[translation] DUET 0908 Arashi Part 2
Here goes Part 2! It's a bit long but I hope you'll enjoy reading it :)
OHNO SATOSHI
An off-day
I went fishing from 8 in the morning till 6 in the evening. It’s too bad, I didn’t get anything… Well, in terms of timing it’s not that good, so there’s nothing I can do. But, I got an oval squid. I ate it immediately (laugh). It was delicious~ It was my first time getting oval squid. I used a lure that looks like a prawn, I didn’t have to pull it at all so I didn’t know that I got it. That’s where the difference lies with fish, so it’s interesting. Oh, right, when I pitched the lure, the thread broke and flew off. Then, when I continue using a different lure, I got back the lost one (laugh). It was quite a miracle. That day, because I was tired, I went home just like that and slept. Actually, there was no need to fish. I feel healed/comforted just by being at sea.
Another off-day
A classmate got married. I wrote a letter because I couldn’t make it for the wedding. Last night I thought of writing it, but thinking about sentences on my cellphone, I got tired and fell asleep (laugh). Then, this morning when I woke up I started writing it again. I made mistake with the words, rewrote it, made another mistake, rewrote it… I thought I wouldn’t be able to finish it in my whole life (without rewriting it all over again) so I replaced the mistaken words with crosses and finally finished it. I wrote it with all my heart so I thought it would be good (laugh). Usually, I don’t write letters at all so it was really tough. That person was the one who first spurred me to start drawing, he was my friend since elementary school, Kacchan. Actually, Kacchan’s family swore me to secrecy because it was a surprise for him at his wedding ceremony. I passed the letter to his family through my mum. My classmates are all getting married one by one. It’s still early for me. Regarding marriage, I don’t have any interest at all, so I thought “That’s fast.”
Yet another off-day
I met my co-stars from “Uta no Oniisan.” They were the people who acted as the television office staff. We ate, and then we went to his acquantaince’s bar. It was a tasteful place with a resort-like interior. That was Shibuya you know, Shibuya. I went to Shibuya~! “Since I was a teenager? That’s young~” (laugh) Usually it’s like this, going fishing or going to the park alone to space out. They’re interesting, parks. There are lots of different kinds of people. Watching them, I don’t feel bored of it at all. In conclusion, it’s essentially back to the working pace for Satoshi-kun (laugh).
MATSUMOTO JUN
A day with drama
I woke up at 6 in the morning, travelled and started filming for the drama… it’s this kind of feeling I guess. When I have a drama, it’s this kind of lifestyle. On this day I had 3 hours of sleep. The lunch menu for every day is almost the same at the drama recording studio. There was something like “Chinese noodles without noodles” (laugh). The demand was something like vegetable soup, but I wanted to take the vegetables only, so that’s it. After that it would something like natto and salad I guess? Dinner… it was a bento on location and I drank some vegetable soup (dry frozen) that I received from Nakai-san. There are lots of times when I eat bento for dinner. I filmed until it was close to 12:00AM, went home and watched TV. First it was the recording of Music Station. It was the episode with Black Eyed Peas, but when Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow appeared, I thought “He’s young” (laugh). It’s like, “I wonder who was the young kid?” at the end of the song. The small one is doing a fake… That kid is (Morimoto) Shintarou-kun (laugh). After that, I watched the recording of “Smile,” and I thought of watching a DVD, but in the end I got sleepy so I slept.
Arashi’s Day
I went to FujiTV at 11:30 in the morning to record “VS Arashi,” and in the middle of recording there were 2 meetings, and after the recording is done, another meeting. And with that, the day’s work is done. After work, I go home, and proceeded to read my script. Lately, most of them time spent at home is used to read scripts. Since I’m in the middle of a drama… “VS Arashi” is fun, every week. That’s because new events keep increasing. “Pinball Runner” is where you must catch balls while the speed increases, I do it while thinking, “If I stop I’ll die!” An event I’m good at? In this, there are a lot of games where I can’t get used to it no matter how many times I do it. It changes depending on the situation.
Once again, a day with drama
I start recording for the drama in the studio at 9 in the morning. On this day, I was filming in the studi until 5:40PM. After that, I travelled to another location to film the flashback for chapter 9. Just then, it was a wrap up for the season so after we finished filming, we all went out to eat. Since the staff were also there, I’m glad we could talk honestly about many things about the drama (“Smile”). We took quite some time to eat.
SAKURAI SHO
The day that I saw Kanjani8
Upon rising at 9:30AM, I departed at 10:00AM. 30 minutes of travelling and eating. Bread, banana and yoghurt. Recently, this is my regular assortment of breakfast. From 12:00PM till 4:00PM, it was the recording for Shukudai-kun. I travelled from 4:00PM to 4:30PM, and from 4:30PM till 5:30PM, I read the materials for an eco special. From 5:30PM till 6:00PM, it’s back to travelling again. 6:30PM till 8:30, I went to Kanjani8’s concert at Tokyo Dome. I saw the concert for the first time. It was really fun. I’ve only read about “Eight Ranger” from magazines, so when I saw it in real life, it was really interesting (laugh). All that was thought up by Yokoyama, it seems. Even so I was surprised. Disturbing the MC… Kanjani8’s fans are supporting them warmly, so it must be really happy. It’s extremely rude/disrespectful but I went out half-way through… but I’m glad I saw it. Then, 9:30PM till 12AM, I recorded “The Shounentai Gakuya Premium” with Kokubun Taiichi-kun. Today was also a fruitful/enriching day.
The first day of “24 Hour TV” alone
Rise at 10:00AM. Leave home at 10:30AM, travelling while having breakfast. The menu was sandwich, banana and yoghurt. From 11:00AM till 6:00PM, I did an eco special at NTV (there were meetings before and after it). From 7:00PM to 8PM, I ate dinner alone while revising my script, then it’s off to the set for “The Quiz Show.” It was the scene at the campsite with Yoko (Yokoyama Yuu). It was a scene from way back then (laugh). In the later half of the drama, he was able to show off a massive amount of drama. We filmed until 2:00AM (midnight), and I went to bed at 3:00AM after arriving home. It continues tomorrow (laugh).
The second day of “24 Hour TV” alone
I woke up at 6 in the morning, and from 6:30AM it’s drama time. From 2:00PM to 3:00PM I slept during travelling, and from 3:00PM to 7:00PM I had 3 magazine interviews. At 7:30PM, I went to NTV and from 7:30PM till 8:00PM I recorded the narration for the interviews with Ishikawa Ryou-kun. 8:20PM was stand-by. At 9:00PM, an individual meeting. There was a general meeting on the newsfloor at 10:00PM. Then, from 11:00PM it was the time for NEWSZERO. Today, it was only me alone for “24 Hour TV” (laugh). I jokingly told the staff from ZERO to prepare “Sarai,” but they really did it, I was touched (tears). 12:00AM, there was a review for ZERO, and I went home around 1 in the morning. Unknowingly, I enjoyed my personal time and went to bed around 4 in the morning. I guess this is the way I spend my Mondays (laugh).
NINOMIYA KAZUNARI
「au」Filming of CM
I did the filming for the「au」commercial. The setting was of me dipping for goldfishes* at a (shrine) festival. I entered the site at 10:30AM, and till 4 in the evening, I was at the festival all the time (laugh). Halfway, there was a light patter of raindrops, but it wasn’t that awful so that was great. I enjoyed the festival setting a lot. By the way, for lunch I ate yakisoba and takoyaki from the stalls on the set (laugh). It felt like a real festival. There, we filmed until sunset, and after that it was to the studio for the rest of of it. On the way back, I bought an extension cord to be used at home, but because I was tired out by all the running in the festival, I didn’t do the wiring and went to bed. The commercial this time has become a wonderful piece. I wish you’d look forward to it being aired (grin).
「au」Presentation Day
There was a presentation for 「au」’s new line-up. Early in the morning, I entered the hotel to prepare myself, because the interview was right before noon. It was quite strange. It was different from normal interviews, because it was not for ourselves, but the main point was the cellphones. Somehow, it felt fresh. The atmosphere was a bit rigid (laugh). After that’s done, it was the recording of “Ashita no Kioku” on Utaban. That was probably from around 3PM to 5PM. After Utaban, there was a meeting, then the choreography for “Everything,” a meeting again - it was all until 11:30PM. It was a day of work for the 5 of us. I went home and went to bed after reading the script for my stageplay “Mishiranu Joukyaku.”
The Day of 10 Magazine Interviews
Today it’s an interview day. I woke up around 12:00PM, did “Momo Tetsu,” and my interviews (10 magazines) started from 1:00PM. I’m a popular person (grin). At the first site I ate gyoza and spring rolls, so this was my first meal. At 3PM, I went on a Kobe discovery at duet’s filming location. This place is nostalgic. During “Ryuusei no Kizuna,” I came here with my brother, Taisuke (Nishikido Ryo). My tension went up~ (laugh) Coincidentally on the way back, a high school girl commented about me, “Oh no, (he’s) so cool!” (Kakkoyokute, yabai!) Well, obviously it turns out that way (grin). At duet’s studio, I ate a milk bun and pineapples. The interview after this is about my drama/theatre, there are 7 of them. Then, after going home I took a bath, and planned to memorize my script. It’s almost time for practice but I only memorized 4 pages. I’m glad there were interviews before the practice. Once it starts, 3 days’ worth of diary entries would be full of news from practice (laugh).
AIBA MASAKI
For now, yesterday
I woke up around 9:30 in the morning, lazed around, took a bath, read manga, changed my clothes and left home. From the moment I wake up until the moment I leave my house, there is roughly 2 hours. I usually take my bath, drink some coffee, spending it in a relaxing way. I quite like this time of the day ♥ I leave around 11:30AM, and start work from 12:00PM. Interviews and all. From 7:00PM, I went to see the see a play with Miyada Keiko-san, who was involved with the production of “Greenfingers” or my other plays. At 9:30PM, I ate with Miyada-san, the people in charge of my play’s music and those who are involved in the plays (5~6 of them). I went home around midnight, and slept around 2:00AM.
Then, today
I carelessly slept without closing the curtains, and because it was so hot I woke up around 7:00AM. Then, I closed the curtains and went back to bed (laugh). woke up again at 10:00AM, ate my breakfast, took a bath, read manga and laze around for about 4 hours. I made fried rice for my meal. Ah, because the fire was weak, I can’t make it Chinese-style. It was just fried rice, but it was delicious (laugh). By the way, the ingredients were chicken meat, spring onions, lettuce, eggs and pollack roe. The pollack roe was the chilled version that I bought when I went on location for “Shimura Doubutsu-en.” The seasoning would be chicken bones (powder form), salt, pepper and sake. When I thought of making fried rice seriously, it was delicious. It was kind of sour though. Then, it was work like interviews or radio shows, not including TV. After that, it was after-work (laugh). I felt like meeting the people I work with this time, so it was an after-work event. We went for yakiniku, and because it made me smell , I took a shower right after I went home. Then I read manga for about one hour and went to sleep at 2:00AM.
Tomorrow’s schedule
I plan to wake up at 10 tomorrow morning. I’ll make time till 12:00PM to eat and bathe. Then, I’ll confirm my choreography at home alone. Because we’ll perform “Everything” for the first time on a music show (laugh). I’ll go to the studio around 4:00PM. Recording for talks, interviews, recording for songs, it’s supposed to finish around 10:00PM… I guess it’s like this. Tomorrow night there are no plans for power dinners, so I’ll go home straightaway and probably clean up I guess. I’ll do it by moving out all sorts of cleaning tools. I’m the type that can’t stop cleaning when I start. What time would I sleep today, I wonder? I guess I’ll sleep around 2:00AM (laugh).
* Goldfish dipping, also known as "金魚すくい kingyosukui" is a popular game at Japanese festivals, where you pay a certain amount to (attempt to) scoop up golfishes from a water basin with a paper-covered... scoop-thing (I have no idea what to call that thing).
Whew!!! That was long! I hope you enjoyed reading this ^^
OHNO SATOSHI
An off-day
I went fishing from 8 in the morning till 6 in the evening. It’s too bad, I didn’t get anything… Well, in terms of timing it’s not that good, so there’s nothing I can do. But, I got an oval squid. I ate it immediately (laugh). It was delicious~ It was my first time getting oval squid. I used a lure that looks like a prawn, I didn’t have to pull it at all so I didn’t know that I got it. That’s where the difference lies with fish, so it’s interesting. Oh, right, when I pitched the lure, the thread broke and flew off. Then, when I continue using a different lure, I got back the lost one (laugh). It was quite a miracle. That day, because I was tired, I went home just like that and slept. Actually, there was no need to fish. I feel healed/comforted just by being at sea.
Another off-day
A classmate got married. I wrote a letter because I couldn’t make it for the wedding. Last night I thought of writing it, but thinking about sentences on my cellphone, I got tired and fell asleep (laugh). Then, this morning when I woke up I started writing it again. I made mistake with the words, rewrote it, made another mistake, rewrote it… I thought I wouldn’t be able to finish it in my whole life (without rewriting it all over again) so I replaced the mistaken words with crosses and finally finished it. I wrote it with all my heart so I thought it would be good (laugh). Usually, I don’t write letters at all so it was really tough. That person was the one who first spurred me to start drawing, he was my friend since elementary school, Kacchan. Actually, Kacchan’s family swore me to secrecy because it was a surprise for him at his wedding ceremony. I passed the letter to his family through my mum. My classmates are all getting married one by one. It’s still early for me. Regarding marriage, I don’t have any interest at all, so I thought “That’s fast.”
Yet another off-day
I met my co-stars from “Uta no Oniisan.” They were the people who acted as the television office staff. We ate, and then we went to his acquantaince’s bar. It was a tasteful place with a resort-like interior. That was Shibuya you know, Shibuya. I went to Shibuya~! “Since I was a teenager? That’s young~” (laugh) Usually it’s like this, going fishing or going to the park alone to space out. They’re interesting, parks. There are lots of different kinds of people. Watching them, I don’t feel bored of it at all. In conclusion, it’s essentially back to the working pace for Satoshi-kun (laugh).
MATSUMOTO JUN
A day with drama
I woke up at 6 in the morning, travelled and started filming for the drama… it’s this kind of feeling I guess. When I have a drama, it’s this kind of lifestyle. On this day I had 3 hours of sleep. The lunch menu for every day is almost the same at the drama recording studio. There was something like “Chinese noodles without noodles” (laugh). The demand was something like vegetable soup, but I wanted to take the vegetables only, so that’s it. After that it would something like natto and salad I guess? Dinner… it was a bento on location and I drank some vegetable soup (dry frozen) that I received from Nakai-san. There are lots of times when I eat bento for dinner. I filmed until it was close to 12:00AM, went home and watched TV. First it was the recording of Music Station. It was the episode with Black Eyed Peas, but when Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow appeared, I thought “He’s young” (laugh). It’s like, “I wonder who was the young kid?” at the end of the song. The small one is doing a fake… That kid is (Morimoto) Shintarou-kun (laugh). After that, I watched the recording of “Smile,” and I thought of watching a DVD, but in the end I got sleepy so I slept.
Arashi’s Day
I went to FujiTV at 11:30 in the morning to record “VS Arashi,” and in the middle of recording there were 2 meetings, and after the recording is done, another meeting. And with that, the day’s work is done. After work, I go home, and proceeded to read my script. Lately, most of them time spent at home is used to read scripts. Since I’m in the middle of a drama… “VS Arashi” is fun, every week. That’s because new events keep increasing. “Pinball Runner” is where you must catch balls while the speed increases, I do it while thinking, “If I stop I’ll die!” An event I’m good at? In this, there are a lot of games where I can’t get used to it no matter how many times I do it. It changes depending on the situation.
Once again, a day with drama
I start recording for the drama in the studio at 9 in the morning. On this day, I was filming in the studi until 5:40PM. After that, I travelled to another location to film the flashback for chapter 9. Just then, it was a wrap up for the season so after we finished filming, we all went out to eat. Since the staff were also there, I’m glad we could talk honestly about many things about the drama (“Smile”). We took quite some time to eat.
SAKURAI SHO
The day that I saw Kanjani8
Upon rising at 9:30AM, I departed at 10:00AM. 30 minutes of travelling and eating. Bread, banana and yoghurt. Recently, this is my regular assortment of breakfast. From 12:00PM till 4:00PM, it was the recording for Shukudai-kun. I travelled from 4:00PM to 4:30PM, and from 4:30PM till 5:30PM, I read the materials for an eco special. From 5:30PM till 6:00PM, it’s back to travelling again. 6:30PM till 8:30, I went to Kanjani8’s concert at Tokyo Dome. I saw the concert for the first time. It was really fun. I’ve only read about “Eight Ranger” from magazines, so when I saw it in real life, it was really interesting (laugh). All that was thought up by Yokoyama, it seems. Even so I was surprised. Disturbing the MC… Kanjani8’s fans are supporting them warmly, so it must be really happy. It’s extremely rude/disrespectful but I went out half-way through… but I’m glad I saw it. Then, 9:30PM till 12AM, I recorded “The Shounentai Gakuya Premium” with Kokubun Taiichi-kun. Today was also a fruitful/enriching day.
The first day of “24 Hour TV” alone
Rise at 10:00AM. Leave home at 10:30AM, travelling while having breakfast. The menu was sandwich, banana and yoghurt. From 11:00AM till 6:00PM, I did an eco special at NTV (there were meetings before and after it). From 7:00PM to 8PM, I ate dinner alone while revising my script, then it’s off to the set for “The Quiz Show.” It was the scene at the campsite with Yoko (Yokoyama Yuu). It was a scene from way back then (laugh). In the later half of the drama, he was able to show off a massive amount of drama. We filmed until 2:00AM (midnight), and I went to bed at 3:00AM after arriving home. It continues tomorrow (laugh).
The second day of “24 Hour TV” alone
I woke up at 6 in the morning, and from 6:30AM it’s drama time. From 2:00PM to 3:00PM I slept during travelling, and from 3:00PM to 7:00PM I had 3 magazine interviews. At 7:30PM, I went to NTV and from 7:30PM till 8:00PM I recorded the narration for the interviews with Ishikawa Ryou-kun. 8:20PM was stand-by. At 9:00PM, an individual meeting. There was a general meeting on the newsfloor at 10:00PM. Then, from 11:00PM it was the time for NEWSZERO. Today, it was only me alone for “24 Hour TV” (laugh). I jokingly told the staff from ZERO to prepare “Sarai,” but they really did it, I was touched (tears). 12:00AM, there was a review for ZERO, and I went home around 1 in the morning. Unknowingly, I enjoyed my personal time and went to bed around 4 in the morning. I guess this is the way I spend my Mondays (laugh).
NINOMIYA KAZUNARI
「au」Filming of CM
I did the filming for the「au」commercial. The setting was of me dipping for goldfishes* at a (shrine) festival. I entered the site at 10:30AM, and till 4 in the evening, I was at the festival all the time (laugh). Halfway, there was a light patter of raindrops, but it wasn’t that awful so that was great. I enjoyed the festival setting a lot. By the way, for lunch I ate yakisoba and takoyaki from the stalls on the set (laugh). It felt like a real festival. There, we filmed until sunset, and after that it was to the studio for the rest of of it. On the way back, I bought an extension cord to be used at home, but because I was tired out by all the running in the festival, I didn’t do the wiring and went to bed. The commercial this time has become a wonderful piece. I wish you’d look forward to it being aired (grin).
「au」Presentation Day
There was a presentation for 「au」’s new line-up. Early in the morning, I entered the hotel to prepare myself, because the interview was right before noon. It was quite strange. It was different from normal interviews, because it was not for ourselves, but the main point was the cellphones. Somehow, it felt fresh. The atmosphere was a bit rigid (laugh). After that’s done, it was the recording of “Ashita no Kioku” on Utaban. That was probably from around 3PM to 5PM. After Utaban, there was a meeting, then the choreography for “Everything,” a meeting again - it was all until 11:30PM. It was a day of work for the 5 of us. I went home and went to bed after reading the script for my stageplay “Mishiranu Joukyaku.”
The Day of 10 Magazine Interviews
Today it’s an interview day. I woke up around 12:00PM, did “Momo Tetsu,” and my interviews (10 magazines) started from 1:00PM. I’m a popular person (grin). At the first site I ate gyoza and spring rolls, so this was my first meal. At 3PM, I went on a Kobe discovery at duet’s filming location. This place is nostalgic. During “Ryuusei no Kizuna,” I came here with my brother, Taisuke (Nishikido Ryo). My tension went up~ (laugh) Coincidentally on the way back, a high school girl commented about me, “Oh no, (he’s) so cool!” (Kakkoyokute, yabai!) Well, obviously it turns out that way (grin). At duet’s studio, I ate a milk bun and pineapples. The interview after this is about my drama/theatre, there are 7 of them. Then, after going home I took a bath, and planned to memorize my script. It’s almost time for practice but I only memorized 4 pages. I’m glad there were interviews before the practice. Once it starts, 3 days’ worth of diary entries would be full of news from practice (laugh).
AIBA MASAKI
For now, yesterday
I woke up around 9:30 in the morning, lazed around, took a bath, read manga, changed my clothes and left home. From the moment I wake up until the moment I leave my house, there is roughly 2 hours. I usually take my bath, drink some coffee, spending it in a relaxing way. I quite like this time of the day ♥ I leave around 11:30AM, and start work from 12:00PM. Interviews and all. From 7:00PM, I went to see the see a play with Miyada Keiko-san, who was involved with the production of “Greenfingers” or my other plays. At 9:30PM, I ate with Miyada-san, the people in charge of my play’s music and those who are involved in the plays (5~6 of them). I went home around midnight, and slept around 2:00AM.
Then, today
I carelessly slept without closing the curtains, and because it was so hot I woke up around 7:00AM. Then, I closed the curtains and went back to bed (laugh). woke up again at 10:00AM, ate my breakfast, took a bath, read manga and laze around for about 4 hours. I made fried rice for my meal. Ah, because the fire was weak, I can’t make it Chinese-style. It was just fried rice, but it was delicious (laugh). By the way, the ingredients were chicken meat, spring onions, lettuce, eggs and pollack roe. The pollack roe was the chilled version that I bought when I went on location for “Shimura Doubutsu-en.” The seasoning would be chicken bones (powder form), salt, pepper and sake. When I thought of making fried rice seriously, it was delicious. It was kind of sour though. Then, it was work like interviews or radio shows, not including TV. After that, it was after-work (laugh). I felt like meeting the people I work with this time, so it was an after-work event. We went for yakiniku, and because it made me smell , I took a shower right after I went home. Then I read manga for about one hour and went to sleep at 2:00AM.
Tomorrow’s schedule
I plan to wake up at 10 tomorrow morning. I’ll make time till 12:00PM to eat and bathe. Then, I’ll confirm my choreography at home alone. Because we’ll perform “Everything” for the first time on a music show (laugh). I’ll go to the studio around 4:00PM. Recording for talks, interviews, recording for songs, it’s supposed to finish around 10:00PM… I guess it’s like this. Tomorrow night there are no plans for power dinners, so I’ll go home straightaway and probably clean up I guess. I’ll do it by moving out all sorts of cleaning tools. I’m the type that can’t stop cleaning when I start. What time would I sleep today, I wonder? I guess I’ll sleep around 2:00AM (laugh).
* Goldfish dipping, also known as "金魚すくい kingyosukui" is a popular game at Japanese festivals, where you pay a certain amount to (attempt to) scoop up golfishes from a water basin with a paper-covered... scoop-thing (I have no idea what to call that thing).
Whew!!! That was long! I hope you enjoyed reading this ^^