Ray – BE:FIRST’s honest talk! The members show their unexpected true faces? (english translation)

This one features all the members of BE:FIRST deciding what they'd all be "FIRST" at. It's a lot of fun. 

Lol, poor LEO. I didn't translate RYOKI's individual Ray interview, but in his description of LEO he calls him "the type whose charm comes out when you tease him", and you can really see that he hit the nail on the head. ^^;

Original article: https://ray-web.jp/193475

Ray – BE:FIRST’s honest talk! The members show their unexpected true faces?

Q: If you were to call yourself “FIRST” at something, what would it be?

LEO: Yes! I wonder what “FIRST” I would be (excited).

JUNON & RYOKI: Wouldn’t you be “Lame FIRST”?

LEO: Oi! (laughs)

RYOKI: In a good way.

SHUNTO: What do you mean ‘lame in a good way’!? (laughs)

RYUHEI: I’ve got it! “Passion FIRST”!

SOTA: That’s it! He’s good at putting the things people want to say into words. That’s why, he’s lame in a good way. (laughs)*
(*As in, LEO says things people aren’t usually willing or able to express out loud, so he says lots of corny, but passionate things.)

LEO: Stop it! (laughs) Let’s go on to the next person. Uh, how about RYOKI? All together now! “Detonator FIRST”!* …hey, only I said something!
(*I think what he means here is RYOKI adds the “explosive” moments to their performances)

RYOKI: What’s that supposed to be? (laughs)

MANATO: Wouldn’t RYOKI be “Binge eating FIRST”?

LEO: That’s it!

RYOKI: Recently, I’ve been holding back. But honestly, I wanna eat!

SOTA: Since RYOKI can eat without getting fat, he’d be “Gastroptosis FIRST”. No, maybe something like “Capacity FIRST”. His stomach has a high capacity.

LEO: Let’s not restrict it to his stomach, he has a high capacity for lots of things. Including knowledge.

JUNON: He’s good at developing a knack for things too, so it’d be good to write it in hiragana as “Youryou FIRST”*, wouldn’t it? (laughs)
(*both 容量 “capacity” and 要領 “knack” can be read as “youryou”)

SOTA: While we’re on the topic of JUNON, how about “Seems to not be enjoying life FIRST”?

JUNON: Wait a minute! That’s not right! (laughs)

SHUNTO: No, it’d be “Always looking sleepy FIRST”.

RYUHEI: That’s calming though, so I’d say “Calming FIRST”.

RYOKI: Isn’t it “Different tension FIRST”? Because the rise and fall of his energy level is pretty drastic. (laughs)

JUNON: That’s SHUNTO.

LEO: There’ve been lots of suggestions, but I think “calming” gives off the best feeling. But he can be annoying when he gets loud!

JUNON: It’s because my switch gets turned on after 6pm.

LEO: Since he gets livelier at night, what about “Nocturnal FIRST”?

SHUNTO: JUNON-kun’s tension level is low in the morning, isn’t it?

LEO: Well, what about RYUHEI…!?

JUNON: Youth, youth!

LEO: How about “Fresh FIRST”!?

RYOKI: Ehh, what’s “Fresh”!? (laughs)

SOTA: What about “Sweet tooth FIRST”?

ALL: Ah~!!

LEO: Earlier, RYUHEI let me drink his customized matcha Frappuccino, but it was so sweet! I hit my limit right away.

JUNON: Even though everyone was eating a meal after a live, RYUHEI was the only one eating pudding, ice cream and cream puffs.

RYUHEI: I was tasting and comparing them. Coffee jelly and mandarin jelly, pudding and chocolate pudding, cream puffs and…what was it? Uh…

LEO: You, how many middle school dreams are you gonna fulfill!?

RYOKI: He is fulfilling them, isn’t he. (laughs)

RYUHEI: Yeah definitely, I do eat an astonishing amount of sweets. Sometimes I worry about it.

MANATO: Don’t worry, you’re still only 15.

LEO: What would SHUNTO be? “Different tension FIRST”!?

SHUNTO: That was said before.

JUNON: When he gets hungry, his tension level becomes zero.

SOTA: Once food is in front of him, it immediately goes up.

JUNON: I know! When I see that look on his face, I get happy too. But once he’s done eating, it quickly goes down. (laughs)

SOTA: Right, once we’re done eating and we’re on the way back to rehearsal, he lets out a sigh like “Haa~”.

MANATO: Since he eats fast, the time he’s happy is short.

SOTA: MANATO is “My pace FIRST”. Well, because he’s super my pace.*
(*Someone who does things at their own pace or their own way, often disregarding others)

RYUHEI: No, he’s ultra, or even hyper my pace!

SHUNTO: MANATO is the type of guy that when he says “I’ll come later”, he’ll definitely never come. (laughs) If he said “If I can, I’ll come” I’d understand that there’d be a high probability he wouldn’t show, but when you say “I’ll come later”, doesn’t that mean he’s coming? But MANATO doesn’t come. And he loves his home.

MANATO: Yeah, I love my home.

RYUHEI: He’ll often say “I have to do laundry, so I’m going home”.

JUNON: Even though he lives alone, he’ll say he has a curfew. But that curfew time seems to be different every time. (laughs)

SHUNTO: SOTA-kun would be “Puzzling love of cleanliness FIRST”.

LEO: Yeah. When it comes to his area, he’s really fastidious.

RYOKI: It’s not anytime, anywhere though, the unevenness of it is really amazing, sometimes it’s like “Ehh, it’s okay over there!” (laughs).

LEO: When I went to SOTA’s place, he made me change into loungewear he’d prepared by the entranceway and my cell phone was even disinfected.

SOTA: My way of looking at it is “My home FIRST”. I definitely don’t want my area to get dirty.

LEO: What about other peoples’ homes?

SOTA: I don’t worry about that at all (laughs).

Ray – The kindest member is RYOKI ♡ 7 Questions for BE:FIRST’s LEO (english translation)

Original article: https://ray-web.jp/190802

The kindest member is RYOKI ♡ 7 Questions for BE:FIRST’s LEO

Q: How has your opinion of each member changed since you first met?

SOTA
In the third screening, he was leaning far back on his chair so I thought “Wow, that guy must be pretty brazen”. But, in truth, he was trying to avoid going to the bathroom (lol). These days, it’s changed to “Wow, his dance skills are really amazing”.

SHUNTO
I guess I thought he was quiet and cool, but now he gives off a spoiled child impression. He’s very good at endearing himself to older people. Even though he usually calls me “LEO-kun”, every now and then he’ll say “Oi, LEO~” and the timing when his playfulness comes out is perfect (lol).

MANATO
I thought he was quiet and kind of delicate, but he’s got a surprisingly crude side as well.

RYUHEI
During the audition he gave off a grown-up impression, but he actually acts like what you’d expect from a 15 year-old. But those slightly sloppy aspects of him are cute as well. It’s kind of like looking at myself in the past, so being around him made me realize I’ve become an adult as well (lol).

JUNON
Before, I got the impression that he was very quiet and levelheaded, but while he’s like that he’s also brimming with vitality.

RYOKI
My first impression was that he has a lot of confidence in himself. Now, I think he’s the kindest person in our team. During the end-of-year period when we couldn’t meet up, when I was thinking about the members, suddenly, I thought “RYOKI is the nicest one, isn’t he?”. When I told him that, he said “You’re going to make me cry (lol)”.

Q: If you had to analyze your own character?

LEO: I’m the youngest child in my family, so I’m spoiled and selfish.

Q: If you were an animal?

LEO: I'd be a big dog. I’ve been told since way back that I’m like a dog, but not like a chihuahua or something. I guess more like a golden retriever?

Q: Of all the new things you’ve encountered recently, which one is your favourite?

LEO: My home that’s packed with only things I love. It’s an awesome space with things like Marvel replicas and my favourite clothes, books, furniture, tableware and photos of the members where I can live close to music.

Q: What’s changed the most since before your debut?

LEO: I started living alone. The housework isn’t a problem either. For example, with laundry, if I switch it on before I go into the bath, by the time I’m out and done my skincare and finished changing clothes, it’s done. I like thinking of ways to boost efficiency, so I’ve been able to have fun with it.

Q: Is there something regarding health or beauty you pay attention to?

LEO: I take probiotics. When I was watching the broadcast of “Matsuko Kaigi”, a show we appeared on, I heard it was good for you.

Q: What is your secret for getting along with someone when meeting them for the first time?

LEO: Don’t lie to yourself, and don’t try to act cool or show off. In the past, my dad said “Being cool when you’re not trying to, that’s the coolest”. Try to be your true self.

Ray - [BE:FIRST] Lunch at noon is my rule – 4 Questions for SHUNTO (english translation)

SHUNTO's was fun to read, so I did his too.

Original article: https://ray-web.jp/187162

[BE:FIRST] Lunch at noon is my rule – 4 Questions for SHUNTO

Q: How has your impression of each member changed since you first met?

SOTA
We just met for the first time during the third screening of the audition, but he suddenly said “Please leave the dance to me!”, so I thought “there are some really forceful guys here” (lol). In fact, he’s a nice, agreeable guy, so it’s like he can be friends with anyone.

MANATO
After the end of the third screening, when I said “You’re good at singing!” to him, he said something like “Thank you”, so I thought he was a serious guy. Recently, he’s a guy that says a lot of crazy things, so I think he’s funny.

RYUHEI
We went to the same dance school, and the RYUHEI I knew was very serious. Recently, due to the influence of the group’s members and our BMSG comrades, he’s steadily breaking out of his shell and becoming extremely funny.

JUNON
He didn’t talk much, so I got the impression that he was quiet. I think he’s a person that thinks a lot but doesn’t show it on the surface. Even if there’s a time where he clearly shares what he’s thinking, there’s still a stoic feel I get from him.

RYOKI
He had a different aura, so I thought “This is what someone working in the entertainment industry is like” (*since RYOKI was already working professionally as an actor). There was a gentle atmosphere around him from the beginning, and that hasn’t changed. Just like JUNON, he’s a person who is confident in his self and isn’t swayed by others.

LEO
Honestly, I’ve known him since middle school, and since he’s a big guy when he’d say “Morning~” in a friendly way as a greeting it was scary (lol). However, meeting him again in the audition he was a cheerful person. He has a sensitive and cautious side as well.

Q: If you had to analyze your own character?

SHUNTO: I’m the type that tends to find a lot of things troublesome.

If I’m getting up on a day off, getting out of bed is already a pain. Then, when I’m thinking “I wonder what I should do?”, even things like pressing the power button on a game feel annoying (lol). However, having lunch at exactly noon is my rule.

Q: If you were an animal?

SHUNTO: My friends often tell me I’d be a shiba inu. They say my face is shiba inu-like.

But I think I’d be a sloth. Because I like to sleep, and it’s one of my favourite animals. When I was in middle school, going to the zoo and looking at them calmed me down.

Q: What’s changed the most since before your debut?

SHUNTO: The distance I have to travel (lol).

I was in my third year of high school, so I’d have to go back and forth from Tokyo to Nagoya for school. School was fifteen minutes from my house, but Tokyo was an hour and a half away by bullet train. But because it was too difficult to watch a full movie during that commuting time, during testing periods I’d use it to study.

Ray - [BE:FIRST] SOTA Interview – What has changed since debuting? (english translation)

This is from a series of short interviews the website Ray is doing with the members of BE:FIRST looking at how they've changed since their debut. SOTA is my favourite and his answers are pretty straightforward, so I wanted to give translating his a shot. These are a nice length and they're fun to read so I might do one or two more.

Here's the original article: https://ray-web.jp/186514

[BE:FIRST] SOTA Interview – What has changed since debuting?

Q: How has your impression of each member changed since you first met?

SHUNTO
I thought he was shy, but recently it’s like he talks without taking the team into consideration. At first, I was shocked by how fast he ate. Recently, he’ll arbitrarily report things like “I’m eating a hamburger today!” (lol).

MANATO
Even though I thought “he’s a well-behaved kid” at first, when we were in a room together during the training camp, that character collapsed to the point where I was like “Can he not see me!?” (lol) In reality, he’s a cheerful and mischievous guy.

RYUHEI
I think he’s changed the most. He was conscious of everyone in the group being older than him, but he’s started to take advantage of that. He’s become able to ask clearly when there’s something he’s not good at or that he doesn’t understand.

JUNON
I thought “He’s good at singing. He’s tall.” at first. He was the last one I talked to, but he’s reliable like a big brother, so being with him is calming.

RYOKI
He was wearing shoes that I wanted, and I liked the lock screen image on his phone, so I thought our tastes would match well, and that hasn’t changed to this day.

LEO
He seemed very caring and helpful, like a big brother in charge of a nursery school, and I realized that he was a person that always had other people around him. That dependable side of him hasn’t changed. While we weren’t able to meet up we became closer by exchanging messages on LINE (lol).

Q: If you had to analyze your own character?

SOTA: I’m “The AB Type” (*as in the stereotypical personality associated with the AB blood type). I can’t calm down. I’m always just thinking about things like dance and music, to the point where it’s like there’s always someone dancing in my head.

Q: If you were an animal?

SOTA: I’d be a bear. Because I like Winnie the Pooh (lol).

Q: What’s changed the most since before your debut?

SOTA: Since my life isn’t centered around dance anymore, the frame of things I want to do has widened. Before, I was just thinking about dance, but now that I’m in this circle called “music”, I’ve become able to do various things.

Q: Of all the new things you’ve encountered recently, which one is your favourite?

SOTA: After obsessing about it and searching around a lot, I found a double bed. Even if I stretch out both arms there’s extra room, and it’s good for sleeping both comfortably and snugly, so it’s the best!

Q: What is your secret for getting along with someone when meeting them for the first time?

SOTA: If you look at the person’s profile from up to like 2 or 3 years before to kind of figure out whether you want to get to know more about them or not, then you can start with something like asking them questions about their self. Since the way I look on the outside might lead people to imagine a lot of negative things, I try to act as cheerful as possible.

Shurkn Pap - Road Trip (romaji only)

Just as a warning, I think the person who originally wrote out the kanji lyrics I was working from just did them by ear, so they may not be 100% accurate. I think this was a digital-only release, so there probably isn't anything "official" to check them against, unless Shurkn Pap shared the lyrics somewhere himself.



Road Trip

SHURKN PAP
Ore wa ima kara ROAD TRIP
ENJIN fukashi-makuri
Tabi no kaji o toru
Ore ga BOSU dashi*
AYE AYE
AH imada minu keshiki o miru**
Sono tame ni tabi ni deru
I JUST WANNA GO
I JUST WANNA GO
Kogasu taiyou kaze o kiru
I’M JAMES BOND
Kattobasuze kousokudouro YEAH
Mou tomarenaize
Dare ga ore o tomereru YEAH***

Ore ima fumikomuze AKUSERU
Mata shikari HANDORU nigitte
Hora mae mite I’M ON MY WAY
ON MY WAY, YEAH
TAKE A ROAD TRIP THIS WEEKEND
I FEEL LIKE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, YEAH
Hora mae mite I’M ON MY WAY
ON MY WAY, YEAH
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
RO-RO-RO-RO-RO-RO-RO-RO-ROAD TRIP,
YEAH, YEAH
ROAD TRIP
SHURKN PAP
ROAD TRIP

OKAY mado o akete kaze o kanjiru
OKAY te o dashite kaze tsukamitoru
LET'S TAKE ROAD TRIP RIGHT NOW
LET'S TAKE ROAD TRIP RIGHT NOW
Suki na uta kiite
Suki na fuku o kite
Nimotsu oite tobidase
Ore chou FURESSHU
Furoagari mitaku ore chou FURESSHU
OH FURESSHU
Yori ki ni shinai
ADORENARIN zenkai

Ore ima fumikomuze AKUSERU
Mata shikari HANDORU nigitte
Hora mae mite I’M ON MY WAY
ON MY WAY, YEAH
TAKE A ROAD TRIP THIS WEEKEND
I FEEL LIKE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, YEAH
Hora mae mite I’M ON MY WAY
ON MY WAY, YEAH
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
RO-RO-RO-RO-RO-RO-RO-RO-ROAD TRIP,
YEAH, YEAH
ROAD TRIP
SHURKN PAP
ROAD TRIP

Tsukisusume
Massugu na michi furikitteke
Tomaranaize
GASORIN kara ni naru made
Tsukisusume
Yorimichi wa nashi asoko made
Tomaranaize
BUREEKI wa nashi kattobase

ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP R-ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
RO-RO-RO-RO-ROAD TRIP
RO-RO-RO-RO-ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP
ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP

SHURKN PAP
ROAD TRIP, YEAH

Notes:
I got the kanji for this from the comments under the YouTube video. The person who posted the lyrics said they got them from Spotify, but another person pointed out that anyone can submit lyrics to Spotify, so they could be wrong.

Most of what's in the original comment sounds accurate, but some comments called out lines that seemed off, and those corrections make more sense to me in context than what the original poster had, so what I have is adjusted to include those corrections and won’t match the kanji from the original post 100%.

These are the lines that were corrected:
*Ore ga osu dashi (“Because I’m a man”) vs Ore ga BOSU dashi (“Because I’m a boss”)
**AH ima nami no keshiki o miru (“Ah, now I’m going to look at the waves”) vs AH imada minu keshiki o miru (“Ah, I’m going to see scenery I’ve never seen”)
***Dareka ore o tomete (“Someone stop me”) vs Dare ga ore o tomereru (“Who can stop me?”)

Kanji:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePQr4mEq5SM
^in the comments

Novel Core - THANKS, ALL MY TEARS (romaji only)

Just romaji since the video has English subtitles already - you just have to turn on captions to see them.

I wasn’t totally sold on RAN during THE FIRST, but his dancing in this MV is really beautiful.



THANKS, ALL MY TEARS

Lyrics: Novel Core
Music: Novel Core, UTA

Asa ga tsuretekuru no wa
Kinou o nazori kaita you na taikutsu na kyou
Haribote no sora ni te o nobashi
Muishiki ni tsuita tameiki
Kono jinsei ga eiga da to surya
Koko wa tobasareru CHAPTER 1
Mina to kurabereba
Ore no nayami nante sa
Mada chippoke tte ka?

Tenjou ni haritsuita taiyou ni warawarete
Kuyashikute modokashikute
Sore demo ne
Kako ni sugaritsuite
Ima ni shigamitsuite
Asu ni kitai o shite
Funbatte aruite yuke

BUROKUSO ni makete
Namida ga karetemo
Kurushikute sabishikute
Muryokusa ni yararetemo
Kanpeki na RASUTO SHIIN o
Kiwadataseru no wa
Zetsubou to taikutsu de
Sono tame ni kyou o ikiru no sa

Yoru ni nareba NOKKU mo sezu heya no naka ni
Makuramoto ni tatsu
Ashita no fuan
Kizukatte kureru hito ga ookerya ooi hodo
Nigeba ga nakunatte iku
Moshimo ima kara
Ore ga kakugo kimete sa
Jinsei o oete shimaeba
Ashita no bun no sekinin wa dokka iku yo naa
Nante ne sonna yuuki
Ima wa nakute
Fumange ni mioroshita tsuki ni sekasarete
Nigetakute nasakenakute
Soredemo ne
Kako ni sugaritsuite
Ima ni shigamitsuite
Asu ni kitai o shite
Kono jinsei o enji-kire

BUROKUSO ni makete
Namida ga karetemo
Kurushikute sabishikute
Muryokusa ni yararetemo
Kanpeki na RASUTO SHIIN o
Kagayakaseru no wa
Zetsubou to taikutsu de
Sono tame ni kyou mo ikiru no sa

Kyou mo ikiru no sa
Kyou mo ikiru no sa

Kanji:
https://j-lyric.net/artist/a061f73/l056fbb.html

i.D.A - LRRH. (romaji only)

LRRH.

Lyrics: Xeno
Music: rize

Kazoerarete CLOSE THE STORY

BATAA, WAIN, o HAISO ni hakobu.
“Konnichi wa, suteki na ojou-san”
DAGAA NAIFU to nite iru kiba ga
Shoujo o nomikonda.

“1 sexuality.”
[“Goodbye Lady.”]
“2 sexuality.”
[“Leave it alone.”]
“sweet powder.”
[“Namemawashitero!!”]
…kawaki-dasu

“1 sexuality.”
[“Goodbye Lady.”]
“2 sexuality.”
[“Leave it alone.”]
“sweet powder.”
[“Namemawashitero!!”]
Hara o hiraite,
Reiketsu kaerichi abite iku…

Kegarete wa tsuritsubushite
Shari, tsumete tsumete iku.
Hakanaku wa shoujo no BIROODO
Chi de tsutsumikomarete wa akaku somerare,
HAPPY EVER AFTER nara
Shinderu KOITSU wa joudan ka?

Machikogaretemo daremo konai
Dakara kurutte koroshiteta.
Sutete shimaeba raku ni nareru
Haji o sutete shimae
Hora ne, itsu shika ochite iku
Engeki-ha desu ka? Tsuraku nai wa.

“1 sexuality.”
[“Goodbye Lady.”]
“2 sexuality.”
[“Leave it alone.”]
“sweet powder.”
[“Namemawashitero!!”]
…kawaki-dasu
If you want to violate
Violate me!

Sayonara wa mada ienai
Iki, tomete tomete iku.
Nora chie yo saraba kiesare
Chi de tsutsumikomarete wa akazukin ni naru
Mebuku kyouki no me ga.

Dareka no tame ni shinde iku…

"Kegarete iru no furenaide.”
Tsumete tsumete ita.
Hakanaku wa shoujo no BIROODO
Chi de tsutsumikomarete wa akaku somerare,
HAPPY EVER AFTER nara
Dondake honki de joudan da?

Kanji:
https://linkco.re/mvYgzate/songs/1092362/lyrics?lang=en