-Ohno is the leader of the group, as well as the
oldest band member.(he don't look like it though...lol
-He
can speak in may different languages.
Ohno was born in Mitaka,
Tokyo as the youngest child of his family. He has one older sister.
During
middle school, his mother sent in his application to Johnny &
Associates
without his knowledge. An
invitation to audition was sent back to Ohno, and
he subsequently became a trainee in
October 1994. In
order to focus on the stage play Kyo
to Kyo, which ran from 1997
to 1998 during his trainee days, he withdrew from high school and moved
to Kyoto.
Sakurai Sho 櫻井 翔
Name : Sho
Family Name : Sakurai
Nick Name : Sho-can, Sho-kun, Keio Boy
Birth Place : Tokyo, Jepang
Birthday : 25 January 1982
Tinggi/Berat : 171 cm / 57 kg
Blood
category : A
Sakurai was born in Minato,
Tokyo as the
oldest child of his family.He has two younger siblings: a sister who is five
years younger
and a brother who is thirteen years younger.
Sakurai attended Keio Yochisha
Elementary School, an affiliated elementary school to Keio
University, after
passing the entrance examinations. Despite already having an established career with
Arashi by the
time he graduated from high school, Sakurai went on to attend Keio
University,
graduating with a degree in economics in 2004.
*Sho's
father is a government official. who happens to study in the same
university = Keio – as Sho.
* Sho's mother is a college/university literature
professor.
*Sho
fave subject in school was japanese and geography
* The members of the
Sakurai family is said to have the S.S. as their name initials.
* Sho's closest friends
back in school always called him "SakuSho".
* Sho's secret to success in studying for school
is to put everything on hold, including his career, and spend at least 1
month in advance strictly studying at home or at the library.
* Sho's favorite TV
channels are MTV and Discovery Channel.
* Sho's favorite magazine is GQ and Newsweek.
* Sho likes to read
before going to bed.
* Sho doesn't feel comfortable or confident taking
his shirt off for photo shoots.
was the place he went with his family 10 years
ago. He called his mom on the spot just because of this.
* During the audition
part of the Summer Concert, Sho was super nervous because he can hear
fans talking as he sat quite close to them
* Sho's ideal girlfriend: sweet, simple,
smart-dressed (i.e. no skimpy clothes), non-smoker, non-celebrity with
intelligence and an independently thinking mind.
* Sho has a passion for
learning about History.
* Sho doesn’t eat between meals.
* Sho's brother calls
him ‘Bambi’ after watching ‘Kisarazu Cat’s Eye.’
* One story told in one
of the interviews with Arashi was that Sho talked in his sleep during
2002 Summer Concert. Ohno who was in the same room heard it very clearly
at around 6 am saying “let Aiba sleep!” But he himself didn’t know
anything about it.
Aiba Masaki 相葉 雅紀
Name : Masaki
Family
Name : Aiba
Nick Name : panggilan : Aiba-chan, Aiba
Birth Place :
Chiba, Jepang
Birthday : 24 Desember 1982
Tinggi/Berat : 176 cm / 60 kg
Golongan darah : AB
Ukuran sepatu : 26,5
Aiba was born in Hanamigawa, Chiba as the
first child of his family. He has a younger brother who is four years
younger. Aiba was raised by his
grandparents until he was four years old
because his parents were busy running their newly-opened Chinese
cuisine restaurant
then.
Prior to joining
Johnny & Associates, Aiba watched a program called Love Love SMAP (愛ラブSMAP Ai
Rabu SMAP) and
saw SMAP playing
basketball on television. Wanting
to play basketball
with them, he sent in the application to join the talent agency himself,
without exactly knowing what the agency specialized in until the day of
auditions. Aiba
became a Johnny's Jr. in
August 1996 at the age of
13.
Sibling a
younger brother
Pets
3 dogs named Atomu, Uran and Hime
High Sch Maruhaki Sougou High School
Often referred to as
Aiba-chan and Aibaka.
-He has earned various nicknames that relates to
the word idol. (ex. Super Idol, King of Idols, etc.)
-His family owns a
Chinese restaurant named Keikarou in his hometown somewhere in the Chiba
Prefecture.
-He
is very proud to come from Chiba and often proclaims it in interviews.
-Aiba is a fan of
TOKIO, another Johnny's Entertainment band.
-He enjoys playing the saxophone, but stopped due
to health reasons.
-Aiba sleeps with a HUGE stuffed animal dog every
night, even when on tour.
-Aiba's least favorite season of the year is
spring because he suffers from hayfever.
-His family owns a Chinese restaurant named
"Keikarou" in his hometown. His father is the chef.
-Aiba has a very
noticeable birthmark on his left shoulder.
-Aiba joined Johnny's Jimusho for two reasons:
-He is a huge Miyake
Ken fan
-He
has a huge obsession with basketball. He saw Johnny's idols (SMAP)
playing basketball on the TV "I Love SMAP", and thought that he'd get to
play basketball with them if he joined. After asking some female
classmates for their advice, he sent an application to join. It was not
until he was asked to audition did Aiba realize Johnny's Jimusho trained
young boys to dance and sing.
-Once he tried going into hotspring bath when he
was really really sleepy. He slept halfway through and nearly drowned,
fortunately his family members saved him in the end.
-Everyone agrees that
it is impossible for Aiba to accomplish two things at the same time.
-After he starts
drinking, he would start taking off his shirt and run around. Sho
mentioned about it before.
-Aiba loves to bounce around during concerts and
often commits mistakes in his choreography.
-He loves animals and claims to have the ability
to "speak to them."
Matsumoto
Jun 松本潤
Name : Jun
Family Name : Matsumoto
Nicknames:
Matsujun, Junji, King [by all Arashi], Jun~Chan, Matsumoto~kun, Do-S
Profession: Actor,
singer
Birthdate:
1983-Aug-30
Birthplace:
Tokyo, Japan
Height:
173cm
Matsumoto was born in Toshima,
Tokyo, as the youngest child in his family. He has an older sister whose
support of KinKi
Kids influenced
his decision to join Johnny & Associates in 1996. Thinking it might
bode
good luck, he sent his application to the agency on his elementary
school graduation
day and received a phone call weeks later from president Johnny
Kitagawa himself,
inviting him to attend a rehearsal instead of being auditioned. Due to
this,
Matsumoto is frequently referred to as one of the elite within the agency.
Matsumoto graduated
from Horikoshi
Gakuen, a renowned high school known for its
many performing arts alumnae such
as Kyoko Fukadaand Ai Kato,
in March 2002 at the age of
18.
* He played
baseball in grade school.
* He can’t do a back flip (all Johnny’s boys are
suppose to be able to).
* He admits he’s neurotic - he likes to clean and
can’t stand anything messy or dirty.
* He’s very honest and has a sharp tongue.
* He can get very
emotional.
*
Watching emotional movies makes him cry sometimes. But he doesn’t like
people to see him cry.
* He’s the first Japanese celebrity to appear on
the cover of Marie Claire magazine (all the other guys who’ve graced the
cover in its 24-year history were all from other countries).
* Oguri Shun and
Narimiya Hiroki are his good friends.
* He has pet turtles (5 of them). They were given
by Nino (Arashi bandmate) on his 17th birthday and he still hasn’t named
them. He gave one back to him on Nino’s 21th birthday.
* He accidentally
kissed Nino at a concert (23/July/2006), but Nino meant to do it.
* Earned the nickname
Do-S Banchou (S stands for Sadist).
* He is near-sighted. He usually wears contact
lenses for work, but other times he wears glasses.
* Had buckteeth when he
was younger.
*
Chief attractions in girls are eyes and hair.
* He gets really shy when it comes to expressing
his feelings to girls.
* Sho (another Arashi bandmate) was once his
private tutor.
* A
choreographer once made him cry.
* He isn’t known to be punctual.
* He used to idolise
Sho when he was younger.
Ninomiya Kazunari二宮 和也
Name : Kazunari
Family Name : Ninomiya
Nick Name : Nino, Kazu-chan
Birth place : Tokyo, Jepang
Birthday :17 June 1983
Tinggi/Berat : 168 cm / 49 kg
Blood type : A
Ninomiya was born in Katsushika,
Tokyo as the youngest child of his family. His father and mother were both working as chefs when they met and his sister is two years older than he is. His
parents divorced
early in his life and his father left the family soon after. When Ninomiya was born, his grandfather immediately
came home and
named him the heir to the family's windshield factory since he was his grandfather's only grandson. However, when Ninomiya was twelve years old, his
cousin sent in an
application to Johnny & Associates without his knowledge.After attending and passing the
auditions due to his mother's
prodding, he joined the talent agency.
Ninomiya graduated from high
school in March 2002 at the age of 18 and is super hot
Pet a dog named Haru
*Happiest moment was
when he won a baseball competition
* Deepest Impression:
the first time ARASHI appeared on TV
* Nino is very, very
difficult to wake up, and according to Matsujun, he "opens his eyes for a
while and would immediately fall back to sleep".
* Nino is a totally different person when he sets out to
achieve his goal
* Aiba complained that Nino is a
hyper-gamer who plays too much. He would bring along his portable
electronic game everywhere he goes and play late into the night. And if
he loses, he will suddenly start howling in the middle of the night,
waking everyone up.
* Nino claims that although
being a baseball player, he could do 14 times lifting, and he would
someday like to challenge Matsujun!
* Thinks of himself as
Takuya Kimura No. 2 when watching his own dramas
* Emotional, just like Matsujun, cries easily while watching TV
* He is afraid of loneliness
