愛と勇気とチェリーパイ

[translation] Matsumoto Jun - Enjoy vol.50

2009-05-30T15:37:13Z

A little love letter

vol.50

Hi~ ♪

It became warm, isn't it. [nd.Mami: it ISN'T!! It's so COLD recently here >_<]

I'm happy

There's also only 1 month left for my drama

It passed in a flash (but shootings took really long time)...

Anyway, in order to act Vito until the end, I want to take care of my form.

I want you to feel the theme of "Smile" until the end.

Please, watch it until the end.

Talking about Arashi, we released our new single "Ashita no kioku / Crazy Moon ~kimi wa muteki~"

I heard from staff that a lot of people listened to it!!

Thank you all

The fact that you listen to our songs it's a pleasure and it's moving.

Doing a work that influences others...

there's nothing happier that that.

And after spreading my happiness to you, I'll do my best!! I will go on thinking about it

it's a multiplier effect.

The other day, in several mails I received to my radio program (I always read all of your mails! Thank you!!) there were a lot of requests from people who want us to sing this song during our next live

Everyone's feelings for our 10th anniversary are strong

You supported us for all these 10 years and we're thinking about a way to respond to these feelings with all our gratitude

Arashi won't end at its 10th year and will keep moving on.

I want to communicate this feeling to as many people as I can.

Tomorrow is a new day, make it precious...

together

See you

[translation] Sakurai Sho - Otonoha vol. 33

2009-05-21T15:10:31Z

vol.33
A supporting song

Hi.
It's me.

Today I went to the location for Nippon terebi's "Touch!eco" and visited older people's houses.

I haven't gone there since "Mayonaka no Arashi" with the announcer Hattori.

A 200 year old Japanese house... it's an ecological house built using the power of nature, and certainly knows what an ecological life is.

In the elementary school next door children were wearing gymnastic clothes and doing exercises.

While cleaning up the place I was talking with the landlord.

Sakurai: "200 year old, it must be a place filled with a lot of memories"

Landlord: "So it is. There are memories of my childhood and other people of this town..."

We heard music coming from the elementary school next door.

"Kaze no mukou e"

Oh...

What a long time! Kaze no mukou e!!

Good timing...

Just when Arashi's Sakurai Sho come to the Nihon terebi location they really play "Kaze no mukou e".

It's a curious coincidence, and I wonder if someone told them about me.

Then, while we were cleaning up they kept supporting us for a few hours with "Kaze no mukou e".

Well...
I heard it after a long time but it's a good song.

It makes you feel refreshed. Refreshed.

It's an encouraging song. (<- teacher. Recently he always says these words)

While seeing them wearing their gymnastic clothes and dancing hard an original coreography made by their teacher, tears ran down my face.

"They used 'Kaze no mukou e' during their gymnastic exercises"

It was the first time for me to see with my eyes something I occasionally hear talking about, I was really happy.

This is what I thought watching those children dancing.

Teacher.
Please, choose Arashi again next year (♥).

2009/05/18
Sakurai Sho

ORICON 2008 YEARLY RANKING

2008-12-11T22:49:48Z

I've translated it for a couple of forums.. so here it is~

I'm not going to leave comments so anyone will get angry but I'm going to write in bold the singles/albums/dvds I like. ^_^

SINGLE RANKING top 50

01. Arashi - "truth / Kaze no mukou e"
02. Arashi - "One Love"
03. Southern all stars - "I AM YOUR SINGER"
04. GReeeeN - "Kiseki"
05. Shuchishin - "Shuchishin"
06. Mr.Children - "HANABI"
07. Aoyama Thelma feat. SoulJa - "Soba ni iru ne"
08. KAT-TUN - "DON'T U EVER STOP"
09. KAT-TUN - "LIPS"
10. Arashi - "Beautiful days"
11. Kanjani8 - "Musekinin hero"
12. Arashi - "Step and Go"
13. Sugimoto Masato - "Waremokou"
14. Fujioka Fujimaki and Ohashi Nozomi - "Gake no ue no Ponyo"
15. Mr.Children - "GIFT"
16. Shuchishin - "Nakanaide"
17. EXILE - "The birthday ~Ti Amo~"
18. Amuro Namie - "60s70s80s"
19. NEWS - "Taiyou no namida"
20. Aladdin - "Hi wa, mata noboru"
21. Hey!Say!JUMP - "Mayonaka noshadow boy"
22. Jero - "Umi yuki"
23. NEWS - "SUMMER TIME"
24. KAT-TUN - "White X'mas"
25. Hey!Say!JUMP - "Dreams come true"
26. NEWS - "Happy Birthday"
27. Kanjani8 - "Wahaha"
28. KinKi Kids - "Secret Code"
29. Kobukuro - "Toki no ashi oto"
30. EXILE - "LAST CHRISTMAS"
31. Hey!Say!JUMP - "Your seed / Bouken raider"
32. B'z - "BURN"
33. Hamasaki Ayumi - "Mirrorcle World"
34. Aqua Timez - "Niji"
35. SMAP - "Dangan fighter"
36. Fukuyama Masaharu - "Omoi -new love new world-"
37. Akimoto Junko - "Ai no mama de"
38. EXILE - "Pure / You're my sunshine"
39. SMAP - "Sono mama / White Message"
40. UVERworld - "Hakanaku mo towa no kanashi"
41. Hikawa Kiyoshi - "Genkai funauta"
42. Ayaka x Kobukuro - "Anata to"
43. V6 - "way of life"
44. Maximum the hormore - "Tsume tsume tsume / [F]"
45. Angela aki - "Tegami ~haikei juugo no kimi e"
46. Koda Kumi - "MOON"
47. Perfume - "love the world"
48. L'Arc~en~Ciel - "NEXUS 4 / SHINE"
49. SMAP - "Kono toki, kitto yume janai"
50. Shimizu Shota - "HOME"

(about Kanjani8: I don't like so much the a-sides of both the 2 singles but I really love the b-sides *_*)

ALBUM RANKING top 50
(all best albums this year... ò_O)

01. EXILE - "EXILE LOVE"
02. Amuro Namie - "BEST FICTION"
03. Kobukuro - "5296"
04. EXILE - "EXILE CATCHY BEST"
05. Utada Hikaru - "HEART STATION"
06. EXILE - "EXILE BALLAD BEST"
07. B'z - "B'z The Best 'Ultra Pleasure'"
08. Hamasaki Ayumi - "A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~"
09. DREAMS COME TRUE - "AND I LOVE YOU"
10. GReeeeN - "Aa, domo. Ohisashiburi desu."
11. Takeuchi Mariya - "Epressions"
12. BUMP OF CHICKEN - "orbital period"
13. Koda Kumi - "Kingdom"
14. EXILE - "EXILE ENTERTAINMENT BEST"
15. Ayaka - "Sing to the Sky"
16. B'z - "B'z The Best 'Ultra Treasure'"
17. Hamasaki Ayumi - "GUILTY"
18. Shibasaki Kou - "Single Best"
19. YUI - "I LOVED YESTERDAY"
20. Omnibus - "Ai no uta"
21. Ketsumeishi - "Ketsu no police 6"
22. Superfly - "Superfly"
23. Perfume - "GAME"
24. Hexagon all stars - "WE LOVE Hexagon"
25. Omnibus - "R 35 Sweet J-Ballads"
26.Aoyama Thelma - "DIARY"
27. Tokunaga Hideaki - "VOCALIST 3"
28. Hirai Ken - "FAKIN' POP"
29. Kobukuro - "ALL SINGLES BEST"
30. Arashi - "Dream A live"
31. Bank Band - "Soushi souai"
32. HY - "HeartY"
33. Coldplay - "Viva la vida"
34. Tokunaga Hideaki - "VOCALIST"
35. KAT-TUN - "KAT-TUN III QUEEN OF PIRATES"
36. Oda kazumasa - "Jiko best 2"
37. aiko - "Himitsu"
38. SMAP - "super. modern. artistic. performance"
39. Tokunaga Hideaki - "VOCLIST 2"
40. ELLEGARDEN - "ELLEGARDEN BEST 1999-2008"
41. Omnibus - "Ai no uta"
42. Madonna - "Hard candy"
43. YUI - "MY SHORT STORIES"
44. Tokunaga Hideaki - "SINGLES BEST"
45. BUMP OF CHICKEN - "present from you"
46. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - "FUNKY MONKY BABYS 2"
47. ZARD - "ZARD Request Best ~beautiful memory~"
48. Ikimonogakari - "Life album"
49. MINMI - "MINMI BEST 2002-2008"
50. Nakashima Mika - "VOICE"

MUSIC DVD RANKING top 5

01. Kanjani8 - "47"
02. Arashi - "SUMMER TOUR 2007 FINAL Time -kotoba no chikara-"
03. Kuwata Keisuke - "Kuwata san no oshigoto 07/08"
04. NEWS - "NEWS CONCERT TOUR pacific 2007-2008"
05. Mr.Children - "Mr.Children 'HOME' TOUR 2007 ~in the field~

[translation] Arashi - "One Love"

2008-09-13T17:14:34Z

And here, "One Love" translation too! ^_^

One Love
(music: Yusuke Kato - lyrics: youth case)

I want to tell you something but I can't say it, we who overcome the season
where sometimes we shared tears without being able to be honest, now we are sparkling so much

The shapes of happiness each of us painted overlapping
have become now a big love
let's live together forever

Even a hundred years from now, I swear my love, you're my everything
I believe, I just believe, to the person who shares a common time with me
Every kind of you, and every kind of me, each of them are precious
if you are with me I don't need anything else, because we'll surely be happy

I was waiting for you in the rain, without even knowing the meaning of kindness
the night when missing each other we've been hurt, but we still arrived here

Our irreplaceable encounter is connecting to a miracle
our memories overlap
ant the song of the beginning resounds

To the friends who supported us in every moment, who smiled and cried with us
the only word I can say them, from the bottom of my heart, is "thank you"

Even a hundred years from now, I swear my love, you're my everything
I love you, I just love you, let's promise a common future
the only one person I chose in this world it's you
if I'm with you, no matter what kind of future is waiting for me, because we'll always shine

La La La...

[translation] Arashi - "Kaze"

2008-09-13T17:06:25Z

As I've already translated it for the subbed video, and today's weather really makes me think that summer has gone (sigh.. ;__;).. I decided to post "Kaze" translation here...

KAZE [wind]
(music: Shinya Ota - lyrics: SPIN - rap lyrics: Sho Sakurai)

While embracing each others lying down on the beach
somehow the cloudless sky looks lonely, so, surely
we ran through a short summer
someday the colour of our suntan will disappear, it's sad, like we're going to forget about this moment

I was looking the sunset reflecting myself, trying
to say "Thank you" without getting embarassed

Throwing everything away stop the time to this moment once again
if you believe that the dreams we painted and our wishes are going to start, we can fly
When someday we're going to meet here again and talk
the waves will wrap our own winds and the footsteps of the days we journeyed

Our dreams were floating on the horizon
it's sad to watch them cheating the meaning of life, eternally

Even today the unfulfilled dreams will become stars
and shine on the endless sea

And with this feelings summer goes on, I'm not self-confident but
if I feel my feelings are the sky and our promises are clouds, I can fly away
When someday we're going to meet here again and talk
the waves will wrap today's wind and a universe's tiny moment

The short summer is coming to end
I'm just looking to the beach
now, the blue is filled in like this
even now, the sky is looking at us

When we'll gather again talking about the fact that we were troubled and laughing
we'll light up the adorned ourselves
we'll light up that day's sunset
embracing the shy days the wind is wrapping me

Throwing everything away stop the time to this moment once again
if you believe that the dreams we painted and our wishes are going to start, we can fly
When someday we're going to meet here again and talk
the waves will wrap our own winds and the footsteps of the days we journeyed

[translation] L'Arc~en~Ciel - "MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM"

2008-06-29T11:26:25Z

I translated this song for my boyfriend, and because I think it's one of Laruku's best songs of the last years I decided to make an English translation too and share it with everyone. ^_^

MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM
(music: ken; lyrics: hyde)

Look, wind has started to move
I won't give up yet
I feel the sun behind the clouds
even if I'll be in an opposite wind

My heart will draw a dream
towards to anywhere, I will dance high free
My heart draws a dream
If I'll open my eyes in the place I will reach
I'll feel as I could meet you with the smile on your face
... It would be great to meet you there

Right, joining our breaths
we could fly higher
maybe from there we'll be able to see the future
even when we'll be together

My heart will draw a dream
we're going to overcome a distant moment
My heart draws a dream
It would be great if day, certainly, it will become real
as you could be there with your smile

Come on, let's extend our hands
and, now, break free
nobody will be able to bind our hearts
My eyes are going to capture a ray of light
in every cold world

Anyone, all of us
draw a dream, draw a dream, draw a dream
Our hearts draw a dream
draw a dream, draw a dream, draw a dream
... look

If I'm going to open my eyes in the place I reached...
it would be great to meet you with the smile on your face

Now, my English is not good at all and this is the first time for me translating a song from Japanese to English. And translating a song is not as simple as translating an interview or staff like that. At least I think so. So please, if you think it's a bad translation (and me too, I think so XD) don't blame me. ;__; Just try to enjoy the lyrics, I think you should understand its meaning even from my bad translation. ^^;;;;

I swear, I'm doing my best to improve my English. >__<