[Updated!] Yamashita Tomohisa

I found some more things about Yamapi, interviews. Mostly when he still be part of NEWS. I forget where I take this from, so I can only say credit goes to uploader!!

Q1.If you were to become a driver, which would it be, a bus or taxi?

Yamapi: Taxi

Koyama: Taxi (Drunks? I won’t let them in!)

Ryo: Bus!

Shige: Bus (I’m fine with any)

Massu: Bus (I’m fine with any (laugh))

Tegoshi: Taxi

Q2. What food was a treat to you when you were a kid?

Yamapi: Hamburger and omurice.

Koyama: Yakiniku

Ryo: sukiyaki

Shige: Hamburger

Massu: Gyoza

Tegoshi: Sushi

Q3. To you, at what age was your ‘youth’?

Yamapi: My whole life

Koyama: About 18

Ryo: Right now

Shige: 14

Massu: Right now

Tegoshi: Being a high school student

Q4. Rice balls or sandwiches. If you were to take one of them when you go on a trip?

Yamapi: Rice balls

Koyama: Rice balls

Ryo: Rice balls

Shige: Sandwiches

Massu: Sandwiches

Tegoshi: Rice Balls

Q5.For black tea, are you the type to put lemon in, milk in or drink it straight?

Yamapi: Depends on the type of black tea

Koyama: Straight

Ryo: Straight

Shige: Straight

Massu: Straight

Tegoshi: Straight or I put lemon

Q6. The drink you want to drink when you get out of the bath?

Yamapi: A carbonated type drink

Koyama: Carbonated drinks

Ryo: Milk

Shige: Coffee Milk

Massu: Water

Tegoshi: Water

Q7. A quick shower or a proper bath. Which type are you?

Yamapi: When I have work it’s baths, when I have a day off it’s a shower

Koyama: A proper bath (about 15 minutes)

Ryo: A quick shower

Shige: A proper bath (20 minutes at 40degrees!)

Massu: A quick shower

Tegoshi: Bath (About 10 minutes)

Q8. A 2 hour massage or a day trip to a hot spring. Which would you do to heal your tiredness?

Yamapi: Would have to be a massage

Koyama: Probably a 2 hour massage

Ryo: 2 hour massage

Shige: a day trip to a hot spring

Massu: I wouldn’t go to either and just sleep

Tegoshi: I’d go on a day trip to a hot spring and get a massage there (Ah~~!)

Q9. Are you a dog person? Or a cat person?

Yamapi: Dog, dog

Koyama: Cat person

Ryo: Dog person!

Shige: (There might be other types you know, like bird people) But I’m a dog type (laugh)

Massu: I’m the type not to own any

Tegoshi: Wan wan!

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-How did you feel singing Hadakanbo?

It was funny! There are so many people who keep hidden theirselves but this song tells to talk honestly opening your heart.

-What kind of kid was the one we saw on the jacket?

My mom said that I was always walking stuck behind her.

-What is the imaginary behind the lyrics of Aoi and Friday night?

I wrote Aoi when I was 19 yrs old. Aoi is a sad, lonely song. Friday night is a song about a boy who tries to approach the girl he likes. I think that the images pop out naturally listening to them.

-When do you usually write songs?

There are times when I put myself down to write but sometimes they come out from simple humming.

-Tell us about your GOOD and BAD sides.

The GOOD is that I hate to lose. The BAD is that I can't wake up early.

-Do you like girls with double personality?

Girls always have a strong side and a weaker, cute one, right?

-What is the musical genre that had an influence on you?

Everyone. Music is experience too. Everything you listen leaves an inconscious echo in your head.

-What is your objective, musically speaking?

I want to sing with all my might! It uses to say "Heart, tecnique & physique" so as you can see heart always comes first.

[Term to describe the three qualities of a sumo wrestler]

-Recently you've sung again "Seishuun amigo" as "Shuuji to Akira", how did it feel?

It was exciting! So funny!

-Which is the song most funny to sing live?

Everyone! (lol) I think that Party don't stop is perfect for a concert.

-Give us some highlights for your solo tour.

Swords! We're thinking to use illuminations that looks like katanas.

-What did the members do during the last of the year?

Tegoshi was always playing videogames. Koyama was reading or studying, Shige was writing something at the computer. Massu probably was eating nikuman (lol). Ryo-chan on the last of the year was super busy between NEWS and Kanjani8.

-Tell us a funny episode from the shootings of Ashita no Joe.

They're over! (lol) I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep. Looking back at it now it was a good experience, though.

-During the shootings there was a food you were craving for?

Rice and noodles.

-Do you have some point in common with Joe?

I'm not as cool as him. Joe is able to stand up after falling thousands times, he never gives up, he's really cool. I think that I have only this kind of will as him.

-You worked out to build a wonderful boxer's body, give some advice to people who want to diet.

Don't ever do a diet! (lol) While you're young it's better if you don't.

-What do you like in your new forged body?

The abdominal muscles. I did my best with them!

-You're hungry of what?

Work. For the rest I'm ok as I am now (lol). There's something I'd like to eat now though.

-What would you like to do for your girlfriend?

I would do anything!

-She's late for a date, how much long would you wait?

I wouldn't wait. I would call her, right. If I can't get in touch with her I'd wait for around 1 hour.

-What are the words that would surprise you with pleasure if told by a girl?

Something like "Don't worry!", words that express encouragement and care.

-What do you have absolutely to do before going out?

Look out for fire (lol) Honestly, just closing the door with keys. If it's for work I try to wake myself up the most possible!

-What is your favourite food this winter?

Hot pan.

-This month it's out Velentine issue. Even if you're an adult now do you still get nervous and excited for Valentine day?

I do. Even as adult I'm nervous (lol). If I receive chocolate from people who work with me I'll be happy. From the very morning it will be a day kinda different from the others.

-Confession from a girl, yes or no?

YES! I think that in love there are no rules. An approach or a confession from a girl are possible. Of course the results will depend only to the other person though.

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Q. You wake up and it’s already the meeting time! What’s the first thing you do?

For the moment, I’d call my manager. But I wouldn’t panic. If you panic and then forget things you’d end up getting upset right? But I’m never this late in the first place. The one I always end up doing is doing it half-assed with being 10 minutes late (laugh) I somehow always end up being 10 minutes late. It doesn’t work even if I wake up 10 minutes earlier. My sense for those 10 minutes are probably off.

Q. Imagine you’ve returned to being a high school student. You were confessed to by a girl. Please turn her down while trying to hurt her as little as possible.

“I’m sorry, it’s impossible now but….can you wait for me? I mean, this is really rushed”. Hmm but fi I do that then the girl will still have some affection left. Turning someone down is hard!

Q. The person that you’ve been together with lately?

Probably my computer. Eh, that’s not a person? Well, well (laugh) I just leisurely surf the web and I always catch a big wave every day (laugh) I also watch people’s performances a lot. Foreign people have such a high level. I feel really moved and I tell my friends ‘Hey, look at this! Isn’t it amazing?’. I don’t want to lose to that!

Q. During a concert or a play, your mind becomes completely blank. Well, what do you do?

I’m really bad at trying to not get people to notice these things. They always look like ‘Ah, he’s forgotten’ (laugh) That’s why I wouldn’t try to fix it, I’d just wait until I remember or I’d get someone to help me? But miraculously, when it comes to dancing I never forget the choreography.

Q. If you were told to sing the closing song at Karaoke, what song would you sing?

The chances of it being ‘~senorita’ or ‘~amigo’ is high. For ‘~amigo’ there’s usually a person who’ll do Kamenashi’s lines. If it was a NEWS song then ‘Weeeek’ or ‘NEWS NIPPON’. My advice for singing ‘NEWS NIPPON’ is when you’re singing the line ‘To the north!’ don’t ease up. I often try my best in this part.

Q. You’re sitting alone at a café, and the people at the table next to you are talking about you. And, they’ve misunderstood something (* as in, talking about them and have mentioned something about them that is wrong) What do you do?

It would depend on what that misunderstanding is. If it was really bad then I might correct them but 99% sure that I’d just leave it that way. This sort of experience? It’s happened before! They were saying nice stuff about me though. In my heart I bowed and said ‘Thank you very much’ (laugh)

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I watched Yamapi Oshareism few times ago and it'

s hilarious XD I think you might found it on Here and some other Yamapi's video. Enjoy! And again, credit goes to uploader! >_<d