#all i do recently is watch my brother play it and feel things about ryuji and joker while he feels things about mishima | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

exile-highandlow · 5 years

Text

Hiroomi Tosaka 「SUPERMOON」Interview for Model Press.

Q1- The Movie version "Detective Conan" attracts a great deal of topics each year as a spring feature, but how did you feel when you first asked for a theme song? Ans: Detective Conan is an anime which I’ve been watching as a child, Of course I was happy. But since I’m a a dance-music artist, I didn’t have an image that could use as the theme song. At first I was worried about what kind of music I should do since this time "Detective Conan" is to be played as a theater version overseas and I feel that I want to do something challenging as "Conan" so I asked if I had a voice/part and it's good to challenge it in my own style. I remember that I changed my mind of being worried in a positive way.

Q2- First of all, I think that there is a movie and from that image you have made a song, but what part of you said about the balance between your own color (style) and the movie? Ans: I worked on "BLUE SAPPHIRE" while talking with my friends who have been working with me for many years.I also read the script and understood the feelings of the movie character and dropped them into the lyrics I wanted. After that I wanted to make people who watched the film have a feeling of thrilling and speed, so I made it while expanding the image of "overseas". As a balance with "my color" it is one of the songs in "SUPERMOON", so I included "Moon”, which symbolizes my solo project, in the lyrics and expressed it as a crossover. The point I was most obsessed with is that I was not biased in any way, I think that I was maintaining the world of the film while showing my world view.

i.e: he talks about how he maintained Blue Sapphire with both as his own song in his album and the movie which he was asked to do it for. If he had made it just as a Detective Conan’s concept, it wouldn’t have fitted with SUPERMOON album.

Q3- This might be the first time many people would be new to Tosaka-san’s music through anime movies.

Ans: I'm new to anime theme songs, but I'm glad if you're watching this movie and you think it's a good song for it.

Q4-Have there been any responses from the band members? Ans: There are many manga lovers so they were like Awesome! (laugh)

Q5- Who particularly had a passionate reaction? Ans: NAOTO, Naoki-san. These two people love manga as much as they always read manga in the dressing room. Gun-chan (Iwata Takanori), Ryuji-san andKenjiro-kun also like manga, but ELLY and I don't read much. Of course I’ve watched "Conan" but I have no memory of reading the manga since I was an adult so I do not know at all which mangas has become popular in recent years. Whenever Elly and I are in a dressing room and I’m talking about something, others are like “Are you going to read that?”

Q6- I'm glad that there is a response from the members. Ans: Naoki-san seems to have watched Music Video as well, saying, "Are you connected since the last of the tour?" He was really watching it in detail, saying "What's that?" What is this?” and I'm happy.

Q7- How do you switch between group activities and solo activities? Ans: I think you have to keep switching. I was given a solo project in 2018, and in that I realized the fun of group activities and at the same time felt the difficulties as a soloist. But because of it’s difficulties, it’s a good way to release stress. . If you're a solo, you can just peek into your own music, but there's also a balance of the band to be maintained. So instead of going through the part of the ego , I can "What can I give in the group**?" I think it's amazing to be so organized because it's 7 people who have really strong individuality (laughs). Everyone knows that and think what is the best for the group is being in harmony rather than someone pulling as it’ill be reflected in the performance. Of course we have fun and joy, but it is different from the fun of solo, so 2019 will be a year when you can enjoy both.

** Can also be translated as “How can I give my (good) performance as a group?”

Q-8- When J SOUL BROTHERS members held a “Yes we are” interview in March, it was impressive that the facial expressions of the seven people were “The face of the band”. In 2018, when I was letting you see each activity as a solo, you said something was different. Ans: It may be. That’s why I said you have to keep switching. I wasn't clearly aware when I was told if I was switching or not. It looks like it's seven people, but after all, it means that we have switched to it naturally. I feel that things are changing in places I/m not aware of.

Q9- Last but not least, please give a message to the model press reader. Ans: This "SUPERMOON" is a single that is packed with the music that I want to do now. I'm glad if you get excited while listening and I hope you'll be waiting for the development of my solo projects beyond this song.

Thank you for reading. Please correct me if there are any errors. Source : Model Press Dated: 10th April 2019 Translated: @exile-highandlow

#hiroomi tosaka #Eng Sub #Tosaka Hiroomi #登坂広臣

17 notes · View notes

sutekiyomitsu · 6 years

Text

[TRANSLATION] Live Spectacle Naruto ~Song of the Akatsuki~ Special Talk 02

[TRANSLATION] Live Spectacle Naruto ~Song of the Akatsuki~ Special Talk 02 The catharsis of the last 30 minutes

Rachi Shinji (Uchiha Itachi) and Sato Ryuji (Uchiha Sasuke)

Please do not repost any of my translations.

You may also read this translation on my Wordpress here.

Rachi: I heard from the staff that Sato-kun was shy with strangers, but even from our first meeting, he spoke [to me] normally.

Sato: I really am shy with strangers, but for some reason I was fine with Rachi-san.

Rachi: Are you messing with me!?

Sato: No, no… But that, isn’t it strange!?

Rachi: I tend to do things at my own pace, so when I don’t have to talk, I won’t talk at all, but even when I’m sitting next to Sato-kun, I do not feel concerned about having to talk, so I feel kind of comfortable with him.

Sato: Me too.

Rachi: I think that we are both similar in how we both tend to do things at our own pace.

Sato: Come to think of it, even from our first meeting, we were [physically] extremely close, right?

Rachi: Yeah. Despite it being our first meeting, we were suddenly close.

Sato: Hey, it was during the shooting for the photographs to be used in the pamphlet, right? We were face-to-face in a very, very close position. For 2-3 minutes we had to keep on staring into each other’s eyes and we were told to just stay like that.

Rachi: Yes, yes (laughs). Doesn’t it feel like from being the closest during our first meeting, the distance between us gradually opened up? By the time we reached the first day [of the performances], we were almost facing completely opposite directions.

Sato: (hurriedly) No, no… Actually, before I knew that it was Rachi-san who was going to be Itachi, I was told by the staff, “The person who plays Itachi has an aura that is similar to Ryuji’s.” At that time, I didn’t have the slightest idea [whether it was true] though.

Rachi: I wonder if we’re similar.

What is “blood ties”?

Sato: I’m an only child, right? Until now, even though I have played roles in which my character has a sibling, this was my first time playing siblings in such a serious manner. I was thinking about what it might be like to have a sibling… Rachi-san, do you have any siblings?

Rachi: I have an older brother.

Sato: Well then, you’re in the opposite position, eh?

Rachi: My siblings aren’t that close to begin with, but even in this role, looking at things from the standpoint of an older brother, I think that, ah, even the one who is older has his own challenges. Although, well, in reality, my older brother doesn’t think about me to that extent.

Sato: That may not be true.

Rachi: Because Itachi really thinks about Sasuke a lot, doesn’t he?

Sato: Sasuke also thinks about Itachi.

Rachi: I wasn’t a very talkative child, and my older brother was very mischievous, so I didn’t really like my older brother. But around the time I became 20 years old, for some reason or another, we became close, and now we phone each other and discuss things with each other. It’s a strange thing, isn’t it? But that is also something that happens with those who share the same blood, I think.

Sato: That’s the way it is.

Rachi: This time the relationship between Itachi and Sasuke is also like this, but usually with people of the same blood, if one of them is excellent, then the other is thought to naturally be able to do it as well. It’s the same way for parents and children, I think.

Sato: Aah. In my case, both of my parents are smart and can do sports. But for me, during my time as an elementary school student, all I did was study, and I couldn’t do sports at all. My parents said, “Even though we both can do sports...” I remember that I was really vexed by this and worked really hard.

Rachi: But now you are really moving [your body] a lot, so your parents must be surprised, huh.

Sato: Ahahaha.

Rachi: Speaking of blood ties, there’s also the idea of ’how much is determined by fate’. This time the relationship between Itachi and Sasuke is exactly that, I think it’s a story about the responsibility that our blood causes us to be burdened with. What makes Naruto interesting is that you can feel how Naruto, the protagonist, finds connection in things of the heart like bonds and friendship, while on the other hand, Sasuke is bound by his blood ties such as his clanship, or his relationship with his father and his brother. It is not about which is right and which is wrong, but if one of them is good for something, the reverse is also true.

The “kill or be killed” pair

Rachi: Looking at the site [of the stage production], the thought that struck me was how amazing it is that, recently, the young ones are really hard-working. When I was young, I was considerably different. Sato-kun and Matsuoka-kun, they are the ones who took the initiative and pulled this company together. Furthermore, they move amazingly, don’t they? I’m watching them with a feeling of, ’there was a time I was able to move like that too’.

Sato: For me, when I was watching Rachi-san rehearse… I thought that it was extraordinary.

Rachi: Eh!? “Extraordinary”?

Sato: It was the songs. The level [of Rachi-san’s singing] was entirely too high, I became anxious about whether or not I could keep up with it.

Rachi: Songs, huh... This time, even for me the songs were a challenge. To begin with, the key for Itachi’s spoken lines and for the songs are different. It is also difficult to sing without connecting emotionally [with the songs]. Itachi is a character that probably doesn’t display his personal feelings so openly, so I had to purposely do that, I think.

Sato: I didn’t think so far as to consider the difference between the key for the spoken lines and the songs. I just did what was given to me quietly...

Rachi: It’s amazing that you are able to do that.

Sato: (laughs) Thank you.

Rachi: It’s just that… To start singing immediately upon my entrance on stage, it was a seriously high hurdle to cross. I felt like, “Just when I’ve just come out, I have to sing!?”

Sato: But, you were really, really cool. Like, entering from the centre with a ‘bang’. Even during the play, the difference between your face as an “Akatsuki” member and your face as an “older brother” was amazing. Immediately upon arriving at rehearsals, when you said, “Shall we try sparring once?”, I was already overwhelmed.

Rachi: No, no, no… (laughs)

Sato: From our very first performance [in 2015], the actor who plays Kakashi-sensei, Kimisawa-san, would always watch my acting on stage, and occasionally give me advice, but after that rehearsal, he came and said to me, “At this point, you’ve completely outdone me.”

Rachi: I hadn’t memorised my lines at that point, so I was doing it while looking at the script as if it was a reading play….. (wry laugh). But, if you’re talking about the whole story and not just in that scene, Itachi is a cool character, so when he makes his appearance on stage, he appears to be at the peak [of his abilities], but actually that is not naturally the best [part of him]. I think it was that part that was difficult [to portray]. For that, I relied on Sato-kun, I entrusted it to him… I had to entrust it to him. Isn’t the last scene with Itachi and Sasuke an amazing climax? For the feelings of the people who are watching to reach their peak at that moment, we had to build it up to arrive at that point.

Sato: That is certainly so.

Rachi: It’s a “sorrowful” story about siblings, so I really wanted it to be keenly felt by the audience, that kind of heartrending anguish.

Sato: When we were reading through the script on the introductions day, in that scene in rehearsals that we were just talking about, (Kako) Lion-kun and the people around us said [to me], “That scene, isn’t it terrific?”

Rachi: As for me, nobody said anything to me, so I went home alone, lonely. I was just by myself… Okada Ryosuke approached me, but all he said was, “Rachi, good work~” (laughs). That’s all, you know!

Sato: Everyone said they were going to cry [during that scene].

Rachi: But actually, there were no other scenes except that last scene where I was seriously acting with Sato-kun.

Sato: That’s right. But that being the case, we used projections and images a lot, I thought that was an amazing point of interest. It looked like Icchi-san (the fight choreographer, Ichinose Hidekazu) also gave it his all.

Rachi: While watching Sato-kun, I thought, I should also work harder. In order to do things like deepen the trust between the cast members, I want to do something simple like go out to eat together.

Sato: ...Actually, well… (pause) I have not gone out to eat with this company yet…

Rachi: Eh!? Besides me, you haven’t been out with everyone else?

Sato: (like it’s difficult to speak about) Er… Ryosuke-kun and Rachi-san… that’s about it, you see?

Rachi: Ah, I see. To come to think of it, before this, they invited us, didn’t they? Because everyone’s going to out eat, they said.

Sato: That’s right.

Rachi: That day, I had an appointment… Because I would have joined everyone before, if they asked.

Sato: In that case, how about eating breakfast and then coming to the rehearsal place together?

Rachi: That would be new, right? But, I’m really not a morning person, is that all right?

Sato: I’m also bad with mornings!

Rachi: For both of us low-tension people to silently eat our breakfast [together], it might be interesting, don’t you think!?

For the shadows to shine more and more

Sato: This time, the scenes that I have been hoping and waiting for have finally made an appearance, so I think that there are also a lot of people in the audience who will be looking foward to them too. I am hoping that those who watch it will also keenly feel the impatience that I personally feel regarding the siblings, Sasuke and Itachi, [and their story].

Rachi: For me, in any case, I’m thinking about how to make the audience think, “Sasuke is good, isn’t he?”, “Sasuke was excellent, wasn’t he?”. Because, even from just reading the script, and moreso after the rehearsals had started, I thought, this time, it is Sasuke’s story. ...There is a pressure [on you] because of this, right?

Sato: Yes.

Rachi: I think, if Sasuke is able to truly shine, doesn’t that mean that this [performance] is successful? Even as Sasuke’s shadow shines more and more, Naruto’s light also stands out, right? This time then, my theme is to make Sasuke shine.

Sato: Thank you.

Rachi: That’s why, if Matsuoka-kun starts to shine, I’ll have to pull him down.

Sato: Ahahaha (laughing hard).

Personal Note:

Here’s a little New Year’s Eve present for everyone! This interview is at the back of the Live Spectacle Naruto ~Akatsuki no Shirabe~ pamphlet. I hope there’s a re-run of this performance just so that these two can act together again (and so that Rachi can call him Ryuji-kun instead of Sato-kun www)

As usual, a special thanks goes out to @rz-jocelyn for helping me proofread this! Thanks for everything in 2017 and cheers to the new year ahead~

#esther translates #sato ryuji #rachi shinji #live spectacle naruto #akatsuki no shirabe #naruto stage play #naruto #uchiha sasuke #sasuke #uchiha itachi #itachi #narusute

43 notes · View notes