14 Qs about ARASHI
Taken from ViVi September 2007 issue

ViVi is the Japanese fashion magazine a kind of 'Bitchy' looking girls read.
Arashi appeared on this magazine for the first time because no one can ignore Arashi's influence now!

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Q1 Which song is on the heavy rotation of your play list at the moment?
Nino : Well..., our new album as our concerts coming soon.
Aiba : Of course Arashi. Except Arashi? I'm listening to MIKA.
Ohno : Ne-Yo and Linkin Park. My mother lends them to me. I listen to Western music mostly.
Sho : Our new album. And one more... (opening Mac notebook), I'll check it now. Oh, it's Junior Senior, which I listen to except Arashi.
Jun : Don't know much, but I've been listening to Kotringo. I can get calm down listening to her songs before going to bed.

Q2 What other groups of Johnny's would you like to join in only one day?
Nino : Arashi (laugh).
Aiba : I'm OK with Arashi. SMAP? Oh no, too good for me (laugh).
Ohno : (after long consideration)... maybe 20th century in V6. They seem calm and I'd be feeling comfortable being with them.
Sho : I'm fine with Arashi (immediate answer).
Jun: What? (at a loss)..., I want to become Johnny's Jr (laugh).

Q3 Happiness of loving someone, and happiness of being loved by someone, which do you think is happier?
Nino : It depends on the person.
Aiba : Balanced is better I guess? But perhaps I want to be myself who can feel happier with happiness of loving someone.
Ohno : Oh! (after long consideration)... both. I prefer being natural, neither too heavy nor too light.
Sho : ... Maybe happiness of loving someone.
Jun : I suppose both...

Q4 Has the type of girls you like changed?
Nino : It hasn't changed. Basically I haven't got 'my type'.
Aiba : No change, my type has always been a mature woman who can read the air, and has common sense.
Ohno : Hasn't changed. ... Being able to be natural is best!
Sho : It has. My type has widen. Heart beating? Yeah, having more often (laugh). ... perhaps it's just because I'm becoming 'Ossan (= means a kind of old 'a bit' kinky man)'(bitter smile).
Jun : My type is always changing. I have no specification in 'this is my type'. (So, you mean the one you fell in love with is your type?) ... I guess so.

Q5 What kind of ringtone have you set up on your mobile phone?
Nino : Buzzer 1 or 2? I haven't heard my phone ringing lately.
Aiba : Buzzer 1.
Ohno : Set on vibration. I'm embarrassed if the phone rings while on a train, and I've never set up anything on my mobile anyway.
Sho : Ringtone 1.
Jun : Ah, although I'm so embarrassed... it's 'Let's Go Crazy' by Prince.

Q6 What kind of wallpaper have you put on your mobile phone?
Nino : The photo of the setup at the Dome concert we just had recently.
Aiba : I change it often, though, for instance, a photo of the scenery taken in a countryside when I went on location, or animals.
Ohno : A picture of a man I drew.
Sho : A calendar (laugh).
Jun : I often change it, though... The one I have now is the photo of the scenery taken in Nagano I went recently. Trees.

Q7 What song do you always sing when you go to karaoke?
Nino : 'A.RA.SHI'. Because someone always plays whenever going together to a karaoke.
Aiba : The whole sets of Arashi songs in order of what we did at the concert which takes two and half hours to finish (laugh). It's fun and I feel like 'Arashi is good!'.
Ohno : I just sing along whatever others play. If someone plays Arashi's song, I'd sing it.
Sho : I don't sing much. I prefer rousing people. But if I have to pick up one song, it should be 'Cherry' by Spitz.
Jun : Perhaps 'Yesterday' by The Beetles. I like slow songs.

Q8 Who goes for pretty girls the most?
Nino : Me?
Aiba : Sho. No reason, but feel so.
Ohno : Sho.
Sho : (silence for a while)... Nino?
Jun : Who is it? Nino? Aiba-chan?

Q9 Who's the most childish member?
Nino : Perhaps me (laugh).
Aiba : If I have to choose one person, perhaps it's me. Because I'm always noisy.
Ohno : Me. Because I never think I have to be more reliable.
Sho : ( after long thinking) Aiba-kun.
Jun : Leader.

Q10 Who's the most mature member?
Nino : Ohno-san. According to the age.
Aiba : This is also me. I'm mature. Joking (laugh). Leader perhaps.
Ohno : Sho-kun. He's mentally reliable.
Sho : No one, is it? (Are you mature, Sakurai-san?) I'm not.
Jun : All of us except Leader (laugh).

Q11 Who has the shortest temper?
Nino : Sho???
Aiba : Sho. He gets mad so easily when it comes to meals.
Ohno : Matsujun perhaps. He doesn't get mad at us, but sometimes gets mad at himself.
Sho : Me (laugh).
Jun : Me or Sho-kun. I get mad at disorganise.

Q12 Who's the most crybaby member?
Nino : It's me. (Are you sure?) No (bitter smile), but leave it as me.
Aiba : Me at concerts. But when I feel like crying, Leader gets mad at me saying 'Don't look at me!' He says he doesn't like weeping in sympathy.
Ohno : Aiba-chan.
Sho : Ohno-kun (immediate answer).
Jun : Aiba-chan and Leader. I'm easily moved to tears, too, though. I do cry easily when I watch films.

Q13 Who has changed most for the last 8 years?
Nino : I can't recognise who has changed and who hasn't because we've been always together.
Aiba : Me perhaps. I became more serious.
Ohno : Matsujun. His hairstyle (laugh).
Sho : Everyone hasn't changed much... Ohno. He became more talkative.
Jun : All of us have changed and none of us has changed. Me? I used to be more rough. I'm more balanced now.

Q14 Who hasn't changed?
Nino : Don't know that too.
Aiba : Perhaps me again. I tend to forget something as usual.
Ohno : (Pointing at Ninomiya who was sitting next to him) this person.
Sho : Nino. Hasn't changed at all.
Jun : Probably Sho-kun.

Matsujuuun.... let's watch a movie together. A sad movie's better, so we can cry together .
And yup, he changed his hair style from time to time. Also, he did change from a cute teenager to a good looking guy. What am I saying... he's hot currently in love with jun, sorry for not mentioning the others, but aiba is still my ichiban

Thank you for posting this somewhat-article . And this is for september 2007 issue? wow, so fast.

Btw, isn't ohno - blue, and sho - red? I don't know, maybe i'm wrong.

Thank your for the translation!!! I love this kind of interview!!

It's the second time I read Sho gets angry easily.....

I can picture AIba being a crybaby.

hah they really enjoy their own music..

*-* nice answers!

Thanks for the translations. I always reading their interviews. I certainly learn a lot about them, & all their answers always makes me smile.

Ohno has nice taste in foreign music Linkin Park is one of my favorite bands, and Ne-Yo is really good R&B~

I find it funny that they listen to their own music.

I this interview!

Thanks for sharing your translations!

how can ohno just pointed at nino and say this person for the last question?

huh...just..this person?
ohno!
you're sooo cute when it involves nino...
hehehe...

wait..why does ohno's mom listen to linkin park? and lending the cd to ohno?