X3 That's awesome! Happy advanced birthday to you as well (...and Nino...although I'm sure we'll have a happy birthday thread for him on his--I mean, our--his, actual birthday as well)...

Haha. Funny, how that ends up.

My first impression of Nino ^^

I WAS Jun-bait at first,because of his awesome dramas
But I loved Nino INSTANTLY after I saw the Wish PV.
Then Nino and Jun became my two ichibans forever
I love Jun 'cus he's so shmexy,and super kakkoi.
And I love Nino 'cus he's so cute and lovable and always so hyper!

So,answering the question,
My first impression,from the Wish PV was...
Omgee,he's so cute!And with great moves and a great voice to boot!
Then I found out about his dual instrument playing and about his songwriting.
Then he took a spot beside Jun.
So,Nino and Jun became my two ichibans

My first impression....
KAWAAIII... he look sooo cute n sooo young...
At that time i though , he must be below 20...haha..
But his maturity is completely opposite from his looks ne....
i always think noe that he is very matured n serious in what he do...

well I was nino-baited into arashi, but i first saw nino in the pv Wish but I dont even remember how he looked liked But then I watched the drama stand up and I was like.... wat a weak guy xDDDDDD and then afterwards watching stand up I watched yamada taro and i started to grow on nino and thought he was MECHA KAWAII

First saw him in Yamada Taro Monogatari. What's funny is that the first time I tried to watch the drama I was like "Hmmmm... How did this ordinary looking person get into show business anyway??!"... I moved on to another drama. But when I decided to give it another try, I almost banged my head on the wall. if not for him, I wouldn't have known Arashi!! i love him now! i think he's the cutest creature on earth! next to Ohno, that is. ^+^

I tought Nino looked like a little and kakkoi baby but never imagine that he has "THAT" personality....but I love it

Honestly, nino was my least favorite when i first got into the fandom, mainly because i thought he was a cold little bugger

but then after watching a few of their variety shows, he started to win me over. i've always been drawn to quirky, sarcastic guys anyway so it was just a matter of time. the fact that he has one of the cutest smiles ever only hastened the process.

plus i just love an air of mystery around a man don't you? nino's always interesting to watch because you can never tell what the hell he's thinking.

I was jun baited when I gotto know Arashi... and I've watch some random Jdorama including a few episodes of Stand Up (for Yamapi and Shun and not even know whodahell Nino is)

When I first saw a pic of all 5 arashi together .... and I was like ..
" Oh that skinny-weak-looking boy from Stand Up is in Arashi and his name is Nino" ... just like that XDXDDD

welll he's seriously my ichiban now ... when I found out that he's SUPER COOL and play the guitare and Piano and that Ni no Arashi things ....

first impression was

me: ah that guy must be their leader or something
ah he looks cool but a snob?
well that's all lol

In the PV Wish, Nino was young with bleached hair, well all arashi member looked the same to me at that time~ except Jun
Then I watched Stand Up, he looked really young, normal and cute.
Love his acting.

I was definetly Jun-bait to begin with but once I started paying more attention to the othger members I really started to notice Nino. He has such a baby-face and his sense of humor is pretty hilarious! Before I knew it, I was totally hooked on him.

I found it funny later on when I realized that he was in Letters from Iwo Jima...because I saw that movie before I became a fan of Arashi. Now, looking back at it...I could have been Nino-bait...if I had just realized that that was him. hehe.
<3
Shan

i first saw nino in music station, they were performing happiness and they are wearing those colorful tight pants that made them look like snowwhite's dwarfs. i was like ... "i sware the guy in green parts is gay!"

but he kinda redeem him self when i saw his performance of niji. i was like.. "what a very nice song", then i read from somewhere that he wrote that song in the girl's perspective, then i was like .. "oh he has to be gay" or just a very sensitive guy

i saw nino in yamada taro...at that time i found him cuter than sho...then i saw him in love so sweet and wish pv...after a while, i saw him in stand up!...my first impression of him is so so...but then because at that time i'm new to japanese entertainment, at that time, i think he's the only japanese actor that i would agree to be cute and even handsome to some extent... but then it came to the point that i find him...ooopppsss no longer a first impression...

At first look...he looked young and simple. and I found him really adorable coz his face doesn't reflect his age.

Got to like him more (and stalk him like I did with Jun) after watching Stand Up!!. Like Ogura-san said, he's "natural" (when it comes to his acting) and I think so too (in a good way, of course).

I first saw him in YTM, and I instantly thought he was the cutest thing in the world and he grew one me with his smile XD -- so I proclaimed him "The Guy Who's Smile Could Wipe Out an Entire Nation." Or world. Either one, lol. And then he got me into Arashi and the rest, as they say, is history =]