[JO1] bis 200901

Ren Q&A

Q1: your personality
Diligent

Q2: your charm point
Because I often laugh, I guess it’s my smile. 7 out of 11 members are the silly type, but I’m in charge of laughing. Pretty much everyday I break out laughing, so I’m a little exhausted lol

Q3: your current obsession?
For my health, I’m drinking green vegetable juice. Because during self restraint time, I started an unhealthy eating style.

Q4: your fashion point
Because I like the feeling of a somewhat short length, I cut the legs of my pants. My policy is to wear white socks with short lengthened pants.

Q5: a fashion item you want
Because recently I got the chance to wear co-ords, it made me think that I want to wear those as my own clothes, too. If it’s a co-ord, a loose type would be good.

Q6: members you are good friends with
Together with Mame, Takumi & Junki we gathered in Sho’s room, the 5 of us talked the whole time and played games.

Q7: tbh, I am ○○...
There are a lot of foods I dislike. Milk, eggs, tofu, anko (sweet bean paste)... there is no end lol what I like are fruits and chocolate ♡

Q8: remarkable point of performances
I want people to look at my dancing of course, but excluding that I want you to look at my gestures!

Crosstalk of Junki, Takumi, Syoya, Shion & Issei

In this issue we conducted the shooting under the theme “art”. Everyone, do you have any plans related to “fall of craft”?
Junki: That’s difficult. Anything craft related is not my thing. Speaking of art, isn’t that Syoya’s responsibility? lol
Syoya: Really? As a matter of fact, I often go to art museums.
Issei: What?! I didn’t know that. I also don’t go at all somehow...
Syoya: Because I like the pictures of Amano Yoshitaka who made the character designs of the Final Fantasy series, I went to his exhibition and I hung up an illustration I bought in my room.
Takumi: Surely, his art is so good. I like it!
Syoya: To be honest, I make illustrations that mimicries Amano. Recently, I bought a good pencil set and thought I should try my best. When I draw a picture, my thoughts become abundant so let’s draw together with everyone.
Issei: I don’t have an artistic ability...
Takumi: Also, if we speak of someone who is good in drawing, isn’t Shion (also good in it)?
Junki: Surely, Shion is.
Shion: No no, I never made anything great. Keigo or Sho are good.
Issei: You made something good, you did. During a project (JO1 school) we drew pictures, but honestly, out of the members I might have been the worst one.

So, what comes into your mind when you hear “Fall of ….”?
Junki: Pear!
Issei: Is it because pear is a fall fruit? Lol
Junki: It’s fall! Lol Also, chestnuts, chopped wood, grapes. Mushrooms... Everything is brown-ish!
Shion: It’s also the season of the pacific saury (a fish).
Takumi: nothing but food lol
Junki: Certainly, it’s “Fall of appetite”! The pacific saury is so good. I want to eat it again. But isn’t it also the fall of fashion?

That’s right. Well then, as it is the “fall of fashion”, let’s ask each member what kind of fashion they want to wear in this fall.
Shion: A patterned shirt for Kimata? He doesn’t have the image of wearing those at all, so I want him to do an image change.
Junki: For work, we can wear a lot of different costumes, so it’s difficult (to think of something new), but something like loose fitting pants?
Syoya: Surely, I used to wear them a lot, but nowadays I don’t wear those at all. Such as jeans?
Junki: sure. Jeans ones.
Syoya: Those might be good. Let me research a bit.
Shion: For Mame, I want him to wear a fur like the people in the Jomon period (stone age) wore lol
Issei: You’re lying, aren’t you?
Junki: Something like a matagi (a traditional hunter from northern Japan), right?
Issei: That’s what you call fashion?! lol
Junki: yeah, that’s fashion! It’s real fur, isn’t it?
Syoya: well, it’s coming from a totally different direction, but I want to wear zori (Japanese sandals).
Takumi: Japanese traditional clothes are good~
Issei: Sure, we don’t wear traditional Japanese clothes. I can’t dress myself in those, but I want to try to wear them.
Junki: Because Mame has a lot of casual style fashion such as loose-fitting parker, wouldn’t it be nice if he wore more formal shirts or a suit?
Shion: Junki should be naked and wear an overall! lol
Everyone: -breaks out laughing-
Syoya: Yes that would be good! An overall over the naked body with beach sandals and a straw-hat.
Takumi: That’s absolutely summer lol You should talk about fall!
Syoya: Because it’s fall, let’s make it that he can wear a shirt or a sweat shirt under it.
Junki: An overall would be fine. Also, instead of a straw-hat I want to try to wear a beret hat. It’s fall-like and has the feeling of an artist.
Syoya: Shions seems like someone who would suit stylish second-hand clothes. With a vintage look that an actor would wear. I want him to continue in his own way.
Issei: Wouldn’t be a dinosaur headdress good? Lol
Shion: That's enough now! Usually, I wear a lot of patterned shirts. That’s why I have the wish to wear white shirts tucked in to jeans pants., but it’s seems like because it’s simple it’s difficult. Anyway, because my body build is good, I don’t want to make an appearance that stands out much.
Junki: what should we do for Takumi... Because he has a kinda cute image, I want him (to wear) leather pants and give off an angry vibe.
Takumi: To be honest, I already bought leather pants. I have them close at hand, but I haven’t worn them at all. When I want to wear them, combining them is difficult.
Syoya: Are they tight ones?
Takumi: yes. I often wear shirts with a floral pattern and I like those, but recently, I think jackets or scarfs with a floral pattern are cute.
Junki: A floral pattern shirt with leather pants would look good! Try to wear that the next time!

Let’s ask about the fashion you want women to wear next? Please tell us your thoughts about what kind of fashion looks good on girls.
Syoya: I like neater fashion. A jacket with a tight skirt or pants. If it’s casual, I like a combination of a dress like a big t-shirt and big sneakers. Since the dad sneakers from BALENCIAGA came out, a lot of brands released those dad sneakers, but I I like sneakers myself, so I want them to wear good and nice sneakers.
Issei: Because I have no idea about women’s fashion, if it’s cute, it’s good lol if I say it more directly, I think it’s cute when you combine a big shirt with tight jeans. Also, I think it’s nice when girls who usually have their hair down, put them up and together from time to time.
Junki: Don’t say where you want to see that! lol
Issei: Neck lol the nape is sexy, isn’t it?
Shion: If I would go on a date, I don’t want her to show her legs much because I would hate it when people could see them. Better than a mini-skirt would be a pants style. I like girls with glossy long hair that is down.
Issei: What about a woman wearing a monster costume?
Shion: Seriously it’s enough with the monsters. You can only see their face! Lol Junki, how about an overall couple look?
Junki: That’s awful lol I think that a simple style can bring out a woman’s charm to a big extent and an excessively fancy and unique fashion shocks me, so I like a combination of a white t-shirt and jeans. It's “simple is the best”.
Takumi: For me, if it fits to the person, everything is fine.
Junki: wow really?
Issei: but it seems true.
Takumi: I think if the clothes fit to them it’s good, but I tend to think “oh, that’s really good” when hair accesories are cute that you can wear in your hair.
Shion: Hello Kitty ones?
Takumi: That’s because it’s what Ren always uses, right? lol He has sparkly and cute things. I think girls who are good at styling hair accessories, are fashionable and pretty.

We reached the end, but let’s talk about the featured songs for your second single “STARGAZER”. Please tell us your thoughts or the things you want to tell us about those.
Junki: The characteristic of “OH-EH-OH" is a dance which makes the best of our school uniform costumes. Please try to copy the dance of the chorus if you want to.
Syoya: It’s a powerful song of the house genre, so the rhythm is also good. Of course, please look at the dance.
Junki: “So What” is a song that (has the message of) even if there is prejudice and critic you strongly move forward (while thinking) “so what?!”
Shion: There is also the strong will included that no matter what anyone says, JO1 style will push our its way, so I hope to bring courage to the hearts of many people.
Takumi: “Voice” is JO1’s first ballad song. It’s a song that lives from 11 people’s voices and it expresses our individuality well.
Junki: It contains a message for our fans and the people we love. I hope a lot of people can heal from it.
Syoya: “My Friends” is a song that Sho has written the lyrics for. Those include the message that we will be together forever and sing eternally.
Junki: When we also first heard that song, we felt that it’s gonna be a song that represents JO1. It seems to be one that will get everyone excited also at lives.
Issei: yes, I want people to look forward to it.
Junki: I think my favourite song is “Go”.
Shion: It has a new feeling. It has a futurist tone.
Issei: “KungChikiTa” is a song that was popular as a PDJP battle song. We could sing it once more this time.
Junki: At the final, even when all the fans were waiting, it was played at the venue and the fans sang it with joy. We wanted to sing that song even when we debuted, so we were ready to do it at this timing and we were all excited. Furthermore, I’ll be happy if we can deliver a nearly upgraded “KungChikiTa”.