[Collection] Arashi Facts

[Denise_Dinc]

Here are some Arashi facts for Arashians who likes to collect them (like me), credit goes to various sites and forums, such as Matsujun.net, Aibakaland (especially Ohno’s interview in Arashigoto), Arashian, Arashi Vox, Arashi Zone, amnos.net…. (I’m sorry for not listing them all, cz I forgot… x.x) and Eri-senpai for Nino and Sho’s infos when I asked for help to write their One Shot fics. I’ll post separately for each member, cause it’ll exceed the limit if I post them all in one single entry.

NOTE: only reply if you have more facts about the stormy boys, rather than appreciation like ‘thanks for these’, ‘wow I never knew’ etc. Remember, this is a collection thread to help Arashians compile Arashi facts, we don’t wanna get everyone confused with those posts which doesn’t provide any facts. I hope you guys will understand. Otsukaresamadashita!

OHNO SATOSHI

1.   He's the leader of Arashi, not just because he's the oldest, but because of a little small round of jankenpoi ("rock-paper-scissors") with the other guys before their official debut.
2.   If you've seen the movie The Sixth Sense, it's a bad idea to joke about Haley Joel Osment's character--- Ohno HAS that same sixth sense, and yes... he sees dead people to all kinds of creepy stuff appearing from out of nowhere...
3.   Within the group, he is the most picked-on member (as well as being the most talked-about member) among the group.
4.   I wouldn't call him "peculiar," but the only reason why he seems quiet whenever you see him in guest appearances is because his mind is always wandering off somewhere in his own world...
5.   If you hear a few of their songs and hear that sweet, romantic-sounding singing voice, it's most likely going to be Oh-chan (if not, Nino...)-- he's in charge of the melodic vocals in all their songs... well, most of it anyway.
6.   He is mostly seen in stage musicals than in TV dramas. He only appeared on two TV dramas--- one in V no Arashi and the other in Speed Star. In other words, he's the only member who will be less likely be seen on any TV drama series at all... O_o;
7.   Oh-chan's inspiration, main confidant, and even his own personal manager? His mother.
8.   Oh-chan's "other" career option--- an artist! He has excellent skills in drawing practically anything... painting as well? When he was in school, art was his MAJOR passion and nothing else.
9.   At the time before he was picked to debut in the upcoming new group Arashi, he was also having thoughts of quitting Johnny's to pursue his art profession. Fortunately when he was offered to debut, he decided to take it and see where this debut career of his as part of an idol group would lead him to...
10.   Though we all know that Ohno's best talent is art, he stated that his "real" special skill among all is sleeping. He is farsighted, therefore he needs to wear a pair of reading glasses every time he reads something. Like Matsujun, who is nearsighted, he also makes himself look good by wearing contacts in public, stage, and screen.
11.   He also has a bit of trouble reading the Japanese written language. Though he has no problems reading Romanji (alphabet), don't count on him reading the written English language. He'll drag Sho to read (and translate) all the English for him. He just passed the national Kanji test two years ago so he shouldn't have anymore "reading" problems.
12.   Aiba and Nino said he looks like someone who’d never tell the members when he gets married, and will hide it till the end. Sho said maybe there’ll be this one day when they received Ohno’s divorce report then they’ll know that Ohno was married
13.   He said he admires someone when he went on Aiba’s program on 16th August, “Aiba Masaki desu” (is this a confession?)
14.   Also on Aiba’s program that day, someone said that in “All or Nothing” Sho’s rap for “you know what I mean” sounds like “ra-men”, Ohno said that’s exactly what he thought
15.   Ohno said he was absent from Pino because no one invited him. Actually he was assigned for recordings, but it was cancelled last minute, he got a free holiday. The three members who were there said: “then you should come!” but Ohno said he only got to know about it after reading the next day’s paper, thinking while reading “how come I’m not inside?”
16.   His birth time, 0907
17.   “When he walks, his eyes are closed” –Sho
18.   When people say Sho’s more fit to be Arashi’s leader, Sho said Ohno is Arashi’s protector (how sweet...)
19.   On the first day of their concert, when he was halfway to Tokyo station he realized he forgot his shoes, so he rushed home to get it. He came back in time, but was already all sweaty (partially because he was nervous)
20.   His fans are usually older, just like his mom, they always say that he’s cute
21.   During their summer concert they had to change on stage. When he took off his pants and saw his underwear, he realized he forgot to wear another white shorts inside, fans were laughing while the crews searched for a pair of pants for him (how embarrassing)
22.   He’ll never be any of the members’ love rival, if such thing does happen, he’ll get out of it voluntarily
23.   he stupidly talked about another program while he was on Aiba’s program, Aiba who rarely shows his temper couldn’t resist warning him too....
24.   When they were recording A.Ra.Shi, he didn’t know that was their debut song
25.   Their third day in Hawaii, (one week before Arashi debuted), then he realized that they’re debuting
26.   before Arashi was formed, all he cared about was sleep, now he is more concerned about work
27.   he’s really reluctant to sleep with Jun, and is trying to stop Jun from requesting it for the second time (0.o)
28.   he’s actually 165cm, though it’s publicly shown as 168cm
29.   he’s worried that he’s growing fatter
30.   Dohmoto Tsuyoshi thinks he’s the upcoming pretty boy
31.   he was once voted Pretty Boy No. 1 in a magazine
32.   cares for others
33.   usually doesn’t bring money when he leaves the house (wonder how he survives)
34.   he was found drunk outside of a convenience store. he was totally drunk and waiting for someone when Sho came out with a bottle of water. Sho gave him the bottle of water and the two started laughing and began to walk off.
35.   he was standing at the platform waiting for the train but even though the train came he wasn't getting on. So someone next to him asked, "aren't you going to get on?" and he suddenly looked surprised and said, "ah, thank you!" and then got on.
36.   Jun asked him to go eat ramyun. Jun whined and whined but Ohno said he was too lazy to go out. One day, Ohno wanted to eat ramyun and thought of Jun, but the thought of having to leave the house was too bothersome so instead Ohno drew a picture of Jun's face and placed it on the table and made himself a cup of ramyun.
37.   after a concert Ohno was drunk. he went around getting angry at the juniors asking where his ramyun was. the whole time the ramyun was in his hand. The juniors went to Sho and tattled.
38.   We all know that Ohno is a good artist. Well, he started drawing in 3rd grade, thanks to "Dragonball." He had a friend who was into it as well, so they'd always be competitive trying to outdo each other with Dragonball drawings.
39.   He says his parents raised him liberally. They never told him to study or anything.
40.   We know that Ohno is *extremely* close to his mom. When he goes home late at night, she is always up waiting for him. He sometimes texts her saying "You can go to sleep," but she always waits for him. He asked her why and she replied that he might not like it if he comes home late from work and the house is all dark. This really touched him, because she also has to work the next day at 5AM. To Ohno, she is more like a friend than a parent.
41.    His mom came to the Johnny's audition with him. At the audition, it surprised him to see Katori-kun (Katori Shingo from SMAP); he was familiar with him because his sister liked him. Everyone started dancing at the audition, but Ohno stood in the back and didn't dance. -_- Instead, he waved at his mom and said hi. Then Johnny-san spotted him and yelled, "What are you doing? Come up to the front and dance!" So Ohno danced and Johnny said to him, "you've got good rhythm."
42.   So since then, he started going to the lesson 1 day a week. There were about 50 people starting out, but later on, it was reduced to only 4 of them. One of them was Machida Shingo (from another Johnny's unit, Musical Academy). With Machida, Ohno danced as hard as he could. Since then, he was always together with Machida.
43.   Ohno's first gig as a junior was at Tokio's concert in Budokan. He heard the "Johnny's cheer" and freaked out. It was so loud, he couldn't believe it was coming from people! He even wanted to go home because he was so freaked out.
44.   Initially, he wasn't interested in being in the entertainment industry at all, or doing dramas. But dancing kept him interested. It was the only thing he wanted to excel in.
45.   He realized that if he wanted to go to Kyoto, he'd have to stay there at least 1/2 year. He volunteered to go. He wanted to escape the situation he was in at the time. Younger, newer juniors were coming in to Johnny's and he kept getting pushed back, as the newer ones got popular. He thought to himself, "Why? I'm better than them!" He had heard that he could be the main star if he went to Kyoto, so he didn't hesitate to go. 
46.   His mom was happy and supportive of his decision to go to Kyoto. He quit high school after just three days of starting. He walked out with Machida. His parents didn't say anything. They just asked him, "Is this it?" and he said, "Yes." He had to quit school because if he hadn't, he couldn't go to Kyoto. 
47.   Life in Kyoto was hard. He had to perform 5 times a day on stage. At least during summer, it was okay because there were people. But in fall, there were only about 50 people in a theatre that could hold 1,000 people. He wondered why he had to be doing this. He sometimes cried because he wanted to go back to Tokyo, but his colleagues helped him out because they were all on the same boat.
48.   If there was an opportunity to dance solo, he volunteered even if it meant taking himself away from Tokyo and going to Kyoto. I think from this, we can see that Ohno is actually quite ambitious and wants to do justice to his own skills. He said he was satisfied with the way danced at the solo of "Kyo to Kyo" - he doesn't think he can dance as well now as he did back then during his solo "Cool."
49.   About 2 years into his life in Kyoto, he thought about quitting. He wanted to start drawing again. He picked up some skills from the makeup artist and thought to himself that when he goes back to Tokyo, he will quit Johnny's Jimusho and start anew, something related to art. At this point, he had already danced to his satisfaction.
50.   Ohno told Johnny's that he wanted to quit. But for some reason, he ended up being in "MASK" (stageplay starring Domoto Koichi from Kinki Kids, from January '99 to February '99), and also "Playzone" (summer play Shonentai - way way senpai group from Johnny's - does every summer).
51.   Then from there, it was straight to becoming Arashi. He really hesitated, but since it was his last chance, he decided to just ride this wave. After the initial debut press conference in Hawaii, he participated in the Junior Concert in October ('99).
From there, as they were introducing themselves, it went like this:
"Sakurai Sho- " *WAHHHHHHH* (all the people screaming)
"Matsumoto Jun - " *WAHHHHHHH*
"Ohno Satoshi - " *... whhhhattt? Who is this person?*
52.   Ohno wanted to get off the stage ASAP. He realized that his time spent in Kyoto had made him less exposed compared to the other members. He became quite desperate at this point. Since the other 4 members had so much more exposure thanks to their TV appearances, he knew he had to try harder. He wrote back to his fan letters and such. He knew that Arashi was somewhat getting popular because their debut song, "A.Ra.Shi," was #1, but he didn't know if he *himself* was popular.
53.   He started having negative thoughts at this point, because people didn't know who he was, or they were saying "How come it's not Tackey *Takizawa Hideaki from Tackey & Tsubasa* that's in Arashi?" He started wondering if it would be okay for him to be part of Arashi.
54.   But it brought comfort to be with Arashi members from the beginning. When the 5 of them were together, it really upped the atmosphere.
55.   When the first Arashi concert came, he wondered if anyone would be holding his uchiwa (*the hand-held fan with member's face on it that fans hold at concerts). He was relieved and happy to find that there were just as many uchiwa for him as there were for other members.
56.   Ohno prefers stageplays to dramas/movies. That is probably why we see him in so few TV dramas. :( Overall, I get the impression that acting makes Ohno really nervous. But he's so good anyway!
57.   He liked shooting the movie "PIKA*NCHI" with rest of the Arashi members, since it was the first time all 5 of them got to be in one thing since "V no Arashi."
58.   Unlike acting (which makes him nervous), he likes doing concerts. He's always thinking about the next concert. Starting in 2004, he could even come up with his own choreography. He thinks about what songs to do solos for, what outfit to wear, etc., and likes thinking about those.
59.   But even now, he has that nagging feeling somewhere that he might not have any fans (stemming from his lack of popularity in the beginning of his Arashi days). So habitually, he looks for his uchiwa whenever he goes on stage. When he finds them, it relieves him and he feels good.
60.   In the past few years, fans have been holding boards with their "requests" on them - like "Wave your hand" and things like that. It was fun, and he liked doing it because his fans liked it. But then the requests got more... intense and now they've become something like "Blow a kiss" and such. Ohno's really shy and he says it's "out of his character." And the next request is "Take it off." - - ;;
61.   When they start going on concert tours, Ohno always checks the internet because he is interested in the fans' reactions, since fan letters take time to get to him.
62.   He watches all his concert videos. Sometimes it maddens him because he sucks so bad, but because his time spent with Arashi is precious, even bad performances are something to be treasured.
63.   Arashi members started opening up to each other while they were doing "Here We Go" concert tour (I think around 2002?). They stayed up all night talking to each other about their plans, what they think, how they would move on individually, etc. Ohno felt that everyone treasured the group Arashi.
64.   Year 2003 brought on some changes. Arashi started hanging outside work and Ohno felt like they had transcended some sort of a barrier. He thinks it's important to hang out outside work, because they are different people when they are working together. Since they are all adults, they can go drinking and stuff too.
65.   He thinks his voice got higher as the years went by. He feels it's strange, since people's voice tends to get lower as they get older. Now he thinks it's as high as Nino's (which, he says, is REALLY high).
66.   Working in this industry limits him from meeting people outside, and sometimes it makes him feel lonely. He's always guarded because he doesn't want to be deceived. He thinks that's just the way it is, but it doesn't stop him from feeling lonely.
67.   Since he started thinking that way, he became a bit more outgoing. Even if he doesn't know the people, if he thinks it'd be fun, he talks to them.
68.   Personally, he doesn't know where he would be, but he wants to have an art exhibit of his own.
69.   He wonders what their 10th year anniversary would be like. 2004 was HIS 10th year anniversary since joining Johnny's. "I've survived," he says. He has always tried his best. He was a bit irresponsible when he was a junior, so he is repentant of it. But overall, his 10 years were filled with many things and he considers himself a happy person.
70.   He thinks Arashi only has room for improvement. Each member thinks of the other in a precious way, and after each concert, they become even more united. He says that whatever happens, the fact that the 5 of them will always be close won't change.

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SAKURAI SHO

1.   He is bilingual (Japanese and English).
2.   He loves and cares about children!
3.   He is an alumni of Keio University, one of Japan's most prestigious university , equivalent to the U.S.'s Ivy League schools such as Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and similar schools. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics.
4.   His father is a government official and his mother is a professor at a prestigious women's college (as well as an heiress to a huge company).   His family is basically a family of scholars and professionals. He is the only one in the entire Sakurai Family to be in the entertainment business, but his philosophies and influences are similar to his family's philosophies.
5.   Back in his Johnny's Jr. days, he was also one cute yet short little midget that he even earned the nickname mame ("bean").
6.   For some odd reason and he doesn't even know it himself at times, he is known and is in charge of the rhymin' raps that they always have in their tracks!
7.   The place he would love to visit is New York, which he has visited with his fellow members (minus Nino ;_;) in 2001
8.   He has a little brother in the elementary years and often tutors him with his studies whenever he can...
9.   Back in his days as part of Johnny's Jr., he was also the only one in Johnny's Jr. history to show off a bit of his "tush" on Japanese National TV (and it is quite amusing too...). He was around 15 or 16-yrs-old when he did that. Rebellious, gutsy little guy, isn't he?
10.   His close friends back in school always called him "SakuSho" since elementary school.
11.   Sho's secret to success in studies? When there was an exam coming (probably about a month before the actual date of exam), he puts everything related to his career on hold, cancels or postpones his appearances in public, and spends his time at home (or in the library whenever he feels like it) studying. Best time to be free to do any extracurricular activities or resume his career is right after exam period
12.   His favourite TV channels (or rather the ONLY TV channels that he watches on TV) are MTV and the Discovery Channel.
13.   His favourite magazine is Newsweek.
14.   He cannot go to sleep at night without reading a good book (a (classic?) novel, textbook, reference book, etc.) beforehand.
15.   He doesn't feel comfortable or confident enough to take his shirt off just for a photo shoot (but if that's what the director/photographer wants, then so be it...).
16.   His ideal girl? Sweet, simple, smart-dressed (no spaghetti-strapped blouses, no short one-piece dresses, no short-ass, tight-ass daisy duke shorts, etc.), non-smoking, NON-CELEBRITY girl WITH brains and an independent mind of her own.
17.   When he's got a lot of time in his hands, he surfs in the Internet
18.   He has a huge interest in history in general and hopes to study the field of History right after he earns his Bachelor's Degree in
19.   his days (especially his first days) are quite interesting.  Fans in Japan actually say that it's easier to find Sho in Keio than in the TV studios, which is why lots of fangirls invaded Keio U. back then just to see Sho
20.   Sho's pet peeve is that he loses his cool easily (but he's been trying to control himself regarding this pet peeve)
21.   There is a known incident among us fans that back when Sho was a Jr. and was on his way to the studios, he caught a fan taking pictures of him.
22.   Instead of acknowledging or ignoring, he actually came up to this girl, grabbed her camera, and threw it right at the subway tracks and started scolding her about Johnny's rules and why she should follow them (one of the rules is that fans are not allowed to take pictures of idols whether if it's on the scene or off the scene or even candid shots)
23.   There's also another scene where Sho was entering Keio U. to take his entrance exams (so he could get in to the university).
24.   There was a mob of fans screaming and gawking at him as he was entering the gates.  Then the screaming got louder that Sho actually turned around to the fans and creamed "URUSAI YO!!" (shut up!) and few seconds later, all the fans fell silent as he entered the campus quietly.
25.   he takes everything seriously
26.   His childhood is kind of pressuring because of his family background.  If you're a kid whose parents have high-ranking positions such as a politician and a university professor, everyone would expect you to become someone successful, like a CEO of a corporation or a lawyer or something.
27.   Sho chose the entertainment industry because he always wanted to dance.  When he joined Jrs., of course, his friends and supporters were happy, but his parents are not exactly happy and those in their "social circle" looked down on the entire Sakurai Family (not just Sho, but the ENTIRE family) for having a son who is so incredibly gifted and talented to choose something "low" such as the entertainment biz.
28.   In other words, Sho's days as Jr. isn't exactly hunky-dory when it comes to his parents/family.
29.   But he proved everyone that he could still be a prestigious young man despite of him deciding to become an idol. He spent more time studying in school than his career that he even worked with Johnny and staff to work a schedule with him.
30.   There was another known story in which in the middle of the "Heaven Cannot Wait" drama filming that he had to ditch the shooting to get to class.  The director complained of Sho's disappearance that he called Johnny for it (to get Sho in trouble), but Johnny just said: "He ditched because he had to go to class.  Wait until he returns."
31.   Sho is truly one of the most hardworking idols in the entertainment biz (and not just Johnny's).  This is why in Johnny's, a lot of the younger idols respect him big time, like no one wants to mess w/ him, no one wants to get him mad.
32.   They call him Sakurai-senpai or even Sakurai-sama to the extreme because of that.
33.   A lot of Arashi fans (non-Sho fans) think that Sho is straight out unfriendly (I don't blame Sho though), but see, that's because these fans don't understand what he's gone through in the past, so much that sometimes he can't help himself but snap out and lose his cool towards certain things.
34.   He finally gained the respect that he deserved from his family and his family's social circle of intellects and successful individuals right after he graduated with a Bachelor's in Economics.
35.   Especially w/ a BS (bachelor of science) in Economics at least his family knows that he does somehow plan to go further in to working in an industry based on the field of study that he took.
36.   When he is in Keio, he is there as a student, not as an idol.  He gets annoyed when other students act like psychopathic fangirls and scream and follow him around campus.
37.   In the beginning he was a loner because everyone is intimidated by him and his background, but it wasn't until his first day of English class that he finally met and became friends w/ some of the guys there and made friends w/ 2 girls in that class (both are actually nerdy geeky girls who actually had no clue who Sho is).
38.   From then on he didn't like being alone, he always stuck w/ his classmates... it's like his friends are almost like his bodyguards
39.   he talked in his sleep during 2002 Summer Concert. Ohno who was in the same room heard it very clearly at around 6am saying “let Aiba sleep!”. But he himself didn’t know anything about it.
40.   he doesn’t eat between meals
41.   when he went 伊豆 hot spring with Myojo for shooting, it so happened that it was the place he went with his family 10 years ago. He called his mom on the spot just because of this.
42.   Arashi Car usually comes to fetch Sho after getting Ohno, Sho once saw Ohno’s feet on the manager’s head when he opened the car door... (大野くん, 何あってんのよ....)
43.   when he went outdoor shooting with Aiba on ‘Uso! Japan’, they interviewed a pop idol group. Sho said without thinking that he knew their songs, and sang quite awkwardly. But Aiba on the other hand, was singing along rather happily... (やっぱり相葉ちゃんだね~)
44.   「真夜中の岚」card reading prophesized that he’ll have to retain class (we all know it didn’t come true)
45.   his brother calls him ‘Bambi’ after watching ‘Kisarazu Cat’s Eye’
46.   his results are good, so his teachers wrote a recommendation letter for him to take the examination to enter Keio
47.   his father was a student from Keio since young, graduated in Todai, now a politition.His mother’s an English Literature teacher. He has a sister younger than him by 5 years, named 舞 and a brother younger than him by 13 years named Shu,修
48.   Aiba and Ohno influenced him to be less calculative about things
49.   during the audition part of the Summer Concert, he was super nervous because he can hear fans talking as he sat quite close to them
50.   his ‘girlfriend preferences’ are quite similar to Ohno’s... (oooh, 危ない!)
51.   seem to like Aiba a lot lately, even ‘ex-love’ Nino complained about this in envy. After the photoshooting session for April’s DUET, he left with Nino. Later, he came back alone to the shooting scene to wait for Aiba instead. (wowzers... but then... 本当二遅いな相葉ちゃん... still not done yet after 翔くんreturned)
52.   he joined the Boy’s Brigade before, but he was bullied so he quit after 3 days joining (翔くんbeing bullied?! 信じられない～)
53.   in June, he got to know that they’re debuting with Nino
54.   he’s building up on his muscles (yeah, it’s pretty obvious)
55.   fast-thinker
56.   he was considered a senior in Johnny’s Junior before Arashi was formed 
57.   because he’s the rapper in Arashi, Japanese (who have bad English, really) calls him ‘raper Sho’ (what the?!!! Sho doesn’t go around raping girls!!!)
58.   he’s quite close to Imai Tsubasa. And there’s even a reason for it, because their name has the kanji character 井 and 羽
59.   he was called ‘Piano King’ in Music Jump
60.   he becomes super monstrous when he’s angry
61.   on the first day og entering his university, he asked for Nino’s help because he didn’t know how to fix his tie
62.   he likes to sing songs by female singers in KTV, like  songs by Amuro Namie (0.o)
63.   the short form initial of every male member in the Sakarai family is written as S. S.
64.   he loves ‘Frisk’ peppermint sweets very much, will usually finish up a box a day (まじかよ?!)
65.   he will read some comics before he goes to bed
66.   once Sho thought it was his fan following him and hit her with his umbrella. it ended up being some random person just walking by him.
67.   Sho was telling the MAD jr's to "HURRY UP!" because the MAD jr's were too busy sending out peace signs during the Korea concert
68.   Sho liked tangerines so much so one day he ate so many tangerines that he ended up wetting his bed. From that day on, tangerines were out-lawed at Sho's house.
69.   Once when Sho went to the convenience store there were girl students going crazy over Yamapi. They were looking at some magazine. Because Sho wanted to show off his kouhai he told the girls, "he's a really close kouhai of mine!" but the problem is the girls didn't know who he was.
70.   When Yamapi and Kame were filming Nobuta wo Produce. They fell upon Sho backstage. Sho was on the phone and the first person he was talking, he was talking so respectively. Then the second phone call he was talking down to as if it were a friend. So Yamapi & Kame decided that the first person was Johnny & the second person was probably his manager. After Sho got off the phone they were so curious so they asked Sho whom it was. It so happens the first person was his manager and the second person was Johnny.
71.   During film events this year Nino wore out a lot of channel clothing. Sho picked all those out.

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AIBA MASAKI

1.   He speaks English ^^; (or... tries his best to speak English...?)... lately in their variety shows (D no Arashi, G no Arashi) as well as in the educational animal show Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen (Genius! Shimura Zoo), Aiba-chan declares he's fluent in English... he even speaks it too, but... you be the judge... ^^
2.   He has earned various nicknames that relates to the word idol (Super Idol, King of Idols, etc. etc.)
3.   He is a HUGE fan of TOKIO, another Johnny's band. His fandom influenced the rest of the guys to get in to TOKIO too!
4.   He is the 3rd member who most likely to appear in TV drama serials and TV drama specials. He hasn't appeared in dramas for the longest time... but he's still on TV, of course... just not dramas...
5.   He is very skilled and enjoys playing the sax! He's one of the very musically-inclined members in the group along with Nino, who plays the guitar! Last time I heard, he pretty much quit the sax due to lung problems...
6.   His least favourite season of the year is spring because he's allergic to pollen.
7.   His family owns a Chinese restaurant named Keikarou in his hometown somewhere in the Chiba Prefecture.
8.   He hopes to have a younger sister as well...
9.   He has a very huge, visible, noticeable birthmark on his left shoulder.
10.   Aiba-chan joined Johnny's Jimusho for two "interesting" reasons:
1) he is a huge Ken Miyake fan
2) he has a huge obsession with basketball and saw these Johnny's idols playing basketball in one of the Johnny's shows shown on TV and thought that he'd get to play basketball in public if he joined, so he signed up and sent in an application to join Johnny's, not to become an idol, but probably to use it as a ticket to playing basketball with SMAP
11.   He is also the only one among the members who calls fellow member Sho Sakurai the nickname Sho-chan!
12.   Sometime in early Spring 2002, Aiba-chan collapsed during a rehearsal of a performance for their single Nice-na Kokoroiki. It turned out that he was suffering from a disease known as pneumothorax - a collapse of one of the lungs due to a huge change in the internal pressure in the chest cavity, caused by some sort of trauma or spontaneous lung rapture. Symptoms include shortness of breath and severe, one-sided (affected side) chest pain on inhalation. This disease is VERY common among young guys who are both hyperactive yet skinny at the same time and it IS a curable disease! It is also a one-time thing as well, and because of that, Aiba-chan learned his lesson and decided to "buff" himself up a bit.
13.   During high school, he joined his high school basketball team because he got along "too well" with the people in his school's baseball and soccer team and felt scared/nervous
14.   According to one of Aiba-chan's interviews, the most bizarre gift that he ever received on his 20th birthday was a walking stick, given to him by none other than his own leader, Ohno Satoshi!
15.   Aiba tends to skip from topics to topics randomly during interviews and apparently
16.   during their concert MCs or talks, he can also go out of topics sometimes.
17.   After he starts drinking, he would start taking off his shirt and run around. Sho mention about it before.
18.   During concerts, Aiba will sing even when it's not his turn to sing... he loves to sing along to the entire song! :P
19.   he sleeps with a soft toy. Last time in Hawaii 2002 was this erm brown/black doggie/bear?
20.   Sho said that Aiba is the most horny. But he continued to say that he can't say the reason why so as to protect Aiba's reputation. But it's funny how when Sho said Aiba is the most horny, every other members said that Sho is the most horny instead. It's funny how Aiba always say perverted stuff suddenly out of the blue. Like during the Mago episode where he was comparing himself to the radish and so. Or when they were going to the Mago boating camp and while on the bus, he was talking about the bananas that Ohno had bought for them.
21.   Aiba follows Sho even in his dreams. Sho is talks in his sleep about Aiba. Once saying “Let Aiba sleep!” The other time he said in his sleep to Ohno that he should go and wake Aiba instead.
22.   halfway watching movie “I am Sam”, he left the cinema because the story was too tragic, Sho said he’s the ‘emotional type’
23.   he eats the most among all the members, can’t stop eating between meals (according to Sho), eats two bentos a day (according to Jun), after having a sushi meal with one of the Tokio members, he still ordered a large set meal (according to Ohno)
24.   ever since he met the super loud alarm clock, he wakes up before the alarm goes off (amazing...)
25.   kept urging Dohmoto Tsuyoshi to teach him guitar (Nino despised him perhaps?)
26.   Nino: When we went for dinner after movie shooting, Sho and Jun’s table was clean after the meal, Aiba and Ohno’s table was terrible
Aiba: this is how a man eats
27.   before their concert started, he asked Ohno to write the kanji Arashi for him on the arm, but because he kept sweating, only the ‘yama’ on the top was visible. Nino realised it and told him about it. Ohno said he’ll write it again for Aiba, but Jun scolded him instead: “if you’re so free, why don’t you just get your butt on the stage?!”
28.   Nino said he’ll always memorise his line before movie shooting starts, but Sho says Aiba memorises his lines AFTER shooting... (what the....?!)
29.   everyone agrees that it is impossible for Aiba to accomplish two things at the same time
30.   according to the card readings, he’s the ‘playboy type’... 
31.   during KKK concert, he has a draught paper to remember his placing for their dance, and will check it everytime they go in and change. But it fell on the stage, and the choreographer scolded him
Sho: not only during changing time, he’ll also peek into the paper on stage!
32.   there was once he had a phone call with Yokoyama in a very sleepy condition, when he woke up he didn’t remember the conversation so he called Yokoyama again. That’s why Yokoyama says he’s like a kid
33.   During 2001 Spring concert, Kame kept picking on him, Aiba pretended to argue and fight with him, but the other members said that seeing little kids fight is super boring
34.   he ate more lately, and is able to finish 3 McDonald set meals in the morning. He still says he’s 53 kg, Ohno who gets fat easily is very suspicious about this
35.   during Nagoya concert, he forgot to bring his towel into the bath twice. (those shower baths...) so he walked out naked twice. The fist time he was kinda shy and tried to cover, the second time he walked straight out.
36.   he has a licence to drive small boats other than cars... 
37.   he tried going into hotspring bath when he’s really really sleepy. He slept halfway through and nearly drowned, his family members saved him in the end
38.   he asked Yokoyama, Nino and Sho to go fishing, but he himself was late
39.   when he was in second year of elementary school, he likes to wear those soccer socks. So he wore with shorts and went to baseball practice. Of course, the coach went: “AIBA!!! @#$%^$@#%&*&^$#@&”
40.   a stray baseball hit his leg went he went to watch a baseball game with Nino and Imai Tsubasa, they kept laughing at him
41.   he used to call Sho ‘Sho-chan, but changed to ‘Sakurai’ now
42.   only one week before the official press conference, then he got to know that they’re debuting
43.   very good at penalty kick
44.   he’s becoming more and more like Jun, condering things carefully before acting on them
45.   gradually turning outdoor’ish cause of Ohno
46.   Sho and Ohno said his personality is like a cat
47.   loves to sleep, hates waking up in the morning, can sleep nearly anywhere (so can Nino....)
48.   loves manga, but despises those girls’ manga, cause he said he’s ‘afraid’ of the big watery eyes
49.   he’s not afraid of worms, ghosts, or being alone in the dark, neither is he afraid of watching horror movies. But he’s afraid on human beings, like Yokoyama, yet couldn’t resist asking him out for a meal
50.   always daydreaming
51.   loves sports, played baseball during elementary school, basketball during highschool
52.   he’s usually a bit slow. Sho laughed at him saying he created a jetlag for Arashi
53.   likes girls who are older than him, below 35
54.   resembles his mom rather than his dad
55.   his birthdate was decided by his mom who wanted to give birth at Christmas eve no matter what (wow....)
56.   plays the saxophone and the piano
57.   washes his face first thing in the morning
58.   will wash his hair fist during baths, then his left leg (0.o)
59.   right leg first when he wears his shoes
60.   right leg first when he wears his trousers
61.   prosedure to wearing his shirt: head, right hand, then left hand
62.   broke his arm during first year of high school
63.   it’s only a 1 minute journey from his house to his high school, so he usually leaves home right after he hears the bell ring
64.   will read manga before he goes to bed
65.   enjoys being in the library during recess time, because it’s warm during winter and cool during summer, plus he gets to read manga
66.   he’s super allergic to pollen
67.   his kanji reading is lousy, he’ll stop halfway when he sees a kanji on the script.
68.   Aiba: how do you read this?
69.   at Sho’s house the toilet is automatic where it moves automatically too. Aiba who encountered this found it so amusing that he kept playing with it and eventually broke it.
70.   Aiba was going to the bathroom when the door suddenly opened. he wondered what part he should cover (with his hands) and eventually decided since he's an idol he had to cover his face.
71.   While riding the train, he fell asleep and got his head stuck in the doors
72.   When Nino and Aiba went out to eat, instead of sitting facing one another they sat next to one another so the waiter hella stared at them weird

[Denise_Dinc]

MATSUMOTO JUN

1.   Probably the only one who "matured" technically by appearance, Matsujun used to be a cute, adorable, short little round-faced munch kin back in his Johnny's Jr. days.
2.   He is one of the very well-known "A"-list young actors in dramas and movies. He is also known for roles derived from popular manga (Japanese comics) series. His latest role (Fall 2005) was the unforgettable Tsukasa Domyouji in the Japanese live-action version of the manga series Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers).
3.   The places he would love to visit are Los Angeles and Las Vegas. ^^
4.   He is a huge fan of Tom Hanks and the Harry Potter series.
5.   Probably the "coolest," most serious member of the group, Jun is also a sensitive guy when it comes to love, romance, and girls. ^_^;
6.   Though mentioned that his bloodtype is "A," in technicality his bloodtype is rhesus negative, which is a VERY RARE bloodtype
7.   Matsujun is also nearsighted. On stage, screen, and magazines, he makes himself look good by wearing contacts. Outside his work and during his free time, he is mainly seen by many wearing a pair of glasses.
8.   Those turtles Nino gave him are “fine”, other than changes in size, they wer once frozen to death, and were ‘revived’ after being dipped into hot water
9.   he went to a fellow actor’s house during “Gokusen” shooting, fell in love with the darts there
10.   his card reading result is: self lover, Aiba: “he loves himself VERY MUCH!
11.   In the Official Arashi Calendar 2001, Jun’s pictures were edited to hide his leg hair, but there are still some pictures that “they forgot to edit”. Sho kept teasing Jun about this, as Sho thinks this is really entertaining
12.   Loves to change his hairstyle
13.   his 17th birthday presents from the members: electric massager (Sho), skateboard (Aiba), self portrait (Ohno), 5 small turtles (Nino). Jun felt really happy that the members remembered his birthday
14.   Ohno said that his fans were the youngest
15.   wanted to spend his 17th birthday with Aiba, but was refused (politely, i guess)
16.   Jun’s legend: he was once in the football team! But he never played a real game before, left when he entere Johnny’s
17.   he was once really angrey with Takki. On Takki’s 16th birthday, they were all working outstation. Jun bought a cake and planned to burst into his room to celebrate with him, but Takki refused to wake up. Jun was so angry that he finished up Takki’s cake with the rest
18.   Sho was once his private tutor
19.   During Video Concert, he forced Ohno to sleep with him on the same pillow
20.   He’s quite close to Ohno, so he doesn’t use very respective words while talking to him
21.   in June, he knew that they will debut, but the fact that they would be names ‘Arashi’, he got to know it from Nino and Sho at the end of August
22.   while they were having 109109 concert, the choreographer was very strict till Jun cried
23.   his height when he first entered Johnny’s: 150cm
24.   he once met an accident and was hospitalized for two months, went through phisiotherapy even
25.   the first thing he does in the morning, wash his face
26.   he’s afraid of ticklish feelings, especially at the ears
27.   during elementary days, he saw a white floating figure when he was visiting a deserted hospital with his schoolmates
28.   he’s always late
29.   he joined a ‘courage competition’ during elementary school, they had to go through the forest in the night without light to reach their destination. Because he was afraid, he walked in the middle of the line
30.   Jun finds mandarin extremely difficult. no matter how much he tries to memorise the words, he always forgets them easily.
31.   surfing is one of Jun's hobbies. his so-called mentor is Yamaguchi Tatsuya of Tokio
32.   Aoki Kotomi, the author of the manga "Boku wa Imouto ni koi o Suru" confessed being so excited that she nearly fainted when she found out that Jun was chosen to play the lead role of brother, Yori
33.   Jun is quite a big fan of Harry Potter franchise
34.   Jun seems to have this anime/manga thing going on in his screenwork
35.   His personal time is from 12mn-3am
36.   He is good in football
37.   He likes dry plums so much that he snatches them away from Aiba
38.   He is never able to sleep whenever he is in the same room with Aiba or Nino, because Aiba grinds his teeth and Nino howls in the middle of the night
39.   Jun is very emotional and can cry while watching a movie
40.   Once he almost got blown away while holding a flag (when he was younger of course)
41.   His best friend in Arashi is Aiba
42.   Jun is the first Japanese male to make it to the cover of the Japanese Marie Claire magazine. The only guys to grace the cover in its 24-yr history has been foreign superstars including David Beckham
43.   Jun didn’t go thru an audition to get into Johnny Jrs. although the usual process is that the boys will have to go through auditions. Jun got a personal call by Johnny himself to come and watch the auditions, after that, he just got in without knowing it.
44.   When he was in 2nd grade, he ran out onto the road and was knocked over by a van, he was severely injured, but he was as chirpy and cheerful as he could be. when the ambulance came, he kept apologising to the uncle, saying he was naughty for running out onto the road (from arashi.vox.com)
45.   Jun is very picky about movie/drama scripts, and will only act the roles that interest him
46.   Jun is something of a fashion guru... he is known as the most stylish dresser in arashi
47.   He didn’t like the HYD curls as much as any of us because of the fashion problems it posed on him. When he was on set, it was fine because he had costumes, but once he was out, he couldn’t find anything in his wardrobe to compliment his curly hairstyle
48.   Little Jun used to idolise Sho
49.   if you like Oguri Shun, hear this : shun got the role as Rui, because Jun told the producers that if they didn’t give shun the role, he wouldn’t act as Doumyoji. In real life, Shun and Jun are good friends all the way from Gokusen days
50.   Jun used to have a room so messy that sometimes when he slept, he would jerk awake when clothes fell onto his face. Now though, he has a sort of clothesline above his bed, and he just grabs the clothes he wants to wear, saying its a lot more convenient
51.   Jun's ideal summer activity is to drive to the beach and play with a dog even though he doesn’t have a dog
52.   he worries quite a fair bit about Arashi and how the public will respond to them especially overseas fans
53.   one of the reasons why Jun took on the role of Domyouji Tsukasa was so that Arashi could release a new single, "Wish"
54.   Jun would prefer to go dutch on dates
55.   he doesn’t like kids, but he wants them... in the future
56.   Jun finds mandarin extremely difficult. no matter how much he tries to memorise the words, he always forgets them easily.
57.   surfing is one of Jun's hobbies. his so-called mentor is Yamaguchi Tatsuya of Tokio
58.   Sato Atsuhiro is a very respected senpai of Jun. he feels that they are "fated" to be friends since they share the same birthday and hobbies.
59.   Jun's room is 1/3 clothes. Once the clothes fell off and almost crushed him. as if that wasn't enough his dresser also collapsed due to his clothes.
60.   the jr's were going to throw Tackey a surprise birthday party. But Tackey knew of it and when Jun found this out he went out into the hallway and hella cried.
61.   he cried watching lord of the rings
62.   when he found out he was casted for Hana Yori Dango he was positive he was being casted as Rui and when he found out he wasn't, he was slightly disappointed

[Denise_Dinc]

Sorry I missed Nino!!

NINOMIYA KAZUNARI

1.   His five favourite hobbies are music, song writing, self-taught guitar-playing (which he is very famous for...), and watching/playing baseball, of course his games
2.   He can play the piano as well
3.   He appeared in the most TV dramas among his fellow band mates
4.   His least favourite season of the year is summer... which is kinda ironic because they first debuted as a new group in the J-Pop industry in Hawaii on a VERY HOT, RIGID SUMMER.....
5.   He's an overall nice and sensitive guy who cares a lot about the environment and enjoys the wonders of nature.
6.   In the group, he and fellow member Sho Sakurai are the closest of best friends. ^_^
7.   According to Nino's close chum Sho Sakurai in an interview, he described Nino as an "unpredictable guy who can get VERY spontaneous." He also stated that Nino used to be a funny and talkative guy but ever since their debut and his huge appearances in TV dramas he had become silent somehow. Sho-kun was even worried about Nino as well
8.   Another skill that Nino possesses other than playing the guitar and baseball is his ability to write his own songs. Nino hoped that maybe one of his songs might be produced and released in one of their future singles/album releases along with the rest of the group.
9.   His nickname "Nino" has existed since his first year of elementary school.
10.   Joined JE at the same time with Aiba
11.   During the audition day Nino actually had a baseball GAME (that's why Nino did NOT want to miss this day for baseball).  After auditions he eventually went to his baseball game (which started already of course). 
12.   He did not have any passion for performing (singing, dancing, acting, etc.) before he joined Jrs.--- he was always a baseball guy.  But he had good abilities in learning everything on his own, therefore he learned all the performing when he was already in Jrs.
13.   The only reason why his parents signed him up to Johnny's behind his back is because they were paranoid for. They feel that Nino was hanging out with the wrong crowd and were afraid that he'll be a "juvenile delinquent" when he gets older. They thought that being in Johnny's would give him a sense of discipline and stability.  They just wanted what's best for their son after all.  None of them (not even Nino himself) expected that he'll end up going all the way to stardom with Arashi once he was in Jrs.
14.   He’s considered a self-centered person from a card reading 
15.   In hotels, he takes off his shirt and walks around naked before entering the bathroom, Sho who’s in the same room hope that he will enter the bathroom then take off his shirt
16.   After the Nagoya concert, just as everyone got ready to bathe before going to bed, Nino imitated Ohno’s solo concert performance wearing only an underwear, and everyone was cruel enough to refuse to sleep with him
17.   he realised that his left pointer is as long as his middle finger, but it’s not like that on his right hand
18.   he still remembers the Music Station performance in year 1999, October 8th, because they all have to wear those transparent suit while singing, when they sweat, it looks like they’re only wearing underwears singing and dancing on the stage
19.   he had to portray a character which is his total opposite (as he considers)—— a very smart yet cool person in “Abunai no Houkago”
20.   he’s getting closer with Ohno, even during concert MC he kept talking secretly to Ohno behind the rest, this made Kame, who was in front, complain that he was really ‘mad’
21.   during the Nagoya concert when Nino and Ohno are changed and prepared to get on stage again, Nino sang to Ohno in those two nights.... is it a love song?!
22.   Because Nino has serious posture problem, his mom bought him a waistband to help correct this problem, but then his mom didn’t know how to use it, so he too never used it
23.   Lately, his ‘sitting height’ have grown 1cm taller, congrats 
24.   Loves to play games, he won’t even stop when there’s an earthquake, his longest record is 9 hours
25.   When he watches his own performances, he calls himself ‘Kimura Takuya #2’
26.   he hates sweet food
27.   he loves saving money
28.   in June, he knew that they will debut, got to know that they’re named ‘Arashi’ together with Sho
29.   while they were having 109109 concert, they had to do ‘V no Arashi’ and didn’t have the time to practice their dance steps, Nino was so anxious he felt like crying
30.   Although it’s publicly shown that he’s 168cm, but in reality he’s only 166
31.   There was once while in Jr concert, he said thank you and goodbye to the fans while using the mike he was still in the toilet, didn’t manage to come out in time
32.   Bathing, it’s the first thing he does every morning
33.   he always forgets his things
34.   when he was filming “Abunai no houkago”, he lost 6.5kg in a month
35.   he usually bathes after he washed his hands
36.   right foot first while wearing shoes
37.   while wearing pants, both legs go in together, cause he sits down to wear them
38.   prosedure to wearing his shirt: right hand, head, left hand
39.   loves ice-skating
40.   he got lost in the backstage during his first time in Jrs concert
41.   he once saw a stranger (man) inside the mirror in a hotel, when there isn’t anyone else in the room
42.   while he was in elementary4, there were 9 girls who gave him chocalates. Other than those from his class, there were some girls from the other classes, some were his seniors. That day, he became his boy classmates’ idol
43.   he loved to press other people’s doorbells during elementary days
44.   he uses left hand when he was young, but then his grandad taught him to use right hand. Now he uses both hands perfectly well, when he eats, usually he uses left hand, he uses right hand to play guitar
45.   when he was young, he was forced by his grandad to show the ‘V’ sign while taking pictures
46.   loves to study, he wanted to enter Todai’s Economics studies
47.   In "Music Jump", he was considered Push-up King
48.   Also in "Music Jump" he challanged “tear king”, he had to start crying (as in real tears flowing out) in 1 minute. But he only managed to wet his eyes, that’s it. Imai Tsubasa was laughing at him that he looked that those Manga heroines
49.   people always say he looks like a kind of dog
50.   he can sleep practically anywhere, he tried sleeping by the riverbank for 6 hours
51.   his longest sleeping record was 21 hours
52.   became bald once because of movie shooting
53.   fractured his bones before. Thoughts? Very painful, and the medical bills really hurt
54.   “My kanji name is different from Kame’s!”
55.   once Nino walked out after training during his junior days. Some fans were watching him from afar. it was snowing that day. As soon as Nino walked up he lifted his head to the sky and then opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue. He stood like that eating snow for a bit.
56.   When Nino was a jr he would always brag that he was so awesome. Even to his manager he would say that and so Nino's mother would apologize on her son's behave every night the manager brought him home.
57.   during their jr days Aiba and Nino went to Shinjuku and Aiba got surrounded by gangsters. Nino acted like he didn't know Aiba at all and completely ignored him.
58.   Nino's mother asked Nino to go out to a sale going on. Since Nino's mother has smaller hands and Nino's are bigger she said he would be able to grab more. Then Nino's says no and his reply, "since I'm an idol!"
59.   with his own mouth, Nino said that after seeing his acting he's positive that he's the Kimura Takuya #2
60.   Aiba wanted to take a shower after a concert but there was no shower so he washed himself in the sink. Nino saw this and took a picture of it with his cell, and then he made that picture the background image of his cell.
61.   Arashi was riding the elevator at NHK and when the elevator doors opened a cleaning lady was waiting to get in. as soon as she saw Arashi she yelled out, "Ah it's Morning Musume!"

[Denise_Dinc]

Sho : umbrella
Ohno : 8 shaped eyebrows
Jun : Devil Jun
Nino : Monk
Aiba : Hiragana

there are stories about these.
if you've been an Arashi fan for a bit you know that Sho was very ... temperamental when he was a jr & when Arashi just began. Although temperamental could be an understatement. there are a few hardcore stories about Sho’s temper. The famous one is when some fan was secretly taking pictures of Sho on the train platform and got caught. He stormed up to her and grabbed her camera and THREW it onto the train tracks. Another time there were oriki (hardcore stalker like fans) that were outside the jimushou and they were yelling how awesome Sho was, and suddenly Sho shoves his head out and an ashtray comes flying out the 2nd floor window.
the main reasoning was because as the "Keio boy" Sho had a lot of pride not to mention one of his biggest pet peeves is causing nuisance onto others because of him. So when the fans would cause a commotion in public places he would get extremely mad. When Sho was a junior the fans nicknamed him "kasa." Kasa means umbrella. the reason for this is because he would carry around one of those long stiff umbrellas. he was often seen with that umbrella and he would use it to twirl it around and wave it around to get the fans away from him. he also used the umbrella to hit a fan that unreachable if they were taking pictures of him. Because Sho was seen with his "kasa" so many times the fans nicknamed him "kasa." (he never carried it on rainy days though...O_O)

Aiba’s is hilarious. When your a junior the fans are allowed to directly hand you letters. There are also times when the juniors would actually write you back. The reason the fans nicknamed Aiba "hiragana" is because whenever he would reply to his fanletters, EVERYTHING would be in hiragana. haha... no kanji just straight up hiragana.

Ohno’s is because he was always cringing. So his eyebrows made an 8 shape. You write 8 in kanji like so... 八

Jun's ... self explanatory.

Nino's ... is because of his hairstyle that people said he looked like a Buddhist monk

credits: Arashi vox

[Denise_Dinc]

Sho's mom is really really friendly, she sometimes ended up talking to Sho's friends when called instead of passing the phone to Sho himself.

[Denise_Dinc]

Credits: Meleleh@Aibakaland
Aiba got accidents alot during concerts.
He doesn't stand where the spotlight shines on and usually complains why the spotlight didn't come to him. He once did this 3 times without even realized he stood at the wrong place.
Aiba even fell down at their first concert ever.
Sho commented that doing concerts for Aiba is equal to wrestling. rofl
Aiba also runs in concerts. Nino once said that when he saw Aiba run he thought that boy will never come back. Hahahaha. Aiba once didn't come back to the main stage to sing. So it's only 4 of them singing. While Aiba, in the middle of somewhere.

And quoted from VyLeTte:
i remember reading a blog of a friend (who's in korea and was able to watch their concert last year) she said aiba told the audience that he was locked outside of the hotel room and that he bumped his head in the entrance of the concert venue... (she couldnt understand it well since it was translated in korean and she's not yet familiar with korean language) anyways i read this in aiba's blog (translated of course) that they arrived in korea the night before the concert and twas late already and that he woke up around 4am to pee... he was still conscious till he was in the cr... next thing he knew, he was outside of the hotel room (and most hotel rooms are automatically locked when the door is closed).. he didnt have the key with him so he was looking for manager's room he wasnt sure of the room # but he knew it was on the same floor... so he was just trying his luck and tried on 1 room wherein 2 koreans were having their coffee (he was surprised that they were having coffee that early)... he wanted to apologise but since he's not familiar with the korean language... he told himself any korean words will do... so instead of saying mianhe (informal for sorry in korean) he said "kamsamida" (it's supposed to be "kamsahamnida" which is the formal way of saying thank you in korean... lols...)..

my friend also said during the concert aiba asked how come people address him always thru his last name (hmmm i think they only address sho with his first name? the others : oh-chan, nino, matsujun hahaha) so after he said this, the audience started calling out "masaki, masaki" hehe

[sheng09]

o.o wow! there's so many facts!!! yay! i get to learn more about arashi~  must've taken a long time to gather all of the information. thanks for the hard work! 

hmm... i've recently just read this... mainly about nino.

"nino starts off with by saying that for him tears mean nothing special. whether it's his own tears or someone elses' if he sees someone else crying he's like "oh they're touched" etc. before when he was young there were times he would cry, and times where he would be touched while reading a manga and cry. but as of now, even if he is really touched, he doesn't cry. the last time he cried was for his drama 'haikei.' since crying for him isn't anything special. that unlike other people, he doesn't feel anything when he cries.

what i wanted to point out ... for ohno, jun, and aiba, you can sense that they will cry easily. for sho you can tell that he won't cry easily, because he never talks about him crying but others, but you can still feel that "warmth" but when you read nino's ... even though sho and him are on the same boat where neither of them cry easily ... nino's is SO different from sho's answer. i always feel so worried ... i wish i could give him the world. sometimes i feel like he's so ... JADED."

(credits to arashi.vox)

i was surprised that nino doesn't think of crying as anything special. i wonder what had happened... wow. i'm so much like sho when it comes to crying. i can't cry easily, but i can still cry if something is moving enough for me. :)

[Denise_Dinc]

Nicknames:

大野智

櫻井以外のメンバーからは基本的に「リーダー」と呼ばれている（櫻井は「大野くん」や「智くん」）
二宮は携帯サイトの日記内にて「パン屋さん」と呼んでいる。
ファンからは、原知宏命名の愛称「大ちゃん」や、前記の「リーダー」と呼ばれていることが多い。
最近は、二宮和也のラジオbay stormで「サミー」とも呼ばれている。
「サミー」は偉い人と食事に行った時につけられた。(二宮談)
二宮和也からよく「おじさん」とも呼ばれている。しかし、二宮は相葉雅紀のことも「おじさん」と呼ぶため、区別するのが難しい。
「大ちゃん」は幼稚園時代のアダナだったが「大村君」にその座を奪われてから「大野」だった。
最 近は「リーダー」から「キャプテン」に呼ばれ方が変わった。嵐五人で飲んだ時から（アメリカへ　行く二宮の軽い送別会だった）、他のグループにもリーダー はいるがキャプテンはいないだろうという理由で、メンバーがそう呼ぶようになった。ただし、嵐の中での一時的なブームかもしれないので、いつまた呼び名が 変わるかは分からない。（現に、「サミー」は最近ではあまり呼ばれていないようだ）

樱井翔

「翔くん」と呼称されることが一般的のようだ。
だが、メンバーの相葉雅紀は、「翔ちゃん」と呼んでいる。
一時期二宮和也が「翔ぴん」と呼んでいたこともある。また二宮は、ジャニーズ事務所の携帯サイトで自身が連載している日記「ゲームニッキ」でのみ、「翔ぴん」と呼んでいる。
二宮の日記でのみでは「天気予報さん」(櫻井が天気予報のメルマガを購読していて外出中に天気を当てたことで付けられた。)とも呼ばれていた。
木更津キャッツアイの役名から「バンビ」と街中でよばれることもあるらしい。
昔からのファンは「サック」と呼ぶ人もいる。
ちなみに学校では「サクショウ」が基本で、後輩からは「サクショウ先輩」「サクショウさん」と呼ばれていたらしい。
Gの嵐!では「不器用大臣」と言われていた。
「ゲームニッキ」ではソロコンサートの題名“THE SHOW”から「ショウダブリュー」と呼ばれていた。

相叶雅纪

広くには「相葉ちゃん」
（Jr.時代、発言の天真爛漫さから共演者のヒロミより「スーパーアイドル相葉ちゃん」というあだ名をつけられた。これが現在の愛称「相葉ちゃん」の起源である。）

明石家さんまからは「アキバ君」と名前を間違えられた。
「マシューＴＶ」で、マシューから「バッチ」と呼ばれていた。「ジャニーズ事務所の『新』おちゃらけボーイ」と紹介されていた。
関ジャニ∞の横山裕からは「カッペ」と呼ばれている

二宫和也

基本的にファンやメンバーからは「ニノ」、一部のファンからは「にのみ」「にのみん」「にのみぃ」と呼ばれている。
Webのゲームニッキには自身のファンのことを「にのみまにあ」と呼んでいる。ひらがなで書くのがポイントらしい
プライベートに近い状態（相葉/松本のラジオ・How's~のDVDすっぴんあらし二宮カメラにて櫻井）では「カズ」と呼ばれることも。
そのなごりなのか、自分たちがメインで出演する番組内でも、櫻井(時に相葉も)は「和くん」と呼ぶことがある。
嵐ファンの中には、ニノではなく『かず』または『カズちん』と呼ぶ人も居る。
家では「カズ」と呼ばれ、「カズナリ」とはあまり呼ばれたことがないとの本人談。昔はじめてドラマに出た頃からの知り合いのスタッフなどは「カズナリ」と呼ぶようだ。そんな中には「カズヤ」と間違えたまま呼び続ける人もいるが、もう諦めて訂正もしないらしい。

松本润：

広く一般的には「松潤」である。今では先輩や、大物芸能人にも松潤と呼ばれている。
メンバーの中では、相葉雅紀、大野智、櫻井翔から「松潤」。二宮和也から「潤くん」(ときおり「潤」)と呼ばれている。
また二宮のニッキ内にて、一時「プロゴルファーさん」との呼称を付けられたこともあったが、現在は元の「潤くん」に戻っている。ちなみに、朝の苦手な松本が張り切ってゴルフに参加したところから「プロゴルファーさん」と呼ばれるに至った(2005年夏)。
相葉には冗談で「まつもっちゃん」、大野、櫻井には「まつもとさん」とも呼ばれている。
初期の頃「カメ」と呼ばれていたこともあった。それはイベントでフライングの際、宙づりになった姿が似ていたからと社長に命名された。また、その頃は「いじられキャラ」の「へたれキャラ」だったため、メンバーからふざけてそう呼ばれていた。
高校在学時の同級生（平山あや等）からは「まっつん」と呼ばれていた。
一時期、櫻井翔が流行らせようと思い、「つもゆん」（「まつもとじゅん」からとったらしい）と呼んでいたが流行らなかった。
花より男子を収録中、演じていた道明寺司の「衣装が王子っぽい」という理由で、共演していた井上真央に「王子」と呼ばれていたらしい。
Gの嵐!番組内でマイナースポーツを好んでいるためメンバーから「マイナー番長」と呼ばれることもある。
レイザーラモンHGには「アニキ」と呼ばれている。
メンバーから、ことあるごとに"S"と呼ばれているため、たまにGの嵐!では「ドS番長」と呼ばれることもある。
恋愛ものの芝居が多いためか、相葉雅紀から「恋愛番長」とも呼ばれた。（Gの嵐!より）
相葉すごろくで、社長イス＆ガウン＆ブランデー＆葉巻のマスにあたり、着用したときに櫻井翔からトランプのキングに似ているため「キング」と呼ばれた。（Gの嵐!より）
他にもあだ名は多い。

Just rough translations, not 100% correct. But the nicks are right I guess…

Ohno Satoshi

Other than Sho, other members call him “Ri-da-”, (Sho calls him “Ohno-kun” or “Satoshi-kun”). Nino, in his cell phone site Nikki, calls Ohno “Pan-ya-san (Mr. Bread House)”. Among fans, other than the name “Oh-chan” which Tomohiro Hara gave, “ri-da-” is also rather popular. Recently, in Nino’s radio show Baystorm, he called Ohno “Sami-”. “When Sami- goes for a meal with ‘big-shots’ he will foot the bill” – says Nino. Sometimes you will hear “Ojisan” coming from Nino. However, Nino also uses this nickname for Aiba, so it’s hard to differentiate. Recently, different people started calling Ri-da- “Captain”. When Arashi had a gathering drink (for Nino who’s leaving for America), with an excuse saying that other groups also call their leader Ri-da-, Arashi members decided that they can’t be the same. It’s just that, does Arashi have some kind of boom or something? They always change the nicknames for each other until it’s hard to tell who’s who. (Now, “Sami-” isn’t heard at all)

Sakurai Sho

Most people call him “Sakurai-kun”. But members Aiba calls him “Sho-chan”.
There was also a time where Nino calls him “Sho-pin”. Again, Nino mentioned Sho in him ‘Game Nikki’ as “Sho-pin”. In Nino’s Nikki, he called Sho “Tenki-yohou-san (weather forecaster)”. It seemed like his name in Kisarazu Cat’s Eye “Bambi” is also heard on the streets. Older fans calls him “Sakku”. People call him “Sakusho” in school, his juniors call him “Sakusho-senpai” or “Sakusho-san”. In ‘G no Arashi!’, he’s called “Bukyou na Daijin (useless minister)”. In ‘Game Nikki’, talking about his solo con ‘The Show’, Nino called him “Sho Double-U (Sho+W)”
 
Aiba Masaki

Most people call him “Aiba-chan”. (In his junior days, because he’s so innocently cute, other performers called him “Super-Idol Aiba-chan”, that was when people started calling him “Aiba-chan”). Akashiya Sanma calls him “Akiba-kun”. In “Mashyuu TV”, they call him “Bacchi” and introduced him as “Johnny’s Jimusho’s new Ocharake Boy”. Yokoyama Yu calls him “Kappe”

Ninomiya Kazunari

Most fans, and members, calls him “Nino”, some fans call him “Ninomi”, “Nino-san”, “Ninomi-”. In his Nikki he sometimes calls his own fans “Ninomimania (Ninomi Mania, is it?)”. In private (Aiba/Jun’s radio show on How’s It Going DVD Suppin Arashi Nino Camera’s Sho), they call him “Kazu”. When he’s acting as the main character, among the casts and crews, Sho (sometimes Aiba too), will call him “Kazunari-kun” Among Arashi fans, there are also people who calls him “Kazu-chan”. At home, he’s called “Kazu”, he says that no one calls him “Kazunari”.
Some older staffs who knows him well sometimes calls him “Kazunari”. Among these people, there are still people who mis-read his name as “Kazuya”.

Matsumoto Jun

Most people call him “Matsujun”. His seniors, bosses (dunno how to translate that) also calls him “Matsujun”. Among members, Aiba, Ohno and Sho calls him “Matsujun”. Nino calls him “Jun-kun” sometimes “Jun” only. Again in Nino’s Nikki, he called Jun “Pro-Golf-san” (Jun, who finds it hard to wake up in the morning, is tensed when he joined the Golf competition in Summer 05’), now he calls him “Jun-kun” back.  Aiba, in his jokes, calls him “Matsumoto-chan”, while Ohno and Sho regards him as “Matsumoto-san”. At first, they called him “Kame (turtle)”. In the end of an event of frying (well that’s what the katakana and kanji says… dunno what that is), he posed like a big boss. Once again, he gets to be “Ijirare Kyara- (character which instructs people)” and “Hetare Kyara- (character which has people under him)”, members call him that as well. When he was in high school (same as Hirayama Aya), they call him “Mattsun”. There was once, Sho thought it was fashionable, and called him “Tsumoyun” – (MatsumotoJun), however it didn’t become a trend, . When he was filming ‘Hana Yori Dango’, because he was acting as Domyouji and his clothes were all ‘prince-like’, he was called “Ouji (young prince)”. In ‘G no Arashi!’, because he likes minor sports, members call him “Minor Ichiban Chyou (the best at minor sports)”. In Laser Ramon HG, he’s call “Aniki (big brother)”. The members sometimes regard him as “S”, as in ‘G no Arashi!’ he’s called “Do-S Banchyou (Do Sadistic Captain)”. He’s very experienced in love, so Aiba calls him “Renai Banchyou (Love Captain)”, from ‘G no Arashi!’. There was once Jun acted like a king in ‘G no Arashi!’, so Sho called him “King”.
His nicknames are more than others…

[Miakeresu]

minna san here's some of my share of info this is from wikipedia.org

Satoshi Ohno, the oldest member of Arashi, is the reluctant "leader" of the group after winning against Sho Sakurai in a round of rock-paper-scissors with the other members on a Japanese variety show. The exact same pattern of him unwillingly 'winning' against Sho has been seen repeating many times ever since. He is the oldest person in the group and Ohno sings the lead vocals. Although he has stated that he wanted to avoid becoming the leader the most, Arashi members have once stated in an interview that Ohno is a new-age idol, who leads his group by not leading at all. Aside from leading the vocal work, he is known to be the best dancer and has the greatest control when it comes to singing in Arashi. Back when Arashi first debuted and before he was elected leader, Ohno was told by Johnny's to be the "Dance Leader". He choreographs several of their dance moves, which the other members sometimes find quite hard to follow. Other artistes from the same company openly expressed their admiration for Ohno's dancing; among them are Imai Tsubasa of the duo Tackey & Tsubasa, Kokubun Taichi of TOKIO, Yuuri Chinen of the newly-debuted group Hey! Say! JUMP, and other juniors. He is also one half of the Arashi skit duo Ohmiya SK, partnering Kazunari Ninomiya. Out of all the members, he has appeared in the fewest dramas, preferring to do stage plays or focus on his art. He performed his first solo concert on January 29, 2006. He became the first artist in Johnny's who held an art exhibit, which was entitled, "Freestyle".

Sho Sakurai sings most of the rap parts (known to fans as "Sakurap"), the lyrics of which he also writes. Sakurai was the first in the group to perform in a solo concert, The Show, on January 14, 2006. He is currently a Monday co-host of NTV's News Zero, on which he became the first idol to host an election special.[1][11] Sakurai is arguably the best-educated member of the group, having graduated from Keio University, the Japanese equivalent of an Ivy League school. During the early years after Arashi's debut, Sho was appointed by the Johnny's to be the "Study Leader". Although he lost in a round of rock-paper-scissors, hence excusing him from being the group's leader, the other four of Arashi have made many remarks that Sakurai is the one who possesses leadership qualities.

Masaki Aiba is the tallest member of the group, with a distinctive breathy voice. He was once hospitalized after fainting due to the collapse of one of his lungs and was forced to stop playing the saxophone due to the operation he had to undergo. Aiba interacts with various wild animals as a co-host of the TV show, Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen. He also excels in sports, especially basketball. He has been known to have considerably short attention span and often jumps between topics during talks and interviews, thus earning himself his reputation as the endearing, flaky member of Arashi. Sometimes Aiba makes some mistakes with Japanese, particularly in reading kanji. He can be seen making various reading mistakes in talk shows and live performances. During the earlier years following Arashi's debut, Aiba was appointed the "Image Leader" of Arashi.

Kazunari Ninomiya is the first member of the group to crossover to American films as he starred in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed Japanese language film, Letters from Iwo Jima. Along with bandmate Jun Matsumoto, he is one of Japan's leading young actors and have been said to be able to "act with his eyes". Ninomiya stated that he is left-handed but has been forced to write with his right hand by his parents when he was a child. He plays the guitar, piano, composes songs and write lyrics. However, he is usually seen with a game console in hand instead and had publicly admitted that he was an otaku when he was an elementary school student. During Arashi's early years, Johnny's appointed Ninomiya as the "Performance Leader".

Jun Matsumoto is the youngest member of Arashi. Matsumoto is known for his starring roles in dramas such as Bambino, Hana Yori Dango, Hana Yori Dango 2, Kimi wa Petto, and Gokusen. He is the first Japanese male to grace the cover of Marie Claire Japan. Ohno has labeled him the "concert master" because of his take-charge attitude and attention to detail during their live performances. During the years after their debut, he was appointed by the Johnny's as the "Comedy Leader". By now he has more or less lost the comedic image and has even gained the nickname Doh-S from the other members (S standing for 'Sadist' and Doh means 'extreme' in Japanese Kanji). Jun is one of the three idols who are considered elites in the Johnny's because he was called to join the company by Johnny Kitagawa himself, without having to go through auditions.

Aside from their music careers, Arashi members have also appeared in movies, special variety programs, commercials, stage plays, and various television dramas. Currently, they are also the hosts of the variety programs, Golden Rush Arashi (hosted by Aiba) and Arashi no Shukudai-kun.

[arashi_storm!]

Ahaha, i had a lot of fun reading this! I learned about Arashi! I was laughing when i was reading this! Especially the part where the janitor was like, OH! Morning Musume! xDD!

[xxdelta]

thanks for posting this!
i love them even more now^^

actually reading about nino i think i would have gotten along with him if i knew him in school. we could otaku together and go crazy about baseball.