Ohayo SMAP!
April.12-April.16,1999

April.12(Mon):
Hi! Ah, This week, I am going to talk about pets. You know, there are increasing number of single women having dogs as pets. In deed, around me, women...ah, in this business...actresses and talents...many of them bring their dogs to the work. Ms. Miho Kanno, she has a chiwawa named ...I think "Um Um". (laughing) It was not easy remembering her dog's name. Um...but when it comes to my pets...I prefer cats. Um. I am...it is rare but...slightly allergic to dogs. My skin breaks out if I tough them. Oh, I shouldn't have said this because many people might criticize me. We had a Maltese when I was in grade school and junior high school. But, I guess my body changed to be allergic to dogs lately. Um.

April.13(Tue):
Since the topic for this week is "pets", I have been talking about it since yesterday. I heard that many single guys are now having cats as their pets. I am one of them. I wonder why. I understand that many people don't get it when they hear about a man who has a cat as his pet. Um. May be, many of us see femininity in cats. We often say things like," she is like a cat." We don't say, "she is like a dog." ¡@¡@Cats...Cats' eyes...or when we use cats as example to describe something, we are talking more about women. In that sense, men are attracted to cats because they symbolize women. I ... I think I am one of those men who are attracted to cats and that is a part of the reason why I am attracted to them. Um. I wonder....

April.14(Wed):
Continuing from yesterday, I am going to talk about pets. As others and myself have acknowledged, I am a cat freak. I have two cats at my place, a Russian Blue, which is a gray Russian cat, and an American Short Hair. This one is a popular breed. Mine is getting chubby. (laughing) The Russian Blue is still slim which is a typical wild cat figure. Um. She is running around my place. She is a tomboy. Um. Yeah, they are quite adorable. I don't need any human companion. (laughing) Um...if you have two cats, you don't need women. Well, I am not exaggerating. They are my partners. They fill my loneliness, too.

April.15(Thu):
Hi! Ah, this week, I have been talking about pets. I wonder...you know...Is there anyone you ever had some usual pets? Oh, around me...when it comes to unusual pets, someone has a monkey as a pet, and another one has an iguana as a pet. I don't like reptiles. I can't even touch them. But, I had kept an iguana as a pet for about a week. It was only 20 cm long. It was used as a pet in some TV show. It was so cute that I took it home after the show was over. Um. Eventually, I gave it to someone, who wanted to have an iguana as a pet.(laughing) I think it is now a big iguana. Well, the reason why I ended up keeping the iguana was more or less of wanting to see... or keep something, which I was afraid of. It was a weird reason to keep an iguana as a pet. After all, I am still not too crazy about rebuttals. I don't understand the people who keep reptiles as pets. (laughing) Yeah, cats and dogs are safe pets.

April.16(Fri):
We are totally into the pet stories this week. I never have thought that I could talk so much about pets. (laughing) One more pet story. When I was around 20 years old...about 5~6 years ago, I had tropical fishes as pets. This was...well... a trend at that time. Keeping tropical fishes as pets was especially popular among us at the Johnny's office. Um. The senior members of Johnny's office, such as Sato kun of Hikaru Genji and Uekusa kun of Shonentai, had tropical fishes as their pets. Even Kimura kun, our member, had tropical fishes. I don't think he has them any more. (laughing) Um. Kimura kun had sea water fishes, too. Ah, I had fresh-water fishes, those famous ones, such as Guppies and Neon Tetras. Um, oh, Arowana a quite beautiful fish, is also a fresh-water fish. But, basically, seawater fishes are prettier and fancier. However, seawater fishes are difficult to keep. Um.

Ohayo SMAP