~English Translation~ *1. What's your name?* Nozakibento *2. What’s the reason for your name?* The Nozaki part is taken from the former Chekikko member Nozaki Megumi. The bento part I just came up with at the time. *3. When is your birthday?* 28th April *4. What’s your blood type?* A *5. How many siblings do you have?* I’m an only child *6. What kind of personality do you have?* I do things at my own pace *7. What kind of personality do others say you have?* A strange old man *8. What’s your strength?* I’m not easily perturbed *9. What’s your weakness?* Sometimes I can be very ruthless *10. What’s your favourite colour?* White and black *11. If you were to compare yourself to a colour, what would it be?* Brown *12. What kind of music do you like?* Game soundtracks *13. What’s your favourite season?* Summer *14. Who is your celebrity lookalike?* Mikawa Kenichi *15. What have you been into recently?* Using aromas *16. What lessons have you taken?* Swimming, skiing, cram school, Shinken Seminars, Z-kai *17. What’s your favourite food?* Sliced tripe *18. What’s your favourite TV show?* Shikujiri Sensei *19. Do you watch anime?* I haven’t been watching any recently *20. What’s your favourite flavour of ramen?* Anything full of dried sardines *21. What app do you use often?* Kuroneko no Wiz *22. Who have you spoken to on LINE recently?* A friend from when I was a student *23. What’s your favourite drink?* Soba water *24. What do you do before sleeping?* I use aromas *25. What do you do first thing in the morning?* If it’s a day off, I do my laundry as soon as I get up *26. How long do you spend on your makeup?* About 10 minutes *27. Do you have any speaking habits?* ‘Sure’ *28. What’s your fetish?* Maybe hands *29. What’s something good about being an idol?* When I stand on stage and see so many people enjoying it, I’m glad to be an idol *30. What’s something difficult about being an idol?* I’ve not really thought it’s difficult *31. If you weren’t doing this job, what would you be doing?* I have the qualifications already, so I’d be a librarian *32. Where’s a place you’d like to go?* I’d like to spend time studying under a teacher who helped me *33. Tell us a memory from when you were a student.* In middle school I was the student council president. In high school I was turned down and cried in a stall in the men’s toilets next to the library *34. What club activities did you do?* Ping pong and library club *35. If you could take one thing to a desert island, what would it be?* Krazy Salt *36. What is your current dream?* MeseMoa. performing at Budokan *37. What subject were you not good at?* English *38. Do you have any favourite words?* ‘If I live long, I may look back with yearning for these painful days. The world that now seems harsh may then appear sweet and good!’ (T/N: poem by Fujiwara no Kiyosuke, translation by Peter McMillan) *39. Who is your favourite Disney character?* I don't know anything about Disney, which character do you think would suit me? 🐰 Maleficent Then let's go with Maleficent *40. Who is your favourite Sanrio character?* Runabouts *41. Who do you want to meet right now?* Our fans, particularly Nozakibento biases *42. What’s something you don’t like?* Exercise *43. Did you have a rebellious phase?* I don’t think so *44. Can you live on your own?* I think I could, but in the end I probably couldn’t *45.What do you spend the most money on?* Food *46. Have you cried over anything recently?* During the rehearsal for our musical Phantom Quest *47. Have you been angry at anything recently?* In the rehearsal the day before we livestreamed our GALAXY.5 performance, I got cross with Nokkuso for doing the movements completely wrong *48. Have you been happy about anything recently?* Holding a release event at Toyosu PIT with a live audience *49. Have you been moved by anything recently?* The same as above *50. Finally, give us a self-PR statement* I’m a 34 year old amateur idol, Nozakibento. I’m going to keep doing my best at being an idol so please continue to support me [If you found this translation useful, please check out @ meseinfoeng on Twitter. I post MeseMoa translations there every day.]