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OWV’s Honda Kosuke-kun - The crying scene in the “Let Go” MV is… - An exclusive behind story

The popular boy group OWV released their 7th single “Let Go” under the concept of “holding close” on 2nd November. We based the interview on the keyword “self affirmation” based on one of the coupling songs, “Gonna Getcha”, a cheer song for people who want to raise their self confidence. The last one is with OWV’s Aniki, Honda Kosuke-kun!

KOSUKE HONDA
Born 11th April 1995. 27 years old and from the prefecture of Fukushima. He is someone considerate and gentleman-like and is the well liked Aniki of the group. He is known for his powerful dancing and has also been in charge of choreographing.

Is Honda-kun's self confidence high? Or low?
As soon as the interview started, he said “Oh, JJ-san, what kind of question will it be today?” And he responded to each in a friendly manner. Let’s start with an interview that felt like home!

The keyword, the JJ generation is curious about, is “self confidence”. Is your self confidence high, Honda-kun? Or is it low?
(When he heard that the close Sano-kun answered before “I don’t have any.”)
Hey, if Fumiya doesn’t have any, none of us has it (laughs)! In my case I can neither say that I have nor can I say I don’t have it. But in this industry, there are things I wouldn’t be able to do without any confidence.

When self confidence drops… Honda-kun’s mental management skills

What do you try to raise your coincidence?
It rises when my hair and makeup is done. It switches my feelings. Makeup might be one of the things that lifts my mood. I feel I don’t like myself much. I might have a rather low self esteem. I always see myself as someone else when I’m doing OWV’s activities like this one, shootings and such. It is fun and interesting to do so, but when I think about my future self, my confidence is not high, honestly.

And when your self confidence drops more than necessary, how do you gain it back?
I sleep. Because after waking up a lot of things have turned for the better. It also often calms my feelings. Furthermore, if there was some reason, I think about “why it happened” and come up with a solution. For example, if the photos at some shooting don’t turn out cool, I look at photos that became cool and think “Next time, I’m going to do it like this.” Or “Let’s go back to the makeup from that time.” I might find a solution to do it better and become positive again.

Honda-kun is a “reliable big brother”? Checking OWV’s characters once more!

You have appeared in JJ several times since your debut, but let’s check on OWV’s characters one more time!
Sure!

Right now, you are the “masculine big brother leader” for us, but how are you actually?
You are absolutely not wrong! (Talking to Sano-kun who is close) Hey! They are not wrong, right?
Fumiya: Well, they are not wrong but… (laughs)
It is really like this!?

Next up is Sano-kun’s catch phrase. What do you think about "Charismatic dancer”?
Please let me correct this! He is a charismatic allrounder. I talked with Sano about this, but the image of him being “good at dancing” is strong despite him being able to do everything, not just dancing. He is seen like this because he is just too good at dancing, but actually he is the kind of person who can do everything. Thus, he is an allrounder. I want everyone to know all the other things he can do.
It would be okay to just go with “Charismatic”. If you want to add some note you can write *we are looking for something he can’t do”, then it would be perfect (laughs).

Is there actually something Sano-kun can’t do?
He really can do everything, so I want to consult with the staff and make a project out of it. At one time, I asked him to do a speed mental calculation, but Sano couldn't do it from the start level (aughts). But it was just a different dimension. It was too difficult. By the way, what is Urano’s catchphrase?

“Shuta’s MC skills are really amazing!” A member analysis by Honda-kun

Urano-kun is “a genius vocalist belonging to Yoshimoto”.
Genius? Hm.. This is wrong. He is a planning? analysing vocalist. Or rather he is a really hard worker. But it is good that it looks like he is a “genius” to everyone else. He is actually working very hard in the background. But I feel he does not want to show this side of himself. Thus, please add the note “He would love to be a genius” (laughs). I think belonging to Yoshimoto fits him the best. The way he talks his different from us. You can feel his strengths strongly in the MCs and the staff often praises him, saying “Urano-san’s MCs are the best.”.

And, Nakagawa-kun is the “ikeman rapper”.
(Breaks out laughing) He got the position of a rapper, but he also does the singing, so would could fit… Ikeman ponkotsu… Ponkotsu should fit the best! You don’t need to add anything else (laughs). He also often does weird actions, so he is “Ponkotsu fellow with a loose screw” (laughs). It is hard to explain… He is just out of his mind! He acts naturally strange. I will not reveal any details (laughs).

A behind story from the creation of the 7th single “Let go”

We have to change the OWV member profiles now (laughs). We talked about self confidence today, but please let us ask you about the creation process of the 7th single “Let Go”, too. Was there something memorable for you?
I have two things, one of them being the sunset. It was cloudy that day and we couldn’t take any sunset footage alt all, but right when it was time to film for me, a beautiful sunset appeared! The cameraman said “It’s a miracle!” and it was really memorable. The other one is my first crying scene. The member and the staff raised the handle by telling the director “He can do it!”. The director also teased me by saying “I have some eye drops, but you don’t need them right?”, so I had the enthusiasm, saying “I will cry on my own!” and were able to do so.

That’s amazing! How were you able to cry?
I was desperate. I saw the Drum island from “ONE PIECE” (laughs). With that I was able to cry. This is a secret, however, so don’t tell anyone.

Thank you so much for sharing this secret! And finally, please give a message to the readers!
The 20s go by so fast! (Laughs) I think the 20s is the time when you mature a little and stretch yourself a bit and it is the time when it is the time to do a lot of things. So I want to do as many things as you want and explore what suits you the best.