● Ichigo Ichie #26 (17.09.2009)
As Aichan starts talking about her 23rd birthday she suddenly lets out a super cute scream なんだ～！ They brought her a cake in the studio. She talks about memorable birthdays, and how she paid back Gakisan for surprising her on her own birthday with a surprise on Gakisan's birthday; they hid in the dressing room for her.Her recommendation today is Shugo Chara, which starred Maeda Yuuka. Also, Fukuda Kanon and Saho Akari, and Aichan has words of praise for the three of them. Yuuka saw Aichan perform in Ojigi de Shape up!, so Aichan thought she would go see Yuuka perform in this musical. Aichan is an anime fan herself, and when a listener recommends the Sailor Moon musical to her, Aichan explains that she has already seen it. Her dad, apparently a fan himself, went to see it with her.
The Morning Musume fall concert tour "Nine Smiles" starts on the 19th. The keywords for this concert, she says, will be "smile" (笑顔) and "happy" (元気). Speaking of smile and happy, the dinner show she recently performed in with Gakisan made her happy. Being that close to the fans, she can see their faces; some are nervous, some are in tears, other are smiling brightly, and others try to avoid eye contact out of embarrassment. Gakisan showed off some big smiles of her own due to the incident of Aichan running around in red tights, which they talked about last week. It had been awhile since Aichan had seen her laugh that hard. Reading fan letters is another thing that makes Aichan happy.
English lesson: "Thanks for inviting me."
In the Tettekete corner today Aichan gives advice on how to overcome nervousness. One thing their manager has told them is to speak in a loud voice. As for Aichan herself, talking makes her more nervous than singing or dancing. For instance, when she must talk about Morning Musume in front of people.
Lastly, Aichan tells how she is the type who can fall asleep on the plane, the bullet train, or anywhere.
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● Ichigo Ichie #25 (10.09.2009)
Risa makes her entrance speaking in a princely voice words from Cinderella. But both of them have trouble remembering what the name of the prince was; not 'Franz', not 'Crystal', but 'Christopher'. Then Aichan introduces her as Morning Musume sub-leader 'G-A-K-I-san'. Aichan was late to the studio today because of traffic. She caused management a bit of worry because they weren't able to contact her. She had forgotten to bring her cell phone. Risa says she often does.When Aichan asks Risa what she's into lately, Risa reveals that she has a song stuck in her head which Aichan had playing in the dressing room at the dinner show. It has lyrics that go "Po-po-po-poker face-po-po-poker face". Poker Face by Lady Gaga, Aichan explains. As for Aichan, she's into Korea... They'll leave it at that for now.
On the plane ride to L.A. Aichan watched 17 Again, a story about a man who, wanting to relive his youth, becomes 17 and ends up going to the same high school that his son and daughter go to. Aichan gives a full synopsis of the plot. Forget what I said last week; Aichan has no qualms about spoiling movie plots too it seems. Risa can't help busting out laughing.
Risa: Is it okay to be taking 2 hours? You're telling everything that happens.
Aichan: I have to tell what happens. This...this is the corner where I tell what happens.
So Aichan continues talking on and on about the plot of the movie. It gets to where Risa bangs her microphone in exasperation.
Aichan: ...Then because of that his son gets good at basketball too. So then Mike's wife--Mike is the guy's name...
Risa: I don't care! I haven't seen it.
Aichan: That's why I'm explaining it. So then they dance to the song they used to listen to...
Risa: (laughing) You're the worst!
But Aichan has no intention of stopping until she reaches the very end. The Ainote corner is so much fun when Aichan has a guest whose patience she can obliviously test XD They conclude.
Risa: But now, everyone watch this...what was it?...this 17 Again. It'd be best if people watched it.
Aichan: Yes, please watch it.
Risa: It'd be best if they watched it.
Aichan: Yes. Then they ought to understand what I've said.
Risa: (mumbling) They ought to.
At last Aichan involves Risa by asking her to recommend something, and she picks the Japanese equivalent of Disney & Pixar's Up, which she really liked. Aichan agrees to go see it with her. Risa admits that she is the annoying type who while watching a movie or play sometimes doesn't get what's going on, so she asks the person sitting next to her--Aichan--who answers with "something", not shifting her gaze from the screen.
They talk about the Takahashi Niigaki premium dinner show. A listener who was there thinks it would be great if they released a DVD or CD of the event. Ai and Risa and even Risa's mom were thinking the same thing, and it seems management did film them. Another listener writes that it was neat to see Aichan helping Risa along where Risa was the one who was nervous, not having performed at a dinner show before, and Risa confirms this. When they talked casually about doing it again, Aichan had already decided for herself which songs they will sing next time XD Also, Risa got a big laugh out of seeing Aichan running around in red tights in the dressing room.
Now the Tettekete advice corner... A listener working at a bread shop seeks advice on creating an original bread or cake. Aichan says how about a combination of maple syrup and strawberries. Risa says how about something with the taste of edamame (枝豆).
The second question is from Aichan herself to Risa. What would be a good autumn theme for Morning Musume? Risa would like to fans to get to know those interesting personality features each member of MM has that we don't get to see just by looking at the covers of their singles.
The English phrase is "Thanks for coming." While teaching this, Aichan twice mistakenly says "Thanks for waiting".
Risa teaches the Korean phrase "ggakka juseyo" (깎아 주세요), meaning "Discount please." She used it much during the 3-day vacation in Korea that the two of them recently took together. They had a fun time there. Did lots of walking. Shopping, no doubt. Next time they go to Korea they'd like it to be more leisurely.
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● Ichigo Ichie #24 (3.09.2009)
As with last week, Aichan opens her show with a little poetry. Then asks us "What's new?" She takes a call from a listener whose face gets red when nervous, and even worse when someone points it out. Aichan says the thing to do is run away XDAichan gives her impressions of the Broadway musical Spelling Bee, starring Fujii Takashi and Niiduma Seiko. She saw it together with Aika and Koharu. As the name suggests, the story is about a spelling bee contest, and they even get some audience members involved; Koharu was hoping (out loud) that she would get called up. Aichan describes the characters and the climax. I think Aichan is not bashful about spoiling endings when talking about plays and musicals, which most of her fans are unlikely to have the opportunity to see. (she refused to spoil much about Harry Potter last week)
Fall is said to be a tough season for choosing one's fashion, and Aichan agrees. She wore a salopette (overalls) that she bought two years ago for the first time. She also loves her sheepskin boots, and one-piece shirts. Colors...Aichan wore black a lot when she was new in Morning Musume despite being told she was too young for black. She branched out and enjoyed wearing other colors, but is now wanting to return to black.
The English lesson is a follow-up to last week's "What's up?". "Not much. And you?"
A listener who is unable to eat sesame asks Aichan for advice on how to overcome foods you just can't seem to eat. Aichan likes sesame oil with boiled komatsuna and suggests that the listener try it. She reaches for the liver when she goes out for yakiniku since it is supposed to be good for the throat, although she isn't crazy about the taste. Fujimoto Miki loves it. Miki would devour a plateful of liver when they went out to yakiniku after a concert. As for a food that Aichan has overcome, she discovered she can enjoy the taste of yuzu.
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● Ichigo Ichie #23 (27.08.2009)
Aichan likes to eat lotus root candy (れんこん飴), which is good for the throat, and rusk, which she recently ate with her curry.Having just finished reading the Harry Potter series, she went to see Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince. To Aichan, Hermione has become a beautiful lady, Ron has become muscular, and she particularly enjoyed a confrontation between Harry and Draco Malfoy.
A listener asks Aichan how she watches Takaraduka. Now when she watches Takaraduka she studies their acting, but to the listener she recommends just taking in the magnificence of it; the aura the top stars convey, the clothes they wear, how they enter the stage.
She reports on the summer H!P Concert. Aichan says it was good for Morning Musume to have a feeling of rivalry between Berryz and the others. It had been awhile since High King performed Cinderella Complex so it took her time to remember how. They also sung Diamonds, a cover of a song by the classic girl rock group Princess Princess. And Aichan's mom loves the song which Aichan covered as a solo, Yamaguchi Momoe's Cosmos. She worked hard to prepare for it, Tsunku guiding her on details as fine as which angle at which to hold the microphone. The song is sung at a difficult low pitch, so she was relieved when fans complimented her on it at the handshake event afterwards. Unlike the dance songs MM performs, a song like Yamaguchi's calls for more subtle motion; the expression on your face, the movement of your hand. Aichan thinks she could do better if she had more time. Her satisfaction with the concert was 70%.
English phrase... "What's new?" Her English teacher begins lessons by asking her this.
In the Tettekete corner she gives advice on gymnastics, which can be scary if you're just learning how. There was a time when she was trying to learn backwards somersaults. Also, back in elementary school she took a bad fall playing on the horizontal bar (I think) and needed five stiches below her lip.
Aichan recently changed her hair black, and then brown again. It seems she has been told that brown is better on her, but she is aware that there are fans who prefer her hair black.
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● Ichigo Ichie #22 (20.08.2009)
On August 22nd and 30th, Morning Musume presents Takahashi Ai and Niigaki Risa Premium Summer Dinner Show! Aichan has done dinner shows with Yasuda, Yaguchi, and Nakazawa in the past, but this is the first time with a 5th gen member, so she thinks it will be different.
A listener asks Aichan to repeat the weekly English phrases 3 times and Aichan will comply. Aichan was on Pakkun and Makkun's show a little while back. (Pakkun and Makkun are a comedy duo consisting of an American and a Japanese) Pakkun spent time in Fukui so was able to talk with Aichan about it. Both of them of course speak English as well as Japanese, and Aichan got the feeling that if she spent time around them her English would improve.
For the Ainote corner Aichan recommends Ijintachi tono Natsu, a book made into a play and also into a movie; Aichan saw the play. It's a drama with both romance and horror elements. Aichan talks for a LONG time about it, describing the plot complete with spoilers. Why'd ya haveta ruin it for us, Aichan? :D She receives a listener recommendation for Takaraduka's Gyakuten Saiban (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney).
If Aichan had a week off in the summer she would like to spend it in Bali (she said the same in a recent Ameba Studio talk appearance). She especially likes a dish there similar to Japanese noodles, and watermelon juice. She has summer memories of doing radio calisthenics, trying to wake up her sister in the morning, putting off doing homework, playing with friends at the pool (but not swimming in it), and getting tanned from the sun.
English lesson: "See you later". As promised, Aichan repeats the phrase three times -- first slowly, then at normal speed, then together with the listeners.
In the Tettekete corner she takes a question about weight training and dieting. Aichan does stretches when she gets out of the bath. Also something called 'cockroach exercises' which she learned from her grandmother. She follows advice she heard that if your feet are tired it's good to elevate them as you sleep. She also learned from Iida Kaori to do the kind of situps in which your legs do the work rather than your upper body. It's tougher than regular situps, she says, but you can continue it every day.
Lastly, a listener ask whether it is better or not to wear make-up. Aichan is very clear on the matter -- no make up is better!
On August 22nd and 30th, Morning Musume presents Takahashi Ai and Niigaki Risa Premium Summer Dinner Show! Aichan has done dinner shows with Yasuda, Yaguchi, and Nakazawa in the past, but this is the first time with a 5th gen member, so she thinks it will be different.A listener asks Aichan to repeat the weekly English phrases 3 times and Aichan will comply. Aichan was on Pakkun and Makkun's show a little while back. (Pakkun and Makkun are a comedy duo consisting of an American and a Japanese) Pakkun spent time in Fukui so was able to talk with Aichan about it. Both of them of course speak English as well as Japanese, and Aichan got the feeling that if she spent time around them her English would improve.
For the Ainote corner Aichan recommends Ijintachi tono Natsu, a book made into a play and also into a movie; Aichan saw the play. It's a drama with both romance and horror elements. Aichan talks for a LONG time about it, describing the plot complete with spoilers. Why'd ya haveta ruin it for us, Aichan? :D She receives a listener recommendation for Takaraduka's Gyakuten Saiban (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney).
If Aichan had a week off in the summer she would like to spend it in Bali (she said the same in a recent Ameba Studio talk appearance). She especially likes a dish there similar to Japanese noodles, and watermelon juice. She has summer memories of doing radio calisthenics, trying to wake up her sister in the morning, putting off doing homework, playing with friends at the pool (but not swimming in it), and getting tanned from the sun.
English lesson: "See you later". As promised, Aichan repeats the phrase three times -- first slowly, then at normal speed, then together with the listeners.
In the Tettekete corner she takes a question about weight training and dieting. Aichan does stretches when she gets out of the bath. Also something called 'cockroach exercises' which she learned from her grandmother. She follows advice she heard that if your feet are tired it's good to elevate them as you sleep. She also learned from Iida Kaori to do the kind of situps in which your legs do the work rather than your upper body. It's tougher than regular situps, she says, but you can continue it every day.
Lastly, a listener ask whether it is better or not to wear make-up. Aichan is very clear on the matter -- no make up is better!
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● Ichigo Ichie #21 (13.08.2009)
Aichan was the type who would wait until the last moment to do her summer schoolwork.
Aichan times Aika as she talks freely for one minute. Aika talks about having had a fight with her mom, and her (Aika's) tone of voice as she quarreled.
For the Ainote corner, Lovely recommends the love comedy Gossip Girl, which was recently brought over to Japan. She says that the drama is somewhat different than the books it is based on. But she is studying English with it :) She liked a certain phrase from it so much that she wrote in her diary that day -- "Do you know love me?" (should be "You know you love me") Aika wants her to tell this story at a concert.
Aika has been watching a television drama called Ghost, which is scary but also funny. Aichan says that her mom watches it too, and many other foreign dramas as well (such as Charmed and Prison Break). Aichan says that if Mitsui likes Ghost she might also enjoy Tru Calling, and explains the premise of the show.
They talk about concert tours. Mitsui says that she became stronger in spirit from the spring tour in which she sung a solo. During that tour each song was assigned a 'leader' and Mitsui was in charge of Resonant Blue. Aichan was glad when Mitsui told her she needed to fix a part (fix how Aichan was singing or dancing it).
At the concert in L.A. they were happy to see people not only from America, but from Japan, Australia, Europe, and all over. Aika especially liked meeting people at the autograph session. They remember seeing female fans in tears. Also people cosplaying as them (Morning Musume).
For the upcoming fall tour "Nine smiles" Mitsui would like to perform not just cool songs, but songs such as 3,2,1 Breaking Out with which they can show everyone their nice smiles.
They next answer a Tettekete question about how difficult it is to sleep in a hotel with an unfamiliar pillow. In fact, the last place they stayed at had hard beds, and several musume had trouble sleeping. Aichan had four pillows and she used them all together! As for Mitsui, she likes to sleep with a folded towel instead of a pillow. Aichan says that placing a towel under your neck and facing upwards is a good way to sleep. But normally she (Aichan) sleeps with a thin pillow.
Mitsui would like Aichan to invite her to see more plays. Aichan: "Then please call me Aichan". It seems they've both still been calling each other by last names.
English lesson: "Have a nice day". She learned from Ogawa that this is an often-used phrase.
Lastly, Aichan asks Mitsui to offer to the listeners a massage tip.
Aichan was the type who would wait until the last moment to do her summer schoolwork.Aichan times Aika as she talks freely for one minute. Aika talks about having had a fight with her mom, and her (Aika's) tone of voice as she quarreled.
For the Ainote corner, Lovely recommends the love comedy Gossip Girl, which was recently brought over to Japan. She says that the drama is somewhat different than the books it is based on. But she is studying English with it :) She liked a certain phrase from it so much that she wrote in her diary that day -- "Do you know love me?" (should be "You know you love me") Aika wants her to tell this story at a concert.
Aika has been watching a television drama called Ghost, which is scary but also funny. Aichan says that her mom watches it too, and many other foreign dramas as well (such as Charmed and Prison Break). Aichan says that if Mitsui likes Ghost she might also enjoy Tru Calling, and explains the premise of the show.
They talk about concert tours. Mitsui says that she became stronger in spirit from the spring tour in which she sung a solo. During that tour each song was assigned a 'leader' and Mitsui was in charge of Resonant Blue. Aichan was glad when Mitsui told her she needed to fix a part (fix how Aichan was singing or dancing it).
At the concert in L.A. they were happy to see people not only from America, but from Japan, Australia, Europe, and all over. Aika especially liked meeting people at the autograph session. They remember seeing female fans in tears. Also people cosplaying as them (Morning Musume).
For the upcoming fall tour "Nine smiles" Mitsui would like to perform not just cool songs, but songs such as 3,2,1 Breaking Out with which they can show everyone their nice smiles.
They next answer a Tettekete question about how difficult it is to sleep in a hotel with an unfamiliar pillow. In fact, the last place they stayed at had hard beds, and several musume had trouble sleeping. Aichan had four pillows and she used them all together! As for Mitsui, she likes to sleep with a folded towel instead of a pillow. Aichan says that placing a towel under your neck and facing upwards is a good way to sleep. But normally she (Aichan) sleeps with a thin pillow.
Mitsui would like Aichan to invite her to see more plays. Aichan: "Then please call me Aichan". It seems they've both still been calling each other by last names.
English lesson: "Have a nice day". She learned from Ogawa that this is an often-used phrase.
Lastly, Aichan asks Mitsui to offer to the listeners a massage tip.
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● Ichigo Ichie #21 (13.08.2009)
Aichan goes shopping alone when she needs a change of pace. Things are on sale now, she tells us, with a hint of excitement in her voice.
Linlin is introduced and the initial topic is the new Minimoni Lin now leads. Aichan repeats to Lin what she said about Lin appearing big besides the even smaller girls in Minimoni, and for a moment Lin refers to herself as 'dekamoni' ('dekai' meaning 'huge'). Most of the time Lin would like to be taller, but when she is among her fellow Minimoni she wishes she could compress herself.
She asks Aichan what is most important in leading, and Aichan says such is a question she has wondered herself. In the beginning when she took on the role of leader, Nakazawa and others advised her to just lead in her own way. She talks about naturally learning to look after the girls she leads. Lin: "That was a great speech, but you tripped up there in the middle." Lin makes a point of notifying Aichan every time she trips on words during the show. Chinese directness, I guess.
Ai asks Lin to say something about Nanchatte Ren'ai, so Lin tells everyone that if they sing the song at the part where the word 'hamburger' appears in the lyrics, they should eat a hamburger while singing it.
Ainote... Today Aichan recommends Me and My Girl, originally a Broadway musical, starring Amami Miyuki and Asano Kayo, which she saw at the Imperial Theater around the time she was studying for her own role in Ribon no Kishi. On a quasi-related topic, we learn that Linlin gets a funny feeling in her stomach when she is about to cry (watching a sad play), and seems surprised that she is the only one. Lin recommends One Piece the Movie: The Miracle Winter Cherry Blossom.
For the remainder of the show they read messages and questions from the audience. Some interesting bits:
- Lin went home practicing the "imi naku konetari" rap line from Nanchatte Ren'ai out loud, to peoples' amusement.
- As for Aichan, she worked hard on the "honmono ni" line at the very end, to peoples' annoyance.
- Lin learns that 'maemuki' (前向き) means 'positive'. Literally it means to look forward, which allows Lin to make the pun.
- Aichan asserts again that she is a rain woman, and takes responsibility for her first photoshoot, the first gokkies photoshoot, and her first concert all having been rained on.
- The outfit Aichan wore for the Mr. Moonlight performance of the complete singles collection was very heavy.
- Aichan's number one goal, in case there is any fan alive who doesn't yet know, is to master English.
- Linlin's number one goal is to be able to play guitar while singing.
- Aichan feels she is not good with people older than her, but has no problem with people younger than her.
- Lin says cup ramen is the one dish she can cook.
- Aichan loves to put shisohijiki (a dried seaweed seasoning) in her rice.
As the segment concludes, Lin's capacity to express herself in Japanese fails her.
Linlin: This corner is like...really, like...there's a lot of good...like, the advice is...it's like 'shinriisha'.
Aichan: 'shinriisha'?
Linlin: Um, how do you say. Heart...um.
Aichan: You wanted to say...
Linlin: Um, sorry. Um, I can't get it across. Don't worry about it.
(audience laughter)
Aichan: I wanna know after you've said that much!
Linlin: I've reached the limits of my Japanese.
(audience laughter)
Aichan: If you remember, please say it!
Lin has finally been calling Aichan 'Aichan' rather than 'Takahashi-san' or 'Ai nee-san'. At Aichan's request she teaches a Chinese phrase, "wǒ è le", meaning "I'm hungry".
Aichan goes shopping alone when she needs a change of pace. Things are on sale now, she tells us, with a hint of excitement in her voice.Linlin is introduced and the initial topic is the new Minimoni Lin now leads. Aichan repeats to Lin what she said about Lin appearing big besides the even smaller girls in Minimoni, and for a moment Lin refers to herself as 'dekamoni' ('dekai' meaning 'huge'). Most of the time Lin would like to be taller, but when she is among her fellow Minimoni she wishes she could compress herself.
She asks Aichan what is most important in leading, and Aichan says such is a question she has wondered herself. In the beginning when she took on the role of leader, Nakazawa and others advised her to just lead in her own way. She talks about naturally learning to look after the girls she leads. Lin: "That was a great speech, but you tripped up there in the middle." Lin makes a point of notifying Aichan every time she trips on words during the show. Chinese directness, I guess.
Ai asks Lin to say something about Nanchatte Ren'ai, so Lin tells everyone that if they sing the song at the part where the word 'hamburger' appears in the lyrics, they should eat a hamburger while singing it.
Ainote... Today Aichan recommends Me and My Girl, originally a Broadway musical, starring Amami Miyuki and Asano Kayo, which she saw at the Imperial Theater around the time she was studying for her own role in Ribon no Kishi. On a quasi-related topic, we learn that Linlin gets a funny feeling in her stomach when she is about to cry (watching a sad play), and seems surprised that she is the only one. Lin recommends One Piece the Movie: The Miracle Winter Cherry Blossom.
For the remainder of the show they read messages and questions from the audience. Some interesting bits:
- Lin went home practicing the "imi naku konetari" rap line from Nanchatte Ren'ai out loud, to peoples' amusement.
- As for Aichan, she worked hard on the "honmono ni" line at the very end, to peoples' annoyance.
- Lin learns that 'maemuki' (前向き) means 'positive'. Literally it means to look forward, which allows Lin to make the pun.
- Aichan asserts again that she is a rain woman, and takes responsibility for her first photoshoot, the first gokkies photoshoot, and her first concert all having been rained on.
- The outfit Aichan wore for the Mr. Moonlight performance of the complete singles collection was very heavy.
- Aichan's number one goal, in case there is any fan alive who doesn't yet know, is to master English.
- Linlin's number one goal is to be able to play guitar while singing.
- Aichan feels she is not good with people older than her, but has no problem with people younger than her.
- Lin says cup ramen is the one dish she can cook.
- Aichan loves to put shisohijiki (a dried seaweed seasoning) in her rice.
As the segment concludes, Lin's capacity to express herself in Japanese fails her.
Linlin: This corner is like...really, like...there's a lot of good...like, the advice is...it's like 'shinriisha'.
Aichan: 'shinriisha'?
Linlin: Um, how do you say. Heart...um.
Aichan: You wanted to say...
Linlin: Um, sorry. Um, I can't get it across. Don't worry about it.
(audience laughter)
Aichan: I wanna know after you've said that much!
Linlin: I've reached the limits of my Japanese.
(audience laughter)
Aichan: If you remember, please say it!
Lin has finally been calling Aichan 'Aichan' rather than 'Takahashi-san' or 'Ai nee-san'. At Aichan's request she teaches a Chinese phrase, "wǒ è le", meaning "I'm hungry".
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