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2004-09-20 Takahashi Ai’s DokiMiki Night


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Digest

  • Opening
    • Takahashi talks about presenting this show as a substitute of Fujimoto
    • [Subject] Is Fujimoto always in charge of tsukkomi?
    • talk about the time in Hawaii
  • Song: Tsunku♂ with Takahashi Ai 「LOVE ~since 1999~」 (3′38”)
  • Quiz! DokiMiki Question (5′57”)
    • [Question] Even though it’s very heavy, you can easily pick it up with one hand. What is it?
  • Kanashii Takahashi Ai (8′44”)
    • [Subject] When you get a new haircut, but no one notices it.
    • [Subject] When you think someone called you and turn around, but it was for someone else.
    • [Subject] When you see one of Ishikawa-san’s lame gags
    • [Subject] When someone’s snoring next to you while you’re watching a moving drama
    • [Subject] When you fail in a team game and see your sad team members
    • [Subject] When you listen to a long story of someone only to find out that it doesn’t have a punch line
  • Song: Morning Musume’s 「Do it! Now」 (14′04”)
  • HEART no uragawa, let’s do! Daihakken! (18′17”)
    • [Test] What kind of composition do you choose when taking a souvenir picture of the Eiffel tower?
    • [Test] What do you think is on the other side of a tunnel on a mountain road?
    • [Test] What kind of sitting posture do you take when listening to your friends’ problems?
  • Song: Berryz Koubou’s 「Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai」 (25′48”)
  • Ending (27′15”)
    • Morning Musume concert tour announcement

Detailed description

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Opening

(intro: HYPER NIGHT)
Fujimoto: Morning Musume Fujimoto Miki’s DokiMiki Night!
Takahashi: Everyone, good evening! Now… Who do you think I am? Who could I be? Well… I’ll give you a hint, ok? People still call me “country bumpkin”, but I’m that one gal who “already turned into a SHICHII GARU“. “Gal”? Fufu(lol) You probably got it already. I’m Takahashi Ai. Yaaay! Listeners of “DokiMiki Night”, nice to meet you!
If you’re wondering why I’m here talking to you… Miki-chan’s isn’t feeling well, so I, Takahashi Ai, came here as a substitute for her! You know, this is my first time talking alone in a radio show and I’ll try my best to present this to you making as few mistakes as possible when speaking. Well then, today I, Takahashi Ai, will do my best in Mikitty’s place for 30 minutes, so please stay with me until the end!

First let’s have a look at a mail from a listener.

This is from the “greatest Mikitty fan in history” from Tokyo.

I went to the “Morning Musume Fanclub tour in Hawaii!”. I enjoyed it a lot because I was able to see the cute smiling faces of the members from a closer distance than usual during the events like the handshake event. I’m really glad I went there.
A recording of an open to the public TV show took place before the mini concert on that day, right? What I noticed during that recording was that while the members the camera was pointing at were talking, the other members mostly put their mics on their lap and only Mikitty looked like she was holding her mic tightly and waiting for a good timing for tsukkomi.
Is Mikitty in charge of tsukkomi anywhere and anytime after all?

Takahashi: That’s right… She’s not only in charge of tsukkomi, she clearly IS the tsukkomi character. And I get tsukkomi’d all the time, it’s almost like… Whenever I say a word I get tsukkomi’d by her, so I sometimes feel like “It’s enough already!”… But for some reason I often get told that I’m “an ideal victim for a tsukkomi” and if I keep thinking about everything I say I’ll end up not saying anything anymore, so I try to talk without thinking too much. Yes.
Let’s see… Right, I went to Hawaii recently, huh? That’s right… Was it for 9 days? When I was in Hawaii, I thought to myself “What a nice environment.”.. Somehow time passed by very slowly and… I had the feeling that it suited my body clock. (lol)
But I had one crazy appetite. It was terrible because I had too much appetite. That’s why being in Hawaii is a bit dangerous.
I ended up thinking “I want to live in Hawaii~!”. The food was delicious and I had three meals a day. Not only three meals, I could eat until I was full. If it’s a Japanese box lunch for example, it can happen that you don’t eat all of it, right? But in Hawaii I ate everything without really leaving anything behind… Yes, enough of this talk. (lol)

Yes, well then, first I’d like you to listen to a song now. I, Takahashi Ai, and Tsunku♂-san singing “LOVE ~since 1999~”.

Song: Tsunku♂ with Takahashi Ai 「LOVE ~since 1999~」 (3′38”)

Takahashi: You just listened to “LOVE ~since 1999~” from Tsunku♂-san’s album “TAKE1″.

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Quiz! DokiMiki Question (5′57”)

Fujimoto: Quiz! DokiMiki Question!
Takahashi: Now this seems to be a corner where you have to answer a quiz question within a time limit of one minute. It’s supposed to make Takahashi Ai feel DokiMiki. If you give the correct answer, you’ll get one golden star and if you can’t, you’ll get one black star. The current score is 1 golden star and 1 black star. (you get punished if you get your 5th black star)
According to what I heard, she had to drink an “undiluted solution of black vinegar” as a punishment the other day, so humbly I, Takahashi Ai, will try to give the correct answer to the quiz question and help her get one more golden star. Leave it to me, Mikitty!
Well then, let’s directly move on to the question! “Move”.. (lol)
This question is from “Romantic doesn’t stop 98′” in Yamagata prefecture.

Even though it’s very heavy, you can easily pick it up with one hand. What is it?

Takahashi: Something very heavy?! “You can easily pick it up with one hand”… What the…?! Ehh, I have no idea! No idea at all. What do I do? Eh, it’s heavy, right? Heavy… It’s heavy, so… I don’t get it, I really don’t get it. What should I do?! Ehh! I really don’t know!!! Umm… Eh, it’s heavy, ain’t it? It’s heavy and you can pick it up with one hand… Eh, wait a moment… Eh, I really don’t get it at all. With one hand?! Eh, wait a sec, something heavy… It’s an object, isn’t it? It’s an object, but you can still… How come you can pick it up even though it’s an object? What’s with this? Something you can easily pick up? Eh? Eh, I really don’t get it. What should I do? Eh?! Ehhh, wait a second, I really don’t get it… Eh, what’s this…
(time up)
Ehhh!! I’m sorry, Mikitty!!! I don’t get it at all.
(looks at the correct answer)
AHHHHH!!! I got it! I understand… That I get it now doesn’t help anymore, huh? (lol)
Yes, the answer is “TAXI”!!
No way you’d get it, right? Something heavy, right? No way.
Yes. I’m sorry, Mikitty… (lol) Now she’s got one more black star… Ahh… I’m really sorry, Miki-chan… (lol) I really didn’t get it.
Well then, this corner awaits quiz questions from you which make Miki-chan feel DokiMiki. Please send us questions without hesitation! That was all from “Quiz! DokiMiki Question”! The next corner is this…

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Kanashii Takahashi Ai (8′44”)

Kanashii Takahashi Ai
Takahashi: Now, this corner is a shameless rip-off of Itsumo koko kara’s skit “Kanashii toki“. Actually this corner is called “Kanashii Miki”, but since I’m here today as a pinch hitter, the corner name was changed to “Kanashii Takahashi Ai”.
Well then, today let’s have a look at everyday moments when you become just a wee bit sad!

The first “sad moment” is from “Spot Yano”-san in Yokkaichi city, Mie prefecture!

When I got a new haircut and no one at school asked me “You got a new haircut?” on the next day!!!
Takahashi:: Right… That happens to me often.
Like when I had grown my hair for a long time and thought of having it colored. After getting it colored I was really looking forward to the other members’ reactions when they see it on the next day, but no one noticed a thing and I was really sad…
Even though it was them who told me to have it done… it makes you think “Eh? No one notices anyway..”.
Yes, it happens often.

Moving on, the next “sad moment” is from “Baseball mask”-san in Oogaki city, Gifu prefecture.

When I thought someone called my name and turned around to notice that it was for someone else!!!
Takahashi:: This also happens to me very often. How should I put it… Among the staff there are people with the same family name as me.
So when I hear “Takahashi!”, I react like “Eh?”, but the person who called is looking into a completely different direction for example. Then I’m like “Ah…” and feel more embarrassed than sad thinking “Ah, it wasn’t me that person meant.”.

Yes, moving on, the next “sad moment” is from “Mikitty Daian”-san in Yonago city, Tottori prefecture.

When I saw one of Ishikawa-san’s lame gags!!!
Takahashi:: This happens a lot too. They’re kinda lame and lately she even imitates a cat, you know? So I watch her do that while thinking “Eh? This person’s going to be 20 soon, right?”. (lol)
She even says “Nyan, nyan” and does that pose too. Michishige-san… Michishige Sayumi-chan says “Nyan, nyan” pretty often too, but well, it’s cute in her case, isn’t it? But when Ishikawa-san does it I feel like “Ah, as I thought… ah, it’s enough already.”. (lol)

Yes, then let’s move on to the next. The “sad moment” of “Nakamu”-san in Amagun, Aichi prefecture.

When I was watching a moving drama, but couldn’t get into it because my parents were snoring next to me and just when the drama ended, they stopped snoring!!!
Takahashi:: Well… This is really unpleasant. Like when you’re finally getting into the drama and start becoming all “Uhh… uhh…” and you hear that “Snore!”, then you’d snap out of it, right? (lol)

Well then, two more! The “sad moment” of “Bakibaki Train”-san in Saitama prefecture.

When I failed in a haromoni team game and saw my team members crying out loud!!!
Takahashi:: …which would be definitely me. (lol)
What was it again? Was it a soccer game in haromoni? When we had a free throw contest, my turn came pretty early. And I kicked the ball thinking I could definitely score, but… I missed. And I felt pretty self-confident too. So after that my self-confidence was shattered at once and I felt I had done something inexcusable to my team members. I said “I’m so sorry..” and started crying..
I really hate collective responsibility. Of course you have your own responsibility to carry, the feeling that you mustn’t make a mistake, but in case of collective responsibility that feeling is much stronger, right? That’s why… I really don’t like it… (lol)

Now the last one! The “sad moment” of “Casper”-san in Handa city, Aichi prefecture.

When I patiently listened to an extremely long story of my friend only to find out in the end that it doesn’t have a punch line!!!
Takahashi:: Ahh, people often tell me that. (lol)
I was trying my best to explain something and… recently a friend told me that. I was talking for quite a while… What was I trying to explain to her? I think I was telling her what happened on that day for like an eternity and she asked me “Does that have a punch line?”. I even asked back “Eh? Does someone’s talk need a punch line?”. Somehow it seems like my stories don’t have punch lines. She told me “And I was doing my best and listening to it all!”. It’s exactly the same as in this mail, huh? (lol)

Yes, well, this was the “Kanashii Miki” corner! We’re awaiting mails from you, please send mails to this corner without any hesitation!
Now please have a listen to this song. It’s the last Morning Musume song with Gotou-san. “Do it! Now”.

Song: Morning Musume’s 「Do it! Now」 (14′04”)

Takahashi: You just listened to Morning Musume’s “Do it! Now”.

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HEART no uragawa, let’s do! Daihakken! (18′17”)

Takahashi: Yes, I, Takahashi Ai, am here as a pinch hitter in Fujimoto Miki’s place in today evening’s “DokiMiki Night”!
This is a normally very exciting personality test corner which exists to “bring out the girly side of Fujimoto Miki which is hidden on the other side of her heart”, but this time I, Takahashi Ai, am going to challenge myself by taking this personality test!
Well… In my case, I’m just a normal girl as you can see. You don’t really have to look at the other side of my heart to find my girly side.
Now let’s directly start the first personality test. Let’s do!
This personality test was sent in by “White truffle”-san in Tokyo.

You’re about to take a souvenir picture with the Paris Eiffel tower behind you. Now what kind of composition do you choose?

  1. You take a picture which shows the Eiffel tower and the upper half of your body.
  2. You take a picture which shows your face up close and only a part of the Eiffel tower.
  3. You take a picture which shows the Eiffel tower and your whole body.
  4. You take a picture which shows the Eiffel tower and you making a funny pose.
  5. You take a picture which shows the Eiffel tower in the middle and you only on one side.
Takahashi: Ehh… I think I’d choose (5)… “You take a picture which shows the Eiffel tower in the middle and you only on one side.”. Now let’s look at the explanation of the answers.
(Daihakken♪)
Here’s the explanation.
This test tells you the level of success in your life.

  1. If you’ve chosen (1), could it be that you have a unique personality and above-average abilities, but you can’t show it to others and feel frustrated? You’re someone who’s fairly successful and who could turn into an amazing person given one chance.
  2. If you’ve chosen (2), you’re a selfless person who wouldn’t mind little sacrifices in order to make others happy. Since you don’t get rewarded for all that, one can’t really say that you’re successful in life. Try to say “No!” at times.
  3. If you’ve chosen (3), you’re the type who creates possibilities for yourself by devoting yourself to a supporting role. You’re so successful in life that one might think that you’re secretly aiming for the leading role. You go straight for the position of the subleader instead of the leader.
  4. If you’ve chosen (4), your evaluation of your surroundings has pros and cons. That also shows how much diversity you possess. You’re the type who doesn’t make any effort to become successful, but whose popularity rises all by itself.
  5. If you’ve chosen (5), you’re the type to be most successful in life. You naturally attract attention and become a popular person. One could say that you’re naturally successful in life. But you’ll utterly fail if you get too carried away, so please be careful of that.
Takahashi: Ahhha~~(lol) It says I’ll be successful in life! Wah, amazing! Even “most successful”! It says “most successful”. I did it!
But, you know, if I say things like “I did it!” and get too carried away, I’ll fail, so I’ll leave it at that.

Yes, now let’s move on to the next one!

This personality test is from “TEROSUTE Majin”-san in Fukushima prefecture.

There’s a tunnel on a steep mountain road. Standing in front of the tunnel entrance, you notice that there’s something on the other side of the tunnel.
Now what could be on the other side of the tunnel?
It can be a person, object or animal, so please answer with what comes to your mind first.

Takahashi: Ehhhh?! “Whatever comes to your mind” means that it’s up to my imagination, right? What should I say… A ghost! Ahaha(lol) A ghost is there!
Yes, now let’s have a look at the explanation.
(Daihakken♪)
“If you said it’s an object or a person, then it’s what you had the deepest relation with in your previous life.”?!!! Iyaaaa~~~!!! So it was a ghost?! For me?! Eh? A ghost?! Eh, eh, yes, a ghost. It seems like it was a ghost.
Yes, let’s move on. (lol) Because this is scary.
This personality test is from “Convolvulus”-san in Shiba prefecture.

Your friend is telling you about his problems and worries.
What kind of sitting posture do you take while listening to your friend’s talk?

  1. You sit on a chair with your legs straight down.
  2. You sit on a chair with your legs to one side.
  3. You sit on a chair with your legs crossed.
  4. You sit on a chair with your legs open.
Takahashi: What number is it for me.. Normally I open my legs when I’m sitting on a chair. I heard that people who sit with legs open don’t have any inner muscles. Inner-thigh muscles. But well, since it’s strange for a girl to sit like that…
I’ll choose (1)! “You sit on a chair with your legs straight down.”.

Well then, let’s have a look at the explanation.
(Daihakken♪)

This test tells you how risky it is to tell you a secret.

  1. If you’ve chosen (1), the risk level is at 10%. You’re a tight-lipped person who respects the privacy of others.
  2. If you’ve chosen (2), the risk level is at 40%. You never pass someone’s secret out of fun, but it’s possible that you do it when you feel it’s necessary e.g. when you feel jealous of that person.
  3. If you’ve chosen (3), the risk level is at 70%. You don’t mean no harm, but since you’re a person like gossiping, you end up unintentionally talking about others’ secrets in the heat of the moment.
  4. If you’ve chosen (4), the risk level is at 90%. You’re the type who wants to know others’ secrets no matter what they might be and you can never keep silent about them once you’ve found out. On the other hand there’s also the risk that you might exaggerate and blow them out of proportions. Please be more careful.
Uwaa! I was about to choose (4)! Eh, it was exactly the opposite, huh? Ehh, I’m glad.. Ahh..
Eh? Ahaha(lol) I just got told “Wasn’t it actually (4) for you?”. That’s right… I might be a bit like that. Well, you know, it’s good like this, right?

Yes… Well, Takahashi Ai’s true colors showed a bit there, but.. (lol) How did you like it?
Well… It was somehow unexpected.. How do you call it… I felt like “Ah, I was related to a ghost, huh?”. In my previous life.
Recently I went to a fortune teller and got told that I was a shrine maiden in my previous life. So it might have something to do with that. Ahh, somehow this is scary…
Well then, if you know any interesting personality tests, please send them to us by all means!
The address is “Post office nr. 460-8405 To CBC Radio Fujimoto Miki’s DokiMiki Night”. The fax number is Tokyo 03-5226-9044. Tokyo 03-5226-9044. If you want to send it by mail, please access the official homepage of CBC at hicbc.com.

Now please listen to today’s last song! It’s another song I love.
Berryz Koubou’s “Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai”.

Song: Berryz Koubou’s 「Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai」 (25′48”)

Takahashi: You just listened to Berryz Koubou’s “Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai”.

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Ending (27′15”)

Fujimoto: Dokidoki Tokimeki DokiMiki Night!
Takahashi: Yes, it’s time for the ending!
We’re awaiting messages to all the different corners of this show! Please send us a lot of them!

Yes… Today I got here as a pinch hitter, but I didn’t know what exactly a pinch hitter is. I totally panicked thinking “What should I do?!” and here I am already at the ending.
Now I’ll tell you the latest information about us!
Right now we’re in the middle of the Morning Musume Concert Tour “The Best of Japan Natsu~Aki ‘04″. On September 23rd, which is Gotou-san’s brithday by the way, we’ll have a live concert in SunDome Fukui in Fukui prefecture which is the hometown of me, Takahashi Ai! Yaaay! (applause)
Please come visit us by all means!
After that we’ll visit many places in the whole country, so please come visit us when we’re close by, ok?
Well, now it’s time to say goodbye!
Ah, right! There’s a fixed phrase you have to say at the end of this show, right? Will I be able to say it properly? In case I can’t, please don’t tell it to Miki-chan, got it? Ok, here I go.

Let’s be full of energy and excited next week again!
That was Takahashi Ai. Byecha~!!

  • Ending song is Eurythmics’ “Must Be Talkin’ To An Angel”

One Response to “2004-09-20 Takahashi Ai’s DokiMiki Night”

  1. Ai_loveMM Says:

    Great translations as always Ronin.

    I like the bit when she talks about her penalty game again. That was a major part, talking about it again like that. *thumbs up*

    And love the ending where she puts her own unique bye in the show.

    “That was Takahashi Ai. Byecha~!!”

    Thanks again

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