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[ANN 55th Anniversary series Vol.9] An exclusive closeup on “JO1’s ANNX”: A lively time with lots of chit-chat

1 AM on the night of the 2nd October 1967. “When you dance and I sing, a new era of the night is born. Music replaces the sun, dreams replace the blue sky. All Night Nippon, leading you to a fresh night!” - Those first words by Itoi Gorou opened “All Night Nippon” (ANN), Nippon Broadcasting System’s “synonym for a late night radio show”. Until the present day, “ANN” has discovered a number of talented personalities, stayed close to its listeners, always looked out for the latest trends, and presented popular topics and culture, and now it celebrates its 55th anniversary starting April this year.

ORICON NEWS has started a series to introduce the current “ANN” programs by focusing on one personality every month. The first installment of the 9th part of the series will proved a close up on “JO1’s All Night Nippon X” (every Wednesday at 0:00), which started in April this year.

The broadcast we portrayed was the one of the night of the 14th December last year, in which the main personality, Shiroiwa Ruki, along with the two weekly changing personalities Kawashiri Ren and Tsurubo Shion, live broadcasted. There was a friendly atmosphere as the members were chatting and laughing already before the broadcast.

In the beginning, Shiroiwa’s “love for strawberry milk” was noticeable in his talk and he bursted out the confession that “But I call eating it “iku”. Meanwhile Kawashiri and Tsurubo swayed and danced to the songs that were played after the talks, while Shiroiwa also enjoyed himself the same way, while also checking the script and writing notes for the next step.
TN: I assume that “iku” is coming from the first and last letter of いちごミルク (ichigo miruku, strawberry milk) and is not 行く (iku, to go).

Also afterwards the chit-chat of the three did not stop and they livelyly discussed themes such as Kawashiri debating with members and staff during breaks about “topics that have no conclusion” or their own room rules.

Under the topic of “Is it okay to sit on the sofa or bed in your outdoor clothes when you visit someone else’s home?” Shiroiwa mentioned that “Sato Keigo (who had been the weekly personality the week before) said ‘If you come into my room, I would like you to wear your pajama if you can.’”, to which Kawashiri snickered while laughing “That guy must be joking!”.

Kawashiri continued, explaining that when they went to Osaka for a schedule, he and Yonashiro Sho shared a room “There Keigo came over out of nowhere. Me and Sho-kun had taken a bath already and were sitting on the bed, playing games, but Keigo clearly had not bathed yet.” Then, he shared an hilarious event, saying: “Keigo did ask ‘This is Sho-kun’s bed? And that one is Ren-kun's?’ And then, while saying ‘doooooon’ he dropped (on my bed)!”

Afterwards they continued to talk about a variety of topics, and the live broadcast that made you feel the team work of the three lasted about an hour, and they continued to keep up with their enthusiasm for the after-talk for “smash.”. After the recording they politely told everyone “Thank you for your hard work” and then left the studio in a fresh manner.

In the next part, we will share an interview with Shiroiwa.