| Near Death Experiences (Myojo August issue) |
| Please Pretend You Didn't See Anything! -Takizawa Hideaki (Jr.) An incident in which I thought I would die? I have one. It was during last year's concert season. I was walking up the Tokyo Station's stairs, and there were fans all around me. In these circumstances I...can you see what's coming? Yup, I tripped on the stairs and made a great tumble down! It was SO embarassing! I immediately got back up and pretended that nothing happened but it just made me look even more pitiful... So, whoever saw it, please forget you did! Even If I Were to Die Tomorrow, I Doubt I Would Have Any Regrets -Doumoto Kouichi (KinKi Kids) I once had a near death experience while I was driving my car. I had just paid my toll fee on the road and as I trying to get onto the main road, the huge truck that was next to me started coming into my lane! It was a good thing that I immediatedly stepped on the axel because if I had stepped on the brake it would have been a disaster. But somewhere inside I feel that it can't be helped if you were to suddenly die. Even if I was told that I only have a certain amount of days to live, I probably wouldn't change my lifestyle at all. I Saw My Whole Life Flash Before Me When I Got Stuck in a Swift Current -Yamashita Tomohisa (Jr.) I can't remember any near death experiences. So...oh wait, I got one! (as if suddenly remembering something) I was on a photo shoot for this magazine (Myojo) and I was told to go into the river, so I was goofing off with Ikuta (Toma) in the river and then I suddenly got gulped up by this really swift current. Until someone came to help me, I was blankly thinking, "Am I going to die like this...?" Also, for another photo shoot for the same magazine, I was taken to this deserted island. It was really bad. The next day, my friend even told me "There's a evil spirit stuck on you." And another time, for the same magazine...(goes on forever...Myojo magazine appologizes) Matsuoka-kun, Why Didn't You Just Tell Me?! -Sakurai Sho (Arashi) After I went to shoot the segment of "Toilet no Hanako-san" (an urban legend like Bloody Mary) for the TV show "Uso!? Japan", a staff for the drama, "Tengoku Ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko 2" told me, "Matsuoka-kun (Tokio) told me that you brought back some weird spirit with you..?" I thought, "Why didn't he come to tell me directly? -> Did he think it was better for me not to know? -> Ah! Does that mean it's really bad?!" It really did give me a scare. But I asked Matsuoka-kun about it the other day and he said, "You're okay now". Whew~! Is This a Message from an Angel?! -Imai Tsubasa (Jr.) One day, I was doing some stretches in this certain studio, and all of a sudden I felt this huge burning sensation on my hand! I had accidently touched a bare light bulb. It was soo hot that it even made a sizzling sound! It surprised me so much and I was so mad! But the design of the light was that of an angel holding it, so I decided to think optimisticly. I decided that since it was light from an angel, something good will happen soon. The angel taught me how to think positively. (laughs) I Panicked After Having Trouble Breathing...I'm Not a Fishy~! -Doumoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi Kids) I've nearly drowned in a river and in an ocean...I have a feeling that I don't have much luck with water, so I was very nervous during the scuba diving scenes in "Summer Snow". Of course we did a lot of practicing before filming a deep ocean scene, but once I had to dive over 12 meters for this one scene. Suddenly, my chest area got really painful. I thought, "This is really bad!" so I immediately went back up for fresh air. I don't have very strong lungs to begin with, so diving is not for me~! But I soon went back to dive for filming anyway... (tears) I've Never Liked Airplanes~! -Nagase Tomoya (Tokio) The other day, I went to Hokkaido for a concert and the wind was blowing real hard that day so the airplane had a hard time landing. The pilot came on and announced something like, "We're going try landing again" and the stewerdess suddenly goes and turns off the moniter that shows the plane's landing. I thought, "What the heck...? What's going on?!" and I was a nervous wreck. But Matsuoka-kun doesn't seem to like planes as well. Each time the plane shook from turbulance, our eyes met. (laughs) Big Trouble During the Concert...All I was Thinking about was Going to the Bathroom! -Okada Junichi (V6) It was during a Kamisen concert, I had a bad feeling since when the concert began. As the show went on, I could feel uneasiness building up inside me. I kept thinking to myself, "What song are we on now? About the 8th song...? Eee...I can't take it anymore..." I started breaking out in this weird sweat. I was at my absolute limit! I just had to go to the bathroom!!! As soon as it was time for me to talk during the MC, I yelled, "I'm sorry!" into the mic and ran off stage directly to the restroom. I could hear Ken and Go laughing behind me saying, "it's number 2, it's number 2!" I want to put them through the same suffering and pain that I went through! I was the Center of Attention~! -Aiba Masaki (Arashi) The incident I went through the other day was pretty harsh. While I was driving, I took the wrong rode, and I found myelf lost in this neighborhood. That rode was sooo narrow! There was only like 1 cm between my car and the walls on each side! I couldn't even make a U-turn so I was kinda moping around for awhile and then all these people started gathering around out of curiousity. I'm used to being in front of people because of my job, but this was embarassing! I've Been Traumatized by a Rolly-Polly~! -Ohno Satoshi (Arashi) When I was in kindergarden, I decided to put a rolly-polly (potato bug) in my nose for some reason. You know how kids sometimes stuff things like BB gun pelets in their nose, and then try to snort them out, right? Something like that. Well, without thinking much, I stuffed a rolled up rolly-polly in my nose and guess what? It unrolled and started crawling deeper into my nose! I totally panicked! I didn't cry or anything, but it wouldn't come out for a long time, so I ended up going to the doctor to get it out. How pitiful... I Accidently Ate It!..the Thermometer Incident -Inohara Yoshihiko (V6) I think I was in 2nd grade, I had a fever so I was taking my temperature with one of those old thermometers (not the digital type) and I stuck it in my mouth cus I thought it looked cool. I was having a ball while I was kinda playing with the thermometer in my mouth and before I knew it, it cracked! And what did I do? I swallowed! I immediately tried to spit it back out but hardly anything came out. The tip of the thermometer was gone, and so was some of the liquid from the thermometer... Every day, for awhile after that, I was terrified that I would die! BACK |