Fukuyama Masaharu の Heart

Excerpt Fukuyama Masaharu Interview - No Pants Singer
 

F: Masha         T: Tamori       D: Mariko Do

T:  Our next guest  is Fukuyama Masaharu-san.
D:  Fukyama-san has just finished his 3-month concert tour
T:  That was hard work.
F:  Yes, it was.
T:  What was the most challenging part?
F:  That would be how to keep my body strength and energy at a peak through out. It’s quite a challenge.

T:  Did you always manage your personal affairs by yourself?
F:  Things like doing my own laundry.
T:  Laundry?
F:  It’s better now that my schedule is easier. Once I had to do 60 concerts in 3 months. 60 shows in 90 days. 2 in 3 days. So I couldn’t wash my clothes in time. Straight after each concert, I had to rush back to the hotel to wash my underwear. Thinking about the passionate response I’d just received on stage…and now I’m washing underpants, I felt pathetic.
T:  Seems so. The idolized superstar drives his fans crazy….. and then goes home to wash underpants.
F:  I hated it at that time…. so, during that time I didn’t wear underpants
T:  No (under)pants on stage?
F:  No pants, yes. I had a sudden inspiration one day.
T:  So you’re a “No Pants Singer”?
F:  “No Pants Singer” sounds a bit cool, ne?
T:  Why don’t you just get new underpants?
F:  Yes, new underpants….don’t absorb so well.
T:  You sound so serious….. don’t absorb so well…..ah, Sweat, you mean.
F:  Yes.
T:  I get it, but isn’t it still better to put on your underpants?
F:  Didn’t you just say (backstage?) that this (sweat absorption?) was an important issue?
T:  Is important, yes, but surely underpants shouldn’t be a big matter. If you’re talking about a towel or T-shirt, I can understand.
F:  It’s the same for underpants.     T:  The same?
F:  It doesn’t feel comfortable…it just doesn’t absorb well.
T:  Absorption, eh?
D:  But isn’t wearing new underpants better than none at all?
F:  On the contrary, I’d rather have none.
T:  Then what are you going to use for absorption?
F:  It will evaporate by itself.

D:  And Fukuyama-san’s new song will be coming up after the break.

~The End ~

Translated from Chinese subtitles on the video.
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