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ARASHI who will appear on Kouhaku for the eighth time and perform the last finale for the first time has talked about thoughts towards SMAP who will split up at year’s end. Below is the dialogue related to SMAP.
――SMAP will split up at this year’s end.
Ohno Satoshi: To us they are very magnificent people, I feel sad. There were a lot of valuable moments that we worked together, these moments are the life-long treasure to ARASHI. We want to inherit the many things that we have learned from senpai, and continue our work with what we have learned from them.
――What was your memory of performing Kouhaku with them?
Sakurai Sho: When we first appeared on Kouhaku (60th = Year 2009), (White Team Host) Nakai-kun was watching our performance at stage wing. I really felt reassured. I was nervous to perform on such big stage and he supported us a lot, this is the scene I remember right now.
――What did you learn from SMAP?
Sakurai: A great deal of things. Because it was senpais who very first opened up the route to what no one had experienced before, there was a great deal of things to learn from their back.
Matsumoto Jun: The first Johnny’s members’ live I watched at Tokyo Dome was SMAP’s live, When I watched their live at Kokuritsu Stadium I thought “someday we ARASHI wanted to perform there as well”, they are really magnificent senpai to us.
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