18.07.23 Cast Netto Koshien / Natsu Hayate - ARASHI Interview “Summer Memory”

A: (Being 100th Koshien Special Navigator) Because it was my dream, really, even not with this work, I often come here to watch the tournaments, I love high school baseball. It’s my honour that I have relationship with Koshien in such format.
S: When you said “your dream”, do you mean “you wanted to be a Koshien player”? or “get a work related to Koshien”?
A: Though it was also my dream to appear as a Koshien player, this already couldn’t be achieved.
S: Right, confirmed not to be achieved when you were 18 years old.

M/N: (Dream of being professional baseball player) We did.
M: When I was primary school student, when it was summer break I’ve been watching the games all~ along, and I had a dream “some day I would also be playing baseball here”. I haven’t thought that today I am here not because of playing baseball but because of singing.
N: Indeed~
M: People do change. The dream of people.

Q: Ohno-san.
O: Yes.
Q: Baseball...
M: Please don’t (ask him).
S: This is NG question.
M: You want to ask him anyway?
Q: What do you think about baseball?
O: I have no experience at all.

[Talk on five themes: Ball, Hot, Fight, Hundred, Summer]

A: (Chose “Ball” - The thing the five members overcame with baseball) Indeed I feel this the most when I did live, that “We Five are ARASHI”.
S: It’s frequent for Aiba-kun, for me too, the director (of live) is Matsumoto. For instance, when we need to put off one costume to change the atmosphere, I and Aiba-kun very often forget to put off the costume.
A: Right so.
S: When we sing, Matsumoto was like (staring at them and gesturing to put off costume).
M: It’s not like that.

N: (Chose “Hundred” - Thing you want to do for even hundred times) (All giggle)
A: To imagine.
N: Yes. Though the answer is not new at all, for me it’s “playing game”. Why did I get this question...

S: (Chose “Summer” - Members’ summer memory) (Read out the question)
M/A/N: Kawaii~
S: The press release of our debut. It was mid September (1999), we had the debut press release in Hawaii, we appeared in cruiser. One thing or another, it became the very memory of mine~

M: (Chose “Hot” - The passionate side of members) Everyone is really passionate about the various things we really like. For instance, (Leader is) fishing, Nino mentioned game just then, Aiba-kun really likes high school baseball ... (silently look at S)
S: What’s my favourite hobby?
M: ... Journey?
S: I don’t quite have favourite hobby...
M: To go for a journey as planned?
S: Yes...

O: (Chose “Fight” - To fight such enemy)
M: Whom would you fight against?
O: (Murmur) What is it... (All giggle)
N: Let’s go let’s go.
M: Do you want to change the question? Change the card?
(Members held up the cards for Leader to choose, Leader chose “Thing you want to do for even hundred times”)
O: Fishing (blue heart).
S: How tricky~
O: I got the boat driving license, so my fishing spectrum became wider. I can drive as captain even in private.
S: I see.
Q: For instance ARASHI appeared in cruiser in Hawaii, it’s possible that the cruiser is driven by Ohno-san.
O: I can, I can.
S: This would be great~
A: It’s great~
S: It’s good isn’t it?
M: Let’s buy the cruiser! Let’s buy it!
O: No no no no though I’m not going to buy one...
S: It’d be great isn’t it.
N: You could drive it.
O: I can I can.
Q: How about making it one of the performance of 20th anniversary!
S: However in the occasion of appearing in cruiser, it’d only be we four appearing on the deck, because Ohno-san is driving (All laugh)
M: Driving all~ along for docking.
O: Docking with all my effort.