201127 Akaso Eiji (赤楚衛二) @ ALL GOOD FRIDAY RADIO

201127 Akaso Eiji (赤楚衛二) @ JWAVE: ALL GOOD FRIDAY RADIO

Credit: Kiwi Tour
Link (chinese sub): https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV14p4y1r7PQ

Translation: Thread by sledgang211 (Twitter)

• Eiji’s last name is rare (I personally never met a person with a last name Akaso and never knew this last name existed until he popped out)
• He has some relatives living in Osaka
• His parents were strict and always told him to study (makes sense since his parents are both educators)
• He never rebelled but there were times where he didn’t want to study and didn’t want to go to school or to his supplementary courses.
• He has a younger brother who’s four years younger than him
• His brother is taller than him—180cm and more than 80kg (he used to be in a judo club)
• His brother seems like he’s studying computer graphics
• He learned kendo for 6 years and tennis for 6 months
• He hopes that he can apply his kendo skill to a sword fight scene
• One of the radio hosts mentions that he looks different in every role
• He says that it’s probably his hairstyle
• Since he doesn’t have a face that doesn’t have a defined feature (or feature that leaves a strong impression), he can play around with his hair to fit into certain roles
• He named his photo album “A” because “A”kaso and “A”BC.
(I read it somewhere that he named it “A” because it also defines the beginning. I think that’s what he was trying to explain when he said A from ABC)
• Concept of this photo album: 4 types of Eiji
• Manly, cute, natural, and dreamy type
• He has some photos where he is just genuinely having fun barbecuing
• His favorite photo: On a super rainy day at the bridge
• Since he was in a heavy rain, he had a hard time opening
his eyes, but at one point he opened his eyes and the photographer successfully caught that moment
• Okay, this sounds pretty obvious and weird, but his beard grows out lol
• Another radio host mentioned that right before their live radio, he heard a shaving sound
• When Eiji saw him, he greeted “Good morning!” and continued shaving his beard lol
• He said, “I thought it’d better to have it shaved off (so I’m doing it now)”
• He was asked, “what kind of actor do you want to be?”
• To summarize his answer, he basically said, “I want to become an actor that dives deep into each character”
• He is interested in playing preschool teacher and crazy role (a role that is hard to interpret and relate to)
• “So I guess that means murder story (if he’s ever going to play a crazy role)”
• Reprinting has been happening before his photo album was officially out