But then, I began to think, "Am I just going to leave my song like this? Even after I worked hard on it?".
Or more like, it was to 'convey' my feelings. When I was in my 1st year high school, I composed songs just for my self-satisfactory. ーFrom your story, perhaps I could say you're making songs based on your feelings, is it Sako-san?
I didn't know how to make songs back then, so I did some research and found about Fukuyama-san. I thought it was precious so I decided to make a song using that lyrics. There was this girl I always liked when I was in middle school, I tried to talking to her but I can't, so I always wrote stuff I wanted to talk to her and it ended become a song lyrics. I am the type of person who can't really express myself well. I started writing songs before I knew Fukuyama-san. ーSako-san, are you writing and creating songs is perhaps also because of Fukuyama Masaharu-san? I think it was around when I was in my first year high school, I began to think stuff like, "If I try to convey my voice with my acoustic guitar, won't my life change?".
Of course playing the acoustic guitar also motivate me to be an artist, but seeing Fukuyama-san in actor industry, not to mention his live performance, I feel like I wanted to be like him, and I began to respect him. But the reason why I am interested becoming an artist is actually because of **Fukuyama Masaharu-san. Since I began playing music, I started to think music is such a nice thing. ーSince you started playing acoustic guitar, is that when you started to feel you want to become an artist? Because our genre type of musics are different and we can't seem to fit in with each other, and I began to think stuff like, "This is impossible to continue like this" & "It's better if I work alone", in the end I quit the band, and I started my activities with playing the acoustic guitar. But soon after one month, we got disbanded (laughs). When I entered high school, I had a band. ーSo after that, how do you do to continue singing? (※T/N: after he graduates middle school**) I would be lying if I said I didn't cry back then, but I found music is a fun thing so even from now on, I would do my best to continue my career. But it such a mystery that everything turned out alright, and I began to think, "Singing is fun!". I bought a microphone for myself (※T/N: before he did the performance), and I thought, "Is it alright? Is my voice really okay? What people would think about this?" and anxiety began to hit me. But after I performed, it was different than I first thought. I started learning music, practicing, it felt like I was practicing somekind of sports! (laughs). That was how desperate I am at that time. So what happened?Īt that time, I really want to show to those guys who forced me into all that, and I thought, "I should show them I could do this!!". ーSo how do you feel when you first practiced the song? You said you're not really updated with songs back then and I believed you said you didn't have DVD player. It was SMAP's song, 'Sekai ni hitotsu dake no Hana" and WaT's song, 'Boku no Kimochi' ーBy the way, what was the song you performed back then? Then after that I feel obligated and since then I decided to continue singing. (After the event) That was the first time someone praised me like, "You're really good at singing!". Since then, I have been practicing playing acoustic guitar by myself. After all that happened, honestly that was my first time listening to songs. I didn't want to do it but people around me said, "You don't have any choice, just do it". But there was this day, when I was in my 3rd year middle school (※T/N: if you're wondering, 3rd year middle school is equivalent to 9th grader), there was this 'someone', or perhaps I could say, 'a-bully-type-of-person'.Probably I was the only one who see him like that, since he often irritates me (laughs).But anyway, since he was like that of person, he chose me to perform acoustic guitar for school's festival. ーSince you're that type of person, how are you able to create songs and sing? What makes you interested in that? (*T/N: stuff like singing and creating songs)īack then, at my house, I don't have CD player so I am not really updated with latest songs before. ーSo does that mean you're an indoor type? I am the middle child among all my brothers, but I also didn't get along with them. ーSako-san, what kind of a kid were you back then? Hello! ☆ I am bringing you guys the translation from natalie.mu web interview of Sako Tomohisa ShounenT!! (^o^)/ The original interview could be found ❤ here❤ This is my first time translating long interview so pardon me if there is any mistakes m(_)m I think this is my first interview translation after creating this new livejournal account?ww Oh by the way, yesterday (29th April) was the release date of ShounenT's "GETTA BAN BAN"!! Since I like ShounenT soooooo much, I decided to translate this web interview! So then enjoy~~~