The love that I have for the things I hate
Interviewing Sho Sakurai
What he thinks of himself:
A blood type "A" person who can't seem to stand a thing that's out of the place.
"If I didn't throw the trash into the trash can, then I won't be able to feel comfortable. The same thing goes for turning the light switch. If I were to leave my room only for a while, I must turn off the light switch before I go out, or else I won't feel at ease."

What Ohno thinks of him:
Although he likes to run around telling jokes, Sho is really a chicken! He is very sensitive to issue that has to do with ghosts and spirits. Due to work, we need to go to haunted hotels and schools. When we stayed in a hotel that some people claimed that was haunted, Sho would be on pins and needles and become very frightened. Other then that, he finally got his driver's license. Before he got his license, he seemed to have much difficulty, but he didn't give up and tried very hard until the end.

What Jun thinks of him:
He is a really important character. Whenever there are confusions, I'll go find him. Sho really stands out when I saw him on T.V. He is really cool... like a blaze of fire burning behind him (laugh). Sho has really hard body. I think he should do some exercise to soften it up. Also, return the video tapes that I borrowed you!!!

What Nino thinks of him:
When we just made our debut, Sho has to go to school and participate in the volleyball tournament at the same time. Since his school is really far away, he was running around all the time. He worked very hard. I also want to try going to university, but I think joining the working force must be very difficult, so I changed my mind. Recently, Sho gets along with Aiba really well. But they don't seem to know each other's contact numbers even after 3-4 months of Arashi's debut. I wonder if they did exchange phone numbers at the end.

What Aiba thinks of him:
Sho has high expectations. Whenever I think, "This sounds good ", Sho would say, "I think it would be even better if we do this and that..". I really admire him. But he should accept it whenever he failed at making jokes! About how he goes about things.... he always says "if we give up here then we'll lose." I totally understand what he is going through, but it must be tough to do things this way.

Article dated: May 2001
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