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2004-10-07 HaroPuro123 - Day 4

Monday, October 6th, 2008


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(Translator’s note: No Japanese log this time.)

Notes

Digest

  • Yaguchi, Kamei and Takahashi bring you the latest news about Morning Musume
  • Song: Morning Musume’s 「Roman ~My Dear Boy~」 (09′41”)

Detailed description

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Everyone: HaroPuro123!! Yaaay!
(intro: “Hello! no Theme”)
Yaguchi: Good evening to all the listeners of FM Osaka pop up inc.! I’m Morning Musume’s Yaguchi Mari!
Takahashi: I’m Takahashi Ai.
Kamei: I’m Kamei Eri.
Yaguchi: Yes. We’ve been presenting this week’s “HaroPuro123″ by the three of us, but…
Taka/Kame: Yes.
Yaguchi: …today evening is the last time!
Takahashi: Uhh…
Yaguchi: Already~
Kamei: Already…
Yaguchi: That’s why this time, we should announce all of Morning Musume’s future activities at once.
Takahashi: Yeah~
Yaguchi: First of all the concerts of course.
Takahashi: Yeah~
Yaguchi: Morning Musume Concert Tour “The Best of Japan Natsu ~ Aki ‘04″ will take place on October 30th (Saturday) and 31st (Sunday) in Kansai. On two days!
Taka/Kame: Yes.
Yaguchi: The concert hall will be the Osaka Jou Hall. Eh.. and the tickets are being sold right now.
Takahashi: Yes.
Yaguchi: We’d like to have a good time with you all.
Taka/Kame: Yes!
Yaguchi: What are the interesting points of the concert this time?
Takahashi: Let’s see… First of all, it’s the costumes…
Yaguchi: Yeah, the costumes.
Takahashi: They’re all different. We’ll be wearing 12 different costumes.
Yaguchi: That’s right.
Takahashi: We all have our individual colors.
Yaguchi: And we’re wearing costumes of our individual colors.
Takahashi: Yes.
Yaguchi: We hope you’ll be able to tell who is who.
Takahashi: That’s right. Please memorize the 12 different colors. (lol)
Yaguchi: Yeah. What’s more in the concert this time… we’ll perform many songs… from nostalgic songs to new songs!
Takahashi: Yes~!
Kamei: Yes, we’ll do that!
Yaguchi: We’re excited about it too, aren’t we?
Takahashi: Yes!
Yaguchi: Yeah, we’ll try to do our best in the concerts.
Taka/Kame: Yes.
Yaguchi: Well then, I hope you’ll all come to the concerts! We’ll be waiting!
Takahashi: Yes!
Kamei: We’ll be waiting.
Takahashi: Once again, an audition for new Morning Musume members is starting!
Yaguchi: Yes!
Kamei: Oh.
Takahashi: It’s called “Lucky 7 Audition” and if you pass it… you won’t believe it… you’ll belong to the 7th gen. of Morning Musume!
Yaguchi: Yes, right.
Takahashi: The audition in the Kinki area will take place on October 11th, Monday. It’s a national holiday, right?
Yaguchi: Yes.
Takahashi: Applicants will be accepted in the exhibition hall on the second floor of My Dome Osaka from 10 to 12 o’clock. Please come directly to the audition hall. You can read the details on the homepage.
Yaguchi: This time you can apply for it on the spot without submitting a resume.
Kamei: Amazing!
Takahashi: Yeah!
Yaguchi: How is it? Do you remember your own audition when you hear the word “audition”?
Kamei: I do…
Yaguchi: Yeah.
Kamei: You know… It was fun, but… it was tough too. But I think I am who I am now thanks to that training camp, so I can’t help comparing myself with myself from that time.
Yaguchi: Ahh, I understand. Only a small time has passed since then, but I’m sure you’ve changed a lot.
Kamei: Well… Have I?
Yaguchi: Yeah. I think so. I think you’ve changed.
Kamei: I’m glad. I’m so glad…
Yaguchi: But please don’t change in a weird way, ok, Kame-chan?
Kamei: Haha(lol)
Takahashi: Ahaha(lol)
Kamei: Don’t worry, I’ll become like you, Yaguchi-san.
Yaguchi: Ehhh~? Haha(lol)
Takahashi: She says “Don’t worry”. (lol)
Yaguchi: You really want to become like me?
Kamei: Yes, I do.
Yaguchi: But well…. new members will be joining soon.
Takahashi: I’m looking forward to it!
Yaguchi: We’ll be even more of senior members, huh?
Takahashi: Yeah! We become more of senior members with each new generation.
Yaguchi: And we want them to rely on us senior members.
Takahashi: Yes~
Yaguchi: Now… we have one more announcement to make.
Kamei: Morning Musume’s new single will be released soon.
Yaguchi: Yes.
Kamei: The song is called “Namida ga Tomaranai Hougako” and will be released on November 3rd.
Yaguchi: Yes! That’s right. It’s a single of Morning Musume with 12 members. And it’s a girlish song after a long time.
Kamei: You’re right…
Takahashi: Yeah. It’s romantic!
Yaguchi: Right. Our recent songs have all been loud and upbeat, but this time it’s supposed to be a mellow song about girls’ feelings.
Takahashi: Yeah.
Yaguchi: There’s the choreography too.
Takahashi: You have to pay attention to it.
Kamei: You really have to.
Yaguchi: Well… I wonder how our new song will do…
Takahashi: Me too…
Kamei: Yeah… (lol)
Yaguchi: Yeah. As you can see, Morning Musume will be doing lots of things, so please support us in the future too!
Taka/Kame: Please support us!
Yaguchi: Well then, we three presented “HaroPuro123″ this week. Did you enjoy it?
Takahashi: We’d love to do this again.
Yaguchi: Yes.
Kamei: I heard the previous three presenters did a public recording. We three would like to do that the next time too.
Yaguchi: Yeah. We’ll be in your care!
Taka/Kame: We’ll be in your care!
Yaguchi: Yes. That was all from Yaguchi Mari and…
Takahashi: …Takahashi Ai and…
Kamei: Kamei Eri!
Yaguchi: Then… dear listeners…
Everyone: Let’s meet in Osaka Jou Hall!
Yaguchi: This is Morning Musume’s…
Everyone: “Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari”! Bye bye!

2004-10-06 HaroPuro123 - Day 3

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008


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(Translator’s note: No Japanese log this time.)

Notes

Digest

  • Yaguchi, Kamei and Takahashi introduce mails sent to them and answer the questions in the mails
    • first mail: “What do the Morning Musume members do when driving from one place to another? What kind of music have you been listening to lately?” (00′29”)
    • second mail: “Do you know an easy and good diet method?” (03′09”)
    • third mail: “Please try the kazutori game.” (05′04”)
  • Song: Morning Musume’s 「Roman ~My Dear Boy~」 (09′41”)

Detailed description

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[Please click here to download the whole episode as a mp3-file.]

Everyone: HaroPuro123!! Yaaay!
(intro: “Hello! no Theme”)
Yaguchi: Good evening to all the listeners of FM Osaka pop up inc.! I’m Morning Musume’s Yaguchi Mari!
Takahashi: I’m Takahashi Ai!
Kamei: I’m Kamei Eri.
Yaguchi: Yes. This week’s “HaroPuro123″ will be presented by the three of us!
Taka/Kame: Yes!
Yaguchi: Now… Today evening we’ll introduce mails that were sent to this corner by the listeners again.
Taka/Kame: Yes!
Kamei: Yes.
Yaguchi: Then let’s start with Kamei-chan.
Kamei: Yes! This is from “Yuna”-chan in Tarumi-ku, Koube-shi, a girl in first year of middle school.
Yaguchi: Yes.
Kamei: “I got my first MD-player for my birthday a few days ago. I’m so happy that I listen to music even if I go shopping for a little while. What do the Morning Musume members do when driving from one place to another? What kind of music have you been listening to lately?
Yaguchi: Hmm… We all do that, right?
Kamei: We listen to music when we’re in the car, right?
Yaguchi: Yeah, we all listen to music.
Takahashi: Yeah.
Yaguchi: When we get into the car, we all put on earphones.
Takahashi: We all do that. (lol)
Yaguchi: I’m like “Already?!”. (lol)
Takahashi: Even if the manager says something to us, we don’t hear it.
Yaguchi: We don’t.
Kamei: We don’t hear it.
Yaguchi: Even if someone talks to us, we’re all listening to music.
Takahashi: Haha(lol)
Kamei: And we all listen to music at a high volume.
Yaguchi: High volume… (lol) Right, right, right.
Takahashi: You can hear it all through the earphones. (lol)
Yaguchi: Yeah. Lately when we’re on our way from one place to another… well, we listen to music, but…
Takahashi: Yes.
Yaguchi: Do you do something else than listening to music?
Takahashi: I sometimes read a book and get nauseous.
Yaguchi: Ahhh… That’s right. Books, huh…? I play games.
Takahashi: Don’t you feel nauseous then?!
Yaguchi: Eh? I don’t.
Takahashi: I bet you do!
Yaguchi: When we’re in a bullet train for a long time for example.
Takahashi: Ah… You’re right.
Yaguchi: Sometimes so long that I can beat a game in that time.
Takahashi: Yeah, we ride bullet trains all the time. (lol)
Yaguchi: Yeah. What about you, Kamei-chan?
Kamei: I sleep almost all the time. (lol)
Yaguchi: Right. I think you really are sleeping all the time.
Kamei: I don’t listen to music very often. Well, I do, but lately I haven’t. I usually sleep while listening to the music I can hear through the earphones of Aichan and Yaguchi-san.
Yaguchi: Hahaha(lol)
Kamei: And I think “Don’t your ears hurt when you listen to music at such a high volume?”.
Yaguchi: Ahh…
Takahashi: Is it that high?
Kamei: Aichan’s is extremely high.
Takahashi: It’s because I…
Yaguchi: Isn’t mine rather low?
Kamei: (lol) Yaguchi-san’s…
Yaguchi: You can hear it through the earphones?
Kamei: Yeah.
Yaguchi: Really?
Takahashi: It’s because I listen to Takarazuka… (lol)
Kamei: Ah, I see…
Yaguchi: Ah! I see.
Takahashi: (lol)
Kamei: That’s why I never recognize it.
Takahashi: You should be able to recognize it!
Kamei: No way…
Takahashi: You should! I always think “No, this isn’t good.” and lower the volume.
Yaguchi. I don’t listen to recent singles, but… often to songs that were hits when I was in middle school. (lol)
Takahashi: Ah, I do that too!
Kamei: Ahh… Nostalgic songs…
Yaguchi: You do?
Takahashi: I listen to Yamaguchi Momoe-san’s songs for example.
Yaguchi: What? Were they hits when you were in middle school?
Takahashi: Haha(lol) Yamaguchi…
Yaguchi: They’re all wonderful songs though.
Takahashi: They’re hits… for me…
Yaguchi: Ahh.. Aichan is very mature after all.
Kamei: She’s an adult!
Takahashi: You think so?
Kamei: Yeah.
Yaguchi: Kamei-chan, what kind of music do you listen to?
Kamei: Let’s see… I don’t listen to any difficult songs like English ones, but… songs like Hamasaki-san’s for example.
Yaguchi: Oh!
Kamei: I have quite a few albums of her and listened to them many times. I wonder how many times I listened to them. After buying one of her CDs, it stays in my player all the time.
Yaguchi: Ah! So you keep listening to the same CD all the time?
Kamei: That’s right, that’s right.
Yaguchi: Hee~ I see…
Kamei: I listen to her songs all the time.
Takahashi: I see…
Yaguchi: I wonder if we could answer Yuna-chan’s question.
Kamei: I wonder…
Yaguchi: Please listen to Morning Musume’s songs on your MD player too!
Kamei: Please do that!
Takahashi: Please!
Yaguchi: Then the next one. Aichan.
Takahashi: Yes. Here I go!
Yaguchi: Ok.
Takahashi: This is from “Murasaki Odebu”-chan in Nishinomiya-shi, a girl in second year of high school.
Kamei: Yes.
Takahashi: “I’ve never worn pink clothes before, but since it’s fall/winter now I thought I’d try it out once. However, it might sound strange coming from me, but I’m a bit chubby. I want to lose 3 kg! Do you know an easy and good method?
Yaguchi: Ohh… Diet.
Kamei: She wants to go on a diet… How admirable.
Yaguchi: Girls and diets go together, right?
Takahashi: Right. That’s what girls always worry about.
Yaguchi: You feel better when you do it.
Everyone: Hmm…
Yaguchi: Do you know any good diet methods?
Kamei: I’d say “No snacks between the meals”. You should still have three meals a day, but snacks like sweets inbetween… You should be able to control yourself if you try hard.
Yaguchi: That’s right, but somehow that doesn’t have any persuasive power…
Kamei: Ehehe(lol)
Yaguchi: Since we all had cream puffs a while ago.
Kamei: Ufufu(lol)
Takahashi: Ahahaha(lol)
Kamei: We did, huh?
Takahashi: We really can’t give you much advice about that…
Yaguchi: That’s right.
Kamei: We can’t.
Yaguchi: Because we eat a great deal.
Takahashi: We directly eat what we feel like eating.
Kamei: Right.
Yaguchi: But we work up a lot of sweat in concerts and stuff.
Takahashi: That’s right.
Kamei: It’d be good if you share your food with someone else.
Takahashi: When you try to endure hunger, it only becomes more difficult, so you should try to work out instead.
Yaguchi: Right.
Kamei: You’re right.
Yaguchi: Fall is for sports, so running for example might be good.
Kamei: That’s good!
Yaguchi: Like jogging outside and working up sweat.
Takahashi: Yeah!
Yaguchi: Running for about 20 minutes makes you sweat a lot.
Kamei: Hee~
Takahashi: Ahh…
Kamei: Even in this season?
Yaguchi: Yeah, you still sweat a lot.
Kamei: Heee~ I see.
Yaguchi: But in long sleeves and long trousers… A distance of about 3 km maybe. Well, well, well…
Kamei: Eh, you run?
Yaguchi: Yeah, I do.
Kamei: Amazing!
Takahashi: Awesome!!
Yaguchi: Yeah, but it’s a really good workout.
Kamei: I see…
Yaguchi: It builds up stamina too.
Takahashi: I see. Then…
Yaguchi: Please try jogging…
Kamei: Please try it!
Yaguchi: And try not to have snacks between meals.
Kamei: (lol)
Takahashi: Right.
Yaguchi: That goes for us too.
Kamei: We’ll do our best! (lol)
Yaguchi: We have to do our best to live up to our image.
Takahashi: Yes!
Yaguchi: Now the last one! Here I go!
Takahashi: Please do.
Yaguchi: Eh… This is from “Goro”-kun in Suminoe-ku, a boy in first year of high school.
Takahashi: Yes.
Yaguchi: “Dear Morning Musume members, thanks for working hard in this heat.”
Takahashi: Haha(lol) Thank you very much.
Kamei: (lol) Thank you.
Yaguchi: Thank you very much. “Please try the kazutori game we often play at parties.
Takahashi: Oh…
Kamei: Yes.
Yaguchi: Do you know the kazutori game?
Takahashi: I don’t know it.
Kamei: Me neither.
Yaguchi: Then I’ll explain the rules.
Taka/Kame: Yes!
Yaguchi: Here are the rules. The players decide on a number first and keep subtracting numbers from it one after another until the player who subtracted to 0 first wins.
Taka/Kame: Oh.
Yaguchi: But since it’s no fun if the number gets subtracted to 0 too quickly, the first number you subtract from it should be a single digit one. You can only subtract numbers that are smaller than the double of the number the previous player chose to subtract. For example, if the previous player subtracts 3 from the number, the next member can only choose from… in case of 3, smaller than the double means smaller than 6… so 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1.
Kamei: Yes.
Takahashi: Ohh.
Yaguchi: Well then, since I was born in 83…
Kamei: Yes.
Yaguchi: We should start with 83. That’s what the script says…
Takahashi: Nyahaha(lol)
Yaguchi: Then let’s start with 83. The losers will have to do an impersonation for punishment. (lol)
Kamei: Ohh…
Takahashi: I don’t want to, I don’t want to.
Yaguchi: Oh no, an impersonation… What do I do?
Kamei: My impersonations are bad…
Yaguchi: Then let’s start immediately.
Kamei: Yes.
Takahashi: Who will go first?
Yaguchi: Since we start with 83… Who should go first? Then I’ll start, ok?
Taka/Kame: Yes.
Yaguchi: Then first… 83, right? Then… 8!
Takahashi: 75.
Yaguchi: We’re at 75 now.
Takahashi: So I have to choose a number smaller than 16, huh?
Yaguchi: Yeah.
Takahashi: Umm… 7.
Yaguchi: “7″. (lol) You subtracted 7… 7, yes. We’re at 62.
Takahashi: 68?
Yaguchi: Huh? Ah, pfft.
Takahashi: 68, right?
Yaguchi: We’re at 68. Yes, I’m sorry.
Takahashi: Haha(lol)
Kamei: So I have to choose a number smaller than 14?
Takahashi: Smaller than 14.
Yaguchi: Yes.
Kamei: Umm… Then… 10.
Yaguchi: 10. We were at 68 and you chose 10, right? So…
Kamei: 20.
Yaguchi: Smaller than 20 now?
Takahashi: Yeah.
Yaguchi: Ehhh… What do I choose… Then… 15! 15. We’re at 43.
Takahashi: 43. Ehh…
Yaguchi: A number smaller than 30 now. Ah, we’ve arrived at a good part now.
Kamei: A good part.
Takahashi: 7.
Yaguchi: “7″. (lol) You really like 7, huh?
Takahashi: I like 7.
Yaguchi: You like 7?
Takahashi: Yeah.
Yaguchi: I see. Umm… Ehh…
Takahashi: A number smaller than 14, huh?
Kamei: 14? Then… 12.
Yaguchi: Wait a moment, I can’t follow.
Takahashi: No way! We’re at 24 now.
Yaguchi: Eh… and you chose 1…
Kamei: 12.
Yaguchi: 12. Wait a moment…
Takahashi: She said 12.
Yaguchi: Wait a moment…
Takahashi: Damn it.
Yaguchi: Oh, wai-… Eh, eh… Then 24!
Takahashi: Ahh! It’s not fun like that!
Yaguchi: Yaaay!
Takahashi: It’s not fun like that!!
Yaguchi: Yaay! Yaay!
Takahashi: It’s not fun like that!
Yaguchi: Wait a moment, wait a moment. This is the game and these are the rules.
Kamei: Yeah, the rules, the rules…
Yaguchi: Hoooraaay!!!
Takahashi: Ahh… ahh…
Kamei: Ahhhh…
Yaguchi: Yaaaay!
Takahashi: We should have calculated it beforehand.
Yaguchi: Ahh…
Kamei: You have to use your head… It was difficult.
Takahashi: Really… Kame-chan, you shouldn’t have said 12.
Yaguchi: Hahaha(lol)
Takahashi: Really.
Kamei: (lol) Really…
Yaguchi: I won! That means… Aichan and Kamei-chan have to do impersonations for punishment.
Takahashi: No, no, no, no…
Kamei: But my impersonations are bad…
Takahashi: What should I do?
Yaguchi: Who wants to start? Who feels confident?
Takahashi: Then I’ll go first.
Yaguchi: Oh!
Takahashi: Chiaki Naomi-san.
Yaguchi: Eh? Chiaki Naomi…
Takahashi: Naomi-san.
Yaguchi: Yes. Then let’s start.
Takahashi: Itsumo no you ni maku ga aki♪ Haha(lol)
Yaguchi: Ohhh…
Takahashi: Oh no! It didn’t sound like her!
Yaguchi: It’s so old that we don’t know if you sounded like her or not…
Takahashi: It’s okay.
Yaguchi: Maybe it sounded like her.
Takahashi: Maybe it didn’t.
(applause)
Takahashi: Yes, thanks.
Kamei: It sounded like her! It sounded like her!
Takahashi: Ahaha(lol)
Kamei: That was a real impersonation.
Yaguchi: Yeah!
Takahashi: I even used my hand.
Yaguchi: You did. Haha(lol)
Takahashi: Haha(lol)
Yaguchi: That was good. Then… Kamei-chan. The one you’re the most confident with.
Kamei: The one I’m most confident with, huh?
Yaguchi: Yeah.
Kamei: Umm… Then… the frog from “Spirited away“.
Yaguchi: Frog? Ok…
Kamei: After No Face ate the frog…
Yaguchi: Yes. I think I know what you mean.
Kamei: Here I go.
Yaguchi: Ok.
Kamei: Hey. Chihiro!
Takahashi: Pfft(lol) Why do you do such an impersonation?!
Yaguchi: Pfft(lol) Wait a sec…
Kamei: No, you see… I bet…
Yaguchi: What was that…
Kamei: Hey. Chihiro!” It definitely sounded like him.
Yaguchi: No, it doesn’t.
Kamei: It definitely sounded like him.
Yaguchi: No, it doesn’t.
Takahashi: (lol)
Kamei: It definitely sounded like him.
Yaguchi: Ahahahaha(lol)
Takahashi: We got it, we got it already.
Yaguchi: I see…
Takahashi: (lol) Well then.
Yaguchi: Yes.
Takahashi: We’ve introduced 3 mails today evening.
Yaguchi: Yes!
Takahashi: We apologize to everyone whose mails we couldn’t read out.
Yaguchi: Yes~
Takahashi: Please send us one next time too!
Yaguchi: Please do.
Takahashi: Well then, today evening we’ll play this song by Morning Musume.
Everyone: “Roman ~My Dear Boy~”!
Takahashi: Please listen to it!
Yaguchi: That was all from Yaguchi Mari and…
Takahashi: …Takahashi Ai and…
Kamei: Kamei Eri!
Everyone: Let’s meet again tomorrow!

2004-10-05 HaroPuro123 - Day 2

Monday, September 29th, 2008


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(Translator’s note: No Japanese log this time.)

Notes

Digest

  • Yaguchi, Kamei and Takahashi introduce mails sent to them and answer the questions in the mails
    • first mail: “What kind of part-time job would you like to try out?” (00′35”)
    • second mail: “Are there kinds of sports you don’t like? (02′11”)
    • third mail: “Does any of you have a bad sleeping posture? Do you all take a bath together?” (04′00”)
  • Song: Morning Musume’s 「Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~」 (06′13”)

Detailed description

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Everyone: HaroPuro123!! Yaaay!
(intro: “Hello! no Theme”)
Yaguchi: Good evening to all the listeners of FM Osaka pop up inc.! I’m Morning Musume’s Yaguchi Mari!
Takahashi: I’m Takahashi Ai!
Kamei: I’m Kamei Eri.
Yaguchi: Yes. This week’s “HaroPuro123″ will be presented by the three of us!
Taka/Kame: Yes.
Yaguchi: Yeah. Yesterday we talked about Morning Musume’s last year and a half.
Taka/Kame: Yes.
Yaguchi: Today evening we’ll introduce mails that were sent to this corner by the listeners.
Taka/Kame: Yes!
Yaguchi: Then let’s start with Kamei-chan.
Kamei: Yes! This is from “Orange Pink”-san in Takaishi.
Yaguchi: Yeah.
Kamei: “Dear Morning Musume members, thanks for your hard work.”
Yaguchi: Thank you very much.
Kamei: If you could take an one week break from your Morning Musume activities and work part-time in the city, what kind of part-time job would you like to try out? I’m looking forward to your new song.” Thank you very much.
Yaguchi: Thank you!
Takahashi: Thank you very much!
Yaguchi: Ehhhh?
Kamei: A break, huh?
Takahashi: A break…
Yaguchi: If I took a break, I wouldn’t want to work part-time…
Kamei: Ahaha(lol)
Takahashi: Ahaha(lol) I know what you mean.
Kamei: One would want to have fun, right?
Yaguchi: I would want to go on holiday… If it has to be a part-time job, then maybe one you always wanted to do.
Takahashi: I would want to work in an amusement park.
Yaguchi: Ahh, that’s good!
Kamei: Ahhh…
Takahashi: In an amusement park… I wouldn’t want to wear those cartoon character costumes though.
Yaguchi: That’d be tough.
Takahashi: Yeah. I’d want to decide my costume myself and act like a big sister.
Yaguchi: Ahh… I see. That’s nice. What about you, Kamei-chan?
Kamei: Since a long time ago, I’ve liked cash registers.
Yaguchi: Ohhh!
Kamei: I’ve always wanted to work the register in a convenience store…
Yaguchi: Ahh… I see. And pushing the buttons makes this “pii” sound.
Kamei: Yes, like “pii”. And “pii, pii, pii”.
Takahashi: Haha(lol)
Yaguchi: I know what you mean.
Kamei: You do?
Yaguchi: Didn’t you buy a register when you were little? One of those little toy ones.
Kamei: Yeah, I did.
Takahashi: I did!
Kamei: I loved it.
Yaguchi: I wonder why girls love registers.
Kamei: Yeah…
Takahashi: You could really play cashier with it!
Yaguchi: I did, I did!
Kamei: It’s strange…
Yaguchi: And you would like to try it out for real.
Kamei: Yes.
Takahashi: And you, Yaguchi-san?
Yaguchi: I… I’d like to try working part-time in a tailor’s shop.
Takahashi: I think it would suit you!
Kamei: It’ll suit you.
Takahashi: Because you’re good at coordinating and stuff.
Yaguchi: I’d like to try working there alone.
Kamei: Ah… I think you’d be good at it.
Yaguchi: But part-time jobs…
Takahashi: I’ve never worked part-time.
Yaguchi: I’ve never worked part-time either.
Kamei: Me neither, me neither.
Yaguchi: It’d feel strange if we worked part-time…
Takahashi: Haha(lol) You’re right.
Yaguchi: Working part-time would be great. Now, let’s move on… Aichan!
Takahashi: Yes! Here I go.
(”Roman ~My Dear Boy~” playing in the bg)
Yaguchi: Yes.
Takahashi: This is from “Ren’ai Kingyo”-kun in Habikino city, a boy in first year of high school.
Yaguchi: Yes.
Takahashi: “Dear Morning Musume members, will you listen to my problem? The athletic festival is drawing nearer hour by hour. I can’t help feeling down since I’m nonathletic. H!P members have sports festivals too, but aren’t there actually kinds of sports you don’t like? I’m looking forward to the concert in Osaka Jou Hall.”
Kamei: Hihi(lol)
Takahashi: Uh… Sports I don’t like…
Yaguchi: There are ones we don’t like, right?
Takahashi: There are ones of course!
Yaguchi: Haha(lol) What are the sports you’re good at and the ones you’re bad at?
Takahashi: Let’s see… As for me, I’m weak at… 1500m!
Yaguchi: Ah, long distance run!
Kamei: Long distance runs are tough…
Takahashi: Long distance… Last year we had baton race, so…
Yaguchi: “Baton race” (lol)
Takahashi: …this year I really feel like “Please spare me…”.
Yaguchi: Well, well, well…
Takahashi: What I’m good at is…
Yaguchi: Ah, what are you good at?
Takahashi: I like obstacle races!
Yaguchi: Ahh, that’s nice!
Takahashi: Borrowing someone’s stuff… from the audience for example.
Yaguchi: Karimono kyousou?
Takahashi: Do you call it karimono kyousou?
Yaguchi: Yes, yes, yes.
Kamei: That’s fun.
Takahashi: I love that!
Yaguchi: Ahh…
Takahashi: Because you can really have fun.
Yaguchi: It’s nice. Fun, right? What about you, Kamei-chan?
Kamei: Let’s see… I’m bad at ball games.
Yaguchi: Ohh, is that so?
Kamei: I’m really scared of the ball or rather…
Yaguchi: So something like dodgeball is unbearably scary for you?
Kamei: I make a big fuss then.
Takahashi: I see…
Kamei: I’d be running away from the ball like crazy and bother the others.
Yaguchi: Ahh, I see. You’re bad at ball games.
Kamei: I’m bad at them…
Yaguchi: What are you good at?
Kamei: I’m good at short distance runs.
Yaguchi: Ah, you’re fast, right?
Takahashi: Ah, you’re fast.
Kamei: I really love short distance runs.
Yaguchi: Hee~ I envy you.
Kamei: But when there’s a fast person next to me, I feel so excited.
Takahashi: I know what you mean.
Kamei: That’s why I’ve always been very happy about short distance runs.
Yaguchi: Ahhh… Foot races, huh?
Kamei: I like foot races.
Yaguchi: Foot races are the ones I’m weakest at. I’m good at… well, I like the games everyone can enjoy for example… tamaire. Or tug of war.
Takahashi: Ahh…
Kamei: They’re nice.
Yaguchi: I’m sure you feel down, but…
Takahashi: Right…
Yaguchi: But please do your best!
Takahashi: Yes, please do your best!
Yaguchi: Then I’ll read out the last one, ok?
Takahashi: Yes, please.
Yaguchi: Ehh… This is from “Ebi mayonnaise”-chan in Asahi-ku, a girl in second year of high school. “Dear Morning Musume members, how do you do?”
Takahashi: I’m fine!
Kamei: I’m fine!
Yaguchi: We’re fine. “We’re planning to go on a ski field trip in winter, but I don’t want others to see me when I’m sleeping and I don’t like bathing together with others either unless it’s my family. I’m sure Morning Musume often stay at a hotel on their tours, but doesn’t any one of you have a bad sleeping posture? Do you all take a bath together? Byeguu!” she wrote.
Takahashi: Haha(lol)
Kamei: Byeguu!
Takahashi: Ahh… Sleeping postures…
Yaguchi: We bath together, right?
Kamei: We never bath together.
Takahashi: We wouldn’t do that!
Yaguchi: No way! We never did?
Takahashi: We would never do that!
Yaguchi: Earlier… we all used to bath together.
Takahashi: No way!
Yaguchi: Way.
Takahashi: Well, if it’s in a hot springs…
Yaguchi: Yeah. We never bathed together in a small bathroom, you know?
Takahashi: I guess, huh? That’s what I imagined when you said you did.
Yaguchi: Haha(lol) That’d be impossible!
Takahashi: I was wondering “How did they fit in there?”… (lol)
Yaguchi: We couldn’t! Only two people fit in there!
Takahashi: Haha(lol) You’re right…
Yaguchi: The member who has the worst sleeping posture is… Konkon!
Takahashi: Ahh! But it’s not really her sleeping posture, but…
Yaguchi: Her sleeping face!
Kamei: Her sleeping face!
Takahashi: Yeah, Kon-chan’s sleeping face!
Yaguchi: It’s bad, really bad.
Kamei: Kon-chan looks… funny when she’s sleeping.
Takahashi: (lol) I think you shouldn’t laugh at it, but you just can’t help laughing.
Kamei: Right.
Yaguchi: I think she should avoid sleeping out if possible.
Takahashi: You’re right. (lol)
Yaguchi: Hehe(lol) Konkon… Kamei-chan, when you see such a sleeping face of your senpai… you don’t know what to do, right?
Kamei: Haha(lol) It surprised me!
Yaguchi: Yeah.
Kamei: But I remember that Sayu was next to Kon-chan at that time.
Yaguchi: She was sleeping?
Kamei: She was sleeping next to her. And Kon-chan looked bad at that time too. Sayu was lying on her side too. They both looked…
Yaguchi: Oh! They both looked bad? (lol)
Takahashi: I didn’t know that!
Kamei: Double…
Yaguchi: Well… Morning Musume’s sleeping faces are ugly.
Kamei: (lol)
Takahashi: It’s perfectly fine. You don’t have to worry about that.
Yaguchi: Right, right! It’s absolutely OK.
Kamei: Right, right, right.
Yaguchi: Our families get to see all of those bad sides. (lol)
Takahashi: Yeah!
Kamei: It’s going to be alright.
Yaguchi: Please have a fun field trip without worrying about that.
Taka/Kame: Yes!
Kamei: Now that we’ve all introduced three mails… and since we’ve talked about sports today, I think this song might be fitting.
Yaguchi: Yes.
Kamei: Morning Musume’s…
Everyone: “Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~”!
Yaguchi: That was all from Yaguchi Mari and…
Takahashi: …Takahashi Ai and…
Kamei: Kamei Eri!
Everyone: Let’s meet again tomorrow!

2004-10-04 HaroPuro123 - Day 1

Sunday, September 28th, 2008


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(Translator’s note: No Japanese log this time.)

Notes

Digest

  • Yaguchi, Kamei and Takahashi talk about Morning Musume’s last year and a half
  • Song: Morning Musume’s 「AS FOR ONE DAY」 (04′46”)

Detailed description

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Everyone: HaroPuro123!! Yaaay!
(intro: “Hello! no Theme”)
Yaguchi: Good evening to all the listeners of FM Osaka pop up inc.! I’m Morning Musume’s Yaguchi Mari!
Takahashi: I’m Takahashi Ai!
Kamei: I’m Kamei Eri.
Yaguchi: Yes. This week’s “HaroPuro123″ will be presented by the three of us!
Takahashi: Yes!
Yaguchi: We’ll be in your care!
Taka/Kame: We’ll be in your care!
Yaguchi: We have a live concert in Osaka Jou Hall planned at the end of this month and we’ll all come to Osaka for that, but we might not have the time to visit FM Osaka because we’ll be busy with the preparations for the live concert. That’s why the three of us are here to greet you and ask you for your support after October too. Right?
Takahashi: Yes~!
Kamei: Yes.
Yaguchi: What about you, Aichan?
Takahashi: Let’s see…
Yaguchi: Is this your second time here?
Takahashi: When we released “Roman ~My Dear Boy~”, I was here in Osaka with Ishikawa-san and Fujimoto-san.
Yaguchi: Oh, how was it at that time?
Takahashi: Let’s see… Somehow… That day passed in the blink of an eye.
Yaguchi: Ohhh… I see.
Takahashi: Yes. It was fun.
Yaguchi: Hee~. It was fun even with only tsukkomi by your side?
Takahashi: Yes. Though I got picked on a lot.
Yaguchi: Haha(lol) Really?
Takahashi: (lol) Yes…
Yaguchi: I see… And this is Kamei-chan’s first appearance here.
Kamei: Yes. First time.
Yaguchi: Yeah, I’ll be in your care.
Kamei: Same here.
Yaguchi: That’s right… How do you feel at your first appearance in HaroPuro123?
Kamei: Somehow I’m happy.
Yaguchi: Happy, right?
Kamei: Since it’s the first time, it makes me happy.
Yaguchi: Haha(lol) You’re right. Let’s do our best.
Taka/Kame: Yes!
Yaguchi: In this show “HaroPuro123″, you get to hear the latest news about H!P, new H!P songs and corners suggested by the H!P members themselves. It’s been already one year and a half since this show started.
Takahashi: Ohh!
Yaguchi: And of course when one year and a half has passes, the situation changes a lot too.
Kamei: Yes.
Yaguchi: Members leave and members join, right?
Takahashi: Right~.
Yaguchi: That’s why today evening, the three of us want to review Morning Musume’s last one year and a half. Even though one year and a half is a kinda incomplete time span.
Takahashi: (lol) Yes.
Yaguchi: Let’s give our feedback by talking about what was good and what should be reconsidered in our new tour.
Takahashi: Yes!
Yaguchi: Yes, well then… What happened in the last one year and a half?
Takahashi: Let’s see… Yasuda-san’s graduation…
Yaguchi: That’s right. Kei-chan’s graduation and…
Takahashi: Also the 6th gen. members…
Yaguchi: Right. Kamei-chan, Tanaka-chan and…
Kamei: Shige-san.
Yaguchi: …Shige-san joined Morning Musume.
Kamei: Yes.
Yaguchi: Mikitty too. Joined as a 6th gen. member.
Kamei: The four of us.
Yaguchi: Yeah. You and Kei-chan kinda missed each other, right?
Kamei: Yes. We couldn’t get to know her well, because we joined when she was about to graduate.
Yaguchi: That’s right… But you stood on the stage together with her, right?
Kamei: Yes.
Yaguchi: How nostalgic…
Kamei: Nostalgic~.
Takahashi: Yeah!
Yaguchi: That was a moving concert…
Takahashi: It’s already been one year and a half, huh?
Yaguchi: So quickly!
Takahashi: So quickly…
Yaguchi: Yeah… Somehow…
Kamei: So quickly…
Yaguchi: It’s sad, but you have to do your best again.
Kamei: Yes.
Yaguchi: Aichan, how did you feel one year and a half ago?
Takahashi: I was a child at that time.
Yaguchi: You were 1…
Takahashi: 16… 16?
Yaguchi: 16?
Takahashi: 16, huh?
Yaguchi: Yeah.
Takahashi: I was so young!
Yaguchi: Yeah, when you look back at one year and a half ago, you were only 16!
Takahashi: You’re right… Now I’ve just become 18.
Yaguchi: Right. How did you feel? The 16-year-old Takahashi Ai.
Takahashi: Let’s see… What I remember the most after all is…
Yaguchi: Yeah?
Takahashi: …when Yaguchi-san scolded me during the pv shoot.
Yaguchi: Eh, what?
Takahashi: During the pv shoot of “AS FOR ONE DAY”, I couldn’t do the choreography right. We had dance lessons until the day of the shoot, right?
Yaguchi: Right, right.
Takahashi: And during the part where I dance together with Abe-san, I messed up quite a few times. Somehow… I couldn’t do it even though I knew how to. And I remember I got scolded for it.
Yaguchi: Really?!
Takahashi: Yeah.
Yaguchi: I’ve totally forgotten about it.
Takahashi: (lol) No way!
Yaguchi: Haha(lol)
Takahashi: At that time I thought that I’m still not good enough.
Yaguchi: At times like that, you’re so nervous that when you mess up once, you keep on messing up until the end.
Takahashi: Yeah…
Yaguchi: And people can’t recover from something like that unless something happens.
Takahashi: Thanks to that, I feel like I’ve grown a bit.
Yaguchi: Ah, really?
Takahashi: Thank you very much.
Yaguchi: I really can’t remember it at all… (lol)
Kamei: Haha(lol)
Yaguchi: I’m beaten.
Takahashi: Haha(lol)
Yaguchi: But it sure is nostalgic…
Takahashi: Yeah, very nostalgic…
Yaguchi: Yeah. Well, we’ve just talked about Morning Musume’s last year and a half.
Takahashi: Yes!
Yaguchi: Time sure passes quickly, huh?
Takahashi: So quickly!
Kamei: That’s true.
Yaguchi: Thanks to what Aichan said, I’ve realized that it really passes in the blink of an eye.
Takahashi: Ehehe(lol)
Everyone: Yeah…
Takahashi: Then finally, we want to play one of Morning Musume’s songs.
Yaguchi: Yes.
Takahashi: In Spring 2003, when “HaroPuro123″ started, we were singing this song. Morning Musume’s…
Everyone: “AS FOR ONE DAY”!
Yaguchi: That was all from Yaguchi Mari…
Takahashi: …Takahashi Ai and…
Kamei: Kamei Eri!
Yaguchi: Let’s meet again tomorrow!

2004-09-20 Takahashi Ai’s DokiMiki Night

Saturday, July 19th, 2008


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Japanese log

Notes

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”

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