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Nino's BayStorm 2009.06.21 [TRANSLATIONS]

T-T I'm sorry for not updating in a while. RL had been catching up with me. =/ But here I am, back with another BayStorm translation. This is a special show, since it's dedicated to Nino's birthday! :D If he didn't know this already, he knows this now: he is loved by so many people! <3

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Nino Baystorm 20090621.mp3 - Nino

N=Nino
S=STBY

N: “For your birthday, Nino-chan, I made special meatloaf!”
BayStorm with Arashi, featuring Kazunari Ninomiya!

N: Good evening! This is Kazunari Ninomiya from Arashi. Today’s opening thought comes from radio pen name Ninocchin-san: “I am a nutritionist at a work cafeteria. On special days, I create special menus that include Arashi members’ favorite foods and desserts. I give better service, too. Because these are not national holidays, when I create these special menus, the chef asks me, ‘Was today a special day?’ I answer with, ‘It’s nice once in a while, isn’t it?’ and get away with it. Nino-chan, did you eat anything special on your birthday?” Wow… you can do such things? How cool that you can do that at all. I… ate dinner with Nishikido-kun at a restaurant. At midnight, the lights went out and a birthday cake came out. The people sitting at the counter got scared because all the lights went out all of a sudden. I knew why right away. I ended up dragging the other customers into the celebration. It was a bit early, but he celebrated with me.

S: Happy birthday!

N: You’re so slow!

S: [laugh] Congrats! It’s your birthday.

N: JStorm doesn’t celebrate birthdays, do they?

S: Not really… but it’s the thought that counts.

N:[laugh] No, no, no! I mean, I’m sure your thoughts go out to us, but…

S: Right.

N: Yeah, why is that? Is there a reason?

S: No, not really.

N: Is there a reason why you all don’t celebrate our birthdays?

S: No, there’s no reason. Did… you want us to?

N: Well… for example, TBS-san and Nittere-san (NTV), Fuji-san, too (*all TV stations), they all celebrate with us. People who are essentially outsiders of sorts.

S: Right.

N: But the ones who manage us, JStorm-san… I can’t remember any kind of acknowledgement.

S: Yeah, I don’t think… there has been any.

N: Was there any celebration when we turned 20? (*In Japan, turning 20 is a huge celebration as it denotes coming of age.) No, there wasn’t!

S: No.

N: That’s not how it should be!

S: Maybe for some… big event.

N: [laugh] What do you mean by “big” event? [laugh] What does it mean to have a “big” birthday?

S: I don’t know. Birthdays come every year…

N: You don’t celebrate them, now that you think about it.

S: But all the staff members do think about them.

N: What do you mean, “think about them”?

S: “Happy birthday”.

N: Really?

S: Yes.

N: But it already passed.

S: It did.

N: Okay, then, how about a joke related to my birthday? If you will, please.

S: [laugh] Happy!

N: Well, then. We look forward to more opening thoughts, so please send in your detailed stories. This is Kazunari Ninomiya’s BayStorm with tonight’s opening number. This is Arashi-san’s “Everything”.
[Arashi – “Everything”]

N: That was Arashi-san’s “Everything”. This is Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. Let’s move onto this segment: Douka Onbin ni (*Let’s settle this peacefully). Ah~!

S: How nostalgic!

N: No, no, you’ve already done one show with me before this, so that kind of reactions is…

S: Right.

N: Just get back on the ball, yeah?

S: Right.

N: Okay, this one’s from radio pen name Da~n, dan, dan-san: “This is a story about the time I went to a home electronics store. I was walking along when from somewhere, I heard Ninomiya-san’s solo song, “Niji”. It was being played on a piano. I started heading that direction to find a girl who seemed to be in middle school, playing “Niji” on a display piano. She was playing so well that I was staring at her, but she looked up and our eyes met. She was surprised, to which I was surprised. I ended up fleeing the scene. I’m sorry for staring at you and then running away; you must have felt awkward.” Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh… such things happen, I guess. STBY, have you heard any Arashi songs while you’re walking around town?

S: Oh! That… I hear your songs all the time.

N: Where do you hear them most?

S: At convenience stores.

N: Really? What song is most played at convenience stores?

S: Well, the… closest…

N: Will people understand when you say “closest”?

S: They won’t? By that, I mean the song most recently released. When I’m thinking of buying something, your songs will play and I’ll notice.

N: Oh, and does that make you happy?

S: Well, of course.

N: As a record label?

S: Right.

N: But… you don’t celebrate Arashi members’ birthdays.

S: I’m sorry.

N: I see, what a cold-hearted company. Next is by radio pen name Maegami no baresho-san: “The other day, we had a sports competition with a nearby school and at the end of it, we had folk dancing. But during the dance, the line of people got mixed up and I was left without a partner. So I grabbed my friend’s partner instead. I’m really sorry.” You folk dance at the end of a sporting competition? Do you? Is this tradition?

S: Tradition?

N: Really? I had no idea. Did I have that sort of thing at school? Do you hold sporting events with nearby schools? Oh, all boys schools compete with all girls schools?

S: Oh, that’s a nice idea.

N: Sounds like fun. I suppose students at an all boys school must wonder what they should be motivated about during sporting competitions otherwise. Just aiming to leave a good record is too ascetic and the Olympics will do for that. I see. Oh, hey! This person wrote that they want “STBY’s t-shirt sticker”.

S: Oh?

N: Here they come! They’re here!

S: Nice.

N: Yeah. Oh, but this person wants “Volume I”, this person, too. This person wants “Volume II”. Ah, I see. Next is by radio pen name Mousugu DraQue hatsubai dayo-san (*Dragon Quest XI is almost out). That’s true! “This happened almost 20 years ago. Back then, I wanted to complete the Rubik’s cube at my house, but it looked like I wouldn’t ever get it right. So I picked off the stickers and re-attached them to make it look like I had solved it. Now that I look back on the event, I had done something terrible. Dad, mom: I’m sorry.” You DEFINITELY can’t do it, can you?

S: No. In fact, I’ve done something quite similar to her. I totally understand.

N: For real?

S: I sympathize with her, alright!

N: “I sympathize with her, alright”? [laugh] Yeah? Well, I can’t solve a Rubik’s cube, either. How do I put it? You know those things that are broken down into nine squares? It’s just once surface, and it says 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. You scatter them and you move them around until you get them in numerical order. Remember that game? Okay, so to be clearer, you know that toy puzzle that came with Ken-chan ramen? If you were my generation, you’d know immediately. There was a toy prize that came with Ken-chan ramen, a pen and one other thing, the puzzle. At first, it’s all out of order, and at the bottom right-hand corner, there’s a round stopper. You take that out and shuffle the puzzle and try to shift the pieces so that Baka Tonosama (*Dumb King, a character) will appear on the surface. I couldn’t even do those. But the Rubik’s cube… even if it’s completely out of order, it can be solved.

S: Oh?

N: If you follow a certain method each time.

S: Like magic?

N: Yeah, so that’s why the Rubik’s cube is so interesting. Even if you shuffle it up, if you use the same solving method, how many moves did it take? 13? At a certain number of moves, you can solve it.

S: Really? I didn’t know that.

N: Yeah, that’s what Nishikido said.

S: [laugh]

N: Nishikido’s bored at home, so he plays with a Rubik’s cube, alone. He said he got really good at it.

S: [laugh]

N: Yeah, apparently, there’s a fail-proof method. That one’s… 6? Yeah, 6 surfaces, a 3x3. So he says. But I don’t know, that Rubik’s cube. It was really popular once, right? Is that your generation, STBY?

S: Yeah, just about.

N: How crazy! I should try it sometime. That’s all for tonight, but if there are events for which you need to apologize, please send your stories to this segment! I’ll be looking forward to them. Please take a listen now. This is Yui-san’s “Again”.
[Yui – “Again”]

N: That was Yu-san’s “Again”. This is Arashi’s Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. Here’s the next segment: Ura Arashi! (*Arashi Secrets!) This is by radio pen name Minna Tomodachi-san: “It seems you’ll be in ‘Mishiranu Jyokyaku’ starting in July. It has been four years since your last stage play. What’s the storyline for this one? I’m curious to find out, so please let me know!” So, STBY...

S: What?!

N: If you will, please.

S: Yikes, this is hard.

N: What?

S: Oh, I mean it’s not hard.

N: It’s not. Don’t surprise me like that. What’s the plot like?

S: You play the bad guy.

N: Well, I suppose that’s the idea.

S: Right, the bad guy.

N: The “bad guy”?

S: The bad guy?

N: The “bad guy”? Yeah, and?

S: Should I go more into detail?

N: Well, instead of details, you can describe it the way you see it, STBY.

S: Uh, well… I would have to see it first.

N: [laugh] I just wanted to know what you thought about it.

S: Yeah, well, Ninomiya-san, it will be your first stage play in four years, so you’ll be giving it your best. [laugh] And the cast... Akiyoshi-san,

N: Is part of the cast.

S: Right, and Ninomiya-san.

N: Yeah. You were there at the press conference, weren’t you?

S: I was.

N: That means… if you just repeat the description that was said during the conference, no one could say it better.

S: The description… I seem to have forgotten it. [laugh]

N: You’re no good, seriously.

S: But I was listening, honest.

N: Okay… so “The storyline is based on the Hitchcock movie that took from mystery novelist Patricia Highsmith’s long novel. The killer is a very likable character in this suspense drama. He is the son of a wealthy family who bloodies his hands in murder; Bruno is played by Ninomiya.” That’s what it says.

S: Right, it’s a suspense.

N: Yeah, that’s what I just said.

S: That you did.

N: Hm, it says “I bloody my hands in murder”. They’re already revealing that?

S: [laugh]

N: I see. It’s been a while since I’ve worked with Akiyoshi-san.

S: That’s true.

N: Yeah.

S: Since… ever since the movie?

N: Yeah.

S: That’s what I thought.

N: Since the movie. But, you know… this story has been made into a movie, as I said earlier, by Hitchcock. But I hear it’s nothing like the movie. So I don’t mind if viewers watch the movie, but it doesn’t follow the same storyline, so it could be that you can enjoy the story twice. Was it 34 times? That’s about how many I’ll do this stage play, so if you have time, I’d love for you to come and see me. That’s all I ask, really. The cast members are rehearsing really hard right now. Stage plays are difficult, seriously! Difficult indeed. This next one is from radio pen name Aya-chan, 17 years old: “Nino-chan, happy 26th birthday! You’re frequently called ‘Forever 17’, but you’re already 26. Having turned this age, is there anything you absolutely want to accomplish? Let me know.” Nothing in particular, really. Did you have any goals when you were 26? Something you just had to accomplish?

S: Not really…

N: Yeah, see? 26 years old… it’s not a celebratory age. Don’t you think? No?

S: Oh?

N: Did you do anything when you were 26? (*Here, Nino asks the other staff members what they did at age 26.) What? Study abroad?! You can speak English?! What? Then let’s have a “Learn English” segment!

S: Let’s.

N: Right? I mean, you can speak it.

S: Just a little bit.

N: Right?

S: Let’s.

N: You can speak English. I’m sure there are people who want to travel overseas in the future. Especially during summer break, people want to visit overseas. You could teach them useful terms that’ll aid the trip; the two of you could converse and teach that way, right?

S: Let’s!

N: Then Osao-chan (*staff) and STBY can do it.

S: Okay.

N: STBY, where did you study abroad?

S: United States of America.

N: How old were you then?

S: I was about 18 years old when I left Japan.

N: [laugh] Wow. Why did you come back? How wasteful! This is a good segment! Anyway, we’re looking forward to your questions regarding me or Arashi, so please send them to our Ura Arashi segment. And now, the annual special birthday message sent to me. Who will send their birthday wishes? Let’s listen and find out.

Itsumi-san: Ninomiya-kun, happy 26th birthday. This is fifth generation host, “It’s Me!”, real name Itsumi Tarou from Go ji ni Muchuu!

N: Oh!

Itsumi-san: To hear that you watch Go ji ni Muchuu!... I’m quite surprised.

N: I knew I had heard his voice somewhere before!

Itsumi-san: However, I’m also very happy to hear that. As a token of my appreciation and to send you my
birthday wishes,

N: Yes?

Itsumi-san: We haven’t met yet, but I hope this voice-recorded message will do.

N: Of course.

Itsumi-san: That’s why I’m sending this anyway. The impression I get from Ninomiya-kun…

N: [laugh] Wh-what?! What?! [laugh]

Itsumi-san: He reminds me of a Shiba-inu. He looks like he’s the gentle, herbivore type, but on the inside, he oozes a meat-devouring animal, as if he’s brimming with such characteristics. Ninomiya-kun, you’ve turned 26 now…

N: This is rare! You don’t usually witness Itsumi-san showing such emotion.

Itsumi-san: Looking back on when I was 26 years old...

N: [laugh] What?! [laugh]

Itsumi-san: I was studying abroad in America.

N: Oh! You’re the same!

Itsumi-san: It had only been two years since I returned to Japan. I was edgy!

N: Oh?

Itsumi-san: My thoughts were, “What does Japanese showbiz think it is?! How can it be so different from American showbiz?” I was irritated by the most trivial of things.

N: Those are things that he must have learned.

Itsumi-san: I don’t think you’ll have that kind of problem. But anyway, happy birthday! Once again, happy 26th birthday, y’all!

N: [laugh]

Itsumi-san: I hope your 26th year will shine brightly! This was Go ji ni Muchuu! ’s host, Itsumi Tarou!

N: Wow, Itsumi-san! He was probably saying all of that with a straight face. Always with a straight face. His eyes have such persuasive powers. But I didn’t know Itsumi-san also studied abroad. I guess this age is the time to study abroad. How different American showbiz and Japanese showbiz are! Itsumi-san had his edgy stages, too.

S: His English is very good.

N: Yeah. For reference, what was he saying just then?

S: [laugh] Wh-what did he say, anyway? [laugh] Oh, “happy birthday”.

N: Yeah, [laugh] he said that at the very beginning as well.

S: “Happy birthday”… [laugh]

N: Is this going to be alright? Maybe you two should read off English terms and decipher their meanings.

S: That’s good.

N: That might work better.

S: His pronunciation was pretty.

N: Yeah, he must still be using English in his daily life, the things he learned while he was abroad. This makes me so happy! I’m thankful. I watch his show everyday and record it, too. How should I put this? Go ji ni Muchuu! and its TV channel, MX TV, is great, seriously. I want everyone to watch Go ji ni Muchuu! You’ll get hooked! (*Nino does a play on words: “muchuu” means “hooked on” something, and it is also part of the name of the show.) Please watch that show. I’m so thankful. When I receive such messages, how do I say this? I realize that I have indeed turned 26 when someone celebrates for me. This is one example, the story I mentioned earlier about Nishikido is another, the other Arashi members celebrating with me is yet another. The listeners’ e-mails, too. It makes me realize it’s my birthday and I’m thankful for that. See? The birthday e-mails that have been sent to this radio program, the listeners… thank you very much. So to close, STBY, a joke about happy birthdays! If you will, please.

S: “Ome~detou”. (* “Omee” is a vulgar, slang way of saying “you”.) [laugh]

N: Anyway! Please take a listen now. This is Arashi-san’s “Season”.
[Arashi – “Season”]

N: That was Arashi-san’s “Season”. Alright, today’s winner is radio pen name Mousugu DraQue hatsubai dayo! They will receive “STBY’s t-shirt”!

S: Oh!

N: This… we should call it “t-shirt sticker”.

S: Ah.

N: It’s like we’re giving away your t-shirt.

S: That’s true.

N: You’ll run out of t-shirts.

S: Yeah.

N: The radio pen name winner is Maegami no baresho-san. They will also receive “STBY’s t-shirt”!

S: The sticker.

N: Should we just give away an actual t-shirt of yours 1 out of 10 times? Seriously…

S: [laugh]

N: We’ll send them to you so please take care of them. Also, novelty prizes from “Ashita no Kioku/ Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki”: a memo pad. This will be given to five listeners. The required pun for this time is using the words “memo” or “pad”, and the deadline is June 30th. For giveaways and regular messages to the show, access us at www.bayfm.co.jp by clicking on “BayStorm”. From your cell phones, go to our homepage and search for “BayStorm” from the show list. Well, today was a memorable day.

S: Yes, it was.

N: To have Itsumi-san send me birthday wishes…

S: Yes, such a wonderful message.

N: I didn’t think he would do that. So to end the program, though I’m not sure Itsumi-san is listening, I would like to show my thanks. So STBY…

S: No, no. This should be from you, Ninomiya-san.

N: A pun using “Itsumi-san”, an Itsumi-san joke.

S: An Itsumi-san joke?

N: Yeah.

S: An Itsumi-san joke…

N: Let’s end with an Itsumi-san joke! You can use “Tarou” instead (*Itsumi-san’s first name). But there are a lot of Tarous out there.

S: Itsumi-san, huh? “It’s Me!”

N: Okay, then. Your radio parner was Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari! See you next week!

Nino's BayStorm 2009.05.24 [TRANSLATIONS]

I'm baaack! Another BayStorm translation for your reading pleasure. ^^ And since June is International Hamburger Hands Month, be on the lookout for more Nino-related posts in the nexy thirty days. :) Happy reading!

Nino the stingy brat strikes again! :D He also reveals a little secret about Aiba-chan~

(This is a translated transcription of a full 30-minute radio program. This will take up your neighborhood pages.)

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BayStorm [2009.05.24] Nino.MP3 -

N=Nino

O=Okusu-san

S=STBY-san

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N: Welcome home, Mr. Joke Machine!

BayStorm with Arashi, featuring Kazunari Ninomiya!

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N: Good evening, this is Kazunari Ninomiya from Arashi. Today’s opening thought comes from radio pen name Namida cho-cho gire-san. The subject line reads, “I was shocked”. “I never fathomed that STBY-san would come back. The countless jokes from Mr. Joke Machine used to make me laugh until my sides ached, so I was very happy to hear the news. I look forward to more legendary jokes.” Huh? Does she know what she’s saying? What? It says, “I laughed until my sides ached”… what could this mean? Oh, good morning!

O: Good morning!

N: Right. How disappointing, you see… I had no idea that STBY would be…

O: Right…

N: Would be fired. He was supposed to be here today.

O: Yeah, within a week.

N: Cut off from the source, too. How depressing to hear. So let’s convey [laugh] this disappointing feeling. I’m sure he’s listening, so let’s express our disappointment with a joke.

O: For STBY?

N: Because he’s probably bitter about not being able to come back.

O: True.

N: This listener was probably looking forward to this show, too, since she’s said, “Welcome home”. So let’s start at five seconds, yeah? Please, a joke on bitter feelings, if you will.

S: Oh! In five seconds… two, one: I’m frustrated, okay?! (* “Kuyashii desu” is an actual joke performed by comedic duo, Zabunkuru)

N/O: [laugh]

N: I can’t believe you plagiarized someone else’s joke from the get-go. Right, STBY?

S: [laugh] Why, hello there.

N: Such e-mail has arrived.

S: Right, right, right. Well… I’m very eco-friendly.

N: I’m sorry, what?

S: Eco-friendly.

N: Eco-friendly? Right you are.

S: You know, since I make others happy…

N: You’re eco-friendly because you make people happy?

S: Eco-friendly.

N: I see.

S: That’s a fine thing! (*STBY says, “Ee koto de”, which is a pun on the word “eco”.) Thank you.

N/O/S: [laugh]

N: Today’s the transitional show, so Okusu-san is with us.

O: Right.

N: It’s been a while since all three of us were here together.

O: Probably a bit over two years ago.

N: That sounds about right. It was probably when the opposite transition was taking place. So it’s been since then.

O: Right.

N: So this is really your last show, Okusu-san. But you’d be able to chat if you just show up!

S: That’s right.

O: Really?

N: That’s how it goes.

O: Then maybe once in a while.

N: But today, since STBY is back, we’ll carry on the show, all three of us. We’re always looking for more opening thoughts to read, so send us your detailed stories! This is Kazunari Ninomiya’s BayStorm. Let me introduce the first song for the evening. This is Kimura Kaera-chan’s “Banzai”.

[Kimura Kaera – “Banzai”]

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N: That was Kimura Kaera-chan’s “Banzai”. This is Kazunari Ninomiya from Arashi bringing you BayStorm. Let’s move onto this segment!

Douka Onbin ni! (*Let’s settle this peacefully)

N: [laugh]

S: Wow, this is nostalgic!

N/O: [laugh]

N: Wait a minute, this is on-air, right? We’re on-air for sure today, right? They can hear us, right? Right? This is not good. It seems more like a “forget the past” end-of-the-year party.

O/S: [laugh]

N: Is the show going to be okay, right? I have to work hard today. Let’s move on. First up is by radio pen name Aiken ga oyaji-gao-san (*My beloved dog looks like my dad): “Lately, I’ve been running into women whose skirts are turned up so that their undergarments are showing. When I was on a full train, there was a woman standing in front of me whose miniskirt was turned up an unbelievable amount. The guy who was sitting next to me probably noticed this, too, because he hurriedly rummaged through his backpack. I wondered what he was going until he took out a DS Lite and started to play his games intently. He was probably trying to show that he wasn’t looking at the underwear. I didn’t have the guts to tell her, either, so all I did was cast my eyes away. I’m terribly sorry for not being able to tell her. Just in case you were wondering, her underwear was pink with floral print.” Do you bring it to their attention? When the opposite sex’s underwear is showing, could you tell them?

S: Only if I know them.

N: Oh, I can say it even to people I don’t know.

O: You’re a good guy. So you say, “Your underwear is showing”?

N: Yeah. I just… feel like I can prevent further damage. This means that the woman is like Wakame-chan, right? (*Wakame-chan is a character on Sazae-san (anime) whose underwear is always showing from underneath her skirt.) I wonder if they’re showing it off on purpose, like, “This is a fashion statement”… there aren’t people like that, right?

O: There is such thing called, “Misepan” (*literal translation: show-off underwear).

S: But that’s… [laugh]

O: Misepan.

N: Stop talking about it like you’re a pervert! You can go home! You were visualizing something when you heard “misepan”. You were giggling.

S: You found me out.

N: Stop that!

S: Sorry.

N: People don’t react that way when they hear “misepan”.

S: Right.

N: Stop that! What’s with you?!

S: Did we want to resume that conversation?

N: No! This is from radio pen name Noni-san: “I moved to Tokyo from Iwate this spring. I now live with a friend I used to take classes with in high school. She recently found herself a boyfriend. She used to promise me that if she ever got a boyfriend, she’d never bring him home, but she brought him home. He’s over late into the night, and since she tells me that she doesn’t want to show me her boyfriend, so I can’t leave my room for a couple of days. I got frustrated and said, “Go home already!” in a rather loud voice. I’m not sure if they heard me, but the boyfriend left. Sorry for bothering you two. Ninomiya-san, please settle this peacefully.” What would you do, STBY? Would you tell them to go home?

S: I can’t say that.

N: Me neither.

S: I can’t.

N: Me neither. If I were to say anything, the nicest way would be “Could you tell him to leave soon?”

O: Or text message her.

N: Oh, I see. But those conflicts seem tough to resolve once you start living with another person, a friend. It might help your finances, since your rent would be split in half. Have you two lived together?

S: What? No.

O: We haven’t.

N: Your voice is loud! That surprised me.

S: [laugh]

O: Me and STBY?

N: Yeah.

S: No.

O: That hasn’t happened.

N: Not even just to crash sometimes? STBY hasn’t just crashed at your place or anything?

O: Not even that. We hung out a lot, though.

N: But you don’t visit each other’s houses?

O: Not recently.

S: No.

N: How recent is “recent”?

S: Two years?

O: Just about.

N: What did you do the last time you two hung out?

S: The last time was when he invited me to have a BBQ on his veranda with seven other people.

N: That must have been chaotic, a BBQ on a veranda with seven others.

S: [laugh]

O: It was more like yakiniku (*similar to the concept of BBQ, but the meat is cooked on a hot plate instead of a grill).

S: Right.

O: We had a little get-together.

S: Nothing since.

O: Right.

S: It was tasty.

N: [laugh] We didn’t ask for your opinion on that! I didn’t ask whether the food was good. Next is from radio pen name Yobarete tobidete ja-ja-ja-ja-ja-san: “I went shopping at an outlet mall with my family. We agreed on a time to meet back up together and shopped individually. But my grandma didn’t show up at the specified time. I heard her voice from one of the stores nearby so I went over there to find her trying to bargain a deal with the shop employee. She was nagging the employee to give her one shirt for free if she bought two. It was tough for the employee, too, as they tried intently to explain that the price of the shirt would come out of the employee’s own pocket. My grandma ended up not buying anything; she just went to try and strike up a bargain. Nino, please settle this peacefully.” Outlet malls… what’s with those shops having some air about them that we feel we can bargain with the prices? That’s true, right?

O: Yeah.

N: The prices are already reduced. That’s why the items are sold in outlet stores. Why do we feel we can bargain for them to be cheaper?

S: As if we could.

N: Right. There’s something about them.

O: Maybe because we end up buying in bulk, like that grandma, we think we can reduce the price even more.

S: Yeah.

N: I bargain, too. That’s become a fun activity these days. I wanted to buy a TV, so I was looking around that section when an employee came by. I ended up not purchasing anything, either, but I was asking the employee, “How much will this be?” I kept saying, “that becomes?”, “that becomes?”.

O: “That becomes”?

N: Yeah. “That becomes”. If the employee said, “This is the price”, I would say, “And that becomes…? Becomes…?” I kept saying that. Over and over. “This price then becomes?” I kept saying that. That’s been fun these days. I’m the worst kind of customer. I mean, I’m basically a window-shopper merely asking for the prices. Can you bargain for better prices?

S: Oh, I make discounts.

N: What? You mean bargain?

S: Bargain, right. Not discounts, but bargaining. I’ve been thinking [laugh] about buying a computer.

N: What? No, don’t do that! You have one.

S: No, for personal use. I thought I’d buy one.

O: This guy doesn’t have a computer at home. In this day and age.

N: That’s like Aiba-kun.

O: That’s true.

N: And?

S: And? “How much are you willing to bargain with me?” “This is the best I can do for you.” “No, don’t say such things”… like that?

N/S/O: [laugh]

O: At an electronics store?

S: Yeah.

N: And how much did you bargain down? How much can you bargain down?

S: They tell you that instead of reducing the price, they’ll give me more rewards points.

N: Oh, so not many people bargain these days. But you don’t want rewards points, do you? You don’t even know how to use them.

S: Well… that’s true. [laugh]

N: You don’t know if you’ll ever use those points. It’s much better for them to reduce the prices for you. But I suppose it’s like that these days. They give you rewards points instead. They want to make it up to you by giving you points. Yeah, I guess. I suppose that’s how it goes. That’s it for today, but we’re always looking for listeners to send in their “I’m sorry” stories to this segment. Let’s take a listen now. This is Shiina Ringo’s “Ariamaru Tomi”.

[Shiina Ringo – “Ariamaru Tomi”]

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N: That was Shiina Ringo-san’s “Ariamaru Tomi”. This is Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. Here’s the next segment: Ura Arashi! First is by raido pen name Erinacchi-san: “Okusu-san, you graduated on the 17th. Thank you for all your hard work! You and Nino’s conversations were fun to listen to. Even if you aren’t on the radio with Nino, please remain great friends with Nino and the rest of Arashi. Also, Nino, please tell me your first impression of Okusu-san.” I knew it.

O: Thank you very much.

S: Ninomiya-san, now you have to…

N: She’s 14 years old.

O: I see.

N: Our conversations were enjoyable even for a 14-year-old.

O: Is that what this means?

N: Yeah. It says, “Thank you for such enjoyable conversations”.

O: I see, I see.

N: I’ll be honest: it was a lot of fun, seriously.

O: Really?

N: Yeah. I mean, being able to carry on a conversation… there’s no greater happiness in the world. Seriously.

S: Conversation?

N: Not being able to hold a conversation with someone is… tough.

O: Wait a second…

S: What a good song.

N: Okusu-san’s singing it.

S: For real?

N: What? It’s not?

O: It’s me.

S: Wow, you’re good!

N: [laugh]

O: Nah…

S: No wonder you’re in the broadcasting industry!

O: Nah, really. It’s an honor to have such things played on-air.

N: Sing along to this.

O: No…

S: Yeeee…deeh…mmmeee…yeeee…seee… please, nix that part.

N/O: [laugh]

N: You don’t know the song?! How sad…

S: No, no, no… I know it.

N: See, I’m merely some third-person. When did you leave again?

S: No. It was after “Happiness”.

N: Was this one after “Happiness”?

O: After “Happiness”, the next single was this one.

S: [mumble] What?

O: The title.

S: The song title? “We gonnah step an goh”…

N: Please, stop. He actually likes it. STBY says this is his favorite.

S: Favorite.

O: Is that right?

N: Of all the Arashi songs. And yet, and yet, he can’t sing it.

O: Ah, that’s like him.

N: It’s going to hard, since Okusu-san won’t be here anymore. Next is from radio pen name Aruko-san: “In the June issue of women’s fashion magazine, ‘Story’, there was a thing called ‘Nino maki’. It’s when you fold a stole up into a triangle shape and wrap it around you so that it hangs down in the front. The example that they used was you, Kazu-kun. I think I’ll be using the ‘Nino maki’ this summer as well. Kazu-kun, please tell me your latest taste in ladies’ fashion.” Arashi is amazing!

O: Amazing! The ‘Nino maki’.

N: It’s the newest thing after the ‘Nakao maki’ (*this term comes from actor, Nakao Akira, who always wears a scarf in such a way that the two ends spiral around each other in front).

O: [laugh]

N: It’s the most shocking thing since the ‘Nakao maki’, probably. So there’s such a thing, huh? Fashion must-haves… for this summer? But if we ask STBY… [laugh] I’ll just end up wanting to say something.

O: But lately, this guy’s been paying attention to fashion.

N: He was wearing a jacket the other day!

O: Exactly!

S: Wow, thanks for noticing. But that jacket…

N: Was it expensive?

S: No, no… about 8,000 yen (*about $80).

N: You bought a jacket, I see. Do you have a style you like? I really don’t have much.

O: Women’s fashion?

N: Yeah. Actually, if a girl told me that certain attire was her sense of style, and my assumptions were dead-on, I might not like that. You know, on a date or something. It’s okay because I only come across them once in a while when I’m walking around town. That’s the type of fashion I like. If they show up just like I envisioned them to look, it throws me off. I want to see first, you know, what that person’s going to wear.

O: I see.

N: Okusu-san, do you have a favorite women’s fashion style?

O: Not really, but if I had to say, I like the casual look. I don’t really like them all done up like a businesswoman. I like the imperfections.

N: Oh, I knew it. It’s so wonderful to be able to carry on a conversation. I became keenly aware of that just now. Next up is by radio pen name Ookina tsubo no kino shita de-san: “On VS Arashi the other day, when Nonstyle was the guest, when you were doing the Pipe Catch game, you said that you recently became more aware of fashion sense. But the story ended before you could go on about pants made from the same fabric as towels. I would like to hear the rest of that story. Thank you.” Pants made from towel fabrics? Pants made of towel fabric… what is this?

S: It could be like what I used to wear a lot back in the day, those polo shirts made from towel fabric.

N/S: [laugh]

N: You did wear those! You did! Wait…

O: That’s not it, no.

N: What was it? That I became more aware of fashion? I just said that on a whim. I do that a lot these days.

O: Really?

N: Well, that scene where I’m waiting for the pipes to fall, I can’t say, “No, I don’t care about fashion”. Oh, I guess I could. I guess I don’t have to fuel the conversation. I thought I had to keep the conversation going for at least those 20 seconds, so I just throw out anything.

O: Right.

N: When Nonstyle-san came, did we win or lose? I feel like we won. That game has a strict selection process so I don’t remember.

O: Very strict process.

N: Exactly. I only play that game once every month, I think, at least lately.

O: Yeah.

N: Right? But cool, they’re watching the show. Are you more aware of fashion, just for reference?

S: Me?

N: Yeah.

S: Am I more aware of fashion? No, not really.

N: Then when were you fashionable? Your 20s?

S: In my opinion, I wasn’t ever really stylish.

N: When did you get that necklace, then?

S: Oh, this is a gift.

N: When did you receive it?

S: Uh… last year.

O: Was this brown thing on there, too?

S: Oh, the brown thing… I bought that. [laugh]

N/O: [laugh]

N: See, we can’t carry conversation. What am I going to do? Whatever! Anyway, that’s all for today, but if you have any questions, please send them in. Let’s listen now. This is Arashi’s “Ashita no Kioku”.

[Arashi – “Ashita no Kioku”]

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N: Well, then. A word, please.

S: On sale starting May 27th, this is Arashi’s 26th single. What a great song yet again. “Ashita no Kioku”. This is from Sho-kun’s… drama, The Quiz Show, the theme song. What do you say?

N/O: [laugh]

S: Ninomiya-san?

N: Don’t leave it up to me! This comes with the limited first edition, the standard edition… don’t you have information on that?

S: Oh… are we going to talk about that, too?

O: Of course.

S: The limited first edition: 1. “Ashita no Kioku”. Quiz Show… oh, wait, I meant “Crazy Moon”.

N: [laugh]

S: So there are two limited first editions.

N: Oh, there are two?

S: In the limited first edition number 1, the PV for “Ashita no Kioku” is included, and in number 2, the PV for “Crazy Moon” is included.

N: And the standard edition?

S: The standard edition is… the standard edition.

N: [laugh] What about the standard edition?!

S: The standard edition comes with stickers.

O: Ooh!

S: We’re giving those a try. Arashi’s CD jacket for this single, well, there are three of them, but it’s got a mature look to them. But they’re still very convenient to purchase, and those stickers… they’re in the shape of the CD jacket, right?

O: They fit on the CD jacket, yes.

S: Right, those stickers have your pictures on them.

N: I see.

S: But that doesn’t mean that those over 12 can’t…

N: STBY-san?

S: Purchase…

N: That’s enough. That was fun, thank you.

O/S: [laugh]

N: That was Arashi-san’s new single, “Ashita no Kioku”.

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N: We’re just about done. Today’s winner is the person who sent in the “Okusu-san, thank you for your hard work” e-mail.

O: Thank you very much!

N: I’d like to give that person Volume III. The pen name winner is Namida cho-cho gire-san. They’ll also receive Yamagushi-san, so please take care of them. We’re also looking forward to your e-mails for each of the segments. You can access us at bayfm.co.jp by clicking on “BayStorm”. From your cell phones, go to our homepage and search for “BayStorm” from the show list. BayStorm is coming to a close, but really…

O: Yes, thank you very much for everything.

N: Okusu-san, thank you very much. If you’re ever nearby, please stop by as a guest.

O: I will. Before I was given the honors of being on this radio program, you and STBY-san were handling this show. I was a big fan since then and I kept laughing as I tuned in. So from now on, I’d like to continue supporting this program, now as a listener instead.

N: If you’re listening in and you think, “Oh, they need some help”, please don’t hesitate to stop on by.

O: I plan to every now and then.

S: Please do.

O: If I get the chance.

N: Alright, to close, STBY, a word for Okusu-san.

S: Okusu-san?

O: Yes?

S: Good-bye!

N: [laugh]

S: There.

N: [laugh] Anyway, your radio partner was Ninomiya Kazunari from Arashi! See you next week!

Nino's BayStorm 2009.05.17 [TRANSLATIONS]

Yay! Another BayStorm has been translated for your reading pleasure. :) This is Okusu-san's last week as Nino's radio partner *sniff*, and you can hear it in Nino's voice: he's going to miss Okusu-san. There's a lot of group love in this, too, so it's definitely a worthwhile read (I hope!). Disclaimer: This is full translation of a 30-minute radio show. This WILL take up your neighborhood page. Apologies in advance!

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N=Nino

O=Okusu-san

S=STBY-san

 

N: Is it because of my age?

BayStorm with Arashi, featuring Kazunari Ninomiya!

N: Good evening, this is Kazunari Ninomiya from Arashi. Today’s opening thought comes from radio pen name Abochoko soncho-san: “During a recent Osama no Buranchi show, Aiba-kun said that he eats a lot of natto (*fermented soybeans) soba (*buckwheat noodles). I don’t really like soba, but this made me crave it, so the next day, I made myself natto soba. I was amazed at how delicious it was! They say that as you grow older, your taste in food changes. Nino, do you have any foods you disliked as a child but have grown to love now?” Do I have any? I used to be a picky eater when I was a kid, but I eat anything now, come to think of it.

O: Really?

N: Yeah. Do you have any foods that you still won’t eat? I don’t think I have any.

O: No, close to none. The ones that look grotesque, though, like the eyeballs on a red snapper…

N: Oh, I can understand that.

O: And sea cucumbers. Other than those, I’m okay.

N: Yeah. We’re losing it. Our senses are becoming duller.

O: Is that it?

N: So they say.

O: Really?

N: Yeah. It has something to do with something on your tongue. Something… is starting to deteriorate. Isn’t that what they say? Kids have finer dining tastes, right?

O: Really? That’s the first time I’ve heard that, but I guess it makes sense.

N: There are some things on your tongue, and as you grow older, you start losing them. So tasting anything becomes more difficult.

O: I see. The foods you thought tasted bitter may not be as bad; you may be able to eat them.

N: Yeah, they say that as you grow older, you lose those things on your tongue. But I guess I can eat just about everything, now that I think about it. I’ve had to eat most everything, too. Anyway, we’re always looking for opening thoughts, so please send a detailed story our way. You’re listening to Kazunari Ninomiya’s BayStorm. This is tonight’s opening number: Arashi-san’s “Believe”.

[Arashi – “Believe”]

 

N: That was Arashi-san’s “Believe”. This is Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. Let’s move onto our first segment: Shuffle-Fight Keyword! (*in this segment, listeners send in one word, which Nino picks at random and proceeds to ramble on with stories relating to that word.) It’s been a while since we did this segment. Aaand… there! [laugh] I pick this one. This is from radio pen name Tsugi no mouhan wa wieder-san: “Keyword is ‘tobacchiri’ (*guilty by association). Please share with us a time when you were involved in a fight because you were a bystander, or any other situations in which you became involved unwillingly.” Okusu-san, don’t you experience this a lot?

O: What about you, Ninomiya-san?

N: Not so much. I don’t run into people who are fighting.

O: Not recently.

N: Do you ever have these experiences?

O: Back in the day, I’d try to break up a fight, and then…

N: What? You used to get into fights?

O: When I was young.

N: Wow! Just like that, huh? Can you tell me what it was like?

O: I don’t need to talk about this.

N: No, talk to me. Just for a second. Tell me what you say first in that situation.

O: Well, I’m from Osaka, so… like, “Ware korya!” (*Hey, yo, f*cker!) “Ware”, you know, is what we say, to… I’ll stop there.

N: Sounds like you’re bragging.

O: No, no.

N: Your face looks that way. Were you strong?

O: Not at all.

N: What were you called? You know…

O: I wasn’t like that.

N: A nickname of sorts.

O: I didn’t have one.

N: What?

O: I wasn’t like that. Just the usual, and Okushi…

N: Is that right? I see… I’d like to meet someone who has a fighting nickname.

O: That’s true.

N: Next is from radio pen name Marimo-chan: “Keyword is ‘kutsuzure’ (*the blisters you get from wearing uncomfortable shoes). I recently bought new shoes and, what do you know? I got blisters on my feet and it was a miserable experience. I was wondering, Ninomiya-kun: since you wear a lot of new pairs of shoes to match all your outfits, do you ever get blisters on your feet?” Can I ask something really strange? Do men also experience blisters on their feet due to uncomfortable shoes?

O: Yes.

N: Oh, is that so?

O: Which means you’ve never experienced this pain before.

N: No, not even once.

O: Wow.

N: I’m probably just resistant.

O: Your skin. Usually, the the skin around that area is more delicate.

N: Except you’re pointing at your wrist, unfortunately.

O: [laugh] Is it unfortunate?

N: Yeah. If your wrists were wearing uncomfortable shoes, then maybe they7d get blisters. [laugh] That’s too bad. The skin on your feet are tougher. I’ve never experienced this.

O: I’m envious.

N: Maybe it’s because I don’t wear them for an extended period of time. Pairs of shoes I don’t normally wear… there’s no need for me to keep them on for a long time. During photo shoots, I’m usually just standing in one place.

O: I see. The ones that hurt are usually leather shoes.

N: Because they’re stiff? You get the blisters near your heel… near your Achilles’ tendon, just below it. There, right?

O: Or around that ankle bone that juts out.

N: It looks like it hurts. Those probably hurt a lot. The ones that don’t look like much hurt the most, don’t they? The really gory-looking wounds don’t hurt as much. I don’t know, I’ve never had this experience, really, not even once.

O: So envious. Oh… oh, there you go.

N: [laugh] Next word is from radio pen name Futsu no tsuchi ni modoshite hoshi-san: “Keyword is ‘surprise’. The other day, I went to visit my ancestors at the cemetery where they are buried, and found that the graveyard had been filled with white-colored sand (*in Japanese cemeteries, each burial ground is separated and there are paved walkways so that you do not “step on” the bodies in the ground). Our family grave was the only one shining like a beach in summertime. Has anything surprised you lately?”

N: Recently, I went to Saipan.

O: Oh, for your drama.

N: Right, and the first scene was shot in a graveyard.

O: In Saipan?

N: Yeah. Saipan…there are Japanese people, but also Koreans, and of course, the people from there…

O: The natives?

N: Right. So each grave is completely different.

O: You mean the shapes and such?

N: Yeah, yeah. It was funny… okay, maybe that’s not the right word. There were some headstones that were written in Hangeul, some in Japanese, or wooden gravestones in the shape of a cross. And… they’re not paved.

O: The walkways?

N: Yeah. So I didn’t know where to walk. That was scary! They told us to not walk on places where the ground was uneven and bumpy, but the whole places was full of bumps so I didn’t know which bumps I should be looking out for. It was frightening. I tried to go around them.

O: We get to see this scene in the drama, then?

N: Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was a lot of trouble just getting to that cemetery, thinking, “Where am I allowed to place my feet?” I was really nervous. But it was fun… okay, that’s not the right word, but it must be hard to decide how you want your grave.

O: What with all the shapes?

N: Yeah, yeah. So there are some simple ones, elaborate ones, and of course, there are some that look like the traditional Japanese gravestones. There are a lot of people from different places in Saipan. I was surprised when I saw those.

O: This is the TBS special drama, Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara.

N: Okay! Moving on… we’re good. That’s enough.

O: Enough?

N: Sorry, did you want to say something?

O: Oh, just thought I’d promote a bit, you know, TBS special drama, Tengo—

N: Anyway! That’s all for today, but we look forward to more words you send in to this segment. Let’s take a listen now. This is Takizawa Hideaki’s “Sha-la-la”.

[Takizawa Hideaki – “Sha-la-la”]

 

N: That was Takizawa Hideaki’s “Sha-la-la”. This is Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. Let’s go to this segment now: Ura Arashi! First is by radio pen name Konbu to kobu no chigai wa nani-san: “The other day on some TV show, Ikuta Toma-kun mentioned that during your Jr. days, you were spilt between the ‘jersey type’ and ‘dress suits type’. Sho-kun was the ‘jersey type’ and Matsujun was the ‘suits type’. Nino, which type were you? Also, isn’t it difficult to dance in suits? Let me know!” If Matsujun was mentioned, then I must have been among the Junior members.

O: It was during that one time.

N: Right, I have no idea what this means.

O: A situation where suits and jerseys both play a part…

N: Why? What Jr. would wear a suit to work?

O: I wonder…

N: I guess it looked like that for Toma, that there were ‘jersey types’ and ‘suits types’.

O: Is he talking about how you dressed at work? You don’t wear suits…

N: You would think so. I can only remember Jun-kun wearing school uniforms.

O: I see.

N: I don’t quite understand why Sho-kun is the ‘jersey type’, either. ‘Jersey type’? I guess I’m the ‘jersey type’, then.

O: You too, Ninomiya-san?

N: Yeah, probably. I wonder which event he’s referring to. But not matter how you look at it, she asks, “Isn’t it difficult to dance in suits?”, so it has to be that kind of situation. We dance in suits all the time.

O: As part of your attire?

N: Yeah, so dancing in suits isn’t that difficult, I think.

O: But even now, Arashi performs in classy outfits, for end-of-the-year TV programs and such.

N: Well, we don’t normally wear anything that flamboyant, with all those sparkles.

O: [laugh] True.

N: I don’t think it’s hard dancing in suits, though. Next e-mail is from radio pen name Pikka-pika no ichinen-sei: “When I take pictures with my friends, or, even when we’re just walking, I feel more comfortable on the right-hand side. Nino-chan, in Shukidai-kun, you stand to the right, in Arashi-chan and VS Arashi, you’re on the left. Where is your favorite standing position, and who among the members do you feel most at ease with when you’re standing next to them? Let me know.” Do people have these preferences? I don’t have them at all, position doesn’t matter.

O: Oh, really?

N: Yeah. I wonder if other people feel this way.

O: It depends, but maybe some people feel more comfortable in certain standing placements.

N: But “standing position” isn’t ever certain, and it doesn’t really exist. If it did, maybe I’ll feel some kind of discomfort if I’m not in the “right place”. But it’s different every time.

O: Right.

N: So I don’t ever feel “out of place” or anything.

O: I see.

N: If I were standing next to KAT-TUN or something, I’d feel a little awkward.

O: I see. Within Arashi, you’re comfortable wherever you are.

N: Right, right. If I were standing between Taguchi-kun and Koki…

O: Right, that’d be strange. [laugh]

N: I mean that… I think the viewers would feel more awkward than I. We don’t do anything like that unless it’s a Johnny’s Countdown or something.

O: But it’s a lot of fun for the viewers.

N: That… that might actually be the most unsettling, when all the groups mix together. I think so, anyway. We’ve talked quite a bit just now, but Okusu-san will be “graduating” from this radio program tonight.

O: Thank you very much for everything.

N: Really, though… how sad.

O: Really?

N: Yeah. For Bay FM, this is sad news.

O: For Bay FM-san?

N: What will you be doing next in your career? A bento shop (*bento is a term meaning ‘boxed lunches’)?

O: Oh, no, I’m not changing jobs.

N: So you’re not leaving JE?

O: No, no! I’m not quitting.

N: Oh, is that right? That’s a surprise.

O: I want to keep working hard with Arashi. I’m still working for JE, but in a different department. I hope I can continue to support Arashi-san.

N: So this is your last show… could you introduce your friend, then, to take responsibility for—?

O: Right. Your next radio partner is promising.

N: It’s about time that, you know…

O: I want to pass on the torch.

N: I want a man, a young man who talks a lot.

O: Right, someone who is sharp and witty.

N: Sarcastic, too. I want someone who can sense the situation quickly.

O: Oh! The phone’s ringing.

S: Hello?

O: Hello. It’s Okusu.

S: Oh, right, right. Hello.

O: Good morning.

S: Wait, what?

O: Are you okay to talk right now? On the phone? We’re on the radio right now, and we wanted to introduce my successor. You’re in Sendai, but we’re calling you from the studio.

S: Oh, I see. [laugh] Go on.

O: Sounds like I’ve heard him before. Ninomiya-san, do you know of him?

N: Sorry, I’m not…

S: What?

O: We’re on-air right now.

S: Oopsies. Uh-oh, refresh your memory. Tell him to try and remember.

O: He’s listening right beside me.

S: Oh, really?

N: Excuse me, this is Ninomiya.

S: Oh! Well, lookie-here. It’s STBY.

N: Oh, hi there!

S: Hello. How have you been?

N: Well, ever since you left, there have been more listeners.

S: Right, you’ve become such a superstar.

N: What, you’re talking about me? See, already, we’re not on the same page. How nostalgic.

S: [laugh]

N: STBY, could you perform one of your famous gags for us, it’s been a while.

S: A gag? Okay, then, here I go.

N: Okay.

S: In five seconds… two, one: Shay!

N: [laugh]

O: What was that?

S: Shay!

O: Shay? Shay…

S: Shay!

O: This guy is at work, and—

N: I’m sorry, what are you doing right now?

S: I’m in Sendai. I just bid farewell. [laugh]

N: You bid farewell in Sendai?

S: Yeah, there’s a lot going on.

N: Oh, then we apologize for calling you at such a sad time.

S: No, not at all. It was so much fun.

N: [laugh] Fun? Wait, you said your farewells, right? Okay, then, let’s hear another gag that will lighten the mood up a bit.

S: Gotcha. In five… two, one: sorry, can I start over?

N/O: [laugh]

S: Sorry, my mind went blank just then.

N: Sorry, it’s fine. This is more than we can handle.

O: I’m sure there are people who do not know this person. He was on the air with Ninomiya-san until about a year and a half ago. This is STBY.

N: STBY, you sound so lively. Is it because your work environment has changed?

S: Well, of course. I’m feeling good! [laugh]

N: STBY, where have you been all this time?

S: Sorry?

N: Your work location.

S: Right, well… I’ve been working at a place with young… lots of people.

N: Juniors?

S: Yeah. Shibuya? Did you say Shibuya?

N/O: [laugh]

N: Thank you for your time!

S: Oh, okay. Thank you!

N: Okay!

O: Please continue your hard work, from now on as well.

N: What did that all mean? I thought he was with Juniors, but Shibuya? I guess he’s in charge of Shibuya.

O: I’ve no idea.

N: I didn’t know you oversee a whole area. I thought he was in charge of Juniors.

O: I guess it’s Shibuya instead.

N: Shibuya it is. I see, I didn’t know you could be in charge of an area.

O: You can’t.

N: What?

O: We don’t oversee areas.

N: Oh? But he said himself that he was in charge of Shibuya.

O: He did, didn’t he? [laugh]

N: And… what does “Shay!” mean?

O: Uh… “shay”, I have no idea.

N: That’s the first time I’ve heard it. And he’s all “In five… two”. Where did three go? I thought it was going to be a joke about the missing number 3. But it was “Shay!”

O: I’m a bit worried, but I think things will fall into place.

N: He’s coming back, then.

O: It seems like it, STBY.

N: I see. We were already not on the same page.

O: Nothing has changed.

N: Yeah. I’ll have to hear more about this from him. This segment… there’s no such thing as a “phone call segment”, is there? That was Ura Arashi. Well, well, let’s take a listen now. This is Arashi’s “Tobira”.

[Arashi – “Tobira”]

 

N: This has been Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. We’re just about done here. Today’s winner is radio pen name Futsuu no tsuchi ni modoshite hoshii-san. They will receive Bosou-san. The radio pen name winner is Abochoko soncho-san. They will receive Volume III. Please take good care of it. We always welcome your stories. From your computer, you can access us at www.bayfm.co.jp and click on ‘BayStorm’. From your cellphone, go to BayFM’s homepage and find ‘BayStorm’ from the list of programs. BayStorm is coming to a close. Okusu-san, this was your last show.

O: Thank you so much for everything, really. There were parts were we didn’t quite “fit together”, so to speak, but this was such a valuable experience and a lot of fun. I’ll continue to support Arashi!

N: You say stuff like, “didn’t fit together”, but when STBY comes back, you’ll see how good we had it.

O: Nah…

N: On the other hand, this will be a measure of how much STBY has grown and matured.

O: Yeah. How exciting.

N: That. Well…

O: Ninomiya-san, what do you predict?

N: Judging by our conversation earlier, he hasn’t matured a bit.

O: [laugh] I see.

N: He misheard ‘Junior’ for ‘Shibuya’…

O: Yeah.

N: Well, when he comes back and there is no sign of growth, I’ll carry on this show alone. I’ll work hard. I’ll go back to my roots.

O: I see, right.

N: I hope that you’ll continue to listen next week onward. Your radio partner was Ninomiya Kazunari from Arashi. See you next week!

Nino's BayStorm 2009.05.10 [TRANSLATED]

Here's another translation of BayStorm!! 8) This one is just FULL of Ohmiya rabu! And I could be wrong, but I could have sworn Nino was bragging about his relationship with Riida after experiencing a hint of jealousy. ^^ Read the translations and tell me if you see it, too! Disclaimer: This is a 30-minute radio translation so this will take up your neighborhood page. Apologies in advance!

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Nino’s BayStorm 2009.05.10

 

N=Nino

O=Okusu-san

 

N: “Ashita no seifuku” (*Tomorrow’s school uniform)

BayStorm with Arashi, featuring Kazunari Ninomiya!

 

N: Good evening, this is Kazunari Ninomiya from Arashi. Today’s opening thought comes from radio pen name Aisubeki Baka (*an idiot to be loved), aka Aiba-san. It’s written in hiragana. “On your show from April 26th, you were saying ‘A nurse uniform, a pilot uniform!’ while Okusu-san was promoting the new single. Because you two were talking over each other, the title of the single sounded like, “Ashita no seifuku”. Was it Okusu-san’s slip of the tongue or was I hearing things?” Did you say that?

O: No, I didn’t say that.

N: So you said “Ashita no Kioku”? “Ashita no Kioku”… “It’s from the radio show where you two got excited talking about school uniforms. Just for reference, the story was sent in by radio pen name Ninomi-manami-san, and she talked about how at her school, there’s tradition to come dressed like a witch or Dracula on Halloween. Minisukapolis and pilot uniforms are okay, too”, it says.

O: That’s crazy.

N: That implies that schools that don’t require uniforms allow their students to wear anything. There isn’t a dress code. If you assert that you wear something like that on a daily basis, then you can wear costumes to school.

O: Right, so long as you fulfill minimum dress code requirements…

N: That’s what it means, right? You can wear other schools’ uniforms. My school allowed that.

O: So another school’s uniform was casual wear at your school?

N: Right, right. I don’t know why, maybe they think it’s cute. I don’t know. But I saw people like that. I thought, “Those don’t look like our uniform”… I guess that’s allowed, that’s permitted. We’d love to receive more topics to discuss for our opening thought, so please send us your detailed stories. Also, tonight, we’ll be announcing the winners from last month’s “Quiz: Radio nano ni” (*Quiz: But it’s Radio!), so please look forward to that. This is Kazunari Ninomiya’s BayStorm with tonight’s opening number: Arashi-san’s “Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~”.

[Arashi – “Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki”]

 

N: That was Arashi-san’s “Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~”. This is Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. Let’s move onto this segment: God Has Arrived! First up, from radio pen name Ai-san: “My ‘God Has Arrived!’ moment happened last week when you were talking about watching “Goji ni Muchuu” (*this is a TV news and information show). I like this show and watch it often as well, when I suddenly realized that you like this show, too, so I hurried to send an e-mail to the show about how you talked about their show. To my disbelief, they read my e-mail at the end of the show! I wrote, “I hope one day, Nino will stop by as a guest on the show”. They outwardly responded that you probably wouldn’t, but I told my friend about this who suggested that I send this story to your God Has Arrived segment.” And we’re reading your e-mail here yet again.

O: Wow!

N: It’s changed a bit.

O: Oh, really?

N: The top eight evening newspapers (*this is a segment they have on the show) part. Usually, there’s a girl character who announces, “Number 8, number 7”, I guess she’s a CG (computer graphics) character… nah, they probably drew her. Anyway, she used to read them off. But now, they’ve changed the character to some boy with curly hair. He’s a waiter holding the dish, and when he opens the lid, the newspaper articles are there.

O: Ah, so this is a new version?

N: That’s right. It’s nice, an invention, really. They show commercials I’ve never seen before.

O: As expected.

N: I’m thinking, “What kind of CM is this?!” Anyway, here’s our next e-mail, from radio pen name Chimomi-san: “During middle school, I forgot to bring my prescription glasses for the eye exam, so I had my grandma bring it by the school. But when I put them on, everything turned yellow. I took a good look at it to find that they were a pair of sunglasses. I’m positive that the god of humor was part of this.” I used to have yellow-tinted sunglasses at home.

O: [laugh] I did, too.

N: I don’t know why.

O: Back in the day, sunglasses were yellow-tinted?

N: What? No, sunglasses are black, however you look at them. But there were ones where the lens would come off.

O: Oh, like flaps?

N: Yeah, the ones that attach to your prescription glasses. [laugh] Is it that bright where you’d have to get one of those?

O: Right, the ones where you can attach the sunglasses part.

N: Yeah, those. Yeah… oh! Come to think of it, do you remember those professional baseball caps, the ones for the Giants or Yakult? Remember that mesh fabric that was attached to cover your forehead? What’s the meaning for that being there? Do pro baseball players use it? I’ve yet to see anyone use it.

O: But sometimes, they’d use it.

N: Oh, yeah.

O: A white one.

N: But what happens when you use it? How does it affect you? Do you see better?

O: Maybe they use it when the sun’s bright.

N: So I guess pro baseball players all have it? I always wondered about that, like, “what is this?!”

O: I wonder if they’re like that these days…

N: Baseball caps these days? Maybe the mesh is attached to them.

O: It would seem so, but I wonder.

N: But really, what is that mesh fabric? I want to know. What’s it’s purpose? I really wished the caps would be cheaper because I don’t use that part. I really thought that.

O: Because it was always attached…

N: Exactly! No matter which team cap you bought, the mesh was there. I thought, “Maybe the pros use it” but they didn’t.

O: [laugh] They don’t, do they?

N: What was that thing? I just really don’t know. This one is from radio pen name Hamu-chan ga itsunomanika nanaichi-san: “The other day in science lab, there were instructions to weigh 7 grams of iron powder. Everyone was having a hard time weighing the exact amount. Amidst those people, I got 7 grams in one try! We all raved that ‘God Has Landed’.” If you think about it, the phrase “God Has Landed” is being used by the public a lot these days.

O: That’s true.

N: The phrase sounds more like jargon used only in the entertainment industry. The whole, “God… God has landed” feel. It’s used by a larger demographic, wow.

O: True.

N: Uh… what is “teppun” (*iron powder)? A tinier version of iron sand?

O: It’s probably a lot like iron sand.

N: Not that I ever understood a class that used iron sand.

O: The one where you attract the iron with a magnet?

N: Yeah. I didn’t quite understand why we did that, either.

O: [laugh] But you could see the magnetic force working.

N: Right. Wasn’t there like a collect… collecting of iron sand?

O: Yes, there was. We’d go to a sandbox and gather them together as a class.

N: A group of thirty children. Everyone in the sandbox, for 45 minutes or so. What was the point?

O: It’s not a practical lesson.

N: Yeah! When else in my lifetime will I come across iron sand? Am I going to say, “Hey, so I was really good at collecting iron sand back in the day so I want to try it again now”?

O: Yeah, that’s unlikely.

N: We don’t see it often.

O: You’re right. You haven’t seen it, either, Ninomiya-san?

N: No. But I always think this… have you come across an abandoned puppy since you’ve become an adult? You know, the ones in the cardboard boxes…

O: I haven’t seen those recently, either.

N: The chances of you finding abandoned puppies are really high when you’re a kid, though. Why is that?

O: It must have something to do with the amount of freedom we have and where we go. That, and there probably aren’t as many abandoned puppies these days.

N: You think so?

O: In the past ten years.

N: These past ten years?

O: Not sure, though. Ninomiya-san, it’s probably more like fifteen years for you. [laugh]

N: [laugh] That’s true. These classes,huh? Science lab… must be in middle school. I used to enjoy Experiment Day. There was one where you place a drop of some chemical on a potato and it turns purple.

O: Oh, yeah, that one. The starch in the potato…

N: Yeah. What was that chemical called?

O: That… uh…

N: Let’s stop there. Let’s end this topic. Those are it for today, but if you want to share your “God Has Landed!” stories, please send them to us! Please take a listen now, here’s News, “Koi no ABO”.

[News – “Koi no ABO”]

 

N: That was News with “Koi no ABO”. This is Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. Next up is this segment: Ura Arashi! First is from radio pen name Ninomiya Kazunari no ichi fan dayon-san: “Congratulations on winning the Galaxy Award! This was the first time a male actor in his twenties ever one, and on top of that, you were the first Johnny’s member to ever win that award! As a fan, I’m really happy. I want to ask: are there any awards you’ve won that isn’t about your acting?” Again, I’ve won MVP in a baseball tournament.

O: The Johnny’s baseball event?

N: Yes.

O: I see.

N: That, and Excellent Player.

O: Really?

N: Yeah. That’s about it.

O: Speaking of… congratulations on winning the Galaxy Award! [applause]

N: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.

O: That’s amazing.

N: It is, isn’t it? The awards ceremony will take place in Tokyo on June 2nd.

O: I see.

N: The 46th Annual?

O: There’s a lot of history and prestige in this award.

N: Have you ever received an award, Okusu-san?

O: What? Me?

N: Yeah.

O: Recently, yes.

N: What? Really? Which one?

O: You know the TV show, Heyx3? They gave me the… what was it called…

N: What is this nonsense?

O: No, no… it was called “The AD (assistant director)’s Oasis of the Heart” award. They give out one of these every six months to any promotion staff member. Anyway, I received that.

N: Wait, it’s called what “of the heart”?

O: “Oasis”.

N: “Oasis of the Heart” award?

O: Yeah.

N: What did they judge, anyway?

O: It must be my personality. [laugh] Just kidding.

N: Anyway! Moving on.

O: Sorry. I apologize.

N: This is by radio pen name Sakura mami-san: “The other day, Jun-kun said he had received a Michael Jackson pin badge from Riida. Nino, what did you get? If I remember correctly, I remember Riida had bought you stickers when he was shopping. To find that Arashi members not only buy souvenirs for one another in foreign countries, but that you also find little things to buy for other members, shows how close-knit you really are. Do any of you besides Riida buy little things to give to one another?” We don’t!

O: Yeah…

N: We don’t. But he always comes back with some Michael Jackson goods.

O: But Jun-kun seemed to really enjoy it.

N: But… you know that Michael Jackson doesn’t know such key chains are being sold, I’m sure of this.

O: That’s true.

N: Is that even possible? Seriously. And it breaks easily.

O: Is that so?

N: Yeah. I’ve been given about four of them.

O: That many?

N: Yeah. It’s always this… rectangular key chain made of plastic. How do I describe this… there’s a plastic bottom, and what looks to be a cover. And inside is this picture of Michael Jackson, but the cover just pops right off. So Michael Jackson always falls out. So I told him, “This always comes apart”, so he showed up with four of them.

O: Riida sure loves them.

N: Seriously. HE keeps buying those things. He likes miscellaneous goods, trinkets. He goes to those kinds of stores and buys them, he says. But he’s always buying these things. What’s wrong with him? Something’s missing, he’s a strange one. Let’s move on to our special segment: Quiz: But It’s Radio!

 

N: This segment happens only once every month. The second Sunday of every month is when we announce the winners. The prizes the listeners can win depends on the percentage of correct answers: 35% or more, you receive a present from Okusu-san, 50% or more, you receive an audio collectible, 70% or more, you receive a rare collector’s item! Let’s review the quiz from last month: “What was the result of Ninomiya-kun and Okusu-san’s janken (*rock, paper, scissors) match?” 1) I won, 2) Okusu-san won, and 3) a draw. Let’s read some of the e-mails we received. This is from radio pen name Za Nino talking show-san: “1) Ninomiya-kun won! Nino, you’re a star so I definitely think you won. Also, your acting skills are great so you may have made us think it was a draw.” This one’s from radio pen name Viva Ohmiya-san: “2) Okusu-san won. Okusu-san’s acting skills were a bit iffy, but I thought maybe there was a chance he had won.” And the e-mail for the third option is from radio pen name Misa-san. Her reasoning is, “because Okusu-san’s reaction was so bland.” It seems that it’s hard to react to this. They said your reaction was bland. Your acting, Okusu-san.

O: It was?

N: They said so.

O: Right. It’s hard. I mean, I’m saying this in front of someone who won the Galaxy Award.

N: [laugh] I didn’t say these things, the listeners did.

O: Right.

N: There were a lot of opinions, but the answer was which choice, Okusu-san?

O: Right. The answer was #2, I won.

N: I thought we made the results obvious.

O: Yeah! We did it without any prior planning.

N: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I thought we made it obvious. There’s only one winner, though. You’ll receive a Nino sticker, pen name Hie-hie-san! So Okusu-san won. The rate of correct answers was 33%!

O: That was close.

N: Yeah. This time around, it was 33%. But there’s always next month. So make sure you try again. This month’s quiz! What should it be…

O: You’re brainstorming now?

N: Yeah. What should it be? Okusu-san, do you wear contacts?

O: I don’t.

N: You don’t? Then, could I have you close your eyes?

O: What?!

N: With your sleeves rolled up.

O: What… okay. Roll up my sleeves…

N: And close your eyes.

O: Okay.

N: Now, then. I’m going to give the quiz.

O: Okay. Oh, OUCH!

N: [laugh] Now, what part of Okusu-san did I just hit? 1) His cheeks, 2) his right arm, 3) his forehead. That was good, “Oh, OUCH!” [laugh]

O: Sorry, I’m fine.

N: I hadn’t heard that reaction in years, “Oh, OUCH!”

O: Sorry, I was just taken aback.

N: I had to be a bit forceful, since the listeners said your acting was bland.

O: True, but this isn’t acting…

N: [laugh] Let me repeat the choices: 1) his cheeks, 2) his right arm, or 3) his forehead.

O: I thought you were going to do something sweet…

N: [laugh] !Oh, OUCH!” [laugh]

O: Something with your magic tricks. I thought you’d do something nice, but… [laugh]

N: We’ll be looking forward to your participation in this month’s quiz! Let’s have a listen now. Here’s Arashi’s “Season”.

[Arashi – “Season”]

 

N: That was Arashi’s “Season”. This has been Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. We’re just about done. Our winner for tonight is radio pen name Ai-chan who sent us her “God Has Landed” story. We’ll give her a Sakana-kun. The pen name winner goes to Ninomiya Kazunari ichiban dayon-san who sent us the story about the Galaxy Awards. She’ll also receive a Sakana-kun; please take good care of it. Please keep sending us your stories and answers to Quiz: But It’s Radio. From your computer, you can access us at www.bayfm.co.jp and click on ‘BayStorm’. From your cellphone, go to BayFM’s homepage and find ‘BayStorm’ from the list of programs. We’re running out of time, but big news: Okusu-san will be “graduating” from this show next week.

O: Oh, right. This… yeah, it’s okay.

N: How sad…

O: Seriously! It is disappointing. [laugh]

N: We gave out the quiz question just now, but starting next week, it’ll be someone new.

O: Yeah.

N: Or the week after next?

O: That might be the case.

N: “That might be the case” sounds so uncertain.

O: [laugh]

N: We don’t have anyone lined up. We have to find someone to take your place.

O: True.

N: Introduce me! You know, like a lunch talk show. Let’s make phone calls next week.

O: Should we?

N: Yeah, to find the new guy.

O: Sure, let’s.

N: I hope you’ll all tune in again next week! Your radio partner was Ninomiya Kazunari from Arashi. See you next week!

Nino's BayStorm 05.03.2009 [TRANSLATIONS]

Here's this past week's BayStorm! (Disclaimer: This is a transcription/translation of the whole 30-minute radio program, so this post will therefore inevitably take up a huge chunk of your "neighborhood" page. Apologies in advance...)

Highlights:
- Nino is such a cute, little brat this week. The way he picks on Okusu-san... oh, Nino. :)
- Does he not want to sell Arashi's next single? LOL. His lack of concern must come from his confidence that the single will actually sell BIG TIME. :D

Notes:
-This is a collaborative work between ArashiNino (audio provider) and me (translator). Please respect our hard work and do not repost this elsewhere.
- My translations should NOT be used without my consent. If you wish to use my translations for anything, please contact me first and tell me how you intend to use them.

Enjoy! XD

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Nino BayStorm 05.03.2009

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N=Nino

O=Okusu-san (radio partner)

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N: Whose 100 yen is this?

BayStorm with Arashi, featuring Kazunari Ninomiya!

N: Good evening, this is Kazunari Ninomiya from Arashi. Today’s opening thought comes from radio pen name Ninoncho-san: “We have a coffee server at my work and there is a 100 yen coin that’s been sitting next to it. I didn’t think much about it at first, but it has been there for nearly half a year now, so every time I go to get some coffee, I check to see if it’s still there. Nino-chan, are there any items in your greenrooms or studios that you have no idea to whom it belongs?” Well, greenrooms are different each time we have a show.

O: That’s true.

N: But 100 yen… I wonder how much the coffee costs.

O: Probably 100 yen.

N: But that’s strange if it costs 100 yen and there’s a 100 yen coin just sitting there

O: Hm… but it’s been there for half a year?

N: You couldn’t just take it then, if it’s been there for half a year. But if no one takes it, that’s kind of sad for the 100 yen coin. It’s like, “Why was I ever born?” I mean that as the 100 yen coin.

O: Right

N: Speaking from the 100 yen coin’s perspective…

O: That is quite disheartening.

N: It’s sad if you don’t use it. The coin probably wants to be reincarnated into coffee soon, anyway.

O: That’s true, especially…

N: Especially because it’s so close to the coffee machine. It can’t enter the coin slot by itself!

O: [laugh] That’s right.

N: How sad, and for half a year, too. Has this happened to you? You wake up, look inside your bag, and find something that’s not yours?

O: Um, not really. Lighters, though, tend to get switched with others’.

N: Ah. This hasn’t happened to me. Maybe scripts (for movies and dramas)… no, I don’t even bring those to the job. You found a piece of karaage (*fried chicken, aka the dish Aibaado loves most!) in your bag?

O: Really?

N: Did you figure out whose it was? Oh, you did. If you didn’t figure that out

O: You’d be shocked.

N: That’s too scary, to find karaage in your bag. I’m sure it was all oily inside, too. Well, we’re looking forward to more of your opening thoughts, so please send us your detailed stories. Tonight, we’re also announcing the winners for Arashi’s display cleaner (original goods), so for those of you who entered the contest, please look forward to it! This is Kazunari Ninomiya’s BayStorm. Here’s our opening number: Arashi’s “Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~”.

[Arashi – “Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~”]

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N: That was Arashi-san’s “Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki”. Right, this is Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. Let’s move onto this segment: Douka Onbin ni (*Let’s settle this peacefully). This one’s from radio pen name Chian Ijihou-san: “Just the other day, I went to go hang out at my friend’s house. My friend had told me, ‘Our house isn’t that clean’, so I kept that in mind when I got to the house. But when I got there, it was cleaner than I had expected so I wanted to say, ‘It’s not dirty, it’s clean’. Instead, I blurted out, ‘It’s not clean’. I had shortened the sentence by accident. I’m really sorry.” But these things happen, seriously. Okusu-san, it seems you’d have lots of these moments.

O: What? Me?

N: You sometimes can’t find the right words. Right?

O: I have put two words together like that, though. But in this situation, you’d apologize right then and there, right?

N: But if you apologize, you’re admitting that you were wrong.

O: I see.

N: That’s what an apology is.

O: Right, I see.

N: If you said, “It’s not clean. Oh, I’m sorry”, you’ve dug an even deeper hole for yourself. So you couldn’t apologize. Explaining why you said that isn’t very effective, either. This is hard. Usually, the ones who say, “My place isn’t that tidy” are the people who actually have a clean home.

O: Right

N: But dramas have influenced me a lot.

O: Dramas?

N: Yeah, aren’t there a lot of 80s dramas that are like this? When there’s a scene where someone is entering a home, the person says, “Our place isn’t very tidy, but…”

O: “Do come in”?

N: Right, right. And those people are the ones who have really stylish rooms.

O: Ah, the prosperous era before the bubble popped.

N: Right. I knew that’s where these ideas came from. Next is radio pen name Ninagawa Mika-san wa watashi no gakkou no senpai desu (*Ninagawa Mika-san is a sempai at my school): “For some reason when I’m on the train, there are so many people who lean up against me when they fall asleep. On my way to school, I always have someone fall asleep on my shoulder. Once, I was leaning forward playing a game and there was space between my back and the back rest of the seat. A man fell asleep in that nook, and perhaps I was frustrated that day, but I showed my disgust on my face as I played my game. For those who were sitting in front of me and to the man who had fallen asleep: I probably looked unhappy, I’m sorry.” I think it’s okay to show your feelings in your expressions.

O: Yeah.

N: Have you ever fallen asleep on someone like that?

O: I’ve fallen asleep on someone’s shoulders, and I’ve also had someone fall asleep on me. Not so much recently…

N: I’ve had someone fall asleep on my shoulders, but I’ve not fallen asleep on someone else.

O: No?

N: Can you really sleep like that?
O: On the train?

N: Yeah. In other words, can you fall asleep apart from the edge seat (aka without a headrest)?

O: Yeah, I’d just cross my arms like this, and look down.

N: I don’t have much balance there. I can’t sleep like that.

O: You don’t get sleepy?

N: I need something supporting my head, a hand or anything.

O: I’ve put my handbag on my lap, put my elbows on top of that, and situated my chin like so, and slept like that.

N: See, I can’t do that.

O: No?

N: The end seats with that sort of wall to support my head…

O: That’s perfect.

N: That’s about the only way I can sleep on a train. I can’t do it.

O: No?

N: My head is just so heavy. They say that your head is the heaviest part of the body, right? It needs to be supported somehow. Maybe the windows… no, the windows won’t work, either. In my mind, “leaning” on something is a side-to-side action.

O: Ah, I see.

N: What were we talking about?

O: The man…

N: Oh, right, the man. We’ve been going off-tangent lately. Anyway, that’s all for this segment today. We’re always looking for any stories you’d like to apologize for, so please send them in. Let’s have a listen now. Here’s Ayaka’s “Yume wo Mikata ni”.

[Ayaka – “Yume wo Mikata ni”]

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N: That was Ayaka-san’s “Yume wo Mikata ni”. This is Arashi’s Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you BayStorm. We’d now like to announce the winners of our Arashi goods! The prize is an original Arashi display cleaner for five listeners. The requirement was to make a pun on any of the following words: “cleaner”, “kinchaku” (*a purse or a pouch), or “Believe”. Here are the five winners. Radio pen name Samidare-san: “Kono tatakai, sassa to kinchaku tsuke yo” (* “Let’s put an end to this battle”, with the pun on “kinchaku”; the actual word here should be “kecchaku”). Next is radio pen name Rikopin-san: “Chanto cleaner kaketokun dazo. Yukkurina” (* “Make sure you wipe well with the cleaner. Slowly”, with the pun on “yukkurina”=“yu-cleaner”). Next pun, I mean, next radio pen name Takomi Ninomi-san: “Isokinchaku” (* “Sea Anemone”; the actual word here should be “isoginchaku”). Okusu-san, your level of humor is… anyway, here’s radio pen name Haru ichiban, Nino ichiban-san: “Kakekko de biri, booing no Arashi” (* “Last place in a race, a booing for Arashi”, with the pun on “biri, boo(ing)” because it sounds like “believe”). You can keep talking.

O: Really?

N: This one’s from radio pen name Chuugakkou seikatsu ni wa narete yasu-san: “Cleaner de gamen wo fuitara gamen ga curiina” (* “After wiping the screen with a cleaner, the screen became dim”, with the pun on “curiina”; this is a slang term for “kuraina”, meaning “it’s dark”).

O: Huh? Ooh…

N: They mean, “it’s dark”. Wait, did I say all five? Congratulations! Now, Okusu-san, which one was the best one in your taste?

O: The best one for me? It’s probably… “Isokinchaku”. [laugh]

N: You’re laughing even as you say it.

O: [laugh] Yeah.

N: That’s your sense of humor. Everyone, please take note of that. We’ll have you announce first place each time. This is what makes you laugh, I see. But I guess that’s what puns are.

O: Right.

N: Shall we move onto the Ura Arashi segment?

O: Let’s.

N: Let’s see… radio pen name Sakinko-san: “I saw the VS Arashi special. It’s a shame I couldn’t be there in the studio but it was so funny that time just flew by. You had said before that you liked Fruutsu Ponchi-san (*Fruit punch) and you were able to meet them then. Did you get a chance to talk to them or see any of their comedic skits? If you have a comedian you’re into at the moment, please let us know!” Furu-pon (*abbreviated name)… we didn’t really get to talk.

O: Really?

N: Yeah, but they were funny. They’re really good at acting, like the ones who get so into character. That’s exactly what I think it is.

O: I see.

N: I like them a lot. I can watch them for quite a while. Forever. Next is by radio pen name Badokko-san: “’Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~’ has been playing on the radio a lot these days. I was looking forward to hearing it so this is great. It says that the PV for the song will come with the first copy (limited edition). If you have any stories about the making of the PV, please let us know!” Please, if you will.

O: Right. Me?

N: Were you there for the PV recording?

O: Yes.

N: Really? I have no recollection of this.

O: I was there, we talked about our plans for the future…

N: We did?

O: No, we didn’t.

N: We didn’t?

O: Sorry.

N: Where was it? “Crazy Moon”…

O: That was at Makuhari Messe.

N: Makuhari Messe! Right, right, right.

O: And… you all were dancing the whole time.

N: The entire time.

O: Makuhari Messe is rather spacious, but you know… you didn’t use up the whole area.

N: Wait, what do you mean by that?

O: You know, the PV

N: “Didn’t use up the whole area”?

O: Well, the PV was video recorded using only a section of that place.

N: So… you’re saying that there was no need for us to rent out such a large place?

O: No, no, no… that’s what gives the scene a sort of expanded feel.

N: Answer me honestly. Between “Believe” and “Crazy Moon”, which costs more to make?

O: What?

N: The PVs. You know… between building an actual set,

O: Oh, right, right, right. And a large…

N: And renting out such a large space, though I’m sure the time it takes to make the PV is part of the equation… the set costs more to build, right? Since we have to use the studio, too…

O: That’s true. There was a lot of preparation work. We used water for that one, too. We also ordered trees.

N: Trees? Ah!

O: For the background.

N: Right.

O: “Wood”, I mean. Sorry.

N: [laugh]

O: Right. So I guess in that sense, “Believe” was pricier to make.

N: I see. I mean, common sense would point to that one. Of course.

O: Right.

N: Wait... then where did the money we saved making “Crazy Moon” go?

O: That went straight to advertising.

N: Ah. It goes there, I see.

O: Yes.

N: That’s too bad. Next is from radio pen name Norikko Kazuko-san: “Before on the radio, Okusu-san was asked to sing “Kimi wa Muteki” and he couldn’t get the lyrics right so he was asked to sing it again next week. What happened to that? He didn’t know all the lyrics so he asked for another go.” So Okusu-san will now sing for us!

O: What? I didn’t hear about this…

N: It doesn’t have to be perfect. She just wants to know the lyrics.

O: No, no, no, no… the lyrics?

N: So maybe if you just stated the lyrics, that’d be even better. Please, if you will.

O: Ah! Um… “Muteki!” Um… give me a second here.

N: They can hear you clicking.

O: This makes me nervous.

N: “This makes me nervous” are the lyrics to the chorus, is that what you mean?

O: No, that’s not it.

N: Huh? What do you mean? “Muteki, this makes me nervous”?

O: “Muteki, motomeru kimi wa teni todokanai. Furimu--…”

N: Go for it. Furimuke! (*This word means to “turn around”, but Nino is obviously egging Okusu-san on to sing it with this word instead.)

O: Uh-oh. “Furimuku”…

N: Ku? “Furimuku”?

O: “Furimuku”… oh, gosh, I’m sorry.

N: We say “furimuku” three times?

O: No, that’s not it. These kinds of situations… I’m sweating all of a sudden.

N: How sad for Norikko Kazuko-san, 16 years old. All she wanted to know was the lyrics, all she wanted was to hear you sing it again.

O: Um…

N: “Muteki!”

O: I’ll get one of the promotion staff members…

N: No, don’t rely on them! You can’t get out of this.

O: I can’t rely on them?

N: Of course not.

O: “Muteki”

N: “Muteki”

N/O: “Motomeru kimi wa teni todokanai”

O: Um… and after that…

N: Mm-hmm… “Um… and after that…” are the lyrics that follow?

O: No. [hums]

N: Wait, we hum? “Da-dah-da-da-dah”?

O: No… I’ve heard it so many times, but in such a situation…

N: What? So you mean to say that the lyrics are hard to learn?

O: No, that’s not what I mean. Right. Okay.

N: So…

O: This is a problem, so…

[Arashi – “Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~”]

N: It is a problem.

O: Ah!

N: Sing, sing!

O: “…dokanai~… teku ai wo …rau youni futari wa taiyo to tsuki ni naru~” Like that, right?

N: Hey, we’re saying “Suriniketeku ai wa”. No one said “furimiku”… no one said that. I’m pretty sure we sang, “Suriniketeku ai wa” just now.

O: That’s right. My mistake.

N: What’s worse, you were deciding between “furimuku” and “furimuke” as if that was the right word or something. That in itself is wrong. [laugh] What’s up with that?

O: No, no, no, no, no. This is uh… due to various work situations.

N: Man, this is bad news, seriously.

O: I’m sorry about that.

N: Be sure to memorize it by next time.

O: Of course. I’ll make sure to learn the lyrics.
N: Anyway, we’re looking forward to your questions, so please send them to our Ura Arashi segment. We’d like for you to take a listen now, but this…

O: Right. This is the first time we will play this song on BayStorm.

N: Our newest single, the theme song for The Quiz Show.

O: With Sakurai-san.

N: Right. Please take a listen: Arashi’s “Ashita no Kioku”.

[Arashi – “Ashita no Kioku”]

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N: The god of death might like this song.

O: True. An amazing song.

N: Even as we get lost, we seek to mend the different flow of things. What else do you like? You like “Tomadoi nagara” most, right? “Jam”? Oh, “Jam”! What about this?

O: Oh, I see.

N: Seems to like the not-so-well-known songs. Probably likes a song befitting a bar, while drinking alone.

O: Probably.

N: Yeah. So this is our new song. For The Quiz Show.

O: Right, with Sakurai-san.

N: This genre of drama, I didn’t find would suit him at first, at least to me.

O: I’ve only seen the first episode, and our taste in music is different than that of dramas, but maybe from here on out, this kind of image will start to work, too.

N: How can you talk with such lack of care and concern?

O: No, I didn’t mean…

N: You’re on air!

O: Right. But the director is basing everything on the image of the drama.

N: Because he’s in charge.

O: Right.

N: Then I wonder if that will become a new image for him. Please look forward to the drama, too. This is Arashi’s twenty…

O: 6th.

N: 26th single. That was Arashi-san’s “Ashita no Kioku”.

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N: Time’s almost up. This week’s winner is radio pen name Ninoncho-san, the one who gave us the opening thought. They’ll receive Volume II. The radio pen name winner is Ninokko Kazuko-san will receive Yamazaki-san. Please take good care of them. We’re also looking forward to your e-mails for each of the segments. You can access us at bayfm.co.jp by clicking on “BayStorm”. From your cell phones, go to our homepage and search for “BayStorm” from the show list. It’s almost time to say goodbye, but “Ashita no Kioku” and “Crazy Moon” will go on sale on the 27th, May 27th. How long has it been since our last single release? Three…

O: Two and a half months, almost three months.

N: Aren’t we releasing at a rather quick pace?

O: It’s a bit fast, yes.

N: Wow… so those songs will be released.

O: Right.

N: Does this not come with a third song?

O: This time around, no.

N: It doesn’t?

O: It’s unusual.

N: I guess that means the regular edition won’t sell so well.

O: No, no, no… the regular edition can be bought by anyone.

N: Really?

O: Yeah.

N: It’s a bit pricey, though.

O: No, no. The price takes in to account the included DVD.

N: You mean the PV, right?

O: Right, right.

N: Oh, in that case…

O: The price would be as such.

N: “Ashita no Kioku”, yeah? “Ashita no Kioku”. Got it, I know it now.

O: [laugh]

N: I just learned it. So it’s time to say goodbye. I hope you’ll tune in again next week. Your radio partner was Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari. See you next week!

Nino's Baystorm 04.26.2009 [TRANSLATIONS]

Disclaimer: As this is a radio transcription, the post is rather long. Sorry to take up your "neighborhood" page! >.<)

This week's Baystorm is probably one of my favorites. I was laughing so much when I heard it! Some of my favorite moments?

1. The misheard Arashi song lyrics segment (HOMG, so funny!)
2. What to wear if you want Nino to like you ;)
3. The "conversation" at the very end (because it really isn't one)

And really, Nino... do you always have to talk about killing people? XD

+ This is a collaborative work between ArashiNino [audio credits] and me [translation/layout credits]. Please respect our work and do not repost elsewhere.
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+ Comments are absolute rabu! ♥

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N=Nino

O=Okusu-san (radio partner)

 

N: Again?!

Baystorm featuring Arashi’s Kazunari Ninomiya

N: Good evening, this is Arashi’s Kazunari Ninomiya. Today’s opening thought comes from radio pen name Komochi no Ninomi-san. Here it is: “Ninomi, congratulations on your new drama special. I awoke to find this text message in my cellphone: ‘First time playing the role of a psychiatrist, a father with children’. I was so surprised. You’re told that you will look 17 years old forever, so this was very surprising news.” I see. It was bound to happen, though. It can’t be helped; I’m growing old.

O: That’s true, to play roles that are nearer your age.

N: But the fact that I’m saying that means that I am getting old.

O: True.

N: Some things can’t be helped. I will be in a drama special: Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara. It’s written by Iijima Natsuki-san, a pro windsurfer who died of cancer in 2005. There was a movie about Iijima-san’s life, right? Played by Osawa-san. Right, I’ll be playing a psychiatrist, but I’m not doing anything doctor-like.

O: Really?

N: Yeah. I’m just having normal conversations

O: I see

N: Really, that’s all I say: “I see”. That’s my line.

O: Really?

N: Yeah. “I see”, Tamao-san? (probably his first name)

O: No, no, no…                              

N: You could probably play that role.

O: That’s not true.

N: But I really don’t have many lines. My patients do all the talking. I don’t even give advice.

O: So the filming is going well?

N: Yeah, we’re almost done.

O: I see. How exciting.

N: Nothing’s planned yet. I’ll fill you all in as I find out. I’m still looking for more of your opening thoughts, so please write us in detail. This is Kazunari Ninomiya’s Baystorm and this is our opening song: Sukima Switch – “Niji no Recipe”

[Sukima Switch – “Niji no Recipe”]

 

N: That was “Niji no Recipe” by Sukima Switch-san. We’ll move onto a new segment that was requested during “Onegai, shin-corner!” (A new segment, please): “Soramimi no Arashi!” (* “soramimi” means “to imagine that you heard something when in fact, that is not the case”) This is exactly as it sounds.

O: That’s right

N: “Soramimi”. We asked for Arashi song lyrics that sounded differently from what they’re supposed to be. During this segment, we’d like to listen and check if it does indeed sound like what the listeners say. This is from radio pen name, Maya-san: “The ‘Check it, check it, soul’ (from “A.RA.SHI”). Sho-kun has even said that he doesn’t know what he’s saying in that rap section, but I’ve always thought that he was saying, ‘Jiki sousou, jiki sousou’ (*It’s time, hurry, right about now). You all had just debuted, so I thought he was being modest.” I see. What is she talking about? The opening?

O: The beginning, yes.

N: Oh, the very beginning! There were a lot of people who said that.

O: Yeah. I also thought that, actually…

N: Sho-kun doesn’t even know.

O: Right.

N: It’s a wonder how such a song sold so much. It’s surprising. Next… I got that one. The one’s I know, we’re not going to listen to. What? [laugh] You want to hear it? We can listen to it if you want.

O: We have it ready.

N: Okay, let’s listen to it.

[Arashi – “A.RA.SHI”]

N: Wasn’t it supposed to be “take it”? Something like that.

O: I thought it was “check it”.

N: Really? I thought it was supposed to be more like “take it”. No?

O: Well, if you say so, it must be that one.

N: I wonder. That’s what Arashi was back then. Like, “What are they?” [laugh]

O: I thought it was “jiki sousou” back then.

N: But doesn’t that not make sense?

O: “Jiki sousou”?

N: It was the image (theme) song for volleyball.

O: True.

N: That’s not a timeless pep tune.

O: Yeah.

O: It’d pass too soon.

N: Not only that, what exactly is passing so soon? It was the World Cup Series for volleyball held in Japan.

O: Right.

N: Next: “In ‘Sakura Sake’, I thought the lyrics ‘utta ten ga wakeru kekka, in to you’ (*the choices you make will reveal either a shadow or a light) were always, ‘utta ten ga wakeru kekka, Indo-you’ (*the choices you make will reveal the Indian Ocean). I thought, ‘Sho-kun’s gone global’.” Want to take a listen?

O: Sure.

[Arashi – “Sakura Sake”]

N/O: Ohh…

O: “Indo-you”.

N: I hear it, I hear it, I hear it. So that means that “soramimi” happens because most people listen to the songs without lyrics first?

O: It would seem so, yes.

N: I see. That means the singer never experiences “soramimi” then, right?

O: I would think so.

N: Yeah. I was thinking why it sounds like that to people, but it’s because I sing it with lyrics in front of me so I can’t hear it any other way. Interesting; I shouldn’t listen to these with that mindset. Here’s one by radio pen name 2009 nen mo pan-pan pussu-san: “In your album Here We Go!, you’ve recorded ‘All or Nothing, ver. 1.02’. At about 00:45 seconds, the ‘you know what I mean’ shockingly sounds like, ‘ramen’. I thought I heard it wrong, but even after several plays, it still sounds like ‘ramen’. Please give this a listen.” Want to listen to it?

O: Sure

N: Why is this version 1…

[Arashi – “All or Nothing, ver. 1.02”]

N: Ahh…

O: [laugh]

N: I can hear that one. We sound like we’re saying so many things

O: Yeah

N: But why… can I ask you something totally irrelevant? Why is this “version 1.02”?

O: This? Right… why is it?

N: Wait, you don’t know anything about this? [laugh]

O: Well, uh…

N: It’s okay if you don’t.

O: It means this is version 1.02.

N: Right, but you just read what was written. [laugh] Anyone can do that. Does that mean a “version 1” exists?

O: Maybe there was a version 1, and this is the upgraded version.

N: Is that it? Well, that’s true. English does sound like different words. Next is by radio pen name Hitomawari toshiue no inoshishi-boo-san: “In ‘Right Back to You’, I thought the lyrics ‘asu kuru ban mo’… oh, it’s ‘akuru ban mo mada mada houinai’ was ‘ah, kuruma mo mada mada holy night’ (* “Ah! The car is still, still holy night”).” I have absolutely no idea what part she’s talking about.

O: [laugh]

N: Want to listen to it?

O: Let’s.

[Arashi – “Right Back to You”]

O: Ahh!

N: Ah… I was listening to that with the actual lyrics

O: I see. It did sound like what she heard.

N: It did?

O: Yeah.

N: It’s all rap parts.

O: Rap is…

N: It’s hard to pick out the words. Next one is from radio pen name Tsuki tsutsu Akatani-san: “In the second verse of ‘Right Back to You’, I thought the lyrics ‘hitori yogari no easy game’ sounds like ‘hitori yogari no Utsui Ken’ (* an actor in Japan; he was the grandfather of YanKumi in Gokusen). I always wondered why you used a person’s name.” Let’s listen to it.

O: Okay.

[Arashi – “Right Back to You”]

N: Really?

O: [laugh]

N: The first syllable sounds like “ee” to me.

O: It sounds like “ee”, but if you listen to it thinking that it’s “Utsui Ken”, it’s not impossible to hear it that way.

N: But how do they know of him? Oh, she’s 27 years old. If she were 13 or something…

O: That’s true.

N: I guess if you listen thinking that it’s “Utsui Ken”, then it becomes that.

O: This is very interesting.

N: I suppose it’s easy to mishear Arashi lyrics if you think about it.

O: I guess so.

N: Almost all of them were the rapping parts: “Sakura Sake”, “All or Nothing”… oh, there’s one from “Believe”? We’re not doing that one? What? Are you serious? I bet this one was the best one. Was it not plausible as “Utsui Ken”? Really? But it seems there aren’t misheard lyrics in the melodic lines.

O: That’s true.

N: Most of them were rap. Every one of these aside from “Utsui Ken” was a rapping part.

O: Right.

N: And English. It’s commonplace to mishear English from a Japanese standpoint. It’s all thanks to Tamori Club (*this is a late night show hosted by Tamori-san; there’s a popular “misheard phrases” segment in the show).

O: Right.

N: So it’s really that English can sound like Japanese. But it’s interesting that Japanese words can also sound like different words in the same language.

O: Definitely.

N: If you have any Arashi lyrics that you’ve thought sounded like something else, let us know. Please listen to our next number: Nakashima Mika-chan’s “Over Load”.

[Nakashima Mika – “Over Load”]

N: That was Nakashima Mika-chan’s “Over Load”.

 

N: This is Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you Baystorm. Here’s our next segment: Ura Arashi! We have something from radio pen name Nino-chan no concierge: “When Ayase haruka-san was the guest for Arashi no Shukuda-kun, you played a game where you pop the balloon breasts”. Oh, the oppai bakuhatsu game. That was really fun. “As I was watching the show, I wondered if you don’t like balloons. Let us know”. Is there anyone who would like doing that?

O: With balloons?

N: Oppai bakuhatsu game. Is there anyone who’s actually “good” at it?

O: It is a bit scary.

N: It is, the part where it pops. But I like Ayase Haruka these days.

O: Ayase Haruka-chan?

N: When she’s on variety shows, she’s a genius, really.

O: Oh, she’s a natural goof?

N: A natural goof? Well, recently, I was watching something, what was it… maybe Vanilla Kibun. She was on the first half of the show. I was watching that during my lunch break from filming a drama, and she’s just a funny person.

O: [laugh]

N: It’s like… she’s not all there. From a third-person perspective, you’d think, “What in the world is she saying?” When she’s talking about one event, there are two or three remarks that make absolutely no sense, the way she speaks. If you listen to her, there are so many things that are beyond me. That’s what makes her funny.

O: I see.

N: She should definitely look into starring in more variety shows because she’s so funny to watch. Next one is from radio pen name Gogatsu niju-shichi niche tanoshimi ni shitemasu (* “I’m really looking forward to May 27th”). What’s so special about May 27th?

O: Oh, that’s when…

N: Oh, the CD!

O: Right.

N: “Nino, when you were on Gout Temps Nouveau, you said that you had a stockings fetish. What kind of stockings do you have a fetish for exactly? Is it the fishnet stockings? Do the members of Arashi talk about this stuff?” Remember when I was asked if I liked loose socks or high socks (* “loose socks” is a fashion statement where the socks are baggy; “high socks” rise up to the bottom of your knees)? Even back then, I liked loose stockings.

O: Even that far back?

N: Yeah. I wondered why there wasn’t a stockings category.

O: Stockings.

N: Yeah. It’s gotta be the uniforms.

O: The uniforms?

N: Not just uniforms. Uniforms and stockings is what I like, I think.

O: I see.

N: Hm… I guess I like winter.

O: They wouldn’t wear stockings in the summer.

N: Exactly. A uniform, with stockings, and a scarf… I like that style. It’s cute.

O: It is.

N: That kind of fashion combination…

O: I see.

N: I like that. That’s what I said, but they didn’t mention that I said that.

O: Oh, really?

N: Yeah. All you can say is, “oh, really?”.

O: No, I’m sorry. I meant it like, “is that so?”

N: Sure…

O: What are your thoughts on fishnet stockings?

N: Fishnet stockings… I guess we should be grateful that girls wear them?

O: You don’t see them often lately, unfortunately.

N: “Unfortunately”? I guess the number of fishnet stockings have gone down, unfortunately. But those are purely for visual purposes, right? That’s what I think. Does it have the functions stockings have? Does it keep you warm?

O: They look cold. I guess it depends on the fabric, the type of fabric.

N: Right. What are fishnet stockings for?

O: It’s probably purely visual.

N: Right? That’s what I think, too.

O: Yeah, just like you said.

N: Fishnet stockings… Wait, what’s the difference between stockings and pantyhose?

O: Pantyhose is usually a nude color.

N: Is it about color? If it is, then why don’t they make all of them that color?

O: Hm… that’s true. Oh! Stockings are made from yarn…

N: Yarn?

O: Not yarn, but you know… thicker material.

N: Okay, I got it. Let’s say that stockings are made from yarn. Then what’s pantyhose made of?

O: Nylon. What do you think? Oh, I guess you don’t agree. [laugh]

N: I wonder. I’ve only worn pantyhose over my head, so I have no idea.

O: [laugh]

N: Usually. So for me, pantyhose is something you wear on your head.

O: Right.

N: It’s no different from a hat.

O: Right.

N: Seriously, I don’t remember how many times I had to wear pantyhose on my head playing “sugoroku” (* Aiba-chan’s board game).

O: True.

N: I once had to wear two on my head.

O: Pan-pan-pantyhose?

N: “Pan-pan-pantyhose”? That wasn’t even a word. Every square I landed on was the pantyhose one. One a day. I’ve never worn any… I’ve only had them on my head, so…

O: Is it comfortable to wear?

N: I think the difference is usage. This is hard. But yeah… I want a girl to be waiting at a train station that only has 4-5 stops per hour.

O: What? Wearing stockings?

N: No, not just stockings. She’d become Ega-chan (* full name “Egashira 2:50”; he is a half-naked comedian who only wears spandex tights).

O: [laugh]

N: So she would be wearing a school uniform, stockings

O: I see.

N: With low-heeled shoes and a white scarf. And I want her to be standing, waiting at a train station that only serves 4-5 stops per hour.

O: That’s detailed! But I do get what you mean.

N: I could be on the other side of the train station and watch her for a long time.

O: [laugh] I see.

N: So… right. They determine the difference between stockings and pantyhose based on the thickness of the fabric.

O: Pantyhose?

N: Yeah. That makes sense. I wouldn’t be able to wear stockings over my head. I’d suffocate. When you think about it that way…

O: Right.

N: If I wore it on my head, I wouldn’t be able to see anything.

O: That’s true.

N: So it’s the thickness, I see. What I really like is all black with one white item to accent the look. I think that’s cute.

O: Like the white scarf?

N: Right, right, right. That total balance is absolutely…

O: Cute?

N: Cute. I just love that. This was educational, knowing the difference between stockings and pantyhose. Who would have thought we’d learn this at such hour on a Sunday? Was this too perverted? Today’s talk was a bit perverted.

O: It’s fine.

N: Anyway… it says that we’re requesting more questions pertaining to Arashi or me. Wait, then why did we talk about stockings? Oh, the fetish, right. We’d love to answer your questions here during the Ura Arashi segment. Let’s take a listen now: Arashi-san’s “Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~”.

[Arashi – “Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~”]

N: That was Arashi-san’s newest single, “Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~”.

 

N: Today’s winner goes to the person who sent in the qurstion about the stockings, so she’ll receive a Sakana-kun. The radio pen name winner is Tsuki tsutsu Akatani-san. She’ll also receive a Sakana-kun. Please take care of it. Anyway, we were talking during the song. What were we saying? Ginza? Tokyo?

O: Ginza or Tokyo… somewhere.

N: In Ginza, there’s a clothing store that sells all the school uniforms from that area. Since there are a growing number of schools that allow their students to wear whatever they want, the students go there for mix-and-match outfits. That doesn’t get me excited at all, but this old man was hooked. He was saying things like, “kawaii!”

O: Yes.

N: Is it really cute? If that’s allowed in schools, does that mean they won’t get punished for showing up in their “minisukapolis” (* I’m certain that Nino was thinking about Riida here, from the Haneru no Tobira episode; here, he means miniskirts)? Once they say that the students can wear anything… So at high schools that approve of this, you might start seeing students looking like Joan of Arc.

O: More like cosplay.

N: The school will be full of cosplayers.

O: True. But school uniforms…

N: I guess it’s the whole “only one in the world” feeling. The value is there.

O: A lot of foreign tourists visited the shop and were really happy to be able to try on the uniforms.

N: Really?

O: They were all women. I guess there’s some allure with school uniforms, especially for girls.

N: Yeah. I wonder if you can go to school wearing a nurse costume. I want to go back to high school! My high school allowed any kind of clothing. There were uniforms, but they also allowed the students to choose. I wonder if one would get scolded showing up at school like that. I want to try that. That’s in these days. So there are stores like that? I see. There’s so much I don’t know. Also, puns! Oh, wait, I meant goods. I’m starting to put importance on the puns part. Goods… we’re giving away goods to five listeners. Use “cleaner”, “kinchaku”, “believe” in a pun and send them to us. Next week? No, four more days, right? The deadline is April 30th. Send them in! From your computer, you can reach us at www.bayfm.co.jp, then click “Baystorm”. From your cellphone, go to our website and find “Baystorm” from there. We’re just about done, but do you have anything to say?

O: Yes. On May 27th, Arashi’s 26th single will be released.

N: You should tell ‘em.

O: Right.

N: You can say something about “minisukapolis”, it’s alright.

O: No, no… “Ashita no Kioku” and “Crazy Moon”.

N: Uniforms. You know pilots don’t wear uniforms much anymore…

O: They’re both great songs.

N: Or talk about the ultimate topic…

O: Great songs.

N: Like killings… So anyway! Oh, you’re done talking, right?

O: Yeah.

N: Thank you very much. Your radio partner was Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari. See you next week!

Nino's Baystorm 04.05.2009 [TRANSLATED]

Here's a translation of the whole Baystorm, featuring our Nino! :) Audio credits go to ArashiNino. Recorded by kazanko. Translations are done by me. We collaborate to bring fellow fans lots of Arashi love. Please respect our work by NOT redistributing this anywhere else (this includes your own Vox or otherwise). m(__)m

I hope you all like this Baystorm. Nino talks about his Riida quite a few times~ XD

Baystorm 20090405

[Translations: amnosxmatsujun (emkay)]
N=Nino
G=His radio partner

N: Kamsamnida ("Thank you").

N: Good evening, I’m Kazunari Ninomiya from Arashi. Today’s opening thought comes from radio pen name, Ninochan Arigato. “I went to visit South Korea the other day, and because it was my first international trip, I got homesick at night. But a friend who was watching TV said, ‘Ah!’ so I turned to look. Letters From Iwojima was showing. Just for reference, the subtitles were written in Hangeul. I felt much better and my worries went away after seeing you on TV in South Korea!” Ne. That’s not what the movie is about, but… Do you watch TV when you’re overseas?

G: No, not really.

N: I don’t watch it at all. But we like to guess what the actors are saying.

G: Oh, shows in their language?

N: Yeah. Riida and I try to do that, usually.

G: I see. Foreign dramas?

N: Yeah. We’ll all be eating and one of us would say, “Alright, I’m that guy today”. We usually react to what the other person has said. Usually, it starts with me being some guy with a pistol, and I say, “Give me that hamburger!” [laugh] And then we just play along. The point is how far we can play along. But yeah, it usually starts with me saying, “Give me that hamburger!”, and I’d be holding a gun. Then Riida responds. But that’s about the extent of me watching TV overseas.

G: I see.

N: I just want to get to sleep, to be ready for tomorrow’s concert. Anyway, if you have any ideas for my opening talk, please send in your stories. Here’s my first pick for the evening, BoA-chan’s “Meri Kuri”, Best of USA version.

[BoA – “Meri Kuri”]

N: A debut in America?

G: That’s great.

N: Ne, that’s great. Korea, Japan, and now, America. Do you remember Arashi was on “Emusute” (Music Station) with BoA-chan the other day? She had just gotten back from the States then.

G: Is that what she said?

N: Yeah, she had just gotten back and she said she was really busy. But she spoke to Toho Shinki in Korean.

G: I see, when she talks to them…

N: She seemed like she was having fun talking to them. But they say “hai” to mean “yes”. Is “hai” a Korean word, too? It’s not, right?

G: I don’t think so.

N: They say, “Ye”. It’s “Ye”. When they’re acknowledging a statement, they say “hai” and “soudesune” (I see) in Japanese. Sentences are in Korean. It’s probably all mixed up. But that means BoA-chan can speak English, too. How cool! Sho-chan can speak English, so…

G: Yeah, he seems to be studying it.

N: So maybe he can debut in America.

G: Sakurai-san?

N: Yeah.

G: He was just over there for the Yatterman premiere.

N: Yeah, that looked tough. He was studying English for that. He also studied the language during the Olympics. He told me, “I think I’ll pick it up again”. He needed to learn English so he could speak to the athletes. I’ve been told by Johnny’s Entertainment to study English.

G: Is that right?

N: That’s why I play “Grand Theft Auto”.

G: Oh, because it’s in English?

N: It’s all in English, sometimes Russian. Most of the time, I’m thinking, “huh?”

G: So that’s why you’re playing this game.

N: Yeah. I don’t play because I want to. I play because my management wants me to. So I’ve said yes to “Biohazard”, yes to “Grand Theft Auto”, and yes to “Dead Rising”.

G: Any American game, then?

N: Yes.

G; I didn’t know that.

N: So I’m pretty sure the words I’m learning are terms like “die!” [laugh]

G: That’s no good.

N: Or “obliterate”. It’s not something I can use. If I debuted in America and the first thing I said was “obliterate them”, that’s something I shouldn't say. Anyway, that’s the reason I’m a gamer: because my management told me to learn English. I’ll keep trying. That was BoA-chan’s “Meri Kuri” Best of USA version. Right, this is Arashi’s Kazunari Ninomiya bringing you Baystorm. Moving on! This one’s by radio pen name, Harunebou-san. “There is something I cannot excuse out of duty for my father. He’s 55-years-old, and the first thing he does when he gets home is to take off his socks where he sits. That’s fine, but then he just leaves them there. Earlier, I even stepped on them. I’m shocked and angry at his untidiness. Is it just that I have low tolerance? Ninomiya-san, is there a way I can stop his behavior? Accept his behavior?” I’ve thought about this… my mom and sister are the same: why do they care so much about the socks?

G: What do you mean, like put them away?

N: Right. If a t-shirt was lying around, it’s not a big deal, but when a pair of socks is scattered on the floor, don’t they constantly mention it?

G: Not really…

N: I guess it’s different for others. I get told that a lot! “Socks, socks”… I’m thinking about not wearing them anymore. I guess people don’t like that?

G: I’m sure Ninomiya-san’s socks are clean…

N: [laugh] Why do you have to mention that?

G: It should be clarified, I thought.

N: I wonder. Would you not like it? If your boyfriend were to just leave his socks lying around? [laugh] On a scale of 0-100. See, I don’t really know, either. Next, we have radio pen name Green Fingers Saikou Deshita-san. “I noticed that the light in my bathroom went out the other day, but I didn’t have time to change it. So I used the light coming in from the hallway to do my make-up. I ended up putting a lot more than usual, so when I got to work, my co-workers all told me, “You don’t look so good, maybe you should go home”. I couldn’t admit that it was because of my make-up, so I ended up going home. Thank you for being so nice, but I’m sorry.” Was the light that dim?

G: “You don’t look so good”… so did she look pale?

N: I guess. But she said she used the light from the hallway. This proves that it wasn’t enough light.

G: True.

N: Ne! It must be hard being a girl.

G: It must be.

N: Women have that to deal with. I wonder how society came to be that way... that wearing make-up makes you look more put together. I wonder.

G: Sometimes, there are women wearing no make-up.

N: But people in the entertainment business usually don’t wear any.

G: Yeah.

N: Because they’re going to get it done professionally, at least that’s how they come off.

G: There are staff members with no make-up, too.

N: Yeah. I wonder if it’s because they’re busy. Do you wear any make-up? Or do your hair?

G: In the morning, a bit.

N: So that would be considered grooming.

G: I think so. It takes only 1-2 minutes.

N: Okay, I see.

G: What about you, Ninomiya-san/

N: I don’t at all.

G: That’s right! Even when you’re on TV, you don’t wear any make-up.

N: Just the other day on channel 4, uh… for Shukudai-kun SP, everyone was telling me, “there’s no time, there’s no time!” They said there was no time, so I finished my make-up quickly. I forgot to shave. I haven’t shaved since.

G: Eh?

N: Can you tell?

G: Ah, I see a little bit.

N: It’s been about a week.

G: Can I take a closer look?

N: Sure. It only grows this much in a week.

G: Amazing.

N: Isn’t it? How long is it now, 2 meters?

G: No, no, no….

N: It’s like I’m “Ramen Man”.

G: More like 2 millimeters.

N: My facial hair just grows, like “Ramen Man”.

G: Wow… and that’s one week?

N: One week.

G: That’s nice. It’s a pain to shave.

N: Yeah, it is, isn’t it?

G: Yes.

N: I guess that’s the equivalent to putting on make-up. But I’m sure it takes a longer time to do that. Really, my facial hair doesn’t grow. It’s been a week. Anyway, we’d love to hear your stories so please send them in! Please take a listen. It’s Arashi’s “Season”.

[Arashi – “Season”]

N: That was Arashi’s “Season”. Once again, I’m Kazunari ninomiya for Baystorm. Moving onto this portion of the show:UraArashi! Here’s radio pen name Nimpu demo nai noni hara ga detekita (“I’m not pregnant but my tummy’s bulging”)-san. “At last week’s Shukudai-kun with Oodori. Arashi members loved the candy juice by Kasuga-san. But several days ago on a Kanjani8 show, “Jyaniben”, Kasuga-san was promoting the same candy juice and the eight members weren’t so keen about it. Even Nishikido, who doesn’t speak much, had something to say about its terrible taste. Kanjani8 doesn’t like it, Arashi does. What did you think about it, Nino-chan?” It was good.

G: Yeah?

N: It didn’t have much flavor, but it wasn’t terrible. It wasn’t that bad… I guess it depends on the person!

G: Kanjani8 didn’t like it.

N: They must be eating well, then. They know better-tasting foods, I bet. That’s gotta be it.

G: Really?

N: I think so. I bet they have a map of Tokyo and talk to one another saying, “Let’s go here sometime”. That’s seems to be the impression I get. [laugh] They find restaurants that make me think, “Why are we going here together?”

G: They’re like, “Let’s go, let’s go!”?

N: Mm-hmm. It’s like, “Why here?” Moving on to radio pen name, Bamboo-san. “The Nonno  magazine due March 19th”… wow, way to go, Arashi members!

G: Arashi is great.

N: They’re everywhere! “Your section was great, Ninomiya-kun. I had a question as I was reading. You said that you change into your pajamas right before going to bed, but what do you do between bedtime and after you take a bath? Is there anything between wearing clothes and wearing pajamas?” Eh? Isn’t the time you take a bath close to when you go to sleep? Well, I guess not.

G: Some bathe before dinner. In the summer, when you get home all sweaty, you just want to take a shower first.

N: Oh, I see.

G: Before you go to sleep, you want to freshen up.

N: You said “before you go to sleep”.

G: What?

N: You were trying to advocate for those who took showers before dinner.

G: Right, sorry. So yeah, take a shower…

N: And then eat dinner at home or out?

G: I usually head out, in that case.

N: I go straight to dinner after work.

G: I see.

N: Yeah. I don’t think… are there times I take showers before dinner? Nah.

G: Usually no?

N: No. I don’t usually have much time between bathing and sleeping.

G: You can sleep with the raised body temperature?

N: I… I guess so. [laugh] Right. That’s right. Next: radio pen name Kaika no Arashi-san. “As I was reading some magazines the other day, I thought, ‘famous people so often answer so many questions in magazine interviews’. Nino, do you have a question that they ask you to answer all the time? Let us know!” They ask about Christmas. My date plan for Christmas. And near Valentine’s Day, they ask the same thing. That question frustrates me. But it’s a battle with myself.

G: What do you mean?

N: I think, “What is the best ‘idol-like’ answer I can give? These days, I answer, “Meet up at Shibuya, go to an amusement park, ride the ferris wheel, then take her back home”. That’s what I intend to say this year. That’s my plan for a date.

G: I see.

N: I actually think about this in terms of age. I mean, our Riida is 29-years-old. If he said, “Let’s meet up at Shibuya”, the reaction would be, “Go pick her up, man!” That’s where this ‘idol-like’ thinking comes into play. How much can you be an idol in your age range? It’s hard. It’s a battle.

G: Sounds rough.

N: Ne! If you turned 40 and you could still respond with the same story, that’d be fantastic. Meet up at Shibuya, a 40-something couple. Go to an amusement park… I said it would be nice. I think it’d be fun. The fact that I was even considering age as a factor for my answer made me realize how many years I’ve been around, because I’ve been asked that for 14-15 years now. I’m starting to realize this.

G: If you had responded with that story back in your Jr. days, it doesn’t have the same effect.

N: It’s totally different. The motives aren’t the same. But they don’t want to hear honest answers, you know, in Myojo or something. For me to say things like, “My motives are different”. The next question would then be, “What motives?” So I’m challenging myself to be able to come up with answers that sound good. For dramas, they ask me, “What should we look forward to?” “What should we listen for?” It’s really a challenge to come up with clever answers. That’s all for tonight but please keep sending us your thoughts.. Take a listen: here’s Lemioromen’s “Sakura”.

[Lemioromen – “Sakura”]

N: That was Lemioromen-san’s “Sakura”. Kazunari Nimomiya’s Baystorm is coming to an end. Here’s our winner tonight: Nino-chan Arigato-san will receive Volume 1 as a gift. The radio pen name winner is Kaika no Arashi; they will also receive Volume 1. Next week, the answers to “Quiz: Radio nano ni”. Ah! The money prize. If you haven’t sent in your answers, make sure you do. I’ll also be looking forward to your mail for my radio show. You can access us from your computer at www.bayfm.co.jp and click on “Baystorm”. Or you can check us out from your cell phone also. And as I said last week, the Arashi original goods giveaway for five winners. Send in your puns! This giveaway will last all of April. Your radio partner for tonight was Ninomiya Kazunari. Tune in again next week!

"The Quiz Show" Shukkiri Interview 04.09.2009 [SUBBED]

=) I've subbed a short clip of Sho-kun at "The Quiz Show" press conference. It's a small clip but it's totally worth it for an intense Sho-kun face at the end! XDD I have decided to share this download with everyone, so please, please respect these rules below.

Before downloading, PLEASE READ:
1. Do NOT redistribute anywhere. This includes on your own blog (Vox or otherwise).
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3. COMMENT if you like and take. I <3 comments! :)

Please follow at least rules 1&2. That's how I can continue to bring you subbed videos, so please, please respect those! Fansubs are for your entertainment only. m(__)m

Download @ MF: here
Enjoy! :)

And the winners are... Oh-chan & Maou! (translations)

Okay, so I know it's a bit old news by now, but I wanted to share this with you all anyway because I'm so happy for Riida :) The original articles can be found here and here, for the Japanese readers. The two articles are translated one after the other, respectively. I decided to highlight the parts of the article I thought were well-written (aka complimenting Oh-chan), lol. Those parts have been bold-faced (like so).

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Gekkan TVnavi Magazine (a monthly TV guide) held a viewer's choice awards. "Maou" took home the "Drama of the Year 2008" award. In addition, Ohno Satoshi, who played the role of Naruse Ryo, a twisted lawyer who plots murder after murder in revenge for his brother, won the "Actor of the Year" award, making it a double win for the Maou staff.

"I was blown away by Ohno's ghastly portrayal of Naruse's character. The way he expressed his uncertainties with such moving facial expressions... it was simply brilliant. I couldn't take my eyes off of him," says a viewer who voted for this TV drama series.

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TV drama series, "Maou", was first a huge hit in Korea. The remake done in Japan was superb in aspects of acting style, camera work, and soundtrack selection. The last seventeen minutes of the series was particularly suspenseful and remarkable, as the two main characters, Naruse and Serizawa (Ohno and Ikuta, respectively) confront each other in search of truth.

"[Ohno] didn't have many lines but his acting through facial and body expressions was magnificent. It was surprising to see him in such a role because he's not like that in variety shows," says a female viewer in her thirties. "He still cannot forgive the past. I didn't know I would fall in love with Naruse Ryo so much," says another female viewer in her fourties. Similarly, most viewers' comments complimented Ohno's strikingly realistic and breath-taking acting.

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AHH! Oh-chan!
He totally deserved this award. I watched "Maou" and fell in love with Riida even more. Like one of the viewer's comments, it was almost foreign to see Ohno-kun playing such a weary-hearted soul when in Arashi shows, like Shukudai-kun, he's always in his cute, little world (where everything is "umai", apparently, lol). But each succeeding episode shed light to how truly versatile he is as an actor. *sigh* It's amazing how charming Riida is. He gets me every time. :)

Oh-chan Maou

New look! And an article about Sho-kun's new TV drama series, "The Quiz Sho(w)" :)

So as we all know, Arashi looks remarkably hot in their "Believe" PV, so I had to make a banner :D It should be a crime to look that good...

Anyway, I thought I'd share an article about Sho-kun's new TV drama, "The Quiz Sho(w)". The original article can be found here, for those fluent in Japanese. But I promise that I've translated it to the best of my abilities. I've also centered it around Sho-kun's role, so some minor details have been omitted. Don't worry; pretty much most of it has been translated. :) So enjoy! It includes a small synopsis about the premise of the drama and what Sho-kun's role is about. Here it is:

Newspaper Article March 14, 2009

Sakurai Sho (27), a member of the popular group, Arashi, will be starring in Nippon TV's drama series, "The Quiz Show" starting April 18th, air time Saturdays at 9:00pm. It is a remake of last summer's late night version of the same name. He will play the role of the quiz show host, delving deep into the personal histories of the quiz show participants. This will be Sakurai's second TV drama role in nearly six years, and with Yokoyama Yu (from Kanjani8) in the supporting role, the two seem to create a mysterious aura in making this drama.

As a top Japanese idol and as a newscaster, the multi-talented Sakurai will challenge himself to play this role.

The synopsis of this series is that of a live quiz show, where the participants will have their deepest secrets revealed if they answer the questions correctly. Sakurai will play the role of the eccentric emcee of the show.

His character, at least in his high school days, was lively and outgoing, but after an unfortunate accident, he suffered a memory loss that still affects him to this day. Yokoyama's role as the quiz show's director, keeps Sakurai's character under house arrest (confined from the world) while he extracts the participants' hidden memories. In the process, however, Sakurai's character will come to realize the history he once forgot.

Producer Ikeda Kenji states, "Unlike his usual tidied up image, or his roles as heroic protagonists, I'm looking forward to seeing his outstanding acting in a role so contrary to his others, one that requires him to portray the confusion and pains of a man who has lost his memory."

Sakurai says, "To have the plot of the drama be of a live quiz show is quite a new approach. Moreover, this drama is filled with mysteries and strange characters; this is 180 degrees different from the role I played as Yatterman, so I'm very excited about it. I hope that we will be able to surprise the viewers with this great drama series."

The Quiz Show - Sho

(Disclaimer: I know this picture is getting around the web quickly, but I promise I actually made this freeze frame myself (I recorded the original CM, also). I know what it's like to have your work taken and used without permission, so you can safely bet that if I post anything that deserves proper credit, I will give it where it's due!)

<3 Can't wait for the drama to start!
Don't forget to take your Vitamin Arashi!