Request by nbeydoun in response to Fundraising for Japan. Pages 90 & 91 from Ohno’s artbook Freestyle.


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So there was such an entry on the Nikkei Business website here, which jihunny referred to me to translate. I am convinced the author is totally an Arashi fanboy already XD I’m sorry to say that this article is actually incomplete, since Nikkei Business do not allow people to read full articles online, so this is just the unrestricted portion of it ( Read more... )

Brought up again to celebrate Ohno’s 16th year in the entertainment industry :-)

大野がダンスリーダー Ohno is Dance Leader
櫻井が勉強リーダー Sakurai is Study Leader
松本がお笑いリーダー Matsumoto is Comedy Leader
二宮が芝居リーダー Ninomiya is Acting Leader
相葉がアイドルリーダー（又は銀幕リーダー） Aiba is Idol Leader
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Wondering what YAMA-pair were laughing about during the Troublemaker perf? What were they doing in the dressing room and what happened at the rehearsals before the recording? How did YAMA-pair’s handshake part come about? By request of
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Note: translator’s comments and notes are written in grey. An alternate format is adapted to help in easy reading. Warning: see that “special long” phrase there?


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Kuropi-/KuroP/Kuro-chan

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  he was called Arashi’s chief manager in Aiba recomen 2005
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  Aiba’s ex-partner in Aiba recomen
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  Recomen partners: Kuropi- (till early 2007) → Ohtsuka (passed away early 2008) → Chika-san
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  ex-manager
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  currently V6 manager (not too sure if he still is though, he became V6 manager ( Read more... )

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I do not provide scans, the thumbnail is for reference purposes only. The words in the speech bubbles are from the talk. So I’m not translating that again.


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