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[Yara J-web] Nirai Kanai's wind #56 05/08, 05/13, 05/17

2013-05-17T21:53:09Z

Oops I am behind again... Sorry. Tehepero!

[#57] 2013/05/08 - Part 55

Good morning.

It's the season in which sun rays feel the most pleasant!

Right now I'm in the middle of rehearsal for next week's Crea live!

We're basically producing it all by ourselves... So we keep trying things and adjust them as we go.

It's hard to gather all the people in our team, so we're a little in trouble, but we keep rehearsing seriously, while laughing together.

Honestly...
I didn't get to the point when I feel "I can't wait for the show." yet, but I hope we'll be able to have fun on the stage XD

However... We're going to dance~

If it's me and They Budou together... Of course we'll dance! But of course it's not just dancing (secret)

Please look forward to it.

Today, too, we spent the entire day rehearsing so I'm totally tired. I'll have to work tomorrow too so I'll end today's post here!

So on the 13th and 14th.

Let's meet at Theatre Crea!

I'll be waiting for you （＾∇＾）

Look at this beauty!
Thanks.....luv..u

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[#58] 2013/05/13 - Part 56

And so, and so.

Finally this day has come~

Today and tomorrow. The two-day Live House Johnny's Ginza starts!

We didn't have much time... we made up this concert having very little time to gather all the members, but to everyone who's coming to see them, it's okay to be loud, sing and dance, so let's share a fun time together (￣▽￣)

I, They Budou and Goto will go all out~

It's live so anything could happen XD

I'll do my best to not get the lyrics wrong XD

Wait for us!

Thanks.....luv..u

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[#59] 2013/05/17 - Part 57

I'm sorry for the late update!

I felt relaxed and at ease after the Johnny's Ginza live was over and I forgot XD

I'm sorry! (￣^￣)ゞ

However,
to who came to see the show. It was really fun! Thank you.

This time we produced our own live amongst several limitation, but I'm really grateful to the staff who listened to all of my whims.

I think this live was only possible because it was at Theatre Crea, and we tried to express the world of each song, so we were really happy that you had fun with us. Honestly, I was worried the audience wouldn't enjoy the show until right before the curtain lifted but I was surprised at how you reacted better than I thought Of course, during the first show we noticed things we could fix and there have been a few changes, and I've certainly learned a lot. I learned the hard way how difficult it is to create your own work~ (^^;;

Hayashi, Eda and Goto were in Enbujou until the day before the show so it was rather hard for them, but they worked very well~
Ryota and I made videos of our choreographies in Hakata and they learned them this way. And the choreographies were quite detailed so it was hard to pick it up from a video XD If I was in their place I'd have hated it (T_T) Moreover, I knew there wasn't much time to rehearse all together but we danced a lot! Eda told me "Yara-kun, you're a do-S!" XD But the They corner, they created it all themselves, and in other places too, Ryota helped me with the choreography. I think they learned something from this drama, too. Maybe it's just my imagination but their eyes looked completely different before the concert started and after it ended. I hope it will be a chance for a change for them.

And then Goto. We talked about it in the MC too. The first thing I thought when this concert was decided was that I wanted Goto to be in it. I still hadn't thought of anything, the plan was still blank, but I had a feeling that if Goto were in the concert it would be fun. But I didn't expect it to turn out like it did... XD I had him put down his weapon, the violin, and made him dance Moreover I also had him tap dance. He's been really good! I've been told by many people who have seen the show "Goto-kun is a fun guy, isn't he?" and it made me happier than if they were praising me XD Well, I haven't talked with him if he's okay with being the funny character... (^^;; but I think Goto could broaden his abilities and I'm looking forward to see how he evolves in the future.

But you see. Who came on the show on the 14th will know, but I have no idea why I got the "lalala~" phrase wrong XD Even though it was a wonderful phrase that made us and the audience become one... Having Goto point it out on the stage for real felt really good XD As I thought, I'm a do-M XD

We also did lots of silly things like a SHOCK parody, I think it's been a fun live that showcased the personality of each one of us.

I'd be glad if we could make it happen again.

Please keep supporting us so that we can have another concert (⌒▽⌒)

And then,
without even a break,
the day after the shows ended the rehearsals for Playzone have started!

Yep. No holidays XD

It's a happy worry~. However my body is completely tired after 4 days of concerts. (T/N he actually had 4 concerts in 2 days... XD;; )

There's nothing to do but get through it!

Everyone, this summer let's spend some more fun time together at Aoyama theatre!

Thanks.....luv..u

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[Kis-My-Ft2 J-web] Kisulog: Tamamori Yuta 05/17

2013-05-17T16:41:41Z

From this week the Kisulog update schedule changed and now every member will update once a week! The new post days are Monday, Wednesday, Friday. This week it's been Mon → Ki & Y, Wed → S & F & 2, Fri → M & T but it doesn't mean this will be the regular update schedule. Anyway, I'll still be translating Tama's entries and Miyacchi's (the latter, over at miyalog) as soon as I can no matter what day they pop up. :D

Kisulog: Tamamori Yuta - 05/17

Tattara!

It's Tamamori.

Everyooone!

How are you? ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

I'm fine!

It's just that,
maybe it's because the season is changing,
but I have a huge appetite!

If I keep this up I'll get fat XD

Ah!
Rather than such a thing

tomorrow Miyata-kun's play starts!

Damn!

I haven't bought tickets yet XD

How many times are you going to go see it?

It's Miyata's first play as zachou, you know~.

Gotta go see it ─=≡Σ((( つ・・ω・・)つ

I'm sure he's nervous~
I'm sure he's panicking and loitering here and there~
I'm sure he's sweating, too~

But it's okay!

Miyata is diligent so I'm sure it'll end as a big success!

I'm coming to see you soon so please do your best ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

But you see,
Right now I'm in the middle of filming for my drama ＿|￣|○

Eh?

What drama, you ask? XD

Do you want to know?

In this case, I'll tell you!

Right now I am filming for a drama called
"Pintokona".

It's a drama that will make you kyun kyun (T/N "kyun" is when someone does something particularly sweet/cute/good and your heart skips a beat)

I think it'll be the best drama of the summer!

No,
we will make it into the best! ^o^

I have the honour of being the lead.

Other than me there's Nakayama Yuma,
Jesse,
Matsumura Hokuto, too.

Eh~
It'll start in July.
By the way it will be aired on Thursdays at 9pm on TBS network.

Everyone!
Let's kyun kyun together (´∀｀)

See you!
I'll go back to the set.

Bye bye～三┌( ’v‘)┘

Week in the Life Meme, Day 5

2013-05-07T22:38:37Z

Nothing much happens on workdays...

Week in the Life Meme

Rules:

1) You must take between 6 & 8 new photos per day
2) Your WitL posts must be consecutive, no skipping days
3) You must post your photos at the end of that day, sometime after the last picture is taken
4) Each photo must have the time taken beneath and a title, with no other explanation

07:48 Dutch braid

09:13 work

18:46 this is what I've done all day

19:36 finally off work...

22:58 at my parents', we watched "Il Divo".

23:50 and finally home!

Week in the Life Meme, Day 4

2013-05-06T21:59:18Z

Week in the Life Meme

Rules:

1) You must take between 6 & 8 new photos per day
2) Your WitL posts must be consecutive, no skipping days
3) You must post your photos at the end of that day, sometime after the last picture is taken
4) Each photo must have the time taken beneath and a title, with no other explanation

07:06 Coffee-kun~ ♥

07:59 Raining

09:33 Love is a laser beam♪

15:36 Working

20:02 Chalk, semen, chestnut flowers

20:41 My daily episode of "In treatment"

22:50 Senpaaaaaaai (／∇ ＼)

Week in the Life Meme, Day 3

2013-05-05T23:01:00Z

Week in the Life Meme

Rules:

1) You must take between 6 & 8 new photos per day
2) Your WitL posts must be consecutive, no skipping days
3) You must post your photos at the end of that day, sometime after the last picture is taken
4) Each photo must have the time taken beneath and a title, with no other explanation

13:11 Summer = bandaids

14:18 Painted my nails (with clear polish)

16:14 Soffritto...

16:25 ...+ meat and tomatoes

18:18 (／∇ ＼) ‏

19:59 Oven nau

23:10 L.'s meringues

Week in the Life Meme, Day 2

2013-05-04T21:23:44Z

Week in the Life Meme

Rules:

1) You must take between 6 & 8 new photos per day
2) Your WitL posts must be consecutive, no skipping days
3) You must post your photos at the end of that day, sometime after the last picture is taken
4) Each photo must have the time taken beneath and a title, with no other explanation

08:32 薔薇は、薔薇は♪ 気高く咲いて♪

08:49 カチューシャ♪ 外しながら♪

09:22 上课了

11:03 Break, me and lactose free caffellatte!

13:01 Confucius in my school's garden

17:36 Love fights on a wall

21:06 Tteokbokki (+ Caterina's peace sign XD)

22:54 Kiyoshi-sama \(*__* )/

Week in the Life Meme, Day 1

2013-05-03T21:12:27Z

yararanger is doing it, so why not?
Only I remember I wanted to do this only when it was already afternoon orz XD;; I'll be more diligent

Week in the Life Meme

Rules:

1) You must take between 6 & 8 new photos per day
2) Your WitL posts must be consecutive, no skipping days
3) You must post your photos at the end of that day, sometime after the last picture is taken
4) Each photo must have the time taken beneath and a title, with no other explanation

17:41 Papa's Jimusho Head Office

17:53 "O Scarpia, avanti a Dio!"

18:47 Peeeeace

20:28 Sonia \o/

20:52 "A happy reunion with an old friend". Indeed

21:40 I won the lottery!

22:02 Oyako PC

[Yara J-web] Nirai Kanai's wind #56 05/01

2013-05-01T13:39:33Z

[#56] 2013/05/01 - Part 54

Good morning!

I'm sorry for updating late again.

Our leg of shows in Hakata has successfully ended, but as if I had used up all the energy I had in these three months, after the show... during the curtain call I completely spaced out. I don't even remember precisely what I said XD That's how important SHOCK has been for me these three months. I've really learned a lot.

The Hakata theatre was the best. Thank you for everything.

And Kishi. During senshuraku, he was already all teary-eyed at the opening XD There's a scene in which we climb a ladder and sing on top of it, but as we were climbing he kept saying in an almost crying voice "I don't want it to end. I don't want it to end.". I was shouting inside my heart "Stop inviting tears in front of someone who has to sing now!!" and I sang while holding desperately back the feelings that swelled inside of me XD Oh no. Kishi is so cute.

I cried lots during the senshuraku of my first show, too, so I understand how he was feeling.

Anyway, I won't be in the cast of the Osaka leg in September but I think I'll be involved in backstage things one way or another, so I look forward to seeing how SHOCK will transform.

Anyway, everyone. Otsukaresama deshita!!!

I don't even have time to enjoy this sense of fulfillment because I'm busy with rehearsals for our lives on the 13th and 14th. You don't know how many choreographies I have to think up! It's really bad. I've designed the whole show composition, so I am responsible for it... (O_O) anyway, in this live we'll dance. Dance. Dance. Dance. I still don't know how it will turn out either, though. Ryota is doing his best for me, too! This time Ryota is helping me with the choreographies, he's really reliable. I'm worried he'll do one impossible thing too many and break his body, though XD They Budou are doing their best together with us, too, so please take care of us.

Come on, I must choreograph!

I'll do it~

Everyone, look forward to it.

This is the mizutaki (a large pot of vegetables/fish cooked in water) Tamano-san took me to eat in Hakata!

Tamano-san and Machida-kun.

They sent me a picture of squid while I was on stage, so when I saw it at the end of the show I thought "It looks so good!". And when I joined them that night and they asked me "What would you like to eat?" I replied "Obviously I want to eat that squid" XD

I forgot to take a picture of the squid itself but it was the best.

Thank you for the dinner, Tamano-san!

Thanks.....luv..u

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[Yara J-web] Nirai Kanai's wind #52 04/

2013-04-27T14:21:45Z

Er... hi. Long time no see XD;;;; sorry, life has consistently been in the way this month...

[#52] 2013/04/03 - Part 50

I ended up sleeping without setting my alarm...

And when I woke up it was 1:00pm~

Ahhh, it's time to start the show! I thought, but then I remembered that yesterday the curtain has fallen over the Imperial Theatre run of SHOCK...

I've slept so much for the first time in a lot of time.

My two months of life at the Imperial theatre are over and I've calmed down a bit and I feel less tense, but my body hurts. However I must shake this tiredness away so that I can be in top condition when the Hakata shows start.

These two months went by in the blink of an eye. I remember it felt really fast three years ago, too. But I felt maybe more confident this year. My body is torn into little pieces but I felt really energetic in spirit :)

Koichi-ku~n. I'm not a superman XD For this year's SHOCK the exhaustion level of my body and Koichi-kun's are dramatically different! This year I'd decided to never say the phrase "I'm tired" in front of Koichi-kun who can dance perfectly all those Travis numbers. But by the second half it became really harsh and so I'm frustrated that I couldn't keep my word. However, I felt that Koichi-kun, who always took those words as words of excitement, is really kind and generous, and you're the real superman!
But before, when I was in Dream Boys, Kamenashi-kun asked me "Is there anything Yara-kun can't do?", and he treated me as a superman too XD

No, no, there's a ton of things I can't do. I don't think I'm that talented, and that's why I keep on taking dance lessons, singing lessons, going to see theatre shows, watching many different artists' videos to grasp an image of choreography. I do think I'm skillful but I'm also desperately doing my best at a ton of things.

But there are times in which I feel that my skillfulness turns into my enemy.

Being a human is difficult...

So,

using the free time I have until Hakata I'll diligently go to voice training! I'll go see theatre shows!

I've become a person who can't just spend his time being lazy.

Please keep taking care of this stoic, stupid guy!

Of course I'll let my body rest, though.

Ah, I have an advertising,

I'll have a LIVE on May 13~14 at Crea.

I have this strong image of Crea as a theatre so even if they told me to make it completely a live concert I don't feel like doing it, and I'm thinking of doing the kind of things I could only do at Crea while making a show that we can enjoy together. Anyway, look forward to it.

Bye bye~

Thanks.....luv..u

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[#53] 2013/04/11 - Part 51

Good morning. As you know, I'm living in Hakata right now.

And the curtain has opened on SHOCK at the Hakata-za without problems.

The distance between us and the audience is short and it has a different feel than Imperial Theatre. It's very refreshing. It's the first time for me to perform SHOCK anywhere that isn't Imperial Theatre so it feels really weird. I'll face this challenge with a renewed mindset!

There is a lounge close to the dressing rooms here. Well, it's actually just sofas placed in the corridor and we just sit there without permission. We call it "Lounge Naoki". (Only I call it that XD) Ishikawa Naoki-san plays very good music for us and we all end up gathering there! It's a relaxing space.

And then, there's lots of delicious food in Hakata! Ramen, meat, fish. Motsu nabe... I haven't eaten it. Not yet!

There's still a lot of shows so I'll enjoy each single one of them with all my strength.

Ah, this blog, I'm sorry that it got through late...

How about it.
Thanks.....luv..u

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[#54] 2013/04/17 - Part 52

Hello everyone.

How are you??

My life in Hakata... I'm enjoying it a lot.

Recently they've put some indirect lighting in "Lounge Naoki" and now it has a sexy atmosphere XD before the show we play some energising house music and after the show we play some mellow jazz. It's a rather relaxing place.

Then, recently we have started having "Water bath parties". There is a huge bath tub (it fits maximum 6 people) and when the show is over, coincidentally with icing we've started this tradition of soaking in iced water. Yara, Fukuda, Tatsumi, Kishi, sometimes Koshioka, we enter in the bath together and make a lot of noise. I'll repeat it, the level of noise we make is out of this world XD even more than students on their school trip who take a bath all together.

About "sometimes Koshioka", he only partecipates sometimes so as he doesn't have much immunity against cold baths he hesitates sometimes. So we just throw him in the tub XD The highness of Kossy's voice when he enters the tub... it's a beautiful voice at the same level as Whitney Houston so we always end up the day with lots of laughter.

It's so fun!!

So, today was a day off and I definitely enjoyed my time off. I'll tell you more about it next week.

Let's have fun again from today!!

I'm sorry for updating late again.
Thanks.....luv..u

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[#55] 2013/04/24 - Part 53

Good morning.

There are 10 shows left in the Hakata run. Time runs fast, doesn't it~. I always do, but I want to do my best and cherish each show.

Today is our second day off. I woke up early and went on a laid back shrine tour. I went to a place called Kushida Shrine, and when I finished praying and turned around Fukuchan was there by coincidence XD Yamakasa shrine was great, too~

And then I came to Sumiyoshi Shrine alone. Yes. I'm writing this entry now at this sacred place. Later I have a meeting at the hotel for the Johnny's Ginza Live so this was my last spot for today. I have to do my best... Or it's going to be bad.

Right. On our other day off I went on a shrine tour + onsen too, Fukuchan, Yudai, Matsu, Kishi and I rented a car and the 5 of us went to Hakozakigu and Dazaifu Tenmangu.

I love going to Shinto shrines because I feel as if my heart really gets purified and I have a chance to confront myself. Even if the 5 of us were making a lot of noise. We had Matsu buy food for the geese and hold it and some 100 geese ran to Matsu, he was all covered in them, and then Kishi grabbed the turtles in the pond XD apparently Kishi really wanted to go to the Dazaifu fairground XD we also made a lot of noise in a famous café in Dazaifu, it was a lot of fun and I felt refreshed.

But the weather changes suddenly from warm to cold. It's cold in Hakata, too.

I have to go back to the hotel soon. I'll have lunch and go back.

Well, see you soon then. Let's meet at the theatre.

Thanks.....luv..u

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[Kis-My-Ft2 J-web] Kisulog: Tamamori Yuta 04/10

2013-04-15T20:18:18Z

Sorry for being so late D: I have been extremely busy. Here's Tama's Kisulog entry from last Wednesday.

Kisulog: Tamamori Yuta - 04/10

Hello ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

This is Tamamori, who washed his hair with facial wash the other day~

I was just still half asleep~

I've just made a mistake~ ＿|￣|○

Let's leave this topic for now,

today, too, we're rehearsing energetically for our concerts ＼ (^o^)／

I was just learning the choreography for Forza! ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

You'll know what kind of dance it's like when you come see us~

Ah, our live tour is going to start very soon |( ￣3￣)|

It's been about a year since our last...

We'll be able to meet you guys ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

I can't wait～(・・・・・)

This tour comes after a single, an album and a DVD! （≧∇≦）

Listen to the new songs a lot and then come to our concert ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

I wonder what song do you like most ( ? _ ? )

You see, I...

love them all! (-∀-)

Ah!

I also went to see Nika's and Wataru's stage show.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes!

It was so fan ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

Nika showed us his energetic acting ( ・´・｀・)・・*¨*・.・・♪・

Wataru,

"that" was shocking Σ(゜Д゜)

but it's been a fun show ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

There were a lot of things I could learn from.

Nika, Wataru,

do your best till the last show~

Right, right!

Speaking of stage shows!!

Miyata will be on one too!!

The adventures of Kifushamu-land

And he's the lead character!!

He's zachou, you know? XD

Miyata, too, is finally good enough to be zachou, I see |( ￣3￣)|

Wo~w

I really wanna see it!! XD

Rumour has it that he's a prince

Prince Miyata

I want to see him!!

I want to see him too much Σ(゜Д゜)

Got it

I'll go see it XD

Let's see, how many times should I go...

I'm sure you're all curious about Prince Miyata, too

Let's go see it all together!

As Tamachan Family |(￣3￣)|

I'll go focus on the rehearsals now.

See you next time ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

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[Yara J-web] Nirai Kanai's wind #51 03/27

2013-03-28T23:55:02Z

[#51] 2013/03/27 - Part 49

Celebrating the 1000th show!

Koichi-kun, congratulations.

And congratulations to the dancer Akasaka Mari-san, too!

The 1000th show Σ（゜д゜lll） it's a really unbelievable figure. I thought that it was amazing that he had the strength to continue doing it. Tsuyoshi-kun and Higashiyama-san came at the special curtain call. Personally I found it amusing that Tsuyoshi-kun made one of his rare appearances at Imperial Theatre. It was a lovely day.

I don't know how many shows out of these 1000 I've been in, but I was happy to be part of this 1000th show all together!

So there's only 7 shows left at Imperial theatre. (I'm the guy who starts knowing the figures only when he arrives to this point.) The other day we had two shows in a day for two days in a row, it was intense. I usually feel this physical damage the following morning. But my Imperial Theatre days are almost over! I want to run through them with all my strength.

The other day Atsuhiro-kun came to see the show. I met him for the first time since Playzone so I was happy to talk to him. He came to the dressing room after the show was over and we talked about acting and such... the words from a senpai are great motivation for me! We kept saying "let's go out for a meal" but it's not turned into reality yet so let's go when I'm back from Hakata.

Come on, let's get through today, too~

(=゜ω゜)ノ

This is something that was built on the day of the 1000th show. (It's unclear who built it XD) When the sword fight scene ended, Koichi-kun came in from the elevator looking tired to death, and this car was there. Zachou rode this car and we dragged it all around the dressing room XD so cute.

By the way if you look at its rear.

"THE - CHOU"
(T/N "the" is written as "za" in katakana, so it sounded like "zachou" XD)

it's a treasure, zachou.

Thanks.....luv..u

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[Transcription] Kisumai Radio 2013.03.27 - Miyatama birthday date

2013-03-28T23:25:14Z

The show was hosted by Tamamori (lead) and Fujigaya this time, yet they managed to talk about Miyata most of the time XD
There was birthday talk, including the famous Miyatama birthday date, plus adorable Tamagaya, Fujigaya's psychological study on Miyatama, and really nice words about how they don't care that Miyata is an otaku. ♥

Not a full transcription, it's basically from 4:34 to 12:00 of this file:

letter. The girl will turn 18 soon. She thinks birthdays are great because everyone celebrates you. She wants Kisumai members to talk about their good or bad birthday stories.

f: Tama, it's been your birthday recently.
t: I was thinking that this year, when I was about to change year... day? (basically, on the night before his birthday) I was with Gaya and Wataru, right? And I was thinking, I was with you last year, too, right?
f: right.
t: we were together for 2 years in a row.
f: this year I was with Wataru and a common acquaintance doing a meeting, and Tama behaved all nonchalantly so the other guy was surprised it was his birthday. So we waited and when it became midnight we celebrated you. We hugged, right?
t: we hugged!
f: we hugged... it was embarrassing though.
t: you see... I was... kind of nervous. To hug you in private.
f: do you remember, on my birthday too, Tama gave me a present and we hugged in the dressing room.
t: we did! (laughs) we hug quite a lot, don't we!
f: it's embarrassing though, isn't it?
t: it is, it is.
f: and last year, I remember that the following day was the Sports Festival.
t: was it again?
f: yes! that one! after we went to Katori Shingo-san's SmaStation...
t: right, right.
f: ...the following day there was baseball since morning and we said "so what should we do?" Tama said "I'll go eat something" and I thought you were going on your own or with someone else, since it was your birthday, but then you said "Gaya, what are you doing?" and I said "I'll go home, tomorrow we start early, too" and you said "hmmmm". And when work was over you said "Gaya, are you really going back home?". And I felt like "hey, it's your birthday!" but said "yeah, I guess I'll go home" and then you whined "Gaya, it's my birthday!"
(laugh)
f: you said it!
t: maybe I did XD
f: and then we just went on and played terrible baseball the next day XD
t: it happened! I spent my birthday with the members two years in a row. f: it's a happy thing, isn't it, to spend it with members. So, there's another letter regarding birthdays.

letter from "Miyatama Daisuki"-san (t: hai.) question to Tama. Miyata kun wrote on Johnny's web that he "spent the birthday with Tama, I bet you're all jealous~". Miyatama always get along so well. By the way, what did you do with Miyata-kun on your birthday? Did you get a present? I wonder, since I've heard that Miyata-kun is a bit stingy."
f: so how's that?
t: wait, did Miyata write that?
f: looks like he did.
t: what?!
f: miyata really likes you.
t: why would he write that?!
f: in my opinion...
t: hmf.
f: I've been watching you guys for years, and Miya and Tama are... you see, Miya is like... a pure-hearted girlfriend.
f: And Tama is... you see, his kind of mischievous boyfriend. If anything happens Miyata, the girlfriend, will immediately want to tell it to someone. Because he's too happy. And Tama is like "you don't need to report about every little thing!" So when he says "I'm sorry", Tama is all "oh well that can't be helped, I love you anyway." This relationship is eternal.
t: iya~ Miyata-kun wrote that. On the day of my birthday... what did we do again? Midway, Miyata...
f: wait, what day are we talking about?
t: the recent one.
f: this year's birthday?
t: the one a few days ago.
f: eh? you were together on the very day?
t: right, right. On the 17th.
f: oooh! so you hung out with Miyata on that day?
t: right. Miyata came to my house, we said "let's go out for dinner", and... what did we eat again? I think we ate yakitori? Maybe?
f: on the day of your birthday?
t: yes. he paid for the taxi and the yakitori.
f: ahahah. and who asked who out?
t: this time? I did, maybe.
f: what XD
t: *giggles* looks like I've asked him out.
f: it makes me kinda want to smile when I look at you guys.
t: he came immediately when I asked him.
f: ahahahah since he's your girlfriend!
t: if I call him he comes right away! I spent my birthday with the kind Miyata-kun!
f: this has been a nice birthday episode.
t: I'm grateful for it. So shall we go for one more letter?
f: so lovely.
t: shall we go for one more letter?
f: okay.

letter. the girl's older brother is an anime otaku just like Miyacchi and he loves the anime "Love Live" too, he even has posters in his room. How should she accept this side of his brothers? How do Kisumai accept Miyacchi being an otaku?
t: an anime otaku.
f: wouldn't it be easier to just ask Tama?
t: but you see, I just think of it as an individual trait... and we have no right to tell him "quit it". He watches anime because he likes them, you know?
f: a very easy way to put it was when Miyacchi told me... you see, in music shows we get to perform with a lot of artists, right? Once in Music Station we were on with my beloved Lady Gaga. I was all giddy. I saw her live and was like "oh god!" and I was all excited. And in another show there was a seiyuu-san (a voice actress, most likely Miyata's favourite anison singer Mizuki Nana) and Miyata was really excited. He kept going in and out our dressing room. "Maybe with the right timing I might bump into her!" so I told him "Isn't that just not subtle at all?"
t: He's just a fan, really XD
f: and I said "isn't it wrong, it's not like you met by chance and it was some kind of fate, right?" so he replied "but Gaya-san likes Lady Gaga, right? if Lady Gaga passed here you'd be puttering about in front of the dressing room too, right?" and I thought "...right." So maybe the things we love, the genre we love is different, but the feelings are the same.
t: It's just his personality.
f: Miyacchi's love for anime doesn't harm anyone. I like less when he wears the same clothes many days in a row than that.
t: ahahahah. But I'm sure he washes them properly.
f: some times ago he would always wear red sneakers, black trousers, a white t-shirt, and the sneakers were a little big...
t: he did! I can picture him perfectly, in all of these clothes!
f: and then miyacchi's hat.
t: right, the one that looks like Super Mario's.
f: he wears Super Mario's hat sideways.
t: but you see, it's all just his own personality. And then this is her older brother right? I think it's nice if he has something he loves so much he's totally into it. It's absolutely nothing wrong, right?
f: right.
t: I'm sure you can accept this side of him. You're... 13, right?
f: she's in her first year of middle school.
t: how can you feel things like that in middle school? But I guess that once you go to high school you change the way you think.
f: and then, have a talk between siblings.
t: ahahahah XD
f: the talk wasn't wrapping well at the end! Do your best! (he says so because Tama is in charge of leading the show tonight)

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Kis-My-Ft2 (T + SMY2), "Forza!"

2013-03-27T10:58:30Z

This song off the new album is so uplifting ;__; it sounds great, Tama's cute voice shines in it, all of the other guys sing full solo lines, it has words in Italian !!!, what more can I ask for ♥
It's actually giving me a lot of strength and courage in a period of my life in which everything's changing...
I'd be happy if you listened to it and read it~

Kis-My-Ft2 (TAMAMORI YUTA with YOKOO WATARU/MIYATA TOSHIYA/NIKAIDO TAKASHI/SENGA KENTO)
FORZA!
w: HIKARI, m: HIKARI / Stephan Elfgren

No matter how much time passes, I have a dream that won't fade
And even if I realize I've lost even important things for it
Or that I've lost my way
It's not a big deal

I always have something I can't compromise on, it's my rule
To wish is to be defying, I'll run in the wind

Aiming for a horizon that no one's seen yet
This journey called "myself" has just started again today

Forza! Forza! I'll let all my passion out to the world
I'll stand back up as many times as I have to, and then I'll take one more step again
Evviva! Evviva! This unstopping heartbeat echoes far, far away
Until I've gathered all the pieces of my dream
I won't stop, I'll continue this journey

If even giving up on your dreams,
Saying that it's hard to live clinging on to something you believe in,
Requires the same amount of dedication and pain,
I'd rather keep on chasing after it

Unchanging feelings are rolling around here and there in this world
To pray is to share with the people who are in front of you

I don't mind being manoeuvred by illusions or ideals
Because even regrets are default in this journey called "myself"

Forza! Forza! I'll keep shouting out all my passion at the top of my lungs
Awaken your deep feelings, your impulse... all your many other asleep emotions
Evviva! Evviva! One day I'll let this song resound far, far away
Yesterday's tears → tomorrow's smile
This phrase shows me the way

These days won't come back so I don't stain them with sighs
I kick the dry ground and raise this hand of mine to the sky

Forza! Forza! I'll let all my passion out to the world
I'll stand back up as many times as I have to, and then I'll take one more step again
Evviva! Evviva! This unstopping heartbeat echoes far, far away
Until I've gathered all the pieces of my dream
I won't stop
I'll continue this journey that can't end yet

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T/N: In Italian, forza is an exhortation/incitement, similar to "come on!" in English or "ganbare!" in Japanese. Evviva is a cry of joy. It's hard to translate these peculiar interjections.

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Colour coded romaji lyrics, because I love colour coding and I'd do it more often but it's not worth it when you have to use two or three colours max XD;

Donna ni toki ga tattatte asenai yume ga boku ni atte
Sono tame ni taisetsu na mono sae
Kizuitara nakushichatte tohou ni kuretatte
Taishita mondai janai

Yuzurenai mono ga itsumo aru sore ga boku no ruuru na n da
Negau koto wa sakarau koto kaze abite hashiru yo

Mada dare mo mita koto nai chiheisen wo mezashite
Boku to iu na no tabi kyou mata hajimatta bakari

Forza! Forza! Sekai ni tokihanatsu yo arittake no jounetsu wo
Nando nando datte tachiagarou soshite mata ippo fumidasu ze
Evviva! Evviva! Nariyamanai kono kodou wa haruka kanata kodama shiteru
Yume no kakera konpuriito suru made
Boku wa owaranai tabi wa tsuzuiteku

Shinjiteru mono ni sugatte ikite iku no mo raku janai tte
Yume wo akirameteku koto sae
Onaji dake netsu ga itte onaji dake itamu nara
Boku wa oitsuzuketai

Kawaranai omoi ga korogatteru kono chikyuu no sokokashiko ni
Inoru koto wa wakeau koto me no mae no dareka to

Esoragoto ya risou ni furimawasareru no mo ii
Boku to iu na no tabi koukai mo deforuto dakara

Forza! Forza! (Y/S) Koe no kagiri sakebu yo
arittake no (M/2) jounetsu wo
Kandou, shoudou... sono ta oozei no nemureru kanjou yobisamashite
Evviva! Evviva! Itsu no hi ka kono uta wo haruka kanata hibikaseru
Kinou no namida → asu no egao e
Sonna fureezu ga michibiite kureru

(M/2) Tatta ichido dake no hibi wo tameiki de yogosanai
(Y/S) Kawaita jimen keriage kono te wo sora e

Forza! Forza! Sekai ni tokihanatsu yo arittake no jounetsu wo
Nando nando datte tachiagarou soshite mata ippo fumidasu ze
Evviva! Evviva! Nariyamanai kono kodou wa haruka kanata kodama shiteru
Yume no kakera konpuriito suru made
Boku wa owaranai
Mada owarenai tabi wa tsuzuiteku

I'm serious

2013-03-25T22:45:45Z

Guys, my problem is getting serious. I want, I NEED new Miyatama fic. I can't write (not everyone is gifted with good storytelling skills, and rather than writing bad or mediocre fic I'd rather stick to what I can do well, ie translate), so I can't really write it myself... but this means I can't even partecipate in fic exchanges where I could ask people to write Miyatama ._.
And it's been so long since I've read a good, long, nice MT fic that wasn't just pwp without even a trace of characterization aside the usual cliches, or longer than a drabble. My dear afoolwrites wrote 23 beautiful little drabbles for Tama's birthday, and I loved them to bits, but they left me aching for more.

SO. Would you write me Miyatama fic? :D

In the same vein of a fic exchange, I'm willing to translate in return for it. Or get you concert goods when I go to Kisumai tour. Or anything, really! It doesn't even have to be only one person. The more, the merrier!
The conditions are just that I have to like your writing style! But I'm really pretty easy to please ♥
I will translate ANYTHING at all. Related to Kisumai or not, songs, interviews, short stories, essays on economy, the instruction booklet of your rice cooker XD, anything. I'm a professional translator so you can trust me! I cannot sub, though. I can translate spoken lines from videos or summarise them but I cannot sub them.

What I would like to read, using the fic2 signup post template:

Members/Pairings you would like to receive: Miyata/Tamamori MUST be main.

Members/Pairings you DO NOT WANT to receive: in the background anything would go but I'd be happier if there weren't abcz around. And especially, no Kitayama in any sort of romantic or sexual relationship with any of the other members.

Situations/genres/kinks you want to receive: Generally speaking I prefer canon over AU, but if the AU is well written and not just original characters with Kisumai's names, why not? I'm a sucker for confession fic, first kiss fic, first time fic, first anything. Recently Tama has said he likes older girls and want them to teach them things so we were thinking about Miyata teaching Tama a few things~ I'm absolutely not against them being an established couple, perhaps even living together. Then, idk... Fic set during Ougon densetsu or fic about them missing each other in their ridiculous way when Tama was shooting in Kyoto. Fic about feelings brought in by the split (they talked about it plenty in their respective Myojo interviews that you can find in this journal)...
If you want to write sex (I don't like to call it "porn" u_u) don't hold back~ basically anything goes, from super sweet to medium SM play~~
Seriously, I'm easy to please. It doesn't even have to be what I listed above, if you have another good idea. Just take Miyatama and their ridiculous, adorable dynamics and put them in fic and I'll be happy. Mainly what I like about Miyatama is their unbelievably strong, beautiful mutual trust, so you get bonus points if it's in the fic ♥
I like both happy fic and fic in which they go through less pleasant things but I don't want them to break up so don't break them up :(

Situations/genres/kinks you DO NOT WANT to receive: First: no Kitayama as leader. Then, I would love to see characterization that's not simple cliches (Tama addressing everything with -san and being only tsun to Miyata, Yokoo constantly cleaning and so on). Please please please no genderswitch, no crossdressing, no self-insert, no m-preg, no cheating. No character death or torture or non consensual sex (seriously, would they ever not consent to have sex with each other? XD). No crack for crack's sake either. I'm okay with sex, btw, but I really don't care for pwp. I want the feelings. So if they have sex, it must be clear that it's them and it must have a plot around the sex scene.

Rating preference for receiving: any rating is fine. But I'd appreciate if they kissed at least~

I've been wondering if I should post this for a while, I was afraid of sounding too cheeky or something. But it's just the only way I have to do an exchange after all, nothing else! :D

If anyone reading around here is interested, DM me! Link some of your other fics to me if I don't know you already, tell me how much time would you need to write it, and how many words you plan to write, and what you would like me to translate (ideally it should be commensurated to how much you plan on writing), and we'll make it work ♥

[Yara J-web] Nirai Kanai's wind #49 03/13 and #50 03/20

2013-03-24T20:27:31Z

Oops. Late. My apologies, with the Tama project and this mess of a real life I feel like I don't even have time to breathe T__T

[#49] 2013/03/13 - Part 47

It's the most pleasant climate... just as soon as I thought that it went back to being cold. And to think I thought it was finally getting warmer, but it's back to winter again. The sakura trees near my house have already started blooming ahead of time! What are you going to do about that XD

...but even so, it surely has become spring-like, hasn't it.

In the morning I desperately, desperately, desperaaaaately fight to get out of bed, and the moment when I pull the curtains and open the window feels so refreshing... it just makes you want to take a pointless stroll.

The other day (maybe still now?) there was a lot of yellow sand flying around. I only had a soirée show so in the morning I did my laundry and when I hung it outside, the sky that had been clear and blue until a little while before was all yellow... as I was thinking "eh??" I realised it was yellow sand. So I hurried and hung the laundry inside. But still, it was impressive~ I have a weak throat so it troubles me. And pollen allergy cases keep appearing in SHOCK company, too. Luckily I don't suffer from pollen allergy so I'm okay, but I think that acting in a play while you feel constantly about to sneeze must be pretty awful. But I did laugh when Kishi kept wearing sunglasses before the show as a defensive measure against pollen （＾∇＾）

So, only about half a month of shows at the Imperial Theatre are left. So fast. Since the opening day I've always done without fail the soundcheck every day before the show, and 4U, Ryota, Kishi, Anna-chan gather too and we get our songs checked. Of course we do it after doing voice exercises, but since we do it in a condition in which our throat hasn't fully warmed up yet there are people whose voice fails them~ (especially me) It's a time I personally really enjoy.

I sing a few songs and among them there's a song called "Dance!", and it has a special version that I absolutely cannot show you during the actual show. I perform it using the staircase, but lately Matsuzaki prepares sushi using that staircase XD
??? (´Д` )

is what it feels like, right? Of course it's "air sushi"~ He does it half naked, with a headband tied on his head. During the instrumental bit in the middle he throws in some improvised rap. It's unclear what he's trying to do but it's fun~. Of course there's also an explosion of dirty jokes! He does things so stupid that one would wonder if this would count as a soundcheck, but the sound engineer, too, says "Matsuzaki-kun, are you ready?" and looks forward to it XD I think the fact he makes people look forward to what he's going to do is Matsu's good point. We also get to laugh at his ridiculous antics a lot. As expected from our mood maker.

I'm extremely regretful but I am afraid there will be no chance for you to see it. Please imagine it and enjoy it.

So,

Today, too, I have two shows.

I'll go wild! Winning and enjoying it.

These are the tap shoes I use for "Dance!". I used them for Douke no Hitomi, too.

Tap dancing is fun. I'm not really good, but I'll practise more and become better at it...

Thanks.....luv..u

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[#50] 2013/03/20 - Part 48

Helloooo. This is Yara, who fights against sleepiness today, too, and when he staggeringly entered the bathroom and dived into the tub he ended up sinking down to his head and almost drowning.

The battle against sleepiness is tiresome, tiresome.

I usually have no problems getting up though~. But I guess I am accumulating tiredness? Something unusual happened probably because of being so tired.

The day following our latest day off. I think it was the 13th? Anyway, after a day off my pace gets slower so in order to get back to the right pace I fought against the demon of sleep, I rushed into the bath tub, I gathered my energy and left home. That day was sunny but the wind was very strong, so I braved the wind blowing in my face and went to the Imperial theatre. And then when I arrived at the entrance of the dressing rooms I felt something different from the usual atmosphere.

Hmm? ( ゜д゜)

I greeted the guard at the entrance and he replied "Good morning" with a puzzled face.

Hmmm? Σ(￣。￣ノ)ノ

I rode the elevator and I arrived at the floor where my dressing room is. There was a person from the cleaning staff and when I greeted her she replied "Ah... I'll hurry up and clean your dressing room~~"...

Hmmmmm？((((；゜Д゜)))))))

Could that be... No way...

I asked........ that staff member...

Eh...

Could it be that maybe today...

And waited for the bad answer.

Even if I already had more or less guessed.

The answer of the staff member was~

"Yes. Today there's only an evening show, so I didn't think you would come so early......"

DOKAAAAN (ToT)/~~~

ZUKAAAAN (T ^ T)

I'm such an idiooooot (つД`)ノ

I learned it at 10am...

I was completely certain there would be two shows... because of my severe exhaustion and tiredness. It was the start of a day with a weird pace... I also feel like I've let out a bold smile.

It was five hours before the normal entrance time.

I was taken with the impulse of telling someone so I sent an email to Koichi-kun, 4U and Ryota (I didn't tell Kishi because he's a minor and the shock would've been too strong XD).

"Today I believed there would be two shows so I'm already in the dressing room. I'm going to perform a one-man version of SHOCK."

Ahh, they laughed at me later.

I'm hopeless.

As expected if you perform a one-man SHOCK "show must go on" is impossible so I gave up, but I braved the strong wind again and took a stroll in Yurakucho. Then I went to an oxygen capsule and went for coffee. I spent a pleasant time.

Everyone, let's check carefully our daily schedules.

Assumptions are scary things~

That day Uchi came to see the show, but when I told him what happened
"Yaracchi, you're so silly! what are you doing."
he said happily!

That's what I'm like.
Please take care of me from now on.

Today's matinée is 998.
And the soirée is 999.
Tomorrow it's finally our 1000th show~

It's amazing, SHOCK. I have no idea how many of these shows I've been in, but I'm grateful from my heart that I've been able to get involved with SHOCK and that tomorrow I can stand on the stage of the Imperial Theatre for its 1000th day.

Thanks.....luv..u

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タママツリ！#7 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! - +act mini. Vol.20/2013, part 2

2013-03-16T15:18:37Z

It's Tama's birthday in Japan! :D

Happy 23rd birthday, dear Tama ♥ I hope he spends a wonderful birthday surrounded by love and happiness. I don't usually talk much about my feelings for idols in this journal, and I won't start today, but he's really made me happy in the past few months and I hope he feels loved by the members, the fans, his family, his senpai, his friends, everyone - because seriously, how can you not love Tama. ♥

And here's the second part of yesterday's interview :D

Close up!
Tamamori Yuta
(+act mini., vol.20/2013)

As you keep working more and more, there will be more and more people whom you meet for the first time.
I know I have to get used to it. But no matter what I do, I can't heal from my shyness.

Are you okay when you perform on stage in a place full of people?
I am. I can do it without a problem. I don't really understand this side of me...

But even when you sing or dance or act out some role, you're always Tamamori Yuta.
Right. I wonder why... I don't understand it well myself. But if I think carefully about it, the fact that I can't look at people in the eyes is something I think myself. (Looking at a back number of our magazine that was placed on the table) You see, I've kept looking at Ikuta Toma-kun on the cover in the eyes since the interview has started (laughs)

And it's not like you look in a bad mood or you don't talk at all.
People often tell me I don't show my emotions on my face. They also tell me that if I don't put it into words they won't understand what I'm thinking. People tend to see me as someone who has no will to work hard so I am at a disadvantage because of it.

Do you find it difficult to express your emotions in acting?
More than crying or being angry, I find it difficult to smile. Even during magazine shootings I can't really laugh so I end up making weird faces. So a photoshoot like the one we had today was really pleasant for me. It's close to the mood I have normally.

How about playing the role of someone who's always giddy and cheerful?
I never have so far, but if I had to play such a role in the future I wonder what I could do. I'm sure I'd force myself and do my best and worry about it.

Do you want to try playing it?
I do. Because basically I want to experience everything. I do think it'd be hard, though.

Will it happen in this drama?
Ken is definitely not a cold person, but I want to portray him as a modern guy similar to what I'm like normally. I've also discussed about going in this direction with the director. I don't think he'll ever be all giddy, but I guess he's similar to me.

Is it easier to act a character when he's similar to yourself?
No, it's actually harder, and I think it's easier when you create a character from scratch. When it's closer to my real self I end up feeling puzzled, like "how much of it is acting and how much of it is me." I end up thinking too hard about things, and if when I act a scene in the way I would react in that situation and they tell me "Let's try changing it a little" I feel lost. And from then I enter a losing spiral (laughs).

You're someone who ponders over things a lot, aren't you?
Maybe I am. I end up thinking too deeply about anything.

How do you find a way out when it happens?
I don't find any way out. When it happens, I just do what I think is right, and if I'm wrong I do my best to change it even when I'd be unwilling to do it, and when they give me the OK sign I just accept it.

You have a lot of work, personally speaking, what do you want to do from now on?
First I want to become able to do anything. Singing, dancing, acting, talking. I want to do everything and balance it right. I love all of these things but they're difficult. Especially in variety shows I can't compare to the geinin, they make people laugh, they are good at creating the right atmosphere. So I'm envious of people who are funny even when they don't do anything. I think that being able to be funny just by showing your expression a little is an amazing weapon. I don't have it.

I think that if you had to say what's your own weapon, it'd be your balance.
I wonder if it's so. I'm still looking for it. I don't even know where I am. But that's precisely why I want to challenge a lot of things, find what suits me and getting better at it little by little. I'm basically a very free person so it's okay if it takes time.

At your own pace.
Yes, without fretting. It's tiresome to do more than you can do, too. As I said, my personality is difficult to understand (laughs).

Next time there's a chance, please talk to me about it.
Definitely. Even though maybe next time we meet I'll be in an extremely worried phase (laughs). But I don't dislike feeling like that either. The time spent worrying is necessary to find your way to a solution, so I don't dislike it. So I want to feel at ease whatever I do.

Do you prepare your acting in advance?
I do, a lot. As I said, I'm looking for the mood that's easier for me to act. Honestly I don't know if it's better to do it without thinking or to think it thoroughly. But in the end neither thing suits me. Sometimes when I'm very focused I lose track of what's around me. I guess I'm just a really nervous type of person. That's why I don't know anything yet.

Maybe you'll find the answer in this drama. If you do, let me know.
I definitely will. I'll report and say "I've found it!". I think if we talked one or two hours a lot of things would just come out, so let's talk more next time (laughs).

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タママツリ！#6 - +act mini. Vol.20/2013, part 1

2013-03-15T22:26:31Z

Just two days to Tama's birthday :D!

Bad news: I'll have to be out of town for work tomorrow and on Sunday, the day of Tama's birthday D: For tomorrow, I've kind of cheated (sorry ._.) by splitting this long interview in two parts (and I'll schedule the second part for posting tomorrow as soon as I'm done); but unfortunately I won't be able to post anything on the 17th out of all days /__\ I just don't even have time to translate anything to make a scheduled post... I'll make up for it on Monday or Tuesday at most with a long interview so look forward to it!

Close up!
Tamamori Yuta
(+act mini., vol.20/2013)

Kis-My-Ft2's Tamamori Yuta is going to shine as the lead in the new drama "Nobunaga no Chef", and it's the long awaited first time for him to be the absolute lead. In the past few years he has been offered many jobs as an actor and has increased his occasions to devote himself to acting alongside singing and appearing on TV. In this drama he will also challenge playing a cook for the first time. What is being an actor to Tamamori Yuta? He doesn't usually talk much, but he talked to us about what are his honest feelings right now.
For this shooting I've decided to not request smiles from Tamamori Yuta, but just to let him be himself, to be free. Actually, as if he realised about my wish, he didn't smile almost at all but somehow he looked like he was enjoying himself. What was the reason?
Even though not much time has passed since achieving their CD debut in 2011, Kis-My-Ft2 keep increasing their momentum. Not only the group's activities as a whole but also each single member's activities are getting broader - and Tamamori Yuta is starting to distinguish himself as an actor.
His first chance was brought on by the "Gokusen" series, and every year he has collected appearances in popular dramas such as "Shiawase ni narou yo", "Ikemen desu ne", "Saikou no jinsei no owarikata", "ATARU". And then this year the drama "Nobunaga no chef", the first drama in which he is the only lead, has finally started airing.
The original work is a popular manga still being published in the magazine "Weekly Manga Times". The main character is a chef, Ken (Tamamori Yuta), who time slips back to Warring States era and loses his memories. In the Warring States world he is mistaken for a spy and his friend gets killed in front of us, but a young woman blacksmith, Natsu (Shida Mirai), saves him.
Ken can't remember anything about himself but he can still remember his cooking skills and knowledge, his subconscious as a cook. Then he meets Oda Nobunaga (Oikawa Mitsuhiro), who realises Ken's talent right away, makes him his head cook and keeps forcing on him seemingly impossible requests. A historical military commander who missed just for a little the unification of Japan and a modern young genius cook. This work charms with its strategies and conflicts through food.
Tamamori Yuta has been entrusted with the lead character Ken's role, and we've made him speak up about topics he hasn't talked about much before, such as his stance towards the work of acting, the backbone that connects with it, his own personality.
Actually the interview took 40 minutes from beginning to end and he never looked me in the eyes, but he talked sincerely about the reason and about why he looked so happy during the shooting.

In the last few year your jobs as an actor have increased, how do you feel about it?
When you act, first you have to walk through the life of your character, right? Thanks to this I can experience directly a lot of things and I enjoy it. But maybe I've never thought about it too deeply (laughs). Because I'm not an actor.

So you don't have much awareness of being an actor?
Probably not.

Is there something in acting you like or feel good at, and on the contrary is there something you dislike or feel unwilling to do?
I love acting, but I don't feel I'm good at it. Acting is difficult.

Do you remember your lines right away?
I'm not even that good at remembering them.

By the way, when and where do you usually read the scripts?
I often do while I'm taking a bath. There's nothing to do during bath time and it's a waste, so I learn my lines, since I'm at home almost only to sleep. It's really ordinary. I come back home, I take a bath and I sleep, and after that I go back to work. It just repeats everyday so it's nothing very exciting, is it (laughs)

Maybe your work is too exciting?
True. I turn completely off when I go back home so I just feel like sleeping right away.

It means that until then you're switched on?
When I take my make up off I immediately flop down. And on the other hand when I put make up on I feel like "Yeah!".

During your private life, what's the instant when you can just relax?
I love surfing. But that's pretty much it. I managed to go five or six times during July and August so I rather enjoyed it. I couldn't go at all last year.

Maybe thanks to this drama cooking might become one of your hobbies.
Yes. I cooked during the frugal life challenge on "Ikinari! Ougon Densetsu", and after that my chances to cook have increased. I think I'll keep doing it thanks to this drama. I also think I'll have become a little better at it by the time the drama ends.

It's a chef role, after all.
I'm not that good at cooking, so now I'm trying to use the kitchen knife more in my everyday life. The other day I skinned and filleted a mackerel. It was really gross (laughs).

What were your direct impression after reading the original work and the script?
I usually don't read manga but this one got me hooked.

What made you get trapped into its world and what was its charm?
It tells about a chef who time slips to Warring States era, and while the military try to survive to achieve the unification of Japan, the chef tries to survive thanks to his cooking. They're different, but the fact they're fighting is the same. I think that setting is very interesting.

How does Ken look in Tamamori-san's eyes?
In the original work he's the type who can do anything, he knows all about history and his skills as a cook are great, but in the script the way he talks changes quite a lot, so he's more like a normal person from our time.

What's his most striking characteristic in your opinion?
It's when he cooks, after all. I am aware of the gap there is between how he looks normally and how he looks while he's cooking and I want to show it in my acting. It's one of the tasks I've set myself for this drama.

The interaction with Oda Nobunaga and the other powerful generals is also one of the main points.
Ken is a man from the modern times so he knows, at a general culture level, the history and personality of these military men. Of course Ken too is rather brave, but he also has this knowledge, and I want to portray him well while he uses it to his advantage.

The cast is also impressive.
It's the first time I work with most of them so I'm nervous. I have no idea how to approach them. But I'm looking forward to it.

I think you will have many occasions to be around Oikawa Mitsuhiro-san, who plays Oda Nobunaga.
I have this super cool image of Oikawa-san. Of course his looks are cool, but he also looks like he's good at everything, he gives off this kind of unique aura. I've seen the first pictures of Oikawa-san dressed as Nobunaga, he was so cool!

This drama is about a time slip, but Tamamori-san, what era are you interested in?
I think that no matter what era I would go to, I wouldn't be able to adjust to it. I thought all over again that I'm glad I was born in Heisei. If I went to Warring States age for real I would just die right away (laughs).

Is there a historical figure you'd like to meet?
Himiko-sama (laughs).

Why? (laughs)
There's no reason, I saw a documentary about her on TV and I got interested.

Can you tell us about what are you excited for about the work and your role, at this point?
I'm not really an expert in history but I'll be able to meet all those famous historical figures that anyone knows in the drama. And then, as expected, I'm excited about cooking. Many techniques crucial to French cuisine such as flambé will appear too, and I'll also be able to learn what did they eat in Warring States age. I hope I manage to look chef-like.

By the way, I've heard that your father has read the original manga, too. You get along well with each other?
My father told me "This work is nice so I can't wait to watch the drama." All of our family gets along well, and if we have a day off the same day we all go shopping or eat out, we often spend the whole day together. Recently we don't have many days off in common, but just a while ago we went shopping together before I had to go to work.

Do they tell you their impressions about your dramas or your songs?
They don't do it that much. Sometimes they tell me "I've watched this or that" but they don't tell me things like "You should've done it like this". When I was younger they'd make a fuss and tell me to study all the time, but since when I started high school they stopped telling me anything at all. They said "Now that you're in high school you're an adult, so understand what's good and what's bad by yourself." They said they'd take care of me since I was still a minor, but that I was free to do what I wanted after I turned twenty.

Did they always say that?
They did. "We'll take care of you until you turn twenty" (laughs).

Including this, what was it that helped shape your personality or character?
Before I entered this world I wasn't shy at all, in fact I talked a lot. But I entered the Jimusho in middle school and became really shy.

You say you're shy yourself.
True, even now I quite can't look at you in the eyes (laughs)

You sure don't (laughs)
Because I'm shy (laughs). But actually I wasn't like this at all when I was younger. I was just a little bit shy but then it became overwhelming.

Because there's too many scary adults around you?
No, not for that (laughs). How should I say it... I'm going to sound negative, but even when I'm on my own I look downwards. I've started behaving like this since I graduated high school. I'm okay when I'm with friends or when I work normally, but I'm unable to talk to someone looking at them straight in the eyes, and I feel like I'm shrinking little by little.

But you can't do that when you're acting.
I can totally look at someone straight in the eyes when I'm acting. I feel nervous, but I'm okay even with talking at a very close distance. I'm okay with conversing normally with the other characters.

Is it because you do it through your character?
I think maybe my character does help me. I'm someone who gets embarrassed easily myself.

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Part two tomorrow if I don't fall asleep on the keyboard XD!

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タママツリ！#5 - QLAP! 10/2012

2013-03-14T20:01:07Z

Three days to Tama's birthday :D!

I've translated the crosstalk between Tamamori and Miyata that QLAP! published in occasion of the release of the "Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou" movie. Disclaimer: all the little ♥s you see were in the original text! I didn't add them! XD

Tamamori Yuta + Miyata Toshiya
Sometimes, the two of us ♥
(QLAP! 10/2012)

Tamamori-kun and Miyata-kun who starred together in the movie "Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou" appear!
Not only will they talk about secret stories from the set, but also of what they like about each other, since they get along so well they've never had a fight ♥

I could totally feel Miyata's nervousness in his love scenes (laughs)
- First, can I ask you what you felt when the movie version of "Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou" was decided?
Miyata I was happy. "Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou" was my first drama, so I have a lot of compassion for it...
Tamamori Compassion?!
M Ah, I meant memories about it! (T/N Miyata mistook 'omoiire', having memories and feelings for something, with 'omoiyari', compassion) You corrected me in a good place (laughs), thank you!
T It's okay, so just get done with your talk quickly (laughs).
M Er... as I was saying, I feel really happy that I have been included in the movie that's a continuation of the drama.
T The movie is my first appearance in the series, and my first thought was "So I'm going to be in it with Miyata."
M Were you happy? (laughs)
T Well, I felt honoured that we'd be in the same work together. But I did wonder what would my role be, I had no idea. I sure wasn't going to be a student but I thought I wasn't going to be a teacher either, and then guess what, I was a former student. I thought "I see, that's what it's like then" (laughs)

- During the movie, there are scenes that show Koba Jun'ichi, played by Miyata-kun, in love with the school nurse, and flashy action scenes with Mashima Kenji, played by Tamamori-kun. How was acting in these scenes?
M Right, this time there's a setting in which Shohei, played by Takaki, and I compete for the love of the same woman...
T (Stares silently) ...
M Sorry! I was trying to look cool (laughs). Anyway, a role of someone in love with a woman was very refreshing to me. During the drama shooting the director told me "Koba-sensei is always indecisive" and when I told the members they replied "Just like you!" (laughs), but even so acting indecisive all the time was difficult this time, too.

- But Koba-sensei got a little more resolute this time, right?
M Right. He's trying to work hard to look more confident in front of the girl he likes. I'd be happy if you noticed that gap in the movie.
T But I could totally feel Miyata's nervousness in his love scenes (laughs).
M Well of course I would feel nervous in front of a girl!
T It looked like a genuine reaction, a real one.
M You're praising me, right? Thank you (laughs).

- Miyata-kun, what did you think of Tamamori-kun's acting?
M He looked really confident! He was perfect in the role of Sakuragi Ren (Uchi Hiroki)'s rival, and as I was watching the fight scenes in the first half of the movie I thought "Wow, so cool!"
T But those fight scenes were really hard. I had to sync my breathing to my opponent's and remember the moves according to that. Uchi-kun and I kept checking them with each other during the filming.
M But thanks to that it was really impressive. I could never do it like that. I'm an otaku, I've never even had a real fight...
T Eh? That's got nothing to do with it, has it!? (laughs)

- By the way, did the two of you ever have a fight? Even if it's not something as violent as those in the movie.
M We never did, right?
T Right. Or better, I never did even with the other members, not even a quarrel. Especially with Miyata, even though I provoke me all the time, we never fight.
M Eh? You provoke me? I thought you were just acting funny with me (laughs).
T Sometimes I try hitting your shoulder, and even though I did it you never snap back at me?
M Ah, so that's what it's like (laughs). But I can't just get into a fight for every little thing such as you hitting my shoulder... right?
T You're such a good adult (laughs).

As expected from Tama! You're always looking at me♪
- So on the contrary, is there something charming or lovely you've realised all over again recently about each other?
M We were saying it just earlier, but Tama often punches me or comes to playfully bother me. And when I exaggerate my reaction and go "Ouch, it hurts!" he suddenly changes expression and asks me "Are you okay?", he's so cute.
T Eh? That was a fake overreaction?
M No, it's not like that...
T Good, in that case I don't need to worry anymore
M Well, well, that's what he says but he's actually a very kind guy.

- How about you, Tamamori-kun?
T Something I've realised all over again... Nothing.
M Hey! Is there really nothing!? (laughs)
T Okay then, how he's always nervous and fidgeting with something. (Looks at Miyata who keeps moving his hands restlessly under the table) Even now he's constantly fidgeting, see?

- Ah, it's true (laughs).
M Th-this is actually dance practice...!
T (laughs) Anyway, it's good that he's never changed since a long time ago.

- So you mean that Miyata-kun's lovable point is that he doesn't change.
T Yes.
M As expected from Tama! You're always looking at me♪
T Well no, not particularly (laughs)
M Hey! You could've just replied "It's true" there!! (laughs)

Tamamori gives marks to Miyata! ♥
► Kindness ★★★★★
Doesn't Miyata's face just exude kindness? His appearance, personality, atmosphere, everything looks kind, and even the way he talks gives no harsh impression at all. He's kind like that especially to me, and no matter what I do to him, he doesn't get angry (laughs).

► Fun ★★☆☆☆
He often fails so two. He thinks he's doing funny things, but he ends up just spinning his engine fruitlessly. Personally I don't think Miyata's gags are funny (laughs), but I think that since he enjoys doing "Miya-gei" it's all good.

► Reliability ★☆☆☆☆
He's always indecisive and panics right away, so he gets low marks in reliability in its original meaning. The only thing he can be relied on is when they say "Do something funny" in varieties or such. When it happens I immediately pass it on to Miyata, I can trust him with that (laughs).

► Generosity ☆☆☆☆☆
Zero. When the two of us go out for a meal we always split the bill! Of course I don't want him to treat me, but he's never done it, not even once. But sometimes he comes wearing expensive brand sneakers, so maybe he's generous with himself (laughs).

► His love for me ★★★★★
When our eyes meet he grins, it's kinda gross (laughs). When it happens I just ignore him most of the time, but his love comes across strongly (laughs). The next time we hang out together? ....I'll go to Akihabara and keep Miyata company while he does what he likes, maybe.

Miyata gives marks to Tamamori! ♥
► Kindness ★★★★★
Sometimes he bluffs and pretends to be strong in front of people, but actually he's a super kind guy. To begin with, don't his face and expressions look kind? I can't think of something precise to say right now, but he's also given me sympathetic words ♪

► Fun ★★★★★
He looks cool at first glance but actually he's super funny! For example sometimes he lets out weird sounds, or the other day he started singing the song from the Fuji Safari Park CM out of the blue. Sometimes he's incomprehensible, well, I'd say he's tennen (laughs).

► Reliability ★★★☆☆
I think giving him a 3 here is correct. Since he kind of has this soft, fluffy atmosphere (laughs). When we decide to go have a meal together, we kept asking each other "So where do we go?" all the time. I'm indecisive too, so sometimes we spend thirty minutes just doing this.

► Generosity ★★★★★
He's really generous! When we eat out together, he often goes "I'll pay." I think "Eh? Even though I'm older?", but I say "Ah, thank you for the meal!" (laughs). And when we go to conbini he leaves his coin change into the charity box. I think he's really cool~.

► His love for me ★★★★★+★★★★★★★★★★★★★
Five stars... or better, infinite! (laughs) Tama really loves me. Heheheh (laughs). Even when all of Kisumai gather he always comes first to playfully bother me. Recently we also went to eat Chinese cuisine together ♪ We are kind of similar, so it's pleasant to be with him ♥

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タママツリ！#4 - An-An 184

2013-03-13T20:01:09Z

Four days to Tama's birthday :D!

I've translated the short interview that came with the infamous An-An shooting, and let me tell you that the text was almost more troubling than the pictures for me ('////' )

Don't stare at me like that...
Tamamori Yuta
(An-An N.184/2013)

"Women are best after 30" - my mother's unforgettable teaching

"Women in their thirties have a 'confident older sister' image to me. Men think 'ooh, nice' when they hear a woman is older than them, right? When I have an older woman in front of me I talk to her in formal language and do my best to give her a good opinion of me. I try to appeal to her as a good boy who's like "I don't know anything about playing! Please teach me!" (laughs) I end up thinking that I want an older woman to play around with me. I want her to push me around, to make me change my mind, in a way that I would never realise."

Readers in your thirties, be careful~. The "younger boy attack" released by the tennen Tama-chan, Tamamori Yuta-san, is too dazzling! And then he adds this episode from his teenage, too.

"When I was in high school I was in love with the school nurse. She wore her white coat, her hair was short and cute, she was always smiling. Her eyes were shining. She was a good teacher who would take care of me even when I skipped lessons. Once I told my friends 'I'm going out a second' and went alone to the infirmary, and a friend was there too. My friend told me "I'm going to confess to her" and I fretted a little, but eventually my friend was rejected. She was married and had a child. Have I been deceived, too? (laughs)"

Protectiveness and kindness. I see, someone like a school nurse is a model of popularity. And then Tamamori-san, who is 22 now, tells us about what he believes to be what makes a woman charming.

"Recently, when I see a very beautiful woman and ask her about her age, I often skip a heartbeat because she doesn't look her age at all. My mother often says it too, that "Women are best after 30". I don't get what my mother is after, though, since she's already married (laughs). She takes a lot of care about her beauty, and there's a lot of skin pore cleaning goods at home, sometimes she makes me use them too (laughs). I like seeing her taking all this care even if she's my own mother, and I like it when older women are stylish and beautiful. It makes my heart beat faster when a woman closes her mouth after unconsciously yawning, and I find it charming how they become smaller after taking off their high heeled shoes (laughs). Eh? Is this getting too detailed? I'm sorry. I love watching people so I end up looking at these things too. And then, I just love people who smile a lot. It's fun to be with someone cheerful who laughs and talks a lot. When I was in school maybe I cared about the external appearance the most, now of course I care about the inside, too. Adult women who have been through good and bad experiences are charming."

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タママツリ！#3 - Wink Up 5/2013

2013-03-12T19:58:44Z

Five days to Tama's birthday :D!
Today I bring you a short piece from the latest Wink Up because Tama talks about what he was like as a little boy and it's adorable.

Wink Up 5/2013

• What’s the origin of your name?
I was called Yuta hoping that I would never have problems in the basic necessities of clothing, eating and having a house to live in, and that I would grow up strongly. (T/N the characters used to write his name are 裕, that means “abundant, rich” and 太, that meand “thick, strong”.) It’s true that I don’t have such a big attachment to things like having a large house or a nice car. I think it’s enough to live normally, without such luxuries, so I’ve never had complaints about my living necessities and I don’t think I will in the future. But I wonder about “太”. I’m super sensitive. I’m as easy to break as the paper scoop used for kingyosukui, so please everyone, treat me kindly! (laughs)
(T/N kingyosukui is a traditional summer festival game, in which you have to scoop up a goldfish using a metal and paper palette, without breaking it.)

• Did you get easily sick as a child or did you hurt yourself?
I’ve never been seriously sick, and I’ve never experienced a big wound or broken bones. Now that I think about it, I’ve never even had mumps or influenza or even pollen allergy. I look frail but I’m surprisingly resistant (laughs). I’ve never had cavities either so I got a “good teeth badge” in elementary school (laughs). The only things I’ve ever experienced are headache, bellyache, grazing my hands or legs and bruises!

• Did you change from what you were like as a child?
When I was little I was constantly talking. When I rewatch the videos taken back then, there’s me keeping on talking nonstop in a high tone of voice, saying “Nee, mama mama mama! Look look loooook!”. It’s the exact opposite of me now. I wonder why I’ve become such a silent person (laughs)

• What words were frequently written on your school report card?
“He’s never still.” Me, who ranks in the top three of calmest guys in Kisumai (laughs). I’ve really changed a lot. Who’s the one who’s never still now? Nikaido’s number one by large!

• What sibling did you want/wish you had?
A sweet older sister! However I don’t know why but people often tell me “You have an older sister, right?”. Actually I have a younger brother, it’s completely different (laughs). I get along well with him. Even when he was in his rebellious phase, he would speak up against our mother but he was an obedient, lovely kid with me, and we’ve never had a fight.

• What were you often yelled at for as a kid?
Our household was very strict about our table manners. I was yelled at for the way I held my chopsticks or for talking while I was eating. Recently my mother gets angry at me when I ignore her emails and she writes me “You, what do you even have a mobile phone for!” (laughs). If I ignore her further she calls me and yells directly at me saying “Give me a break and behave!” (laughs). I don’t think she’s annoying, I just think “I’ll reply later” and then time goes by before I realise it.

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タママツリ！#2 - TV Guide Person 5/2013

2013-03-11T21:44:31Z

Six days to Tama's birthday :D!

[break through
(TV Guide Person 5/2013)

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I’m not sure if an idol like him, who dives head first into extreme challenges without caring about his appearance, has ever existed. Tamamori Yuta – of course he takes part in shows where he has to do physical challenges as a member of Kis-My-Ft2, but he has also individually overcome the frugal life challenge of “Ikinari! Ougon Densetsu” by only eating onions for one month, and he’s had an experience hard on his body and mind such as a 3-day survival show on an extremely cold island.
Now Tamamori stars in the drama “Nobunaga no chef” where he plays a top-class chef who timeslips to the Warring States era, and this time he’s facing physical challenges as an actor. We tried asking him directly about what gives him his indomitable willpower and about what he believes “top-class” to be.

– You’ve said that it has been hard to train in order to look like a top-class chef before the start of the shooting for “Nobunaga no chef”, how did the actual shooting go?
The way I hold my knife, my posture... It’s really just starting from the way I look, but I paid great attention in order to look like a real chef. For example, when you cut something into strips, you don’t face the cutting board directly, but you have to move your right foot a little behind and tilt your body until it’s 45 degrees. It takes time to shoot the cooking scenes and I feel nervous, so it’s harder than I thought. Also the flambéing scenes... I did it a lot of times both during rehearsals and during the actual shooting, and every time I’d get drunk from the alcohol fumes (laughs) The more I did it, the dizzier I felt. I’ve been surprised, too!

– Other than cooking, you also had to dive into a river in mid winter. There are a lot of dangerous scenes in this drama, too.
True. So much I want to say “Why does it always have to be so physical?!” (laughs). I dive into the river, I have to run on mountain paths while it’s snowing... And the shooting takes place in Kyoto, so it’s really cold. To be honest, it’s a little harsh (laughs)”

– What do you think is the reason why you always get this kind of harsh jobs, starting from “Ougon Densetsu”?
I have no idea... I’m the one who wants to ask (laugh). Recently I’ve realized myself, too, that I am getting a lot of physically hard jobs (laughs), but I work hard thinking these are walls that I need to overcome, too. Maybe I shouldn’t have won the “10K yen for one month” challenge in the first place? I have really worked too hard for it! (laughs)

– But I think that winning like that made you more well-liked by the general public, it changed their image of you.
Do you think so? This is nice, but... it’s just that if people throw this kind of things at me, saying “if he did that, he can do this too!”, I get surprised too. I’d be glad if they kept it to a reasonable limit (laughs).

– (laughs) What level would be okay for you?
I wonder!? I think the survival challenge was already the maximum level. We had to live for three days only eating food we caught ourselves... Normal people don’t do that, do they? And all you see in that TV show is completely real (laughs). One way or another I got through the survival challenge, but after that I had a cold for more than one week. There’s always something that comes along with anything. But on the other hand I felt really accomplished and felt it was worth it, and at the end I thought “I’m glad I did it.” So every time one of these jobs is over I feel as if I’ve become mentally stronger. Even if my body hurts (laugh).

– So now you don’t think “I don’t want to do this” about jobs that are as harsh as what you’ve done so far?
Well... I do think that a little (laughs). Or better, rather than “I don’t want to do it,” I think “Damn, it looks harsh.” But I think my body has gotten used to this kind of jobs, or so to say, I’ve become immune at some point, so I think “I can stand it.” I think this is an improvement, too (laughs).

– What is the thing you found the hardest in your job as an actor?
When I was shooting for “Ikemen desu ne” in the summer of 2011, I have been on the verge of fainting and thought it was a bit of a dangerous situation. During that period there was also Kisumai’s debut and concert tour. I had never been in such an environment before so it’s been hard on both my body and my nerves. But people get used to things all the time. I thought “So this is what being debuted means. The workload has gotten larger but we’ve got to get used to it” and so, together with Fujigaya and Yaotome who were the co-stars, I got over it somehow.

– It feels as if you encourage yourself a lot when you have to get through something.
It’s true. I tell myself “There’s nothing to do but doing it.” But even so, that period was really hard...

– Did you feel like running away?
I did, a few times (laughs). But even so I couldn’t actually run away, and I wouldn’t have done it even if I could. I thought it was an obstacle given to the way I used to be at that time, and I kept clashing against it. But the sense of accomplishment at the end was proportional to the effort I put into it! I’d never cried up to now when I finished shooting a drama, but tears welled up naturally for “Ikemen desu ne”... It was hard, but I’m really glad I did it.

– What kind of tears were they? Accomplished, happy tears?
Yes. I didn’t think “It’s finally over,” I believe they were happy tears!

– So, have you ever felt frustrated about a job?
Eh~!? A lot of times! When I’m on a variety show but can’t do anything, or when we’re on music shows and I realise “I should’ve moved that way at that point”... No matter what I do, I always think I’m not good enough yet. Even now that I’m shooting for “Nobunaga no chef”, whenever I check the monitors after the filming I always think “It would’ve been better if I did this here.” When I look objectively at my acting there’s so many things I regret... But it’s impossible to refilm the scenes all the time. I think the main challenge is to see how good my acting can be in the limited time I’m given. So the only thing I can do is to give my 100% for the shooting every time... plus if you start nitpicking you’ll never see the end of it.

– No matter what you do, it’s hard to assess or evaluate yourself.
It’s true. But after experiencing this, I also realised that going all out all the time isn’t necessarily the best thing to do. If you think too much or put too much strength into things it definitely won’t be good. You have to think about regulating your pace, and it’s also necessary to relax, in a good meaning. I think in principle you should redo something in case you’re not successful at the first try, but in reality there just isn’t enough time. So it’s frustrating but I learned to just accept that it’s the level I am at right now. Of course I try to convey my frustration into better results for the next time, and by doing so I feel a little better now.

– On the contrary, have there been times when you looked back at a job and thought “I did really well”?
I think it was on the frugal life challenge. If someone asks me what’s been the harshest thing this year it’s the first thing I think of. I only ate onions for one month and I lost about 8 or 9 kilos. Lots of friends told me “Actually you were eating other things when you were off camera, right?” but if I did that I wouldn’t have lost so much weight! But it was fun to work hard for it, and the experience I got in the kitchen is helping me now.

– How about acting? Have you ever felt that your experience has led to improvement?
Hmm, it’s really hard to tell. If I start thinking about what got better, what got worse, what changed I don’t understand anything anymore (laughs). It’s just that at first acting wasn’t one of my aims and I hadn’t even thought seriously about it. But of course now I am doing it earnestly and I do want to do my best to deliver a good product. So... it really starts from here.

– By the way this time you play the role of a top-class chef, but who do you think is a top-class professional?
The other day I thought Ukaji Takashi-san (T/N the actor who plays the role of Mori Yoshinari) is a top-class professional. I was wondering what do actors usually do so I went to take a peek at Ukaji-san during a break. He was practicing his lines, of course, but he was also practicing his elocution by talking while holding a twig in his mouth. I thought that actors whose job is mainly acting are different, that the way they face acting is different, that they’re real professionals.So I tried to do that too, next to him. I couldn’t find a twig around so I used my finger (laughs). Apparently if you do it you change the angle of your mouth, it opens better and you talk better. It’s something you wouldn’t know unless you’re an actor. It’s a professional’s knowledge!

– And who would you consider top-class as a man?
I wonder... I don’t know about top-class, but someone I’d want to become is... someone who can be kind to people. If you go through lots of hardships they can make you kinder and also teach you things. If you experience a lot of things you’ll have more things that you can convey to people. I want to become a man like this. It’s just that... I’m shy. So, before interacting enough to be kind to someone, I get nervous and can’t talk to them at all! Even during an interview, like now, I can’t look the interviewer in the eyes (bitter laugh). I’m okay when I’m with my friends and while acting or recording for TV. I entered this world when I was in middle school and I got in touch with an environment that was full of adults, so I was constantly nervous. I think my shyness started there. You see, until then it had never happened to me (laugh).

– Why are you so nervous?
You don’t know what people are thinking, right? So I tend to read too much into them. “I bet this person is actually thinking this.” I always suspect they have ulterior motives. I’m afraid of people! ...I’m heavy, aren’t I? (laugh)

– No, I’d say you’re serious.
Ah, maybe I am! I’m serious to the core (laugh). I think I end up thinking too much about things because I believe I have to face them earnestly. But even so, I’m already 22... I think I should already have healed from my shyness. I want to accumulate experience and confidence and get rid of it.

He didn’t quite meet my eyes, but even so he replied sincerely to each single question, and sometimes he joked and made the atmosphere funnier. He was overflowing with honesty and kindness to the staff, and by extension to the readers. His stance and how he wants to improve if just one step at at time are a professional’s conscience – his willpower won’t stay still. I think I’ve seen a glimpse of “top class” in Tamamori Yuta.

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タママツリ！#1 - Dream Boys Pamphlet

2013-03-10T19:11:51Z

It's seven days to Tamamori Yuta's 23rd birthday, and to celebrate him I've decided to make a little translation project.

I will post 7 different translations published in the past year over the course of the next seven days. My aim is to show a different side of Tama to people who can't read these interviews, because they're very interesting and we get to know him better than just what's shown on tv (or the fandom lore that generated a rather stereotypical image of him).

To kick off the project, here's Tama's part from Dream Boys 2012 pamphlet!

TAMAMORI YUTA in DREAM BOYS 2012

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(T/N: “Yuta” is Tamamori’s character name in Dream Boys, in this case, whose nickname is “Champ” because he’s a boxing champion.)

About Yuta

This time I’m playing the role of Champ but when I’ve been in Dream Boys in the past Champ was Koki-kun, so I have this image of Champ = Koki-kun. He’s wild and arrogant, a Champ who definitely looks strong. So when I first heard I would be acting as Champ I anxiously thought “Will I be able to have such an aura?” and asked the manager many times “Am I really going to be Champ?” (laugh). Probably everyone who knows this play must have felt the same way. But when I asked Kamenashi-kun for advice I realized that the other members of the cast have changed too, so a change will occur in the relationships between them, so there’s no need to drag the past on. He told me “You just need to show us 2012’s new Champ. The staff also told me that rather than a wild aura, a cool aura would suit me more. At that time who came into my mind was Yabuki Joe from “Ashita no Joe”. Usually he’s a little cold, but when he gets on the ring his face changes. I want to show this kind of change. Talking more in detail about building my role, aside the basic training, I also bought boxing gloves and mitts and I practice at home with my little brother. My brother likes this kind of manly sports so he’s happy to help me. But after a while he gets bored and tells me “Let’s stop,” so if I tell him “Let’s just swap gloves and mitts” and he accepts and keeps going more. I know all the ways to make my brother do something since we were little (laugh). At work I have Miyata as my sparring partner, and I punch him thoroughly without constraints (laugh).

Dream Boys
I still remember the group boxing scenes when I first was in the play. We all danced bare chested but I was terribly embarrassed because of my thin, unmuscled body. My skin was very white, too, no matter how you looked at me I only looked weak. I was about 18 or 19 so it was the age when you’re very conscious of your body (laugh). This time I’ve trained quite a lot so I think my body is more worth showing off now than then. Story-wise, there isn’t one single “villain” in this play. Everyone has their aim or dream, their passion, and they’re working hard to achieve them, but because of misunderstandings or vain efforts the situation becomes complicated. I think it’s a very well thought upon story. And I have so many memories here at Imperial Theatre. There were some ladies who cleaned the theatre, but in the free time they grilled omochi for us. I looked forward to it every day. They completely baited me with food (laugh). Everyone’s friendly and kind. They even remembered me and told me “You’ve grown up so much!”, as if they were relatives. I can’t wait to meet those ladies again.

Kamenashi Kazuya
Kamenashi-kun takes us out for dinner, and just like his public image he’s a kind, manly guy who takes care of his kohai. This time, too, when we first did the script reading, I realized how much he cares about us. He was preoccupied not only with himself but also with us, saying things like “We should have this guy stand out more” or “If we don’t do this he won’t look cool”. He can look at things rationally, he has the leadership needed to pull everyone forward, and he takes great care in details. I was touched and thought that it’s only this kind of generous guy who can become zachou (T/N troupe leader, a role usually taken by the lead star of a show). If it were me, I think I’d get 3cm shorter because of the pressure (laugh)

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This time there’s three Kisumai members in the cast, and that makes me feel really reassured. Especially, both in the dressing room and on stage, there’s always the “whatever happens let’s just pass it on to Miyata” option, so I think he’ll become a healing presence for the hearts of the cast (laugh). Apparently among Kisumai fans there is a combi called “Miyatama”, I wonder since when. Miyata started telling magazines that he likes me, and I acted cold towards that... this kind of pattern suddenly got popular. Recently, at concert, if we so much as get a little close to each other the fans go “kyaaa” at us, I’m really bothered by that (laughs) ...is what I always say, but actually Miyata being somewhere is enough to make that place relaxed and peaceful. For this, too, he’s someone who’s irreplaceable in Kisumai. I want him to create such a soft mood for this Doribo, too.
Gacchan (T/N Senga) used to be my kohai in high school, too. So he feels like a cute younger relative. He’s naive and distracted, so he also has a healing power, in a completely different way than Miyata. He’s like that, but when it comes to his beloved dance his expression changes completely. Just a while ago he went on a short trip to Los Angeles to study dance and he says he got really motivated. There will be scenes in which he can show off his dance so he’ll be able to convey how much he loves it to the audience.

Yaotome Hikaru
I joined the jimusho on the same day as Hikaru, he was wearing a hunting cap and was smiling a lot. Hikaru went straight on the elite course... Tegoshi, too, who joined on the same day, debuted as NEWS right after joining. But surprisingly at that time I didn’t fret. If I think about it now I earnestly think “I’m so glad I could debut too,” though (laugh). Last year Hikaru and I were in the drama “Ikemen desu ne” and it was a really intense period. The shooting was hard and it also overlapped with my group’s debut and tour, so my days were really packed. In such a situation, whenever I met the cheerful Hikaru on set my heart suddenly felt lighter. He’d do impersonations for us and tell us funny stories. I love this side of Hikaru.

Bond
I think the members of Kisumai are connected by an invisible bond. When our kohai debuted and we had to backdance for them, honestly, we felt really frustrated. No one said it out loud but I think we all felt the same. At least for me, at that time the switch “One day we’ll debut, too, and show you what we're worth!” was turned on. But the bond between us was born exactly because our road to debut was not smooth. And then right before debut, we went to eat together, just us members, and we all opened up and said what we thought. How we wanted Kisumai to be after debuting... it was this kind of positive talk, but it was the first time that the seven of us gathered for a meal, and it was the first time that we had such serious talk together, too. That was a very important moment for Kisumai. Our personalities are pretty different, but I think we are a really good group.

Message to the audience
The cast and the atmosphere of this play will change a lot from the previous ones, so I’d be happy if you regarded it as a new play instead of comparing them. Even the lead roles have increased from three to five. There’s two more people so I think the story will get thicker. Personally speaking, I would like you to pay attention to my boxing scenes, the result of all my training. Unlike the last time I was in the show, I won’t let you call me “bean sprout kid” anymore! (laugh)

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[Yara J-web] Nirai Kanai's wind #48 03/09

2013-03-09T18:33:04Z

[#48] 2013/03/09 - Announcement

It's the first irregular update I make in a while. I think many people already know, but in October, at Theatre Crea...

"SONG WRITERS"

I'll be the lead in this original musical. I couldn't be happier to be given the chance to challenge a new play this year, too, after last year's "Douke no hitomi". And to think I'll be able to work with Kishitani Goro-san and Mori Yukinojo-san～～♪ I'd never even dreamed of it so I'm really excited. I already can't wait to see what kind of musical it'll turn into!! Everyone, please look forward to it, too (^-^)/

Ah.

Today, in a newspaper that published the announcement of "SONG WRITERS", there was written "I want to surpass Koichi-kun".......
This kind of things... I don't think it XD
I don't, I don't XDDD
I only think so a little bit
No, no (^^;;
I said that I want to do my best using what I've learned from Koichi-kun... Please, don't misunderstand me. Σ（゜д゜lll）

But anyway!

Look forward to "SONG WRITERS" in Octoberrr.

Thanks.....luv..u

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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH YARACCHI LEADING ANOTHER MUSICAL :DDDDDDDDD
*thows confetti*

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[Yara J-web] Nirai Kanai's wind #46 02/27 & #47 03/06

2013-03-06T22:13:19Z

I apologise for skipping last week :( not the best times 'round here recently. Sorry. I'll try to be more regular.
Also, I never reply to comments because I'm terrible but I'm very thankful and happy for each one of them. Thank you!

[#46] 2013/02/27 - Part 45

Hello.

Recently the weather's terribly dry, isn't it~

My skin's dry all over...

The back of my hand is all cracked. The cracked back of my hand.

I don't care much for hand cream but my skin is so cracked I can't help but use it! I use it and use it but it's still cracked!

Not only outside, but also on stage the air is really dry so Koichi-kun and I always say, on the sides of the stage, "It's so dry today~" and we laugh!

However, my throat is strangely in great condition. It doesn't rasp anymore, but I wouldn't say I've been taking stoic care of it either.

Maybe it's become stronger...

Maybe it's thanks to the voice training. （＾∇＾）

Maybe the new humidifier I have at home is good too.

I switch it on when I go to sleep, and when I woke up the room's all foggy as if I were inside the Palace of the Dragon King XD Maybe the good condition of my throat is also thanks to this powerful humidifier. Well, you can't be too careful. And there's still a lot of shows, too.

Ah, right, right. When I walked from my house to the station a while ago I bumped into Beverly-san by chance. Even though I meet her everyday at the theatre I was somehow nervous. She's a very kind person, and even during the show, right after the sword fight scene we ride the same elevator to the dressing room and she always warmly talks to me while I'm dead tired. It makes me feel much better :D Beverly-san is really lovely. I admire her a lot.

However, in a week it will be a month since the start of the show~. So fast! So fast! it felt really fast. Even when I'm on stage, each show is over in the blink of an eye. As usual I'm not counting the shows, so I have no idea how many are left until the end, but I feel like I can cherish and get over each single day.

Come on, let's go with "win and enjoy it" today, too.

Once again, a photo of food.

It's the yakiniku I went to eat with the main cast.

Eating meat after a show is the best!

Thanks.....luv..u

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[#47] 2013/03/06 - Part 46

It's March. I feel spring is coming.

Everytime I go out I think "Will it get warmer soon?". I want to drink espresso on the terrace of a café I often go to...... this is Yara who says stylish thing. Talking about espresso... I have an espresso machine at home. You just have to set the cup and press a button and it's already done, such an amazing machine. It also looks sylish and "oshare". (Oshare = Kitayama's solo song in 2009 Playzone) (T/N the title for Kitayama's song "Oshare" was written 男謝礼, literally "a man's gratitude", instead of the correct お洒落, and Yara used the former in his post, hence the need to specify it was Kitayama's song.)
I have such a lovely thing but I seldom use it and it's an espresso machine that's more like an interior decoration. I'm sorry. Please keep shining as a decoration until SHOCK ends. Right now I'm more into tea which is good for your throat.

By the way recently I haven't watched much terrestrial broadcasting TV...

There's not much I can do about it since I basically live at Imperial Theatre and go back home just to sleep, but even if I turn the TV on when I'm home I only watch pay tv such as animal documentaries, history shows, stuff about car factories and so on. I'm surely a man who can't keep up with the current fads~ It's no good. I thought I must at least watch the knews so I downloaded a free news app for my phone, though.

Even now, I'm watching a documentary about airplanes as I write XD

If there's any topic that I should know about, recently, please let me know. Please do.

Finally it's been over a month since we started performing SHOCK at the Imperial Theatre. We're over halfway. As usual I don't count the show so I have no idea how many are left. Anyway, I want to get over each day with all my strength. (I think I've said this... last time, too...)

Kishi. Kishi Yuta-kun. He's constantly touching my body. Even during the show, as we're waiting at the side of the stage, he goes, as he touches my abs:
"So many muscles! Wow! Can I just touch them all the time!"

No, no, Yuta-chan. We're in the middle of a show XD Right now, you can't. Actually I grew fond of Kishi just like the relationship between "Yuta" and "Yara" in the show. But his hands are huge~ his hands... I can see from them he's going to become terribly tall. He's going to loom over me. No-not cute! Kishi won't be cute at all when he becomes 175cm tall!! I beg you. Stay the way you are now. I beg you. (Sorry, this is just my inferiority complex. Please ignore it.)

And just like this, what's left is one month at the Imperial Theatre and one month in Hakata. I can't wait to see how it evolves from now on~

By the way, the person who comes to visit me the most in my dressing room is........

Machida-kun XD

Usually he appears when I'm relaxing in my dressing room after a show. He appears always carrying a can of coffee in one hand and asking "How are you?" I'm sorry, but this isn't refreshing at all. Whenever I meet my mouth always moves automatically to form the words "Are you here again?"

So, let's go today, too.

Thanks.....luv..u

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[Kis-My-Ft2 J-web] Kisulog: Tamamori Yuta 02/20

2013-02-20T22:09:02Z

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Oss!

It's Tama!

I'm in Kyoto (￣Д￣)ノ

Kyoto is reeeeally cold.

When I go back to Tokyo I get astonished at how warm it is.

Since I'm constantly travelling back and forth from Kyoto to Tokyo, sometimes I get the wrong feeling that Kyoto is my hometown (laugh)
I'll keep going back and forth just a little more.

Everyone, you're watching Nobunaga no Chef, right? ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

I'm working hard everyday, you know.

I'm definitely getting better at cooking so I hope I have a chance to showcase that someday~ ( ^ω^ )

Towards the last spurt,
Team! Nobunaga no chef!
We're doing our best!!

On set

Oikawa-san calls me Tama-chan.

Gori-san calls me Tamamori-kun.

Ukaji-san calls me Tama-chan.

Shida-chan calls me Tamamori-san.

(°_°)

But for some reason Ashina-san

calls me Mori-chan (laugh)

Everyone's always cheerful on set.

We're all friends with the staff members, too.

I am really happy that I've been able to meet this lovely staff and cast. （＾ω＾）

I'll do my best so I won't have regrets.

And I want to meet Kisumai (・′°・°・)

I feel at ease when it's the seven of us.

I feel so grateful that I could meet these great members, that they support me, that we could grow up together.

I believe I live in an environment that's full of joy.

I want to keep going forward without becoming too proud or arrogant for that.

By the way I have an announcement I'm really grateful for.

First off

Single, album, DVD

We'll release 3 titles at the same time.

It'll be on March 27th.

I really think it's a wish that came true because of our fans.

They're all nice things so please buy them, okay?

And then,

the long awaited

national tour!!

It's been a year since the last!

We can finally meet ( ^ω^ )

We'll be able to spend fun times together again (￣Д￣) ノ

Kisumai, too, is getting stronger and can't wait to meet you guys.（＾ω＾）

I don't know the details (laugh)

Please look them up (laugh)

Today I wrote a kinda serious entry...

Or have I?

Sometimes this kind of entry is okay, too!

So, I'm off to cuisine today, too! (￣Д￣)ノ

See you ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

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Also, this is unrelated but if you write fic, let me suggest this helpful shindanmaker that will give you nice Kisumai prompts to fill :D :D :D :D