Kinda interesting about these five Juniors, is not only are they featured in both the Wink Up and Potato for November but three of the five were featured in the September issue of Duet as Fresh Juniors. The questions are a bit different and there are a few different answers between the two sets of profiles, and if you're interested in seeing them yourself to compare I did translate that Duet page and it can be found here.
Also decided to at least take a picture of the pages I'm translating from now on, since I can't scan them.
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The first time in Wink Up for these fresh five! Support them by checking out their profiles!
Murata Rikito (村田力斗)
Nickname: Rikki
Birth date: July 9th, 1995, 14 years old (second year middle school)
Blood type: O
Where you’re from: Kanagawa prefecture
Height: 154cm
Weight: 39kg
Shoe size: 26cm
Your strong point: Bright and energetic.
Your shortcoming: Won’t stop talking.
Hobby: Listening to music.
Specialty: basketball
Favorite food: fried shrimp
Disliked food: asparagus
Favorite color: orange, red
Favorite sport: basketball
Subjects you’re good at: math, science and gym
Subjects you’re bad at: social studies
Favorite animal: shiba inu
Reason for applying: Joined because he admires the sempai in TV shows and concerts.
Admired sempai: Kitayama Hiromitsu
Type of girl you like: A bright girl.
Your appeal: I’m still immature however, after this I plan to still work hard.
Yamashita Kazunari （山下一成）
Nickname: none
Birth date: June 3rd, 1997, 12 years old (sixth year grade school)
Blood type: A
Where you’re from: Tokyo
Height: 150.2cm
Weight: 37kg
Shoe size: 25cm
Your strong point: Well-behaved.
Your shortcoming: Can’t wake up quickly in the morning.
Hobby: reading
Specialty: English
Favorite food: ramen and sushi
Disliked food: eggplant
Favorite color: red
Favorite sport: soccer
Subjects you’re good at: social studies and gym
Subjects you’re bad at: science
Favorite animal: dogs and elephants
Reason for applying: I went as a substitute for my cousin to the company audition.
Admired sempai: I don’t know.
Type of girl you like: A kind person.
Your appeal: There’s still many things I don’t know, from now on I plan on doing my best.
Abe Toya （阿部冬夜）
Nickname: Toya
Birth date: January 14th, 1996, 13 years old (second year middle school)
Blood type: B
Where you’re from: Tokyo
Height: 160cm
Weight: 43kg
Shoe size: 26cm
Your strong point: Energetic.
Your shortcoming: Loud.
Hobby: afternoon naps
Specialty: rubber band magic
Favorite food: eggplant* and fried potato
Disliked food: bell pepper
Favorite color: blue
Favorite sport: soccer
Subjects you’re good at: music, math
Subjects you’re bad at: Japanese language
Favorite animal: lion
Reason for applying: I admire how cool the sempai are.
Admired sempai: Higashiyama Noriyuki and SMAP
Type of girl you like: A cute and cheerful girl.
Your appeal: I am kind.
*Less of a translation issue and more of a inconsistency I can't explain, as in the September Duet issue he has eggplant and bell pepper as food he doesn't like, so I'm not sure if he had a dramatic change of heart or someone wrote his information done wrong for this.
Katori Takuya (香取琢哉)
Nickname: Takkun
Birth date: June 2nd, 1997, 12 years old. (sixth year grade school)
Blood type: O
Where you’re from: Ibaraki prefecture
Height: 164cm
Weight: 45kg
Shoe size: 24cm
Your strong point: Quick on my feet.
Your shortcoming: To be left out a bit.*
Hobby: card games
Specialty: There’s nothing special.
Favorite food: curry
Disliked food: tomato
Favorite color: blue
Favorite sport: soccer
Subjects you’re good at: gym
Subjects you’re bad at: math
Favorite animal: dog
Reason for applying: My friend sent in the application.
Admired sempai: Yamashita Tomohisa
Type of girl you like: A kind girl.
Your appeal: Please remember my name.
*The verb he uses 「抜けてる」can have several meanings and this was the one that made the most sense to be in this context.
Takahashi Saneyasu （高橋実靖）
Nickname: Sane
Birth date: September 17th, 1997, 12 years old. (sixth year grade school)
Blood type: A
Where you’re from: Tokyo
Height: 160cm
Weight: 43kg
Shoe size: 23.5cm
Your strong point: Lucky.
Your shortcoming: Bad at waking up.
Hobby: computers
Specialty: karate
Favorite food: sushi
Disliked food: goya
Favorite color: black
Favorite sport: soccer
Subjects you’re good at: science and social studies
Subjects you’re bad at: math, Japanese language
Favorite animal: dog
Reason for applying: I admire Higashiyama-san, so I applied.
Admired sempai: Higashiyama Noriyuki and Nakajima Yuto
Type of girl you like: A kind girl.
Your appeal: My dancing is still not so good, so I will do my best.
(My thoughts.)
It's definitely interesting to see some of the little changes for the three that had profiles in the September Duet, Murata Rikito, Abe Toya and Takahashi Saneyasu. Especially to see that Murata has changed his admired sempai from Yamada Ryosuke to Kitayama Hiromitsu.
I think Yamashita Kazunari stands out quite a bit to me. Not only does he not really have the Johnny's look but the fact he of came in as a substitute for his cousin for the audition and ended up joining the agency is amusing to me. Also I like the fact that he seems rather honest with admitting that he doesn't have a sempai he looks up to yet instead of just picking one of the popular sempai so he can have an answer. And I swear I saw him back dancing on this month's Shounen Club episode in the beginning, so hopefully this means that he and the other boys featured here will eventually get a chance to do more as I'm rather interested in them.
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