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[JO1] The full story of the birthday LINE messages that made Ohira Shosei the happiest…

JO1, a global boy group born from the highly popular audition program “PRODUCE 101 JAPAN”, is a hot topic. Since their debut they have charmed JAM (as their fans are called) with high level songs and choreos produced both in Japan and South Korea. On 25th May they released their 2nd album “KIZUNA”. This time we did research on the happenings in the creation process of the album and recent events with Ohira Shosei.

Ohira Shosei
In charge of beauty in JO1. He is someone who tries the latest beauty on the spot and raises the beauty sensitivity of the whole group. At the first glance he seems like a beauty from Kyoto with his quietly beautiful smile but actually he is a stoic guy who positively and steadily seizes his dream…his gap makes you fall deep for him.

1 Something that made me happy recently
First of all, please tell us what made you the happiest recently?
When I had my birthday (on 13th April) and everyone celebrated me! The JO1 members have a cute side. For more than 2 years we are always together both at home and at work. Nonetheless, pretty much all members send a congratulatory message on LINE when there is someone’s birthday (laughs). Mame-chan and Syoya sent me a message at about 0:08 which made me both happy and surprised.

2 An involuntarily annoyed episode
Is there something that made you “annoyed” unintentionally lately?
I was annoyed by Keigo-kun and Shion. It was something that happened during practice, but first, out of nowhere, Shion put me into a lock so that I could not move. I really could not move, because he is the grizzly of JO1 and got that much strength. Then, as if he was waiting for it, Keigo-kun started to tickle me (laughs). I have no idea whether they kinda did it in order to soften the atmosphere during the practice, but they have done it over and over! It is annoying (laughs)!

3 Something that made me happy anyway
Next please tell us about “something that was especially fun”.
Everyday is fun. Right now is also fun! You look at me as if you think ‘really?’ (laughs). It is fun to work and I like such interviews and shootings, too. Something especially fun other than this? In this case, it was when I went to eat Yakiniku with the CEO. Me and the CEO made the promise to go to eat Yakiniku once every month, you know. He was whining that I was teasing his eyebrows in the supplementary audio for Mikansei that was released in Spring (laughs).

4 Something that made me sad
How about “something that made you sad”?
I guess that it is still hard to meet JAM outside of Tokyo. I think there are a lot of people who were unable to meet us directly since the debut, so I want to meet them soon! I really really want to~ I want to fly over on the spot, so please wait for the day when we can meet in one way or another!

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JO1's Ohira Shosei "I had butterflies in my stomach" The absolutely unexpected co-star was...?

5 A recent emotional episode
Please tell us “something that made you emotional” recently.
I think when I was developing films. I always have a camera with me and try to develop the films every month if I can. The members at work, trivial landscapes… I can take pictures of a lot of emotional moments. My dream is to collect them into a photobook and release it.

6 I had butterflies in my stomach because of ○○ at the location
Please tell us about “something that gave you butterflies in your stomach”.
At the filming location for the MV of “With Us”, the lead track of the 2nd album “KIZUNA”, there was a puppy ❤ The breed was a pomeranian, it was so adorable that the members swarmed and fawned over it. I even ran over to the puppy nonchalantly and went for a walk with it when everyone took a break and leisurely ate something (laughs). It also appears in the MV, so make sure to check it out!

7 Something that me unintentionally surprised
Do you have “something that surprised you”?
It is Keigo-kun. I am sorry, but it is another story about him (laughs). His style is outstanding and he is very tall. During practice, I thought Keigo-kun was not here, where did he go? and looked for him, he was snugly close to my feet and I was like ‘You surprised me!’. He made himself really small, so I did not notice him at all because of the gap to his usual self. Back then I was shocked ‘He is here!’.

8 A story that moved me to tears
How about “something that moved you”?
I celebrated my birthday (on 13th April) and I received more than 130.000 greetings from the Twitter hashtag event. I was surprised ‘what an amazing number!’ and moved by it.
[The staff asked: ‘Which hashtag was it?’
Editorial note: it was the unique hashtag #祥生のロイヤルな誕生日アハハ (Shosei’s royal birthday ahaha)]
That’s right. In the past, when I produced a drink for the tower records cafe, I made a milk tea with a drawing of an angel on it. On its stomach there was ahaha written, but it was an angel I drew in 10 seconds (laughs). The hashtag was inspired by this!
In addition, there were trucks with birthday ads, an entire train was hijacked in my hometown Kyoto and all those ads were about me… My mother went to see it and sent me pictures she took. Also, there were birthday ads displayed at various stations… I was moved a lot by this!

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JO1's Ohira Shosei "The elevator service was suddenly stopped..." The action he took back then...

9 Something that I am crazy about
Please tell us about “something you are crazy about” lately!
I like drawing and I forget myself when I am drawing at home. I never learnt it, I simply do it as I like. I draw plants or just something… I like a little abstract art, so I am drawing this.

10 An episode of being the most in a hurry / frightened
Do you have something where “you were in a hurry/frightened”?
When I was at a certain skyscraper, the elevator was stopped for inspections so I took the stairs for more than 20 floors! I was on the move for work, so I was in a hurry (laughs). I was never that much in a hurry before in my life! Also, on our official YouTube series “Hi! JO1”, there was an episode in which pranks were made. Since then I’m nervously frightened and think ‘I hope there is no prank’ each time I go to my room and such (laughs).
TN: 焦る (aseru) can mean both ‘to be in a hurry and ‘to get a fright’ and that’s why he shared two very different episodes here

11 Self made dishes were delicious
Something “that was delicious” lately?
Fried rice I made myself! I made it at a rough estimate and went with the flow, but it was delicious. The secret ingredients to make something delicious are the flow and the good mood (laughs).

12 A heartwarming talk that makes your cheeks relax just by imagining it
Please tell us about “something heartwarming”.
My niece became an elementary school student this spring and I gifted her a school backpack! A light blue one! I got a video of her nervously wearing the bag and it warmed my heart. She was scurrying around and adorable.

Lastly, a song recommendation to the readers!
Please recommend a song from the 2nd album “KIZUNA” released on 25th May to the readers!
It is the lead track “With Us”. I think when you listen to the song, it will give you the feeling of ‘I can still do my best!’ even if there are lots of hardships. I think it is also perfect for the spring where many people start something new. There are a lot of other cool songs featured, so please make sure to take a listen!