English and the Japanese
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elennielMatsuda Shota (Nishikado Soujiroh in HYD) has the best English accent of any Japanese actor/singer that I know of so far. Sounds fairly fluent too, in that bit in the Hana Yori Dango 2 DVD extra... I'm impressed.
When he said, "Hello, people in Japan! We are in New York. My name is Shota Matsuda." My jaw just dropped. The accent and diction was pretty good - even had the slight American-ish inflection on certain words. (Was he educated in the US or something? hahaha)
He definitely sounds more adept at English than Arashi's Aiba. I keep thinking of that montage someone made of Aiba speaking English in various episodes of Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen... "You are wait!" "Very very danger desu!" Or that clip from an Arashi no Waza-ari episode, where he was asked, "What is your hobby?" he answered, "Yes... I'm HAPPY!" LOL. Granted, he's better than bandmate Ohno, whose answer to the same question - after thinking really hard - was, "BEAUTIFUL!" And at least Aiba could answer the "how old are you" question. Ohno kinda blanked out and said haltingly, "I don't speak English." =P
As for the rest of Arashi... Sho is supposed to be pretty good at English but I haven't heard him speak much English outside of occasional lines and phrases in their songs. There were one or two instances in various videos, but can't really pass judgement on those. Since his mother is a professor of English literature (or so I've read), I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. hahah!
Nino... No idea either. Can't remember hearing even a peep of English out of him in the videos I've seen so far.
MatsuJun... He sounded okay in that video where he met Janet Jackson, but he didn't say much in English in the end - probably too bowled over at just meeting her. That was cute though... He tells her he's a fan, "大ファンです!" She thanks him, and he just goes all speechless with "iyaaa~~" Hahahahahahaha! First time I've seen MatsuJun act that way. XD
When he said, "Hello, people in Japan! We are in New York. My name is Shota Matsuda." My jaw just dropped. The accent and diction was pretty good - even had the slight American-ish inflection on certain words. (Was he educated in the US or something? hahaha)
He definitely sounds more adept at English than Arashi's Aiba. I keep thinking of that montage someone made of Aiba speaking English in various episodes of Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen... "You are wait!" "Very very danger desu!" Or that clip from an Arashi no Waza-ari episode, where he was asked, "What is your hobby?" he answered, "Yes... I'm HAPPY!" LOL. Granted, he's better than bandmate Ohno, whose answer to the same question - after thinking really hard - was, "BEAUTIFUL!" And at least Aiba could answer the "how old are you" question. Ohno kinda blanked out and said haltingly, "I don't speak English." =P
As for the rest of Arashi... Sho is supposed to be pretty good at English but I haven't heard him speak much English outside of occasional lines and phrases in their songs. There were one or two instances in various videos, but can't really pass judgement on those. Since his mother is a professor of English literature (or so I've read), I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. hahah!
Nino... No idea either. Can't remember hearing even a peep of English out of him in the videos I've seen so far.
MatsuJun... He sounded okay in that video where he met Janet Jackson, but he didn't say much in English in the end - probably too bowled over at just meeting her. That was cute though... He tells her he's a fan, "大ファンです!" She thanks him, and he just goes all speechless with "iyaaa~~" Hahahahahahaha! First time I've seen MatsuJun act that way. XD
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Date: 2007-08-02 01:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-02 01:48 pm (UTC)Shall have to keep trying I guess. heh
I'll just have to take everyone's word for it right now - though I think he can't be incredibly bad if he was in Hollywood a while. Some of it should have rubbed off on him. XD