Chotokkyu -Bullet Train

hello I’m 8gousha! I'm translating chotokkyu's blog just for fun and to maintain my English :) I don't have any connections with chottokkyu official.

[bt8gousha]

a-nation Nagasaki Yaaaay!!!!!!!!

どじっこんばんは◡̈

Hello :)

(By translator: He always begins his blog with this phrase “dojikkonbanwa.” This one is the combination of “dojikko” and “konbanwa.” “Dojikko” means “clumsy,” and actually he introduces himself by saying that he is in charge of “dojikko” in chotokkyu. I bet many of you know that “konbanwa” means “good evening.” Haha this such short phrase is damn hard to translate😂)

ユーキです！

This is Yuki!

今日はa-nation@長崎で

ライブをやらさせていただきました！！

Today we were given the opportunity of performing at a-nation in Nagasaki!!

炎天下の中

お越し下さり

ライブを見てくださった

皆さんありがとうございました！！

Thank you so much for coming and seeing our performance even under the blazing sun!!

暑さに負けずに

ライブを一緒にしてくれてる姿は

最高だったよ👍✨

I saw you guys creating the live together without succumbing to the heat. You are the best👍✨

知らない人も一緒に

手をあげたり

声出したりしてくれたのは

happyでした♪

I was happy to see people who don’t know much about us were also putting their hands up and making some noise♪

超特急としても長崎でのライブは

初めてだったので

すごくテンションが上がったし

場所がハウステンボスっていつのも

個人的には上がりましたね(｡-∀-｡)

It was the first time for us to perform in Nagasaki, so we got very excited. And the venue was the Huis Ten Bosch, so personally that also makes me excited (｡-∀-｡)

ただハウステンボスは

堪能できなかったので

また今度超特急として

ライブをしにきた時に

正式な初開通記念として

メンバーみんなで行きたいな♡

But we didn’t have time to enjoy the Huis Ten Bosch, so when we have our live in Nagasaki the next time, I wanna go there with all other members together to celebrate our official train line’s extension to Nagasaki♡

(By translator: when chotokkyu have their live in a new prefecture for the first time, they call it as “the train line’s extension” or “starting operations” in that prefecture because their group name means “bullet train.”)

海上ウォーターパーク行きたーい（≧ヘ≦）

Wanna go to the Kaijo water park（≧ヘ≦）

でもステージからの海を眺める景色や

長崎自体景色が本当素敵でした✨

But the scenery of ocean from the stage and even the scenery of Nagasaki itself was beautiful✨

さぁここであの冷やしパンツの件に

ついて言及したいと思います。

Okay, now let me begin to explain that “cold-underwear.”

(By translator: Takuya said “Yuki’s underwear was in the fridge of our hotel room” in his Instagram story haha)

昨日ライブ用に

コンビニでパンツを買って

ホテルの冷蔵庫に

買った飲み物とかを入れてた時に

タクヤと一緒の部屋だったので

買ったばかりパンツが入ってたら

タクヤ「オイッ！！」って

なる思ったら予想以上に

冷蔵庫を開けなくて

もう我慢出来ずに

自分でネタバレしちゃいましたw

Yesterday I bought an underwear for the concert. After going back to the hotel, I was putting drinks and some other goods into the fridge. And I came up with the idea of putting my underwear to surprise my roomie Takuya. I imagined he would be like “Hey!!” when he opens and finds a new underwear. But he just can’t seem to open the fridge, so I couldn’t stand and told him that by myself lol

冷やしパンツは

結局炎天下で

温いパンツになってました♡

The cold-underwear turned out the hot-underwear under the blazing sun♡

猛暑日続くけど

水分補給忘れないこと！

塩分も大切に！

Even though scorching summer heat continues these days, don’t forget to get hydrated! Be aware of your salt intake too!

そして

台風よ消滅してくれますように。

And

may typhoon disappear.

これからも

6人と8号車で

どんな困難も

駆け抜けていきます！！

We keep running through and overcoming any difficulties with our members and 8 gousha!!

We Are The Bullet Train！！

and

We Are Happy♪

See Yuki

(By translator: these 4 lines are original sentences 😊)

P.S.

昨日のシミがついてしまった

オニューの白Tシャツは

帰ってから

長時間のシミ抜き戦を経て

だいぶ落とすことができました✨

P.S.

Yesterday I accidentally put stain on this  new white T-shirt. But I was able to take it away through a long-time cleaning fight against the stain✨

やったぜ✌️

I did it ✌️

[bt8gousha]

SUKE YUSUKE

Today we performed at a-nation in Nagasaki!

Thank you for getting aboard our ride!!!

That was too hot (･_･;

Since our performance was scheduled after 5pm, I thought it’ll be cooler......

But that was still too hot😵💦

Audiences had been under the sun since the beginning of the event, so they must have suffered in the heat more than us......

I really appreciate your coming to see us.

Please take a rest!!

↑＼you don’t have to say that cuz we already understand that ♪／

I knew ittt (*つ▽`)っ))) hahaha

Please rest well!!!

It was the first time to perform in Nagasaki, and we enjoyed a lot!

Wanna go again!!!

Hope we can enjoy Huis Ten Bosch next time!

It’ll be good if we can have good food (^-^)

Hope we can come again

It doesn’t look delicious. Lol

But this Kakuni was soooo good!!

And hotel!!

My roomie was Takashi this time~

It’s been so long since we had twin rooms!!

I think this pairing (Takashi and me) is rare!

I woke up once about 6 am!!

And his blanket fell down on the floor. Lol

If he is like this at home too, it’s too kawaii and adorable! You can understand, right? Especially Takashi’s fan 😏

When I saw this, I smiled and felt “kawaii!”

( ✌︎'ω')✌︎

＼waittt, he’s gonna catch a cold without the blanket! Hey! Hey!!!!／ those who thought like this, don’t worry.

I surely moved back it on Takashi ^_−☆

Hoi, Takashi got up later, and we had breakfast together!!

From morning, he ate curry, something with bread, omelet, something like ham, something like small potato balls, ice cream, and other things‼️

Omg he were eating a lot 😂

Somehow I was feeling good by looking at him eating!!

His food was so different from mine, like so much omelet filling the plate, seaweed, watery rice, raw egg on watery rice, something with mackerel, and so many scrambled eggs filling the dish‼️

I got full immediately! But that was the best breakfast!!

Then went back to our room, and we watched the TV show called “Goo Touch”!!

That was about a small-weak volleyball team’s struggle toward the prefecture national competition, and we couldn’t leave our eyes from the screen! We were cheering the team as if we were talking to the TV⭐️

chan chan 6

[bt8gousha]

180801

This is Kai.

Goodbye July

Welcome August

August 1st is the date when I began belonging to this company

It’s been 9 years!

Time flies~ so fast.

The next year is 10-years

I’ll be also 25 years old

I hope I can leave one footprint as the result of my life

I’m gonna keep moving toward 10-year anniversary.

The 9th year was also awesome for me

I was lucky to have many experiences

Everything is wonderful one

I’m happier now than when I wrote the same thing last year

I was also happy enough last year though. Lol

I’m working by receiving love from many people everyday

Thanks to you guys

I appreciate you always

Please keep supporting me as well as you do now

I have no doubt that I’ll be happier next year

So excited!

Recently, I did hang out with my mom

We can’t spend time together too often,

so that was fun and very fulfilling

Stairs.

Stairs.

Just normal stairs.

Lots of hydrangea was very beautiful

Ice cream monaka was so delicious

Flap-flap👼🏻

Kay, let’s enjoy life from tomorrow too😊

[bt8gousha]

SUKE YUSUKE

Chotokkyu’s Recomen has just finished~! (**by translator: it’s a radio program). 8 gousha, thank you for listening~!!!

Otenki Nori san, thank you for always entertaining us with your talking🤣 and thank you for eating Kiritanpo!!!

The radio booth was filled with smell of Kiritanpo ☺️

Feeling so happy~ Kiritanpo~!!

Please looking forward to see who’s coming to the next Recomen if we can attend!!!

By the way~

So sleepy 😑

Soo sleepy 😑

Sooo sleepy 😑

Around this time, I always come up with just going to the bed without taking a shower.

If I do, do I smell like Kiritanpo next morning?💡

Sounds good too though~

Oh yes yes, we had Kiritanpo before recording that radio! I think it’s for the first time to have Kiritanpo with members.

Because I begged, they came to eat Kiritanpo with me!!!

Who can foresee that Namahage will come to the restaurant!!!

That was a legit surprise~

Takuya and Yuki looked happy~

I was filled with happiness~

Kiritanpo was really good!

Wanna go with all other members together the next time😏

I’ll count on you about promotion campaigns at other places, Kai, Ryoga and Takashi!

Gonna go to bed zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[bt8gousha]

This is my best time!! I can’t appreciate enough everything related to this event including all human beings and the great northern land, Hokkaido!!

Hello◡̈

This is Yuki!!!!!

Today we had “SUNNY TRAIN REVUE -TV did make a music festival!-“ held by Sapporo TV, so-called “SANITORE”‼️‼️

Thank you 8 gousha for coming to support us‼️♡

And I think there were many people who didn’t know about us. But looked like which artists were performing didn’t matter for audiences. Everyone was sharing the same time together and fully enjoying by shouting or moving their bodies.

When I saw the scene, I was filled with the appreciation to them from the bottom of my heart （≧ヘ≦）

I was so moved when I heard both girls’ voice and boys’ strong heavy one during our performance.

During the song “SAY NO,”

Can you believe⁉️

Kishidan-san 😎 and GoldenBomber-san interrupted us😊

At the middle of the song, Takuya painted his face with white ink and became Kenji Tarumizawa san!?

And more, at the last song “Party Maker,” it was a great pleasure tho, they interrupted us again and spread water in all directions. That was truly chaotic.

After the performance, we were able to take commemorative photos with them✨

That was the bestest memory for my entire life

Wasn’t it awesome, seriously?

When I was an elementary school student, at my dance school, I was dancing Kishidan-san’s song “One Night Carnival.” I was wearing long coat Japanese school uniform to imitate their costume. So can’t believe that I was able to perform with the vocal of Kishidan, Sho Ayanokoji san, on the same stage.

ALSO! He splashed water to me!!

And, there was the Golden Bomber san, which I truly respect. We performed their killer tune “Memeshikute” together.

With such two cool groups, we got splashed together and did the silliest things with all our energy. That was the happiest moment and would never be faded away from my heart.

Can you see Utahiroba Jun kun was giving really really hot hug to me in this photo? ♡

before the event, I had a feeling that this event would be the best memory for my life. but actually way beyond my expectation, that became the bestest memory!!

Aww… I’m in the fullness of my heart.

I appreciate the great land of Iwamizawa city in Hokkaido.

I’ll keep forward by dreaming doing such silly, manly, explosively stupid things again on a stage with the stupid division members together‼️

kay let’s change the subject.

The exhibition of “Mirai no Mirai” has been also started✨

We had the opportunity to attend the exhibition’s opening ceremony as the official supporter!

Thank you so much.

When we shook hands with Hosoda director, we talked about we may try auditions of voice actors for future movies. If it happens, I’d love to go there  by following Ryoga!!

The exhibition has actual drawings for the movie and more importantly scenery drawings which look like real photos, made by Hosoda director.

Moreover!!

Good spots for Instagram are scattered such as the projection mapping of a protagonist Kun-chan’s house garden.

Regardless of age or having watched the movie or not, everyone can enjoy the the exhibition!!

There is the former movies area, for example it has a big statue of “Love Machine” which is a big enemy in the movie “Summer Wars.” You also can experience projecting what you wrote on your phone on the wall. Please try!!

The girl on the left is Matsuda Ruka san, an MC of the TV show “Tokyo Himajin”! (**translator’s comment: somehow we can’t see the photo on the blog**)

Thank you so much.

I’m waiting you to come✨

★☆information☆★

On 3rd and 17th August, Ryoga, Yuki, and Yusuke will appear in the TV show “Tokyo Himajin” by Nihon TV!!!

We recorded the show at the exhibition of “Mirai no Mirai” ♪

We will appear there for 2 weeks✨

Please check it out😊

↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓

“Tokyo Himajin” by Nihon TV

On-air date:

8/13 Fri. 2:29~

8/17 Fri. 2:29~

http://www.ntv.co.jp/himajin/

Okay, I’m gonna finish here then!

“Today” is a significant factor to create “Tomorrow.”

We Are Happy♪♪

See Yuki

P.S

I love you!!

[bt8gousha]

SUNNY TRAIN REVUE Takashi

Takashi YADE!

Today we had the Sunny Train Revue in Hokkaido!

Among other great artists,

we were given the opportunity to be the last performers of the day.

Thank you for 8 gousha for coming, and also other artists’ fans for staying until our performance.

I appreciate you guys to stay even though we performed very late.

Because of you guys, I couldn’t be any happier. Today became an unforgettable day for me, seriously.

However, I felt I have to improve myself more as a vocalist.

I’ll continue making efforts not to waste what I felt today.

Thank you so much for this HOT day!

Please have a safe trip back.

And soon later at 11:15pm,

TV-Asahi TV show “Himomen” will start broadcasting!

Okay!

See you at the next post!

It’s a surprise, I met Daifuku-kun again!!

Takashi

[bt8gousha]

Happy man’s happy happy diary

Hello ◡̈

This is Yuki!!

Sorry for updating you late, but

--TV ASAHI ROPPONGI HILLS Summer Festival

SUMMER STATION

“Coca-Cola SUMMER STATION ONGAKU LIVE”--

Thank you so much for coming this event, 8 gousha !!

8 gousha who couldn’t come, thank you for sending cheers to us, too!!

This time, we performed a new song “Booster”.

Every member gets a turn in the spotlight, and

could you imagine if this song starts with me rapping!

I think everyone got upset like “what the hell is this!?”

but I hope this song helps us to reveal our new aspects!!

I bet you got surprised by many new things, but

because Takashi is singing by himself and contributing to us,

we, dancers, have to do more💪

aaand also, we performed a new song “Jesus,” 

which is the main theme song of the TV show “Himomen”!!

This show starts at 11:15pm today!!

Please watch!

This song contains many catchy choreo parts,

so please do it together♪

OK that’s it...

We Are Happy♪

See Yuki

P.S.

NYLON OMG~!!

I’ll update soon ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ