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[TRANS] Ueda Keisuke Long Interview from「Zenbu,Ore.」 Photobook PART 5

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PART 5 : “The tears couldn't stop on the results of the contest”

 I applied for Junon Super Boy Contest in 2006, when I was in the 2nd year of high school. Because the documents that my sister sent without my permission failed in previous year, so I felt challenged to try for revenge. Best 10 result was announced when I was working at Fresco, I knew from the mobile site. At that time, I seriously thought if I didn't remain in Best 10 after I came that far, it would be so lame. I hid it from people around me, but there was a junior who read JUNON and he was aware when it was Best 40 announcement, so the school knew it ever since. When they supported me and said "Do your best!" I was very happy, but my feeling in a few months of waiting reader's polling result was not that comfortable (LOL).

 When I remained in the Best 10, I got the announcement via phone call. Since we had to show special skills in the final selection, I was thinking a lot. My father played guitar when he was student, so I was practicing to play guitar while being taught by him. The song was Fujii Fumiya's TRUE LOVE. I like J-pop dance but since I was a kid, my parents always played old generation's songs. So, I naturally picked that kind of song. My heart was beating so fast on the stage. It's the first time I performed on the stage, in front of 1500 audiences from International forum. That was shocking (LOL) In the middle of song, I was too nervous that my voice didn't come up well, and I rushed up. It was embarrassing~ In the fashion show, I wore local festival's happy coat. The theme was "Full of Manly Spirit, This is Naniwa Style Festival!" Come to think of it, it was really bad naming (LOL) In acting performance, I had to confessed to Nankai Candies' Shizu-chan, with my own dialogue. If I'm not mistaken, it was... "I have sumthin to tell ya" (in Kansai dialect), and then I shouted without microphone "I LIKE YA!!!!" At that time I liked cheesy trendy drama (LOL) I confessed with all my might, and was hugged by Shizu-chan, I remember the venue was like "Kyaaa!" The head of jury was madly in love with that confession (LOL) I was really happy when they praised me.

When the result was announced, I cried on the stage. It was because I didn't get any of the awards, I felt depressed. Even in the car, on the way back to Osaka, my tears wouldn't stop. I pretended to sleep because I didn't want to talk to anyone. But my mother realized it and asked me "What do you want to do now?" and I answered "I’m upset. I’m frustrated. If I get a call from a company for interview, I think I will take it." Until that time, after I graduate from high school, I planned to be a civil servant. I even studied to be civil servant. Yet I wanted to challenge entertainment world. My mom accepted my intention. Now that I think about it, the words I've always been told ever since I was a kid : "When you decide to do something, you have to finish it!" equal to "Do what you want to do." Thus, I think my parents who pushed me from the back are really amazing. I'm really grateful.

End of Part 5

[dila-chan]

[TRANS] Ueda Keisuke Long Interview from「Zenbu,Ore.」 Photobook PART 4

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I’M NOT VERY GOOD AT ENGLISH xD Please don’t bully me over grammatical or lexical mistakes.

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You can find the other parts under the tag #ZenbuOreTrans

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Part 4 : “Being supported by people from my hometown”

My best friends who accompanied me from elementary school until high school were Imai & Tatsumi. We went through high school entrance exam together, and always played soccer together. We were like a trio (LOL) We always rode our bike together to school. After school we visited each other’s house, we were chit-chatting while eating ice cream that auntie gave us, and went home when it’s going dark. We played game together, went to karaoke, and told each other’s “Small-town Romance” (LOL) Even when I got into the final selection of Junon Boy Contest, they went all the way from Osaka to cheer on me. I had been really supported by those two.

In this shooting, I visited my hometown after a long time, it was very nostalgic. I lived in Hyotanyama only until I was in the 3rd grade of high school, because my parents moved to different location. Come to think of it, the city changes a lot, like the fountain in front of the station, the city mall was renovated and so clean. When I walked by that place, I met Tatsumi's mother. I was surprised. She said she couldn't recognize me (LOL) In the Fresco, I visit my ex co-workers and they remembered me. I was so happy with such reunion. I also went to kindergarten and high school to revive a lot of memories. The landscape of Mt. Ikoma, which is visible from the town, remains the same over the time. That kind of scenery, the local people that I have not seen in a long time, and everyone is also involved in shooting, I feel the warmth from them. Again, I feel so grateful being grown up in this peaceful town.

I also visited the house of my paternal grandparents which I haven't visited for so many years. The house's gate was always elegant, it's like the gate of an old inn. There's a good atmosphere on the veranda and the garden. My grandpa is the person who has dignity, he was pretty scary back then, but as he gets older, he's really nice now. My grandma, everytime there's an event, she always takes care of cuisine. She likes hospitality. This time, she made okawa (rice with red beans) and cucumber pickles. It's unusually really delicious cookings, I think she was really enthusiastic to make it (LOL).

I also ate okaki (crackers) I haven't eaten in a long time. It tasted like sweet sugar soy sauce, the outside part is crispy, but it's fluffy inside. And it was insanely delicious because it's fried! Actually this house is going to be rebuilt. I feel lonely, but I can leave the last picture in photobook, and my grandparents are also pleased, so I feel grateful for that.

End of Part 4

[dila-chan]

[TRANS] Ueda Keisuke Long Interview from「Zenbu,Ore.」 Photobook PART 3

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This part is quite short, but heart breaking xD

Part 3 : “My first girlfriend was a lively girl from tennis club”

The first time I’ve ever dated a girl was in 2nd grade of Junior High School. The girl was a lively girl from tennis club. I was the one who confessed. For our first date, two of us rode bicycle to local shopping center. Because it was countryside, the so-called-date was just like that (LOL). And then we wait for each other to finish club activities. My heart was pounding just by doing that. We usually go home together, while being teased by everyone. I accompanied her until she arrived at home.

When I meddle with guys, I’m usually pretty aggressive. But in front of the one that I like, maybe it’s better if she grasps the initiative first. Yet, my ideal relationship is the balanced one. I think it’s not about who helps who, but I want to hold hands and walk together. Unexpectedly, my romantic side hasn’t changed since that time. My second love in Junior High School, I have deep memory about the way I approached her. I declared to her, “If I get 1st place in the sport festival race, I will confess to you!” and I actually won! I got the prize, I confessed, and we dated. I think my feeling towards her made me ran fast (LOL)

My uniform when I was in Junior High School was gakuran. High School’s was blazer. Because it was comparatively free High School, I attended wearing t-shirt, polo shirt, and sandals with my trousers uniform. To raise allowance, I did my best in part-time job. My first part-time job was in rotating sushi restaurant. Then, I worked at vegetable section in Fresco Supermarket, that we visited earlier, for around 2 years as sales person. After club activities, I hurried up to my part-time job, worked until 10 p.m., and the following day at 7 a.m. I went to school for morning practice. That was my daily activity. Super busy high school life.

End of Part 3.

[dila-chan]

[TRANS] Ueda Keisuke Long Interview from「Zenbu,Ore.」 Photobook PART 2

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I’M NOT VERY GOOD AT ENGLISH xD Please don’t bully me over grammatical or lexical mistakes.

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You can find the other parts under the tag #ZenbuOreTrans

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Part 2 : “If you decided to do it, finish it”

When I was in elementary school, I actually couldn’t ride a bicycle. Thus, my friends said “Eh you can’t ride a bike? So uncool!” At first I was being stubborn and thought “I can still live without riding bike!”, but I want to ride, after all. Then I practiced with my parent. I was weak-minded, but since that time, I really hate to lose. That’s why I desperately did my best. Around 2 months later, I could finally ride a bike. And 12 years later, I played in Yowamushi Pedal Stage Play, and now enjoy riding a road bike as hobby. Life is indeed interesting.

The lessons that I took at that time were swimming (3rd grade – 6th grade), and shorinji kempo (4th grade -7th grade). I was grown up by my parents who always said “Do the greeting properly” and “If you decided to do it, you have to finish it.” That’s why I couldn’t do the lessons half-heartedly. I think I started shorinji because my mom said, “Your face looks like a girl, how if your personality is also weak?!” (LOL). But in my first tournament, I suddenly had to confront black-belt guy and I was knocked down in one second. I was on fire and thought, “I’ll absolutely beat that guy!” In fact, dojo was really fun, I continued doing my best, and finally got my black-belt.

My middle school and high school time was spent by joining soccer club. The reason was because my classmate’s brother was a captain. He was really cool, and I admired him. That’s why I joined soccer club. I really devoted in it, and when I was in middle school, I was entrusted to be captain. Actually we were a weak team, but from my point of view, they were just very lazy. That’s why when I was appointed, I lead them strictly. Then, my teammates told me, “If you continue doing that, no one will follow you.” After being told like that, I became really careful with my words. At first, I said instantaneously what I was thinking, but after that I became calmer, like “This is good, but don’t you think it’s better to be like this?” Just like that, I could properly devise the way I was saying. Thus, I learned how to communicate, and I think it helps a lot in my current work. I was originally athletic, so my Physical Education’s score was always 5. I got 6.38 seconds for 5m sprint. It was one of the fastest in the school. But I didn’t really like studying. If I’m not mistaken, I was good in kanji. My worst subject was Mathematics. Like an essay problem, I didn’t understand at all what’s the question. So helpless (LOL)

End of Part 2.

[dila-chan]

[TRANS] Ueda Keisuke Long Interview from「Zenbu,Ore.」 Photobook PART 1

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I’M NOT VERY GOOD AT ENGLISH xD Please don’t bully me over grammatical or lexical mistakes.

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You can find the other parts under the tag #ZenbuOreTrans

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PART 1 :  I hated the fact that I look like a girl

I often get told that my face is inherited from my mother. But when I look at my toddler photo, I look exactly like my father. In those days, I had a weird habit. I often slept on my dad’s tummy (LOL). My father’s tummy was not that big, but from the point of view of the-little-me, it was so big and comfortable.

My family consists of my parents, 3 sisters who are 2 years older than me, 1 year younger than me, and 8 years younger than me. Since I grew up with my sisters, my hair is also so smooth, and I wore hand-me-down clothes from my older sister, I was often told that I looked like a girl. Since I was kid, I was extremely shy, and wasn’t naughty at all. Maybe because of that. I hated it so much. For example, if my neighbor said that I was cute, just like praising a girl, I would sulk over that. But when I saw again my photo of that time, somehow I understand. I can’t help it. No wonder they said I looked like a girl! (LOL)

The place I was born and grown up, Hyotanyama, Higashi-Osaka city, is a very peaceful countryside. Speaking of kid’s play, we usually caught a tadpole shrimp and crayfish which were swimming in rice fields, or ran in the open field.

On holidays, I usually go somewhere with my family by car. Every winter, we usually go to sky slope in Nagano to go skying, and playing with sled. We even went to Tokyo Disneyland from Osaka by car. We went in the middle of the night, arrived in the morning, and played until evening, and drive back in the middle of the night. Something like that. That’s why most of the quality time with my family is spent in the car. We really went to a lot of places.

My kindergarten was Christian private school. I wore elegant uniform, I wore a blue beret, and brought a bag like a pochette. On Valentine Day, I got around 20-30 chocolates from girls. Without realizing that I was popular, I simply felt happy receiving a lot of chocolates. When I arrived at home, my mother said with fairly normal reaction, “I wonder if you can eat this many” (LOL). When White Day came, I went to buy the marshmallows with my mother, and returned properly to everyone.

My first love was a girl with medium haircut. Our parents get along well with each other, and I also remember having a field trip with her. She was very lively girl, she aggressively held my hand, and I was quietly going with the flow (LOL).

End of Part 1.

[dila-chan]

[SCAN] Ueda Keisuke’s Photobook : Zenbu, Ore. PART 2

PREVIOUS PART(S) : PART 1 

This is the most difficult pages to edit/color-correct. My scanner isn’t that good, so I tried my best to restore the color as seen on the photobook.

☆ This is the back cover 

☆ These pages are so hard to be color-restored D:

☆ These are the inside(?) covers (you know, Japanese books always have double cover and I don’t know what it’s called)

☆ This is the only page that doesn’t have any “friends” (I mean the pics that use the same theme) xD so I put it here

[dila-chan]

[SCAN] Ueda Keisuke’s Photobook : Zenbu, Ore. PART 1

Thing is... I’m now (finally) watching The Stage K. I had been looking forward to watch it but I couldn’t because I had to finish the anime first hahahaha xD So I’m really in Ue-chan mood right now. I just want to share the scans from his photobook that I got last year :D

^I got the cover from shufu.jp because the colour is better than my scan wwww. From the pic below, they’re my scans 8D (I will separate them into a few posts)

Dou dou? I REALLY LIKE THE BLUE THEME ///////// *applause to photographer* And Ue-chan’s facial expression is really the greatest thing God ever shows to me *oogesa da yo, baka xDDD*

I will post part 2 later when I’m not lazy 

Maybe you’re wondering why I put watermark on my scans. Well, it’s not like I’m claiming those pictures, I just care about Ue-chan *kimo!* :’D and I want the fans support him by buying the original photobook, which obviously doesn’t contain any watermarks :D 

So, if possible, please buy the photobook. There’s long interview pages, and it’s worth to read although it will break your heart because he’s revealing too much about his life, and yes, including his love story

I don’t put watermark on his face *seriously, slap me if I smear his beautiful face with my name xDDD*  so you can use it for your icon, profile pic, etc~