ShoJun Memories

From TV Life 2020/12/25: TL: While looking back at 2020, please determine an award for each member. Sakurai-san in 2017, 2018, and 2019 won the award for appearing on Nippon Television the most. For getting the award for three consecutive years, he's been included in the hall of fame. S: I'm included in the hall of fame? Thank you very much. M: In that case, let's give him a new award this year! A: Ah, protein? M: "Consumed Protein Award." S: Ahahaha! (laughs) A: Between us members, he consumed it the most. M: Tofu or natto for example. O: When Sho-chan eats natto, he stirs it a lot. S: It's fun! (laughs) M: Then, once again, congratulations for receiving "Consumed Protein Award." S: I’m thankful. M: Please give a comment for receiving the award! N: Since this is the first in Japan. S: Between the many awards available, this is the one I was aiming for the most (laughs). O: Fufu… that’s great (laughs). TL: Next up is Ninomiya-san. In 2019, he ate cer...

From TV Guide 2020/11: Q: Now, what do the members think about the two-shots, please tell me. M: I see! Which combination should we start with? Q: In that case, please start from Matsumoto-san and Sakurai-san. A: The two of them have performed together, right. They had a pair performance during (Arashi All Arena Tour "Join the Storm" from 2001-2002. The song Come Back from 2017 album "Untitled" is their first recorded unit song together.) They're good looking, right. When the two of them are put together. N: They're ikemen. S: Wait, you're making fun of us (laughs). N: Ahahaha! A: When the two of them are put together they become ikemen (laughs). I'm saying this because you don't joke around so much, right? S: When it's the two of us? To be honest, I have no courage to do Bazuri Night with Matsujun together (laughs). A&O: Ahahaha! N: You can't ask him, right? S: It's difficult to ask him. M: I wanted you to ask, though (laughs)...

From This is Arashi Live Minna de Junbi da! TV: #1 Preparation for the Ticket M: Ah, he's here. N: He's here. M: Right on time. A: He's wearing different clothes. S: I'm preparing with all my heart! M: What? M&A: What kind of character is that? S: Everyone. M: Yes. S: For the first preparation that should be commemorated... A: Yes. S: I will deliver this teacher style. A: I see. Sho takes attendance before starting. M: Was that just now necessary? The first question is about getting the tickets. Ohno passes the question, and Aiba answers the importance of getting the ticket early. The next topic is about the feature to watch the concert with friends, which Jun explains perfectly. S: I give up. It's perfect. I'll give you the robe. M: No, no, it's okay, it's okay. To explain the feature for fans to enjoy the concert with friends, Sho makes a drawing while Jun is explaining the context of interacting with friends who are far away using the feature, for...

From the Television 2020/12: In Gekkan Arashi corner, two Arashi members will try to do a challenge every month. In this issue Sakurai Sho and Matsumoto Jun tried challenging ikebana. Each of them will do an arrangement with a free theme and "Arashi 21 years"  M: Sho-kun's work, please show it to me again... I'm sorry, I didn't see it (laugh). S: It's okay. Matsujun, you were deep in concentration arranging the flowers, right. M: I was really concentrating! Sho-kun's, this one that you arranged using Arashi colors...  S: The title would be "Celebration - 21 years" (laughs). M: Purple, blue, yellow, red... In the middle, the green looks like a big central pillar (laughs) S: When I found that green pillar, I thought, "This is it!" (Laughs). I felt a certainty! M: Naturally (laughs). I also arranged one with five member colors, but it turns out to be a very different piece. Because we chose different flowers to start with. S: That's ri...

Magical Banana from Do you... ? PV making from This is Arashi Limited Edition S: If you say 'banana' then I think 'yellow' O: If you say 'yellow' then I think 'Nino' M: If you say 'Nino' then I think 'Arashi' N: If you say 'Arashi' then I think 'five people' A: If you say 'five people' then I think 'basketball' S: If you say 'basketball' then I think 'Aiba-kun' O: If you say 'Aiba-kun' then I think 'green' M:  If you say 'green' then I think 'tree' N: If you say 'tree' then I think 'nature' A: If you say 'nature' then I think 'soothing' S: If you say 'soothing' then I think 'Ohno-kun' O: If you say 'Ohno-kun' then I think ' blue ' →note: this is in English M: If you say ' blue ' then I think 'blue'  →note: this is in Japanese N: If you say 'blue' then I think 'paint...

 From an•an 2020/12: Q: What would you like to do with each member? S→M I would like to go to a museum. Because we couldn't go to Ohno-san's exhibition. M→S Drinking just the two of us. Either one of our house is fine. Source

From TV Navi 2011: Thank you from S⇒M: S: As for Matsujun as expected it's the concert, right. For taking the trouble to lead the group, "Thank you."  Thank you from M⇒S: M: There's food that Sho-kun is really into lately, and he gave some of that to me. The content is a secret. ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 From The Television 2020: Thank you from S⇒M: S: Of course, producing concerts as well, but especially lately, he's been coming up with ideas for Arashi's activities. He's really thinking deeply, even the details, he's a dependable idea man. Between the five of us, I think he's the one who's changed the most. For always thinking about how to show Arashi in various ways, I'm grateful. Thank you from M⇒S: M: Thank you for giving me char siu yesterday. It seems that there's this char siu that Sho-kun is really into, and after talking about that, he bought a portion for me. I ate it as soon I received it. It was delicious. I als...

POTATO 2008/04 senses ARASHI M: Sound that I like hearing is laughter. Sometimes Sho-kun tries to make people laugh by laughing first,  I like it when he does this  (laughs). He’ll talk and when it gets to the point where people are supposed to laugh, he’ll start laughing first. He does this cowardly thing from time to time (laughs). I know this but in the end I also can’t help laughing. ❤️　💜　❤️　💜　❤️　💜　❤️ POTATO 2018/09 A quiz on old Potato issues, the member who said this is...?  Q: "Sometimes Sho-kun tries to make people laugh by laughing first, I like it when he does this." (From April 2008 issue) S: I suppose this one is not from me. M: That's true. S: My image of which member would give a response to that is Aiba-kun or Leader. (P: It's Matsumoto-san.) N: Almost got it! M: No, no, [it wasn't even close] I wasn't even included in the two choices (laughs). A: Well, today on the whole, everyone almost got it. (Laughs) Q: "I really like a strong showe...

From Potato Magazine Twitter 2020/09/02:  Potato October Issue, sold on September 7 Q: For the column "If Arashi members were a 〇〇?" we had Sakurai compare the members with stationery. It seemed like it was a difficult question for him as he said, "This is difficult~" and spent several minutes thinking about it carefully. Without having come up with an answer, we moved on to photoshoot and group discussion session! After the group discussion session finished, Sakurai once again struggled with the stationery question (laughs). When Matsumoto, who was about to go home called out to him, "Ah, you haven't finished? Do your best~" Sakurai said with a seemingly embarrassed smile, "Thank you." After receiving advice from Matsumoto, "A compass or a ruler, for example. Or a protractor, for example..." Sakurai said, "You're right." Maybe it was because he received Matsumoto's support, he suddenly managed to come up with...

From Wink Up 2020/10: Please give us the 2020 version of "pretentious but sweet" line (they were given the same question in 2009) M: Um... What did I say at the time? "Today I will be a bit late but wait for me." M: Then I will start with the word "today." (Starts thinking) Today, today... Today I won't let you go home! S: That's good. Then mine is... Today I'm not going home! (Everyone: laughs) _________________________   Source When did he ever say this? Because I checked and no one in Arashi said that line in 2009. Did I make a mistake?

 From Zip 20200914: What do you think of the performance? A: There were a lot of small pieces of silver rectangular paper. There really were a lot, right?They kept getting in my mouth. Matsumoto-san had noticed Sakurai-san's transformation as a presenter. M: He was different, right. He said to the staff, "Everyone, let's do this!" That was him leading as a presenter.  On the other hand, Matsumoto-san's good part was?  S: Cinderella Girl was good.  M: Thank you very much. I keep saying I like [that song] so there was no way I could afford to make a mistake [performing it]. I danced with all my might. N: He danced that the most in the green room. He even danced it more than Arashi songs. __________________________________________ Source My precious boys... I keep saying this to this group of uncles. But it's not like anyone I follow is below 35 years old in 2020. They're all my boys lol. Also, all of Aniki-kai are my boys. (Or rather, what do I have to do to...

From The Yakai 2020/12/10: Q: The number of celebrities who came to your house this year. Ohno-kun two people. Sakurai-kun three people. O: Normally, nobody comes. This year-- Nobody came last year. This year, it seemed like nobody would come but then... Matsujun, Sho-chan. Michopa: Members? S: It's me. S: It was my first time coming over to his house. I'm not talking about recently but for the whole, long history it was a first. One of the jokes is that we can't go to Ohno-san's house. It was always, "Let us come with, let us in." So, not being able to go to Ohno-san's house, I finally broke that wall this year. Yamazaki: So partly because it's become a joke so that's why everyone was not coming. O: Definitely, definitely. S: It was Ohno-san, Matsujun, me, and a person from the company. We dined together, then we were going to have another drink, and he said, "My place is fine." O: Because it was close. S: That's right. O: I said, ...

Whenever You Call - Instagram Q&A: Q: Is there a lyric that you like in particular? M: When it comes to lyrics, "I'll be the light that gets you out of the dark" I like this part here! ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 Whenever You Call - Twitter Q&A: Q: I don't know why but my tears fall at "Gonna catch you if you fall." Which lyric moves Arashi? Which part that you feel Bruno's thoughts (though maybe it's all of it)? Please tell me. S: I think it's a beautiful lyric filled with Bruno's thoughts no matter which one you choose but... Personally, the lyric "And girl, I'll fight for your heart all night and all day forever and more" makes my chest warm. ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 　 ❤️　💜 Party Starters - Twitter Q&A: Q: I think you've been often asked which part of the lyrics you like, but do you have any part of the melody or rhythm that you like? S: If it's the rhythm, then it's the part where Mats...

From The Yakai 20200917: V6's Leader thinks that among his kouhai, A.B.C-Z's Kawai-kun is the most impressive because he's the only one who does monomane (type of comedy, by doing impressions of celebrities etc) After doing a skit of Morita Go's turn, he does one of Matsumoto Jun's.  Ariyoshi: That comical?  S: Even if Matsumoto isn't angry, I'm angry. That's too comical.  Source This reminds me of the first remote VS Arashi episode in which Matsujun asked him to do monomane through the phonecall. And he humored him with his favorite monomane. Some time later Aiba-kun asked him to do a new monomane on Instagram live. He didn't have one lol.  This also strangely reminds me the time when Matsujun asked for a house for his birthday present. I wasn't sure which reaction to go for, like, oh that's very big bro of him, or oh that's very boyfriend of him. I think in these situations whichever works... 

From TV Life 2011/03/04 According to Matsumoto Jun, this member is a genius at… “Leader is a genius at nothingness! Although he’s normally not like that, sometimes he can erase his presence according to his mood. He’s also good at cleansing his thoughts. Once he’s focused on something, he won’t be distracted by his surroundings. ” “Sho-kun is an enthusiasm genius! Whether when it’s just  the two of us , or when it’s the five of us, just for the sake of making the conversation or the situation exciting, he’ll do a tsukkomi or some kinda reaction that makes it lively. I very rarely see Sho-kun who’s not enthusiastic.” “Aiba-chan is a healing genius! Whether in words or in conduct, there’s nothing unpleasant! Even when he laughs at me, I don’t get irritated. To be able to live without a single hint of malice is also a type of talent. I think it’s really amazing. ” “Nino is a genius at playing! Whether when alone or with many people, he’s good at having fun, trying to make the situatio...