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Hadaka no Seikatsu (Our Lives Bared) (This translation comes from the August 2004 issue of "Myojo". It's a set of 20 questions asked to each of the V6 members. Here, the answers are listed by V6 member. To see the answers listed by question, click here) Sakamoto Masayuki | Nagano Hiroshi | Inohara "Inocchi" Yoshihiko Morita Go | Miyake Ken | Okada Jun'ichi Q1. What time did you wake up today? 11:00. I always wake up 20 minutes before I have to leave, jump in the shower, and head out. It's timed perfectly, so I can't go back to sleep. Q2. What did you eat for breakfast? Beef udon [noodle soup] at the TV station. Q3. How many days in a row can you wear the same socks? What~! If you stuck it out, two days. If you were in a survival situation, probably longer, though. Q4. Tell us about a woman who's made your heart race recently. Our stylist's baby. She's about 1 month old or so? She's so incredibly cute~ Q5. Do you have any chronic ailments? I tore the ligaments in my knee. I try to build the muscle and get massages. Q6. A friend's comes over to your home. What's the first thing you'd hide? Pretty much nothing. That's cause I don't own anything (laugh). I like my lifestyle to be extremely simple. Some day, I want to live in this hu~ge villa somewhere. I can just relax and unwind with friends. It'll have a really spacious room~, somewhere that opens up to a garden~ (His dreams are infinite). Q7. Is there anything that if you're not carrying it with you, you start to feel uneasy? Do you believe in jinx or superstition? What would it be... I'm okay even if I'm not carrying my cell phone with me. (Although, I'm always playing my cell phone games when I've got free time at work. Like there's this game where you've got to make a bunny jump from a see-saw onto a train.) Oh, I start to panic without my watch. And when a hearse passes, I hide my thumbs. This is a Japanese superstition. Hiding your thumbs guards against bad luck. It appears to come from the saying that your thumbs represent your parents.] Q8. What have you bought recently? TV. Q9. Have you bought anything mail-order? I bought this white sectional desk, but it was a mistake! It's so flimsy~ Q10. Have you pulled any pranks lately? I pulled down Inocchi's underwear. (In the greenroom) Q11. What's made you cry recently? I don't cry! Q12. Is there anything that makes you think, "Wow, I'm still a kid"? When recording the Japanese language track for "Thunderbirds" (Japanese national release date August 7 [2004])... It was so hard. I suddenly realized how badly I speak Japanese. Like, I eat my words so they don't come out right. I promised myself that I'd start speaking clearly from now on. Q13. Is there anything that makes you think, "I'm so old already"? Sprinting all-out 100 meters is tough. (laughing) I start panting just running between bases in baseball. Q14. Is there anything that you'd like to experience before you die? Scuba diving. I've never done any ocean related sports. I want to try to peer into the other world under the sea. Q15. What's your favorite flavor? Soy sauce. Even when we go abroad, I'll always say, "Soy sauce, please!" [in English]. But when I eat eggs sunny-side up, I like brown sauce... Q16. What's your favorite thing to drink? A Coke with ice. Q17. Is there anything in your life that you're really picky about? Right when I get home, I change into my pajamas. If I don't change, I don't feel like work is over and I can't relax. My pajamas are black. Q18. Any bad habits? I snap my fingers on one hand. Q19. What do you have to do before you go to bed? I lie in bed and watch TV until I get sleepy. Right now, the chord connecting my TV and my antenna is too short. (I was going to buy a new one to fix it, but I didn't measure before I went shopping and it's still too short...) It's stretched really dangerously tight right now, so I'm kinda worried about it. Q20. My body is made of... Rice! Nagano Hiroshi Q1. What time did you wake up today? 10 o'clock. I always sleep until right before I have to leave. I set the alarm clock on my cell phone so that it rings twice. Q2. What did you eat for breakfast? I haven't eaten yet today. Q3. How many days in a row can you wear the same socks? What, I'd want to change them every day. I don't like it when my clothes smell like cigarette smoke, either. Q4. Tell us about a woman who's made your heart race recently. When I went to Osaka with the show "SAY YOU KIDS", I thought that all the girls speaking Kansai-ben [a western dialect of Japanese spoken in and around Osaka] were really great. It just sounds so gentle and sweet to the ear. Q5. Do you have any chronic ailments? My neck stiffens up real easily. Every once in a while when I go to get a massage, they tell me, "You should have come in before it got so bad." Q6. A friend's comes over to your home. What's the first thing you'd hide? I'd probably straighten up the newspapers and magazines that I have laying all over the place. One thing I really like about my place is that I can play real darts all that I want. By the way, you know how there are some houses that just smell good? Is it potpourri? Or aroma oils? I want to make my place smell that good, too. Q7. Is there anything that if you're not carrying it with you, you start to feel uneasy? Do you believe in jinx or superstition? I've got a charm in my wallet, but... I always have to put my shoes on left first. Even when I'm changing quick for the stage, I have to do it. If I start with my right foot, I don't know why, but it just feels wrong. Q8. What have you bought recently? What, what... I feel like I haven't bought anything important at all. All I get is, like, drinks at the convenience store. Oh~, but I want a DVD player. Q9. Have you bought anything mail-order? I bought a CD rack. Of course I use it. Q10. Have you pulled any pranks lately? After "SAY YOU KIDS" was over. I stuffed everything lying around the green room to be cleaned up in Inohara's bag. Like, the grated kelp and everything (laugh). Q11. What's made you cry recently? I feel like my tear glands have gotten weaker. But, I don't let it get to the point where I'm really crying. Q12. Is there anything that makes you think, "Wow, I'm still a kid"? During work, I feel that I'm still green. Afterwords, I'm always thinking stuff like, "Oh, I should have said something like this." Q13. Is there anything that makes you think, "I'm so old already"? It's not just recent, but when I drink a lot of water and tea. Q14. Is there anything that you'd like to experience before you die? I'd like to go see an aurora. Q15. What's your favorite flavor? Sesame flavoring. Q16. What's your favorite thing to drink? Definitely water or tea, huh. Q17. Is there anything in your life that you're really picky about? When I make rice, I have to use my own rice polisher to polish my rice. Q18. Any bad habits? For no real reason at all, I snap my fingers. Q19. What do you have to do before you go to bed? I always sleep until right before I leave the next day, so I pick out what I'm going to wear, set my alarm clock, and it's good night... Actually, I see a lot of "Oh, no!" dreams that make me sweat it out. A little while ago, I had this dream where we got a script, and two days later the show was supposed to start. Inohara was really carefree about it. Sakamoto-kun was... I forgot. I was in a panic, going, "This is the end of V6~~~!!" (laugh) Q20. My body is made of... Maybe, "hope for tomorrow". Inohara "Inocchi" Yoshihiko Q1. What time did you wake up today? About 8 o'clock. Some days I wake up 2 minutes before I have to leave, some days it's 2 hours. Usually, I ask my manager to give me a call 30 minutes and 5 minutes before I have to leave. Q2. What did you eat for breakfast? Kitsune soba [cold noodles]. When I'm filming "Ponkickies 21", that's always what I have. Q3. How many days in a row can you wear the same socks? I'd want to change them after one day~. But if I really had to, I could al~~ways wear them. But when would I really have to! Q4. Tell us about a woman who's made your heart race recently. Yesterday, I was stretching in the gym when this incredible smell wafted my way. This beautiful woman was passing me with her back turned my way. Before I knew it, I was in the other corner with the machines for your back muscles. But when I looked at her face... (teary eyed) Q5. Do you have any chronic ailments? My tonsils swell up easily. Sometimes, my lower back hurts, too. Q6. A friend's comes over to your home. What's the first thing you'd hide? I wouldn't really hide anything. It's a place where you can really relax (probably). Q7. Is there anything that if you're not carrying it with you, you start to feel uneasy? Do you believe in jinx or superstition? In the past, I used to write the character for "person" three times and swallow it before I went up on stage. [This is supposed to be against stage fright. You write the character, and then you mock "eating" the people you just wrote on your hand. The comparable practice in Western culture is imagining the crowd naked or in their underwear.] But there was this one time when I told [Tokio lead singer] Nagase, and he said to me, "Really!? Don't be so nervous~!" It made me so happy (laugh). Q8. What have you bought recently? When I went to Osaka for the show "SAY YOU KIDS", I bought a big bag. Q9. Have you bought anything mail-order? Lots of stuff. I'm a real "believer". (Like furniture, sheets, stuff like that.) Q10. Have you pulled any pranks lately? I pulled a prank that Nagano-kun did to me on all these other people (laugh). Nagano-kun's always doing stuff to me, like he'll suddenly spray me with his shower, or whatever. Q11. What's made you cry recently? I was talking about this with Go too, but lately, I'll really cry easily! Like on "Gakkou e Ikou!", there was a segment where Go went to Thailand to learn how to train elephants, and I got all choked up. Q12. Is there anything that makes you think, "Wow, I'm still a kid"? Wow, I really think that a lot. But it's more like I'll think, "I'm such an idiot". Like really recently, I couldn't explain a game to one of my friends. Like, it was so bad, I was thinking I needed to take lessons on how to talk. Q13. Is there anything that makes you think, "I'm so old already"? When they have news about how teenage males are too "hot-headed" or "tempermental", I used to get really ticked off. But now I just start thinking, "Oh, hm, now I see". Q14. Is there anything that you'd like to experience before you die? Too many for me to say~. Q15. What's your favorite flavor? La-yu [a spicy sesame seed oil with chili peppers]. Although when I'm eating gyouza at home, I'll use some sort of brown sauce... Q16. What's your favorite thing to drink? Water. Q17. Is there anything in your life that you're really picky about? I make sure to drink lots of water. Q18. Any bad habits? I've always bitten my fingernails. Q19. What do you have to do before you go to bed? I get into bed and open a book. Nonfiction, essays, fiction... I've had times where I'll be reading 7 at once. Q20. My body is made of... Umm. Probably water, huh. Morita Go Q1. What time did you wake up today? 10 o'clock. Normally, my manager gives me a wake-up call 5 minutes before I have to leave, but today, it was the mailman at my door. I leave in a rush, so I lay out my clothes the night before. Q2. What did you eat for breakfast? A boxed lunch at the TV station. The tonkatsu [fried pork cutlets] was delicious. Q3. How many days in a row can you wear the same socks? If you really wanted to, then maybe your whole life!? Q4. Tell us about a woman who's made your heart race recently. A female boxer I saw on TV. She was so cool! Q5. Do you have any chronic ailments? My lower back always goes off on me. I really need to take care of it. Q6. A friend's comes over to your home. What's the first thing you'd hide? I wouldn't hide a thing. It's really clean. I like everything in my place, but I really love my bed. The headboard's black leather. It's too cool. The mattress is a little bit firm. Q7. Is there anything that if you're not carrying it with you, you start to feel uneasy? Do you believe in jinx or superstition? A ring and a necklace. They've always been something that tells me, "This is now." Q8. What have you bought recently? A hat. I'm wearing it today. Q9. Have you bought anything mail-order? I've bought things to wash my car, an exersize machine (I've never used it, though), stuff like through the shopping channel. It's like, late at night when you're watching TV, they start saying stuff like, "Don't let this chance get away!" And you think to yourself, "Oh, no!" and start ordering everything (laughing). That's what you're like at that hour. Q10. Have you pulled any pranks lately? I haven't done anything. But I've been bowling and stuff a lot. I just went yesterday. Collecting soccer uniforms is pretty fun, too! Q11. What's made you cry recently? There's been something, but I won't say. Q12. Is there anything that makes you think, "Wow, I'm still a kid"? I can't cook. So late at night, even when I'm starving, I'll just lie there dying of hunger. That's when I think it's sad I'm such a kid. Q13. Is there anything that makes you think, "I'm so old already"? Maybe when I see high school students, and think to myself, "They're so young~". Q14. Is there anything that you'd like to experience before you die? Deep sea fishing, scuba diving. Q15. What's your favorite flavor? Chili peppers. Lately, I've really been into spicy foods. I also like fried egg with soy sauce, and shredded cabbage with some salt. Q16. What's your favorite thing to drink? Usually, just a Coke with ice. I think it's really delicious. Q17. Is there anything in your life that you're really picky about? I'm really picky about everything. The depth of my hats; if my t-shirt size is just a little off, it's a problem; I like sunglasses with really tough looking frames... everything has to be in order. Q18. Any bad habits? Maybe my laugh is a bad habit. Like when I go out to eat and start laughing, I feel like I always get this, "There's a weirdo here!!" look. Q19. What do you have to do before you go to bed? Lately it's this horse racing game, "Derby Stallion"! I average about 4 hours of sleep at night. My body seems to perk up when it's like I haven't slept. Then, every once in a while I'll sleep for like 16 hours straight. Last night, I had this dream that all four tires on my car were flat... Q20. My body is made of... String. Lots of little things strung together. They're thin, but you can't cut them so easily. Miyake Ken Q1. What time did you wake up today? I usually set my own alarm clock (which I then ignore). So my manager gives me a wake-up call an hour before I have to go. But today, I just woke myself up at 6. Q2. What did you eat for breakfast? A boxed lunch at the TV station. The umeboshi [very sour pickled plum] was really good. Q3. How many days in a row can you wear the same socks? I'd want to change them every day, but if I had to, I could probably tough it out for a while. Q4. Tell us about a woman who's made your heart race recently. When I was doing the play, "The Graduate", [famous actress] Ezumi (Makiko)-san brought me Takenoko rice [rice prepared with bamboo shoots]. She said, "I don't think you've been eating properly." It was delicious, of course, and I was just so touched that she was looking out for me. Q5. Do you have any chronic ailments? My shoulders, back, and especially my neck stiffen up. Q6. A friend's comes over to your home. What's the first thing you'd hide? I wouldn't hide anything... I've got too many clothes! It kinda looks like a used clothing shop, with clothes piled up everywhere. Q7. Is there anything that if you're not carrying it with you, you start to feel uneasy? Do you believe in jinx or superstition? When I was at the dojo practicing shaolin kungfu, or when I was at the pool swimming, I always bowed. When I'm doing plays, I always make sure to bow then, too. Q8. What have you bought recently? The second season DVD set of [popular American TV series] "24". Q9. Have you bought anything mail-order? I bought this sit-up machine, but I've never used it. But I don't go to the gym, either. Q10. Have you pulled any pranks lately? I haven't pulled any. Q11. What's made you cry recently? I was sobbing while watching a movie. Q12. Is there anything that makes you think, "Wow, I'm still a kid"? Maybe how I can't say a genuine "I'm sorry"... Q13. Is there anything that makes you think, "I'm so old already"? My face has changed. It's kinda gotten boney. Also, I feel it when I pass the school that I used to go to. I get this feeling like I'm not allowed inside. Q14. Is there anything that you'd like to experience before you die? Horseback riding, swordplay, Japanese dance, tennis... and lots of other stuff. Q15. What's your favorite flavor? Chili peppers, salt... Eating something like eel tempura or green tea and salt flavoring is the best~! I like ponzu sauce too [a fish-based sauce made with soy sauce, rice vinegar, and citrus juice]. If I see something on the menu with ponzu, I'll always get it. Yeah, I don't like mayonnaise type sauces. Oh, I love cheese, too. I'm such a kid. When I see something on the menu that says "wrapped with cheese", I'm like, "It's cheese~!" I get that excited about it. And then... (Are you just going to list off all your favorite foods!?) Q16. What's your favorite thing to drink? Water. But when I soak in a bath, I like to drink something with a strong flavor to it, like orange juice. Q17. Is there anything in your life that you're really picky about? I have to wear freshly washed clothes that smell good. I don't use cologne. Q18. Any bad habits? Whenever someone asks me a question, I'll always shoot back, "What do you mean?" I crack my knuckles unconciously. And when I'm watching a play or a movie, maybe once every two hours or two times every three hours, my whole body'll start cracking. It's not that I'm bored, it's just my body starts to hurt. If I've bothered anyone, I'm really sorry. Q19. What do you have to do before you go to bed? I turn off all the lights. Say I've left a CD in the bathroom that I wanted to listen to in bed. I turn on the lights, and for some reason I'll start saying to myself, "Gotta start all over" (laugh). Q20. My body is made of... Natto! [Natto is literally fermented beans. It's the kind of food that you either love or hate.] I'm so addicted to this one dish. You stir-fry natto and ground beef together, then you eat it with rice wrapped in lettuce. Okada Jun'ichi Q1. What time did you wake up today? I woke up to my cell phone's alarm clock at 5:30 am. I usally set it for 30 minutes before I have to leave. Q2. What did you eat for breakfast? A sandwich at the hotel [in Kyoto, where he was filming a drama at the time]. Q3. How many days in a row can you wear the same socks? Change them every day! But you could probably put up with it for three days (laugh). Q4. Tell us about a woman who's made your heart race recently. The people singing at a hotel bar in Kyoto. They had a different singer every day, even a black singer. They all had their own styles and atmospheres. It was just too cool~. Oh, but, we're talking about men, though. Is that still okay!? Q5. Do you have any chronic ailments? I've got a weak stomach. But aren't there a lot of guys with weak stomaches? Q6. A friend's comes over to your home. What's the first thing you'd hide? I don't really have anything that I wouldn't want other people to see. But I've kinda got things overflowing in places, and subtle lighting, and videos running, so it looks like a strange bar. That sort of atmosphere helps me to relax. Q7. Is there anything that if you're not carrying it with you, you start to feel uneasy? Do you believe in jinx or superstition? I don't like being tied to something so much that I think, "I've got to have this." I don't really wear a lot of accessories either. But you know, my circulation's pretty poor, so I tend to take them off quick (laugh). Q8. What have you bought recently? Some shampoo and conditioner at the convenience store. Q9. Have you bought anything mail-order? Nothing. But right now, I want a mat like the ones in sports gyms. After doing calisthenics, you just plop over and they feel so good~ Q10. Have you pulled any pranks lately? I don't pull pranks~. Q11. What's made you cry recently? I don't cry~. Q12. Is there anything that makes you think, "Wow, I'm still a kid"? I always think that when I'm working. Q13. Is there anything that makes you think, "I'm so old already"? Naw, I'm really an old man already. Like, I'm not bright and sparkling, but kinda mushy (laugh). Q14. Is there anything that you'd like to experience before you die? There's lots of things. I want to try some real mountain climbing, or racing a horse around one of those obstacle courses, or travel all over the world to see every corner... Q15. What's your favorite flavor? Cinnamon. Q16. What's your favorite thing to drink? Lately, it's nothing but amino acid health drinks. Q17. Is there anything in your life that you're really picky about? Maybe like when I get hooked on something, I'll eat nothing but that. Like I've eaten nothing but curry for a week, but there's been times when it's been oranges or bread. Right now, it's fried chicken. There's this one place right now that makes this juicy stuff that are just perfect. Also, I haven't cut my toenails lately. I think that in the Nakatomi no Kamatari [also known as Fujiwara Katamari, he started the reign on the Fujiwara clan in 6th century Japan] period, they didn't get blisters, or something like that. [In other words, he hasn't cut his toenails lately because of his drama, set in 6th century Japan.] Q18. Any bad habits? I touch my lips. Q19. What do you have to do before you go to bed? I head to the sauna at the hotel in Kyoto, because then I can really sleep soundly. Usually I take a bath (I need 15 minutes, and I'll even soak in those shallow bathtubs I hate), and watch TV or read a book until I get drowsy. Q20. My body is made of... Fried chicken. (While filming "The Taika Reformation", he's been eating kamatama udon [a simple dish involving just noodles and a raw egg].) |