[JO1] Digital TV Guide 220524

JO1 Kono Junki x Shiroiwa Ruki
The stories we bring you
Following the appearance of all members in the previous issue, this time we bring you a crosstalk of Kono Junki & Shiroiwa Ruki.
They told us about their secret plans to enjoy the 2nd album “KIZUNA” and how to deepen their bonds with the members.

Please give Ren-kun some riddles (Junki)

The 2nd album “KIZUNA” is going to be released, but how do you want JAM to enjoy it?
Junki: Sukai who had been on a break has returned and the title track “With Us” really has a sense of unity and I think the fans can feel our deep bonds that we formed in the last two years. In the music video there is also this feeling, so I hope that you will take up that feeling.
Ruki: Also among the other featured tracks there are a lot of songs with a “let’s go happily excited” like feeling, so I hope it will raise everyones’ moods.
Junki: Songs came together that make you naturally want to get into their rhythm.

Which songs would you recommend to people who just became fans of JO1?
Junki: I like the songs which have performance videos, so there is “With Us” and “Move The Soul” and also…
Ruki: “Algorithm”
Junki: There was also a performance video for “Walk It Like I Talk It” released, so I think with these 4 songs you can enjoy JO1’s character or rather you can enjoy our performance side.
Ruki: I think we will also have a lot of opportunities to perform “With Us” and it is a song easy to learn and imitate. And, “Walk it” which is shortened to “Waki Raki”, is a song with a fierce dance we have never before, or rather it became a song that shows a new vibe of JO1, so please make sure to watch the PV.

In the reference to the album title what do you prefer JAM to do to deepen the bond with you two?
Ruki: I want my likes and dislikes to be understood. If I’m too close with someone from the start, I don’t know how to behave and end up thinking too much. I am the type of person who has some distance from others, so my ideal is to gradually get to know each other.

How did you get closer to Shiroiwa-san, Kono-san?
Junki: Yes, it was difficult to break his wall.
Ruki: I’m really a handful, right? My wall towards other people is thick.
Junki: What I thought was that Ruki is someone with thick walls and who cannot bring his own emotions forward. But I’m the opposite and bring those strongly forward (laughs). But even Ruki has moments when he brings his emotions out. I think this is good. I like it. How could I say it… he has a “blue flame” in his heart. I think it would be good if you could sense his inner feelings.
Ruki: It’s really like this! We will get along with you if you sense my feelings.

How about you, Kono-san?
Junki: I’m unexpectedly shy and I’m not good at starting a conversation myself, so I want to be spoken to from the other side. The topic doesn’t matter, so I want to leave it to the other one. However from time to time the opposite is fine, too. Hence, no matter what kind of person I am actually, I believe I can make connections with people (laughs).

Please tell us your way of “becoming friends” to form “bonds” with other members!
Junki: Let’s start from Shosei. This comes up on the spot, right, it’s the topic of anime.
Ruki: Exactly!
Junki: He often gets lively with the other members who like anime!
Ruki: How about Ren-kun?
Junki: In the case of Ren-kun it is okay to talk to him logically and not emotionally (laughs) Also, if you give him one of his beloved riddles, you will connect for sure!
Ruki: Next is Takumi, but Takumi is difficult.
Junki: He likes bread, doesn’t he? He has an unbalanced diet, so you might get along if you are the same. It is important to match his pace without lecturing him “It would be better to eat this”.

Next is Kimata-san.
Ruki: There is only one choice, “food”.
Junki: Yes. It will be alright if you can go to eat together. The best would be to go to eat Sushi. Next is Sukai who started to train his body recently so talking about muscle training seems like a good idea. He brought boiled broccoli and chicken breast to practise and he is working hard on his muscles right now.

For Shion, it is best to enjoy games with him (Ruki).

Are you two doing muscle training, too?
Junki: I’m training along with Sukai at the training room.
Ruki: I’m not doing it at all. (flatly)

Next up is Sato-san.
Junki: Keigo does not like to be ordered around so it seems good to tell him to be just like himself and pamper him. Also he likes to talk about Marvel and Disney.
Ruki: Shion likes games, so it is best to enjoy games with him.
Junki: Next up is Mame, right? For him it is best to talk with him about Kamen Rider.

Different generations like different “Kamen Riders” right?
Junki: It is okay. He will give you some reaction to all generations!

Lastly, how about Yonashiro-san?
Junki: He likes DIY, so it might be good if you have some knowledge about that.
Ruki: But rather than creating something himself, he seems more like someone who likes to arrange his room neatly, so if you know a lot about interior design it would be good.
Junki: He likes wood style, doesn’t he? So please attack him with “nature”!

Understood. Lastly, both of you have started appearing regularly in programs, Kono-san in NHK E TV “Hangul! Navi” and Shiroiwa-san in “JO1’s All Night Nippon X”. Please give each other some encouragement!
Ruki: Upon aiming to take off to the world in the future, studying languages is something absolutely necessary. So I would like to learn from you and try to study languages and as the one who opens the path for us I want Junki to work hard!
Junki: It is an honour to have a crown program with JO1’s name. The members also appear there one after another but they do so freely, so I hope you will coordinate them well and make a good program.
Ruki: I’m going to work hard not to let the listeners sleep every week on Thursday night, just like the title of the program “All night”!

Deepening their “KIZUNA”(bond)!?
If they photographed each other…
A photograph shows the relationship of the object and the photographer. When we asked them to photograph each other, Kono-san was the first one who had the camera. He took spectacular photos of Shiroiwa-san while saying “it seems to be out of focus?”. Shiroiwa-san had struggled? a little with Kono-san moving around so much, but both had the biggest smiles on their faces!