ARASHI

This article translated by "SANAE" from Mannish magazine issued April. This article all Arashi members talked about their everyday life if their got off-day and their private time.

 

AIBA MASAKI

I can't wake up easily especially in wintertime...in this winter too, it's hard for me to get out of my futon. (laugh) I set an alarm clock and my mom even wakes me up, but it takes a while until I get out of my bed after waking up. Therefore, I decide time to wake up like, "I'm going to get up at this time!" and do count down looking at a clock 5 minutes before the setting time. (laugh)

Then, after I get up I put on my socks immediately because the floor of my room is made of wood. I put my socks besides my bed before going to sleep so that I can put on them right after I wake up the next morning. But the socks are just for indoors, which are thick, wool ones. I change them to the socks for outdoors when I go out.

I usually eat breakfast. The breakfast in Aiba's family is normal Japanese-type one, with rice, fish and eggs. I think we can't get fired up for a day without rice! It takes about 30 min until I leave home, but it's going to be changed in holidays.

By the way, I've got a day-off yesterday so I woke up around the noon and went to play pool with nino and kazama. We were in the same level in terms of playing (laugh). After that, we all went home anyway, and I went out again with other local friends. We didn't have any plan, but chatted together for a while. We often see each other, but we've always got much stuff to talk about. We don't usually decide to talk deeply, but we find them doing so all the time but it's just bull shit (laugh). I don't talk about my work with my local friends. Since I have fun in my holidays like that, I'm usually in good health on the next day of holidays. It's important for us to regain our energy in holidays! Therefore, I'm trying to care about my health gargling and washing hands right after I get home. Only when I remember these though. (laugh)

 

NINOMIYA KAZUNARI

I'm a good riser every morning. Therefore, I get myself ready for work or school so quickly. When I was in juniors, I used to go to work only 5 min after I woke up. As soon as I get up, I put all my stuff in the bag quickly and leave home.

Then, I take train to go to work or school, but recently people don't be aware of me at all. I want them to notice me a little more...(laugh) I think I haven't been noticed on the train after I made a debut as Arashi. It's a bit sad. When going out in the city, there are some people who notice me though...

After I get home from work and school at night, I put off all my clothes except for the undershirt in my room! (laugh) By doing so, I can feel happy for having an air conditioner in my room. When I'm getting felt warm, I, then, begin playing the guitar. Do you feel it still sounds cold? Nope. My room is just a five-mat room so I don't feel cold when staying there. It's a Japanese style room, by the way. It must be essential for idol stars to live in Japanese style rooms! (laugh)

As for the guitar, I hadn't had much time to play it since I debuted in Arashi. But after the World Cup was over, I began to play it again. I'm playing the latest songs with a music book.

Then, when I feel sleepy, I wear the short pants and T-shirt for my nightwear. It's the same both in summer and winter...I'm stupid, right? (laugh) I'm not sure if I can fall a sleep easily. Recently I tend to go to sleep very late so I tried to sleep at 12 last night, but I couldn't fall a sleep quickly. Therefore, I was playing the guitar until 3 or so in the end. What a fool I am~~~ Anyway, my sleeping hours last night were just 5 hours.

 

SAKURAI SHO

I set an alarm of three clocks every morning. The one is just a normal alarm clock, the others are the one of my cell phone and stereo. My mom wakes me up if I can't wake up by those alarms. But I'm quick to do anything after I'm up. When I have school, I can get myself ready with 20 min or so. I always eat breakfast at school; I go to the cafeteria to eat something after the first period. I have only 10 min before the second period, but that's OK. Even if the bell rings, I know the teachers won't show up so soon so I keep eating for a while (laugh)

My recent routine after I get home from work or school is checking emails. I've learning how to use computer since I was in the first grade of high school, but I got my own computer just recently. Therefore I'm kinda excited about checking emails....but I don't usually receive any mail (laugh). I've got only 4 email friends, including yuki. What a pity of me~~~ I want to have more email friends, but I hate sending emails to people who use cell phone. Even if I write an email by typing keyboard hard, those people with cell phone just push the buttons without any trouble, right? That's kinda unfair so I'm not going to exchange email with such people (laugh).

I often have dinner out. Also, I decide not to eat anything after 9 because I put my weight lately. One night recently, when I was about to open the door of the fridge, I found 'sukiyaki' next to the fridge. Because I was starving to death then, I really really wanted to eat it, but instead closed my eyes and took out just wheat tea from the fridge. With my endurance, I keep that sukiyaki just in my heart (laugh). I'm a good sleeper and sleep very well. But my room gets so cold so I sometimes wake up at 5 or 6 in the morning because of that chilliness. (laugh)

 

MATSUMOTO JUN

I'm a bad riser all the time. I keep sleeping anyway until my mom comes to wake me up. I need at least 1 hour to get myself ready for going out, and I usually 20-30 minutes of it in order to make myself wake up (laugh).

I don't eat breakfast when going to work, but I ask my mom to make two pieces of rice ball when going to school. I eat them either before leaving home for school or after I get school. It depends on the day. My favorite rice ball flavors are plum pickles and salmon!

What I usually do after I get home from work or school is listening to music in my room. I recently bought a CD of this group called 'm-flo' so I often listen to it. Their song was on the air in a drama one day, and I got interested in it. After that, I found the CD at CD shop, so I bought it. This is a good CD.

At home, I always stay in my room, but it's really cold in my room. There is an air conditioner there, but it's still so so cold. Using an air conditioner with closing every window of a room is not good for our health, right? Therefore, I slightly open the window when using it, but the wind from the window is terribly chilly. Then, you'll think that I should close the window.....but I don't feel like it, either. That's why I wear lots of clothes when sleeping.

In my private time lately, I always read books. I often keep reading until very last moment before going to bed. My recent favorite is a book called "Mark Twain's 150 words" Since I become too crazy about reading it, I often fall asleep with leaving the lights on in my room (laugh). This is problematic because I can't get my body rest fully doing so but I can't stop reading before sleeping.

 

 

OHNO SATOSHI

I had to get up at 6 this morning. Because I went to bed at 2 last night, it was tough for me to get up early this morning. It took about 20 min to get myself out of bed. I had a day-off yesterday, but I don't have any episode like playing around with my friends (laugh).

Recently, people often notice me when I go out so I tend to avoid going out anywhere. Yesterday, too, I went only to the convenience store near my house. I just took a photocopy there, buying nothing else and went home soon.

But when I got home, I suddenly felt like eating pizza with barbecue flavor, so I ordered pizza delivery. I ate 6 pieces out of 8, and then felt sick after that (laugh).

Then, I drew a picture of a camel, which I've been drawing since a while ago. After that, I took a nap, and when I woke up a kid who live in my neighborhood was in front of me. He got into my room while I was sleeping (laugh). He said "Let's play with me!" I had nothing to do then so I played catch with him. When I have to go to work, I sometimes can't wake up early so I ask my mom to wake me up. If I don't wake up even with her help, then she strips me of my blanket (laugh).

I eat breakfast every morning. It may be leftover from the last night's supper, and I eat it with bread or rice. I chose either bread or rice depending on my feeling each morning.

When I get home from work, I daydream in the living room at first. Then, I talk with my mom a little bit. I go back to my own room after I take a bath. When I go back to my room, I put my clothes and daydream a little bit again (laugh). What I wear when sleeping is a set of pajama. I always set timer of video when going to sleep because I feel lonely without any sound and picture. Last night's video was "Armageddon" It may not be a good move for sleeping though (laugh). But for me, it's just for BGM so that should be OK!