every time, I think of what kind of feeling the fans, and of course, the friends they bring with them, want us to create. I used that feeling to write the lyrics for my song.
Fujii: Everyone is thinking about the live.
Kotaki: Ours is a modern-cool song.
Kiriyama: It's a modernly cool song!
[t/n: got lost in translation there, but Kotaki said "oshakakkoii" and Akito amended his statement to "oshare de kakkoii". I tried to keep the feeling]
Kotaki: I want people to listen to it and think something like "is this artist from overseas?"
Fujii: In the lives, right.
Shigeoka: For the tour this time around, because we let our feelings of wanting to do a live explode, it's become nonsensical.
Nakama: For the first time, we have a solo and units, so we want you to look forward to the various individual characteristics that are going to appear. I'm the most confident I've ever been planning the concert, so I want you all to look forward to it!