Imagawa Maya
Translated by duncan
December 2011

Since the Summer, Namie Amuro has been on tour – ‘LIVE STYLE 2011’.
This year, like the tour name, the stage too has omitted unnecessary decoration. It’s simple and attracts purely by the singing and dancing. Her performance, her fashion and even her way of life have reached simplicty –
Let’s hear from Amuro-chan directly!

 

Food

What is your favorite food?
O-soba! I could eat it every day!!
Speaking of which, once while I was eating soba in a soba shop, the small window in the room opened with a thud and I heard ‘Amuro-chan’. It was Tamori-san! (laughs) [?someone who looks after a rice field?]  Apart from the shop-owners, I meet various people (laughs)

Happy

When are you happiest doing at the moment?
When I’m playing with my dogs! My 3rd child is a toy poodle called Arare. It’s cute that when I give her a massage she feels comfortable and dozes off! Since it’s a good feeling, she tries hard to fight off the sleepiness, I love to see that!

Word

What’s a happy word to be said [about you]?
What would be happy? Hmm, that’s difficult… I’m happy with anything! But maybe being cute and cool, to be cool would make me happy.

Precious

What thing would you say ‘I can live if only there is this’?
Normally that would be food? (laughs)
Though I eat the same things all the time, right now I can eating anything!

Style
In order to keep style, what are you careful to do?

Half –body baths maybe? Once a year I always get myself into shape at the concert rehearsals, but normally I don’t worry about diet and don’t even do stretching… (laughs) But the costumes are made for my body size when it’s most in shape,  so I’m quite desperate not to get fatter during the concerts! (laughs)

Relax

When during the day do you feel most relaxed?
Recently I enjoy going out on the terrace in the evening breeze. Because the ventilation is good it’s a great feeling. Last month I saw a really beautiful full moon. Recently, I often look at the sky.

in Bag

What’s always in your bag?
My purse, phone and charger. Simple (laughs)

Worry

What do you do when you’re worried about something?
When I’m seriously worried, right to the end I worry at home on my own.  Well, that doesn’t make me feel better at all (laughs) However, rather than worrying and worrying and worrying too much when it doesn’t make sense, I just start to feel better, in my case. I’m like ‘Why was I worrying?’ (laughs).