Ohayo SMAP!
Dec.27-Dec.31,1999

Dec.27(Mon):
Hi! Well, Christmas is over. Everyone already forgot about it and they are now geared into the end of the year. (laughing) Well, this is the time of the year for partying to forget about all bad things happened in this year. (Bonen Kai in Japanese.) Bonen Kai is so typical of Japanese. Some people ended up having too much fun and regret it later, haven't you? (laughing) Well, I haven't done...Bonen Kai this year yet. Um. Some TV shows did have Bonen Kai a little bit. I do the TV show "Special Assignment Research 200X" on Nippon TV. They do Bonen Kai every year. Also, Mr. Shiro Sano, who I work with at the show, invited me to the dinner at his house, but I was not able to go. I am very sorry. Um. Oh, other than that, not exactly Bonen Kai, but I had a dinner with my friend once at my place. We cooked a pot dish. Ummm, my management office or SMAP members don't do Bonen Kai. Well, may be better to keep it in that way.

Dec.28(Tue):
Well, did you buy something this winter? In my case...ah, I want to buy a coat every year. Um. I have one from last year, but, I want to buy at least one item, may be some other clothes. Um. Definitely, I want to buy a new coat every year...you know, just like women want a new swim suits every summer. May be some women also want to buy a new coat every winter. I want to buy it too, but the coat I have from the previous winter is not worn often. It is a quite warm coat. Finally, from 2 weeks ago, after my birthday, I was able to wear the coat I bought last season. You know, I like to dress up like winter...wearing many layers of clothes and go out. That is great. But, I get hot easily. I don't mind the cold weather. I think I can enjoy dressing up during the winter than during the summer. How is your winter fashion?

Dec.29(Wed):
Well, what kind of year was 1999 for SMAP? Um. The most significant activity as a group was the concert tour. The concert tour was long this year. It went on till the end of September. That's why I felt like I was fully acting as a SMAP member during the summer. However, with the exception on "SMAP X SMAP", we didn't work together much. I don't know how other members feel about it, but I think I was working with a good pace this year. Well, 1999 was a very good year for SMAP. It was yet another memorable year. Um. We are talking about going out together after our assignment is done on the New Year's Eve. I also want to review this year with other members. Yeah. How was your 1999?

Dec.30 (Thu):
Looking back my individual activities this year, it was a well-balanced good year starting from "Hypnosis", the movie, the stage play in spring, the concert tour in summer, and "Kiken na Kankei", TV weekly drama in fall. In addition, there wasn't any projects, which overlapped to each other and I was able to focus on each project. Working on many projects would make my work less focused and rough. The audience could feel that,too. In that sense, I was able to take a time for each project this year. The biggest assignment of this year was "Hypnosis", the movie which took 2 months to shoot. Well, I went to see it at the movie theaters several times. I saw many people came to see. Um. It was fun to see the reactions of the audience. I think doing the movie was the biggest news of the year. It was quite a solid year as an actor for me. I want to make next year better than this year. How do you think?

Dec.31(Fri):
Hi, this is the last day, Dec 31. Also, this is the last day of this century. Are you ready for Y2K? Well, I hope nothing will happen. (laughing) Really, everyone is worrying about Y2k. Even I bought water and canned food. Ah, looking back this year...until recently, it was just very busy doing one assignment after another. It was not any time to look into what I really want to do. Ever since after I got into this business, I was working in a very fast pace. But, unlike other years, I was able to take time this year. I was able to look into what I was doing and to see many things objectively. In that sense, this year was the great year. I want to take a time to do my work physically and mentally next year, too. Well, I have not decided any thing special for the year 2000. (laughing) I think other members haven't decided anything either. Please continue to support us, SMAP, next year!

Ohayo SMAP