16.12.24 ARASHI’s comments on topping 2016 Oricon Artist Total Sales Ranking and Album Ranking

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Sakurai Sho: We have obtained the 2016 Oricon Yearly Ranking – Artist Total Sales, and then our album “Are You Happy?” topped the yearly ranking!
All: Thanks a lot!! 💚💜💛💙💗
Sakurai: I think topping the yearly ATS is splendid, while it is our sixth time topping the ATS ranking, we have updated our own record.
Ninomiya Kazunari: We are grateful. I was really surprised.
Matsumoto Jun: What I thought was…… (say loudly) It’s the best Christmas present!
Sakurai: HAHAHAHA!
Ninomiya: What’s up? (giggle)
Aiba Masaki: Your tension is, great……
Sakurai: I feel like you’re going to keep this neta?
Matsumoto: Can I do it one more time? The best! Christmas present!! …… Probably it’ll be a big slip! (giggle)
Sakurai: No, today (the day of announcement) is Saturday. If it is on air on TV on Monday, the feeling of Christmas will be fading.
Matsumoto: [Coz it’s] 26 [December on Monday]……
Sakurai: It’s exactly the Christmas announcement on 24 Dec. It’s Aiba-san’s Birthday. All are happy news. 💗💚
Aiba: These happy news comes one by one, (in loud voice) really, the best Christmas present!
Sakurai: What’s up with this (giggle).
Ninomiya: I think it’s a great “Birthday” present (giggle). 💛💚
Aiba: I wanted to follow (Matsumoto-san’s) neta (giggle). 💚💜
Sakurai: But it’s the sixth time (top ranking), I can’t believe it.
Ohno Satoshi: When’s the first time?
Sakurai: The first time was 2009. When we received this award in ARASHI’s 10th anniversary, it meant a lot to us.
Aiba: Really we receive this award because of everyone’s effort.
Ohno: We are really grateful.
Aiba: We receive this award the sixth time. It’s an award belonging to everyone, congratulations to all our fans as well!
Sakurai: I hope that fans are happy about this together with us.
Matsumoto: If our fans don’t take our products, there wouldn’t be such result. I am really grateful about this.
Sakurai: Total sales means CD and DVD. And fans also come to watch our concerts.

ARASHI’s 2016 “Kanji” is? Aiba[-san] suddenly went to host mode

Aiba: (Checking the information) During the 2009 yearly ranking award ceremony, Aiba-san replied the “yearly Kanji” with “ARASHI”.
Sakurai: Oh, you turned to host mode!
Matsumoto: Is it bit too early~? (giggle)
Ninomiya: You can’t do it now!
Aiba: Coz I have the tension to do it now. It’s too early right!
Ohno: You said “ARASHI” (yearly Kanji) in 2009.
Aiba: Having made “ARASHI” the “yearly Kanji” was tricky. I bit watched over it in 2009.
Sakurai: It was our 10th anniversary in 2009 right? If it was tricky to say so that time, what about this year!?
Ninomiya: Please make it a great one!
Aiba: This year is…… “ARASHI”!
The other four: …… 💜💛💙💗
Aiba: It doesn’t work (giggle). Let me do it one more time!!
Matsumoto: (Giggle) The official announced word is “Gold”, what about ours?
Sakurai: What have we done this year?
Aiba: Indeed the arena tour which we haven’t done for nine years was significant right? And then we also do the ongoing “Are You Happy?” live tour, and “ARASHI Waku Waku School”.
Ninomiya: And we also obtained the first in yearly total sales ranking and album ranking with this.
Matsumoto: So let’s decide this year’s Kanji!?
Aiba: The Kanji this year is…… “Joy” (楽)! There was many times that everyone enjoying the time together.
The other four: Ah~. 💜💛💙💗
Aiba: Eh, why is there such mysterious feeling? (Facing Ninomiya-san) So, you do it!! It’s difficult (giggle). 💚💛
Ninomiya: The Kanji this year right? Wait a moment!
Ohno: There were various things happened this year.
Aiba: Ninomiya-san, please announce the Kanji this year!
Ninomiya: … The “colour" (色) of “various” (色々)!
Sakurai: Colour!
Ninomiya: No, this is not the direction of my choosing this word…… (giggle).

Yearly-top-ranking album “Are You Happy?” is “All the songs are recommended”

Sakurai: The album this time “Are You Happy?” is exactly an “enjoyable” album, Ohno-san, what is your recommended high point?
Ohno: Isn’t it my solo “Bad Boy”!
Ninomiya: What’s the matter that you mention the solo song when making an album recommendation!?
Sakurai: (Laugh) Ohno-san is such type of person right!?
Aiba: Isn’t it just opposite to Happy!?
Ohno: The title was splendid too.
Sakurai: Hope it can be revealed in the concert.
Ohno: This time, the high point is, there are lots to things that worth listening.
Matsumoto: You wanted to make a recommendation, but [the album itself] is the cream of the crop!
Ninomiya: There is no single one recommended high point……
Sakurai: All the songs are recommended!
Matsumoto: No song can be put aside, this is the album “Are You Happy?”! Please do listen to it!
Sakurai: Right so. But really, receiving such honour is a great conclusion to our 2016. So, Leader Ohno-san please talk about the aspiration towards the coming year.
Ohno: We want to make splendid music too in the coming year, hope many people, even one more person, will listen to our music. And… we want to receive the award again!
All: Really thank you very much. 💚💜💛💙💗

Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/49664/7/

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【Aiba Masaki】
It is the greatest that good news comes one by one on my birthday.
We received the first rank in the yearly total sales ranking for the sixth time……
This award belongs to every fan, congratulations to all fans as well!

【Matsumoto Jun】
I think this is the best Christmas present.
If our fans don’t take our products, there wouldn’t be such result. I am really grateful.

【Ninomiya Kazunari】
I am surprised that we have obtained the first rank in total sales the sixth time which was the most frequent artist,
and obtained this award for the fourth consecutive year.
And then we also obtained that first rank in yearly album ranking, I am really grateful.

【Ohno Satoshi】
We want to make splendid music too in the coming year, it will be great if many people, even one more person, will listen to our music.
And then, we received the first rank in yearly ranking.
Really thank you very much.

【Sakurai Sho】
I think topping the yearly total sales ranking is splendid.
We have achieved the sixth top ranking in all years, I hope that fans are happy about this together with us.
Receiving such honour is a great conclusion to our 2016.

Source: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20161224-00153425-rorock-musi