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It's awesome when fandoms cross paths, but particularly so when it occurs in the most unexpected of circumstances.
Kamenashi Kazuya sings praises of Ohno in his recent radio show and relates an incident from way back when.
Well, this is Secret Conversations with Kamenashi, and we’re bringing you letters from our listeners.
This is from Mizuki-chan:
Arashi’s Ninomiya-kun said on his radio show that Ohno made a fuss about not receiving any calls or messages from Kamenashi-kun. Also, have you received Ohno’s drawing? Under what circumstances did you get him to draw something for you? Please tell us, even if it’s just a little bit!
That being said, right… I contacted [Ohno], went out to dinner together, and received a drawing. It was an amazing drawing, I was so moved! That day, Ohno sent me a text message. I didn’t recognize the number, and it so happened that I was at a charity baseball event. I mean, I don’t normally check my cell phone when I’m at work. And even after the baseball match ended, I immediately went to shower and proceeded for the recording of GO IN. So I didn’t check my cell phone until 2am in the morning, and I don’t usually look at my phone even when I’m going from one location to another.
So on that afternoon, when Ohno sent me a message, I was at the Tokyo Dome, in the midst of focusing on the baseball match.
“Are you free tonight? Wanna go out to dinner?” A message that said something like that came. And that was the first text message I ever received from him. And if you’re wondering how that actually led to him drawing something from me, it was a story from ten years back.
Ten years ago, I was a backup dancer for Arashi. And I happened to be at the same spot where Ohno-kun stood before he went out for his solo. So I said something along the lines of, “Ohno-kun, you’re good at drawing!” And then Ohno said something like, “Oh, then I’ll draw something for you. I’ll doodle something for you.” So I replied, “I would love for you to do that!” And I requested enthusiastically for his drawing.
And ten years went by.
Recently, when we did some work together, I asked him, “Ohno-kun, do you remember~?” I rarely get the chance to talk to the Arashi members, but perhaps because of that incident, every time we’re at the same workplace he’s the senior who would come over and say, “Oh, Kame~”
I would then go, “Ohno-kun, it’s been some time since we met. How are you?” And things kept going like that for a while. So on that particular day at work, when I said half-jokingly, “Ohno-kun. I haven’t received your drawing…”
Then he drew it for me.
It was an amazing drawing, and a large one at that, too. And it really looked like me. It was a watercolor painting. It was so similar, it looked almost exactly like [my photo]. He told me, “I’m going to draw a picture of you, so pass me a photo.” So I did. And it turned out to be exactly like me. Amazing.
Ohno said, “Kame-chan, your right eye looks really good.”
He had been looking at my photo for a few months while drawing the picture, so it felt as if I had become his girlfriend or something. I mean, when you see us on TV or in the magazines, you definitely wouldn’t associate Ohno-kun with myself, right? So we were talking about this and then decided, “Let’s keep it low key. Even if we went out to play, let’s keep it a secret.” Because our images are kinda different.
But we get along really well. It might not sound appropriate coming from someone who’s his junior, but we always have a great time together. He’s such a great guy. I mean, I could say the same for myself, but he’s slightly airheaded, and doesn’t act like a diva. He’s so natural, and also my senior. In terms of experience in the entertainment industry, he really is my senior.
In that vein, Nino, he too changed his number. So I received numerous phone calls from an unknown number during that charity event. I thought, “Who the heck is this?! I don’t know him!” When I heard the voice mail, it went, “This is Ninomiya~ Kame~ Leader’s really angry!” And I went, “EH?!”
Nino then said something along the lines of, “He [Ohno] hasn’t even drawn such a big picture for the other Arashi members, and he’s saying that he’s not gonna draw any more pictures for other people in Johnny’s!”
So I asked Nino, “Why did he do this?”
Nino then said that it was because this had been a promise that was made ten years back, and [Ohno] felt that he couldn’t just pass me something that was the size of a postcard.
And I thought, “I must pay it forward to my juniors. Really. Thank you very much.”
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Date: 2011-06-25 08:44 am (UTC)Thank you so much !
It was really interesting !
I would never thought they were so much in good term :3
Oh-chan is really cute ~ Wanting to draw well and large because it's a promise ~
Kyuu ~
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Date: 2011-06-25 08:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-25 08:53 am (UTC)thanks for translating and sharing! <3
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Date: 2011-06-25 08:53 am (UTC)guess, the 10-yrs wait for the drawing is worthwhile
really wanna see the drawing!!!
oh yes, thanks for sharing this, luv the interactions between arashi & other johnny's grps/members ;)
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Date: 2011-06-25 08:54 am (UTC)i would have never expected for Ohno and Kame to be this close and like Kame himself said people usually would not associate them together xD
this just so awesome<3
and it really hard for even Arashi member to get Ohno to draw to them but Kame get a big drawing and it even touching because it is from a promise 10yrs ago^^
i really love JE senpaikouhai friendship and KameOhno totally a surprised...
lol at Kame keep getting call and message from unknown no xD
and Nino giving warning to Kame xD
love that Ohc-han keep his promise^^
thanks<3
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Date: 2011-06-25 08:54 am (UTC)"He [Ohno] hasn’t even drawn such a big picture for the other Arashi members"..Nino being jealous there xD
thanks for sharing dear :)
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Date: 2011-06-25 08:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-25 08:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-25 08:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-25 08:59 am (UTC)i missed you, your arashi and non arashi entries.
Great to see you again :D
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Date: 2011-06-25 09:03 am (UTC)Ohno was mad cause kame didn't answer back. lol riida, you're too cute!
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Date: 2011-06-25 09:05 am (UTC)and Nino!
sounds like jealousy to meThanks for sharing!!!
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Date: 2011-06-25 09:07 am (UTC)And Ohno invited Kame!! It took years for Nino to eat out with Ohno but to no avail.
“This is Ninomiya~ Kame~ Leader’s really angry!”
“He [Ohno] hasn’t even drawn such a big picture for the other Arashi members, and he’s saying that he’s not gonna draw any more pictures for other people in Johnny’s!”
thats a very sulky Ohno! LOL.
I love how Ohno fulfilled the promise eventhough he has no plans on drawing other Johnny's.
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Date: 2011-06-25 09:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-25 09:12 am (UTC)Such wonderful senpai-kouhai rs :) I like it how Ohno will always keep his promise. That said, he'll eat with Nino sometime! (gomen, ultimately I'm pro-Ohmiya~) Ahahaha, Nino's part in this whole Kame-Ohno thing is cute too <3
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Date: 2011-06-25 09:13 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-06-25 09:26 am (UTC)I love it that they are on such good terms with each other, and Oh-chan talked about that painting on his radio-show too, it's nice to hear more details, since Ohno usually tends to randomly drift away from the topic he started at! XD
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Date: 2011-06-25 09:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-25 09:27 am (UTC)Thank you so much!
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Date: 2011-06-25 09:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-25 09:34 am (UTC)but reading this, too cute!!!
thank you!!