Pick up+

Arashi member Sakurai Sho has had a very busy year so far. He was the lead actor in a movie, made appearances in many TV shows as a regular member, and also played the main character in a TV drama series.

The drama series in which he played the lead role is called ‘THE QUIZ SHOW' and recently he finished shooting the final scene. He then had to head straight to a different studio to appear in the news program ‘NEWS ZERO' as a regular newscaster.

Sakurai: “The last scene we shot was the drama's climax.

In the scene I had to ‘cry' a lot.

I think it was the most I cried after becoming an adult.

After filming the climax, I felt sort of dazed because I was tired from all the crying and also because I was elated about completing the drama.

I couldn't make head or tail of the whole situation. I felt so ‘parupunte.'”

…What's ‘parupunte'?

According to Sakurai…

“'Parupunte' is the name of a spell that appears in the RPG ‘Dragon Quest*'. The player doesn't know beforehand what the spell effect will be. A couple of years ago a staff member for the TV program ‘嵐の宿題くん / Arashi no Shukudai-kun' [in which Arashi are the main hosts] first used the phrase.”

“For me, the year 2009 has been a roller coaster; from first playing the lead role in the movie ‘ヤッターマン / Yatterman' and all the way up to becoming the lead actor for ‘THE QUIZ SHOW'.

Right now I feel like I'm taking a break halfway up the mountain.

I can't say for sure but I think my fans feel the same way too.”

Right now Arashi can be said to be the most popular group among people of all ages.

Let's hope Sakurai Sho's success continues!

*The word ‘parupunte' is translated as ‘chance' in English versions of the game series.

[Johnny's] 樱井翔在剧终大哭

岚的成员樱井翔今年非常忙碌。他是一部电影的主演，而且还是很多电视演出的主要成员，同时他还担当了一部电视连续剧的主角。

他主演的电视剧名为《THE QUIZ SHOW》，并在最近杀青。此后他则直接跑到另一个演播室里开始播送他的常规新闻节目《NEWS ZERO》。

樱井翔：“连续剧的最后一个场景是全剧的高潮。

这个场景里我必须”大哭“很多次。

这是我成年以来哭得最多的一次。

拍完后，我有点茫然，因为我尝试了各种哭法，而且这部剧就要结束了。

我说不出来为什么。我感觉到非常‘parupunte'。“

…什么是”Parupunte“？

根据樱井翔的说法…

”Parupunte"是一个RPG游戏《Dragon Quest》中一个咒语的名字。玩家事先不知道这个咒语有什么效果。几年前，一个《嵐の宿題くん》节目（樱井翔是主持）的工作人员首次使用了这个词。

“对我来说，2009年就像坐过山车；从一开始在电影《ヤッターマン》中做主演，然后又主演了《THE QUIZ SHOW》。

现在我感觉我正在上山的半当中休息。

我不能肯定，但我的歌迷可能也有同感。”

现在岚可谓是各个年龄段歌迷都最爱的组合之一。

让我们期待樱井翔继续成功下去！

*“Parupunte”在英文版的游戏里被翻译成“机会”