#it was pre debut 2012 till 2015 mind you

[ikjun]

btw when i was an exo fan people around me were all exo-k stans i was a lone exo-m fan online so to see everyone here coming out of the woodwork is like suddenly seeing more ghosts in the haunted mansion you thought you were haunting alone

[arishamod]

Komiya Arisa’s Article and Interview on Weekly Pre NEWS

[Original Source]  2017-02-08

Translation: JP > EN

From a Sentai Mono Heroine to the Voice Actress of [Love Live! Sunshine!!], and also nudity… Don’t miss Komiya Arisa’s “desire to perform”!

[She becomes more beautiful every time we see her]

[It is so exciting that I don’t have any words to describe it]

[Nothing else comes to mind other than the word beautiful]

[Adorable, just simply adorable!]

She receives compliments from various people. She appeared on the gravure pages of [Playboy Weekly] 8th Edition, which went on sales. This was where Komiya Arisa garnered great responses.

She debuted as a female actress in the year 2010, starred as the heroine in 2012 as part of [Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters], and from 2015 onward she is taking on the role of a voice actress in [Love Live! Sunshine!!]. She is a beautiful young lady that attracts a lot of attention through her career.

In this Gravure, she did not show her smiles. With a strong expression in her eyes and a beautiful body donning red and floral bikinis, she displayed her bold beauty.

Q.This was your first time appearing in Playboy weekly and it was challenging taking pictures in the Gravure. Zero smiles. Despite this you were really beautiful in it.

Arisha: Thank you very much. To not smile during a photo-shoot is unusual for me, and was a fresh new experience for me. I am very pleased with it myself. 

Q. Among those photos, which shot were you most pleased with?

Arisha: It guess it will be the last page. In that shot I wore a floral bikini, my hair was decorated with a flower, and that bikini was cute. After that was the shot where I lay down on the bench, and that was the one that gave me the deepest impression. This bench was located on top of a cliff, and one small mistake would have cause me to drop off the cliff. This was a dangerous place to be.

Q. Ehh, wasn’t that scary?

Arisha: Of course. The manager’s heart was pounding too.

Q. That was amazingly brave of you. Komiya-san rarely appears in Gravure before this, but recently it seems like you are appearing more often. What made you to change your mind?

Arisha: Now that I am 23 years old, I feel that it is a good age to wear a bikini. When I was a teenager, I was shy about this and did not continue to move forward with Gravure, but I am very happy now. If I have the opportunity, I want to do it again.

Q. You have a perfect body. What do you think are your charm points?

Arisha: I guess it should be my butt. I used to dislike how big it is, but recently it seems like this has become my charm point instead. Also to be honest, I have been training my abs, and this is what I like about myself.

Q. I heard you were scouted and made your first debut, but did you want to become an actress in the first place?

Arisha: No. I was doing ballet when I was young.  I also received acting lessons so as to have an understanding of how to express and present using my body. In my third year of high school, I received an audition for the Super Sentai series [Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters]. From this moment on, I started to be aware of the idea of becoming an actress

Q. I can see that the main cast of [Go-Busters] consisted of 3 people instead of the usual 5. Didn’t this mean that each person got more attention? This was the first time being a regular member of the cast, what about the pressure of being one?

Arisha: It was not like that. Since the reason I started doing ballet was because I wanted to become part of the Sailor Moon series (laughs). In any case, appearing as a heroine made me happy. As a beginner, I felt that there were definitely things that I could not do. After becoming Yellow Buster, I quickly became friends with both actors of Red Buster and Blue Buster. The staff was also patiently teaching me, and everyone loved me as if I was a child.

Q. There was a lot of action too right?

Arisha: On the first day, I had to get on top of the hook of a crane, which was suspended 10 meters off the ground. I also was the one that did the action scene with the rope wire. Since I liked to move my body around, and I wanted to do the stunts. So before the start of filming, I volunteered to do all my stunts.

Q. That’s awesome. So, was this strong attitude that made you become a voice actress of the series [Love Live! Sunshine!!]

Arisha: It was because of [Go-busters] that I got to know about voice-overs, and it made me want to do voice acting. This was why I went for an audition. At first my company director was against the idea, as he wanted me to be an actress. However no matter how many times we talk about this, I always told him I wanted to do it. There were many voice actresses in [Love Live!] that are in the same generation as me, and when you work with veterans of the same field, it felt like my body was shaking. To only express yourself using your voice is something that is worth learning.

Q. By the way, when performing the role of Kurosawa Dia, is she different from you?

Arisha: Yes I get that a lot (laughs). Although the staff say that we are different, I still felt like choosing her as my role. Other than ballet we have many things in common.

Q. From the fan’s perspective, they think of you as an actress who is similar to the beautiful girl she performs as and this makes you happy. Many people are surprised when you appeared in the movie “Yumeji: A Spurt of Love”. After all wasn’t there a scene of you taking off your clothes!?

Arisha: I finished shooting this movie before the start of my work with the “Love Live!” series. This was a film that I wanted to properly perform when I was an actress last time. As for the stripping scene, my manager did told me ���don’t push yourself too hard”

Q. Oh I see. Well, it was a bold scene.

Arisha: However for Yumeji Takehisa, he was someone who maintains love relationships with everyone despite having a wife. Without this, there would not be those passionate love scenes. This was a fascinating film that had that amount of emotions in it.

Q. In summary, you will go all out to do the kind of work you would want to do. Despite your director being against it, or your manager asking you to be careful, you will still actively do it anyway.

Arisha: If you want to do something, you must have an attitude to do it without any excuses. Of course when you get the opportunity, you will need the support of various people to do it.

Q. What do you usually do in your private life?

Arisha: Sleep. I would lie in bed all the time.

Q. I heard you sleep for 10 hours.

Arisha: Probably (laughs). It feels refreshing after sleeping. I have a bad time when feeling sleepy.

Q. But for celebration parties, don’t you have moments where you want to drink all the way till morning?

Arisha: Everyone that I work with is not good at holding their alcohol (laughs). Every time we drink, we would end at 11 p.m., which i feel is very healthy.

Q. This is very lucky right… (laughs). By the way, what is the type of guy you would like?

Arisha: I feel that someone who patiently watches over you would be good. I dislike those who would talk to you when you want to do something.

Q. Are we talking about composed and open-minded people?

Arisha: That’s right. Although you said composed, I do not like slow people. I am impatient and may get irritated by them

Q. How about someone who confess to you if they like you, but are the clingy type of person?

Arisha: Even if the person does not confess, and is the clingy type. I find clinginess to be unpleasant.

Q. Selfish, and does things at your own pace eh? (laughs).

Arisha: Ufufufu. I get that a lot.

***Ufufufu is a SFX. Online sources say it is similar to high pitched type of laughter or hehehe. But in my head I can imagine her going ufufufu (similar to how you giggle and makes this fu fu fu sounds) in response to the interviewer’s statement***

Q. So, what is your goal from now onward?

Arisha: Since I worked hard to have a gravure published, I aim to publish a photo book. I also want to be an actress in an action drama. Since recently I do not have time, I also need to pick up stunts lessons again.

Q. Nonetheless, after doing so many pieces of work, which one do you personally think is the best?

Arisha: All of them! Having so much work is very exciting, and it makes me happy too. Even though I have so much work, I know that I will receive more opportunities. [Eh? That girl, where have I seen her before?] is the kind of feeling I want to leave in everyone’s heart from all the work that I have done.

——End of article—–

Love, Arishamod.