2006.04.23: Radio (BAYSTORM), 2013: Magazine (TV Life 12/22-01/06) - "Sho-mama"

[toumei]

HAPPY 31st BIRTHDAY, SAKURAI SHO!!
(it still is here!)

Well...this isn't exactly a translation of a Yama conversation post, but we're celebrating it Yama-parents style, literally :P

So, way back in 2006 on Baystorm, Nino received a question from a fan asking why Sho was "mom" and Ohno was "dad" (or old man), well, he didn't exactly answer the latter, but he gave a thorough response for Sho ;)

Transcript taken from here.

「翔くんってよく昔メンバーからお母さんって言われてますよね。ニノが今まで感じた翔くんのお母さん的な行動ベスト3を教えてください。キャプテンのお父さん、おじいちゃんな行動もよかったら。」

翔くんはね、几帳面なんだよね、結構。誰か仕切ってくれる人がいると全然その人に任せるけど、自分が仕切らなきゃいけなかったりするとやたらと几帳面になるね。ゴミは絶対片づけるね、あの人。散らかってるのが嫌なんだよね、たぶん。でも自分の部屋は超汚いの。いるよね、でもそういう人ね。もう周りではすごいさ、やるんだけどさ、自分の部屋に帰るとなんにもしなくなっちゃうんだ、絶対ね。

だから一緒に釣り行ったことがあって、翔くんと、相葉ちゃんと。釣り行ったことがあって。翔くんが1回竿投げたら、その投げた瞬間に紐がこんがらがっちゃったの。下に根掛かりしたとかじゃなくて、投げた瞬間にグルグルグルグルなんか引っかかっちゃって、翔くんそれしかやってないの。1回投げただけだったの、あとは全部片づける人。エサ片づけたり、仕掛けの袋片づけて、それからオレと相葉ちゃんはお母さんお母さんって言ってて...

Q: Arashi members have been calling Sho-kun “mom”, right? Can you share with us what kind of motherly behavior he has? If you could ellaborate on why Captain (Ohno) is “dad” or “old man” too…

Nino:
You know, Sho-kun is very punctual. Quite so. If there is someone else to take the responsibility, then he will leave it to that person. But if not, he would become the responsible one. He would always tidy up the garbage, that person. He doesn’t like messes, probably. His own room is super messy though. But there are people like that out there, right? The type that ends up not doing anything after returning to his or her own room.

You see, we went fishing together before. Me, Sho-kun, and Aiba-chan. Sho-kun’s string got tangled the minute he tossed his rod in. After that, he didn’t do anything else. He just tossed once for the fishing, and from there on he became the cleaning person. He cleaned the baits and hooks up… And ever since, Aiba-chan and I have been calling him “mom! mom!”...

(last part about Ohno was not answered)
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Til now, it seems like Nino's sentiment on Yama remains the same :P And look what Yama said! From TV Life (1222-0106), the members got the questions to say who are the "most motherly" and "most fatherly" members.

    

Sho:
Most fatherly: Ohno-san, because of his "reading sports newspaper" stance LOL

Ohno:
Most motherly: Sho-chan, because even in TV shows he's very responsible. He basically keeps everything together (for us).

Nino:
Most motherly: Probably Sho-chan, because he helps tidy things up for us.
Most fatherly: Ohno-san, because he doesn't do anything LOL. Well, it's good enough that he's simply here (for us).


In case you're curious about Aiba and Jun's answers if they involved Yama (just to be fair XD):

Jun: 
Most motherly: Riida. He's soft and has that protective feeling.

Aiba: 
Most fatherly:  Riida. Generally he doesn't move a lot, and he has a calmness to him. 

What do you think? XD Happy Birthday again to Sho-chan!