#like even takeuchi-san’s voice was going out towards the end of their interviews that’s how hard they went on that live

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nobody asked but these are probably my favourite live looks hayama-san gave us lol

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Nogami Sho’s photoshoot for numan’s  沼落ち5秒前！インタビュー／声優編

The translation of the interview connected to these pictures can be found under the cut!

So what led to you entering this world?

During my summer break in 2nd year middle school, I'd noticed that other people's names were lined up beside the characters' names in the ending credits, and while I had always known that the reality behind that was that "these are the people whose voices appeared in this show," it was then that I saw them in a new light. At that time I had to quit my club activities due to my injuries, and was worried about having a future without anything to work towards, so I was very happy and surprised when I found out about voice acting as a profession.

Please tell us the actors (seiyuu) you respect, and the reasons why you respect them.

Seiyuu:

Yamaguchi Kappei - I'd just become a regular cast member for a year (with him), but just by being there he'd make his surroundings become lively, his presence is really like the sun. He was very approachable even though we were newbies, and I'd always look forward to every time I'd get to see him at work.

Shimono Hiro - I met Shimono-san in the same show I got to costar with Kappei-san in. He's a guy who thinks about his kouhai a lot, and he advised me in many things, from work to private matters. Up to now we still exchange emails sometimes and get along well. Of course he's my esteemed senpai but he's the kind of guy I'd wanna call "aniki" instead of "senpai"...

Fujiwara Takahiro - Ever since my debut, he would take me out to eat during the times when I barely had enough money for transportation expenses, and he'd given me advice after I got reprimanded very bad at work...he'd always been looking out for me, and now I've been thinking that "this is the kind of senpai I want to become." Just like Shimono-san, he's the kind of guy I wanna call "aniki".

Enoki Junya - He debuted the same year as me, but from how nonchalant he is when he's at work, to how he does adlibs during dubbing...no matter where he goes I always see his face in a refreshing smile, but he's actually a guy who's passionate about his work and I think there are a lot of things he has that I don't have, myself...I'll never tell him this to his face, though (lol) And I'm simply just a fan of his Spiderman.

Actors:

TEAM-NACS (Morisaki Hiroyuki, Yasuda Ken, Ooizumi You, Totsugi Shigeyuki, Otoo Takuma) - TEAM-NACS, who met in their theatre research club in college, and up to now are still actively participating in plays as well as various other genres. Their variety shows and stage work saved me from the homesickness and other troubles I went through after first moving to Tokyo. If I could become the catalyst for someone else through my characters, just like NACS had been for me during those times, I would be happy.

Who are the actors (seiyuus) you get along with well?

Kumagai Kentarou-san and Takeuchi Shunsuke-san

Who are the seiyuu/actors who you want to have as a friend?

Ooizumi You-san. He's been involved in a lot of projects as a seiyuu so I'd be happy if I get to record from the microphone beside his someday.

What is your hobby/talent?

Shopping

What do you usually do on your days off?

I go strolling, which is okay even when I don't have much time. Or I'd go gossip about recent events with my favorite clothes shop's staff, while drinking coffee.

What did you eat yesterday?

Curry rice

The thing you want the most right now is?

Self-confidence

Of all the things you've ever gotten up to now, what made you the happiest?

The wallet my father bought me at around the time of my debut. I still use it now.

Your favorite karaoke party trick is?

Kimi no machi made (To your town) by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

Please tell us your hangups (whether regarding plays or not)

The character's feelings are important. Never forget that.

What have you sunken into (what is your obsession lately)?

Clothes...probably, right? In the beginning I'd scared myself into being aware about it by saying "If I don't present myself properly I'll never become a seiyuu!", but as time passed, bit by bit, I begun to just like it.

Up to now, what's the thing you've worked the hardest on?

The hardest...I can't decide on one, but I think it would be my audition for the agency I'm attached to, where everything started.

Up to now, what are you most useless at?

Normally there are very few things I am not useless at, so I can't think of what should come first; but I have an extremely horrible sense of direction, and recently it took me 40 minutes to go to a studio that's 10 minutes on foot away from the station, and in the end my manager still had to meet me halfway...I'm always very sorry.

my translation index

fun fact: numan comes with its own auto-translation function!!!...and i only realized this function right after i was already finished with this...interesting (hmu whenever, guys, i can help...but at a pric

“ What have you sunken into “ there is supposed to be “so what swamp are you in?” or sth like that, a reference to the interview series’ title!! ,,,but this sounded ok to me so i used that instead

thanks for reading!!! please do not redistribute this translation!

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Inazuma All Stars TPK Character Original Album ‘Maji de Kansha’ Interview with Terasaki Yuka, Kitahara Sayaka + Ohara Takashi

Full Scans can be found here: http://inazuma.pmsinfirm.org/?p=284

Aoki Tamashii (Blue Spirit)

Matsukaze Tenma - Terasaki Yuka

Shindou Takuto - Saiga Mitsuki

Terasaki: Shindou-senpai is so cool!

Ohara: He is, isn’t he?

Terasaki: Since the key was a little low for me, I really had to try hard to sing the song. But Saiga-san is able to sing really low - as expected of her! I really love the lyrics, like ‘Hard work won’t let down down, so raise your face and keep marching forward!’.

Ohara: It really leaves you feeling refreshed.

Terasaki: Oh! And I was so happy that Shindou sang Tenma’s catchphrase ‘Nan toka naru sa!’ (Everything will work out somehow). Even if he’s never said the actual words, I like to think he’s gotten on board with Tenma’s way of thinking!

Ohara: Past Shindou certainly wasn’t a ‘nan toka naru sa’ kind of guy - that’s for sure.

Terasaki: Yeah, but I’m glad if he can think that sometimes it’s alright to think that way.

Ohara: I also liked ‘(this blue spirit in my chest) emits light and joins us to the next generation’.

Terasaki: Right now all of us are still first years.

Kitahara: Yeah, we don’t have junior kouhais yet. Actually, not a lot of time has passed yet (laughs).

Sayonara Kako no Ore (Goodbye, My Former Self)

Tsurugi Kyousuke - Ohara Takashi

Kariya Masaki - Tai Yuuki

Ohara: How should I put it - everyone has things they don’t want to remember. There’s plenty of times when even I’m just taking a shower at night and I suddenly remember something that happened in the past, like ‘Wahh!’.

Terasaki: While you’re completely naked? (laughs)

Ohara: (laughs) Well, of course my past is nowhere near as tough as Tsurugi’s but I definitely get the feeling ‘I don’t want to remember this…’

Terasaki: Both Tsurugi and Kariya were naughty.

Ohara: But Tsurugi destroyed the old club room! ‘Sometimes nightmares from the past flash before my eyes out of nowhere’ - things like that could actually be true.

Terasaki: But was Tsurugi really worse than Kariya? I mean, didn’t he start to bully Kirino despite not having any idea what was going on around him? That was really awful!

Ohara: He did, yeah. Although you can’t imagine it now. (laughs) At the time, he had to try and find the right place for himself.

Kitahara: Kariya is a lonely person!

Terasaki: By the way, ‘warm sun’ and ‘gentle breeze’ seem to refer to Coach Endou and Tenma.

Ashita no Hero (Tomorrow’s Hero)

Gouenji Shuuya - Nojima Hirofumi

Shindou Takuto - Saiga Mitsuki

Terasaki: It’s refreshing to hear those two say things like ‘It won’t end at (just) admiration’ and ‘I’ll become somebody who people will think of in that way’. I wonder who Gouenji-san looks up to? How about Endou-san? As for Shindou-senpai… It’s gotta be Endou-san, right? As an example of a Captain.

Ohara: So in the end, does everyone gather around Endou-san? (laughs)

Kitahara: Their voices really merged together, didn’t they. They were so connected - to the extent that you couldn’t hear two separate voices.

Ohara: Yeah, they really mixed well together!

Namida no Art~Nijiiro no Hana (The Art of Tears and Rainbow-Coloured Flowers)

Kirino Ranmaru - Kobayashi Yuu

Fei Rune - Kimura Akiko

Terasaki: What a gentle song. It’s a little sensual?

Ohara: It’s a little bit alluring.

Kitahara: It’s mature. Feels like you’d want to listen to it carefully by yourself.

Terasaki: Because those two have such sweet voices.

Ohara: This is Fei’s first song. I felt moved. Like - Oh! Fei is singing!

Terasaki: We’re looking forward to Fei’s secrets being revealed next year. After everything is made clear, I want to listen to the song once more.

Koi no Shuukuriimu (Choux Cream of Love)

Sorano Aoi - Kitahara Sayaka

Seto Midori - Mina

Yamana Akane - Yurin

Kitahara: The 3 managers got to sing and have fun together!

Ohara: How cute!

Terasaki: I wanna eat a choux cream!

Kitahara: I’m hungry now~

Terasaki: Hiroshi-san makes cute songs! (laughs) You can feel the girls’ love.

Kitahara: Yeah. ‘There’s no sell-by-date’ was kinda playful, and when you hear it, it makes you squee. It really felt like a song for Midori-san and Akane-san to sing.

Todoke! Yuujou no Eeru (Soar! Yell of Friendship!)

Ohara: The defenders who support everyone - it’s their song.

Terasaki: It’s very like first-yearish to wonder ‘Can I really make friends?’. Shinsuke, unlike Tenma, introduced himself without showing any nerves, but I wonder if he was nervous on the inside.

Ohara: I wonder if Kariya also worries about that sort of thing.

Terasaki: He has no naming sense! (laughs) Everyone laughed at him - that was funny. And yet, Tenma always immediately turns to Kariya when they need to name something. His naming sense is an art.

Ohara: People said to him, like ‘What on earth is with that name?’

Kitahara: Aoi-chan said, ‘No way, no way!’ and burst into laughter.

Terasaki: But middle school kids do that sort of stuff to each other (laughs).

Honoo no Puraido (Flaming Pride)

Gouenji Shuuya - Nojima Hirofumi

Someoka Ryuugo - Kase Yasuyuki

Fubuki Shirou - Miyano Mamoru

Terasaki: This song seems really difficult to sing! The key goes up and down and up and down. But I knew those 3 would be able to sing it.

Ohara: It sounds kind of nostalgic.

Terasaki: It sounds like a Johnny’s (a Japanese talent agency for boy bands) song from the 90s. I want the 3 of them to dance together, like a boyband. While Someoka would be clumsy, like - am I doing this right? - I’d want him to try his very best to dance.

Kitahara: Gouenji would dance smoothly and cool!

Terasaki: Fubuki-san does a lot of whirling turns during his special moves - he definitely seems like he’d be good at ballet. He has to wear white tights! Then, Someoka-san is hip-hop and Gouenji-san is jazz. Reggae would be cool for Someoka-san too!

Suki da kara! (Because I like you)

Endou Mamoru - Takeuchi Junko

Kidou Yuuto - Yoshino Hiroyuki

Ohara: I personally really like this song.

Terasaki: Kidou, who’s normally cool, exclaims ‘because I like you!’. If you just look at the title, it looks like a song by a girl.

Kitahara: I like that contrast.

Ohara: Some parts are a conversation. I liked Kidou-san’s ‘I decided to help you out’.

Terasaki: It feels like, he figured his role and happily accepted it. He wanted to play soccer with Endou-san and went through the trouble of transferring to Raimon to do that. Thanks to the unrivalled POWER OF LOVE! The song is over-flowing with Kidou-san’s thoughts.

Ohara: It’s seriously cool!

Mabushii Mirai Yeah!!! (Dazzling Future)

Endou Mamoru - Takeuchi Junko

Matsukaze Tenma - Terasaki Yuuka

Terasaki: ‘More than now!’ is repeated many times - it’s a really upbeat song. Both of these two feel that if you do loads of practice you’ll want to become even better. While we recorded, the length of the part ‘Spread your wings, towards a future too dazzling to be true’ really moved me. Holding the note with Junko-san was perfect.

Ohara + Kitahara: Ooh!

Terasaki: And Endou said Tenma’s ‘Nan toka naru!’. I was really happy about that!

Ohara: Tenma’s ‘Nan toka naru’ is gradually spreading. (laughs)

Maji de Kansha! (Seriously, Thank You So Much)

Endou Mamoru - Takeuchi Junko

Someoka Ryuugo - Kase Yasuyuki

Matsukaze Tenma - Terasaki Yuuka

Tsurugi Kyousuke - Ohara Takashi

Shindou Takuto - Saiga Mitsuki

Terasaki: I always loved this song as the theme song for Endou’s story, it’s really exciting.

Kitahara: I cry when I listen to this song.

Ohara: I cried when we recorded it. Together with T-Pistonz + KMC-san, everyone smiled brightly when we all listened to the song together. The power of this song is amazing!

Kitahara: Shindou-senpai’s rap was really cool. So was Someoka’s.

Terasaki: So was Tsurugi’s. Like ‘To the sky, outer space!’ and ‘Return the LOVE 100 times!’.

Ohara: It was actually difficult to rap as Tsurugi. I had to rerecord it many times. During one of those times, I tried it in the style of a hissatsuwazza and the director said that was interesting. Aside from the rap, I also did ‘Riiyo!’ and ‘Hey!’ in the style of a hissatsuwazza. I also used the way KMC-san raps as an example.

Terasaki: This rap really brings out everyone’s energy! ‘Days when you’re covered in mud - one day you’ll definitely play a useful role! You can’t buy these wonderful friends with money!’ Lyrics like that are so, so cool!

Ohara: I want to sing this at an event with everyone.

Kitahara: Yeah, me too!