[TRANS] 101119 Fuji TV’s Announcer’s Blog on JYJ Showcase in NY

About JYJ

Although I’ve already known them from before, the experience of my private interview with JYJ is very amazing.

When I have to explain to people who live in the US, “Tohoshinki” is a Korean group who has created a social phenomenon in Japan since several years ago.
Ah, by the way, you pronounce it as “Tohoshinki”.
Their releases would, as you would expect, grab the number 1 spot on Oricon chart.
When they have a tour, the 50,000 seats in Dome would be sold out in no time.
They sang the theme song for Fuji TV’s popular anime “One Piece”, appeared and performed live on “Tokudane!”, the variety show that I was in charge of. (T/N: Tokudane! is a TV program that they appeared on in Japanese)

However.

We were unaware of what happened to them who have been working so hard. Fans were caught in a hard situation because they’ve been involved in a regrettable circumstance that lead to a halt on their activities at the moment.
I’m just saying this again, but none of them was at fault. Rather, I’d say that they are thriving their best.
At that time, I was in charge of the Entertainment corner at Tokudane!, and the staff and I were trying to bring them in.
However, because of some reasons which I can’t reveal in details, it is impossible to have them continue with their activities in Japan right now.

Then, the 3 members of Tohoshinki – Junsu, Jejung, Yuchun – took the first initial of their name to form “JYJ”.
On the occassion that JYJ debut in the US, I had a chance to have a 30-minute private interview with JYJ for FCI Morning EYE (T/N: a news program).

It has been a very long time since we met at Tokudane! studio, but their fresh personalities still haven’t changed at all.
As we started off a little with some tea, I was surrounded with their unchangeable aura.

However, there was a trouble.

The staff told them to answer the interview in Korean.

Of course, the staff didn’t have any bad intention, because they could naturally express themselves in Korean, and the staff could also understand what they said.
We had no choice but agreed to it. After we have settled the condition and the interview setting has been set, the 3 of them suddenly started to continuously complain to the staff.

After having us wait for 10 minutes, they said that the interview would be conducted and answered in Japanese.
I whispered to ask Yuchun, and it turned out that, they have persuaded the staff for our sake.

He told me, “Although we are in the US, it has been a long time since they were able to communicate with Japanese fans. We’ve been doing our best to study Japanese, so even if our Japanese is bad, we’d like to answer in Japanese.”

They haven’t changed.

They are still the polite and straightforward people that I met in Tokudane! studio back then.
When we started to film, Junsu said, “It has been a long time since we spoke Japanese so we’re getting very nervous”, and those were the first words of our interview.

At this moment, our FCI staff members are very busy, because we don’t want this to be just a 3-minute interview corner. We want to properly turn this into a special edition, so we’re doing our best to update our homepage.

Everyone, please don’t forget to watch their interesting interview!

You can watch the broadcasted interview here↓
http://www.fujisankei.com/morningeyeweekend.asp

Source: Hasegawa Yutaka’s Blog
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[TRANS] 100903 Ueno Juri, 'I thought Jaejoong hates me'

Japanese actress Ueno Juri talked about her impression of acting with Jaejoong in Fuji TV drama 'Sunao ni narenakute'.

Ueno Juri expressed her feelings to the reporters in Seoul Lotte Hotel in the morning of 3rd September that, 'Whenever there are scenes in which Jaejoong has to hold my hand or carry me, his face will turn red and run to the back while making 'aaaa...' sound. He will hide behind the wall, so we didn't interact that much. I even thought he hates me. Later when we become closer, and I asked him why he behaved that way, I was told that he deliberately kept a certain distance from me since he was acting as a character who likes me in the drama.

She praised that actor Jaejoong is a friend with outstanding insight. She said, 'During an interview, Jaejoong mentioned that I am a person full of passion. From my point of view, Jaejoong is a caring friend. He even damages his own image to lighten up the atmosphere, he also has great insight. There was a scene where he needs to make a quick turn when fighting using briefcase, which can originally be done in a blink of eye. However, when it was broadcasted, he called and told me that the photographer was also shot in the scene. When I watched back the scene he mentioned later on, I couldn't find it. Instead it was the staff who found it. His eyesight is superb to be able to notice it, because the scene only last for a short time.'

Besides that, he brought both Japanese and Korean scripts to the filming site, and memorized his lines well. His acting skills is outstanding. He is good in sports too, and is able to accomplish all the actions by himself. In my opinion, he is a very good actor.'

Ueno Juri and Hero Jaejoong acted in the drama 'Sunao ni narenakute'. The drama is about the process of a true friendship built among the people who met each other through network. Popular japanese actors including Eita were acting in this drama too.

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[TRANS] 100801 Twitter Update: Miyane Seiji

I am working in FujiTV at the moment

I bumped into Tohoshinki's Changmin in Haneda Airport

Sorry I didn't deliver this news earlier

It was reassuring to see Changmin in such good condition

I hope to seeing the five of them together soon

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[TRANS] Jaejoong, Eita, and Tamayama in FujiTV Newsletter

Jejung-san, Eita-san, and Tetsuji Tamayama-san came to visit the restaurant where there were a lot of staffs (T/N: a restaurant for FUJI TV staffs only).

All of them were tall and cool.
The figure of Jejung that was looking for a seat “where will we sit?～♪”, was really cool more than one I watched on TV.

Order: Fried pork cutlet curry, fried rice, tantan noodles

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[TRANS] 100430 FujiTV Sunao Ni Narenakute Interview 3 - Jejung

Interview 3
Jejung - "Doctor" Park Sung Soo

Q： How did you feel when you received the invitation to act in this drama?
A："Eh? Really?!" Like that (laughs). I couldn't believe it. How will it turn out in using Japanese to perform~ I did have my uncertainties. I told myself that I would have to carry my anxiousness and just act to the end.

Q： What is your impression on your character, Doctor?
A：Doctor is pretty pitiful，and although there are plenty of similar situations, he still has courage and a personality that has a positive outlook to continue on despite such terrible circumstances. I like the feeling of diligently fighting for your survival. But I think that in acting, it is actually harder to present that.

Q：Please give us your impression of Eita, Ueno Juri, Megumi Seki, and Tetsuji Tamayama, who act as friends that you meet through Twitter.
A： Will this be asked to the others? What did Tetsuji-san say about me? I want to know this. (laughs)

Q：I've heard that you defeated the others with alcohol? Everyone has said that your alcohol tolerance is very good.
A：(laughs) Ahh... yes... that did happen (laughs). Eita-san... in regards to alcohol, I've said this before, but Eita-san is also pretty strong~ (laughs). Although when everyone first met, we had alcohol, the next day we still had to work so we didn't have the chance to really drink. I've always been thinking about how we could properly compete for victory and defeat (laughs). I was pretty nervous at that time (laughs). But Eita-san allowed me to relax, so I thought that his naturalism and tendency to not mind anything was super handsome. Juri-san is really professional (laughs). Even though it would only be the auditions, her acting and lines are truly remarkable. Just watching her act makes me feel completely healed... As for Megumi-san, her age isn't that different from mine, so when we first met we chatted about a lot of things. She is the type of person who doesn't really speak her mind as often, but other than her appearance, you can see her beauty on the inside as well. Tetsuji-san is like a neighboring big brother (laughs). He is also like this with his character~ isn't he a leader? He has this type of feeling. But, not only for his character, he is like this in real life too, always giving me his support. I have a "Tetsuji-san is truly awesome!" type of feeling (laughs).

Q：How is it to act using Japanese? There must be a lot of inconveniences...
A：Yes. But Doctor in the script has certain similarities with me. So I don't feel that it is that hard. There is definitely pressure, but I feel more at ease since after receiving the script (laughs). But what do the others say about me?!

Q： For example-- "he can say jokes to alleviate the atmosphere" and "so cute"...
A： Ahh~~ so it's this type of impression (laughs). After all, my Japanese pronunciation still has many flaws, and there are plenty of situations where I'm speaking Japanese but then can't seem to say the next words, so people will probably think of me as "cute". (laughs) Maybe because my character is also clownish, I've formed this type of series in front of everyone.

Q： So this is a form of creating an image?
A: Not really, I don't do it on purpose. It just naturally became this way. (laughs)

Q： Is Jejung-san's personality normally like this? Do you crack jokes to make everyone laugh?
A： Yes. Although my Japanese isn't the best, it is actually pretty popular (laughs). When I tell jokes, it only lasts for about 2 minutes, but everyone says that it is enjoyable. When people laugh because of me, I'm also very happy. Is it truly great at the scene of the shoot.

Q： From now on, make everyone laugh during filming!
A： Ahh~ I was thinking about that too! (laughs)

Q： When you decided to participate in a Japanese drama project, how did the people around you react?
A： My family didn't really say anything in particular, and since it's a Japanese drama, I would have less time to see everyone in Korea. So it's mostly just words of encouragement. Because there weren't many people who have acted in Japanese dramas before, my celebrity friends in Korea care about me a lot, saying "it is a great opportunity for Jejung so you have to work hard", and gave me plenty of advice.

Q： Jejung-san said before that you liked long vacations right...?
A: Yes

Q： How does it feel to be involved with a script written by Eriko Kitagawa?
A： Ahh, I'm very happy! At first I didn't know that the writer for this script was Kitagawa-san. Once I accepted the part, I heard that Eriko-san had written the script, so I was like "Ahh, that's how it is!" I was really surprised. Before, I've met her for work purposes... "Woah~ this is so unbelievable!" I had that reaction. I was too surprised! (laughs)

Q： How did you feel after reading the script?
A: I thought about using Twitter as well (laughs). If there really were these type of encounters... liars, bad situations are pretty common too. People using it for bad purposes are all over the place. But, using lies to earn true friendship isn't that bad. These 5 characters are going through really painful situations in their own lives, but because of this, they were able to meet new friends, solidifying their sincere friendships... Therefore, when the 5 of them are together, they are able to receive hope and carry that frankness to overcome their troubles at work and at home. I hope that when everyone sees this stance, they are able to strive for and courageously live their lives.

Q： Doctor has an unrequited love for Juri-san's character Haru right?
A： When you say that, I feel so embarrassed (laughs). How do I say this? It isn't that hard to love by yourself right? I think it is really hard to just express your feelings like that. I'm pretty similar with Doctor in that sense. Be it acting it or talking about it, "isn't it the same normally?" I have that strong type of feeling. So when I act, my face will start turning really red (laughs). Loving one-sided really doesn't feel good (laughs).

Q： So your face gets red when you're nervous?
A： I don't belong to that type! But when you have one-sided love, aren't you always like that? When you're in front of the person you like, don't you always blush? (laughs)

Q： Lastly, please leave a message for everyone that supports this drama.
A： How do I say this... Although I've already said this 6 years ago when I debuted in Korea, I really enjoy challenging new things and also liked the nervous feeling that comes with it. I've presented a new side to my fans and really anticipate everyone's reaction to it. Although I've had some difficulties using Japanese to act in this Japanese drama, everyone's support for this is truly wonderful. From now on I will work hard, so thank you and please take care of me.


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