Japanese Rock

jUsT.mE · Posted: Mon 22:31, 01 Jan 2007 Post subject:

Tak teda Oki

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1. Birthday
Ruki:
February 1st, 1982

Uruha:
June 9th

Aoi:
January 20th

Reita:
May 27th

Kai:
October 28th

2. Blood type
Ruki:
B

Uruha:
O

Aoi:
A

Reita:
A

Kai:
B

3. Hometown
Ruki:
Kanagawa

Uruha:
Kanagawa

Aoi:
Mie

Reita:
Kanagawa

Kai:
Tokushima

4. Height / Weight
Ruki:
I don't know. I'm not saying.

Uruha:
177cm, 62kg.

Aoi:
171cm, 55kg

Reita:
172 cm, 55kg

Kai:
172 cm, 55kg

5. Shoe size
Ruki:
25.5 cm

Uruha:
27.5 cm

Aoi:
26 cm

Reita:
26.0 cm

Kai:
26 cm

6. Family Structure
Ruki:
Me, mother, father, older brother, dog

Uruha:
Father, mother, 2 older sisters, 2 nephews

Aoi:
Father, Mmother, older sister, older brother, me

Reita:
Grandmother, mother, older sister

Kai:
mother, grandmother

7. What is your first memory?
Ruki:
Swinging around an Ultraman vinyl doll.

Uruha:
I often hid inside my mother's skirt.

Aoi:
The place where I ate snacks with my relatives.

Reita:
Falling from the shinkansen vehicle.

Kai:
Bumping my head to the corner of the shouji-screen.

8. What did you want to be as a child?
Ruki:
A fireman

Uruha:
A football player

Aoi:
A bike racer

Reita:
A soccer player

Kai:
A soccer player

9. Childhood nickname
Ruki:
Takachan

Uruha:
Shima (note: stripe? island?)

Aoi:
I didn't have one

Reita:
Uechan

Kai:
Yukkun

10. What was usually written on your report card?
Ruki:
ˇ°Cannot hold composure.ˇ±

Uruha:
ˇ°Do the best even at your worst subjects.ˇ±

Aoi:
ˇ°Because there are a lot of things you forget, take care not to forget these things.ˇ±

Reita:
ˇ°Does not have composure.ˇ±

Kai:
ˇ°An energetic and a good child.ˇ±

11. As a student, what was your music report?
Ruki:
2!

Uruha:
2 in 5th grade

Aoi:
4

Reita:
2 in 5th grade

Kai:
5

12. Strongest subject in school?
Ruki:
English and Japanese

Uruha:
Art

Aoi:
Home economics

Reita:
Japanese

Kai:
Mathematics

13. What clubs did you belong to in school?
Ruki:
Golf (there is a reason)

Uruha:
Soccer

Aoi:
Baseball

Reita:
Soccer

Kai:
Soccer

14. What kind of person do people frequently say you are?
Ruki:
Nervous

Uruha:
At my own pace

Aoi:
They don't discuss it muchˇˇ

Reita:
Kind, restless

Kai:
Interesting person

15. What kind of animal do you compare yourself with?
Ruki:
Is it a dog? I'll shake my tail for you.

Uruha:
A duck or a dog

Aoi:
People have said that I'm like a fox.

Reita:
Cheetah

Kai:
Monkey

16. Strong point and weak point
Ruki:
Too many

Uruha:
Both at my own pace

Aoi:
Strong point: looking after, helping / Weak point: getting sulky

Reita:
Strong point: gentle / Weak point: stubbornness

Kai:
Strong point: Being positive / Weak Point: Forgetting things

17. Something you don't want to lose to
Ruki:
Everything in regards to that feeling

Uruha:
Street Fighter II

Aoi:
A live

Reita:
Face wrapping

Kai:
A bullying character

18. What do you notice about someone when meeting them for a first time?
Ruki:
Face

Uruha:
Mind/Heart

Aoi:
Face and clothes

Reita:
Whole figure

Kai:
Mouth

19. Who/what is your rival?
Ruki:
Remarkable person

Uruha:
Myself

Aoi:
My father

Reita:
All the other band-members

Kai:
Reita

20. Do you have a hero?
Ruki:
Kewpie

Uruha:
Ultraman. Baltan alien (from Ultraman)

Aoi:
My parents

Reita:
Takanori Hatakeyama (Japanese boxer)

Kai:
My mother

21. Pick-up line
Ruki:
I like you a lot! Kehe.

Uruha:
I like you!

Aoi:
I like you!

Reita:
Since I like you a lot, will you go out with me?

Kai:
Stick with me! (*laugh*)

22. If you could be another member for one day, who would you choose? And why?
Ruki:
No one.

Uruha:
Kai, so that I could make bentou (box lunch) for everybody.

Aoi:
Me. It's good being me.

Reita:
Aoi, because he can speak 3 dialects.

Kai:
Ruki, I want to mess up his room.

23. Habit?
Ruki:
When I don't realize that inside I am smiling bitterly

Uruha:
Looking at people's faces and grinning

Aoi:
Playing with my sideburns

Reita:
Hitting the drum

Kai:
Using make-up

24. Favorite phrase
Ruki:
Did you lose it? Hahaa?

Uruha:
Eh? YouˇŻre being serious?

Aoi:
No.

Reita:
BTWˇ (note: I couldnˇŻt translate the rest of the sentence)

Kai:
Ha! What's this! I wonder what it isˇ

25. Interests at the moment
Ruki:
Collecting hats, turning my room into a zakkaya (a shop)

Uruha:
Playstation 2

Aoi:
Shopping anywhere, and a lot

Reita:
Collecting Sex Pistols-items

Kai:
Kopan (a pastry)

26. Something youˇŻre known for among the members
Ruki:
Winning Eleven (A Soccer-game for PS2)

Uruha:
Teasing Kai

Aoi:
Winning Eleven

Reita:
Winning Eleven

Kai:
Food

27. Favorite color
Ruki:
Black, shocking pink

Uruha:
Silver

Aoi:
Black, white

Reita:
Red, white, purple

Kai:
Black, red, white, gold, silver

28. Cigarette brand
Ruki:
Salem Pianissimo, Marlboro Menthol Light

Uruha:
Marlboro Menthol Light

Aoi:
Marlboro Menthol

Reita:
Mild Seven Light

Kai:
Marlboro Reds Box

29. Favorite clothing brand
Ruki:
shocker, THE GAMBLERS, (Pink Dora)

Uruha:
PPFM

Aoi:
Froid Tideur, Ozone

Reita:
Back Street Crawler, Ozone Rocks

Kai:
I don't have one

30. What cologne are you wearing now?
Ruki:
CK-One

Uruha:
I don't really know (souvenir from America)

Aoi:
Anything for men by Davidoff

Reita:
Bvlgari Pour Homme

Kai:
Jaguar

31. Things you are collecting?
Ruki:
Hats, patterned shirts

Uruha:
Accessories

Aoi:
Sunglasses, cologne, clothing, accessories

Reita:
Everything that has something to do with Sex Pistols, like DVDs

Kai:
Zippos

32. Things you like to eat
Ruki:
Spaghetti

Uruha:
Origin bentou's mentai kurokke bentou

Aoi:
Things made with love

Reita:
Kit Kat, tarakosupa (some sort of noodle-dish)

Kai:
Bananas, Kopan (a biscuit), nattou (fermented soybeans), mayonnaise (note: nattou is said to be the most horrible food in the world. Oh wellˇ

;)

33. Foods you dislike
Ruki:
Peppers, strawberries

Uruha:
Olives

Aoi:
Nothing

Reita:
Vegetables, mushrooms, shellfish, Kai's cooking (note: aww ;_;)

Kai:
Eggplant, taro root

34. Cooking specialty
Ruki:
Spaghetti

Uruha:
Taco rice

Aoi:
Boiled rice

Reita:
I cannot cook!!

Kai:
Doria (baked rice, vegetable and cheese sauce casserole), omelette rice, pasta

35. What items do you have always in your refrigerator?
Ruki:
?

Uruha:
Cola

Aoi:
I don't have a refrigerator

Reita:
Mugicha (barley tea), pudding

Kai:
Mayonnaise

36. Favorite book
Ruki:
WORST
Uruha:
Silver Accessory Magazines

Aoi:
Guitar books to increase knowledge

Reita:
Kewpie

Kai:
Hunter X Hunter, One Piece

37. A movie that impressed you?
Ruki:
From the north country

Uruha:
The Pianist

Aoi:
Some movie about New York

Reita:
John Q

Kai:
I am Sam

38. Drama by which you were deeply moved?
Ruki:
Hakusen Nagashi

Uruha:
Furikaereba yatsu ga iru (old, from 1993)

Aoi:
I haven't seen any

Reita:
Tokyo Love Story

Kai:
101 kaime no puropozu (101 Proposals)

39. Favorite season and why?
Ruki:
Winter, because then I can make songs

Uruha:
Spring! It's toasty warm...

Aoi:
Winter

Reita:
Spring, since it's easy to spend time in the climate

Kai:
Winter, because I like Christmas

40. Every day necessities
Ruki:
Cigarettes, cell phone

Uruha:
Clothes

Aoi:
Sunglasses, cologne

Reita:
Vitamin pills

Kai:
Carrying...... mayonnaise?

41. What do you wear when sleeping?
Ruki:
Soccer uniform

Uruha:
T-shirt and boxers

Aoi:
T-shirt and Jersey pants

Reita:
Underwear

Kai:
Naked, when no oneˇŻs around

42. What kind of driverˇŻs license do you have?
Ruki:
Motorcycle

Uruha:
Standard driverˇŻs licence

Aoi:
Medium-sized automatic 2-wheeler, general automobile

Reita:
General licence

Kai:
None

43. Up until now, the most expensive item purchased
Ruki:
I can't remember

Uruha:
Guitar

Aoi:
Motorcycle

Reita:
Car

Kai:
Computer

44. If you werenˇŻt a musician, what would you most likely be?
Ruki:
Clothing shop-clerk or helping at a general store

Uruha:
Gamer

Aoi:
Carpenter

Reita:
Candy maker

Kai:
Working at a restaurant

45. If you won the lottery, what would you do?
Ruki:
Shop till I drop.

Uruha:
Clone myself! Uruha number 2.

Aoi:
Buy a Mac and turn my house into a studio

Reita:
Return money to my parents, after that buy equipment.

Kai:
Save it

46. Until now, what is the biggest practical joke you done?
Ruki:
Shoplifting

Uruha:
In elementary school, I snuck into a fishing shop early in the morning.

Aoi:
I gave my friend a "kancho" and it made me excited. (note: Kanch¨ is a game or trick often played in Japan by young school-aged children; it is performed by clasping the hands together so the index fingers are pointing out and attempting to insert them into someone's anal region when the victim is not looking.

;;)

Reita:
I threw trash under Ruki's bed.

Kai:
I lied about my birthday.

47. Stage drink?
Ruki:
Pocari

Uruha:
Sport drink

Aoi:
Water

Reita:
Some kind of sport drink

Kai:
--

48. What is your most frightening memory?
Ruki:
Spirit video. Curse video.

Uruha:
Being chased by the Yakuza (Japanese mafia)

Aoi:
The time I photographed at hospital ruins

Reita:
Watching a curse video

Kai:
Being frozen by fear

49. Favorite motto/saying?
Ruki:
---

Uruha:
In order to change, change

Aoi:
Believe in yourself

Reita:
If you try hard, you can do it

Kai:
Killing two birds with one stone

50. Something others say that makes you happy?
Ruki:
"You're a good guy..."

Uruha:
ˇ°If you can accept me, I am happyˇ±

Aoi:
ˇ°Nice guitar playingˇ±

Reita:
ˇ°He's wonderful, isn't he?ˇ±

Kai:
ˇ°You're the best!ˇ±

51. Experiences or things that made you emotional?
Ruki:
Singing Okuribi sometimes I fills me with joy

Uruha:
At the one man live where everyone joined hands and jumped

Aoi:
When everyone sang "Wakaremichi" at the live

Reita:
The first time I saw myself in a book

Kai:
When I was hospitalized, I received 1000 cranes!

52. Type of woman you like?
Ruki:
Cute child. Cute child. (note: Ruki has a habit to call people ˇ°koˇ± which means child, so heˇŻs not necessarily meaning a child here.)

Uruha:
Person who holds me perfectly.

Aoi:
A person to laugh with

Reita:
Someone to settle down with together, devoted, giving, kind , ladylike woman.

Kai:
Short cut, black hair, interesting person

53. Type of woman you dislike
Ruki:
That one. Worthless person

Uruha:
Selfish

Aoi:
Person who cools down quite a bit

Reita:
Bad person who uses vulgar language

Kai:
A girl wearing too much decoration

54. Treasured item?
Ruki:
Band. Fans.

Uruha:
My guitar.

Aoi:
Band members and fans.

Reita:
Fans

Kai:
Band members

55. Your current worry
Ruki:
My sofa is broken.

Uruha:
I am trying not to worry.

Aoi:
Making noise

Reita:
I am trying not to have any worries

Kai:
None

56. Time when you feel happy
Ruki:
Feeling the winter breeze is a good feeling.

Uruha:
When I am in love.

Aoi:
Making music

Reita:
When I hear music, at lives

Kai:
At lives

57. Number one place to relax
Ruki:
Room

Uruha:
Countryside

Aoi:
Stage

Reita:
My own home

Kai:
My own room

58. Place you dislike
Ruki:
Tour bus

Uruha:
City people's trash

Aoi:
A place where ghosts get out

Reita:
Appearing in public

Kai:
Place with a lot of people

59. Number one place in Japan you want to go
Ruki:
Local area

Uruha:
Sense forest area, sea of trees

Aoi:
Top of the scene

Reita:
Yamaguchi-prefecture

Kai:
Okinawa

60. Number one foreign location you would like to go?
Ruki:
London Nights

Uruha:
New York

Aoi:
Singapore

Reita:
France, Italy

Kai:
France

61. Right now, the person you want to meet most
Ruki:
Dog that passed away

Uruha:
Bob Sapp (comedian/pro wrestler)

Aoi:
Friends (note: I think he means his hometown-friends.)

Reita:
My deceased grandfather

Kai:
First love

62. If you could change, would you be born as a man or woman?
Ruki:
Man!

Uruha:
Man! Because I am not disliking being a man

Aoi:
Man! It's fun being a man after all

Reita:
Man is good. Because it seems womanly relations are slushy

Kai:
Man! I want to be in a band again (note: and women canˇŻt be?

;)

63. If you were given 3 wishes, what would you ask for?
Ruki:
Give me money, give me love, fulfill my dream.

Uruha:
I want to make my parents happy. I want to see the northern lights. I want Doraemon's pocket.

Aoi:
Give me a Mac! I want to enjoy the current time more! Make everyone happy!

Reita:
I want a laptop. I want everyone to know about Gazette. I want to like vegetables.

Kai:
Money, I want a "dokodemo doa". I want to return to the past

64. Worst mistake of your life?
Ruki:
Causing trouble for my parents

Uruha:
License photograph (note: xD)

Aoi:
Wasting time

Reita:
Taking out a lot of loans.

Kai:
I don't have any...

65. Out of the dreams you've had, what is the strangest?
Ruki:
I was almost killed by a cat.

Uruha:
Been shot (many times).

Aoi:
I had a dream that at the Nagoya port 4 corpses floated up! On top of that the corpses were laughing.

Reita:
I was the vocalist... I sang with Ruki in a twin vocal... it was fun...

Kai:
The dream where Reita was my mother (note: awww)

66. Something you were happy to receive?
Ruki:
A wallet

Uruha:
Accessories, clothes

Aoi:
Clothes

Reita:
Letter, cigarettes, (joint) letter I received for my birthday

Kai:
Clothes, Zippo, accessories

67. What kind of part time jobs have you done?
Ruki:
Denny's, Royal Host

Uruha:
Vegetable store

Aoi:
Convenience store and a Wedding Hall

Reita:
Bread shop, Sweets shop

Kai:
Restaurant, cleaning

68. What has been on your mind recently?
Ruki:
What's left of my roomˇ

Uruha:
North Korea

Aoi:
Gazette from hereafter

Reita:
How long I will bandage my face.

Kai:
The lack of Reita's nose. (note: okay, he has a nose, so donˇŻt believe Kai.

;)

69. How do you spend your days off?
Ruki:
In my room doing nothing

Uruha:
Idling

Aoi:
Casually playing the guitar

Reita:
It's great just to sleep... after that play games and such

Kai:
Watch videos, making songs

70. Person whom you respect
Ruki:
Parents

Uruha:
Sugizo-san

Aoi:
Parents

Reita:
Takanori Hatakeyama (Japanese boxer)

Kai:
Mother

71. Artist you like right now
Ruki:
King Giddra

Uruha:
King Giddra

Aoi:
No one especially

Reita:
Rappa Gariya

Kai:
Dir en grey, Hi-STANDARD

72. Your favorite CD right now
Ruki:
Right now DJ Krash - Mirai

Uruha:
Saishuuheiki

Aoi:
Ayumi Hamasaki - I am

Reita:
Gazette of course...

Kai:
Marilyn Manson

73. Artist who has influenced you
Ruki:
LUNA SEA

Uruha:
LUNA SEA

Aoi:
Quite many

Reita:
LUNA SEA

Kai:
LUNA SEA

74. Artist you would like to have a session with?
Ruki:
Collie (note: IˇŻm not sure about this. If somebody knows what it is, feel free to send me the correct option.)
Uruha:
Sugizo-san

Aoi:
Metallica

Reita:
Gracious (note: again, not sure about thisˇ)

Kai:
Gackt

75. First record/CD purchased
Ruki:
m.c.A.T's "Bomb A Head"

Uruha:
B'z ¨C Risky

Aoi:
Odoru ponpokorin

Reita:
Checker's The Broken Hearted Lullaby

Kai:
Lindberg's "Motto aishi aimashou"

76. First live you went to
Ruki:
X Japan

Uruha:
Friend's live

Aoi:
I went to see an event at Mie (note: not sure about the place)

Reita:
Hiroshi Itsuki-san

Kai:
SMAP! (*laugh*)

77. Live you want to go to right now
Ruki:
none

Uruha:
Gazette, because I can't watch

Aoi:
Metallica's tour in November

Reita:
Mad Capsule Markets

Kai:
Marilyn Manson's live

78. Song you copied in the beginning?
Ruki:
Sex Pistols - Bodies

Uruha:
Luna Sea - In My Dream

Aoi:
X - Kurenai

Reita:
LUNA SEA - Precious

Kai:
Luna Sea - Jesus

79. Describe first time you played in front of an audience?
Ruki:
3rd year of middle school, at a camp

Uruha:
3rd year middle school Bunkasai

Aoi:
Around middle school in the local gym

Reita:
In my 2nd year of high school on Oct. 28th at a local livehouse

Kai:
1st year of middle school at my mom's piano recital

80. Live show that left an impression? When? Where? Why?
Ruki:
None yet. In the future.

Uruha:
Area One-Man! It was fun.

Aoi:
September 6 Gazette Area One-Man. Until then I hadn't done any lives that left an impression.

Reita:
Area One-Man! It was the first time I saw just Gazette fans.

Kai:
July 22 Cheetah. It was my first live after getting out from the hospital.

81. Which of your songs suits you most?
Ruki:
Okuribi. Ito. Juunana Sai. I think those were good.

Uruha:
Okuribi

Aoi:
Wakaremichi

Reita:
Ito

Kai:
Haru ni chirikeri, mi wa kareru de gozaimasu

82. Where would you like to play live?
Ruki:
AREA

Uruha:
AREA

Aoi:
Takadanobaba Area

Reita:
AREA

Kai:
Urawa Narciss

83. To what do you pay attention in the sound?
Ruki:
Don't go off key. Put feeling into it.

Uruha:
When the sounds of five people are layered, is everything blended well.

Aoi:
The best environment for creativity

Reita:
The drums

Kai:
The rhythm

84. What do you enjoy on tour?
Ruki:
District laws

Uruha:
Meeting Gazette fans from all over the country

Aoi:
Meeting fans from all over the country

Reita:
Food. Then the impressions of fans from various places.

Kai:
Conversation inside the tour bus

85. On tour, what is worst?
Ruki:
District laws

Uruha:
Almost becoming homesick

Aoi:
Travelling around

Reita:
Not enough time to sleep. Driving.

Kai:
Being sleepy

86. On tour, what needs do you pay attention to?
Ruki:
Local food. It doesn't mess up your stomach I think...

Uruha:
Not having accidents

Aoi:
Management of equipment

Reita:
Always all my power!!

Kai:
Even if every place seems to be the same, having a great live-performance

87. What do you do before a live?
Ruki:
Smoke a cigarette

Uruha:
Warm-up exercises, stretch

Aoi:
Convince myself "Ore, Saikou!" (I am the best!)

Reita:
Stretch

Kai:
Take a deep breath

88. What do you do after a live?
Ruki:
Smoke a cigarette

Uruha:
Drink cola, get a smoke

Aoi:
Mouthwash

Reita:
Guzzle drinks

Kai:
Smoke a cigarette

89. How do you relieve stress?
Ruki:
Smoke

Uruha:
Playstation

Aoi:
Games

Reita:
Knock out in the car

Kai:
Games

90. Your superstition?
Ruki:
None

Uruha:
The more modest a person, the more people will be drawn to that person. ˇˇ

Aoi:
Because I believe in myself, nothing in particular

Reita:
I only believe in myself

Kai:
None

91. What is your musical point you do better than anything else?
Ruki:
Show my will

Uruha:
Expressing emotions

Aoi:
Steady effort

Reita:
How can I express that myself?

Kai:
Being pleasant

92. Something fun the band does?
Ruki:
The band is fun.

Uruha:
Not having a destination point.

Aoi:
Doing music

Reita:
Everything is fun

Kai:
Live shows

93. What things are tough when being in a band?
Ruki:
There is nothing.

Uruha:
If you advance towards the goal and reach it, you still feel itˇŻs moving away.

Aoi:
Because of living time of the day, it's disconnected

Reita:
Life is disordered

Kai:
None

94. Personal success?
Ruki:
When I reach my limit....... thinking about it.

Uruha:
Burning out things I like! Persisting until the end

Aoi:
Time when I was able to accept people all around me

Reita:
Satisfaction with myself

Kai:
Time when I am able to shine

95. Message to yourself now
Ruki:
Do your best!! If you do the best, you will be ok!

Uruha:
You are still the baby bird who wears a shell...

Aoi:
Only you can do it!

Reita:
Can't you try harder?

Kai:
Try harder!

96. What would you say to yourself 10 years from now?
Ruki:
You have grown haven't you?

Uruha:
---

Aoi:
Remember the old days!

Reita:
How are you? Are you doing music?

Kai:
---Are various meanings all right? (*laugh*)

97. Message to each member
Ruki:
Uruha, Reita, Aoi, Kai : Let's all (of you) become happy.

Uruha:
Ruki: You believe and we follow.
Reita: Thank you always.
Aoi: Together let's do our best.
Kai: Nice mood maker!

Aoi:
To all members: When there are five people it's ok! Only then we can do it!

Reita:
Ruki: I'm always staying over, sorry
Aoi: Aki ga koyanshi
Uruha: Onibaku "demon bomber"
Kai: Bentoman

Kai:
Ruki: Clothes please!
Uruha: Stop telling lies! (*laugh*)
Aoi: Let me borrow game software
Reita: Let's still be friends!

98. Outlook from here on?
Ruki:
Take the whole country...

Uruha:
Secret <3

Aoi:
--- I'm unable to say here!

Reita:
Let's grow with force!!

Kai:
Making Gazette live in history.

99. Message to your fans
Ruki:
Look and see sent from heaven... Thank you

Uruha:
Whenever, forever, believe and come along!

Aoi:
Thanks for always supporting us!

Reita:
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jUsT.mE · Posted: Mon 22:36, 01 Jan 2007 Post subject:

awwwwwwww Kai má rád Mansona a Ruki kopíroval "Pistole" xD

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