welcome to the Sho thread emyLi.  I agree that Sho-kun has the best english among all of the Arashi members, he speaks it pretty well. actually come to think of it, I have not really heard the other arashi members speak english.

I have heard Aiba a few times(and Aiba english is pretty funny), but never ri-da or nino or even Matsujun!

 Sho's English is pretty well i agree, altho i've only heard him speak english once with a robot (the clip is on youtube btw). And he can read English fanmails.

 This is abit off-topic i guess but i just want to write st on arashi members' engrish (Clips with them speaking english never fail to make me LMAO!) Aiba and Ohno speak very funny Engrish in this "English lesson" clip i got. Basically Ohno doesn't understand E at all and the sentence he speaks best is "I don't speak English" LOL. Aiba's English is better, at least he can get that question "How old are you" correct and speak some sentences. But to think that aiba-chan once claimed to be so good in English... LOL  Abt Nino n Jun, from wat i've seen during Iza now tour i hardly believe their english is any better than ohno's . I also have the Johnny's Juniors in Disneyland clip (Aiba, Nino, Jun & one other guy go to Disneyland n speak Engrish). Nino n Jun didn't speak a single English word then. They just had this "wat on earth are you talking about?" look when the American guide was talking!

 Btw, i have this 5-min clip of the 12-yr-old Sho playing a game with other Johnny's Juniors. He looked super kawaii! So if any1 needs i can upload it here  :wave:

aiba-chan's best english will be 'big danger'. :haha:

I am new here. I found this forum while searching for things on D-Addicts. I never heard of Arashi before seeing Hana Yori Dango and listening to the song Wish. I decided to look up info on the band have have grown to like them a lot.  At first I admitt I just thought Jun was good looking but once I started reading things on the members and watching video clips and listening to songs I found I started to like Sho. I find it amazing that he managed to graduate for Keio in 4 years! Let alone doind it while working! I give that man credit like none other!

Oh earlier in this thread someone said something about fans in hick towns in the USA... I am from a small town in , and am currently going to college/a university in a town that is not much larger, the most culture I get is from the Exchange students who live in the same Residence Hall as I do. Some of the Japanese Students think it is funny that I like Arashi.

Translated from Popolo Magazine Dec 2005

The best 5 songs in Sakurai Sho's life

1) “Drawing at the Exhibition”-recalled a nervous moment
The classical piece “Drawing at the Exhibition” was the song that I played during my first electric organ recital. It should be around the time when I was 5, 6 years old, but even now I still can remember the scenario clearly. There were about 4 or 5 people playing the song together. I played the worst among all those present. Definitely was too nervous. I cannot remember at all if I could play it well  [laughs] even though I had practised very hard for it. I think maybe if I go home and search, the video taken at that time could still be around.

2) “Eri” -  the Sakurai Family’s song whenever they go for a ride
My family has the tradition of going to the beach every year. When I was a child, on our way to and fro the beach, this song “Eri, My Love” would always be played in the car. At that time, it was in the form of cassette tape, so we listened it using the car’s audio system. Because I heard this song before I heard Southern Sun’s song, that was how I knew that the Southern Sun’s [My beloved Eri] used the song [Eri~] as the cover. Also, Yuumin’s songs are also standard songs played in the car. Songs like “That person in the graduation photo~(Sho sings a line)” which are not compatible to seaside are also played.

3)”To be with you”
From Grade 6 to Junior high school 1, I started to think that western music are cool. So, the first western music album that I bought was Mr Big’s “To be with you”. I brought that CD along to my Ski training camp and I kept listening to it. When the western music was being played in the room, I felt a little like an adult. I think to the juniors around me, it also appealed to them

4)” Boy meets girl”
TK Sound (singers who are under 小室哲哉) is our youth. Among all, TRF ‘s ‘Boy Meets Girl’ is a song that reminds me of my Junior High Year 2’s soccer training camp. Because the training camp was very tough, there was no time to listen to music. But at that time, the song was played very often for a commercial for a fizzy drink Whenever I listen to this song, the scenery at the training camp site came to my mind. Even it was a very tough training, it has become a pleasant memory now. 

5) “PGF”
My first television appearance was BS performance. Later, my first television performance was 地上波’s Music Station. At that time, the song that I danced to was Shounentai’s ‘PGF’ Now that I think about it, it was a great thing that my first performance was to be Shounentai’s back dancer. I was not outstanding. Together with many Juniors, I was dancing in the last row and at the extreme corner. But, when it was on air, I could be seen. At home, when that scene appeared, I would pause the tape to look for myself, without thinking. (laughs)

Actually, I do not know where I should placed this....Didn't want to place it Under the Translation thread cause that means i need to start a new topic for each member which I might not be able to keep it going. So I will post it here instead

I translated the Titles that he said in japanese
here are the original titles

1) '展覧会の絵'　this is a classical music piece so i think it should be in English but Sho said it in Japanese

2) 'エリー。マイ。ラブ　(Eri, My love)' by Ray Charles

3) 'To be my love' by Mr Big

4) 'Boy meets girl' by TRF

5) 'PGF' by their senpais Shounentai

Uhm...which one?  :shock3:

is it too soon???? :shock:

ooo i see you wanna be first person huh???

OMG OMG OMG!!!

i was walking around looking for a salon to cut my hair... i passed by REDS and i saw Sakurai Sho kun on e cover of a jap mag!!! He's super handsome... they styled his hair in a few styles and he looked superbly handsome... there were quite a few pics...

but i couldnt read more cos they were closing  :..(

I haven't been around here lately...but to come back to that picture *sigh* that is one of my favorites of Sho!