Q1: If you didn’t become a musician, what would you have been?
Taka: I’d be dead.
Toru: I don’t know.
Alex: Hollywood star.
Ryota: I never thought about it.
Tomoya: Baseball player.
Q2: Do you have a jinx?
Taka: If I do ‘xxxx’ thing before a live, it’s all over.
Toru: Nothing in particular.
Alex: None.
Ryota: None.
Tomoya: Nothing in particular.
Q3: Who’s your rival?
Taka: Myself.
Toru: The members.
Alex: The inside of myself.
Ryota: My nose.
Tomoya: Alex.
Q4:Something you always have to do before a live?
Taka: Turn on my engine.
Toru: Jump.
Alex: Scream “UUCHII!!”.
Ryota: Jump.
Tomoya: Concentrate and stretch.
Q5:What’s your theme song today?
Taka: Edge of Tiger.
Toru: “Shy Guy” by Diana King.
Alex: Touch.
Ryota: “By The Way” by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS.
Tomoya: Shangri-La.
Q6: What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
Taka: Clean up my room.
Toru: Drink tea.
Alex: Brush my teeth.
Ryota: Go to the toilet.
Tomoya: Eat breakfast.
Q7: Favourite food?
Taka: Chinese food.
Toru: Chinese food.
Alex: Meat.
Ryota: Omuraisu. [Rice wrapped by an omelette]
Tomoya: Chicken, eggs, Chinese food.
Q8: Food you hate?
Taka: Durian.
Toru: Kazunoko. [Herring roe]
Alex: None.
Ryota: Ginkgo nuts.
Tomoya: Pumpkins/squash.
Q9: Do you prefer udon or soba?
Taka: Udon.
Toru: Udon.
Alex: Ramen.
Ryota: Udon.
Tomoya: Udon!
Q10: Favourite colour?
Taka: Black.
Toru: Black.
Alex: Black.
Ryota: Black
Tomoya: Black, White, Gold, Silver.
Q11: Favourite season?
Taka: Spring.
Toru: Summer.
Alex: Spring.
Ryota: Spring.
Tomoya: Summer!
Q12: Something you unintentionally collect?
Taka: Receipts.
Toru: Nothing.
Alex: Dragonball capsule toys. [From vending machines]
Ryota: Dragonball figurines.
Tomoya: Clothes and stuff.
Q13: If you won 5 million dollars?
Taka: I’ll use it.
Toru: I’ll go on a trip around the world.
Alex: I want to build a baseball stadium.
Ryota: I’ll buy a house.
Tomoya: I want to go overseas.
Q14: Your first memory?
Taka: ?
Toru: The iron bars in elementary school.
Alex: Hakone. [Place in Kanagawa]
Ryota: The sea.
Tomoya: Standing by myself in my home’s garden.
Q15: What’s your strong point?
Taka: I think about a lot of things.
Toru: I pay attention to the other person’s needs.
Alex: I’m very patient.
Ryota: I don’t give up.
Tomoya: I’m cheerful.
Q16: What’s your weak point?
Taka: I have a short temper.
Toru: I get annoying after a while.
Alex: I’m not good with numbers. [Math]
Ryota: I always leave things for others to do.
Tomoya: I’m a moody person.
Q17: What do you think you were in your previous life?
Taka: A king.
Toru: A human.
Alex: The Great King Alexander.
Ryota: ?
Tomoya: Baseball player.
Q18: Favourite type of fortune telling?
Taka: Animal fortune telling.
Toru: None.
Alex: Horoscopes.
Ryota: Animal fortune telling.
Tomoya: The kind that makes me money.
Q19: Which course did you triumph during your student days?
Taka: Painting.
Toru: English.
Alex: Physical Education.
Ryota: Physical Education.
Tomoya: Physical Education, Music.
Q20: Did you ever write a love letter?
Taka: Yes.
Toru: No.
Alex: No.
Ryota: No.
Tomoya: Yes.
Q21: The only thing you will never stop?
Taka: Music.
Toru: Sleeping.
Alex: UFO observation.
Ryota: Practicing bass.
Tomoya: Sports.
Q22: Favourite manga/anime?
Taka: None.
Toru: ROOKIES.
Alex: ONE PIECE.
Ryota: ONE PIECE, Hajime no Ippo, GANG KING.
Tomoya: Akagi, Vagabond.
Q23: The first CD you bought yourself?
Taka: "PINK SPIDER". [hide with SPREAD BEAVER]
Toru: SISQO.
Alex: SPITZ.
Ryota: Mr.Children.
Tomoya: GLAY.
Q24: A CD you properly listened to recently (Album & Artist name)?
Taka: X JAPAN.
Toru: FALL OUT BOY.
Alex: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION.
Ryota: ELLEGARDEN.
Tomoya: "SOL-FA" by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION.
Q25: A live that left a big impression on you?
Taka: ELLEGARDEN.
Toru: (No answer).
Alex: MONSTER baSH.
Ryota: GINNAN BOYZ’s LIVE (MONSTER baSH).
Tomoya: ELLEGARDEN.
Q26: Favourite book or author?
Taka: None.
Toru: None.
Alex: "Gotai Fumanzoku" by Ototake Hirotada. [五体不満足 by 乙武洋匡]
Ryota: "Kagehinata ni Saku" by Gekidan Hitori. [陰日向に咲く by 劇団ひとり]
Tomoya: Paolo Mazzarino. [Italian sociologist/author who lives in Japan and writes about “anti-sociology”]
Q27: Favourite television program?
Taka: None
Toru: Yabecchi F.C. [Soccer show]
Alex: NHK
Ryota: Mecha×２ Iketeruu! [Variety show]
Tomoya: News.
Q28: Favourite movie?
Taka: Forrest Gump.
Toru: Armageddon.
Alex: Big Fish.
Ryota: Ocean’s Eleven.
Tomoya: The Island.
Q29: Favourite comedian?
Taka: Toro Salmon. [とろサーモン]
Toru: Toro Salmon. [とろサーモン]
Alex: None.
Ryota: Taka and Toshi. [タカアンドトシ]
Tomoya: Miyagawa Daisuke.
Q30: Are you a “boke” or “tsukkomi”? [Airhead person & Corrector person]
Taka: Boke.
Toru: Depends on the time and situation.
Alex: Boke.
Ryota: I don’t know.
Tomoya: I’m the bullied child.
Q31: Something you’re obsessed with recently?
Taka: Enjoying my vacations to the fullest.
Toru: Nothing.
Alex: Baseball.
Ryota: Darts, baseball.
Tomoya: Appreciating movies.
Q32: A date spot you recommend?
Taka: Odaiba.
Toru: Kamazawa Park.
Alex: Manga Café.
Ryota: Kamazawa Park.
Tomoya: Amusement park.
Q33: What magazine do you always read?
Taka: None.
Toru: None.
Alex: PATi►PATi.
Ryota: BASS MAGAZINE.
Tomoya: I don’t read them.
Q34: Can you sense the supernatural?
Taka: No.
Toru: No.
Alex: A little.
Ryota: A little.
Tomoya: No.
Q35: What’s your ringtone?
Taka: 24 [Mine tooooo ♪]
Toru: The regular ringtone.
Alex: PI-PI-PI-PI.
Ryota: None.
Tomoya: "Koukai Yaku ni Tatazu" [ONE OK ROCK]
Q36: Are you waiting for something [call or msg] from your phone?
Taka: Nothing.
Toru: It’s a secret.
Alex: From a guy.
Ryota: From a friend.
Tomoya: It really changes frequently.
Q37: In text messages, do you use pictographs a lot or no? [I guess text emoji and picture emoji in general]
Taka: Just a few.
Toru: I think only a few.
Alex: Regular amount.
Ryota: Regular amount.
Tomoya: Recently, it’s been decreasing gradually.
Q38: Is your computer a Mac or Windows?
Taka: Mac.
Toru: Mac.
Alex: Mac.
Ryota: Mac.
Tomoya: Win (He actually wants a Mac).
Q39: The moment you feel happiness?
Taka: The times when I thnk, “I’m glad to be alive”.
Toru: During a live.
Alex: When I’m sleeping.
Ryota: During a live.
Tomoya: Right now.
Q40: If you were a woman, how much would you grade your male self out of a 100 points?
Taka: 45 points.
Toru: 70 points.
Alex: 75 points.
Ryota: 50 points.
Tomoya: 68 points.
Q41: How much percent is your survival rate?
Taka: 0％.
Toru: I don’t know.
Alex: 80％.
Ryota: 50％.
Tomoya: 20％.
Q42: What do you do for the sake of your health?
Taka: I gargle.
Toru: I drink vegetable juice.
Alex: I sleep well:
Ryota: I drink banana juice every morning.
Tomoya: I jog once in a while.
Q43: What is something you hated as a kid, that you like now?
Taka: Nothing.
Toru: Uni. [Sea urchin]
Alex: Ikura. [Salmon roe]
Ryota: Soccer.
Tomoya: Grilled chicken liver.
Q44: What can you cook best?
Taka: Chinese styled fried rice.
Toru: Nattou omelette. [Fermented soybeans]
Alex: Fried soba,
Ryota: I can’t cook.
Tomoya: Japanese omelette.
Q45: Something you have to drink once you get out of the bath?
Taka: Water.
Toru: Barley tea.
Alex: Nothing in particular.
Ryota: Water.
Tomoya: Nothing in particular.
Q46: How do you sleep?
Taka: Naked.
Toru: Pajamas.
Alex: Pajamas.
Ryota: Appropriately.
Tomoya: Generally face up.
Q47: Something you have to do before going to sleep?
Taka: Nothing.
Toru: Watch TV.
Alex: Brush my teeth.
Ryota: Prepare for school.
Tomoya: Turn off the lights (It should be pitch black)
Q48: Average sleeping hours?
Taka: 6 hours.
Toru: 7 hours.
Alex: 8 hours.
Ryota: 7 hours.
Tomoya: 7～8 hours. (Recently it’s been 20 hours)
Q49: Place you’re most at ease?
Taka: At home.
Toru: At home.
Alex: At home.
Ryota: In my room.
Tomoya: At home.
Q50: If you were a shoplifter, what would you steal?
Taka: Greed.
Toru: (No answer)
Alex: Your heart.
Ryota: ……
Tomoya: Skills.
Q51: Where do you want to go within Japan?
Taka: Okinawa.
Toru: Okinawa.
Alex: Hokkaido.
Ryota: Okinawa.
Tomoya: Okinawa.
Q52: Where do you want to go overseas?
Taka: Las Vegas.
Toru: Miami.
Alex: France.
Ryota: Czech Republic.
Tomoya: America.
Q53: If you can bring one thing to a desert island, what will you bring?
Taka: Poison.
Toru: Musical instrument.
Alex: Love.
Ryota: Food.
Tomoya: I’d forget.
Q54: If you had vacation for a month, what would you do?
Taka: Travel.
Toru: Travel.
Alex: Travel.
Ryota: Travel.
Tomoya: Play baseball, tennis, billiards, stay at a Go training camp.
Q55: If the world would end tomorrow, what would you do today?
Taka: Live normally.
Toru: Have a live in a giant stage.
Alex: Suicide.
Ryota: I’ll go by as usual.
Tomoya: I’ll do things I can’t do usually.
Q56: Something really fun that happened recently?
Taka: Nothing.
Toru: Nothing.
Alex: Baseball.
Ryota: Baseball.
Tomoya: Baseball.
Q57: Something that made you really irritated/mad recently?
Taka: I met someone I haven’t seen for a long time at my father’s birthday party and they were preaching to me.
Toru: Nothing.
Alex: Someone hit my shoulder while playing baseball.
Ryota: Nothing.
Tomoya: Nothing in particular.
Q58: Did anything make you cry recently?
Taka: Nothing.
Toru: My older brother’s wedding.
Alex: Nothing.
Ryota: Nothing.
Tomoya: Yeah. I cried during a movie.
Q59: Please make a promise/prediction about yourself.
Taka: I’m going to become an amazing person.
Toru: (No answer)
Alex: I’ll strike a home run.
Ryota: I’ll make a home run at the next match.
Tomoya: I’ll become the best catcher in the world.
Q60: What is “music” to you?
Taka: Everything.
Toru: Proof of my existence.
Alex: A way to communicate.
Ryota: With music, I can communicate with people.
Tomoya: Purpose of my life.
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Taka: I’d be dead.
Toru: I don’t know.
Alex: Hollywood star.
Ryota: I never thought about it.
Tomoya: Baseball player.
Q2: Do you have a jinx?
Taka: If I do ‘xxxx’ thing before a live, it’s all over.
Toru: Nothing in particular.
Alex: None.
Ryota: None.
Tomoya: Nothing in particular.
Q3: Who’s your rival?
Taka: Myself.
Toru: The members.
Alex: The inside of myself.
Ryota: My nose.
Tomoya: Alex.
Q4:Something you always have to do before a live?
Taka: Turn on my engine.
Toru: Jump.
Alex: Scream “UUCHII!!”.
Ryota: Jump.
Tomoya: Concentrate and stretch.
Q5:What’s your theme song today?
Taka: Edge of Tiger.
Toru: “Shy Guy” by Diana King.
Alex: Touch.
Ryota: “By The Way” by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS.
Tomoya: Shangri-La.
Q6: What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
Taka: Clean up my room.
Toru: Drink tea.
Alex: Brush my teeth.
Ryota: Go to the toilet.
Tomoya: Eat breakfast.
Q7: Favourite food?
Taka: Chinese food.
Toru: Chinese food.
Alex: Meat.
Ryota: Omuraisu. [Rice wrapped by an omelette]
Tomoya: Chicken, eggs, Chinese food.
Q8: Food you hate?
Taka: Durian.
Toru: Kazunoko. [Herring roe]
Alex: None.
Ryota: Ginkgo nuts.
Tomoya: Pumpkins/squash.
Q9: Do you prefer udon or soba?
Taka: Udon.
Toru: Udon.
Alex: Ramen.
Ryota: Udon.
Tomoya: Udon!
Q10: Favourite colour?
Taka: Black.
Toru: Black.
Alex: Black.
Ryota: Black
Tomoya: Black, White, Gold, Silver.
Q11: Favourite season?
Taka: Spring.
Toru: Summer.
Alex: Spring.
Ryota: Spring.
Tomoya: Summer!
Q12: Something you unintentionally collect?
Taka: Receipts.
Toru: Nothing.
Alex: Dragonball capsule toys. [From vending machines]
Ryota: Dragonball figurines.
Tomoya: Clothes and stuff.
Q13: If you won 5 million dollars?
Taka: I’ll use it.
Toru: I’ll go on a trip around the world.
Alex: I want to build a baseball stadium.
Ryota: I’ll buy a house.
Tomoya: I want to go overseas.
Q14: Your first memory?
Taka: ?
Toru: The iron bars in elementary school.
Alex: Hakone. [Place in Kanagawa]
Ryota: The sea.
Tomoya: Standing by myself in my home’s garden.
Q15: What’s your strong point?
Taka: I think about a lot of things.
Toru: I pay attention to the other person’s needs.
Alex: I’m very patient.
Ryota: I don’t give up.
Tomoya: I’m cheerful.
Q16: What’s your weak point?
Taka: I have a short temper.
Toru: I get annoying after a while.
Alex: I’m not good with numbers. [Math]
Ryota: I always leave things for others to do.
Tomoya: I’m a moody person.
Q17: What do you think you were in your previous life?
Taka: A king.
Toru: A human.
Alex: The Great King Alexander.
Ryota: ?
Tomoya: Baseball player.
Q18: Favourite type of fortune telling?
Taka: Animal fortune telling.
Toru: None.
Alex: Horoscopes.
Ryota: Animal fortune telling.
Tomoya: The kind that makes me money.
Q19: Which course did you triumph during your student days?
Taka: Painting.
Toru: English.
Alex: Physical Education.
Ryota: Physical Education.
Tomoya: Physical Education, Music.
Q20: Did you ever write a love letter?
Taka: Yes.
Toru: No.
Alex: No.
Ryota: No.
Tomoya: Yes.
Q21: The only thing you will never stop?
Taka: Music.
Toru: Sleeping.
Alex: UFO observation.
Ryota: Practicing bass.
Tomoya: Sports.
Q22: Favourite manga/anime?
Taka: None.
Toru: ROOKIES.
Alex: ONE PIECE.
Ryota: ONE PIECE, Hajime no Ippo, GANG KING.
Tomoya: Akagi, Vagabond.
Q23: The first CD you bought yourself?
Taka: "PINK SPIDER". [hide with SPREAD BEAVER]
Toru: SISQO.
Alex: SPITZ.
Ryota: Mr.Children.
Tomoya: GLAY.
Q24: A CD you properly listened to recently (Album & Artist name)?
Taka: X JAPAN.
Toru: FALL OUT BOY.
Alex: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION.
Ryota: ELLEGARDEN.
Tomoya: "SOL-FA" by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION.
Q25: A live that left a big impression on you?
Taka: ELLEGARDEN.
Toru: (No answer).
Alex: MONSTER baSH.
Ryota: GINNAN BOYZ’s LIVE (MONSTER baSH).
Tomoya: ELLEGARDEN.
Q26: Favourite book or author?
Taka: None.
Toru: None.
Alex: "Gotai Fumanzoku" by Ototake Hirotada. [五体不満足 by 乙武洋匡]
Ryota: "Kagehinata ni Saku" by Gekidan Hitori. [陰日向に咲く by 劇団ひとり]
Tomoya: Paolo Mazzarino. [Italian sociologist/author who lives in Japan and writes about “anti-sociology”]
Q27: Favourite television program?
Taka: None
Toru: Yabecchi F.C. [Soccer show]
Alex: NHK
Ryota: Mecha×２ Iketeruu! [Variety show]
Tomoya: News.
Q28: Favourite movie?
Taka: Forrest Gump.
Toru: Armageddon.
Alex: Big Fish.
Ryota: Ocean’s Eleven.
Tomoya: The Island.
Q29: Favourite comedian?
Taka: Toro Salmon. [とろサーモン]
Toru: Toro Salmon. [とろサーモン]
Alex: None.
Ryota: Taka and Toshi. [タカアンドトシ]
Tomoya: Miyagawa Daisuke.
Q30: Are you a “boke” or “tsukkomi”? [Airhead person & Corrector person]
Taka: Boke.
Toru: Depends on the time and situation.
Alex: Boke.
Ryota: I don’t know.
Tomoya: I’m the bullied child.
Q31: Something you’re obsessed with recently?
Taka: Enjoying my vacations to the fullest.
Toru: Nothing.
Alex: Baseball.
Ryota: Darts, baseball.
Tomoya: Appreciating movies.
Q32: A date spot you recommend?
Taka: Odaiba.
Toru: Kamazawa Park.
Alex: Manga Café.
Ryota: Kamazawa Park.
Tomoya: Amusement park.
Q33: What magazine do you always read?
Taka: None.
Toru: None.
Alex: PATi►PATi.
Ryota: BASS MAGAZINE.
Tomoya: I don’t read them.
Q34: Can you sense the supernatural?
Taka: No.
Toru: No.
Alex: A little.
Ryota: A little.
Tomoya: No.
Q35: What’s your ringtone?
Taka: 24 [Mine tooooo ♪]
Toru: The regular ringtone.
Alex: PI-PI-PI-PI.
Ryota: None.
Tomoya: "Koukai Yaku ni Tatazu" [ONE OK ROCK]
Q36: Are you waiting for something [call or msg] from your phone?
Taka: Nothing.
Toru: It’s a secret.
Alex: From a guy.
Ryota: From a friend.
Tomoya: It really changes frequently.
Q37: In text messages, do you use pictographs a lot or no? [I guess text emoji and picture emoji in general]
Taka: Just a few.
Toru: I think only a few.
Alex: Regular amount.
Ryota: Regular amount.
Tomoya: Recently, it’s been decreasing gradually.
Q38: Is your computer a Mac or Windows?
Taka: Mac.
Toru: Mac.
Alex: Mac.
Ryota: Mac.
Tomoya: Win (He actually wants a Mac).
Q39: The moment you feel happiness?
Taka: The times when I thnk, “I’m glad to be alive”.
Toru: During a live.
Alex: When I’m sleeping.
Ryota: During a live.
Tomoya: Right now.
Q40: If you were a woman, how much would you grade your male self out of a 100 points?
Taka: 45 points.
Toru: 70 points.
Alex: 75 points.
Ryota: 50 points.
Tomoya: 68 points.
Q41: How much percent is your survival rate?
Taka: 0％.
Toru: I don’t know.
Alex: 80％.
Ryota: 50％.
Tomoya: 20％.
Q42: What do you do for the sake of your health?
Taka: I gargle.
Toru: I drink vegetable juice.
Alex: I sleep well:
Ryota: I drink banana juice every morning.
Tomoya: I jog once in a while.
Q43: What is something you hated as a kid, that you like now?
Taka: Nothing.
Toru: Uni. [Sea urchin]
Alex: Ikura. [Salmon roe]
Ryota: Soccer.
Tomoya: Grilled chicken liver.
Q44: What can you cook best?
Taka: Chinese styled fried rice.
Toru: Nattou omelette. [Fermented soybeans]
Alex: Fried soba,
Ryota: I can’t cook.
Tomoya: Japanese omelette.
Q45: Something you have to drink once you get out of the bath?
Taka: Water.
Toru: Barley tea.
Alex: Nothing in particular.
Ryota: Water.
Tomoya: Nothing in particular.
Q46: How do you sleep?
Taka: Naked.
Toru: Pajamas.
Alex: Pajamas.
Ryota: Appropriately.
Tomoya: Generally face up.
Q47: Something you have to do before going to sleep?
Taka: Nothing.
Toru: Watch TV.
Alex: Brush my teeth.
Ryota: Prepare for school.
Tomoya: Turn off the lights (It should be pitch black)
Q48: Average sleeping hours?
Taka: 6 hours.
Toru: 7 hours.
Alex: 8 hours.
Ryota: 7 hours.
Tomoya: 7～8 hours. (Recently it’s been 20 hours)
Q49: Place you’re most at ease?
Taka: At home.
Toru: At home.
Alex: At home.
Ryota: In my room.
Tomoya: At home.
Q50: If you were a shoplifter, what would you steal?
Taka: Greed.
Toru: (No answer)
Alex: Your heart.
Ryota: ……
Tomoya: Skills.
Q51: Where do you want to go within Japan?
Taka: Okinawa.
Toru: Okinawa.
Alex: Hokkaido.
Ryota: Okinawa.
Tomoya: Okinawa.
Q52: Where do you want to go overseas?
Taka: Las Vegas.
Toru: Miami.
Alex: France.
Ryota: Czech Republic.
Tomoya: America.
Q53: If you can bring one thing to a desert island, what will you bring?
Taka: Poison.
Toru: Musical instrument.
Alex: Love.
Ryota: Food.
Tomoya: I’d forget.
Q54: If you had vacation for a month, what would you do?
Taka: Travel.
Toru: Travel.
Alex: Travel.
Ryota: Travel.
Tomoya: Play baseball, tennis, billiards, stay at a Go training camp.
Q55: If the world would end tomorrow, what would you do today?
Taka: Live normally.
Toru: Have a live in a giant stage.
Alex: Suicide.
Ryota: I’ll go by as usual.
Tomoya: I’ll do things I can’t do usually.
Q56: Something really fun that happened recently?
Taka: Nothing.
Toru: Nothing.
Alex: Baseball.
Ryota: Baseball.
Tomoya: Baseball.
Q57: Something that made you really irritated/mad recently?
Taka: I met someone I haven’t seen for a long time at my father’s birthday party and they were preaching to me.
Toru: Nothing.
Alex: Someone hit my shoulder while playing baseball.
Ryota: Nothing.
Tomoya: Nothing in particular.
Q58: Did anything make you cry recently?
Taka: Nothing.
Toru: My older brother’s wedding.
Alex: Nothing.
Ryota: Nothing.
Tomoya: Yeah. I cried during a movie.
Q59: Please make a promise/prediction about yourself.
Taka: I’m going to become an amazing person.
Toru: (No answer)
Alex: I’ll strike a home run.
Ryota: I’ll make a home run at the next match.
Tomoya: I’ll become the best catcher in the world.
Q60: What is “music” to you?
Taka: Everything.
Toru: Proof of my existence.
Alex: A way to communicate.
Ryota: With music, I can communicate with people.
Tomoya: Purpose of my life.
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