01. What does "Kagoshima" make you think of?
Yamashita: Potato shochu
Uchi: The dialect is mysterious
Koyama: Pork
Nishikido: Sakura-jima
Katou: Saigou Takamori
Kusano: Potatoes
Masuda: Kyuushuu Bunka Gakuen. (Oh, that's in Nagasaki!)
Tegoshi: Hot
(Obviously, Kagoshima is known for potatos [and the alcohol made from it] and pork. Sakura-jima was a town in Kagoshima prefecture, but apparently in 2004 it was merged with Kagoshima city so technically it doesn't exist anymore. Saigou Takamori was a samurai from the 1800's, who led the Satsuma Rebellion, which was what the movie The Last Samurai was loosely based on.)

02. If you could, what age would you return to?
Yamashita: I wouldn't want to return, cause I don't have regrets in life
Uchi: I don't want to go back, I want to hurry up and turn 20!
Koyama: I'd return to being a high schooler, cause I wanna wear the uniform!
Nishikido: I'd go back to 10th grade, and go to and from school with my girlfriend!
Katou: I'd return to being 14, and re-do "Kinpachi-sensei" again
Kusano: I'd turn 15 and experience puberty!
Masuda: 15. Cause I want to be a 9th grader
Tegoshi: I'd go back to 6th grade after exams, and play

03. Do you watch the shows you appear in?
Yamashita: I don't
Uchi: There are times I do, and times I don't
Koyama: I try to
Nishikido: If it's being aired, I'll watch it
Katou: I try to
Kusano: Yes
Masuda: Basically
Tegoshi: I do

04. What did you buy most recently?
Yamashita: Polaroid film
Uchi: I bought a t-shirt
Koyama: T-shirt
Nishikido: Lemon ice
Katou: Tissues
Kusano: CD
Masuda: Green tea juice at a coffee shop
Tegoshi: Caramel frappacino

05. What does "Katou Shigeaki" make you think of?
Yamashita: A sharp smile
Uchi: Old man
Koyama: Love
Nishikido: No interest
Katou: A nice young man?
Kusano: Katou?
Masuda: Intellectual
Tegoshi: A songwriting genius
(Kusano wrote "katou" in hiragana, and it has many meanings as a word, but he might have meant it as his name and not a word.)

06. What's your favorite egg dish?
Yamashita: Boiled egg
Uchi: Dashimaki egg
Koyama: Scrambled egg
Nishikido: Hot spring egg
Katou: Omrice
Kusano: Oyakodon
Masuda: Boiled egg
Tegoshi: Omrice
(Dashimaki egg is scrambled egg that's cooked thinly and rolled up. Hot spring eggs are cooked for a long time at a low temperature [such as in a hot spring], and come out half cooked. Omrice is an omelette with rice in it. Oyakodon is made by cooking chicken in flavorful liquid, then pouring beaten eggs over it at the last minute and then putting the whole thing over rice.)

07. What was your dream when you were a kid?
Yamashita: I don't remember
Uchi: Astronaut (I still want to be one!), florist
Koyama: Pilot
Nishikido: Novelist
Katou: Strange
Kusano: World's best grappler (judo)
Masuda: Sports player
Tegoshi: Himura Battousai from Rurouni Kenshin

08. Which is the most important: clothing, food, housing?
Yamashita: Food
Uchi: Housing
Koyama: Clothes
Nishikido: Food
Katou: Food
Kusano: All of them
Masuda: Housing
Tegoshi: Housing

09. Are your hands cold or hot?
Yamashita: Depends on the day
Uchi: Hot
Koyama: Cold
Nishikido: I don't know
Katou: Hot
Kusano: Hot
Masuda: Hot
Tegoshi: Hot

10. Length of arm from elbow to fingertips.
Yamashita: 45.6cm
Uchi: 47.0cm
Koyama: 47.5cm
Nishikido: 44.5cm
Katou: 45.5cm
Kusano: 45.5cm
Masuda: 45.5cm
Tegoshi: 44.5cm

In this monthly corner, Popolo asks a bunch of people what their favorite XX is, or some other single-answer question. (In fact I can't think of any questions that weren't "favorite XX" but I want to keep my options open so it doesn't seem like I'm lying!).
For this issue, the question was what is their favorite donburi. Donburi is a bowl of rice with something on top.
I included all the names of people, whether they're Johnny's or not, but I only translated comments that I thought were interesting. (Which wasn't very many^^; )

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01. What is your favorite food?
All sweets. I especially like cake. I love whipped cream even more!

02. What food do you hate?
Bitter vegetables, starting with green pepper.

03. What did you have for breakfast today?
Rice, tofu, miso soup with spinach and lots of ingredients, natto, and raw egg.

04. What is your favorite sport?
I like track, which is what I did in elementary and middle school. I like long-distance marathons.

05. What is your favorite music?
I'm often drawn to cool music with a "band sound." Lately...Tokyo Jihen.

06. What is your favorite type of girl?
A family-oriented girl is good. Cause I wanna cook with her (laugh).

07. How would you confess to a girl you like?
"I've fallen in love with you. Would you be my partner?"

08. What would you want the girl you like to wear?
A skirt, with a fluttery hem!

09. When waiting for a date, how long would you wait?
I'd call after waiting 10 minutes. If it's around 30 minutes I'd wait on the spot, but if it's going to take longer than that I'd move to a bookstore or cafe, and come back when she got there.

10. What date plan do you like?
Go to play at a theme park, and enjoy the parade or fireworks. I want to have a romantic date.

11. When was your first kiss?
My first kiss...it was in kindergarten, and my dad forced it on me (laugh).

12. At what age do you want to get married?
25. By getting married, I want to prove to my parents that I'm reliable as an adult man.

13. What's the first thing you do when you get home?
Drink water.

14. What do you wear when you sleep?
The jersey from J2000 with my name on it.

15. What dream did you see recently?
A dream where Tokyo Tower fell cause of a bomb.

16. What do you do on nights when you can't sleep?
I've never been unable to sleep, so I don't know.

17. Do you spend a long time in the bath?
About an hour. I guess that's long?

18. Where do you wash first?
First my face, then my body. Then at the end I return to my face again.

19. If you were to get some kind of qualifications, what would you get?
Level 1 in English. I aspire to be able to speak English.

20. On a recent day off, what did you do?
I went to a store to look at appliances. I sat in a massage chair, but I thought, "mine's better" (laugh).

21. What have you worried about lately?
What do I do, what's the next step, in becoming an adult man?

22. What do you like about your body?
The top of my feet. They're pretty enough to be a ballet dancer's.
(I wasn't sure what part he meant, exactly, so I left it literal^^; )

23. What do you not like about your body?
Looking at the balance of my body, my legs are too slender.

24. Tell a secret about your body.
I have a mole in the middle of the nape of my neck.

25. Who are you closest with in Juniors?
The members of Kanjani8! If I had to pick one, I guess Ryo-chan?

26. What's a special trick you can brag about?
I have confidence that I can eat five sweet things all at once (laugh).

27. What's your nickname?
Maru. Maru-chan.

28. Have you been well lately? (Yokoyama Yuu)
Uwah, that makes me happy. I'm okay♪

29. What do you do in your private time? (Murakami Shingo)
If you want to know about my private life, then become more involved [in my life]~! (laugh).

30. Do you have anything to ask the other members?
(Yokoyama) Let's go out to eat together soon.
(Murakami) Is soccer that interesting? Please explain the interest to me.
(Shibutani) Please let me be the main vocalist. (begging)
(Nishikido) Next time, tell me why you're so cool.
(Yasuda) How's your guitar?
(Uchi) Live strongly!
(Okura) How much will we be able to eat, next time? I want to test it by how many bowls we can eat.

This month's event: 10-second stopwatch
Each participant uses a stopwatch, and without looking at it, stops it when they think 10 seconds has passed. Whoever's closest to 10 seconds wins! (They each tried twice, and the closest number was the one that got put on the ranking.)
Note: I'm looking up names that I'm completely unsure of, but if I think I know it I'm not checking. So there may be romanization errors in names. But they should be close..^^;

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01. What does "Ehime" make you think of?
Yamashita: First of all, "west"
Koyama: Love
Nishikido: Oranges
Katou: Oranges
Kusano: Aichi
Masuda: Apples (Oh, that's Aomori!)
Tegoshi: Princess
(Ehime is a prefecture on the island of Shikoku, which is west of Tokyo and famous for oranges. The name is written 愛媛, with the first character meaning "love," hence Koyama's answer. I guess Kusano said "Aichi" because its name also begins with the "love" character. "Princess" in Japanese is "hime," which I suppose explains Tegoshi's. Massu, of course, just made a mistake, haha.)

02. What do you do when you can't sleep?
Yamashita: I don't sleep
Koyama: I listen to a song
Nishikido: I don't do anything
Katou: I do stretches
Kusano: I don't sleep
Masuda: I listen to music
Tegoshi: I listen to a song

03. Which would you rather eat, something too spicy, or too sour?
Yamashita: Too spicy
Koyama: Too spicy
Nishikido: Too spicy
Katou: Too sour
Kusano: Too sour
Masuda: Too spicy
Tegoshi: Too spicy

04. What do you do if you see a cockroach?
Yamashita: Smash it!
Koyama: Jump
Nishikido: Get ready to kill it
Katou: Prepare a newspaper...
Kusano: Talk to it
Masuda: Scream
Tegoshi: Spray it with bug spray

05. What does "Nishikido Ryo" make you think of?
Yamashita: Best friend
Koyama: Older brother
Nishikido: Hmm, I dunno. A good guy
Katou: Black hair
Kusano: Stevo
Masuda: Older brother
Tegoshi: Man

06. Would you rather have a Japanese-style or Western-style wedding?
Yamashita: Both
Koyama: Western
Nishikido: It'd be at a church, so western
Katou: Western
Kusano: For Japanese men, Japanese-style of course!
Masuda: Western
Tegoshi: Western

07. What kind of swimsuit would you want a girl to wear?
Yamashita: Simple is best (note: in English)
Koyama: Seaweed (laugh)
Nishikido: Anything besides a white bikini
Katou: Anything, as long as it's a bikini
Kusano: A school swimsuit
Masuda: Seashells (laugh)
Tegoshi: Bikini

08. What's your favorite donburi?
Yamashita: Tekka-don
Koyama: Gyuu-don
Nishikido: Ten-don
Katou: Katsu-don
Kusano: Maguro-don
Masuda: Ten-don
Tegoshi: Tekka-don
(Tekka-don and maguro-don's main ingredients are raw tuna. Gyuu-don is beef, katsu-don is fried pork, and ten-don is tempura, normally shrimp and vegetables.)

09. When watching a movie, do you prefer it to be dubbed or subtitled?
Yamashita: Subtitled
Koyama: Subtitled
Nishikido: Definitely subtitled
Katou: Subtitled
Kusano: Subtitled
Masuda: Dubbed
Tegoshi: Subtitled

10. What is the circumference of your neck?
Yamashita: 32.5cm
Koyama: 33.0cm
Nishikido: 35.0cm
Katou: 34.0cm
Kusano: 34.0cm
Masuda: 36.5cm
Tegoshi: 33.0cm

Koyama Keiichirou
I receive power from the fans
When I think of a work-related place, I think of a concert hall! I think that when I'm standing in front of the fans, I'm the most lively. Of course, I get excited. With TV I'm able to go to various locations, which is fun, but but in the end, since the fans are "live" it's very fun. We go to different places for concerts, but because they're watching with the same feelings of support, wherever we go there's always a sense of being deeply moved. I often hear that we give the fans power, but really, I think it's that we're receiving power from them.

I shop for a long time~
For shopping, I like Shinjuku. Rather than liking the environment itself (laugh), it's easy to drop by on my way home after school, and it's a mid-point spot [for meeting] for me and my friends. So the pattern of having tea and shopping in Shinjuku is pretty common. What I like are the "select shops" that have their own individual power. I take a lot of time shopping (laugh). Shinjuku, which has a lot of different shops, is also convenient. Also, in Shinjuku, all my favorite brands are collected together. Normally I like clean, nice clothes. But in the summer I also like surfer-like T-shirts, and brightly colored items.

Just going to the beach is fun
Where I want to go in the summer, it's of course the beach. I've loved the beach ever since I was a little. It's wide (laugh), and it's a place that makes me feel very "open." Also, when I look at the beach, I start to relax. Ever since I was little we'd go to the beach when it became summer, but lately during the afternoon if I have time, I'll drive there. I'll get some fast food along the way, and eat while looking at the ocean. I don't go to swim or anything, I just spend time doing nothing. But just by going to the beach my mood changes plenty. It makes me happy.

NEWS' power will hit you!
Compared to last year, our power is totally different. This year we each have our own separate corners, and and I hope we get noticed from those things as well. We're able to show our distinct personalities. And those parts, we thought up the organization of them ourselves. My aim is to Be Myself! But so that it doesn't become like "Me! Me!" I want to complete "SUMMARY" as NEWS. What should you look out for in my corner? Look forward to it♪ Well then. Please come! I want to hit you with NEWS power, so please feel that power!

Yamashita Tomohisa
When shopping, you need flair!
The places I often shop at are in Shibuya, Harajuku, Shimokitazawa, and Kichijouji. When I go shopping, I spend about an hour wandering around the area. Used clothing shops have various types of clothes, and I like to find one-of-a-kind items. I like shops with cheap, cool clothes. If it's expensive but ugly, there's no point. I like stores with lots of racks that have signs saying "everything's 500Y!" (laugh). When I buy stuff, I'm concerned about the size and silhouette. I like a slightly smaller size. I even wear women's clothes. If I like something, I'll quickly decide. I think that flair is important when shopping!

I like location shoots because it changes my mood
Right now, when I think of a work-related place, I guess it would be the places in my drama. The school and such. The school that appears in "Dragonzakura" was closed down. Rather than studio filming, I definitely prefer outdoor shoots. If you ask why, it's because I like the outdoors better (laugh). Summer is hot, but I'm totally fine with heat. Rather, instead of spending the whole day cooped up in the studio, being outside on location my mood changes. Oh yeah, today, before coming to this photo shoot I went on location in Kisarazu. The filming was done at a spacious, vacant area. Even if the location is distant, I'm totally fine.

Someday I want to live in Hawaii!
For an overseas place I want to visit, I want to go to Hawaii or Sri Lanka. I want to live in Hawaii someday! If I lived there, I think my heart would get bigger(1). Because it seems like the rhythm of my life [over there] would be so slow, I wouldn't get irritated, and I feel like I could be calm. If I lived in Hawaii, I'd probably wake up, then go to the beach. Then I'd eat food, eat ice cream, then sleep (laugh). I'd keep repeating that. I wouldn't work or anything (laugh). Lately I've been going surfing a lot. Hawaii is famous for having big waves. I wonder what it'd feel like riding them? Someday I'd like to experience that feeling.

What I want people to watch is ME (laugh)
"SUMMARY" is burning hot! As usual, I'm doing it at my own pace. This year everyone has their own solo parts, so I think there are a lot of things to look forward to. What do I want people to watch? Well, me of course! (laugh) Of course, the whole thing is the highlight. If you don't pay attention you're going to miss it, so just in case, I want to tell people to watch me. I have drama filming during "SUMMARY" so I think it'll be hard, but I think it'll be fine! There's no problem with physical strength. I'm also not worried about preparing for summer [heat]. Because, I'm strong against summer! I sleep a lot, play a lot, and eat a lot. That way I can overcome [the heat]!

(1) I think that means "become more kind/caring."

Maruyama Ryuhei
Summer is about mosquitoes! It's like they get smarter every year, cause even if you use a screen door, they still come in. I know, cause I've seen them twisting their bodies and coming in. That's definitely something that they all discussed when they were larva, like "If we twist ourselves, we can do it--." Also, when they specifically fly by my ear and buzz, it makes me mad! (laugh)

Yabu Kouta
When I was little, I was playing in a sandbox in the summer, and I got bit so many times by mosquitoes that my whole body was swollen, and I was hospitalized for two weeks. So even now, I have the image that summer=mosquito season, and because I get bothered by mosquitoes, I use insect repellant, but by the time I notice, I've applied too much (laugh). Everyone, it's better if you don't underestimate mosquitoes~.

Miyata Toshiya
Basically, I'm not fond of hot weather. It feels like my body is melting bit by bit (laugh). But I don't have an air conditioner in my room, so it's hard... So, when summer starts, I look for cool places like department stores to loiter at (laugh). So I guess, when I've started spending all day sitting on a bench at a department store, it means that summer has come (laugh).