to believe

April Potato - Believe

相葉雅紀
ただ信じることだけがすべてじゃないと思う
Just believing alone isn't everything

どうかな…やっぱり、人を信じていたいと思うし、信じてはきたとは思うよ。人を疑うのって好きじゃないし、自分の気持ちも重くなるからね。今、信じている人は、当然のことだけど両親や兄弟も含めた家族の人たち。それにメンバー、スタッフ、友達、昔、信じてきたことが裏目に出て裏切られて、悲しい思いをしたこともあったよ、何度か。それでも、対人間関係では信じていくようにしたい。とは言いつつ、状況で変わることもあるかもしれないなぁ…。人や物事、白か黒だけで測れないときは、グレーゾーンになるだろうし、多少の選択肢を残して時と場合ってことかな？たとえば、具合が悪くなって病院に行って、診断に“あれ？”って疑問に思うことがあったら違う病院へ行くかもしれないし。信じることだけがすべてじゃないってことを学ぶことも大事かも。
　雑誌に載ってる占いとかは読まない。もしイヤなことが書いてあると気になるからっていうくらいのレベルなんだけどね（笑）。“ラッキーカラーは赤です”みたいなことくらいならいいけど（笑）。そういえば、小さいころに、霊柩車を見たら縁起がいいって聞いたことがあって、今でもそれは信じているよ。たぶん、あのピカピカのきれいな装飾の霊柩車に乗って、死者が再生するみたいなイメージから、ウチの地方では縁起がいいと言ってたような気がする。僕も小さいころからそう解釈してる。あとはお墓の前では親指を隠すとか。その意味も知らずに友達と同じようにやってた（笑）。そんな言い伝えっていろいろあるよね。これも人それぞれで何を信じるかだと思う。僕はおばあちゃんっ子だったから、メロンと何かを食べないほうがいいとか、食べ合わせについても言われたけどあまり気にしてない。食べ物の賞味期限もあまり気にはしていない（笑）。あれはあくまでも本人が日付を確認した上で、各自の責任で食べるものだと思うけどね。
Hmm... I think I trust people because I want to trust in people. I really don't like doubting others, it makes me feel burdened too. Right now the people I trust, and this is obvious, but my parents and my siblings, all of my family. Moreover the other members, staff and friends, in the past there were many times where I was saddened when someone I believed in betrayed me, I dont know how many times. But even so, I want to believe in other people. But even in saying that, there might be a time when things change... Things aren't always black and white with people and things, and then you enter into a gray area, where most of your remaining choices are dependant on the time and situation. Like say you aren't feeling so well and you go to the hospital, but you're not so sure about the diagnosis you received, so you might
end up going to a different hospital. It might be important to learn that just believing isn't everything.
I don't read the astrology reports in magazines. I'm the type to get super concerned if there's something bad written in it. (laughs) I don't mind stuff like 'Today's lucky color is red' though. (laughs) Speaking of luck, when I was younger, I heard that it's good luck to see a hearse, and I still believe it to this day. It seems like they probably just saw the spotlessly clean and well adorned hearse, and thought it was almost like the dead had come back to life, and so the people around me were saying how it was a good omen. That's how I've always explained it too. Also hiding your thumbs in front of a grave. I did it the same as my friend without knowing any of the meaning behind it. (laughs) There are a lot of little traditions like that. I think everyone's different in which ones they believe. I was always a grandma's boy, so things like its best not to eat melon with something else, I was always told that when we'd go out, but I never payed too much attention to it. I don't pay much attention to the 'good until' dates on food either. (laughs) After you've checked the date yourself, I think it's up to the individual to eat it or not.

松本潤
物事を素直に受け入れられるようになった
I've become able to take in everything as it comes

　昔から、人を信じるかどうかっていう敏感さはすごくあるほうだと思う。それはこの業界に入ったからとかではなくて、小さいころ、人見知りが激しいコで、周りの人が自分をどう見ているかってことに対して、常に感覚的に反応してたと思うんだ。で、それを意識することが当たり前として生きてきたから、人を信じることを好んでしてこなかった。でも、最近は長く生きてきて…とは言え、まだ２５歳だけど（笑）、そこはかなり変わってきた。ハタチからの友達とかはもう５年もつき合ってきてるから、カベみたいのが、なくなっていく瞬間が多くなってる。それに経験も重なって、大人としての対人関係のコツみたいなことも身についてくるよね。それが経験の中から得た部分。今、努力しているのは物事を肯定的に見ること。前は好奇心から“なんで？”って疑問系が多かった。でもそれってある意味、否定にもつながら言葉じゃない？今は物事をもっと素直に受け入れることができる。家族、友人、ファンの人たちすべてに対して、疑心暗鬼になることはもうないかな。
　メンバーとはもっとデリケートに接していたいと思ってる。最近は個別の仕事も多かったりしてメンバーに会う機会が少ない分、相手の機微をしっかり見ていたい。で、じつはオレの中で大野智ブームなんだ（笑）。今までもおもしろい人だったけど、このごろは特におもしろい。ボケの完成度が高くてスキルが上がってる気がして、注目株だね（笑）。（Pが大野くんのUFOネタを話すと）へぇ、そうなんだ。オレもUFOは本当に存在すると思ってる。１月にアメリカへ行ったとき、UFOがガンガン飛んでた。ホントにガンガン飛んでたんだって（笑）。流れ星が10分に1回は見られるくらいのきれいな夜空をひとりで見ていたら、星がすごく移動し始めた。それがUFO。翌日の夜は、「星が動いてる」って友達が大騒ぎしてたけど、オレの中ではUFOは普通のことだと思ってるし、だから大野智も間違いない（笑）。
I think I used to be a more sensitive type when it came to believing people or not. It wasn't from entering into this kind of life either, I was a intensely shy child, and I think I was always aware of their reactions and how I was thought of by others around me. I lived my life thinking that was the proper way of things, and never formed a strong attatchment to believing in others. But now that I've lived for so long... what am I saying, I'm still only 25. (laughs) That part of me has changed conciderably. The friends I've had since I was 20, have now been with me 5 years, and any kind of walls between us have often just disappeared like that. Also, the more I experience, I've learned the 'secrets' of relationships between adults too. That's just a part of what I've gained through my experience. Right now I"m working on trying to view everything positively. I used to always ask 'why?' out of curiosity before, but in a sense, isn't that just a form of denial? I can accept things much more honestly now. I won't be full of fear and doubt about my family, friends, and fans any longer I suppose.
I'm thinking I need to treat the other members more delicately. With our individual work increasing lately, even though we don't get many chances to meet with one another, I want to really observe all their subtleties. And actually, I'm going though an Ohno Satoshi craze right now. (laughs) I've always thought he was interesting, but lately even more so. The extremes of his zoning out, and it seems like he's getting more talented, he's a hot stock. (laughs) (When we told him about Ohno's alien story) Oh really? I think really think they exist too. When I went to America in January, there were ufos flying everywhere. I'm telling you they really were! (laughs) There was this beautiful night sky where you could see shooting stars about once every 10 minutes, then the stars started moving around a lot more. That's a ufo. The next night my friend was going on about how the stars were moving around, but to me I think ufos are a normal thing, so OhnoSatoshi is definetly right. (laughs)

二宮和也
人を疑うよりは、だまされたほうがいい？
It's better to be decieved, than to doubt others?

　「Believe＝信じる」っていう言葉がまた、定義がでっかくて難しいんだけど、僕は、疑ってかかるよりも、信じてだまされるほうがいいかもしれない。「こいつはこんな下心があるんじゃないか」とか、いちいち警戒するのって面倒くさいし。だから、ウソの話とかにも簡単にだまされるよ。占いとか迷信はまたく信じないんだけど。あと、だますよりはだまされるようがいいとは思うんだよね。だって、だますのって気持ちいいもんじゃないでしょ。ただ、人に対して「信じてるよ」とか言うのはよくわかんない。だって、本当に人を信じてるなら、わざわざそんな言葉、言わないでしょ（笑）。
　コンサートの仕掛けとか、映画の撮影、番組の収録での安全性みたいなものは、１００％信用してない。それは、普段の生活でもそうなんだけど、いつ何が起こるかわかんないでしょ。もしも１００％信用してしまうと、万が一失敗してケガとかしたときに、だれかを責めちゃうのがイヤだから。スタッフたちが万全を尽くしてくれていることを信じつつ、最悪の事態が起こる可能性があるということも、頭の片隅に置いておくって感じかな。
　絶対的に僕が信用してるのは、機械。裏切らないし、思いどおりに動くから。特にゲームは、コントロールキーを右に押せば右に動くし…ってなくらいのことなんだけど（笑）。セーブしたはずなのにデータが飛んじゃった！みたいなことも、今のゲームだとほとんどないし。ファミコン時代はよくあったけどね（笑）。ゲームのソフトに関しては、おもしろいと思って買ったらつまんなかった！ってことはあるけど、それはまあ、信じるというよりは期待とか…また別の話じゃない？
　あと、“信じてたのに間違ってた…”なんてことはしょっちゅうだね。たとえば、仕事場への入り時間とか。たぶん、人の話をちゃんと聞いてないんだろうね。でも、なぜか勘違いする時間が早めだから、結果的には問題なし。むしろいい方向に転がってるかも（笑）。
   The word believe just has such an extensive range of meanings, but I might perfer believing and being deceived, than doubting others. It's just kind of annoying to be cautious of everyone like, "that guy probably has some kind of ulterior motive". So I'm easily tricked by lies. Although I don't believe in fortune telling and superstitions at all. I also think it's better to be tricked than to be the one tricking others. I mean, it doesn't really make you feel very good when you trick people like that. I don't really get those who say "I believe you" in relation to others. I mean, if you really believe them, then you wouldn't go around purposely saying that kind of thing. (laughs)
   I don't have complete confidence in the safety-like aspect of putting on concerts, filming for movies, or for our tv program. It's the same in my normal life as well, but you never know when something is going to happen. If you do put in full confidence in something, and by chance something happens to go wrong, it's wrong to start blaming others. Even while trusting the staff have everything perfect, there's still the chance that something awful could happen, I guess I just always keep that in the back of my mind.
   The thing I'll always always have faith in are machines. They won't betray you and they'll do exactly as you expect them to. Especially with games, if you press right on the control pad, it'll move right... that kind of thing. (laughs) That 'Ah! It's all gone! I even saved too...' has all but disappeared in recent games too. It happened a lot back in the FamiCon days. (laughs) There are times when I'll buy a game because it looked interesting, but it turned out to be really boring, but I guess that's more on the lines of expectations than believing in it... and that's another story?
   There are also times where you expected one thing, but it turned out differently. Like when you're supposed to arrive at work. It was probably just misheard somewhere along th eline, but somehow the times got confused and you're early, but in the end there's no problem. Rather, it might even turn out to be a good thing.

大野智
メンバーのことは無条件に信じてるね
I believe the other members unconditionally

　なんでも信じるほうだと思うよ。人が何か言ってきたことを“それはウソだ”とかって疑いたくはないからね。家族、友達、メンバーはもちろん無条件で信じてるし。やっぱり“信じる”っていうとまずいちばんは”人”“人間関係”なんじゃないかな。それに自分が“信じたい”って願望もあるし…。家族との関係は絶対にブレないし。友達も同じ。友達にはいろいろ助けてもらってきてるから、本当につながってる仲間は“友達”という表現よりは“家族”みたいな感じだね。メンバーも同じで、全面的に信じてるよ。トークでオレがなんのオチも考えずにしゃべっちゃったときも、ニノがちゃんとオレのトークを拾ってくれてオチを言ってくれるし（笑）。そんなときは心の中で“ニノ…ありがと～う”って（笑）。いろいろツッコんでもらって助かってるけど、逆の立場になると頭が回らないからなんも返せない（笑）。ツッコミって難しいよね。
　人以外で信じているのは音楽だね。音楽は生活の一部で、いつもそばにいるし、力になってくれる。オレは、へこんでいるときには明るい曲を聴くんじゃなくて、とことん暗い曲を聴く。で、そこで一度リセットするの。あとね、人がなんと言おうと、オレが信じて疑わないものはUFO!まだ嵐になったばかりのころ…仕事の帰りに家の近くでUFOを見たの。星よりもかなりでっかくて光っていた。10分くらい見ていたかな…。で、家に帰って母ちゃんに「UFOを見た」って言ったら母ちゃんも「私も見たわ」って（笑）。広い宇宙の中、地球という星にも生物が住んでいてもおかしくはないと思う。UFOであってほしいって願ってる部分もあるんだけどね。地球よりも進化した星からいずれだれかが来るかも…なんて想像するのもなんか楽しい（笑）。あとは言い伝えで「ささくれができると親不孝」とか言うじゃん。オレ、結構、ささくれができるんだよね。これって親不孝？（笑）
I think I'm the type to believe anything. Because I don't want to doubt others, seeing the things they told me as lies. My family, friends, and the other members are of course trusted unconditionally. Well with 信 the first part is person (人) so of course it'd be relationships between people. There's also the fact that I want to believe in others... My relationship with my family will never fade away. It's the same with my friends. They give me so much support all the time, it seems like I treat my really close friends more like "family" than "friends". The other members are the same, I trust in them no matter what. Like even when we're on a talk show and I start talking without thinking of an ending, Nino will pick it up and finish it off for me. (laughs) Those times my heart is like "Nino... thanks~~~". (laughs) All the input I receive is helpful, but on the other hand, my head just doesn't work that way and I can't give back anything. (laughs) Those remarks are hard.
Aside from people, I believe in music. Music is just one part of my life, it's always by my side and becomes my strength at times. I don't listen to cheerful songs when I'm happy, I'll listen to nothing but dark ones. Then I'll reset back to normal. Also, no matter what people say against it, I believe in ufos! Back when Arashi had just been formed... on my way home from work I saw a ufo right near my house. It was bigger than a star, and brighter. I think I was watching it for like 10 minutes... Then, when I got home and I told my mom that I saw a ufo, she was like "I saw it too". (laughs) I don't think it's weird to imagine there are other stars out there like Earth with life on them. But I do wish to meet a real ufo one day. Maybe someone from a more advanced place than Earth will come someday... imagining that kind of stuff is fun. (laughs) Also, they say that 'if you get hangnail, it means you're not respecting your parents', right? I really get a lot of them. So these mean I'm not being respectful? (laughs)

櫻井翔
信じているからこそ、大丈夫って思える
Because I believe, I can think it's all okay

　人に対しては、初対面でも基本的にはこころをオープンにして接するよ。でも、そうなれたのは20歳くらいになってからで、それまでは真逆だったな。ただ、信用できるか、できないかっていう物差しでは人と接してないし、気にしたこともない。それが信じてるっていうことなのか？
　ドッキリとかも、最後までまったく気づかないタイプ。前に番組の中で“ニノ嵐”っていうドッキリ企画のコーナーがあったんだけど、オレ、疑ったことなんてなくて、全部引っかかった気がする。途中で気づいた試しがないもん（笑）。逆に、占いやジンクスはまったく信じないけど…やっぱり、いいことを言われるとうれしいよね。そういえばオレがまだ大学生だったとき、番組で嵐のメンバー全員、占い師に占ってもらったことがあるんだよ。そのときオレは「あなたは留年する」って言われたの。それで「ふざけんなよ」って思ってシャカリキに勉強したことがあったな。そういう意味では悪いことでも励みになるのかもしれない。大学を無事4年間で卒業できたのはその占い師のおかげかもしれないしね。
　あとね、サンタクロースはいます！だって子供のころ、クリスマスに親がサンタさんに電話してプレゼント頼んでたから。“サンタさんの電話番号知ってるんだ、すげぇ～！”って思ったもん（笑）。宇宙人も存在すると思うよ。人間の見える範囲で見えないだけであって、正確に言うと地球外生命体はいるんじゃないかなって思ってる。
　身近で信じているのは、やっぱりメンバーじゃないかな。特に、コンサートのときとかに感じるね。去年の6月、コンサートのリハーサル中にオレが骨折しちゃったんだけど、なんか大丈夫だろうなっていう安心感があったんだよ。本番まで時間がなかったんだけど、信じてるからこそ、そういう気持ちになれたんだと思う。普段はいちいち感じないけど、そういうとっさの出来事が起きたときに自然と信じられる存在、それがメンバーなんだよね。
   With people, I generally open my heart up to people even if we've only just met. But that was only after I turned 20, before that I was the exact opposite. Just, I never measured people by whether I can trust them or not, I didn't really concern myself with it. I wonder if that would be 'believing' then?
   I'm the type who doesnt catch on to surprises until the very end. We had this corner on our show before called 'Ni no Arashi' where you'd get surprised, but I have the feeling I fell for each one of them because I never doubt anything. I never tried to figure it out while it's going on. (laughs) On the other hand, I don't believe in fortunes or jinxs at all... but it does make you happy when you hear something good from them. Speaking of, back when I was still in college, I had my fortune told along with the rest of Arashi. I was told that 'you'll have to repeat a class'. I was like 'forget that', and really studied with all my might. Even though it's kinda sad, I might have gotten a bit of encouragement from it. It might just be thanks to that fortune teller than I sucessfully graduated in 4 years.
   Also, there's a Santa Clause! Because when I was a kid my parents called Santa and told him what to get me. I thought "Wow~! They know Santa's number!!" (laughs) I think aliens exist too. They just exist beyond what we can see normally, or to be exact, I wonder sometimes if there really is life out there on another planet.
   People close to me that I trust? That'd have to be the other members. I especially notice it when we're performing at concerts. Last year in June, I broke a bone while we were rehearsing, but they gave me this feeling of security like it would all be alright somehow. There was no time left before the real show, but I guess because we believed in each other that we could feel that way. I don't notice it each and every single time, but that kind of thing, when things happen, the ones I can naturally turn to and trust are the other members.