ARASHI TRANSLATION

OY: Was there any occasion that you thought you couldn’t go on when you perform on site?
N: I thought “I screwed up”… when I sung a new song, I forgot the lyrics of my part, during concert, when I thought what should I do, then I passed the mic to audience like “everyone sing together”, but it was new song, no one knew the lyrics, and they were like “what is that person doing?”. There was such moment, the audience were like “this is a new song, why does he ask everyone to sing? We don’t know the lyrics”. At that time, the audience just waved their penlights pretending that they didn’t see me.

OY: At that time, the reaction of Johnny’s fans is beautiful.
N: Beautiful. A feeling of “this is Japanese”. Really in concerts there are no enemies. No matter what I say, even I say weird things, audience think it’s fun.
This is the scariest thing. If I treat this a field for certain, and behave so in various other fields, thinking “what an interesting guy I am”, “what a quick-witted guy I am”, this wouldn’t be interesting at all in other sites. If I keep behaving so, in a strange way, I’d only rest on my laurels.
If we don’t behold the feeling “such occasion only happens here (in concerts)”, and, for instance, when I act a film I think “well, it’s OK, it’ll be fine as long as I do it”, it’ll be out. I haven’t seen any variety programme with talents thinking “Wouldn’t it be OK? As long as I say something here, it’ll be fine, audience will find it funny” that would turn out interesting.
Therefore, indeed, if we ourselves don’t think “above all, more than anyone, this is a precious occasion, this is a dream place”,
Indeed there would be always a possibility of giving a wrong impression to others.

OY: You are an idol though you don’t give people a feeling of idol. When you work as a film actor, it’s like you are having a contest with other occupations, right?
N: I am often told “why do you regard yourself as idol?”, “why do you keep saying you are an idol?”. But I don’t have intention of keeping saying that, I don’t have impression of saying this too, but, I have my line of thinking. This line, for instance, when I act, because I don’t reach the line I think about, I shouldn’t call myself “actor”. Therefore, the foundation is, when I am asked “what do you work?”, I explain my work as “I am a member of a group called ARASHI.” But when we look at the contents of my work, I perform in concerts, I sing and release CDs, I appear in film and theatre, and I do variety programmes, I do lots of works, right? This is probably similar to your situation.
OY: Indeed.

N: When I act, and appear in work promotion, I am often called “orthodox actor”, “an actor with skills”. But actors are not described like this, right? Just like I haven’t been called “orthodox idol”, not even once.
OY: Because Johnny’s is orthodox idol with no doubt.
N: Yes. Because this is something widely accepted in this world, this became a culture, no one would emphasise Johnny’s idol work as “idol”, because people are fully aware of this. So, actors whom people are fully aware as actors would not be described as this, because this would be disrespectful to them, at least I think so, if an actor is introduced as “you really act well” (this would be disrespectful to the actor).
So I am still introduced like this in this world, like “this person also acts in film”, like “this is an actor with certain style”, at this moment, though I am still offered work in such field (acting), I am bit touched that I still have a place (ARASHI) to return to.

OY: What’d you do ten years later? Would you still be singing and dancing?
N: I’ll be 45 years old ten years later. I want to sing and dancing that time, ideally. But there is one thing to think about. We have been working many years since debut, and there are kouhais coming out, I want to create an environment for kouhais to work well. We are also taken care by our senpais, for instance, because senpais had concerts here, they released CDs, they appeared in variety programmes, they have opened such various paths for us, so that we can continue walking on these paths, right? It’s like a school, I do not allow these paths to be dirtied or closed in our generation. Because there are many people who would continue walking on them.
Therefore rather than we ourselves continue walking on these paths, we should make these paths as easy for kouhais to walk as possible. It’s like I want kouhais would heritage the name ARASHI. Indeed because we have been taken care (by senpais) like this, at least we want to do so as well.

Remark: Not transcript. Not all conversation was translated.

Part I: https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/166244.html
Part II: https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/167041.html
Part III: https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/167417.html

OY: In what timing do Ninomiya-san enter your role? For instance, do you enter the role along the travelling to the filming site, or do you enter the role when you reach the site?
N: I basically do not enter the role until Director says “OK, start”. I think perhaps because I am a shy person. It’s like the day before, I remember what I need to do tomorrow, then I get up, then I embrace such feeling and go to the site, I still feel embarrassed in such way.
Perhaps it’s about the era. (In our era) there are people who can’t get out of the roles even when they go home, when they act a horrifying role they stayed horrifying, when they portraited a bright role they stayed bright during the filming, but I am not like this at all.
I’m just in the role between being told “OK, start” and “Cut”.
OY: So you switch clearly.
N: Yes, every time I come back (from my role).

OY: When I watch the DVD, I think in the real world, such acting-like scriptlines don’t fit me. When I watch drama and films recently. I think people won’t say so in real world. How do you prepare yourself to say such scriptlines?
N: I basically, for the things I don’t understand, because people who watch my acting just once would definitely not understand, I don’t want to say them. There were such occasions.
When people watch it once, and the second time, they would watch the work in a different way. I often say so during the promotion. Thinking about this, there are people who can just watch it once, under various circumstances. If a thing cannot be conveyed to people who only watch the work once, this would be meaningless. So I would chew the scriptlines as possible.
Therefore, when there are scriptlines with expert jargons, I say those scriptlines earnestly, to make myself like the character.
OY: To increase the sense of reality.
N: Yes. But, it’s not just “look like the character”, because the story and the development of the story should be conveyed, so indeed when there are scriptlines I don’t understand, I would try best to chew them.

OY: When I watch your work, I watch it thinking that it was very interesting to act with such very stage-like actors and very drama-like actors.
N: We are allowed to act what we want to act. This is the generosity of Director.
OY: What is the difference between acting a film and acting a drama?
N: Basically there is barely difference. In particular, when I appear in film, rather, though there are also works with very common themes, because there are many films with serious themes (which I appear), look, I am in the group ARASHI, ARASHI has various activities, there are people supporting these activities who come to watch my films. I don’t want to propose anything which is wrong in real society. “There is murder with meaning”, “I committed this crime in tears, it couldn’t be helped”, there is no such thing. Crime is crime, murder is murder. These are wrong things. If a work teaches wrong concept to audience, it’s better that I don’t act in it. This is the thing I am the most careful about.

(to be continued)

Remark: Not transcript. Not all conversation was translated.

Part I: https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/166244.html
Part II: https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/167041.html
Part III: https://arashitranslation.dreamwidth.org/167417.html

As Kimura-san just said today is like a gathering enjoying the cool-breeze of summer? As it’s a “Enjoy the Cool of Summer” Preview, there are so many plants (in the venue) and I think it overlaps (with my botanical jacket and trousers) (giggle). I hope that I would be talking as many exciting topics as possible, thanks for your support.

(Audience dressed in yukata and Kimura-san said would there be audience wearing swim suits) It is not absolutely impossible. Male audience are also wearing neatly. Perhaps they wear swim suits underneath (giggle). Indeed it’s summer~

My fashion today? Basically I just wear a T shirt then a jacket, but because I thought it would look so “nil” indeed, I did set up properly and put on my leather sandals. I am all fired up!

My summer clothes wearing in private, to say one thing, are all from Kimura-san. In the programme “PitankoKanKan" filmed the other day, I was told to “wear them anyway!”, today all my private clothes from top to bottom are from Kimura-san. Therefore, roughly speaking, “I am Kimura Takuya!”

Because there were blue sheets stretched over during the scenes of murder scenes, the setting was all surrounded and it was very hot.

(Kimura-san put off jacket during filming because it was too hot but it looked like a veteran prosecutor putting off his jacket) Because in terms of my character I couldn’t put off my jacket, I said “Tricky~”. (Kimura-san) put his jacket off right away.

I think you would see a lot of such (impromptu) in the first scene. I like this scene very much, originally it was planned to be a sunny, beautiful scene, but it was rainy during filming and it gradually turned to be hair-raising scene and I liked it. I hope that you would pay attention to it.

(Kimura-san said he didn’t thought that the two characters are opponents) I also didn’t think that the two characters were opponents. Rather than that, it was more impactful to me that I was able to act with Kimura-kun. Were you shocked? You were shocked, weren’t you? I was as shocked as everyone else. I confirmed “Is he the Kimura Takuya I know?” and was replied “Yes”, I thought it was a great thing. Rather than the contents of the story, it was very impactful to me that “I act with Kimura-kun” and “the director is Harada-san”.

(To act with Kimura-san) I was delighted. It was nothing but feeling delighted. It’s difficult to explain… it feels like playing together with professional baseball players. (Kimura-san said that the reporters looked puzzled hearing this answer) Dear reporters, you feel hot (so looked puzzled), right? (giggle) (To act with Kimura-san) made me “feel like I have been doing the acting bit better”. Taking baseball as example, no matter how the ball comes, no matter how the ball is hit, (Kimura-san) properly picks the ball and strikes it. Because of this, it looks like that I am acting whatever I act well. So there can be nothing but happiness, right? Even I do something that isn’t in the script, even I do something in different ways, he would act instantly like “if you act in this way I would act in that way”. I just enjoyed the acting. Of course the contents are also enjoyable, in a different way, the process of creating the work was so much fun.

(Sakou-san was gentle while not portraying the character?) Of course, he would have been crazy if he was like his character while not in filming. He was just gentle. When we met in the filming site, it was the scene that I was doing inquiry and chasing him, although physically it was not an environment for us to chat, (I could feel that) he is a gentle person.

(About the scene that Okino vs Matsukura) As for that scene, because I had been shouting loud at the ear of Sakou-san, I apologised every time after cut. For me, during the scene when the emotion is rising, I am the only one who is moving, and if my partner moves I can switch, but since it couldn’t be done like this at all in this scene, I was wondering what I could do. But, once we started the filming for once, we became acting in such way.

(About Director giving instruction in the setting) Kimura-kun was also told by Director, right? “I want a little more here, could you do something?” “Yes, I see” and then you added in something. There were quite a lot such scenes. I thought that Director trusted you, right? While you were told “Could you do something?”, “I see”, Director would probably be angry with you if you didn’t do anything (giggle). I think there was such conversation because there was trust (between Director and actors).

(Message to LINE LIVE audience) It’s difficult. Because I was seen all along the LIVE, right? Normally reporters would extract what I said and edit it and write coverage to readers and audience, right? Therefore, during the press conference, when I am not speaking, I’m always like this (in a dull posture), but in this LIVE this has also been seen all along, right? Well… I really hope that this would stop. Because I hope to deliver a neat image to audience… by all means… On the contrary it may be a precious occasion. I may also watch it. Above all, I hope that you enjoy this LIVE.

(Message to audience) I wonder if the audience understand the story (after watching it)? When trying to follow the contents, you would think that Harada-san had put a lot of things in this film, there were impressive scenes, Matsukura had his mouth clapping, because various actors had such acting, it was enjoyable even just by watching these subsidiary acting, and I think you would understand that this is a solid work. There is no need to try to understand the story in one time, let’s gradually process the story together!

Source: https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/news/1808_1/02kensatsu-movie_ib.html

[Opening]
Happy Birthday Nino-chan!

[Mail about Summer high school baseball theme song]
I want to go to Koshien. Summer is summer.
This year? This year I don’t go. If I go to Koshien this year, it’d become tough, right? Because of Aiba-kun every desperately thinks about what to do to go to Koshien. So I absolutely don’t go to Koshien of my own will.
I wonder if Aiba-kun will be going to Koshien all along (for work).
This year we are indebted.

[Ura ARASHI]
(Mail: 21 May is Detective Day. All members had experience of acting detective. Ninomiya-san has not acted detective in drama but in CM. Reader expects his acting detective in drama.)

“Please try best.”
Isn’t it great? Such strong wish for Ninomiya-san to act detective by all means. “Because Ninomiya-san acted detective in CM, so all ARASHI members have acted detective”.
Do I suit a role of detective? But I don’t quite like character who speaks a lot. It’s fine to act a detective who doesn’t speak much. Detective is a tough character, don’t you think so? Because it’s a character who has to explain everything.
I act differently, when I acted doctor, my character almost doesn’t speak, I can’t act character who speaks a lot. I can’t. It’s tough, I can’t remember the scriptlines.

[Birthday message]
I know who is going to give me birthday message, it should be the co-act of drama, right? Because you go to Midoriyama studio. It felt like “because I come to Midoriyama, why don’t you record the birthday message, could you~?” It must be like that. And the message was recorded at Midoriyama.
So let us listen to it. So everyone please listen to it. Please.

(Message from Kimura-san, N: = Nino)
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Nino-san,
Happy Birthday to you~

Eh, Kazu-san, Nino. How should I call you. Today I record this advance message to Nino.

N: Ah! Kimura-kun, isn’t he?

Eh~ Today, 17 June. Congratulations to your birthday.

N: Thank You! Uwa it’s splendid! You went to Kimura-kun?

This is a day which definitely will visit you once a year. What does Nino feel about your birthday this time? Well, now I am 45 myself. Really welcoming one’s birthday, however, people around you may think “well it’s already the latter half of your 30 years”, “you’re heading 40 years, time flies”, of course, really people have various ways of perceiving it, rather, when I welcome my own birthday every year, it is like people express their feelings to me? Of course, on my birthday people say “congratulations” to me and I am connected with those feelings, I am very happy about this every year.

While some people may think negative of getting old, I don’t quite think like this. I think Nino would not think about such in-depth things. Rather than thinking about such things, you should be thinking about your game’s condition now.

N: Ah, sorry, this is so.

During filming, I asked him “what do you do in daily life?”, he replied “I play games”. I said “Game? Eh, I see”, he said “Isn’t it great? I save village!”. He has such side.

N: Right so.

I was surprised. I think later we shall work together again for the campaign of Director Harada’s “Kensatsugawa no Zainin” in which we co-acted.

N: Yes.

Nino steadfastly catches and directly faces what he should do and what he is going to do, I feel this when I watch “Black Pean”. Things like “One work after another one, when I do it I do it to my best”. This image is great. He is younger than me, of course he is ARASHI member to me, when I act with Nino, what remained deeply impressive to me is “secure”, to conclude in one word. He is really a kouhai who makes me feel relieved. Well, when we meet to work on the campaign, please continue making me feel relieved.

Really congratulations to your birthday. This was Kimura Takuya.

N: Isn’t it great? Today with this message, this can be last episode of bay storm. That person, that person, that person! This is splendid, right? Speaking of me and Kimura-san, we act together in the movie “Kensatsugawa no Zainin” which will be on roadshow on 24 Aug. How’s it? This is cool, isn’t it? This is cool. Eh~ I am so happy. Probably he would also send me birthday mail this year, just the time, right? I should reply him “Thank you” then. Uwa, I am happy, very happy.

This is something I rarely hear. There is no timing to ask this, right? “How do you think about me?”, I can’t ask this, right? If no one asks him, how he thinks about me wouldn’t be conveyed to me, right? It was gorgeous. I am grateful.

As for the movie, next week it’ll be the last episode of Black Pean, when the drama ends the campaign for movie will begin. From 24 Aug, the movie I act with Kimura-san will begin on roadshow, I shall be busy.

He said he also watched the drama, and he sent refreshment to Black Pean. It was great. He sent us lots of refreshment in an amount that I thought “how many people do you think the filming team has?”. It was great. I think he is not a person who would send refreshment to all sites with kouhais working. I think I am liked. I received the refreshment with the thought “because I am a kouhai liked by him, so he sends me refreshment”. “I don’t send refreshment to all kouhais. Because you are the kouhai I like, I only send refreshment to the site with kouhai I like”, I received the refreshment with such awareness.

Really splendid. The movie will be on roadshow 24 Aug, I think there will be various information coming. People who have watched the preview also kept saying that it is a good work. Kimura-kun also said that it was interesting. Because I was in the midst of drama filming I did not go to the preview. Therefore, later when the movie is on roadshow, I shall go to the cinema to watch it. But if you meet me in cinema, please just leave me aside, because it’s my first time watching this movie I want to concentrate myself. The promotion will start, everyone please look forward to it.

And my gratitude to Kimura-san who sent me message.

Also thanks to all of you who sent me congratulations mails!

[Radio staff gifted Nino]
- Birthday bread
- Wine
- Pazudora tee which is rare

How old am I, 30…? 5? I am 35 years old. Around 40, right? Yes, yes. This is great too. (Giggle) Really thanks for the blessings from all of you. This was ARASHI’s Ninomiya Kazunari. See you next week!

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検察側の罪人
24 August 2018 Roadshow
http://kensatsugawa-movie.jp/