[Translation]Potato 02/2012 Hokuto, Keigo, Jesse, Aktasuki, and Hiroki
The theme of this interview was "Precious Word." Hokuto is apparently a fan of Tatsuya Fukasawa, and he also understands the strength of words. Keigo cares about drums and his grades. Jesse is a perfectionist who has recently taken up bowling. Akatsuki also bowls, he's better at it than Jesse ^^, was influenced by something his mother said, and wants to stop being overly cautious. Hiroki says the most profound words of all, in my opinion (I've actually heard them said in English, so it was cool to read the Japanese version) and has to walk a lot for school. All in all, it was a diverse and interesting interview, and the boys showed off their innocent side in the photoshoot by posing with white flowers on a fuzzy carpet. Translated for king_kun, thank you for always uploading the magazines.
Precious Word
Words said by someone that made them happy, words that they can’t forget, words that they want to tell someone right now, and more, we’re sending you a “words”-centric talk!
Hokuto Matsumura: Tatsuya Fukasawa-kun suddenly called out to me, saying: “this time, lets hang out.” Fukasawa-kun is a huge sempai above me, and it isn’t like we have the sort of connection where I can just invite him somewhere, so I was surprised but super happy! When Keiichiro Koyama-kun spoke to me at a baseball game that made me very happy too. I also want to be a good sempai to my kohai. Another thing is, when I’m fooling around with my friends and one of them starts feeling down because someone said something a little bit harsh, it’s my “habit” to say something nice to them. The harsh thing that was said, the way it made them upset, and my kind words, it all just started as a joke, but I know that words have a tendency to be taken more seriously than the speaker planned. That’s a little bit pretentious, so I probably shouldn’t say that here (smile). My recent state is, I’m in the middle of studying because tests are coming up soon. It seems like if I don’t do it quickly, I’ll forget! For the sake of having a fun winter vacation, I’m doing my best at studying too.
Keigo Hagiya: I play the drums, so when people praise me by saying: “you’ve gotten so good” it makes me happy and I feel a strong sense of accomplishment. It becomes a big motivation like, “yeah, I’ll try even harder!” In my every day life, the thing that I usually tell myself is: “if you do it once and succeed that first time, then you’ve done it properly.” I’m someone who tends to find things troublesome, and there’s also a part of me that is quick to think: “I’ve had enough, this is good enough” so I have to strictly regiment myself or else. If someone makes a mistake during a junior activity, I’ll often call out to them: “don’t worry, just do your best!” Another thing is, since it’s almost exam season my family has been giving me a lot of back up, so I want to borrow the word “thank you” and express it to them. Thanks to their help, my grades on my unofficial transcript have gone up a little recently. Because of that trend I’ve gotten fired up and want to do my best!
Jesse Lewis: I have sufficient confidence in my reflexes, so it makes me happy when I’m praised about them. My particular specialties are the mat exercises and high jumps that we do in P.E. class. Also, I unexpectedly have a perfectionistic side, and when I write in a notebook if even a single word is out of place, I’ll erase everything and rewrite it. It also makes me happy when people say: “that’s amazing” and praise me for that. If one of my friends is upset, I say these words: “there’s no reason to sulk. Lets change our feelings and improve!” Because --for myself-- I want to try living life with that sort of positive outlook. Words that I want to tell someone? I want to say to my fans: “in 2012 I will gradually reveal a me that has never been seen before, so please enjoy!” I’ll do my best at singing and acting! In my private life, I’ve recently gotten into bowling. My best score is 160. I’m still trying to improve (smile).
Akatsuki Hanzawa: A while ago, my mother told me: “if you try it, you will succeed, so it will be okay” and those words made me so happy that I’ve been unable to forget them. Thanks to those few words, I’m able to have confidence in myself. Also, when fans tell me: “you’ve got good style” it makes me happy, frankly. When I’m trying to encourage a friend whose feeling down, I take it upon myself to call out to them with words like: “won’t you come hang out with me to see if we can change your mood?” Showing that I want them to feel better soon through my actions, not my words, is the way I demonstrate my affection for more friends! If you were to ask what words I want to say to myself, they would be: “try with all my heart!” Even though I live a life of being cautious to the extent of being way too careful, I feel like I have to challenge lots of things without being afraid of failure. In my private life, going bowling is fun. My current best score is 189. I want to raise it to 200 somehow!
Hiroki Nakada: “Live like you are going to die tomorrow. Learn like you are going to live forever.” Those are words that I saw somewhere several years ago that came into my heart strongly, so I feel like I must make a serious effort in my life every day. I also want to limitlessly absorb many different types of knowledge through my studying. What made me happy was Shigeru Joshima-san and Tokoro George-san praised me when I got to speak on “Test no Hanamichi.” When they told me: “that’s interesting” and “your opinion is also valid” it made me so glad that my heart skipped a beat (smile). Those two give such interesting speeches and have such interesting ideas that I always learn a lot. Also, the words that I cherish are greetings. Because greetings are the beginning of everything. My present state is, I’m doing my school’s “Kyouhotaikai Strong Walking Tournament.” It’s written as “strong walking,” but it’s actually just a regular walking event. You’re allowed to talk to your friends as you walk for 10km. But after 7km everyone is tired so we all become taciturn (smile). But we stay the course and keep running… We keep walking! {Note: this is a pun, because the Japanese word for “stay the course” is written with the kanji for “run.” To make his pun, Hiroki replaced the kanji for “run” with the kanji for “walk.”}
Precious Word
Words said by someone that made them happy, words that they can’t forget, words that they want to tell someone right now, and more, we’re sending you a “words”-centric talk!
Hokuto Matsumura: Tatsuya Fukasawa-kun suddenly called out to me, saying: “this time, lets hang out.” Fukasawa-kun is a huge sempai above me, and it isn’t like we have the sort of connection where I can just invite him somewhere, so I was surprised but super happy! When Keiichiro Koyama-kun spoke to me at a baseball game that made me very happy too. I also want to be a good sempai to my kohai. Another thing is, when I’m fooling around with my friends and one of them starts feeling down because someone said something a little bit harsh, it’s my “habit” to say something nice to them. The harsh thing that was said, the way it made them upset, and my kind words, it all just started as a joke, but I know that words have a tendency to be taken more seriously than the speaker planned. That’s a little bit pretentious, so I probably shouldn’t say that here (smile). My recent state is, I’m in the middle of studying because tests are coming up soon. It seems like if I don’t do it quickly, I’ll forget! For the sake of having a fun winter vacation, I’m doing my best at studying too.
Keigo Hagiya: I play the drums, so when people praise me by saying: “you’ve gotten so good” it makes me happy and I feel a strong sense of accomplishment. It becomes a big motivation like, “yeah, I’ll try even harder!” In my every day life, the thing that I usually tell myself is: “if you do it once and succeed that first time, then you’ve done it properly.” I’m someone who tends to find things troublesome, and there’s also a part of me that is quick to think: “I’ve had enough, this is good enough” so I have to strictly regiment myself or else. If someone makes a mistake during a junior activity, I’ll often call out to them: “don’t worry, just do your best!” Another thing is, since it’s almost exam season my family has been giving me a lot of back up, so I want to borrow the word “thank you” and express it to them. Thanks to their help, my grades on my unofficial transcript have gone up a little recently. Because of that trend I’ve gotten fired up and want to do my best!
Jesse Lewis: I have sufficient confidence in my reflexes, so it makes me happy when I’m praised about them. My particular specialties are the mat exercises and high jumps that we do in P.E. class. Also, I unexpectedly have a perfectionistic side, and when I write in a notebook if even a single word is out of place, I’ll erase everything and rewrite it. It also makes me happy when people say: “that’s amazing” and praise me for that. If one of my friends is upset, I say these words: “there’s no reason to sulk. Lets change our feelings and improve!” Because --for myself-- I want to try living life with that sort of positive outlook. Words that I want to tell someone? I want to say to my fans: “in 2012 I will gradually reveal a me that has never been seen before, so please enjoy!” I’ll do my best at singing and acting! In my private life, I’ve recently gotten into bowling. My best score is 160. I’m still trying to improve (smile).
Akatsuki Hanzawa: A while ago, my mother told me: “if you try it, you will succeed, so it will be okay” and those words made me so happy that I’ve been unable to forget them. Thanks to those few words, I’m able to have confidence in myself. Also, when fans tell me: “you’ve got good style” it makes me happy, frankly. When I’m trying to encourage a friend whose feeling down, I take it upon myself to call out to them with words like: “won’t you come hang out with me to see if we can change your mood?” Showing that I want them to feel better soon through my actions, not my words, is the way I demonstrate my affection for more friends! If you were to ask what words I want to say to myself, they would be: “try with all my heart!” Even though I live a life of being cautious to the extent of being way too careful, I feel like I have to challenge lots of things without being afraid of failure. In my private life, going bowling is fun. My current best score is 189. I want to raise it to 200 somehow!
Hiroki Nakada: “Live like you are going to die tomorrow. Learn like you are going to live forever.” Those are words that I saw somewhere several years ago that came into my heart strongly, so I feel like I must make a serious effort in my life every day. I also want to limitlessly absorb many different types of knowledge through my studying. What made me happy was Shigeru Joshima-san and Tokoro George-san praised me when I got to speak on “Test no Hanamichi.” When they told me: “that’s interesting” and “your opinion is also valid” it made me so glad that my heart skipped a beat (smile). Those two give such interesting speeches and have such interesting ideas that I always learn a lot. Also, the words that I cherish are greetings. Because greetings are the beginning of everything. My present state is, I’m doing my school’s “Kyouhotaikai Strong Walking Tournament.” It’s written as “strong walking,” but it’s actually just a regular walking event. You’re allowed to talk to your friends as you walk for 10km. But after 7km everyone is tired so we all become taciturn (smile). But we stay the course and keep running… We keep walking! {Note: this is a pun, because the Japanese word for “stay the course” is written with the kanji for “run.” To make his pun, Hiroki replaced the kanji for “run” with the kanji for “walk.”}