Personal History - Miyata Toshiya (Kisumai Photobook Translation)
Hey everyone. I'll be posting translations of Miyata's portion of the photobook. Big thanks to snowqueenofhoth for the beta and for continuously asking me if I have something against commas. The answer is yes. Yes, I do. ♪(´ε｀ )
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Kis-My-Ft2 personal history
20101020
NAME
Toshiya Miyata
I think I'm firmly established in this character.
ME AS A CHILD
Well to begin with, I was a noisy, energetic kid, even at school. I also loved my mom and enjoyed being spoiled by her, but at home, both my older sister and little brother were there, with me in the middle. Even when it came to holding my mom's hand, my sister's a girl so she would cling to her. And then my brother's little, right? So I didn't really get to hold her hand and it was a bit lonely for a little kid, but it's not like it was traumatic or anything like that (laugh). I was always clinging to my mother just as much as my sister was, so I never got lost (laugh). My brother is four years younger, but he's been more of a handful recently. For my birthday he'll say, "I'll buy you a game," and I'll be super happy, but then it'll turn out to be a used game that he found in the 1000 yen corner. Turned out well, didn't he (laugh)? I told him that it would have been okay for him to buy me a new one. My brother actually looks like Mis Snow Man's Sanada. Whenever I see Sanada, I think of my brother. My sister isn't so good with people and often uses a harsh tone (laugh).
ME AS A JOHNNY'S JR.
My mother's the one who entered me. It was probably around the end of 6th grade. I wanted to play with my friend so I kept crying, "I don't wanna go~!" I apparently stretched with Yokoo-san at the audition. I don't actually remember, but that's what Yokoo-san said (laugh). Oh, and then a member of the staff took me to the cafeteria so that I could eat. That person turned out to be the company president, but at the time I was wondering, "Why is this stranger treating me to ramen?" (laugh) It wasn't until much later that I came to understand how fun being in Johnny's could be. I couldn't dance, I didn’t really have any strong points, and I couldn't make myself stand out. I'd look at the other kids who were good at showing themselves off and think things like, "Lucky them~". I've thought things like, "I have to move to the front! Stand out!” but we all have our personalities right? I couldn't do it. But when I became a member of Kisumai, I really started to think about my character. There are seven of us, but I'm the "normal guy". There was a time when I was in my dad's car and asked for advice. He told me, "In this world, only being cool isn't enough." I replied that I already knew that, but I tried to really think those words over carefully. It's true that when I entered this jimusho, I looked up to the front-man of each group, the ones who people on the outside think are so cool, but then I thought that that's not all Johnny's is. It's really a world with people like Nakai-kun who’s an MC, Kanjani8's Maruyama-kun and Yokoyama-kun who can make everyone in a hall smile, and a lot of other characters, isn't it. Somewhere in my heart, I felt like I still wanted to be cool (laugh), but it's moving on from that point. My thoughts on it have changed. Within Kisumai I had been the "bullied" character and it's a field that I'm good at (laugh), so I've decided to expand on that from here on out. Thanks to that, I think I'm firmly established in this character.
WORK THAT I CAN NEVER FORGET
I guess it would be making the Miya-gee T-shirt for the first solo Kisumai concert. At first when we talked about that otaku idea, everyone went, "What?" But it was my solo and it was something that I'd come up with myself, so I really wanted to do it. On a slightly different topic, I felt like everyone else was the "cool type" and there was just no way I could compete (laugh). I had to bring up my courage and just cut my losses. The result was that in the second concert, that corner continued and even appeared in the butai. I'm honestly glad that I brought up my courage that time.
ON Kis-My-Ft2
In the beginning, it was pretty rough. I mean, you can't suddenly tell someone in the dressing room, "Do a gag," or something else absurd, right? (laugh) Looking back on it now, I think the older three may have been trying to give off a sempai-like air (laugh). But because of those things, I think the distance between us shrank. Recently though, as a negative side effect of that, we're unable to talk seriously (laugh). From here on out I think it's important for Kisumai to try various different things. Whether it's good or bad, the seven of us have strong personalities and depending on each of our experiences, I think they're going to get even stronger. And then I think that it'll become a part of Kisumai over the years. Individually it'd be good if we could continue like this and do major activities. And for the future, it's my dream to tell my mother, "I'll buy you a big house!"
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Kis-My-Ft2 personal history
20101020
NAME
Toshiya Miyata
I think I'm firmly established in this character.
ME AS A CHILD
Well to begin with, I was a noisy, energetic kid, even at school. I also loved my mom and enjoyed being spoiled by her, but at home, both my older sister and little brother were there, with me in the middle. Even when it came to holding my mom's hand, my sister's a girl so she would cling to her. And then my brother's little, right? So I didn't really get to hold her hand and it was a bit lonely for a little kid, but it's not like it was traumatic or anything like that (laugh). I was always clinging to my mother just as much as my sister was, so I never got lost (laugh). My brother is four years younger, but he's been more of a handful recently. For my birthday he'll say, "I'll buy you a game," and I'll be super happy, but then it'll turn out to be a used game that he found in the 1000 yen corner. Turned out well, didn't he (laugh)? I told him that it would have been okay for him to buy me a new one. My brother actually looks like Mis Snow Man's Sanada. Whenever I see Sanada, I think of my brother. My sister isn't so good with people and often uses a harsh tone (laugh).
ME AS A JOHNNY'S JR.
My mother's the one who entered me. It was probably around the end of 6th grade. I wanted to play with my friend so I kept crying, "I don't wanna go~!" I apparently stretched with Yokoo-san at the audition. I don't actually remember, but that's what Yokoo-san said (laugh). Oh, and then a member of the staff took me to the cafeteria so that I could eat. That person turned out to be the company president, but at the time I was wondering, "Why is this stranger treating me to ramen?" (laugh) It wasn't until much later that I came to understand how fun being in Johnny's could be. I couldn't dance, I didn’t really have any strong points, and I couldn't make myself stand out. I'd look at the other kids who were good at showing themselves off and think things like, "Lucky them~". I've thought things like, "I have to move to the front! Stand out!” but we all have our personalities right? I couldn't do it. But when I became a member of Kisumai, I really started to think about my character. There are seven of us, but I'm the "normal guy". There was a time when I was in my dad's car and asked for advice. He told me, "In this world, only being cool isn't enough." I replied that I already knew that, but I tried to really think those words over carefully. It's true that when I entered this jimusho, I looked up to the front-man of each group, the ones who people on the outside think are so cool, but then I thought that that's not all Johnny's is. It's really a world with people like Nakai-kun who’s an MC, Kanjani8's Maruyama-kun and Yokoyama-kun who can make everyone in a hall smile, and a lot of other characters, isn't it. Somewhere in my heart, I felt like I still wanted to be cool (laugh), but it's moving on from that point. My thoughts on it have changed. Within Kisumai I had been the "bullied" character and it's a field that I'm good at (laugh), so I've decided to expand on that from here on out. Thanks to that, I think I'm firmly established in this character.
WORK THAT I CAN NEVER FORGET
I guess it would be making the Miya-gee T-shirt for the first solo Kisumai concert. At first when we talked about that otaku idea, everyone went, "What?" But it was my solo and it was something that I'd come up with myself, so I really wanted to do it. On a slightly different topic, I felt like everyone else was the "cool type" and there was just no way I could compete (laugh). I had to bring up my courage and just cut my losses. The result was that in the second concert, that corner continued and even appeared in the butai. I'm honestly glad that I brought up my courage that time.
ON Kis-My-Ft2
In the beginning, it was pretty rough. I mean, you can't suddenly tell someone in the dressing room, "Do a gag," or something else absurd, right? (laugh) Looking back on it now, I think the older three may have been trying to give off a sempai-like air (laugh). But because of those things, I think the distance between us shrank. Recently though, as a negative side effect of that, we're unable to talk seriously (laugh). From here on out I think it's important for Kisumai to try various different things. Whether it's good or bad, the seven of us have strong personalities and depending on each of our experiences, I think they're going to get even stronger. And then I think that it'll become a part of Kisumai over the years. Individually it'd be good if we could continue like this and do major activities. And for the future, it's my dream to tell my mother, "I'll buy you a big house!"
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