I'm sure that this picture was taken quite a while back, probably right after he started Battery. Before Misaki left. Before Kishi joined the group. Before Hiroki and Keigo were brushed aside.
Happier times.
Johnny's is both a beautiful and a frightening world. You can either reach your dream or not. Always feel that you're almost there or that you were so close and then it just...slips away. I hope that Sho will find a way to persevere, along with Ryo and Hiroki and Keigo and Kishi. It's really too bad about Misaki. Oh Johnny.
I thought about this a lot. This shot is so sweet. It was in last year's jr. calendar. Right now I don't have a scanner but I had my camera so I took this picture of Sho.
It's so beautiful!!! And Kento! They all look great. I was just happy to see the Nightingale team together.
They all have such sweet smiles. And one cannot forget the skinship. hahahah.
Sho's arms around Kento. Keigo's arm casually around Fuma and Ryo's hand on Misaki's shoulder. This is too cute for words.
I was watching an episode of Shokura that aired in February 2008 where you can begin to see the makings of pieces of Sho's unnamed group. Misaki from B.I. Shadow was also bunched with them--probably same time of entrance. I thought that was interesting.
The theme for that episode was "Treasures/Precious things" and so Nakamaru and Koyama asked the fresh juniors, who happened to be Nakada Hiroki, Masuda Ryo, Takada Sho, Takahata Misaki and Ookawa Keigo what their treasure was.
Nakada Hiroki answered that his treasure was his soccer ball because through joining soccer, he was able to make a lot of friends. Aw....
Masuda Ryo answered that his treasure was the guitar that his parents bought for him. Something about a band?? But it's interesting--I wonder if he can really play.
Sho answered that his siblings were his treasures. He said he had a sister two years younger than him and a brother three years younger and that they're a big part of his life. I really did go, "Aw..."
Takahata Misaki answered that it was his trumpet? I think he just started playing so he wanted to become better.
And Keigo. It was so sad. Ookawa Keigo aka Sho's ramen buddy/best friend (I'm assuming) said that his dad suddenly passed away the previous year (in 2007) so his treasure has become his family. He said that they've become even more important to him now.
The look on Koyama and Nakamaru's faces....they wanted to comfort him but it was Shokura, where they sell smiles. They told Keigo that from here on out, it would get better. Getting into Johnny's was the hardest obstacle.
Ookawa Keigo: On the left side of my face, is plainly, my mouth. (I think he's trying to say that he's a plain person, but his charm point is that his mouth is situated more to the left of his face.)
I had this picture of him up before as a picture of the day, but isn't it crazy? He just oozes coolness. His usual dance members are here too. Ookawa Keigo, row one, second to the end. Nakada Hiroki in the third row, second to the end and Masuda Ryo in the last row, second from the left. Kishi appears to not be there.
