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[OWV] The reason why Nakagawa Katsunari claims “OWV’s charm is… We have a gap!” is…?

The 4 member boy group OWV released their 6th single “Time Jackerz” under the concept of “Live” on 27 July. Inspired by the leadtrack “Time Jackerz” , CLASSY brings you an interview with the topic “time” in which OWV are dressed in the timeless and classic “Parisian casual” style. The third one is with Nakagawa Katsunari-san who is OWV’s pride with his tall and handsome visuals.

As I want to have time for myself… I want to master being a short sleeper

Just like our readers OWV are doing a lot of things both in work and in private. Please tell us whether you have any specialities or habits on how you use your time?
I was such a long sleeper back during my student days. I became a short sleeper after starting work because the time for myself became scarce! I realized recently that I am the type of person who wants to have time for himself to do his favorite things even if it means cutting down on my sleeping hours. I guess it’s nothing but a self diagnosis on how much I am a short sleeper, but I used to be useless when I didn’t get 8 hours of sleep, but nowadays I can be active all day long with just 4~5 hours of sleep.

My secret of not being tired despite my short sleeping time? First of all, if you worry about things like “What if I'm late tomorrow?”, you cannot sleep well, so I go to bed immediately without brooding about things. I am someone who falls asleep quite fast, so when I feel I am sleepy I fall asleep on the spot (laughs). I also try to sleep when we move to another place, even if it is just for 20 minutes. Furthermore, I try to make sure to soak in the bathtub all year around! I even take a bath when I think “I better go to sleep right now”. I remind myself that “Bathing is time to relax ♪” and spend about 30 mins to 1 hour in the bath, stretching, watching movies or relaxing. I guess keeping this in mind helps me not to feel tired even though I have such a short sleeping time.

If I had a free day… I might not leave the house (laughs)

If you could timejack one day, what would you do?
If I think about it realistically, if I had a free day, I might not leave the house (laughs). Having a whole free day is something precious, the readers can surely relate, so I would like to use the time to relax… On my last free day I went to the sauna with Shuta. I can recommend this because it resets both your physical and mental exhaustion.

In my dreams I would like to visit various countries if I could timejack. There are so many countries, but in reality it is impossible to visit all of them, right? I believe it would be a waste to die without knowing about the cultures and local qualities of various countries, so I want to visit a lot of countries if I was able to timejack. First I would like to visit the USA. Both the mainland and Hawaii would be fine. It’s just my personal impression, but I like the US because they are open minded about a lot of things and can spend their time as they please. I don’t want to make too many plans beforehand, I just want to do what I feel like doing on that day.

Climbing the stairs towards adulthood… What he wants to make his hobby in the future

Is there any “thing/event you love timelessly”?
It’s the Rolex watch I received from my father on my graduation.
Kosuke: But you usually don’t wear it?
Because if I wore it now, it would not suit me yet… (embarrassed). It is stored in the safe in my parents’ house until I become worthy of wearing it. This is the only nice watch I have right now, but I would like to start the hobby of collecting nice watches which you can love timelessly. In the future I want to pass on the watches to my children! What kind of watch did I buy recently? An Apple Watch (laughs). It seems to take some time to collect watches that you can love timelessly.

I want to pursue an OWV typical show where “you can enjoy both the music and our talks”!

If you were to promise a “timeless charm” of OWV to QWV, what would it be?
How good our lives are and our gap! This year the opportunities to be invited at events like KCON where we perform together with other artists have increased. My goal is a show where fans of different artists become one in enjoying the music together, and if I continue to remember this, it can surely deliver a timeless charm to QWV as well. And with gap I mean that during our performances we show our cool side but when we talk during the MCs we turn into high school boys. But well, to sum it up, it is the satisfaction of our live shows. What is the content of the MCs? Exclusive stories, that’s pretty much the content (laughs).

Lastly, if you were to pick just one “timeless masterpiece” from the new single, which song would it be?
It would be “Time Jackerz”. Actually it is a song we have been waiting to release for some time. Finally the time for everyone to listen to it has come, so we made it our title track for this single! I had the feeling it could become a timeless song and the determination to make it one. It’s a song I really want you to hear at a concert. Depending on the setlist we could perform it as the first song to impress everyone, or after a MC to change the calm atmosphere, or we could mixit in for some impact and create some unity with the audience, or… It is a versatile song, and I can’t wait to perform it live!