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Name: 二宮和也 (にのみやかずなり)
Name (romaji): Ninomiya Kazunari
Nickname: Nino, Kazu
Profession: Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Showhost, Model
Birthdate: 1983. 06.17
Birthplace: Katsushika City, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 49 kg
Star sign: Gemini
Blood type: A
Family: Mother and Sister (2 years older)
Musical Instruments: Guitar and Piano (self-taught)
Talent agency: Johnny's entertainment

100 facts
unlike Ohno, whenever he talks about his mom he’d be making fun of her
his five favourite hobbies are music, song writing, self-taught guitar-playing, and watching/playing baseball, of course his games, okay maybe magic now
he can play the piano as well
just like Jun and Ohno, he has an older sister
he got a knitted cap from Sho who gave it to him as Vancouver souvenir
Clint Eastwood’s comment on him “he’s a great actor. Cause you see, I don’t know what he’s talking about and he doesn’t know what I’m talking about” (but yet he could still portray the character)
he hates the smell of the sea cause it reminds him of being seasick
according to people who came in contact with him, he is actually a very nice and sensitive guy who cares a lot about the environment and enjoys the wonders of nature
he appeared in the most TV dramas among his fellow band mates
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Sho described Nino as an unpredictable guy who can get very spontaneous. He also stated that Nino used to be a funny and talkative guy but ever since their debut and his huge appearances in TV dramas he had become silent somehow. Sho-kun was worried about Nino
he somehow had a really bloated stomach during 5x10 Nagoya Dome concert
he had Jun’s baby photo as his phone wallpaper
he hopes that maybe one of his songs might be produced and released in one of their future singles/album releases along with the rest of the group.
Sho and Nino used to detest each other during junior days - as in they can’t stand each other but if anything bad really happens to one, the other will definitely feel very bad
his nickname “Nino” has existed since his first year of elementary school.
he joined JE at the same time with Aiba
together with his cousin (younger cousin sister), his mother sent in his photo to the Jimusho without his knowledge
during the audition day he actually had a baseball GAME (that's why Nino did NOT want to miss this day for baseball). After auditions he eventually went to his baseball game (which started already of course).
he went to the audition cause his mom bribed him with 5000yen
he did not have any passion for performing before he joined Johnny’s, he was always a baseball guy.
the only reason why his parents signed him up to Johnny's behind his back is because they were paranoid for. They feel that Nino was hanging out with the wrong crowd and were afraid that he'll be a “juvenile delinquent” when he gets older. They thought that being in Johnny's would give him a sense of discipline and stability.
he’s considered a self-centred person from a card reading
when Arashi debuted, he was the most well-known/popular among the 5 members as more people recognize him
he tried eating durian for the first time in “Waratte Koraete - First Experience” for the promotion of the drama “Namida o Fuite” and Arashi single “Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi”, and was totally freaked out by the smell and look (okay, pretty much everything of it), but seemed to like it after trying
in hotels, he takes off his shirt and walks around naked before entering the bathroom, Sho who’s in the same room hope that he will enter the bathroom then take off his shirt
he was pissed at the incident when the 5 of them got out of the lift and met a cleaning lady who said “ah look, it’s Morning Musume!”
after the Nagoya concert, just as everyone got ready to bathe before going to bed, Nino imitated Ohno’s solo concert performance wearing only an underwear, and everyone was cruel enough to refuse to sleep with him
he realised that his left pointer finger is as long as his middle finger, but it’s not like that on his right hand
the Music Station performance in year 1999, October 8th still haunts him, because they all have to wear those transparent suit while singing, when they sweat, it looks like they’re only wearing underwears singing and dancing on the stage
he considers his character in “Abunai no Houkago” as his total opposite
during the Nagoya concert when Nino and Ohno are changed and prepared to get on stage again, Nino sang songs to Ohno in those two nights...
his dogs’ names are Haru and Buu
he said he’s dog-like cause he recognizes his scent on his bed and cannot sleep well on other beds
he’s been eating melon bread everyday for half a year now, without fail
it takes only about 10 minutes to prepare himself to go out after he got out of bed
he said Ohno’s butt has calming effects so he needs to get a certain “dosage” of it
because Nino has serious posture problem, his mom bought him a waistband to help correct this problem, but then his mom didn’t know how to use it, so he too never used it
he is more or less of a narcissist, he once wrote in his Jweb diary “God, why did you make me such a perfect person?”
he made fun of Ohno who answered “chikubi (nipple)” when asked in Super Morning which part of his body he would insure. As if he’s not the one who’s causing Ohno all the nipple-worries
his parents are licensed chefs
his favourite food is hamburger
when he receives mails which are meant for other people but mistakenly sent to him, he will notify the sender so the sender will know
he has 2 cars
he answered in an interview that he likes: cheap food, dislikes: expensive food
he claims that he doesn’t play games just for the games, he’s learning English XD
his answers during interviews are usually not straightforward, and so crafty that it would make people wanna pull of their hair
among his preference in women: must be female, must speak Japanese, must be generous, must let him play his games
he mistakenly called Ohno’s drama as “Taisou no Oniisan (Gymnastic Brother)” instead of “Uta no Oniisan” and it was printed out just like that in the magazine
for Junior Courtcase show, he was charged with the crime “not having a hairstyle that suits him well”, Sho was one of his witnesses
he thinks it’s not normal not to have complexes
he did not go to a high school but instead took a corresponding course, he graduated slightly later than those who went to school of his same year
Aiba said he received full body tights from Nino for his birthday but never wore it
Sanma once talked about him on a radioshow, his name was not mentioned since it was a scandal, but the hints he gave were obvious enough
he said that doorbells are meant to scare people
he said Sho is not qualified to join Ohmiya SK because he’s not interesting at all
regarding Ohno’s new drama, he said that acting as a Kaibutsu-kun (little monster) at the age of 30 has already qualified him to be a monster
he was worried about Aiba when he got sick, and said it’s okay for Aiba to tell them when he’s not feeling well, and it’s okay to let them worry about him (like Aiba doesn’t tell cause he didn’t want them to worry, but in actuality they worry more if he doesn’t tell) since they’re all members
he’s practicing magic tricks, but girls who does magic freaks him out
lately, his ‘sitting height’ have grown 1cm taller, congrats
when he was still a junior, he respected Ohno as a senior
he thinks one of the advantages of being an celebrity is to be able to watch Arashi concert DVDs before it is released
and of course we know he loves to play games, he won’t even stop when there’s an earthquake, his longest record is 48 hours
his hamburger fingers are called “bulldog” by Jun who described it in dogs’ term, so-called ugly but adorable
he makes all the interesting nicknames for the members, one might think he has too much time on his hands
he doesn’t mind showing his bedhair at all, and rarely does make up
he has a very thick compilation book filled with music scores he collected
he wanted to form a band
he wants people to leave him alone when he’s in a bad mood
he noticed that STBY, Arashi’s marketing & sales manager (is that how you call it?) and also his partner in Baystorm, started dressing better nowadays. “Hey, it’s because Arashi CDs are selling so well right?!!”
written on his Jweb diary, he treated his mom a meal for her birthday. At the end of the entry he said “hey sister, you pay up too!”
he thought that Ohno’s dark sunburnt skin was a fail
although he has this image that he is very stingy and even said that he will never treat juniors for meals, but in reality he goes out with Nishikido Ryo quite often, and yes he footed the bill
he is famous for shooting people down with blunt words, but he claims that it is because no one else in Arashi does it as often as him so people think he’s good with it, in actuality it’s just “normal level”
he doesn’t cook at all unless he really has to (only for TV programs), in Baystorm he said he doesn’t even wanna cook
when he watches his own performances, he calls himself “Kimura Takuya #2”
he loves saving money, cause his mom taught him that’s the best way to get away from stress
together with Sho, they initially went to the office to express their desire to quit, but found a whole stack of papers scribbled with new group names, and they saw it - the kanji “Arashi” written boldly across the paper
while they were having 109109 concert, they had to do ‘V no Arashi’ and didn’t have the time to practice their dance steps, Nino was so anxious he felt like crying
his ideal girl would be someone who has a virtue worthy of his respect
although it’s publicly shown that he’s 168cm, but in reality he’s only 166
there was once while in Jr concert, he said thank you and goodbye to the fans while using the mike he was still in the toilet, didn’t manage to come out in time
when they first debuted, he was the closest to Aiba
in his first Baystorm, he was making fun of a friend (the only friend he has at that moment, according to him) who was 1 year older than him but is afraid to watch horror shows and kept saying “kowai kowai!”. He didn’t say exactly who that was, but we all know it’s Aiba XD
bathing, it’s the first thing he does every morning
he always forgets his things
when he was filming “Abunai no Houkago”, he lost 6.5kg in a month
right foot first while wearing shoes
while wearing pants, both legs go in together, cause he sits down to wear them
procedure to wearing his shirt: right hand, head, left hand
he got lost in the backstage during his first time in Jrs concert
he loved to press other people’s doorbells during elementary days
he uses left hand when he was young, but then his grandpa taught him to use right hand. Now he uses both hands perfectly well, when he eats, usually he uses left hand, he uses right hand to play guitar
when he was young, he was forced by his grandpa to show the ‘V’ sign while taking pictures
he loves to study, he had wanted to enter Todai’s Economics studies
he was called “push-up king” in Music Jump
also in Music Jump he challenged “tear king”, he had to start crying (as in real tears flowing out) in 1 minute. But he only managed to wet his eyes, that’s it. Imai Tsubasa was laughing at him that he looked that those Manga heroines
he can sleep practically anywhere (but seems like he’s not as good as Ohno yet), he tried sleeping by the riverbank for 6 hours
his longest sleeping record was 21 hours
he became bald once because of movie shooting of “Sukoshi wa Ongaeshi Dekita kana”
he fractured his bones before. Apparently one of the light fell on his hand when he was dancing. Poor boy continued dancing as if nothing happened. As a result, he cannot grip things tightly or hold this for a long time. Thoughts? Very painful, and the medical bills really hurt.

Name: 櫻井翔 (さくらい しょう)
Name (romaji): Sakurai Sho
Nicknames: Sho-kun / Sho-chan / Keio boy
Profession: Actor, singer,TV news anchor and model
Birthdate: 1982.01.25
Birthplace: Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 171cm
Weight: 60kg
Star sign: Aquarius
Blood type: A
Family: Parents, Brother, Sister
Talent agency: Johnny's entertainment

71 Facts
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1. He is bilingual (Japanese and English).
2. He loves and cares about children!
3. He is an alumni of Keio University, one of Japan’s most prestigious university , equivalent to the U.S.’s Ivy League schools such as Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and similar schools. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics.
4. His father is a government official and his mother is a professor at a prestigious women’s college (as well as an heiress to a huge company). His family is basically a family of scholars and professionals. He is the only one in the entire Sakurai Family to be in the entertainment business, but his philosophies and influences are similar to his family’s philosophies.
5. Back in his Johnny’s Jr. days, he was also one cute yet short little midget that he even earned the nickname mame (“bean”).
6. For some odd reason and he doesn’t even know it himself at times, he is known and is in charge of the rhymin’ raps that they always have in their tracks!
7. The place he would love to visit is New York, which he has visited with his fellow members (minus Nino ;_;) in 2001
8. He has a little brother in the elementary years and often tutors him with his studies whenever he can…
9. Back in his days as part of Johnny’s Jr., he was also the only one in Johnny’s Jr. history to show off a bit of his “tush” on Japanese National TV (and it is quite amusing too…). He was around 15 or 16-yrs-old when he did that. Rebellious, gutsy little guy, isn’t he?
10. His close friends back in school always called him “SakuSho” since elementary school.
11. Sho’s secret to success in studies? When there was an exam coming (probably about a month before the actual date of exam), he puts everything related to his career on hold, cancels or postpones his appearances in public, and spends his time at home (or in the library whenever he feels like it) studying. Best time to be free to do any extracurricular activities or resume his career is right after exam period
12. His favourite TV channels (or rather the ONLY TV channels that he watches on TV) are MTV and the Discovery Channel.
13. His favourite magazine is Newsweek.
14. He cannot go to sleep at night without reading a good book (a (classic?) novel, textbook, reference book, etc.) beforehand.
15. He doesn’t feel comfortable or confident enough to take his shirt off just for a photo shoot (but if that’s what the director/photographer wants, then so be it…).
16. His ideal girl? Sweet, simple, smart-dressed (no spaghetti-strapped blouses, no short one-piece dresses, no short-ass, tight-ass daisy duke shorts, etc.), non-smoking, NON-CELEBRITY girl WITH brains and an independent mind of her own.
17. When he’s got a lot of time in his hands, he surfs in the Internet
18. He has a huge interest in history in general and hopes to study the field of History right after he earns his Bachelor’s Degree in
19. his days (especially his first days) are quite interesting. Fans in Japan actually say that it’s easier to find Sho in Keio than in the TV studios, which is why lots of fangirls invaded Keio U. back then just to see Sho
20. Sho’s pet peeve is that he loses his cool easily (but he’s been trying to control himself regarding this pet peeve)
21. There is a known incident among us fans that back when Sho was a Jr. and was on his way to the studios, he caught a fan taking pictures of him.
22. Instead of acknowledging or ignoring, he actually came up to this girl, grabbed her camera, and threw it right at the subway tracks and started scolding her about Johnny’s rules and why she should follow them (one of the rules is that fans are not allowed to take pictures of idols whether if it’s on the scene or off the scene or even candid shots)
23. There’s also another scene where Sho was entering Keio U. to take his entrance exams (so he could get in to the university).
24. There was a mob of fans screaming and gawking at him as he was entering the gates. Then the screaming got louder that Sho actually turned around to the fans and creamed “URUSAI YO!!” (shut up!) and few seconds later, all the fans fell silent as he entered the campus quietly.
25. he takes everything seriously
26. His childhood is kind of pressuring because of his family background. If you’re a kid whose parents have high-ranking positions such as a politician and a university professor, everyone would expect you to become someone successful, like a CEO of a corporation or a lawyer or something.
27. Sho chose the entertainment industry because he always wanted to dance. When he joined Jrs., of course, his friends and supporters were happy, but his parents are not exactly happy and those in their “social circle” looked down on the entire Sakurai Family (not just Sho, but the ENTIRE family) for having a son who is so incredibly gifted and talented to choose something “low” such as the entertainment biz.
28. In other words, Sho’s days as Jr. isn’t exactly hunky-dory when it comes to his parents/family.
29. But he proved everyone that he could still be a prestigious young man despite of him deciding to become an idol. He spent more time studying in school than his career that he even worked with Johnny and staff to work a schedule with him.
30. There was another known story in which in the middle of the “Heaven Cannot Wait” drama filming that he had to ditch the shooting to get to class. The director complained of Sho’s disappearance that he called Johnny for it (to get Sho in trouble), but Johnny just said: “He ditched because he had to go to class. Wait until he returns.”
31. Sho is truly one of the most hardworking idols in the entertainment biz (and not just Johnny’s). This is why in Johnny’s, a lot of the younger idols respect him big time, like no one wants to mess w/ him, no one wants to get him mad.
32. They call him Sakurai-senpai or even Sakurai-sama to the extreme because of that.
33. A lot of Arashi fans (non-Sho fans) think that Sho is straight out unfriendly (I don’t blame Sho though), but see, that’s because these fans don’t understand what he’s gone through in the past, so much that sometimes he can’t help himself but snap out and lose his cool towards certain things.
34. He finally gained the respect that he deserved from his family and his family’s social circle of intellects and successful individuals right after he graduated with a Bachelor’s in Economics.
35. Especially w/ a BS (bachelor of science) in Economics at least his family knows that he does somehow plan to go further in to working in an industry based on the field of study that he took.
36. When he is in Keio, he is there as a student, not as an idol. He gets annoyed when other students act like psychopathic fangirls and scream and follow him around campus.
37. In the beginning he was a loner because everyone is intimidated by him and his background, but it wasn’t until his first day of English class that he finally met and became friends w/ some of the guys there and made friends w/ 2 girls in that class (both are actually nerdy geeky girls who actually had no clue who Sho is).
38. From then on he didn’t like being alone, he always stuck w/ his classmates… it’s like his friends are almost like his bodyguards
39. he talked in his sleep during 2002 Summer Concert. Ohno who was in the same room heard it very clearly at around 6am saying “let Aiba sleep!”. But he himself didn’t know anything about it.
40. he doesn’t eat between meals
41. when he went 伊豆 hot spring with Myojo for shooting, it so happened that it was the place he went with his family 10 years ago. He called his mom on the spot just because of this.
42. Arashi Car usually comes to fetch Sho after getting Ohno, Sho once saw Ohno’s feet on the manager’s head when he opened the car door… (大野くん, 何あってんのよ….)
43. when he went outdoor shooting with Aiba on ‘Uso! Japan’, they interviewed a pop idol group. Sho said without thinking that he knew their songs, and sang quite awkwardly. But Aiba on the other hand, was singing along rather happily… (やっぱり相葉ちゃんだね~)
44. 「真夜中の岚」card reading prophesized that he’ll have to retain class (we all know it didn’t come true)
45. his brother calls him ‘Bambi’ after watching ‘Kisarazu Cat’s Eye’
46. his results are good, so his teachers wrote a recommendation letter for him to take the examination to enter Keio
47. his father was a student from Keio since young, graduated in Todai, now a politition.His mother’s an English Literature teacher. He has a sister younger than him by 5 years, named 舞 and a brother younger than him by 13 years named Shu,修
48. Aiba and Ohno influenced him to be less calculative about things
49. during the audition part of the Summer Concert, he was super nervous because he can hear fans talking as he sat quite close to them
50. his ‘girlfriend preferences’ are quite similar to Ohno’s… (oooh, 危ない!)
51. seem to like Aiba a lot lately, even ‘ex-love’ Nino complained about this in envy. After the photoshooting session for April’s DUET, he left with Nino. Later, he came back alone to the shooting scene to wait for Aiba instead. (wowzers… but then… 本当二遅いな相葉ちゃん… still not done yet after 翔くんreturned)
52. he joined the Boy’s Brigade before, but he was bullied so he quit after 3 days joining (翔くんbeing bullied?! 信じられない～)
53. in June, he got to know that they’re debuting with Nino
54. he’s building up on his muscles (yeah, it’s pretty obvious)
55. fast-thinker
56. he was considered a senior in Johnny’s Junior before Arashi was formed
57. because he’s the rapper in Arashi, Japanese (who have bad English, really) calls him ‘raper Sho’ (what the?!!! Sho doesn’t go around raping girls!!!)
58. he’s quite close to Imai Tsubasa. And there’s even a reason for it, because their name has the kanji character 井 and 羽
59. he was called ‘Piano King’ in Music Jump
60. he becomes super monstrous when he’s angry
61. on the first day og entering his university, he asked for Nino’s help because he didn’t know how to fix his tie
62. he likes to sing songs by female singers in KTV, like songs by Amuro Namie (0.o)
63. the short form initial of every male member in the Sakarai family is written as S. S.
64. he loves ‘Frisk’ peppermint sweets very much, will usually finish up a box a day (まじかよ?!)
65. he will read some comics before he goes to bed
66. once Sho thought it was his fan following him and hit her with his umbrella. it ended up being some random person just walking by him.
67. Sho was telling the MAD jr’s to “HURRY UP!” because the MAD jr’s were too busy sending out peace signs during the Korea concert
68. Sho liked tangerines so much so one day he ate so many tangerines that he ended up wetting his bed. From that day on, tangerines were out-lawed at Sho’s house.
69. Once when Sho went to the convenience store there were girl students going crazy over Yamapi. They were looking at some magazine. Because Sho wanted to show off his kouhai he told the girls, “he’s a really close kouhai of mine!” but the problem is the girls didn’t know who he was.
70. When Yamapi and Kame were filming Nobuta wo Produce. They fell upon Sho backstage. Sho was on the phone and the first person he was talking, he was talking so respectively. Then the second phone call he was talking down to as if it were a friend. So Yamapi & Kame decided that the first person was Johnny & the second person was probably his manager. After Sho got off the phone they were so curious so they asked Sho whom it was. It so happens the first person was his manager and the second person was Johnny.
71. During film events this year Nino wore out a lot of channel clothing. Sho picked all those out

Name: 大野智
Name (romaji): Ohno Satoshi
Nicknames: Ridaa (Leader) / Captain / Oh~Chan / Satoshi-kun / Satopi (By Nino)/ Oji-chan
Profession: Actor, singer and show host
Birthdate: 1980.11.26
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 166cm
Weight: 49kg
Blood type: A
Star sign: Sagittarius
Family: Parents, Sister, Brother in Law, Nephews
Talent agency: Johnny's entertatinment

70 Facts
Name: 大野智
Name (romaji): Ohno Satoshi
Nicknames: Ridaa (Leader) / Captain / Oh~Chan / Satoshi-kun / Satopi (By Nino)/ Oji-chan
Profession: Actor, singer and show host
Birthdate: 1980.11.26
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 166cm
Weight: 49kg
Blood type: A
Star sign: Sagittarius
Family: Parents, Sister, Brother in Law, Nephews
Talent agency: Johnny's entertatinment

70 Facts
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He’s the leader of Arashi, not just because he’s the oldest, but because of a little small round of jankenpoi (“rock-paper-scissors”) with the other guys before their official debut.
2. If you’ve seen the movie The Sixth Sense, it’s a bad idea to joke about Haley Joel Osment’s character— Ohno HAS that same sixth sense, and yes… he sees dead people to all kinds of creepy stuff appearing from out of nowhere…
3. Within the group, he is the most picked-on member (as well as being the most talked-about member) among the group.
4. I wouldn’t call him “peculiar,” but the only reason why he seems quiet whenever you see him in guest appearances is because his mind is always wandering off somewhere in his own world…
5. If you hear a few of their songs and hear that sweet, romantic-sounding singing voice, it’s most likely going to be Oh-chan (if not, Nino…)– he’s in charge of the melodic vocals in all their songs… well, most of it anyway.
6. He is mostly seen in stage musicals than in TV dramas. He only appeared on two TV dramas— one in V no Arashi and the other in Speed Star. In other words, he’s the only member who will be less likely be seen on any TV drama series at all… O_o;
7. Oh-chan’s inspiration, main confidant, and even his own personal manager? His mother.
8. Oh-chan’s “other” career option— an artist! He has excellent skills in drawing practically anything… painting as well? When he was in school, art was his MAJOR passion and nothing else.
9. At the time before he was picked to debut in the upcoming new group Arashi, he was also having thoughts of quitting Johnny’s to pursue his art profession. Fortunately when he was offered to debut, he decided to take it and see where this debut career of his as part of an idol group would lead him to…
10. Though we all know that Ohno’s best talent is art, he stated that his “real” special skill among all is sleeping. He is farsighted, therefore he needs to wear a pair of reading glasses every time he reads something. Like Matsujun, who is nearsighted, he also makes himself look good by wearing contacts in public, stage, and screen.
11. He also has a bit of trouble reading the Japanese written language. Though he has no problems reading Romanji (alphabet), don’t count on him reading the written English language. He’ll drag Sho to read (and translate) all the English for him. He just passed the national Kanji test two years ago so he shouldn’t have anymore “reading” problems.
12. Aiba and Nino said he looks like someone who’d never tell the members when he gets married, and will hide it till the end. Sho said maybe there’ll be this one day when they received Ohno’s divorce report then they’ll know that Ohno was married
13. He said he admires someone when he went on Aiba’s program on 16th August, “Aiba Masaki desu” (is this a confession?)
14. Also on Aiba’s program that day, someone said that in “All or Nothing” Sho’s rap for “you know what I mean” sounds like “ra-men”, Ohno said that’s exactly what he thought
15. Ohno said he was absent from Pino because no one invited him. Actually he was assigned for recordings, but it was cancelled last minute, he got a free holiday. The three members who were there said: “then you should come!” but Ohno said he only got to know about it after reading the next day’s paper, thinking while reading “how come I’m not inside?”
16. His birth time, 0907
17. “When he walks, his eyes are closed” –Sho
18. When people say Sho’s more fit to be Arashi’s leader, Sho said Ohno is Arashi’s protector (how sweet…)
19. On the first day of their concert, when he was halfway to Tokyo station he realized he forgot his shoes, so he rushed home to get it. He came back in time, but was already all sweaty (partially because he was nervous)
20. His fans are usually older, just like his mom, they always say that he’s cute
21. During their summer concert they had to change on stage. When he took off his pants and saw his underwear, he realized he forgot to wear another white shorts inside, fans were laughing while the crews searched for a pair of pants for him (how embarrassing)
22. He’ll never be any of the members’ love rival, if such thing does happen, he’ll get out of it voluntarily
23. he stupidly talked about another program while he was on Aiba’s program, Aiba who rarely shows his temper couldn’t resist warning him too….
24. When they were recording A.Ra.Shi, he didn’t know that was their debut song
25. Their third day in Hawaii, (one week before Arashi debuted), then he realized that they’re debuting
26. before Arashi was formed, all he cared about was sleep, now he is more concerned about work
27. he’s really reluctant to sleep with Jun, and is trying to stop Jun from requesting it for the second time (0.o)
28. he’s actually 165cm, though it’s publicly shown as 168cm
29. he’s worried that he’s growing fatter
30. Dohmoto Tsuyoshi thinks he’s the upcoming pretty boy
31. he was once voted Pretty Boy No. 1 in a magazine
32. cares for others
33. usually doesn’t bring money when he leaves the house (wonder how he survives)
34. he was found drunk outside of a convenience store. he was totally drunk and waiting for someone when Sho came out with a bottle of water. Sho gave him the bottle of water and the two started laughing and began to walk off.
35. he was standing at the platform waiting for the train but even though the train came he wasn’t getting on. So someone next to him asked, “aren’t you going to get on?” and he suddenly looked surprised and said, “ah, thank you!” and then got on.
36. Jun asked him to go eat ramyun. Jun whined and whined but Ohno said he was too lazy to go out. One day, Ohno wanted to eat ramyun and thought of Jun, but the thought of having to leave the house was too bothersome so instead Ohno drew a picture of Jun’s face and placed it on the table and made himself a cup of ramyun.
37. after a concert Ohno was drunk. he went around getting angry at the juniors asking where his ramyun was. the whole time the ramyun was in his hand. The juniors went to Sho and tattled.
38. We all know that Ohno is a good artist. Well, he started drawing in 3rd grade, thanks to “Dragonball.” He had a friend who was into it as well, so they’d always be competitive trying to outdo each other with Dragonball drawings.
39. He says his parents raised him liberally. They never told him to study or anything.
40. We know that Ohno is *extremely* close to his mom. When he goes home late at night, she is always up waiting for him. He sometimes texts her saying “You can go to sleep,” but she always waits for him. He asked her why and she replied that he might not like it if he comes home late from work and the house is all dark. This really touched him, because she also has to work the next day at 5AM. To Ohno, she is more like a friend than a parent.
41. His mom came to the Johnny’s audition with him. At the audition, it surprised him to see Katori-kun (Katori Shingo from SMAP); he was familiar with him because his sister liked him. Everyone started dancing at the audition, but Ohno stood in the back and didn’t dance. -_- Instead, he waved at his mom and said hi. Then Johnny-san spotted him and yelled, “What are you doing? Come up to the front and dance!” So Ohno danced and Johnny said to him, “you’ve got good rhythm."
42. So since then, he started going to the lesson 1 day a week. There were about 50 people starting out, but later on, it was reduced to only 4 of them. One of them was Machida Shingo (from another Johnny’s unit, Musical Academy). With Machida, Ohno danced as hard as he could. Since then, he was always together with Machida.
43. Ohno’s first gig as a junior was at Tokio’s concert in Budokan. He heard the "Johnny’s cheer” and freaked out. It was so loud, he couldn’t believe it was coming from people! He even wanted to go home because he was so freaked out.
44. Initially, he wasn’t interested in being in the entertainment industry at all, or doing dramas. But dancing kept him interested. It was the only thing he wanted to excel in.
45. He realized that if he wanted to go to Kyoto, he’d have to stay there at least ½ year. He volunteered to go. He wanted to escape the situation he was in at the time. Younger, newer juniors were coming in to Johnny’s and he kept getting pushed back, as the newer ones got popular. He thought to himself, “Why? I’m better than them!” He had heard that he could be the main star if he went to Kyoto, so he didn’t hesitate to go.
46. His mom was happy and supportive of his decision to go to Kyoto. He quit high school after just three days of starting. He walked out with Machida. His parents didn’t say anything. They just asked him, “Is this it?” and he said, “Yes.” He had to quit school because if he hadn’t, he couldn’t go to Kyoto.
47. Life in Kyoto was hard. He had to perform 5 times a day on stage. At least during summer, it was okay because there were people. But in fall, there were only about 50 people in a theatre that could hold 1,000 people. He wondered why he had to be doing this. He sometimes cried because he wanted to go back to Tokyo, but his colleagues helped him out because they were all on the same boat.
48. If there was an opportunity to dance solo, he volunteered even if it meant taking himself away from Tokyo and going to Kyoto. I think from this, we can see that Ohno is actually quite ambitious and wants to do justice to his own skills. He said he was satisfied with the way danced at the solo of “Kyo to Kyo” - he doesn’t think he can dance as well now as he did back then during his solo “Cool.”
49. About 2 years into his life in Kyoto, he thought about quitting. He wanted to start drawing again. He picked up some skills from the makeup artist and thought to himself that when he goes back to Tokyo, he will quit Johnny’s Jimusho and start anew, something related to art. At this point, he had already danced to his satisfaction.
50. Ohno told Johnny’s that he wanted to quit. But for some reason, he ended up being in “MASK” (stageplay starring Domoto Koichi from Kinki Kids, from January ‘99 to February '99), and also “Playzone” (summer play Shonentai - way way senpai group from Johnny’s - does every summer).
51. Then from there, it was straight to becoming Arashi. He really hesitated, but since it was his last chance, he decided to just ride this wave. After the initial debut press conference in Hawaii, he participated in the Junior Concert in October ('99).
From there, as they were introducing themselves, it went like this:
“Sakurai Sho- ” *WAHHHHHHH* (all the people screaming)
“Matsumoto Jun - ” *WAHHHHHHH*
“Ohno Satoshi - ” *… whhhhattt? Who is this person?*
52. Ohno wanted to get off the stage ASAP. He realized that his time spent in Kyoto had made him less exposed compared to the other members. He became quite desperate at this point. Since the other 4 members had so much more exposure thanks to their TV appearances, he knew he had to try harder. He wrote back to his fan letters and such. He knew that Arashi was somewhat getting popular because their debut song, “A.Ra.Shi,” was #1, but he didn’t know if he *himself* was popular.
53. He started having negative thoughts at this point, because people didn’t know who he was, or they were saying “How come it’s not Tackey *Takizawa Hideaki from Tackey & Tsubasa* that’s in Arashi?” He started wondering if it would be okay for him to be part of Arashi.
54. But it brought comfort to be with Arashi members from the beginning. When the 5 of them were together, it really upped the atmosphere.
55. When the first Arashi concert came, he wondered if anyone would be holding his uchiwa (*the hand-held fan with member’s face on it that fans hold at concerts). He was relieved and happy to find that there were just as many uchiwa for him as there were for other members.
56. Ohno prefers stageplays to dramas/movies. That is probably why we see him in so few TV dramas. :( Overall, I get the impression that acting makes Ohno really nervous. But he’s so good anyway!
57. He liked shooting the movie “PIKA*NCHI” with rest of the Arashi members, since it was the first time all 5 of them got to be in one thing since “V no Arashi."
58. Unlike acting (which makes him nervous), he likes doing concerts. He’s always thinking about the next concert. Starting in 2004, he could even come up with his own choreography. He thinks about what songs to do solos for, what outfit to wear, etc., and likes thinking about those.
59. But even now, he has that nagging feeling somewhere that he might not have any fans (stemming from his lack of popularity in the beginning of his Arashi days). So habitually, he looks for his uchiwa whenever he goes on stage. When he finds them, it relieves him and he feels good.
60. In the past few years, fans have been holding boards with their "requests” on them - like “Wave your hand” and things like that. It was fun, and he liked doing it because his fans liked it. But then the requests got more… intense and now they’ve become something like “Blow a kiss” and such. Ohno’s really shy and he says it’s “out of his character.” And the next request is “Take it off.” - - ;;
61. When they start going on concert tours, Ohno always checks the internet because he is interested in the fans’ reactions, since fan letters take time to get to him.
62. He watches all his concert videos. Sometimes it maddens him because he sucks so bad, but because his time spent with Arashi is precious, even bad performances are something to be treasured.
63. Arashi members started opening up to each other while they were doing “Here We Go” concert tour (I think around 2002?). They stayed up all night talking to each other about their plans, what they think, how they would move on individually, etc. Ohno felt that everyone treasured the group Arashi.
64. Year 2003 brought on some changes. Arashi started hanging outside work and Ohno felt like they had transcended some sort of a barrier. He thinks it’s important to hang out outside work, because they are different people when they are working together. Since they are all adults, they can go drinking and stuff too.
65. He thinks his voice got higher as the years went by. He feels it’s strange, since people’s voice tends to get lower as they get older. Now he thinks it’s as high as Nino’s (which, he says, is REALLY high).
66. Working in this industry limits him from meeting people outside, and sometimes it makes him feel lonely. He’s always guarded because he doesn’t want to be deceived. He thinks that’s just the way it is, but it doesn’t stop him from feeling lonely.
67. Since he started thinking that way, he became a bit more outgoing. Even if he doesn’t know the people, if he thinks it’d be fun, he talks to them.
68. Personally, he doesn’t know where he would be, but he wants to have an art exhibit of his own.
69. He wonders what their 10th year anniversary would be like. 2004 was HIS 10th year anniversary since joining Johnny’s. “I’ve survived,” he says. He has always tried his best. He was a bit irresponsible when he was a junior, so he is repentant of it. But overall, his 10 years were filled with many things and he considers himself a happy person.
70. He thinks Arashi only has room for improvement. Each member thinks of the other in a precious way, and after each concert, they become even more united. He says that whatever happens, the fact that the 5 of them will always be close won’t change.

Name: 相葉雅紀
Name (romaji): Aiba Masaki
Profession: Actor and singer
Birthdate: 1982.12.24
Birthplace: Chiba, Japan
Height: 176cm
Weight: 56kg
Star sign: Capricorn
Blood type: AB
Family: Parents, Brother, Sister in law, nephews
Talent agency: Johnny's entertainment

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He speaks English ^^; (or… tries his best to speak English…?)… lately in their variety shows (D no Arashi, G no Arashi) as well as in the educational animal show Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen (Genius! Shimura Zoo), Aiba-chan declares he’s fluent in English… he even speaks it too, but… you be the judge… ^^
2. He has earned various nicknames that relates to the word idol (Super Idol, King of Idols, etc. etc.)
3. He is a HUGE fan of TOKIO, another Johnny’s band. His fandom influenced the rest of the guys to get in to TOKIO too!
4. He is the 3rd member who most likely to appear in TV drama serials and TV drama specials. He hasn’t appeared in dramas for the longest time… but he’s still on TV, of course… just not dramas…
5. He is very skilled and enjoys playing the sax! He’s one of the very musically-inclined members in the group along with Nino, who plays the guitar! Last time I heard, he pretty much quit the sax due to lung problems…
6. His least favourite season of the year is spring because he’s allergic to pollen.
7. His family owns a Chinese restaurant named Keikarou in his hometown somewhere in the Chiba Prefecture.
8. He hopes to have a younger sister as well…
9. He has a very huge, visible, noticeable birthmark on his left shoulder.
10. Aiba-chan joined Johnny’s Jimusho for two “interesting” reasons:
1) he is a huge Ken Miyake fan
2) he has a huge obsession with basketball and saw these Johnny’s idols playing basketball in one of the Johnny’s shows shown on TV and thought that he’d get to play basketball in public if he joined, so he signed up and sent in an application to join Johnny’s, not to become an idol, but probably to use it as a ticket to playing basketball with SMAP
11. He is also the only one among the members who calls fellow member Sho Sakurai the nickname Sho-chan!
12. Sometime in early Spring 2002, Aiba-chan collapsed during a rehearsal of a performance for their single Nice-na Kokoroiki. It turned out that he was suffering from a disease known as pneumothorax - a collapse of one of the lungs due to a huge change in the internal pressure in the chest cavity, caused by some sort of trauma or spontaneous lung rapture. Symptoms include shortness of breath and severe, one-sided (affected side) chest pain on inhalation. This disease is VERY common among young guys who are both hyperactive yet skinny at the same time and it IS a curable disease! It is also a one-time thing as well, and because of that, Aiba-chan learned his lesson and decided to “buff” himself up a bit.
13. During high school, he joined his high school basketball team because he got along “too well” with the people in his school’s baseball and soccer team and felt scared/nervous
14. According to one of Aiba-chan’s interviews, the most bizarre gift that he ever received on his 20th birthday was a walking stick, given to him by none other than his own leader, Ohno Satoshi!
15. Aiba tends to skip from topics to topics randomly during interviews and apparently
16. during their concert MCs or talks, he can also go out of topics sometimes.
17. After he starts drinking, he would start taking off his shirt and run around. Sho mention about it before.
18. During concerts, Aiba will sing even when it’s not his turn to sing… he loves to sing along to the entire song! :P
19. he sleeps with a soft toy. Last time in Hawaii 2002 was this erm brown/black doggie/bear?
20. Sho said that Aiba is the most horny. But he continued to say that he can’t say the reason why so as to protect Aiba’s reputation. But it’s funny how when Sho said Aiba is the most horny, every other members said that Sho is the most horny instead. It’s funny how Aiba always say perverted stuff suddenly out of the blue. Like during the Mago episode where he was comparing himself to the radish and so. Or when they were going to the Mago boating camp and while on the bus, he was talking about the bananas that Ohno had bought for them.
21. Aiba follows Sho even in his dreams. Sho is talks in his sleep about Aiba. Once saying “Let Aiba sleep!” The other time he said in his sleep to Ohno that he should go and wake Aiba instead.
22. halfway watching movie “I am Sam”, he left the cinema because the story was too tragic, Sho said he’s the ‘emotional type’
23. he eats the most among all the members, can’t stop eating between meals (according to Sho), eats two bentos a day (according to Jun), after having a sushi meal with one of the Tokio members, he still ordered a large set meal (according to Ohno)
24. ever since he met the super loud alarm clock, he wakes up before the alarm goes off (amazing…)
25. kept urging Dohmoto Tsuyoshi to teach him guitar (Nino despised him perhaps?)
26. Nino: When we went for dinner after movie shooting, Sho and Jun’s table was clean after the meal, Aiba and Ohno’s table was terrible
Aiba: this is how a man eats
27. before their concert started, he asked Ohno to write the kanji Arashi for him on the arm, but because he kept sweating, only the ‘yama’ on the top was visible. Nino realised it and told him about it. Ohno said he’ll write it again for Aiba, but Jun scolded him instead: “if you’re so free, why don’t you just get your butt on the stage?!”
28. Nino said he’ll always memorise his line before movie shooting starts, but Sho says Aiba memorises his lines AFTER shooting… (what the….?!)
29. everyone agrees that it is impossible for Aiba to accomplish two things at the same time
30. according to the card readings, he’s the ‘playboy type’…
31. during KKK concert, he has a draught paper to remember his placing for their dance, and will check it everytime they go in and change. But it fell on the stage, and the choreographer scolded him
Sho: not only during changing time, he’ll also peek into the paper on stage!
32. there was once he had a phone call with Yokoyama in a very sleepy condition, when he woke up he didn’t remember the conversation so he called Yokoyama again. That’s why Yokoyama says he’s like a kid
33. During 2001 Spring concert, Kame kept picking on him, Aiba pretended to argue and fight with him, but the other members said that seeing little kids fight is super boring
34. he ate more lately, and is able to finish 3 McDonald set meals in the morning. He still says he’s 53 kg, Ohno who gets fat easily is very suspicious about this
35. during Nagoya concert, he forgot to bring his towel into the bath twice. (those shower baths…) so he walked out naked twice. The fist time he was kinda shy and tried to cover, the second time he walked straight out.
36. he has a licence to drive small boats other than cars…
37. he tried going into hotspring bath when he’s really really sleepy. He slept halfway through and nearly drowned, his family members saved him in the end
38. he asked Yokoyama, Nino and Sho to go fishing, but he himself was late
39. when he was in second year of elementary school, he likes to wear those soccer socks. So he wore with shorts and went to baseball practice. Of course, the coach went: “AIBA!!! @#$%^$@#%&*&^$#@&”
40. a stray baseball hit his leg went he went to watch a baseball game with Nino and Imai Tsubasa, they kept laughing at him
41. he used to call Sho ‘Sho-chan, but changed to ‘Sakurai’ now
42. only one week before the official press conference, then he got to know that they’re debuting
43. very good at penalty kick
44. he’s becoming more and more like Jun, condering things carefully before acting on them
45. gradually turning outdoor’ish cause of Ohno
46. Sho and Ohno said his personality is like a cat
47. loves to sleep, hates waking up in the morning, can sleep nearly anywhere (so can Nino….)
48. loves manga, but despises those girls’ manga, cause he said he’s ‘afraid’ of the big watery eyes
49. he’s not afraid of worms, ghosts, or being alone in the dark, neither is he afraid of watching horror movies. But he’s afraid on human beings, like Yokoyama, yet couldn’t resist asking him out for a meal
50. always daydreaming
51. loves sports, played baseball during elementary school, basketball during highschool
52. he’s usually a bit slow. Sho laughed at him saying he created a jetlag for Arashi
53. likes girls who are older than him, below 35
54. resembles his mom rather than his dad
55. his birthdate was decided by his mom who wanted to give birth at Christmas eve no matter what (wow….)
56. plays the saxophone and the piano
57. washes his face first thing in the morning
58. will wash his hair fist during baths, then his left leg (0.o)
59. right leg first when he wears his shoes
60. right leg first when he wears his trousers
61. prosedure to wearing his shirt: head, right hand, then left hand
62. broke his arm during first year of high school
63. it’s only a 1 minute journey from his house to his high school, so he usually leaves home right after he hears the bell ring
64. will read manga before he goes to bed
65. enjoys being in the library during recess time, because it’s warm during winter and cool during summer, plus he gets to read manga
66. he’s super allergic to pollen
67. his kanji reading is lousy, he’ll stop halfway when he sees a kanji on the script.
68. Aiba: how do you read this?
69. at Sho’s house the toilet is automatic where it moves automatically too. Aiba who encountered this found it so amusing that he kept playing with it and eventually broke it.
70. Aiba was going to the bathroom when the door suddenly opened. he wondered what part he should cover (with his hands) and eventually decided since he’s an idol he had to cover his face.
71. While riding the train, he fell asleep and got his head stuck in the doors
72. When Nino and Aiba went out to eat, instead of sitting facing one another they sat next to one another so the waiter hella stared at them weird

Name: 松本潤 (まつもと じゅん)
Name (romaji): Matsumoto Jun
Nicknames: Matsujun, Junji, King Matsumoto [by all Arashi], Jun-chan, Macchan (when bowling)
Profession: Actor, singer
Birthdate: 1983.08.30
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 173cm
Weight: 58kg
Star sign: Virgo
Blood type: A-
Family: Older sister
Talent agency: Johnny's Entertainment

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The meaning of his name is: Matsu (松) = Pine, Moto (本) = Root, origin or book and Jun (潤) = Moist. All in all something like; Moist roots of pine…! (approximately).
His nicknames are .Matsujun, Junji, King [by all Arashi], Jun~Chan, Matsumoto~kun, Do-S
He has an older sister.
His favourite food is SOBA.
He loves mangoes.
His height is 1.73 cm
His weight is 58kg (about 127 lbs)
His shoe size is 26.5 cm (size 10)
His star sign is Virgo (according to the Western Zodiac) and Leo (according to the changes of the new Eastern Zodiac - only Asia).
He is right-handed.
He is one of the very well-known “A”-list young actors in dramas and movies.
MatsuJun fans are the youngest among Arashi fans (according to Ohno).
Fellow Arashi member Sho Sakurai was once his private tutor. In fact, Sho was the one who encouraged Jun to finish High School.
His favourite animal is the tortoise.
He wanted to spend his 17th birthday with Aiba, but was rejected (politely I guess)
His 17th birthday presents from the members: Electric Massager (Sho), Skateboard (Aiba), Self Portrait (Ohno), 5 Small Turtles (Nino). Jun felt really happy that the members remembered his birthday.
Those turtles Nino gave him are “fine”. Other than changes in size, they were once frozen to death, and were ‘revived’ after being dipped into hot water. Last August 30, 2007 (his birthday) his mother sent him a birthday e-mail. Attached to it was a picture of his turtles and a message along the lines of ”Your turtles have grown one year older too.”
On Nino’s 21st birthday Jun gave him back one of those five turtles (he still hasn’t name them).
The places he would love to visit are Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Recently he was able to visit both— Las Vegas, for the filming of Hana Yori Dango Final (2008) and L.A. for the advanced screening of his movie Kakushi Toride no San Akunin (2008).
Although often mentioned that his blood type is “A”, in technicality his bloodtype is really rhesus negative [a very rare blood type]
He had buckteeth when he was younger.
His teeth are not fixed by braces, they were extracted and replaced.
In his Junior days he was known to be a joker, but now he has earned the nickname Do-S Banchou (S stands for sadist).
Matsujun is also nearsighted. On stage, screen, and magazines, he makes himself look good by wearing contacts. Outside his work and during his free time, he is mainly seen by many wearing a pair of glasses.
He greatly admires Johnny Depp, Kevin Spacey, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Brad Pitt as actors. He also enjoys Kabuki(highly stylized classical Japanese dance-drama).
Jun didn’t go through an audition to get into Johnny Jrs. although the usual process is that the boys will have to go through auditions. Jun got a personal call by Johnny himself to come and watch the auditions, after that, he just got in without knowing it.
He considers the founder of Johnny’s Jimusho, Johnny Kitagawa the biggest influence in his life.
In June, 1999 he knew they will debut, but he didn’t find out they’ll be name Arashi until the end of August when he was told by Nino and Sho.
He likes photography a lot.
He can’t leave home without his glasses and his iPod.
Surfing is one of Jun’s hobbies. His so-called mentor is his senpai Tatsuya Yamaguchi of Tokyo.
He played baseball in school.
He loves exercise ball.
He is good at football.
Jun’s legend: he was once in the football team! But he never played a real game before, except when he entered Johnny’s.
12 a.m. – 3 a.m. is considered Jun’s personal time.
The first thing he does in the morning is wash his face.
He’s always late.
He is very honest and has a sharp tongue.
He loves to change his hair style.
He’s afraid of ticklish feelings, especially in his ears.
He’s not comfortable being touched freely by others.
He once had an accident and was hospitalized for two months, he even went through physiotherapy.
In ten years the job he would want to be doing would be to be the host of Shounen Club Premium.
Aoki Kotomi, the author of the manga “Boku wa Imouto Ni Koi O Suru”, confessed being so excited that she nearly fainted when she found out that Jun was chosen to play the lead role of brother, Yori. She is a big fan of Matsujun and named one of her manga characters “Jun” because of him.
He can get very emotional.
Jun often cries while watching movies. When he was younger he watched the movie Forrest Gump with his family. Moved, he could feel the tears coming out already at some points of the movie, but because he was with his family he was embarrassed to cry in front of them. Finally, when he could no longer keep in his emotions, he ran out of the theatre and cried.
He drinks ginger tea when he has sore throat.
When he first read the Hana Yori Dango manga, his favorite character was Hanazawa Rui. However, when he was given the role of Tsukasa Domyouji, he revisited the manga again and was able to identify with Domyouji’s character so much thathe admitted to crying while reading some parts of the manga.
Oguri Shun got the part of Hanazawa Rui in Hana Yori Dango because Jun told producers that he would not play Domyoji if Shun didn’t get the role of Rui.
His best friend in Arashi is Aiba Masaki. Other Johnny’s he frequently spends time with are his kouhais Nishikido Ryo and Akanishi Jin.
He didn’t like the Hana Yori Dango curls as much as any of us because of the fashion problems it posed on him. When he was on set, it was fine because he had costumes; but once he was out, he couldn’t find anything in his wardrobe to compliment his curly hairstyle.
During one scene of Hana Yori Dango, had to put a bandage on his face but due to his small face, he had to cut it to make it look proportional.
He didn’t really like Oguri Shun at first when they met in Gokusen, but now they’ve become good friends.
Little Jun used to idolize Sho Sakurai.
Jun used to have a room so messy that sometimes when he slept, he would jerk awake when clothes fell onto his face. Now though, he has a sort of clothesline above his bed, and he just grabs the clothes he wants to wear, saying its a lot more convenient.
Jun is very picky about movie/drama scripts, and will only act the roles and scripts that interest him.
One of the reasons why Jun took on the role of Domyouji Tsukasa was so that Arashi could release a new single, “Wish”.
He worries quite a fair bit about Arashi and how the public will respond to them, especially overseas fans.
He’s the “coolest”, most serious member in the group, Jun is also a sensitive guy when it comes to love, romance, and girls.
Rida (Ohno Satoshi) calls him the “Concert Master” because he takes part in the technical and artistic part of the concerts preparation.
Sato Atsuhiro (member of the band Hikaru GENJI /87-95/ and now a solo artist of Johnny&Associates) is a very respected senpai of Jun. He feels that they are “fated” to be friends since they share the same birthday and hobbies.
Oguri Shun and Narimiya Hiroki are his good friend.
Hideaki Takizawa (of Tacky and Tsubasa) is his good friend. For Hideaki’s birthday a couple of years ago, Jun brought him a balloon and a cake at midnight. When Tacky refused to wake up Jun got really angry and ate the cake with the rest.
Jun is the first Japanese male to make it to the cover of the Japanese Marie Claire magazine. The only guys to grace its cover in its 24 year history have all been foreign superstars including David Beckham.
He likes dry plums so much that he snatches them away from Aiba.
Jun is quite a big fan of Harry Potter franchise.
He’s so close to band member Ohno Satoshi that he doesn’t use honorifics anymore while talking to him.
During the Video Concert, Jun forced Ohno to share a pillow with him.
His height when he first entered Johnny’s: 150cm.
Jun enjoys baths and often spends hours in them, listening to music and relaxing.
When he was in 2nd grade, there was an incident wherein he ran out onto the road and was knocked over by a van and was severely injured. Despite this, he was as chirpy and cheerful as he could be. So cheerful that when the ambulance came, he just kept apologizing to the uncle, saying he was naughty for running out onto the road.
He joined a “courage competition” during elementary school; they had to go through the forest without a light to reach their destination. Because he was afraid he walked in the middle of the line.
During his elementary days, he saw a white, floating figure while visiting a deserted hospital with his schoolmates.
Amazed by his older sister’s love for the Kinki Kids, young Jun submitted his biodata to Johnny’s himself, wanting to be cool just like them.
Jun hosts Jun Style, a radio show in Japan.
Once when he was younger he almost got blown away while holding a flag.(He was very young as you can imagine! :P)
He really likes KichiToka workroom’s “Sound of Waves” and has watched it over four times.
His favourite singer is Janet jackson.
His favourite solo song is “I WANT YOU BACK” by Jackson 5.
His favourite concert was Arashi Spring concert 2001
His favourite word is “ENJOY” (楽しむ - Tanoshimu in Japanese).
He finds Mandarin extremely difficult and doesn’t speak English at all.
On his off days he likes driving out into the sea.
He loves to go to the beach and play with dogs, even though he doesn’t have a dog.
In the Official Arashi Calendar 2001, Jun’s pictures were edited to hide his leg hair, but there were some that they “forgot to edit”. Sho kept teasing Jun about this.
His card reading result is: self lover, Aiba:“He loves himself VERY MUCH!”
He loves attention.
He loves wine… A LOT!
He got a wine cellar in his house.
He went to a fellow actor’s house during Gokusen shooting, and fell in love with darts there.
During an episode of Music Station, he was seen staring intently at Utada Hikaru beside him. In fact, Jun-kun and Hikki-chan were challenging each other to pick their nose in front of the cameras. Hikki-chan didn’t, but Jun did at the end of the show when his was answering Tamori’s question!
He went on a holiday to Los Angeles in the summer of 2007 with a friend. He recalled telling an American girl “I don’t speak English”
Known to be the most fashionable in Arashi.
He accidentally kissed Nino at a concert (6-23-2006), but Nino meant to do it.
He doesn’t like kids, but wants some in the future.
He admits he’s neurotic - he likes to clean and can’t stand anything messy or dirty.
He doesn’t like a dirty table. If he sees one, he uses his sleeve to wipe it off.
After acting as Momo in Kimi wa Petto, he was voted best celebrity you want as your pet.
He can’t do a back flip ( All Johnny’s boys are supposed to be able to).
He can’t remember anything after a hangover.
He doesn’t drink much but likes to make other people drink. Once made Nino really drunk but took real good care of him. He got really drunk once and spilled red wine on Aiba (Aiba had a white shirt on).
He likes his drinks warm (at room temperature) because his stomach isn’t strong.
Once crashed Aiba’s car after only driving a few meters.
He is probably the only member to have matured technically in appearance, Jun used to be a cute, adorable, short little munch kin back in his Johnny’s Junior days.
He is never able to sleep whenever he is in the same room with Aiba or Nino, because Aiba grinds his teeth and Nino howls in the middle of the night.
He’s troubled over the fact that he gets recognized easily even though he tried to disguised himself.
At an interview for “Natsu no Koi wa Kijiiro ni Kagayaku” Jun-san confessed that he had never felt in love at first sight and that he would like to know how was that like.
For his 27th birhtday Arashi members (along with staff members from Hitmitsu no arashi-chan and Arashi ni Shiyagare) prepared him a surprised party, they rented an Italian restaurant and told him that they were going to film one of the episodes of Himitsu no Arashi-chan at the restaurant. When they got there they gave him presents and presented a video of the 4 members of Arashi (Matsumoto-san was not in it) consisting of pictures their debut to present and special narrations and music put by each member.Matsumoto-san was moved to tearsand said:“IT IS HAPPINESS TO BE A MEMBER OF ARASHI”
As he had recently become interested in Onzen (Hot springs) and Yakiniku (Korean BBQ) Arashi members Nino and Ohno got him hot spring vouchers as his 27th B-DAY present; while Aiba and Sho got him “free vouchers for 10 servings of yakiniku”.

Arashi (嵐; meaning Storm in Japanese) is a five-member Japanese boy band under Johnny & Associates. They made their debut conference in September 15, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The group was signed to the Pony Canyon record label from 1999 to 2001 before transitioning to Johnny's Associates-powered J Storm record label in 2002, producing their future singles and albums.




Arashi covers a wide range of music, including R&B, hip hop and various forms of pop music. Aside from being a popular idol group in Japan, the group is widely known across Asia and to J-pop fans all over the world.
Johnny's & Associates (or Johnny's) announced the group's debut on September 15, 1999 through a press conference aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Honolulu, Hawai'i. Arashi, the Japanese word for storm, was chosen by Johnny's to represent the group's thrust of "creating a storm in the entertainment world." Arashi is currently the only debuted group in Johnny's that is written entirely in Kanji. Their debut single, "A・RA・SHI", became the theme song for the 8th World Cup of Volleyball hosted by Japan in 1999. They gained widespread exposure when they sang their debut single at the cup's opening on November 2, 1999. At the debut event a day later, an estimated 80,000 fans showed up at the Yoyogi National Hippodrome to see the group's live performance.[1] The single went on to become a major hit, selling almost a million copies. From March 25 to April 30, 2001, the group embarked on their first nationwide tour, the Arashi Spring Concert 2001. The tour took place in Sendai, Osaka, Nagoya, Hokkaido, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Toyama and Tokyo with an unprecedented 26 performances. March 2002 saw the group's return to Hawaiʻi, with a series of fan tours, as a part of Johnny's Stand Up Hawaii! Campaign.

By 2006, the group's singles and albums were being released outside Japan. Their album, Arashic, was released not only in Japan, but in Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand as well. In Korea, the album proved so successful, the first 10,000 copies of the album were sold out on the first day, and it even topped the local sales charts on the third week of July. On July 31, 2006, the group embarked on their Jet Storm Tour, which aimed to promote the album. The one-day tour covered Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea, countries which later became part of their Asia tour (The Thailand concert, Thai-J Pop Concert, was cancelled due to a military coup).

The concert in Korea was decided due to the fact that about 1,500 Korean fans gathered at the Incheon International Airport during the group's Jet Storm press conference.[3] The concert, held on November 12, 2006, made Arashi the first group from Johnny's Entertainment to perform an individual concert in South Korea.[4][5] The group proved popular to Korean fans when their concert tickets were sold out in an hour, as some 150,000 people rushed to book tickets online.[6] Aside from their concert performances, the group represented Japan in the 2006 Asia Song Festival, also held in South Korea.

On February 21, 2007, the group released their first single of the year 2007, "Love so sweet", the theme song for the high-rating television drama Hana Yori Dango 2 which peaked at the number one spot on Oricon's daily and weekly charts. Their nineteenth single, "We Can Make It!", released on May 2, 2007, also charted number one on Oricon's daily and weekly charts, before falling out of the Top 10 in its second week, only to return back to the Top 10 on its third week. On April 2007, the group performed in one of their largest concerts to date. Arashi Around Asia in Dome was held in the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, and at the Tokyo Dome, with a combined total capacity of 100,000 people, and had an attendance of over 200,000.

Their ninth studio album, Time released in July, continued the group's string of number one releases, selling over 190,000 copies in its first week and even reaching the number two spot on the United World Rankings. Also in July, saw the premiere of the TBS drama production of the manga, Yamada Taro Monogatari starring members Kazunari Ninomiya and Sho Sakurai. The theme song of the series, "Happiness", was sung by the group and also debuted at the top spot of the Japanese single charts. The year proved successful for the group, with all of their singles at the Top 30 of the annual Oricon charts, with "Love so sweet" ranking 4th in single sales overall.

The group's success in 2007 sparked renewed interest, with two major announcements in February 2008. First was from the Japanese television network TBS, announcing that the group will host a variety show dealing with social and cultural topics on its primetime line-up as a part of its programming strategy after concerns about falling ratings. The show, which will air 10:00 JST, will begin broadcast in April, and will be produced by Saori Hirata. It will the be the first variety show hosted by the group to be aired in primetime. And second, was the announcement that the group will be doing a concert tour of the five major domes in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Sapporo. The tour, titled ARASHI Marks 2008 Dream-A-live, consists of 10 performances, from May 16 in Osaka to July 6 in Sapporo. The only other Johnny's artists who have done a five dome tour are SMAP and KinKi Kids.

To date, Arashi has released nine albums and twenty-one singles. The group's latest single is "Step and Go", which despite the lack of direct tie-ins, debuted at number one on the Japanese charts and sold over 300,000 on its first week. This is Arashi's 10th straight number one release and its 17th number one overall.

Members: Matsumoto Jun, Aiba Masaki, Ninomiya Kazunari, Ohno Satoshi, Sakurai Sho.

Satoshi Ohno, the oldest member of Arashi, is the reluctant "leader" of the group after winning against Sho Sakurai in a round of rock-paper-scissors with the other members on a Japanese variety show. The exact same pattern of him unwillingly 'winning' against Sho has been seen repeating many times ever since. He is the oldest person in the group and Ohno sings the lead vocals. Although he has stated that he wanted to avoid becoming the leader the most, Arashi members have once stated in an interview that Ohno is a new-age idol, who leads his group by not leading at all. Aside from leading the vocal work, he is known to be the best dancer and has the greatest control when it comes to singing in Arashi. Back when Arashi first debuted and before he was elected leader, Ohno was told by Johnny's to be the "Dance Leader". He choreographs several of their dance moves, which the other members sometimes find quite hard to follow. Other artistes from the same company openly expressed their admiration for Ohno's dancing; among them are Imai Tsubasa of the duo Tackey & Tsubasa, Kokubun Taichi of TOKIO, Yuuri Chinen of the newly-debuted group Hey! Say! JUMP, and other juniors. He is also one half of the Arashi skit duo Ohmiya SK, partnering Kazunari Ninomiya. Out of all the members, he has appeared in the fewest dramas, preferring to do stage plays or focus on his art. He performed his first solo concert on January 29, 2006. He is the first artiste in Johnny's who held an art exhibit entitled 'Freestyle'. The exhibit featured his works accumulated in a span of 10 years, displaying all of his artworks and drawings, including his 100 clay figures. Freestyle was held at Omotesandou Hills from February 21 - 29, 2008.

Sho Sakurai sings most of the rap parts (known to fans as "Sakurap"), the lyrics of which he also writes. Sakurai was the first in the group to perform in a solo concert, The Show, on January 14, 2006. He is currently a Monday co-host of NTV's News Zero, on which he became the first idol to host an election special.[1][10] Sakurai is arguably the best-educated member of the group, having graduated from Keio University, the Japanese equivalent of an Ivy League school. During the early years after Arashi's debut, Sho was appointed by the Johnny's to be the "Study Leader". Although he lost in a round of rock-paper-scissors, hence excusing him from being the group's leader, the other four of Arashi have made many remarks that Sakurai is the one who possesses leadership qualities.

Masaki Aiba is the tallest member of the group, with a distinctive breathy voice. He was once hospitalized after fainting due to the collapse of one of his lungs and was forced to stop playing the saxophone due to the operation he had to undergo. Aiba interacts with various wild animals as a co-host of the TV show, Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen. He also excels in sports, especially basketball. He has been known to have considerably short attention span and often jumps between topics during talks and interviews, thus earning himself his reputation as the endearing, flaky member of Arashi. Sometimes Aiba makes some mistakes with Japanese, particularly in reading kanji. He can be seen making various reading mistakes in talk shows and live performances. During the earlier years following Arashi's debut, Aiba was appointed the "Image Leader" of Arashi.

Kazunari Ninomiya is the first member of the group to crossover to American films as he starred in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed Japanese language film, Letters from Iwo Jima. Along with bandmate Jun Matsumoto, he is one of Japan's leading young actors and have been said to be able to "act with his eyes". Ninomiya stated that he is left-handed but has been forced to write with his right hand by his parents when he was a child. He plays the guitar, piano, composes songs and writes lyrics. However, he is usually seen with a game console in hand instead and had publicly admitted that he was an otaku when he was an elementary school student. During Arashi's early years, Johnny's appointed Ninomiya as the "Performance Leader".

Jun Matsumoto is the youngest member of Arashi. Matsumoto is known for his starring roles in dramas such as Bambino, Hana Yori Dango, Hana Yori Dango 2, Kimi wa Petto, and Gokusen. He is the first Japanese male to grace the cover of Marie Claire Japan. Ohno has labeled him the "concert master" because of his take-charge attitude and attention to detail during their live performances. During the years after their debut, he was appointed by the Johnny's as the "Comedy Leader". By now he has more or less lost the comedic image and has even gained the nickname Doh-S from the other members (S standing for 'Sadist' and Doh means 'extreme' in Japanese Kanji). Jun is one of the three idols who are considered elites in the Johnny's because he was called to join the company by Johnny Kitagawa himself, without having to go through auditions.

Aside from their music careers, Arashi members have also appeared in movies, special variety programs, commercials, stage plays, and various television dramas. Currently, they are also the hosts of the variety programs, Golden Rush Arashi (hosted by Aiba), Arashi no Shukudai-kun, Himitsu no Arashi-chan, and VS Arashi.

Discography
Studio albums

2001: Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!
2002: Here We Go!
2003: How's It Going?
2004: Iza, Now!
2005: One
2006: Arashic
2007: Time
2008: Dream "A" Live
2010: Boku no Miteiru Fūkei
2011: Beautiful World
2012: Popcorn
2013: Love
2014: The Digitalian
2015: Japonism
2016: Are You Happy?
2017: Untitled
Compilation albums

2002: Arashi Single Collection 1999–2001
2004: 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004
2009: All the Best! 1999–2009
2012: Ura Ara Mania