I seriously didn’t think the guys would tweet during the weekend. I figured it’d just be something they’d do while on the job. I’m glad to be wrong!
Here’s the roundup from the 11th, where Shingo goes to a party without the others, Goro accidentally leaves his GPS on, and Tsuyoshi is just relaxing with Kurumi.
The guys took it a little easier today, and it looks like they mostly relaxed. Tsuyoshi was MIA until Shingo called him out and we got a cute little back and forth between the two.
SNS roundup! The guys didn’t disappoint today either! They’re so wonderful. Goro keeps playing up the jealousy angle. Though maybe he isn’t really playing it up, as he’s never been shy about his jealousy about ShinTsuyo’s relationship.
But enough of that, time for the roundup. Today is a little bit different. I’m going to see how chronological order works because @ingkgrofficial, @ksngtysofficial and @ktrsngofficial now talk to or about each other.
Ameba Blog translationBeauty
I’m weak to that word. LOL
The other two are messing around with each other, so I’m doing a beauty shot by myself ( ̄▽ ̄)⭐️
#GoroInagaki
Ameba Blog translationPhotoshoot
What we’re shooting will be announced another time~
Because I’ll get yelled at if I spoil it… LOL
Huh? Katori-san isn’t here (°▽°)
#GoroInagaki
This is my clothes.
I have a question.
Can you just upload text to Instagram? You can’t upload to Instagram without a photo, right? It’s kind of late to ask.
#HonneLoss
Over 1 million followers! Thank you for your power! Let’s go forward carefree! I’m Instagramer Shingo Katori! This is the actual start! Hello
#HonneLoss
Where am I? Who am I? I’m Shingo Katori waking from a deep sleep. We’re starting now. A man who lives tomorrow. The real Twitter starts. Let’s go forward carefree.
Hello #HonneLoss
While the finale could do nothing to top the reunion with Mori (former member turned motorcycle racer in 1996), Goro, Tsuyoshi, and Shingo went all out for the finale: a 72 song medley. Tsuyoshi said this: “since we have no songs, we’ll borrow the songs of other artists.” It’s not surprising they can’t sing SMAP songs since they aren’t even allowed to say the song titles, but it angered me hearing it directly.
It didn’t matter though. Goro, Tsuyoshi, and Shingo pulled together an excellent setlist of 71 songs + the 72-hour theme song “72.” They showed that “SMAP” can be stripped from them, but they will always embody everything that is SMAP.
There were flaws aplenty, but the passion and love were there.
Below is the listing of all 72 songs. Color coordinated by those who performed each. 💗 Goro, 💛 Tsuyoshi, 💚 Shingo
I spent the last few days watching and digesting 72-hour Honne TV. Now it’s reliving it and going through it over and over again. More information will be coming as I have time to write it up, but for now here’s a list of the main guests.
Main Guests
Bakusho Mondai
Tooru Hashimoto
Kimiko Date
Maple Chougoukin
Cunning Takeyama
Mari Yaguchi
Barbie
Natsumi Okamoto
Yurina Yanagi
Nobunari Oda
Miyuu Ikeda
Knights
U Jikouji
HIKAKIN
Hajime Shacho
Fischer’s
Sou Takei
Kayoko Ookubo
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Kouki Mitani
Kento Yamazaki
Takayuki Yamada
Joe Odagiri
kyaeen
Ichikawa Ebizou
Masaaki Kurihara
Kameda Brothers
Eiji Kotouge
Zun
Ai Haruna
Momiji Yamamura
Kenji Moriwaki
Bobby Ologun
Eikou Kano
Katsuyuki Mori
Tsutomu Sekine
Yoshihiro Kariya
Akatsu
Kouichi Satou
Kouji Yamamoto
Shousuke Tanihara
Lily Franky
Kano Sisters
VTR Guests
Eikichi Yazawa
Shofukutei Tsurube
Yuzu
Hakuhou
GLAY
Austin Mahone
Peko & Ryuchell
Jang Keun-Suk
BECK
Goro Inagaki’s “What-If Wedding Ceremony” Guest List
On October 4, FujiTV aired a 2-hour special of OjaMAP!! Zakiyama took on the role of director, Zaki-D. And the special guest? Tsuyoshi Kusanagi!
We got a 2-hour special of OjaMAP where Tsuyoshi dragged Shingo around Tokyo!
The episode’s filming took place on September 22, the same day as the launch of Atarashii Chizu. And unlike the FujiTV special with ShinTsuyo earlier this year, this one was the 2-hours as promised. I still haven’t forgiven FujiTV for saying they were giving us a 2-hour ShinTsuyo special then cutting it last minute.
Another notable happening? The Twitter ban is no more!
The OjaMAP!! official account began posting photos from the set with Shingo and Tsuyoshi.
“I’ll secretly upload this from the location!!! Can you tell what’s going on?? This guy will be on two-hour special, 7 PM on Wednesday, October 4th!!!”
Enough with that, on to the episode!
Seven Things Tsuyoshi Wants to do with Shingo
Go for a drive in his beloved truck
Get an outfit for Shingo
Take Shingo to a guitar shop
Have BBQ together
Earnestly street dance
Share where they record their radio show
Sing together
That’s the list of the 7 things Tsuyoshi picks out for the two to do together. But before they start, there’s one more thing Tsuyoshi wants to do: appear on OjaMAP with his beloved pet French bulldog, Kurumi!!
Kurumi’s First Appearance
Shingo puts it well, “it’s been a long time since we’ve been on set, but she’s the star!” Yup. Kurumi definitely is a natural star. Zaki-D even gives her a chance to show off her acting skills by re-enacting the tabloid photos that were taken of her and Tsuyoshi papa earlier this year.
The internet was abuzz with Tsuyoshi and Kurumi because of those tabloid photos. Fans latched onto Kurumi, but haters latched onto how Tsuyoshi was sitting in the street. (Okay, I’ll admit I found it hilarious.)No comments were made, and Tsuyoshi never mentioned he had a new member in his family. But free from Johnny’s? They address it head on, and it’s hilarious.
Shingo hits Tsuyoshi while he’s sitting on the ground again with Kurumi, “didn’t I tell you to not sit at the side of the road!?”
Going for a Drive in Tsuyoshi’s Beloved Truck
After Kurumi-chan’s introduction, they head to Tsuyoshi’s truck for a drive. He has a ’69 Chevy C-10 that he imported from the US. No idea what American movie the truck was in, but Tsuyoshi shelled out a ridiculous 70K USD for it.
We also got to see the notorious signature Shingo left behind on the truck door. Notice the SMAP?
When they get off to go clothes shopping, Tsuyoshi tries to feed Kurumi-chan. She refuses to eat… Until Shingo offers her some food, which she eagerly eats from his hand.
New Outfit for Shingo
Tsuyoshi takes Shingo to BerBerJin, a vintage American-clothing shop that he’s been frequenting for 20 years. Shingo asks the shop manager how many jeans Tsuyoshi’s purchased from there… an absurd ~70 pairs!
Tsuyoshi picks out a pair of 1960’s 501XX Levi’s, t-shirt, red vintage Converse and Shingo picks out a jacket for himself. The total comes out to a whopping 433,296 yen! Think $4000 USD.
Tsuyoshi’s shocked by the total and calls Shingo out, saying that the jacket isn’t something he’s interested in. Then Tsuyoshi tries on the jacket himself, likes it, and says he’d buy it for himself and let Shingo borrow it.
Shingo seems a bit surprised at the end after Tsuyoshi goes to pay the cashier. “You’re really going to buy it for me?”
Yeah, he does. So sweet.
Guitar Shop Visit
On the drive from BerBerJin, Tsuyoshi battles a toll booth. Tsuyoshi didn’t have an ETC (think a digital tag for toll roads) and held up the traffic. The scene reminded me of Tsuyoshi and the 5-man trip with SMAP a few years back and his struggle with the toll booth.
They talk a bit on the way to the guitar shop, about how they haven’t gone shopping together before, but have gone for drinks and food. Tsuyoshi asks if Shingo has gone out to eat with Zakiyama, to which Zakiyama interjects and says it’s only been once! Shingo really does keep to himself.
The guitar shop Tsuyoshi brings Shingo to is TC Gakki, a guitar shop that Sho Wada introduced Tsuyoshi to. Tsuyoshi browses the guitars, but the real reason he’s there? He brought his own guitar in for repair.
Shingo asks what they are doing there. Tsuyoshi says he’s killing two birds with one stone, filming OjaMAP and getting his guitar repaired. Shingo then asks Zaki-D what the purpose is of being there.
Tsuyoshi: “I want you to experience the atmosphere.”
Tsuyoshi did pick up a guitar to try out and the shop manager gives Shingo a guitar to play as well. It just happened to be the most expensive guitar in the shop, shocking Shingo. But they play a little together.
Zakiyama then suggests that they listen to the most expensive guitar and the cheapest guitar, and see if they can tell which is which.
Thankfully, Tsuyoshi gets this one right. That would’ve been pretty embarrassing if the didn’t, though he did admit beforehand he can’t really tell the difference. But with that behind them… off to have BBQ! But not before a side trip to Shingo’s house.
Shingo’s House
On the drive to have BBQ, Tsuyoshi brings up the birthday present he gave Shingo about two years ago. It was a picnic basket, and he wants them to use it.
Shingo told Tsuyoshi on Power Splash he didn’t have it anymore, but I guess Tsuyoshi didn’t believe him and keeps pushing. Tsuyoshi wants them to use it so bad that he says they’ll go to Shingo’s house to pick it up.
Shingo doesn’t want them to go at all. But in the end, he’s a good sport and they do end up going to his house. Or maybe he had no choice since Tsuyoshi was the one driving. Zaki-D also joins them with a tiny camera (but not before they blindfold him on the drive there). The staff pixelates everything, so Shingo’s privacy is protected.
These are the only things we can see:
Their faces (Shingo, Kurumi, Tsuyoshi)
Shingo’s paintings
The leftover pieces of the picnic set
Airport waiting room chairs
In the end, they retrieve a fraction of the original picnic basket set and make their way to the BBQ location site.
BBQ Together (without rice…)
They arrive on site, next to a small river and it’s completely empty. But it works out for them I suppose.
Tsuyoshi introduces all the types of meats he’s brought. Shingo asks about the rice! The veggies! The yakisoba! Tsuyoshi says he wasn’t responsible for that.
Zaki-D and Tsuyoshi go back and forth for a bit. Tsuyoshi says he only said he’d bring meat. Zaki-D says otherwise. The audience sees everything though, and Tsuyoshi did say he would take care of the food.
Tsuyoshi says he was half joking using this really lame half-joking hamburger pun, causing Kurumi to speak up finally. She’d gone the entire day without barking, but Tsuyoshi’s joke was so lame she couldn’t stay quiet any longer.
Good girl! 😂
They start eating the meat, but it really needs rice. Zaki-D tells Tsuyoshi to go to the houses in the area and ask for rice. He awkwardly does and approaches a few people before being introduced to an older lady that recognizes him as “Tsuyoshi-kun!” She doesn’t have rice ready, but she says she’ll make a fresh serving for them.
How is Tsuyoshi supposed to turn that down? He doesn’t, and Zaki-D has to run all the way back to stop Shingo who is already grilling. Shingo’s reaction to being told some rice is being cooked for them right now?
A little bit later, Tsuyoshi arrives with the rice (well, the entire rice cooker). They’re able to have their meal finally.
Zaki-D tries to pry a bit, ask if they’ve talked about their love life with one another. “We’re idols, so we can’t.” Zaki-D doesn’t buy that, not now. Shingo keeps saying they haven’t, but they totally have… he tells a story of Tsuyoshi’s.
Tsuyoshi’s girlfriend was moving around so he couldn’t sleep. He kicked her out of bed, and she slept on the sofa. Zaki-D doesn’t believe Tsuyoshi would do something that terrible. “Isn’t sleep important?” Tsuyoshi asks.
Wow. Tsuyoshi goes on to explain how annoying it is for someone to move around. Then Kurumi barks once more, interrupting him! She must not like what he’s saying again!
Zakiyama: “Why didn’t you go to the sofa yourself?”
Tsuyoshi: “Lots of reasons. Isn’t it a pain to do that?”
Shingo: “That comment is the worst!!”
Zakiyama: “That’s the past. You aren’t like that anymore, right?”
Tsuyoshi: “A lot has changed…”
Kurumi: *BARK*
Zakiyama: “She’s calling you a liar!”
Shingo then shares another story, which looks more recent from Tsuyoshi’s reaction. There’s a girl that Tsuyoshi was really in love with, like ‘she’s the one.’ Except the moment Tsuyoshi hugged her from behind, he changed his mind. Tsuyoshi got upset at him for saying, then says he was half joking. But who knows. 😂
Street Dance In The Rain
The next thing Tsuyoshi wants to do with Shingo? Street dance. This goes back to there time as teenagers and picks the song they’d dance to Gonna Make You Sweet (Everybody Dance Now). Yeah, the everybody dance now song.
Shingo remembers dancing to the song. They’d dance to a lot of different songs, learn a dance, and take turns. If either of them messed up, they’d have to start the song over. They’d dance through the night and finally finish in the early morning and crash.
They spend about 50 minutes learning the choreography. During it, Shingo points out what he loves about Tsuyoshi: He’ll be this strange guy saying and doing weird things and then suddenly he’s serious.
I love this line from Tsuyoshi, “It’s been a long time since I’ve danced with Shingo. Isn’t this nostalgic? That means a lot of different things. We danced together as kids, but excluding that, it’s still nostalgic.”
Hmm. Wonder what Tsuyoshi meant. Maybe not performing together under Johnny’s for nearly a year.
After learning the dance, they head out to a station to perform… in the rain! Their outfits? Tsuyoshi told Zaki-D they used to dress up in clothes like MC Hammer. So… these are the outfits that were picked for them…
But yes, the two head from Tsuyoshi’s truck in the parking lot to the front of the station. Rain is coming down, and they’re shouting out in English to try and attract a crowd. It isn’t a massive crowd, but a few people stay in the pouring rain to watch. It doesn’t matter though; they have fun together.
Tsuyoshi’s speech at the end though, “from today on, it’s the start of our new life.” Shingo laughs. I did too. Because it really made it look like they’d downgraded from SMAP to street performer duo.
On the wrap up inside, Tsuyoshi shares that he’s never seen Shingo’s expression bare like that. And the audience too, they were warm and welcoming. He thought the atmosphere would be more like, “what the hell are those guys doing?” He says it really brought back memories of their teenage years.
Shingo agrees. He remembered their time from back then. They’d shout out stupid things like “CHECK IT OUT!” back then too, except people wouldn’t gather. This time, they did.
ShinTsuyo POWER SPLASH Recording
Tsuyoshi wants everyone to see where they record POWER SPLASH. It feels like this entire year Tsuyoshi has complained about their studio being cramped and hot.
If you’re a regular listener of the show, that’s where they record. Tsuyoshi said they’d cleaned up for the recording. 😂
They don’t show too much here, but that’s okay. We got to hear it all on the radio. The only thing I wish the episode would’ve shown us was Shingo and Tsuyoshi going through the newspapers, as this was the day the Atarashii Chizu ads went out.
Singing Together under Tokyo Tower
What’s the conclusion to this ShinTsuyo trip? Singing a song together. Together with Zaki-D, Tsuyoshi puts in his request to bring in a violinist and percussion and to use the venue of Tokyo Tower. The song they’ll be singing? ShinTsuyo Be on right!, the song that Tsuyoshi wrote for their 20th anniversary of SMAP POWER SPLASH.
Zaki-D pulls through, and the two get to perform underneath Tokyo Tower at THE PLACE of TOKYO.
Shingo has made it no secret that he loves Tokyo Tower.
Tsuyoshi did a great job picking a location for them to do their performance. The two of them are super nervous, but they go ahead and make it through ShinTsuyo Be on right!
If you haven’t watched, then… just watch it. It’s an excellent performance. Or it could be nostalgia. Shingo and Tsuyoshi haven’t performed in forever, let alone perform together.
Of course, Shingo points out for everyone who isn’t a musician at home, that Tsuyoshi rushed the song badly. Tsuyoshi’s excuse? Nerves.
And that’s our conclusion to the 2-hour OjaMAP!! special. The episode brought in a 9.6% rating in Kanto region, the best for the timeslot that night. It was also the 2nd highest rated OjaMAP episode that year (the first being Tsuyoshi’s other guest appearance back in January.) It looks like Japan likes seeing the guys together.
That’s cool. So do I.
OjaMAP!! Playlist
You’re In Love With A Psycho / Kasabian
Can’t Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)/ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Iijuu Rider / ShinTsuyo
Holding me Back /Shawn Mendes
BROTHER / OKAMOTO’S
Jamaica Song / Hanaregumi
Zenryoku Shounen / Sukima Switch
Another Starting Line / Hi-STANDARD
Good Day / DNCE
SUN / Gen Hoshino
Castle On The Hill / Ed Sheeran
ShinTsuyo Be on right! / ShinTsuyo
All Good Ska is One / Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
I think this is a complete playlist of the songs used. The official Twitter account listed out a lot of the songs, but some where missing. If anyone knows of a song left out, please let me know!
Check out the start of timeline chronicling the events happening after Goro, Tsuyoshi, and Shingo left Johnny’s.
If time permits, I’ll go back and start adding pieces of the disbanding uproar and the events following. That time was painful though, so I’m not eager to go through it again.
For now, I’ll do my best to keep up with what’s happening
Here’s a link to an imgur of the high resolution (we’re talking 3000×2002) images of Goro, Tsuyoshi, and Shingo from AbemaTV photo shoot.
These were taken from the HuffPost (Japan Edition) interviews with Goro, Tsuyoshi, and Shingo. I put on imgur to save my bandwidth and they are (c) AbemaTV. I just figured some people would like to use them as pretty, pretty desktop backgrounds.
The images uploaded are featured below. If any additional hi-resolution ones are uploaded, I’ll add them in the future.
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Yusuke Santamaria’s Pussuma will reach 900 episodes on October 27, 2017. The commemorable 900th episode will have guests Tomonori Jinnai and Rika Adachi. Below is a translation from TVLife’s online article with interview with Tsuyoshi and Yuusuke.
Q: First, how does it feel to broadcast 900 episodes?
Tsuyoshi: To believe it’s continued this long… There are probably people who thought the show would’ve ended a long time ago, but we’re still going…
Yuusuke: The time slot has changed along the way too.
Tsuyoshi: I’ll take this chance… I want to notify everyone that this show is properly continuing! Since this is a show that continued slooowly, we aren’t all “Hurrah! 900th episode!”. We’re just thankful for all the people who have kindly watched the show.
Yuusuke: If we reach 20 years, it’ll be like the miracles will continue forever.
Q: What have you gained from the broadcast until now?
Yuusuke: Tsuyoshi got his driver’s license on the show. Tsuyoshi also started playing guitar. He’s writing songs now.
Tsuyoshi: That’s right. It feels like this show raised me over the last 20 years.
Yuusuke: I didn’t acquire anything, but before I knew it, this show became like therapy. I come to set without prepping, and it’s comforting to goof around and laugh with the staff and Tsuyoshi who know me.
Q: Last year was the final of Kusanagi’s Squid Club. Is there anything you want to try going forward?
Yuusuke: Were you attached to Squid Club?
Tsuyoshi: I cried when it ended! Why do we get to continue Yuusuke’s corner (Idol Dance Club), but we ended mine? Yuusuke, did you secretly end it? You said you didn’t like boats or traveling far…
Yuusuke: Even so, I didn’t say let’s stop! *laugh*
Tsuyoshi: From now on, I want to go to locations we can’t normally go to.
Yuusuke: I’m fine with the studio. *laugh*
Q: You’ve worked together for a long time, have you influenced and become more like each other in any way?
Yuusuke: There has been. Tsuyoshi and I are different, and I am all “cool!” when he’s completely absorbed in one thing. But even if I’m inspired by seeing Tsuyoshi, I don’t do it. I don’t think things go well for two people with the same interests. I think married couples are probably the same, since they have differences they can always do things together.
Tsuyoshi: Oh, is that so? *laugh*
Yuusuke: When one person runs out of ideas, it’s better for a person who has a different way of thinking to define things.
Tsuyoshi: I see.
Yuusuke: Even so, lately it feels like we’ve become closer. Time has leisurely passed, hasn’t it? We finally even tried having a meal and talking.
Tsuyoshi: Since you’re concerned about the sense of distance, I had to invite you. That’s why coming here, I think we can eat in a natural flow. From now on, let’s give it our all out naturally!