..:: Questions & Answers with Nakazawa Yuko ::..

by Aece McCloud on May.15, 2009, under Hello Project, Morning Musume

“Herb Essence”

I’ll use it when I want to relax, or if I’m feeling a little tired.
The scent isn’t too strong, so I use it a lot ♥
And then ♪

“Clear Head Mint”
For days when I want to be refreshed and invigorated ♥
It feels nice and energising.
But it might be too refreshing for the middle of winter :*:・(￣∀￣)・:*:
I like the scent of mint, and I like eating mint leaves.
So, that’s why I like this ♥

The treatment bottle in the middle has a refreshing fruity scent.
For after it’s dry.
It makes my hair really soft.
And then ♪

“Ahilida”
This is a really good line!

There’s actually one more…
There should be one that goes along with the treatment.
But unfortunately I’m out of it at the moment o(；△；)o
The foam and the scent of this shampoo is a little bit rich.
Maybe I’m the only one who feels that way ♥

I have a little trouble with surprises and buying new things, so it’s something I buy as soon as I see it!
Using different products depending on how I feel…
It’s one of my little luxuries.
Because I love taking baths.
I want to be able to relax

And there’s one more thing I want to show you here ♪

My scalp brush ♪♪
I have an electric one, too.
But I recommend this one instead.
Especially for women with long nails.
It’s good for scrubbing under your nails.
You feel much better after using it.
It’s seriously good

Okay.

Those were my impressions

By the way, I can change the kinds of shampoo I buy easily.
So if I find another one I want to recommend, I’ll let you know

☆ Continued in part 3.

2009-04-30 19:33:16

_Answers ☆ 3 ☆

This time I’ll go with some short, random questions

Q: What’s your favourite alcoholic drink?

A: Beer!

Q: What’s your favourite snack to go with beer?

A: Nothing special!

If there’s beer, that’s good enough for me ♪

Q: Why do you hate bananas?

A: The smell, the taste, and the texture

I really can’t stand them!

Q: Do you like green onions?

A.: YES! YES! YES!

Q: Do you eat umeboshi or pickled leek?

A: I do.
I love pickled leek.

Q: What kind of candy do you like?

A: Koume-chan (small size)

Q: What’s your age limit for a lover?

A: Someone older is best.
About 5 years older would be the ideal.
Nobody younger, I think.

Q: Do you wear short pants and miniskirts?

A: I wear them all the time.

Q: Are you opposed to bare legs?

A: Not at all.

Q: What do you wear when you sleep?

A: Something light.
Anything that won’t get tangled up around me.
As close to naked as possible (^ε^)♪

Q: What do you like to be called?

A: I like people to use my first name.
I don’t like just being called “Nakazawa”.

☆ Continued in part 4 ☆

2009-05-03 13:30:47

_Answers ☆ 4 ☆

This time it’s more…

Random answers!

Start!

Q: What’s your favourite season?

A: Summer.
I like the wide-open feeling.
I always want to be in the sunlight.
I want to drink beer on the beach all day long.

However…

I’m a little bit allergic to sunlight (Ｔ▽Ｔ; )

Q: Do you like motorbikes?

A: I’ve never ridden one.
I think Harleys are really cool.
But that’s about the limit of what I know about them…

Q: Which clubs were you in at school?

A: Back then…
Middle school → Wind instruments club
High school → Folk guitar club

※ I can’t play at all.

Q: Did you work parttime in school?

A: I worked at a bakery.

Q: Do you watch movies?

A: I do.
I like going to the theatre alone.

Q: What movie do you want to see now?

A: This one!

“Beverly Hills Chihuahua”

Q: What are you into these days?

A: Mizuna and wakame.

Q: Has a guy ever said anything to you that just got you right in the heart ♥?

A: YES ♥

“I know there’s a place for me within you.”

Wow ♥

That really got to my heart ♥

Yeah.

Well.

He didn’t last very long…

Q: What do you think about a caring guy?

A: Oh yeah!
Is there anybody who would hate a caring person?

Q: What’s the best way to get someone you like to pay attention?

A: Push, push, and keep pushing!

Q: Do you plan to return to your hometown?

A: Not at the moment.

Q: What temples do you recommend in Kyoto?

A: Sanzen-in in Ohara.
I don’t know a whole lot about Kyoto.
But the view from the garden there is really spectacular.

Q: Where have you travelled to that you enjoyed?

A: Australia / Viet Nam.
It was my first ever trip overseas.
I went to Cairns in Australia with two other women on a super budget trip.
It was really fun!
And for the one and only time…
I went bungy jumping!
After that, I got a fever…

Q: Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?

A: Sunrises.
I like the way they can charge your energy.
Sunsets are a little sad.

Q: What’s your favourite brand for clothes and accessories?

A: I’m not picky.
I like anything that’s cute or cool.

Q: Do you run?

A: I don’t run.

That’s all.

That was the private life edition.

☆ Continued in part 5 ☆

2009-05-11 20:16:44

_Answers ☆ 5 ☆

Sorry for the long wait.

☆ 5 ☆

Let’s go.

Q: Do you have a superstition?

A: I do.
Just before going on stage at work, I always put on perfume.

Q: What’s a good place for a date in western Japan?

A. Kobe.
It’s a cliche, but…
The evening view from Rokko is beautiful!
I love evening views ♥

Q: Are you ever coming back to Ibaraki?

A: Of course.
I’ll be back to visit if I get the chance ♪

Q: Are you planning on coming to Nagoya?

A: Not yet.
At the moment…
Unfortunately, there’s no plan to.
Sorry.

Q: What do you think of when you hear Yamaguchi?

A: Fugu (blowfish)

Q: What was your reason for starting a blog?

A: To be able to communicate with my fans.

Q: How do you get rid of stress?

A: I go to look at a waterfall.

Q: Do you like to sleep in total darkness? Or with a dim light?

A: Total darkness.
At home, it always has to be completely dark.
But when I’m travelling, I have a little light near the doorway when I sleep.
Somehow, total darkness is scary then…

Q: What position do you sleep in?

A: Facing left.
Curled up a little.
With a towel or half a blanket wrapped up near my face.
That’s how I sleep (^∇^)

Q: What’s your usual dialect?

A: For the most part, Kansai.

Q: Do you know Camel Eyes?

A: I don’t.
What is it?
Please tell me ♪

Q: Have you watched baseball?

A: Not yet.

Q: What do you think you lack that you’d like to receive as a present?

A: Courage.

Q: How did you feel when you turned 20?

A: I’m so old already!
20 seemed like a real old age.
I didn’t know how to feel.
Even though I was still young.

Q: What kind of work did you do before you were 23?

A: Office lady.
I worked in an office in Osaka.

Q: Do you use bath products when you bathe?

A: Yes.
Always.
I like the ones that make the water cloudy.

Q: When deciding which hot spring resort to stay at, what’s the important factor?

A: The numbers.
The number and variety of springs at the inn.
The number of rooms at the inn.

Q: What mail order product do you recommend?

A: This ♪

Do you know what it is?

☆ Piamonto Platinum Roller Facial Device ☆

13950 yen

I’ve got the old style.
But it really seems good ☆

Q: Is your cell phone decorated?

A: No.
My phone is really simple.

Q: What make is your PC?

A: Mac.

Q: What’s your ringtone?

A: Musume songs.
If it’s a Hello member ringing Love Revolution
If it’s a Hello member emailing Happy Summer Wedding
It’s a little embarrassing if there are a lot of people around when it rings…

Q: If you had a child, which would you prefer?

A: A boy!

Q: Do you like your face?

A: Yes.
Well, basically…
I can’t think of anything I don’t like about it.

Q: Do you have any complexes?

A: My nose.
I have a complex about it…
Because the shape isn’t good.
“Dog nose”
I get a shock when I’m told that

Q: Where would you like to go?

A: Oita.
The call it…
“The Niagra of the Orient”
“Harashiri Falls”
I want to go see it!

Q: What kind of style is best as summer approaches?

A: Simple ♥
It shouldn’t matter if you’re a boy or a girl.
Someone who can just throw on a casual t-shirt.
That’s what I like.
But when it comes to energetic young men…
I’m…

Out

Not just a little bit.

Completely.

I can’t handle them

Q: If there’s somebody who doesn’t return your love, and you try hard to forget them, but you keep wondering that maybe there’s a chance it can work out… Is that just prolonging things?

A: Yes.
That’s how I’ll always feel about it, but…

Until you find a new love, those thoughts will continue.
I’m a hit hard and fast type.
So, I probably change my feelings quickly…

~OKINAWA~

Q: Which parts of Okinawa do you recommend?

A: Kourijima Island.
It takes a while to cross the bridge to get there.
But when you look to the left and right from the bridge, the sea is a different colour!
It’s really pretty!

Also…
The island seems to sparkle when the sunlight hits it.
Every time I go to Okinawa…
I always go to that island.

Q: What’s the appeal of Okinawa?

A: The sea!
Of course it is!
The wind is nice, too.
It’s a place where time feels like it’s slowed down.
The warmth of the sun.
There are a lot of appealing things.

But…
For me…
It’s always been…
The reason I love Okinawa…
It’s…
“The warmth of the people”

Every time I go there…
It feels like…
“Welcome back, Yuu-chan”
It’s like the warm heart of a friend.

That’s the number one reason.

Okay…

I still can’t catch up with all of these questions

Sorry.

Next time, the subject will be work.

Continued in ☆ 6 ☆

2009-05-11 22:44:49

_Answers ☆ 6 ☆

Now, I’ll continue the private questions ☆

These have been a long time coming.

So now…

Start ♪

Q: What do you do when you can’t sleep?

A: Stay awake.

It’s a real problem, isn’t it?
When you can’t sleep, you should count sheep.
That’s what they say.

Also, counting from 1 to 10.
Count over and over.
That should put you to sleep quickly.
But if you count up beyond 11…
It’ll make your brain start working to think.
So you’d calm down if you don’t.
Count from 1 to 10 without thinking, and it’ll come naturally.
That should do it.

At least,
That’s what a taxi driver told me.
A few days ago.

Q: What about waking up early?

A: The alarm on my phone.
I try to do it a lot.
But if I’m not tired enough…
I can’t get to sleep.
That’s what happens…
I can’t really tell you the best way

Q: What TV show are you watching a lot these days?

A: AmeTalk.

Q: Which Anpanman character would you want as a boyfriend?

A: Currypanman

Q: Do you go to karaoke?

A: Not very often.

Q: My skin is dry! What can I use to save it?

A: This!

It’s what I use.

I think it’s pretty good

Otherwise, do nothing.
Instead of the usual daily products…
Just don’t use anything other than moisturiser.
I wonder if that would work…

Q: What’s the hard part of living in Tokyo?

A: Really…

Nothing.
It all depends on the time.
But it seems like…
I can really…
Adapt to live anywhere (^∇^)

Q: How about a handshake if I see you in private?

A: If possible!
I’d be happy to ♪
Though you may be terribly disappointed (;^_^A

Q: Do you like horse racing?

A: I’m into it.
I’d like to see a race in person ♪

Q: What song do you really recommend right now?

A: Ohashi Takuya’s “Hajimari no Uta”

Q: What are your favourite ☆ Best 3 prefectures?

A: That’s a tough one

☆ Kumamoto… for the horse meat

☆ Ehime… for Dogo hot springs

☆ Nagano… for the Northern Alps

(That’s all excluding Okinawa ☆)

Q: Do you read your blog readers’ blogs?

A: Yes ♪
I check them out from time to time.

Q: Since becoming a celebrity, have you made new friends who aren’t in show business?

A: Yes.

Q: What’s your favourite mascara?

A: Clinique / Helena

Long Lash Mascara W/P – No. 97 Noir 3.3g/0.11oz

2900 yen
Helena Rubinstein

Clinique Lash Power Mascara Long Wearing Formula Black 1.5ml x 2

1800 yen
Cosme de Net, Yahoo Shopping

Q: Were you impatient to get married at 24?

A: Not at all.

Q: How do you pick yourself up when you’re feeling down?

A: These days I immerse myself in my hobbies.

Q: What if someone suddenly said, “I love you”?

A: Well, I’d say, “Thanks.”

Q: What kind of contacts do you wear?

A: 1 Day Accuvue

Q: What’s your favourite colour?

A: Purple.
I’ve liked it since I was a kid.
The reason is…
It’s pretty.

Q: Is it difficult to get into show business?

A: I suppose it isn’t easy.

Q: Do you really not have somebody to spend Christmas with?

A: Unfortunately… (￣_￣ i)
But partying with a bunch of friends or together with Kei-chan…
That’s fun.

Q: Which World Heritage site would you like to visit?

A: The Moai statues.
That’s a World Heritage site, isn’t it…?

Q: Have you received any useful presents from your fans?

A: A lot ♪
Recently, an apron.
And a hair scrunchie.
etc…

Q: Are you picky about car air freshesners?

A: I like the same scent I’m wearing.
Because basically, in my own car…
I want it just to smell like a car ♪

Q: What do you wear around the house?

A: Anything lightweight.

Q: Is your hair naturally curly?

A: Hm…
That’s a tough one…
It’s definitely not straight.
Let’s just call it a natural wave hairstyle.
How about that…

Q: How do you diet?

A: Um…
Eat slowly and chew well.
After each mouthful, put the chopsticks down.
More than making you lose weight…
It’ll make your meals smaller.

Q: Do you listen to music at home?

A: No noise.
Most of the time…
I don’t have music or the TV on.

Q: What’s the key point in choosing a beauty salon?

A: Smiles.
I haven’t looked for a new place in a while.
But if they greet me with a smile…
That’s what I really like.

Q: Where do you get your golf clubs?

A: TaylorMade.

Q: “What is life?”

A: I don’t know.
But you have to live.

Q: What foreign drama are you into?

A: None at the moment.
But one I liked…
“It Happened in Bali” (Korean)

Q: What flowers do you like?

A: Spider lillies / gerberas / sunflowers / hibiscus / lotus flowers

Q: Who takes care of your nails?

A: I do them myself.

Q: What’s the secret of your eye makeup?

A: I suppose…
Eyelashes are the hard part.

You don’t need to buy a hot eyelash curler.
You can take a regular one and warm it in the dryer.
And use it that way.
Don’t use too much force.
Start at the root and slowly move it.
If it’s not curling enough, you’ll have to rely on the heat (^∇^)

For me…
When I use mascara…
It’s shaped like a comb, but with no fibres.
To avoid having the eyelashes bunch together, I stack them together.

So, I finish up with about three mascaras ☆

Q: If you get married, would you keep working?

A: Yes.
Possibly…

Q: What colour do you associate with each season?

A: Spring… pink.
Summer… yellow.
Autumn… orange.
Winter… white.

Q: Have you sent [far] away for food?

A: Not yet.

Q: What music are you listening to on your iPod?

A: B’z

Q: What’s your favourite colour Pa [nail colour]?

A: Pink and top coat.