201711 H Interview (I) – ARASHI

[arashitranslation]

Q: Before ARASHI became ARASHI.
M: Before I became ARASHI, that was really a long time (giggle). Leader had debut at 18 years old and now he is 36, it’s half of his life, right?
O: Yup.
S: Our ages are close to each other, we were in the same period of Johnny’s Jr. as well, we had a lot of memories together, like at that time we listened to the same song, or we back danced for senpais, or the things happened when we stayed in hotel during tour. Though “ARASHI” can’t be shaped, and it would be exaggerated to say that we are friends from childhood, we spent our time together. Therefore, it is not that right after the 15 September press release we suddenly become ARASHI, even after the Hawaii press release or the release of CD, there is a feeling that ARASHI was still not shaped.

S: I feel like we are shaping “ARASHI” gradually.
M: When we formed group, I was even using honourific language to Leader.
O: Now he uses peer language (giggle)
M: Because we’ve been working together for 18 years please just pardon me~ (giggle)
A: Indeed, when we released the single, we didn’t have our songs and we needed to work out the concert, with such experience one by one we gradually felt what our group was. At first it was tough, even we did concert we borrowed a lot of songs from our senpais.
S: We didn’t even have one song ourselves.
A: We sang about three times “A.RA.SHI” in just one concert.

M: But when we did our first concert, I thought I did it with the awareness that I was a member of ARASHI. At least I did it with such awareness. Even so it was around half year after our debut.
S: Yup. Indeed I had such self-awareness to a great deal during the first concert. But, what “ARASHI” is currently couldn’t be shaped at that time, we are shaped gradually, I am not sure if we are close to completion, maybe before that, our shape may be changing. Therefore, it is somehow difficult to show completely “this is what ARASHI is”.
N: Indeed it started from us being told “you all will be ARASHI”. Until that time, we had experience to work with other Jr., we did back dance for senpais, while we are clearly told “from now on you are ARASHI”, in order not to be noticed by other people and fans we started sharing the moments of moving secretly.
M: Indeed, as a result it should be time? While we all worked as Johnny’s Jr., for instance Nino and Aiba-kun and I did theatre (“Stand by Me”), and I and Aiba-kun were able to act in the drama of Kinki (Kids) (“Bokura no Yuuki Miman City”), though we had relationship in various works, there was no package with we five, at the end it could only be we five to create the atmosphere of ARASHI. Therefore indeed, I think it can only be shaped in the time we five pass together and in the time we five talk (about ourselves).

(I) https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/131495.html /
(II) https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/131652.html /
(III) https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/131921.html /
(IV) https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/132698.html

Comments

[simopimo]

thank you!!!

[arashitranslation]

welcome!!!

[adahshemea7]

Shaped with time. This is a great interview. Thank you!

[arashitranslation]

thanks for reading :)

[orsa2017]

Thank you for sharing..

lol.. Ochan on eco mode again when it's group talking..

[arashitranslation]

he'll talk more at latter part :)

[freya_rose1452]

Thank you for translating this <33

[arashitranslation]

thanks for reading :)

[missycoleen05]

thanks :)

[arashitranslation]

thanks for reading ^^

[roo_kie]

Thank you so much.
How it will be shapen from now on is something we will want to enjoying, as the answer of the question "untitled" for them.
(since I read it from V-I, so it's like I understand it now Why is it "untitled")

[arashitranslation]

indeed.

[hirogime]

Thank you for sharing!