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Reporter: What are your memories towards high school baseball? Not just high school baseball, there would be a lot of memories baseball, please tell us your personal memories about this.
M: Do you also want to hear from Ohno-san? (giggle) I see.
O: (Bitter smile).
S: I see~
N: Personal memory, right?
A: Personal memory, I see.
M: My personal memory is that in my six years of primary school study, until I entered Johnny’s when I was junior high school grade 1 I have been playing baseball all along. Therefore, indeed I watched most baseball tournaments during my primary school time. I really have been watching Koshien in front of TV all along, when it was summer break I played baseball dreaming “some day I shall also appear in Koshien and stand on that ground”. Therefore, today is a very special day to me. I am glad that I am here. Though it is not that I play baseball, that I could come to this place is like a dream to me.
O: Right, though I was invited by friend “let’s play baseball, would you?” when I was primary school grade 3…… They really invited me a lot that on the contrary I didn’t want to be in, so I didn’t play at last.
All: (Giggle).
A: On the contrary.
O: Yup. But had I been in that time, perhaps I would appear in Koshien.
N: Yes, there is such possibility.
A: Possibility.
S: A turning point.
O: Since then I had no exposure to Koshien. But really, Aiba-chan has been sticking to the TV during green room for the tournaments, so I also watched it beside him.
A: Right~
O: I am also attracted to it, very much. Therefore really, this year as well, when we are in green room… Ah! Oh! Aiba-chan will not be in green room!
A: (giggle). Yes yes, I may be in the venue rather than in green room.
O: I see! … Then we four shall watch the TV programs.
A: Right. I have lots of memories about baseball….. Indeed the moments of Pitcher Matsuzaka was impressive. Also Player Matsui Hideki. Indeed because I was in that generation, I watched a lot their tournaments.
N: Indeed, um. I had been thinking which memory…… the pitching duel of Maa-kun (Major League Yankees Player Tanaka Masahiro) and Saito Yuki (Nippon-Ham)~. The last swing (of Player Tanaka) was indeed unforgettable. Um, that may be my deepest memory.
S: I also had no experience about baseball, as I have mentioned before, I have been here when my alma mater appeared in the tournament. Well, Koshien is the same. The baseball club of my alma mater holds up “enjoy baseball”. While it was thought that they would bit shy away or nervous because they came to this big stage, they were just as their name, they enjoyed the tournament and had fun, I remembered that I was very proud of them.
Reporter: I would like to ask everyone what you think the charm of high school baseball would be?
M: You also would like to ask Ohno-san?
Reporter: Please do tell us.
All: (Giggle).
S: Please do tell them.
N: About the charm.
M: What I think about is, while it’s of course so for the players, but wouldn’t we be drawn into the play when we see the students and family members at the Alps Stand who support their team strongly? In this Koshien Stadium, the two teams with their third base and first base united fight against each other is very attractive. The various dramatic moments make the tournaments more moving, the tournaments give people smiles and courage, and there are various moving moments like the moments people are full of tears, I think this is the charm of Koshien, the charm of high school baseball.
O: After the exciting tournaments, players bring the sand home…
M: You know this.
N: You thought to your utmost (to get this line).
O: I think this is unique to Koshien. I knew from this action that “this unique place is splendid”. That’s all my comments.
All: (Giggle).
S: Quick to conclude.
M: So quick.
N: So quick~
S: So quick to round up.
A: What should I say~ Well, as Matsumoto said, the charm is when everyone is fighting. No matter those not entering the bench of the ball boy, really everyone is fighting. Because it is not professional baseball, how should I say, one chance……
All: (silence)
N: Are you OK? Can you hear me? (giggle)
A: I can hear you. Well, they are praiseworthy, they do their utmost. Such appearance hits my heart. I am very moved by such appearance.
N: For me, one charm is that I can see the moment when the flow changes. Regardless of the score difference, regardless of the difference in strength between the high schools, the moment the flow changes and the tournament develops straight from there, I think this is one charm of high school baseball.
S: The moment we know the dramatic moments of various schools and the dramatic moments of the players makes me more overwhelmed with emotions. I think this is a tournament filling with the dramatic moments of various schools and players.
Reporter: I would like to ask Aiba-san and then everyone to talk about this, Aiba-san comes to Koshien Stadium regularly, what is your routine when you pass your time in Koshien Stadium like what you must enjoy or look forward when you come, and then if you five members come to this Stadium how would you enjoy your time here?
A: Eh~, I hope that everyone would try my routine. When I come here in summer it’s very hot. And there are days with four tournaments a day, and I also sweat a lot. First of all, I eat Koshien curry…… Today we also had it, right?
S: Super delicious!
N: It’s delicious.
S: I ate the two categories!
A: I eat curry, then I already sweat a lot, so I’ll take sauna and go back home.
S: Really?
A: Really.
N: Eh~
S: The sauna is nearby?
A: It’s nearby. Then I go to sauna and flap like this. (Gesture of two hands swinging vertically) Have you tried this?
S: No, I haven’t.
A: No, right?
M: What do you mean by flapping?
A: Flap like this (gesture).
M: Well then, what is flap? (giggle)
A: There is such flapping, don’t you know it? There is such flapping, right?
M: Y... Yes there is.
A: I do this, then, take the last (flight) and go home!
S: After full satisfaction?
A: Yes!
S: Then, so you have meal here…… Ah, you have curry as lunch?
A: Curry as lunch.
S: And something else at night?
A: Right. I have my dinner in flight.
M: I see.
N: JAL.
A: Yes, JAL (giggle). This is my comment. Sorry I occupied the time.
Reporter: During “GUTS!” (ARASHI’s 43rd single) the choreography was baseball, will there be baseball-related choreography this time? (※ "GUTS!" is the theme song of drama with Ninomiya as leading actor, the story is about a young teacher together with a weak baseball club aiming at Koshien)
A: I see, let’s ask Matsumoto-san about this.
M: Me!
All: (Giggle).
M: What should I say? It would be great if there is so. Because this is a very refreshing song, we are thinking very hard how we should perform it. At the same time, speaking of Koshien, indeed one would think about brass band. Thinking that many people will be playing song, how to make the choreography fit such gesture… we shall do our best!
All: (Giggle).
M: In such situation, in such sense, the choreography is not decided, it would be great if the choreography is that we can do it with everyone.
S: Because it’s really a brand-new song just finished 2, 3 days ago, there are many things that are not decided yet.
(fin)
Part 2: https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/147952.html
Part 1: https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/145840.html
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