Arashi's Profile

Ohno Satoshi 大野智

Name : Satoshi
Familiy Name : Ohno
Nick Name: O-chan, Riida, Ohno-kun, Captain
Birth Place : Tokyo, Japan
Birthday : 26 November 1980
Tall/Height : 166 cm / 53 kg
Blood Category: A
Hobby : Drawing
-He loves his mom very much.(Kya~so super sweet!)-Had his mom buy him clothes till he was 26!!
-Describe by fellow band members to be unbeliivable~~
-Won the title of leader after winning a jaken match with Sho
-Tamori-san jokingly criticised Ohno for not having any sense
-Likes Stage plays better than Dramas.

-Close friends with Nino-forming Ohmiya SK
-Known for being the best singer and dancer in Arashi.
-He has a fanboy...Chinen Yuuri from Hey!Say!Jump!
-He doesn't get scared easily, probably doesn't get scared at all...(so true..)
-Likes to cuddle with Jun 
-Ohno also likes to daydream alot and doesn't really like to talk much, but when he does, he normally talks about random things.
- He recently also gained a passion for fishing
-He has a huge passion for art to the point of almost quitting Arashi

-Ohno is the leader of the group, as well as the oldest band member.(he don't look like it though...lol
-He can speak in may different languages. 
Ohno was born in Mitaka, Tokyo as the youngest child of his family. He has one older sister. During middle school, his mother sent in his application to Johnny & Associates without his knowledge. An invitation to audition was sent back to Ohno, and he subsequently became a trainee in October 1994. In order to focus on the stage play Kyo to Kyo, which ran from 1997 to 1998 during his trainee days, he withdrew from high school and moved to Kyoto.




Sakurai Sho 櫻井 翔 

Name : Sho

Family Name : Sakurai
Nick Name : Sho-can, Sho-kun, Keio Boy
Birth Place : Tokyo, Jepang
Birthday : 25 January 1982
Tinggi/Berat : 171 cm / 57 kg
Blood category  : A

Sakurai was born in Minato, Tokyo as the oldest child of his family.He has two younger siblings: a sister who is five years younger and a brother who is thirteen years younger.

Sakurai attended Keio Yochisha Elementary School, an affiliated elementary school to Keio University, after passing the entrance examinations. Despite already having an established career with Arashi by the time he graduated from high school, Sakurai went on to attend Keio University, graduating with a degree in economics in 2004.

*Sho's father is a government official. who happens to study in the same university = Keio – as Sho.
* Sho's mother is a college/university literature professor. 
*Sho fave subject in school was japanese and geography
* The members of the Sakurai family is said to have the S.S. as their name initials.
* Sho's closest friends back in school always called him "SakuSho".
* Sho's secret to success in studying for school is to put everything on hold, including his career, and spend at least 1 month in advance strictly studying at home or at the library.
* Sho's favorite TV channels are MTV and Discovery Channel.
* Sho's favorite magazine is GQ and Newsweek.
* Sho likes to read before going to bed.
* Sho doesn't feel comfortable or confident taking his shirt off for photo shoots.
was the place he went with his family 10 years ago. He called his mom on the spot just because of this.
* During the audition part of the Summer Concert, Sho was super nervous because he can hear fans talking as he sat quite close to them
* Sho's ideal girlfriend: sweet, simple, smart-dressed (i.e. no skimpy clothes), non-smoker, non-celebrity with intelligence and an independently thinking mind.
* Sho has a passion for learning about History.
* Sho doesn’t eat between meals.
* Sho's brother calls him ‘Bambi’ after watching ‘Kisarazu Cat’s Eye.’
* One story told in one of the interviews with Arashi was that Sho talked in his sleep during 2002 Summer Concert. Ohno who was in the same room heard it very clearly at around 6 am saying “let Aiba sleep!” But he himself didn’t know anything about it.




Aiba Masaki 相葉 雅紀

Name : Masaki
Family Name : Aiba
Nick Name : panggilan : Aiba-chan, Aiba
Birth Place : Chiba, Jepang
Birthday  : 24 Desember 1982
Tinggi/Berat : 176 cm / 60 kg
Golongan darah : AB
Ukuran sepatu : 26,5

Aiba was born in Hanamigawa, Chiba as the first child of his family. He has a younger brother who is four years younger. Aiba was raised by his grandparents until he was four years old because his parents were busy running their newly-opened Chinese cuisine restaurant then.

Prior to joining Johnny & Associates, Aiba watched a program called Love Love SMAP (愛ラブSMAP Ai Rabu SMAP) and saw SMAP playing basketball on television. Wanting to play basketball with them, he sent in the application to join the talent agency himself, without exactly knowing what the agency specialized in until the day of auditions. Aiba became a Johnny's Jr. in August 1996 at the age of 13.


Sibling a younger brother 
Pets 3 dogs named Atomu, Uran and Hime 
High Sch Maruhaki Sougou High School
Often referred to as Aiba-chan and Aibaka.
-He has earned various nicknames that relates to the word idol. (ex. Super Idol, King of Idols, etc.) 
-His family owns a Chinese restaurant named Keikarou in his hometown somewhere in the Chiba Prefecture. 
-He is very proud to come from Chiba and often proclaims it in interviews. 
-Aiba is a fan of TOKIO, another Johnny's Entertainment band. 
-He enjoys playing the saxophone, but stopped due to health reasons. 
-Aiba sleeps with a HUGE stuffed animal dog every night, even when on tour.
-Aiba's least favorite season of the year is spring because he suffers from hayfever. 
-His family owns a Chinese restaurant named "Keikarou" in his hometown. His father is the chef. 
-Aiba has a very noticeable birthmark on his left shoulder. 
-Aiba joined Johnny's Jimusho for two reasons:
-He is a huge Miyake Ken fan
-He has a huge obsession with basketball. He saw Johnny's idols (SMAP) playing basketball on the TV "I Love SMAP", and thought that he'd get to play basketball with them if he joined. After asking some female classmates for their advice, he sent an application to join. It was not until he was asked to audition did Aiba realize Johnny's Jimusho trained young boys to dance and sing.

-Once he tried going into hotspring bath when he was really really sleepy. He slept halfway through and nearly drowned, fortunately his family members saved him in the end. 
-Everyone agrees that it is impossible for Aiba to accomplish two things at the same time. 
-After he starts drinking, he would start taking off his shirt and run around. Sho mentioned about it before. 
-Aiba loves to bounce around during concerts and often commits mistakes in his choreography. 
-He loves animals and claims to have the ability to "speak to them."


Matsumoto Jun 松本潤 

Name : Jun
Family Name : Matsumoto
Nicknames: Matsujun, Junji, King [by all Arashi], Jun~Chan, Matsumoto~kun, Do-S 
Profession: Actor, singer
Birthdate: 1983-Aug-30 
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan 
Height: 173cm

Matsumoto was born in Toshima, Tokyo, as the youngest child in his family. He has an older sister whose support of KinKi Kids influenced his decision to join Johnny & Associates in 1996. Thinking it might bode good luck, he sent his application to the agency on his elementary school graduation day and received a phone call weeks later from president Johnny Kitagawa himself, inviting him to attend a rehearsal instead of being auditioned. Due to this, Matsumoto is frequently referred to as one of the elite within the agency.

Matsumoto graduated from Horikoshi Gakuen, a renowned high school known for its many performing arts alumnae such as Kyoko Fukadaand Ai Kato, in March 2002 at the age of 18.
* He played baseball in grade school.
* He can’t do a back flip (all Johnny’s boys are suppose to be able to).
* He admits he’s neurotic - he likes to clean and can’t stand anything messy or dirty.
* He’s very honest and has a sharp tongue.
* He can get very emotional.
* Watching emotional movies makes him cry sometimes. But he doesn’t like people to see him cry.
* He’s the first Japanese celebrity to appear on the cover of Marie Claire magazine (all the other guys who’ve graced the cover in its 24-year history were all from other countries).
* Oguri Shun and Narimiya Hiroki are his good friends.
* He has pet turtles (5 of them). They were given by Nino (Arashi bandmate) on his 17th birthday and he still hasn’t named them. He gave one back to him on Nino’s 21th birthday. 
* He accidentally kissed Nino at a concert (23/July/2006), but Nino meant to do it.
* Earned the nickname Do-S Banchou (S stands for Sadist).
* He is near-sighted. He usually wears contact lenses for work, but other times he wears glasses.
* Had buckteeth when he was younger.
* Chief attractions in girls are eyes and hair.
* He gets really shy when it comes to expressing his feelings to girls.
* Sho (another Arashi bandmate) was once his private tutor.
* A choreographer once made him cry.
* He isn’t known to be punctual.
* He used to idolise Sho when he was younger.


Ninomiya Kazunari二宮 和也 

Name : Kazunari
Family Name : Ninomiya
Nick Name : Nino, Kazu-chan
Birth place : Tokyo, Jepang
Birthday :17 June 1983
Tinggi/Berat : 168 cm / 49 kg
Blood type : A

Ninomiya was born in Katsushika, Tokyo as the youngest child of his family. His father and mother were both working as chefs when they met and his sister is two years older than he is. His parents divorced early in his life and his father left the family soon after. When Ninomiya was born, his grandfather immediately came home and named him the heir to the family's windshield factory since he was his grandfather's only grandson. However, when Ninomiya was twelve years old, his cousin sent in an application to Johnny & Associates without his knowledge.After attending and passing the auditions due to his mother's prodding, he joined the talent agency. 

Ninomiya graduated from high school in March 2002 at the age of 18 and is super hot

Pet a dog named Haru
*Happiest moment was when he won a baseball competition 
* Deepest Impression: the first time ARASHI appeared on TV
* Nino is very, very difficult to wake up, and according to Matsujun, he "opens his eyes for a while and would immediately fall back to sleep".
* Nino is a totally different person when he sets out to achieve his goal
* Aiba complained that Nino is a hyper-gamer who plays too much. He would bring along his portable electronic game everywhere he goes and play late into the night. And if he loses, he will suddenly start howling in the middle of the night, waking everyone up.
* Nino claims that although being a baseball player, he could do 14 times lifting, and he would someday like to challenge Matsujun!
* Thinks of himself as Takuya Kimura No. 2 when watching his own dramas 
* Emotional, just like Matsujun, cries easily while watching TV
* He is afraid of loneliness