Arashi! Aiba Masaki no Rekomen Arashi Remix! 2008.05.16

嵐・相葉雅紀のレコメン！アラシリミックス 2008.05.16

Opening
Aibachan and Ohno-kun went to Disney Land together! (They also talked about it during the MC of their con ne ^^)
The listener wrote that during Music Station (broadcasted on May 2nd) Nakamaru-kun (KAT-TUN) said that he went to Disney Land with Masuda-kun (NEWS) and they spotted Aiba-kun and Ohno-kun there.
Aibachan said that it was an invitation day (only invited people can go on that day, I think), in commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of Tokyo Disney Land, so there weren't so many visitors. Then he talked about what attractions they went.

MMC News
Many many MMC News! Some of Aibachan's comments, related to the news that he read.
- Omu-rice is an omelette with rice inside, usually with ketchup on the top. And it's very common to write the name of someone, or to draw something, like a heart mark, with ketchup. Aibachan confessed that he would like to have something written for him! XD Hahahaha!!
- Aibachan wonders why the person who gives the idea to decide something with janken, is always the one who loses! ^^;;
- Aibachan likes marshmallows filled with chocolate! ^^
- There is something that Ohno-kun always says: "If you eat 5-10 marshmallows per day, you may become taller." It's not proven though. XD

Oshiete Aibachan!
- Aibachan was asked if he know what were the possible names that his parents were thinking of, before deciding to put Masaki. He answered that he've never asked about it, so he doesn't know. ^^;
- Aibachan talked about his friendship with Yokoyama of Kanjani8! They're very close friends. He talked about many things and it was very funny!

Words in blue are my observations. Sometimes Aibachan talks to someone, but I don't know who he is. So I just put "staff" in orange, assuming that he's someone from the staff. ^^; When it's written (.....) it's because I couldn't hear what he's saying, coz he's probably not using mike.
As always, many many thanks to aibaland for the audio file! ^^

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A: Do you wanna have dinner? Or do you rather take a bath? Or maybe... Arashi・Aiba Masaki no Rekomen! Arashi Remix!
(gohan ni suru? ofuro ni suru? so-re-to-mo... Arashi・Aiba Masaki no Rekomen! Arashi Remix!)

Konbanwa! Arashi no Aiba Masaki desu!!
Finally the Dome Tour has started!! Kyosera Dome! Amazing ne!! It was a very nice place! We're still going to various other regions, so please, look forward to it!
I would like to start introducing a mail! Eee... This is from Ehime-ken, pen name Moka-chan!

Aibachan konAiba! The other day I was watching Music Station, and Nakamaru-kun of KAT-TUN was saying that he went to the Disney Land with Masuda-kun of NEWS, and then he met Arashi's Ohno-kun and Aiba-kun there. Is it true? That's kinda surprising! Does such thing happen very often? I like Disney Land too, so I want to go there again!

We were spotted there ne! Me and Riida went there together. It's true that we two went together... but actually the manager was together too. Maaa~! It was so amusing!! We don't have this chance to go to the Disney Land so often. Isn't it? Don't you think so? We can't go ne! And that day was, by coincidence, a day for invitation. So it was a day that there weren't so many visitors. We went on that day.
staff: For the 25th Anniversary.
Yes, in commemoration of the 25th Anniversary.
And we went to that... how is it called... We went firstly to the Haunted Mansion. And I could realize again, how it's impressive! The entertainment of Disney is really wonderful! Even if we pick up only one of the characters, it may be one in the Haunted Mansion, for example, it's amazing! Each character does so perfect/distinct movements ne. Haaa... I thought that was really amazing...
What else? The one of water, the Splash Mountain? Is it? We went to that attraction too! Sitting down side by side with Riida! Hahaha!
staff: Hahaha!!
And there is that part where we fall through a slope, and they take a photo of us. Then we were asking each other like "Let's buy the photo or not? What shall we do?" "Hum... But what will we do, buying such thing..."
staff: Hahaha!
"It has only two of us... It's a bit sad." Then we didn't buy.
And we went to another one! Splash Mountain... The Space Mountain! This is the one that we pass through the darkness, going to the right, to the left... For me, that one was really amusing! As a roller coaster, I think it doesn't gain a so high speed.
staff: (.....)
That's true. Even so... because it's dark, and we can't see where we're going towards... those things bring us a feeling of fear.
If we think in this sense, I really admire that. So that is what I was trying to say? I think so ne, probably. If I talked till I get here, it must be that.
staff: That you went with Riida.
Yes, the conclusion is that I went there with Riida. Hahaha!

So let's start this week's Arashi! Aiba Masaki no Rekomen Arashi Remix!

Again... Konbanwa! It's Aiba Masaki from Arashi! This program is broadcasted to the national network, having Tokyo Hamamatsu's Bunka Housou as the key station.
Quickly, I would like to play tonight's first song. So please listen, Happiness by Arashi!

.....Happiness.....

Anata no mimi ni checkmate!! Arashi・Aiba Masaki no Rekomen! Arashi Remix!
(checkmate to your ear!)

It's Aiba Masaki.
I would like to transmit the very very small news. The MMC News.

Yesterday Reira-san from Shimane-ken was going to throw away her sportswear of her period of student, but she felt embarrassed of throwing it away in the way it was, so she cut off the part of the chest where her name was written on, and ended up creating a "chikubi aki" T-shirt (the famous T-shirt with holes on the nipples ^^;) which is used by the popular idol group Arashi. However, Reira-san decided not to use it, and threw it away as a recyclable material.

Well, of course you can't wear it. Even for us, it's risky! And Reira-san is a woman, right? So I think it's completely out yo! I'm glad that you didn't wear it ne.
Let me continue. Eee...

A non-fiction TV drama called "Aiba Monogatari" (愛馬物語) was broadcasted on May 3rd, Saturday. Ribon-san from District of Arakawa tried to watch it because she is a Aiba fan, but she realized that the drama was about a story of a beloved horse, so after all, she didn't watch it. On the other hand, for now there isn't any plan of making a drama series of the story of Aiba Masaki.

Of course, there isn't! Ne? Of course there isn't! Haha! I've never seen such thing besides for sports athletes! The Story of Matsuzaka Daisuke, for example. Or the story of Matsui-san. I've seen only such things. So of course there isn't!
Let me continue. Eee... This is of May 3rd too.

Chiharu-san from Nagano-ken, who celebrated her birthday of 17 years old on May 3rd, went to a cafe with 4 close friends and ate a Jumbo Parfait. The Jumbo Parfait has 50cm of height and it's a special menu which is served only for the person who is celebrating birthday, and it's a famous menu of that cafe. Furthermore, seems that it was written "Happy Birthday", with ketchup, on the omelette that her friend ordered.

This one... Ketchup is interesting, isn't it? The ketchup of the omelette is very nice ne! I feel a kind of youth in it. It may be a heart mark or the name written on it. Somehow I wish to have something written to me. Although I've never revealed this wish anywhere before!
Let me continue.

It was revealed that Norie-san, who lives in Nara-ken, used an eraser until it became with 7mm of diameter. She quitted using it because the eraser of 7mm was making her scratch the note with her nails. Norie-san has a personality of poor and she always uses her belongings very carefully. She already wore the same sneakers everyday, during 5 years.

It's ecology ne! Huum! Ecology, ecology! It's good!
Let me continue.

It was revealed that Invisible Man Love san, who lives in Saitama-ken, suddenly became strong in "janken" after she entered the high school. Until junior high, she was really weak in "janken", so Love-san always lost to her siblings and was obliged to go buy stuff in the supermarket. But recently she became able to win in "janken", so now she can always take bath first, what make her really happy.

Is it possible to become strong in "janken"? "janken" is luck, isn't it?
So maybe she became lucky now. Love-san ne.
But I wonder why the person who starts with "Let's decide it with janken" is always the one who loses. Ne? The person who gives the idea always loses... I wonder why...
Let's continue.

It was revealed that Aiba Masaki was starred in the dream of Momo-san 12 years old, who lives in Nagano-ken. In that dream, Momo-san and Aiba Masaki were shopping in a 100yen shop. Seems that Aiba Masaki, after putting lots of various types of marshmallows in the basket, said "marshmallows are extremely delicious, that's why I need them no matter what."

Huum... Well... Marshmallows ne. I can say that I like. And it may be possible to say that they're extremely delicious, though if I would choose, I like those that are filled with chocolate! Those that are sold for about 10yen. Then I would probably say that they're extremely delicious.
Think I usually don't eat so often those marshmallows that don't have any filling.
There is something that our Riida always says.
He says that if you eat 5 or 10 marshmallows per day, you may become taller.
staff: (.....)
Have you never heard? Hahaha!! I think it's a bit strange too!
Then I asked Riida to do it. But then he replied "No, I won't do that."
He said such thing. So I have only half of this talk...

So... Eee... We'll still continue doing this MMC News, so please send us your MMC News!
Mail address is arashi@joqr.net or mail box 〒１０５－８００２　文化放送「嵐・相葉雅紀のレコメン！アラシリミックス」!!
That was the MMC News!

When the children fall asleep... In secret... Arashi・Aiba Masaki no Rekomen! Arashi Remix!

(Oshiete, Aibachan!) Tell us, Aibachan!!

I'll answer to the questions I received from the listeners by e-mails and letters! Let's start!!

This is the first one. Huum... From Okayama-ken, I received this from pen name Yuzu-chan! Arigatou gozaimasu!

Aibachan konAiba!
KonAiba!
I have a question. Those pants of the outfit that you guys wear during the concert, have a kind of velcro stuck on the lateral parts of the pants, that allow you to take them off easily, but can you wear them as a "normal" pants too? All the outfits are like this? I'm curious about it, so please please tell us! By the way, if there is any episode of failure/mistake regarding those outfit, please tell us about it too.

Alright... This is the stage outfit, but recently we aren't using anymore those outfit with velcro that allow us to change quickly. We can take off those type of outfit really fast. It's possible to take them off in like 3 seconds. With those pants with velcro we can change in 3 seconds to the other pants that we're previously wearing under the pants with velcro. But recently we are not using them so often. We strip the pants off in the normal way.
staff: So on backstage you're in underpants only?
Yes, running here and there in underpants only. The other members are only in underpants as well.
staff: Hahaha!!
It's like having a community of naked people... Including the Johnny's Jr. as well. Huum... Our backstage is surprising. Because it's like our battlefield ne. Very hard though...
staff: Doesn't happen to not find the outfit?
I had many experiences of not finding my outfit, during my Jr. days.
staff: (.....)
Such things happened many times. There is a place called "daishita" (under stage). It's under the stage. I wonder how many centimetres of height it has. The roof is almost at the same height of our waist, and that was at that time, when I was more little than now. At the height of our waist, so we couldn't stand up properly. Then we used to change under the stage, at "daishita", bent down, and change our clothes. And going out directly from there.
Well, maybe we didn't make a good choice of the place where we left our outfit ne. Sometimes it happened for someone of the staff to ask "What's this!? The outfit is dropped off here." and taking them to another place. Then, although we explain that "but we left our outfit here..." it was difficult to make communications.

Let me continue. Next is... Eee... This is from Tokyo City, District of Setagaya. I received this from radio name Eriko-chan. Arigatou gozaimasu.

Aibachan konAiba! I enjoy listening to your radio show every week. The other day I was looking the bookshelf at my home, in my hometown, and there was a book called "Baby...
Eh, what's this? Is it "mei mei jiten"? "mei mei jiten" (a kind of "naming dictionary")
And in this book it was written a list of possible names that were chosen for me and for my younger brother, when our names were decided.
I'm 25 years old now, so this is from 25 years ago!

This makes my tension up!! This is a list of possible names of yourself, right?

I roughly counted the names that were listed, but there are more than a hundred. Even after they've decided my name as Eriko, they were still in doubt about the kanji. There were many options with different kanji too.
There were times during elementary school that I used to think that I rather not to have "ko" in the end, but now I really like the name Eriko, including the kanji. Aibachan, do you know what was your possible names? Do you like the name Masaki? Please tell me. By the way, the name of my little brother is Masaki too.

I see... I've never asked about the options of my possible names... I wonder what was.
But I remember that there were times that I used to think that I would prefer a name of only one letter, because Masaki has 2 letters. (雅紀)
staff: (.....)
Yes, yes. Like Matsumoto Jun(潤), or Sakurai Sho(翔), for example. Because they seemed to be more easy to write. And Masaki was kinda difficult to write, for an elementary school student.
staff: Miyabi... ("miyabi" is how the kanji 雅 is read)
Miyabi! Huum... I was thinking "What IS this kanji!?"
I remember very well about such thing. I didn't have nothing against my name, though it doesn't mean that I liked it.
Nowadays there are other current popular names, aren't there? Fashion? Out of fashion?
No, out of fashion not. It doesn't exist "out of fashion" in names, but maybe there are some names that suddenly become popular. So what are them now?
staff: I wonder too... Maybe "Sho-kun" for example...
Chika-san, you have children ne.
staff: Hum.
What are the most common names in the school, or kindergarden?
staff: Maybe those names that end with "ta". For example Yuuta.
Heee... Very Japanese style ne. The other day I went on location, and I met a very young mama. She is one year older than me, so about 26. And her name was Yuriya, I think.
staff: Ah, those that end with "ya" are popular too.
A little western like, but still Japanese style. Those are very common nowadays ne.
staff: And what about those names that usually appear in characters of manga?
Are you by any chance talking about "Hokuto no Ken"!? (In English this manga is called "Fist of the North Star")
Kenshiro? Haha!
staff: (.....)
Heee... Then maybe it's time for Dragon Ball too. Buruma, Yamucha, Tenshinhan among others.
staff: Hahaha!!
Fufufu! Tenshinhan would be weird... Hahaha! Because that's actually the name of a chinese food ne. There are so many names... So I think it must be really enjoyable (to choose the children's name), if you stand in the mom's position, or in dad's position! I'm sure that it must be really fun ne! I bet we'll become very indecisive to choose, and make rounds, and return to the starting point again, and finally can decide it ne! That's what I imagine!
Let's continue!

Radio name Sauce-san, this is from Iwate-ken.

Aibachan konAiba! The other day you said in "Himitsu no Arashi chan" that once in 6 times, Ninomiya-kun's underpants pop up from your bureau. And you guys were saying that it probably came mingled with other stuff, at the time when you were living in a "gasshuku".
So please tell any episode of that time when you were living in "gasshuku".

(合宿 - I don't know what's "gasshuku" in English... It's a place, it may be a house, or a lodging, where some people live together for a certain period, for some days, some weeks, for training/learning. For example, in Japan, students from junior high or high school, who join any club activity, sports in general, usually go to a gasshuku during their summer/winter vacation, specifically for training. In this case, probably Aibachan and Nino were living in a "gasshuku" together with other Johnny's Jr. during their Jr. days, I think.)

I was always with Yokoyama of Kanjani, and Murakami and Subaru, also Tackey... Maaa! I argued with Yokoyama so often! The one with whom I usually went for shopping together is Yokoyama too! Yokoyama is the one who was always coming to my house too, to sleep at my house.
I wonder why! We were like kids always doing silly/non-sense things! Maybe it was a result of our spirit of youth!
There was a headphone that Yokoyama had just bought. And I don't remmeber why, I think we were teasing each other, and I think he did something on me first. Maybe he dirtied or broke my new belonging, so I took his headphone and I was holding it above the toilet, saying stuff like "Oi, Yokoyama! Look here, can I drop it off?" And we were joking like this, but sometimes it happened to really drop off (inside the toilet)... Then it wasn't possible to use them anymore. Such things happened very often!
staff: Hahaha! Did that kind of thing happen so often?
Very very often!
What else, he spread toothpaste on my face while I was sleeping! Then I did the same to him too... We stayed only doing such things... How nostalgic...
Me and Yokoyama were once harrassed! At a lamen stall. Maybe because it was a late time at night. A mad looking guy (Aibachan said "kowai oniichan") came to us, maybe thinking that we had some money...
We paid (for the meal) first, and whispered to each other "We'll rush from here, we'll rush from here, OK?"
And those mad looking guys were already standing behind us, I think they were in three. And we were only in two.
Then we whispered to each other "Let's go, let's go, let's go, GO!!!" and we dashed off from there together!
When it comes to run away, Yokoyama is REALLY fast! Really really fast!
And when I thought "Yabai, yabai, yabai! I won't be able..." they caught my bag, the rucksack of my back. At that moment I thought "It's over..."
Then I took the bag off, rushed and run away. Yokoyama had already stopped a taxi and was waiting ahead, saying "Come quick!!! Enter quick!!" Hahaha!! I remember clearly about that!
staff: (.....)
The bag? I returned to take it back. I got into the taxi but I said "Wait a moment, my bag is not here. I'm going to bring it back." And I took it back. (Here I didn't understand. ^^;; How he did to take it back, if the bag was taken by the 3 mad guys? Huum...)
Such things happened...

I ended up talking about such old memories...
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Since I talked about such old episodes, can I play the song of my teens? So please listen, "Take me higher" by V6!

.....Take me higher.....

The address for postcard is 〒１０５－８００２　文化放送「嵐・相葉雅紀のレコメン！アラシリミックス」!!
E-mail is arashi@joqr.net - please write the name of the corner in the subject.
It's also easy to send messages from the mobile website of Bunka Housou.

The ending time is nearing... Today I played "Take me higher"! This nostalgic song! "Take me higher" is the first choreography that I learned. So... it was how many years ago? Already 12... 11, 12 years? No, it's not! Because Arashi is already near our 10 years. So it was 13 years ago? I was in junior high. Uwa, how nostalgic!!
From now on, I'll be playing more nostalgic songs yo! I'll bring more songs of my youth/teens!
staff: Flashback?
Hahaha!! I think it's too early for a flashback ne. It's still early for a flashback, but I'll bring them little by little.

Eee... And also, we're doing our 5 Dome Tour now, ARASHI Marks 2008 Dream"A"live. It has started from Osaka, so people who are coming, please look forward to it!
Arashi Aiba Masaki no Rekomen Arashi Remix!
Your partner was Aiba Masaki! See you again next week! Bye bye!!

- END -

By the way, the listener of the last question was talking about the episode of Himitsu no Arashi chan, broadcasted on May 8th. In the ending of the program, Aibachan revealed his himitsu:

"Once in 6 times, there is a Ninomiya-chan's underpants inside Aiba-chan's bureau."

Inside the drawer of the dresser, a pair of underpants written "Ninomiya" may pop up once in 6 times. Although it's written "Ninomiya" he doesn't care and wear it. XD I wonder if he's not willing to give it back to Nino, though I think it's too late to do so. ^^;;

Then Sho-chan asked "What about today?" and the result was that...

Himitsu

Nino and Sho-chan checking Aiba-chan's underpants. XDD Aiba-chan asked them to check if there is a name written behind, and Nino replied "It's not writen!"