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We asked JUMP what they've been up to, including stories of socialising with seniors and juniors over the New Year's holiday, and what they want to start doing in 2021!
Yamada Ryosuke
New Year Period Socialisation
The moment it became New Year, I was home alone. But I was watching countdown with the members while we sent messages to each other online. I was happy to be able to celebrate New Years with the members again, even though we were far away from each other. And half an hour after New Years, we were already playing games (laughs). We had a lot of time off over New Year's, so it was a really different kind of New Year's compared to normal. Last year we were already working from 2 January and I was exhausted from the start of the new year. I hate coronavirus, but sometimes it's nice to have such a lazy New Year.
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
The film "Moeyo Ken" with Okada Junichi-san is scheduled to be released in October and filming for the film "Dai-kaiju no atoshimatsu" will resume, so I think I will start working some jobs where I have stopped working this year. I'm really happy to be back, but I'm also a bit nervous because I've had a break for a year and I don't know what the world's gonna be like in one month. I hope the world will be back to being peaceful soon.
Favourite recent combination
Movies and gyudon. I don't know why, but I seem to want to eat gyudon when I watch movies (laughs). During this New Year's period when I played games and watched a lot of movies... I gained 5kg! I ate as much as I wanted and lazed around, and before I knew it I'd gained that much. It was really bad. Maybe it's because I'm always being careful, but I think my body reacted honestly (laughs). But I don't regret gaining weight, because my parents brought me osechi (T/N: Food eaten during NY) and made Zoni (T/N: NY dish that is soup containing rice cakes and vegetables) on New Year's Day, which was delicious. But I thought, "Gaining 5kgs is not good", so I gathered up my willpower and returned to my original weight in 4 days.
Blissful Time
I would say games, but it's a bit different. Today was my first day at work after the New Year, and I thought once again, "The workplace is fun!" Talking to the members in person, of course, but also talking in interviews and communicating with the staff, even if it's through an acrylic panel. As I was getting used to it, there were times when I felt like "I want to go home", depending on how I was feeling and how excited I was, but I realised how lucky I am to be able to work once again. There are times when you feel like work or school is too much work, but there are also people who want to go, but can't. You never know when you won't be able to go. I want you to imagine that and be happy with what you have now.
Chinen Yuri
New Years Period Socialisation
At the end of the year, during "MSTE", I talked with Kitayama-kun (Hiromitsu) along with our Nakajima and Yabu. Massu (Masuda Takahisa) also joined us and we talked about health, like what we should take and things like that. There was also New Year's greetings between the members. Before the beginning of the year, there was communication between the members and our managers in the group chat, and Takaki sent the first message after midnight, saying "All the best for this year." And everyone replied, "All the best" to that. It was rare that the first message was from Takaki. I don't send messages to senior and junior members of Johnny's myself, but on 31 December, Kochi-kun (Yugo) sent me a message saying, "Thank you for looking after me," and I returned it. Kochi-kun has a "sense of doing things properly".
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I haven't started anything and I don't have anything in particular I want to start, so I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing now. I've been doing strength training since around last November and going to the gym, so I want to continue doing that. Honestly, I don't really have a goal or an idea of what I want my body to look like. I don't think it's necessary for me to "have a good body". I don't like to do what I need to do, I like to put all my energy into what I don't need to do. I'm a contrarian, right? Showing my best when no one expects anything from me is the most fun, so now I feel like I'm continuing it because I enjoy the mystery of futility. But I feel that my chest is getting thicker and my body is changing a bit. Yutti often says to me, "Chinen-chan, you're getting big again, aren't you?" and I say slyly, "I am. I've been doing it for a while," (laughs).
Favourite recent combination
My speakers and Parade songs go well together. The speakers look like lanterns, and the lights light up in time to the sound, so you feel relaxed if you listen to music. If you want to listen to JUMP's songs, you can listen to "Snow White" made by Shimizu Shota-kun. I've been listening to his songs on these speakers too, so it has to fit.
Blissful Time
I think it'd be the time when I'm eating a meal. When I think about what drink would go best with this meal, and the moment I think, "Yeah, they do go together", I feel it's a good time. I'll think cold water is best with curry, or I'll think tea suits this. What you drink depends on the time of day, right? Soda water is nice with a steak in the afternoon. The combination is more important than the food itself. Ah, this is about combinations again (laughs).
Nakajima Yuto
New Years Period Socialisation
I got a congrats message from Micchi (Michieda Shunsuke). He really likes Yamada, but he sent one to me too... and I felt his concern (laughs). We've been talking about having dinner when he comes to Tokyo, but in this current age we haven't been able to make it happen at all. When we all met at the end of the year, I talked with Yabu-kun about having "dinner with Kitayama-kun (Hiromitsu)" at the beginning of the year, but we had to refrain from doing so again. By the way, I haven't been able to have a closing party for the drama "SUITS" yet either. I'm the type of person who gets pretty nervous about things, so I don't think I'll be eating out for a while.
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I have a sandbag at home and it's quite wide... To put it simply, it's really annoying (laughs)! When I started doing martial arts, I wanted to develop my sense of striking, so I bought it, but lately it's become more of a nuisance. So I think I'm going to start discussions to get this sandbag in the agency gym. But I don't know who I should talk to (laughs). If that plan doesn't work out, I'm hoping someone like a senior or junior will get it. One thing I'd like to say is that it's very annoying to have it in the room when it goes "thump" (laughs).
Favourite recent combination
My favourite combination since I was a kid is white rice and chanja. I think it's the best combination. I've eaten chanja at many places, like yakiniku restaurants and bought it at supermarkets, and the taste is completely different depending on the place. Recently, I've been addicted to "Finding My Best Chanja!" At the moment, I like the ones sold in the supermarket. Also, when I thought about what I liked, I worked out I like things like side dishes.
Blissful Time
I was able to go home to my family just before the state of emergency was declared. It made me realise how nice it is to be with my family. I hadn't seen my dogs for a long time, and they used my shoulders to get down from the couch. I was really touched by how much I remembered from when I was little. We ate osechi and ozoni together as a family and watched the long-distance relay race. I had a nice and really peaceful New Year's holiday. This New Year's period was full of firsts, but I'm sure it's something that will only happen once in my lifetime. It was a precious experience.
Yaotome Hikaru
New Years Period Socialisation
I got Happy New Year messages from my kouhais like SixTONES, Snow Man, Travis Japan.... Iwamoto (Hikaru) is very serious and always sends me long messages that's a statement of intent like, "Do your best this year too". Date-sama is also surprisingly long-winded. My replies are not the same length, but I don't just end my reply with a simple, "Happy New Year!", I properly respond.
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I haven't started anything new, but I'd like to continue to enjoy the many hobbies I have, such as playing musical instruments, cooking and camping. What I've been doing lately is trying to simulate the dishes I'm thinking of cooking at camp at home. I'm trying to cook camping food at home with camping equipment. I use a mess tin (T/N: Camping cookware like a saucepan) to cook rice, and I can also cook soup, so I make minestrone. Making it in the mess tin is perfect because it's just for one person (laughs). I've already got a lot of camping equipment, but I've always wanted a kerosene heater and I got one for my birthday. And it was exactly what I was after. I can't wait to use it for camping!
Favourite recent combination
Korean dramas are really amazing because there are quite a few food scenes and a lot of food porn elements (laughs). So eating Korean food while watching a Korean drama is the best! The supermarket in my neighbourhood has a Korean section with an abundance of seasonings, and they sell thick pork that looks like it could be used for samgyeopsal. There is also a wide selection of kimchi, so I can make authentic kimchi jjigae while I start watching a drama, and then enjoy the drama again while eating the finished food. Also, I can't say it's a Korean dish, but I've recently become addicted to eating a normal square piece of cheese sandwiched between Korean seaweed (T/N: Gim).
Blissful Time
I often go for a walk on my bike and I like that time. It's a light exercise and nice for sunbathing. In the mornings I go for a ride around the neighbourhood, and go aimlessly to the next town. And I go into the narrow streets to look for restaurants that are hidden. In winter I get cold, so I go to a café and get a black coffee to warm myself up. I eat a sandwich there and then write my blog as part of my routine. My bike is a normal classic bike (laughs). I used to be particular about my bike, but it's more useful to have a basket in case I want to do some shopping half way, and I'm in the mood for a nice walk, so a classic bike is perfect!
Yabu Kota
New Years Period Socialisation
At the end of the year, there are a lot of opportunities to be with other groups on singing shows, and it's fun to do that in addition to the performance. I was with Kisumai on "Kohaku", so I went backstage to ask them about the year-end jumbo lottery project "Can I do it for 100,000 yen" before it aired. That's a privilege that comes with being good friends (laughs). At the time of "Music Station", I was talking with Kitamitsu (Kitayama Hiromitsu), Miyacchi (Miyata Toshiya), Chinen and Yuto. Oh right, Miyadate (Ryota) sent me a message on the day of "Kouhaku" saying he was sorry for all the trouble. What's there to apologise for? I sent a message like, "It wasn't the end of the year we wanted, but it's true that we've made a lot of people smile all year. Why don't you save your strength for now and show it next year?"
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I've been spending a lot of time at home again. At the same time, I don't have as many opportunities to move around as much, so I'm doing things like going round the table, going back and forth to the kitchen, just wandering and hanging around the house (laughs). Well, it's not ridiculous. I timed myself the other day and I walked six kilometres. If I don't burn what I eat, it could be bad.
Favourite recent combination
Late nights and soccer. Overseas games start as early as 10pm and sometimes as late as 4am. So by midnight I've done the laundry, bathed, brushed my teeth, done everything I need to do, then I sit in front of the TV. I watch the game with my phone in hand as I check the formations and the players' information. I make a note of things I notice, like "○○ shaved his beard". That's why I understand how Johnny's fans feel and I think that's how they feel when they watch a concert. I'm sure they make a note in their head like "Yabu, you staggered here" (laughs)?
Blissful Time
You know that detergent that cleans the washing mashine tub? After you finish it, you can still smell a little bit of that detergent, and it makes you feel refreshed, not only about your laundry but also about yourself. It's not something I do often, but it's something I do once in a while that makes me feel happy. I just heard from a staff that it feels nice to bleach chopping boards too, so I'll try that next time!
Inoo Kei
New Years Period Socialisation
JUMP was recorded for "Countdown", so it was very different to usual. Usually it's a place I can meet seniors and juniors, but we couldn't have such communication this year. After the Kohaku performance, I watched Arashi's livestream concert and then "Countdown" at home, which was the first time I'd done so in many years. I hadn't done that since I was a kid, when I couldn't go out due to age restrictions. I was thinking about going home at the beginning of the year, but that was a time when people were getting infected with coronavirus, so I stayed at home. I did have a video call with my family though.
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
A good friend and I were talking about how we should start a new shared hobby together in 2021. We always end up just eating and talking, so we thought we'd like to do something different, and we had a lot of ideas. Everyone else besides me has a motorbike licence, so we've been talking about how I should get mine and go touring. I've always been interested in motorbikes, so I'd like to make that happen. There was also talk about wanting to do dancing. I said, "That's totally fine, but I definitely don't want to be the teacher." (laughs). It's embarrassing!
Favourite recent combination
The best dish of this season would probably be hot pot, right? Kimchi nabe, shabu-shabu, sukiyaki... with lots of ingredients, soups and dipping sauces, it's a food where you can have infinite number of tastes. The ponzu and sesame sauce set in particular is a divine combination that can be enjoyed both lightly and richly. My favourite ingredient in nabe is pork. I also like to boil Chinese cabbage and mushrooms until they get a bit soggy. I don't get the chance to eat out very often now, but I think it's fun to have nabe alone at home.
Blissful Time
It would probably be the time I meet with like-minded friends? What do I have in common with my friends? Basically, most of them are cheerful. I'm cheerful too, but when I'm with my friends, I feel like I'm a bit more excited. It's not that I have a hidden side, but I might be more excited than when I'm with JUMP. If the members see me, I might be a bit embarassed (laughs). But in this day and age, we haven't really gathered together as a big group for a while. I want coronavirus to settle down so that we can all get together late at night and talk about this and that, just like before.
Takaki Yuya
New Years Period Socialisation
Recently I met (Fujiwara) Joichiro from Naniwa Danshi and Kojima-kun (Ken) and Fukumoto-kun (Taisei) from Ae! Group. I was doing a radio show remotely, and they came by to greet me. It's kinda like a New Years gift they come to pick up with a greeting (laughs). I knew there was another person coming with Joichiro, so I usually prepare two New Years gifts for both of them. When Joichiro and Fukumoto-kun came to say hello, I didn't know Fukumoto-kun well, and it was almost like we had never met. I thought it was surely Kojima-kun (laughs). After we parted, I asked my manager, "Isn't that Kojima-kun?" and they replied straightly, "No, it's not." (laughs) Kojima-kun came to greet to me later, and I rushed to prepare a New Year's gift for another person (laughs). I realised that I need to remember faces and names properly. When I was little, I used to look forward to receiving New Year's gifts from my seniors and Johnny-san, and I think I need to return that spirit to them!
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I'm interested in having my own vegetable garden. I've grown pea sprouts before, but I'd like to rent a proper garden and grow some proper vegetables. If I rent a garden with a few friends, we can take it in turns to look after it, right? I thought it would be nice to play around with the soil under the sky. But this world is still unknown to me... I don't know what I can grow or what I need to take care of... I have no information (laughs). Ideally, I would like to grow cucumbers and pickle them and eat them. And in winter, I'd like to eat vegetables from the field in a hot pot! Even a beginner like me can do these two things, right?
Favourite recent combination
Manga and bed. I don't like to read on the sofa, I like to read while lazing around in my bed and fall asleep doing it. I'm not fan of reading it electronically, I'm an old-fashioned fan of paper. When it's lined up (on the shelf), it's easy to pick it up and say "I'll read this again". During the stay home period, I was sorting through some cardboard boxes that I hadn't opened since I moved houses, and I found a whole bunch of manga inside. I felt like I'd opened a treasure chest (laughs). Recently I've been reading a sports one about a delinquent boy who starts playing golf and grows up.
Blissful Time
The water bath after the sauna. And the second time is better than the first time. The first time, my body wasn't used to it yet, so I end up shouting "Hee!" in a low voice (laughs).
Arioka Daiki
New Years Period Socialisation
There's a lot of time between the rehearsals and the "Kouhaku" performance. During that time, I really wanted to take Chinen to the sauna one on one. I wanted to make Chinen like the sauna. That's when I started my plan. During the rehearsal, I asked him "What are you going to do after this?" and he said, "I'm going to stay at NHK". I thought, "Okay, here's my chance!" and said, "Why don't we go for lunch?" and succeeded in casually asking him out. Because I knew that if I had just said, "Let's go to the sauna," he would have definitely said, "Eh~ no". Over lunch, I told him that I had prepared a sauna later, and he said he had a bad feeling about it, but he agreed to go with me. I did everything I could to make Chinen fall in love with the sauna (laughs).
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I've always had thin arms, especially in my wrists, so this year I'm thinking of buying some dumbbells to make my arms bigger. But I can't be bothered to go and buy them. You can buy them on the internet, but I'm hesitant to order something so heavy, because I feel bad for the delivery man. Huh, the delivery man carries heavier things? I see. I've ordered cases of drinks, right? Okay, I'm going to buy some dumbbells online soon!
Favourite recent combination
Wi-Fi and home appliances. Recently, there are many home appliances that are like "Connect to Wi-Fi with ○○", right? It's very futuristic, and when you connect to Wi-Fi, it's welcoming you with a message like, "Welcome to my house!" Wi-Fi is really useful. In the past, I used to struggle to connect my modem to get online. Do you know what a modem is? (laughs).
Blissful Time
For the first few years after our debut, after work, I would get into the van with a lot of other members and we would be taken to the nearest station. After we stepped off, we'd ask each other, "What do you want to now? Do you want to go for a meal then go?" I think that time was very precious and fun. Nowadays, with more managers and more vans, those kinds of opportunities have decreased. Now we all go home in the order in which we finish our work, which is very convenient and I'm appreciative of, but it makes me feel a bit sad.
We asked JUMP what they've been up to, including stories of socialising with seniors and juniors over the New Year's holiday, and what they want to start doing in 2021!
Yamada Ryosuke
New Year Period Socialisation
The moment it became New Year, I was home alone. But I was watching countdown with the members while we sent messages to each other online. I was happy to be able to celebrate New Years with the members again, even though we were far away from each other. And half an hour after New Years, we were already playing games (laughs). We had a lot of time off over New Year's, so it was a really different kind of New Year's compared to normal. Last year we were already working from 2 January and I was exhausted from the start of the new year. I hate coronavirus, but sometimes it's nice to have such a lazy New Year.
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
The film "Moeyo Ken" with Okada Junichi-san is scheduled to be released in October and filming for the film "Dai-kaiju no atoshimatsu" will resume, so I think I will start working some jobs where I have stopped working this year. I'm really happy to be back, but I'm also a bit nervous because I've had a break for a year and I don't know what the world's gonna be like in one month. I hope the world will be back to being peaceful soon.
Favourite recent combination
Movies and gyudon. I don't know why, but I seem to want to eat gyudon when I watch movies (laughs). During this New Year's period when I played games and watched a lot of movies... I gained 5kg! I ate as much as I wanted and lazed around, and before I knew it I'd gained that much. It was really bad. Maybe it's because I'm always being careful, but I think my body reacted honestly (laughs). But I don't regret gaining weight, because my parents brought me osechi (T/N: Food eaten during NY) and made Zoni (T/N: NY dish that is soup containing rice cakes and vegetables) on New Year's Day, which was delicious. But I thought, "Gaining 5kgs is not good", so I gathered up my willpower and returned to my original weight in 4 days.
Blissful Time
I would say games, but it's a bit different. Today was my first day at work after the New Year, and I thought once again, "The workplace is fun!" Talking to the members in person, of course, but also talking in interviews and communicating with the staff, even if it's through an acrylic panel. As I was getting used to it, there were times when I felt like "I want to go home", depending on how I was feeling and how excited I was, but I realised how lucky I am to be able to work once again. There are times when you feel like work or school is too much work, but there are also people who want to go, but can't. You never know when you won't be able to go. I want you to imagine that and be happy with what you have now.
Chinen Yuri
New Years Period Socialisation
At the end of the year, during "MSTE", I talked with Kitayama-kun (Hiromitsu) along with our Nakajima and Yabu. Massu (Masuda Takahisa) also joined us and we talked about health, like what we should take and things like that. There was also New Year's greetings between the members. Before the beginning of the year, there was communication between the members and our managers in the group chat, and Takaki sent the first message after midnight, saying "All the best for this year." And everyone replied, "All the best" to that. It was rare that the first message was from Takaki. I don't send messages to senior and junior members of Johnny's myself, but on 31 December, Kochi-kun (Yugo) sent me a message saying, "Thank you for looking after me," and I returned it. Kochi-kun has a "sense of doing things properly".
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I haven't started anything and I don't have anything in particular I want to start, so I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing now. I've been doing strength training since around last November and going to the gym, so I want to continue doing that. Honestly, I don't really have a goal or an idea of what I want my body to look like. I don't think it's necessary for me to "have a good body". I don't like to do what I need to do, I like to put all my energy into what I don't need to do. I'm a contrarian, right? Showing my best when no one expects anything from me is the most fun, so now I feel like I'm continuing it because I enjoy the mystery of futility. But I feel that my chest is getting thicker and my body is changing a bit. Yutti often says to me, "Chinen-chan, you're getting big again, aren't you?" and I say slyly, "I am. I've been doing it for a while," (laughs).
Favourite recent combination
My speakers and Parade songs go well together. The speakers look like lanterns, and the lights light up in time to the sound, so you feel relaxed if you listen to music. If you want to listen to JUMP's songs, you can listen to "Snow White" made by Shimizu Shota-kun. I've been listening to his songs on these speakers too, so it has to fit.
Blissful Time
I think it'd be the time when I'm eating a meal. When I think about what drink would go best with this meal, and the moment I think, "Yeah, they do go together", I feel it's a good time. I'll think cold water is best with curry, or I'll think tea suits this. What you drink depends on the time of day, right? Soda water is nice with a steak in the afternoon. The combination is more important than the food itself. Ah, this is about combinations again (laughs).
Nakajima Yuto
New Years Period Socialisation
I got a congrats message from Micchi (Michieda Shunsuke). He really likes Yamada, but he sent one to me too... and I felt his concern (laughs). We've been talking about having dinner when he comes to Tokyo, but in this current age we haven't been able to make it happen at all. When we all met at the end of the year, I talked with Yabu-kun about having "dinner with Kitayama-kun (Hiromitsu)" at the beginning of the year, but we had to refrain from doing so again. By the way, I haven't been able to have a closing party for the drama "SUITS" yet either. I'm the type of person who gets pretty nervous about things, so I don't think I'll be eating out for a while.
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I have a sandbag at home and it's quite wide... To put it simply, it's really annoying (laughs)! When I started doing martial arts, I wanted to develop my sense of striking, so I bought it, but lately it's become more of a nuisance. So I think I'm going to start discussions to get this sandbag in the agency gym. But I don't know who I should talk to (laughs). If that plan doesn't work out, I'm hoping someone like a senior or junior will get it. One thing I'd like to say is that it's very annoying to have it in the room when it goes "thump" (laughs).
Favourite recent combination
My favourite combination since I was a kid is white rice and chanja. I think it's the best combination. I've eaten chanja at many places, like yakiniku restaurants and bought it at supermarkets, and the taste is completely different depending on the place. Recently, I've been addicted to "Finding My Best Chanja!" At the moment, I like the ones sold in the supermarket. Also, when I thought about what I liked, I worked out I like things like side dishes.
Blissful Time
I was able to go home to my family just before the state of emergency was declared. It made me realise how nice it is to be with my family. I hadn't seen my dogs for a long time, and they used my shoulders to get down from the couch. I was really touched by how much I remembered from when I was little. We ate osechi and ozoni together as a family and watched the long-distance relay race. I had a nice and really peaceful New Year's holiday. This New Year's period was full of firsts, but I'm sure it's something that will only happen once in my lifetime. It was a precious experience.
Yaotome Hikaru
New Years Period Socialisation
I got Happy New Year messages from my kouhais like SixTONES, Snow Man, Travis Japan.... Iwamoto (Hikaru) is very serious and always sends me long messages that's a statement of intent like, "Do your best this year too". Date-sama is also surprisingly long-winded. My replies are not the same length, but I don't just end my reply with a simple, "Happy New Year!", I properly respond.
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I haven't started anything new, but I'd like to continue to enjoy the many hobbies I have, such as playing musical instruments, cooking and camping. What I've been doing lately is trying to simulate the dishes I'm thinking of cooking at camp at home. I'm trying to cook camping food at home with camping equipment. I use a mess tin (T/N: Camping cookware like a saucepan) to cook rice, and I can also cook soup, so I make minestrone. Making it in the mess tin is perfect because it's just for one person (laughs). I've already got a lot of camping equipment, but I've always wanted a kerosene heater and I got one for my birthday. And it was exactly what I was after. I can't wait to use it for camping!
Favourite recent combination
Korean dramas are really amazing because there are quite a few food scenes and a lot of food porn elements (laughs). So eating Korean food while watching a Korean drama is the best! The supermarket in my neighbourhood has a Korean section with an abundance of seasonings, and they sell thick pork that looks like it could be used for samgyeopsal. There is also a wide selection of kimchi, so I can make authentic kimchi jjigae while I start watching a drama, and then enjoy the drama again while eating the finished food. Also, I can't say it's a Korean dish, but I've recently become addicted to eating a normal square piece of cheese sandwiched between Korean seaweed (T/N: Gim).
Blissful Time
I often go for a walk on my bike and I like that time. It's a light exercise and nice for sunbathing. In the mornings I go for a ride around the neighbourhood, and go aimlessly to the next town. And I go into the narrow streets to look for restaurants that are hidden. In winter I get cold, so I go to a café and get a black coffee to warm myself up. I eat a sandwich there and then write my blog as part of my routine. My bike is a normal classic bike (laughs). I used to be particular about my bike, but it's more useful to have a basket in case I want to do some shopping half way, and I'm in the mood for a nice walk, so a classic bike is perfect!
Yabu Kota
New Years Period Socialisation
At the end of the year, there are a lot of opportunities to be with other groups on singing shows, and it's fun to do that in addition to the performance. I was with Kisumai on "Kohaku", so I went backstage to ask them about the year-end jumbo lottery project "Can I do it for 100,000 yen" before it aired. That's a privilege that comes with being good friends (laughs). At the time of "Music Station", I was talking with Kitamitsu (Kitayama Hiromitsu), Miyacchi (Miyata Toshiya), Chinen and Yuto. Oh right, Miyadate (Ryota) sent me a message on the day of "Kouhaku" saying he was sorry for all the trouble. What's there to apologise for? I sent a message like, "It wasn't the end of the year we wanted, but it's true that we've made a lot of people smile all year. Why don't you save your strength for now and show it next year?"
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I've been spending a lot of time at home again. At the same time, I don't have as many opportunities to move around as much, so I'm doing things like going round the table, going back and forth to the kitchen, just wandering and hanging around the house (laughs). Well, it's not ridiculous. I timed myself the other day and I walked six kilometres. If I don't burn what I eat, it could be bad.
Favourite recent combination
Late nights and soccer. Overseas games start as early as 10pm and sometimes as late as 4am. So by midnight I've done the laundry, bathed, brushed my teeth, done everything I need to do, then I sit in front of the TV. I watch the game with my phone in hand as I check the formations and the players' information. I make a note of things I notice, like "○○ shaved his beard". That's why I understand how Johnny's fans feel and I think that's how they feel when they watch a concert. I'm sure they make a note in their head like "Yabu, you staggered here" (laughs)?
Blissful Time
You know that detergent that cleans the washing mashine tub? After you finish it, you can still smell a little bit of that detergent, and it makes you feel refreshed, not only about your laundry but also about yourself. It's not something I do often, but it's something I do once in a while that makes me feel happy. I just heard from a staff that it feels nice to bleach chopping boards too, so I'll try that next time!
Inoo Kei
New Years Period Socialisation
JUMP was recorded for "Countdown", so it was very different to usual. Usually it's a place I can meet seniors and juniors, but we couldn't have such communication this year. After the Kohaku performance, I watched Arashi's livestream concert and then "Countdown" at home, which was the first time I'd done so in many years. I hadn't done that since I was a kid, when I couldn't go out due to age restrictions. I was thinking about going home at the beginning of the year, but that was a time when people were getting infected with coronavirus, so I stayed at home. I did have a video call with my family though.
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
A good friend and I were talking about how we should start a new shared hobby together in 2021. We always end up just eating and talking, so we thought we'd like to do something different, and we had a lot of ideas. Everyone else besides me has a motorbike licence, so we've been talking about how I should get mine and go touring. I've always been interested in motorbikes, so I'd like to make that happen. There was also talk about wanting to do dancing. I said, "That's totally fine, but I definitely don't want to be the teacher." (laughs). It's embarrassing!
Favourite recent combination
The best dish of this season would probably be hot pot, right? Kimchi nabe, shabu-shabu, sukiyaki... with lots of ingredients, soups and dipping sauces, it's a food where you can have infinite number of tastes. The ponzu and sesame sauce set in particular is a divine combination that can be enjoyed both lightly and richly. My favourite ingredient in nabe is pork. I also like to boil Chinese cabbage and mushrooms until they get a bit soggy. I don't get the chance to eat out very often now, but I think it's fun to have nabe alone at home.
Blissful Time
It would probably be the time I meet with like-minded friends? What do I have in common with my friends? Basically, most of them are cheerful. I'm cheerful too, but when I'm with my friends, I feel like I'm a bit more excited. It's not that I have a hidden side, but I might be more excited than when I'm with JUMP. If the members see me, I might be a bit embarassed (laughs). But in this day and age, we haven't really gathered together as a big group for a while. I want coronavirus to settle down so that we can all get together late at night and talk about this and that, just like before.
Takaki Yuya
New Years Period Socialisation
Recently I met (Fujiwara) Joichiro from Naniwa Danshi and Kojima-kun (Ken) and Fukumoto-kun (Taisei) from Ae! Group. I was doing a radio show remotely, and they came by to greet me. It's kinda like a New Years gift they come to pick up with a greeting (laughs). I knew there was another person coming with Joichiro, so I usually prepare two New Years gifts for both of them. When Joichiro and Fukumoto-kun came to say hello, I didn't know Fukumoto-kun well, and it was almost like we had never met. I thought it was surely Kojima-kun (laughs). After we parted, I asked my manager, "Isn't that Kojima-kun?" and they replied straightly, "No, it's not." (laughs) Kojima-kun came to greet to me later, and I rushed to prepare a New Year's gift for another person (laughs). I realised that I need to remember faces and names properly. When I was little, I used to look forward to receiving New Year's gifts from my seniors and Johnny-san, and I think I need to return that spirit to them!
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I'm interested in having my own vegetable garden. I've grown pea sprouts before, but I'd like to rent a proper garden and grow some proper vegetables. If I rent a garden with a few friends, we can take it in turns to look after it, right? I thought it would be nice to play around with the soil under the sky. But this world is still unknown to me... I don't know what I can grow or what I need to take care of... I have no information (laughs). Ideally, I would like to grow cucumbers and pickle them and eat them. And in winter, I'd like to eat vegetables from the field in a hot pot! Even a beginner like me can do these two things, right?
Favourite recent combination
Manga and bed. I don't like to read on the sofa, I like to read while lazing around in my bed and fall asleep doing it. I'm not fan of reading it electronically, I'm an old-fashioned fan of paper. When it's lined up (on the shelf), it's easy to pick it up and say "I'll read this again". During the stay home period, I was sorting through some cardboard boxes that I hadn't opened since I moved houses, and I found a whole bunch of manga inside. I felt like I'd opened a treasure chest (laughs). Recently I've been reading a sports one about a delinquent boy who starts playing golf and grows up.
Blissful Time
The water bath after the sauna. And the second time is better than the first time. The first time, my body wasn't used to it yet, so I end up shouting "Hee!" in a low voice (laughs).
Arioka Daiki
New Years Period Socialisation
There's a lot of time between the rehearsals and the "Kouhaku" performance. During that time, I really wanted to take Chinen to the sauna one on one. I wanted to make Chinen like the sauna. That's when I started my plan. During the rehearsal, I asked him "What are you going to do after this?" and he said, "I'm going to stay at NHK". I thought, "Okay, here's my chance!" and said, "Why don't we go for lunch?" and succeeded in casually asking him out. Because I knew that if I had just said, "Let's go to the sauna," he would have definitely said, "Eh~ no". Over lunch, I told him that I had prepared a sauna later, and he said he had a bad feeling about it, but he agreed to go with me. I did everything I could to make Chinen fall in love with the sauna (laughs).
I started ○○ in 2021 or will start
I've always had thin arms, especially in my wrists, so this year I'm thinking of buying some dumbbells to make my arms bigger. But I can't be bothered to go and buy them. You can buy them on the internet, but I'm hesitant to order something so heavy, because I feel bad for the delivery man. Huh, the delivery man carries heavier things? I see. I've ordered cases of drinks, right? Okay, I'm going to buy some dumbbells online soon!
Favourite recent combination
Wi-Fi and home appliances. Recently, there are many home appliances that are like "Connect to Wi-Fi with ○○", right? It's very futuristic, and when you connect to Wi-Fi, it's welcoming you with a message like, "Welcome to my house!" Wi-Fi is really useful. In the past, I used to struggle to connect my modem to get online. Do you know what a modem is? (laughs).
Blissful Time
For the first few years after our debut, after work, I would get into the van with a lot of other members and we would be taken to the nearest station. After we stepped off, we'd ask each other, "What do you want to now? Do you want to go for a meal then go?" I think that time was very precious and fun. Nowadays, with more managers and more vans, those kinds of opportunities have decreased. Now we all go home in the order in which we finish our work, which is very convenient and I'm appreciative of, but it makes me feel a bit sad.
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