Nino More 04/2010
More: Nino: It 04/2010
Episode 16: I Love…
It's common for Nino to appear on set in shirts of yellow or mustard. And on the fashion showdown corner of his regular television show, he wears jackets often enough to be noticeable. Every day, Nino inadvertently shows who he is through his fashion and music choices, and his taste in food.
I had no idea I wore yellow so much! And as for jackets, it's just that I think I can fool people if I wear them. (smiling) In general, I'm indifferent to fashion. Amongst the members of Arashi I think that it's Leader and me I can say that about. Well, but it's true that a person's personality comes through naturally in concordance to what clothes they choose. I really loved Sho-chan's double parka. But in my case, I don't think about asserting myself through my clothes. For the coming of age ceremony, for example, it seems everyone put a lot of thought into what suit they would wear, but I wore the suit that I was given by the late-night show we had, D no Arashi. I had my mother clean the dirt from the shoulders. (smiling) I mean, I didn't know we were supposed to wear suits to the ceremony to begin with.
Even so, I believe that clothes can be powerful. Especially costumes for movies or dramas. In the drama "Stand Up!!" where I played Shou-chan the virgin, I think the clothes were a great help in portraying his nerdiness. It must have been pretty hard on the stylist that had to search out those uncool clothes. (smiling) It may be that since I feel the power of clothes through my work, in my private time I could really care less. I mean, if I was really a stylish person, I would naturally give off that aura wouldn't I? And I think it would be too bad if I was playing a nerdy role and wearing nerdy clothes, but still had a stylish image. So sometimes I go to work in my pajamas. (smiling)
He feels more from the sound of music than the words.
With music it's the same. "Of course there is music that I like personally, but I don't have anything I'm particularly fixated on," says Nino.
I only listen to Japanese music, and find new music on the hit charts. Lately what I'm listening to a lot is Hamasaki Ayumi and AKB48. Though rather than say "I like them", it's that they interest me. Like in Hamasaki-san's music, she uses equipment that isn't used often in other music, and if you really give a listen to AKB48 they're interesting. I like to listen to music while analyzing it, thinking "What is it about this that captured the fans' hearts?" I think I listen to most songs that hit the number one spot on the charts. I think with music, the more you're aiming for a spot among the major charts, the more demands are made from the outside, and the more restricted you become. Though I don't mean that in a negative way. I'm interested in how much people show of themselves while compromising. Everyone listens to the same song, but I think the ways we listen may be different. (smiling)
Of course, there's music that naturally reaches out to you without your thinking about it.
For the last few years I've liked RADWIMPS. Their strong point is really their instrumentalism. There are also people who like their lyrics, and of course that's part of their appeal, but for me it's "sound". When you compare them to other bands of the same generation, I think their instrumentalism is amazing. Because their sound is so good, the lyrics don't hit me so much. I've always been someone for whom the sound is more important than the lyrics. The sound, more than the lyrics, hits me with a greater emotional impact, and is something that resonates down to the soul… If the sound takes you to an extreme, then I believe no matter what lyrics the song has it will echo into you.
And because I really love music, I don't want to be restrictive about it. I want to listen to all songs properly, without thinking they'll be this way or that way because the singer is an idol, or because it's J-pop. I think both music written for self-expression and music that's steeped in the entertainment world is valid.
Nino always says that he wants to accept everything without stereotyping, crossing over boundaries. It's that way for fashion and music, his own work and his relationships with people.
I mean, things that you're able to accept become yours, don't they? (smiling) In the past, there was a warrior character in a game that specialized in mimicry. The other warriors would have several special characteristics, but he could only mimic. But it was because he could mimic that he could perform all of the abilities. Since he could use all of them, he ended up being really strong. I think having a single character be amazing at magic also has merit, but for all that extra power there's also a risk that you're losing/lacking something else… There are pros and cons to either option, but for me I think I'd be completely fine with the mimicry. Within that mimicry, there are things you're becoming that you'd be able to become anyway, and things that you wouldn't be able to. I think that's enough.
Despite saying it's only mimicry, it's interesting that he has no desire to be like anybody else.
I think everyone is actually like that. You can't become someone else even if you copy them.
Episode 16: I Love…
It's common for Nino to appear on set in shirts of yellow or mustard. And on the fashion showdown corner of his regular television show, he wears jackets often enough to be noticeable. Every day, Nino inadvertently shows who he is through his fashion and music choices, and his taste in food.
I had no idea I wore yellow so much! And as for jackets, it's just that I think I can fool people if I wear them. (smiling) In general, I'm indifferent to fashion. Amongst the members of Arashi I think that it's Leader and me I can say that about. Well, but it's true that a person's personality comes through naturally in concordance to what clothes they choose. I really loved Sho-chan's double parka. But in my case, I don't think about asserting myself through my clothes. For the coming of age ceremony, for example, it seems everyone put a lot of thought into what suit they would wear, but I wore the suit that I was given by the late-night show we had, D no Arashi. I had my mother clean the dirt from the shoulders. (smiling) I mean, I didn't know we were supposed to wear suits to the ceremony to begin with.
Even so, I believe that clothes can be powerful. Especially costumes for movies or dramas. In the drama "Stand Up!!" where I played Shou-chan the virgin, I think the clothes were a great help in portraying his nerdiness. It must have been pretty hard on the stylist that had to search out those uncool clothes. (smiling) It may be that since I feel the power of clothes through my work, in my private time I could really care less. I mean, if I was really a stylish person, I would naturally give off that aura wouldn't I? And I think it would be too bad if I was playing a nerdy role and wearing nerdy clothes, but still had a stylish image. So sometimes I go to work in my pajamas. (smiling)
He feels more from the sound of music than the words.
With music it's the same. "Of course there is music that I like personally, but I don't have anything I'm particularly fixated on," says Nino.
I only listen to Japanese music, and find new music on the hit charts. Lately what I'm listening to a lot is Hamasaki Ayumi and AKB48. Though rather than say "I like them", it's that they interest me. Like in Hamasaki-san's music, she uses equipment that isn't used often in other music, and if you really give a listen to AKB48 they're interesting. I like to listen to music while analyzing it, thinking "What is it about this that captured the fans' hearts?" I think I listen to most songs that hit the number one spot on the charts. I think with music, the more you're aiming for a spot among the major charts, the more demands are made from the outside, and the more restricted you become. Though I don't mean that in a negative way. I'm interested in how much people show of themselves while compromising. Everyone listens to the same song, but I think the ways we listen may be different. (smiling)
Of course, there's music that naturally reaches out to you without your thinking about it.
For the last few years I've liked RADWIMPS. Their strong point is really their instrumentalism. There are also people who like their lyrics, and of course that's part of their appeal, but for me it's "sound". When you compare them to other bands of the same generation, I think their instrumentalism is amazing. Because their sound is so good, the lyrics don't hit me so much. I've always been someone for whom the sound is more important than the lyrics. The sound, more than the lyrics, hits me with a greater emotional impact, and is something that resonates down to the soul… If the sound takes you to an extreme, then I believe no matter what lyrics the song has it will echo into you.
And because I really love music, I don't want to be restrictive about it. I want to listen to all songs properly, without thinking they'll be this way or that way because the singer is an idol, or because it's J-pop. I think both music written for self-expression and music that's steeped in the entertainment world is valid.
Nino always says that he wants to accept everything without stereotyping, crossing over boundaries. It's that way for fashion and music, his own work and his relationships with people.
I mean, things that you're able to accept become yours, don't they? (smiling) In the past, there was a warrior character in a game that specialized in mimicry. The other warriors would have several special characteristics, but he could only mimic. But it was because he could mimic that he could perform all of the abilities. Since he could use all of them, he ended up being really strong. I think having a single character be amazing at magic also has merit, but for all that extra power there's also a risk that you're losing/lacking something else… There are pros and cons to either option, but for me I think I'd be completely fine with the mimicry. Within that mimicry, there are things you're becoming that you'd be able to become anyway, and things that you wouldn't be able to. I think that's enough.
Despite saying it's only mimicry, it's interesting that he has no desire to be like anybody else.
I think everyone is actually like that. You can't become someone else even if you copy them.