My Letter For Oh chan 35th Birthday Anniversary

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Ohno Satoshi kun… I don’t even know where to begin.

The day when you played Janken and won, you became leader.. and you don’t know how grateful I am for that fact.

I mean sure, Sho would’ve been great as leader but you’re such an unique person, it would feel so out of place if the leader of Arashi wasn’t you.

 

~ Your blank expressions, your spaced outness, and your priceless faces.. I just.. can’t dislike you.

~ You always gave your best and did everything with such a passion and that is why you’re such an inspiration.

~ No matter what you do, you put your heart and soul into it, but you don’t show it off.

~ You have such a beautiful heart, filled with courage and compassion.

~ You have such a beautiful, beautiful voice, and when you sing, you never fail to touch my heart.

You take life one step at a time, and you never change for anyone else.

As you said in your quote, “I don’t want people calling me an idol. Nor a talent, or an entertainer. Just Ohno Satoshi works fine for me, I want people to see me simply as a person.”

Just that quote alone, inspires me to always be myself, no matter how many bad qualities I possess.  Just being me, just being myself, and not trying to act like someone else, that’s what you taught me.

Another quote that you inspired me with is “I think it’s all right for everybody to be the way they want to be.” You know what? Because those quotes are pretty close to my own principle of life “The only thing you can do is just be yourself”.

From the words you spoke, you encourage me to just do what I like, not to please the others. It’s not about what others think, it’s about how I choose to live my life, isn’t?

Riida, you’re one of the greatest people I have ever met.

From being down to earth, to being caring, friendly, kind hearted, and humble.

You’re so shy, but when you say something, I explode from laughter.

I don’t think being shy is such a bad thing. Coz I am the shy one too. Actually, you helped me through my shy qualities. I used to be so shy I never talked to anyone that I didn’t know, but seeing you open up and talk to Arashi about things, even as you first met them, I was inspired to do the same. If it weren’t for you, I’d still be hiding in a corner, waiting for someone to talk to me. You helped me open my heart to others, and taught me not to be scared to express my feelings.

You lead by not leading at all. Being Arashi’s leader, you never actually do work around the company, but just being there for them, just encouraging them and helping them through their lives.Just being their friend, that alone is being a leader. Just talking with them, just communicating and spending time with them and I’m pretty sure they have a lot of respect for you.

In most interviews, Sho and Jun say how much they respect having you as their leader,

because without you, there is no Arashi. Just by being there by their side, that’s being a true leader. Truly, you are the definition of a true leader. Although people say you’re the least attractive in Arashi, I think you’re one of the most beautiful people on this planet and that is because of your genuine personality.

Something about you, makes me want to appreciate you, not as an idol, but a person.

So Ohno, in honour to celebrated your 35^th Anniversary this year,

I just want to say a biggest thank to you from the bottom of my heart.

I can’t even describe how much respect I have for you.

~ Thanks for being Arashi’s leader

~ Thanks for keeps supporting Arashi from the bottom of your heart

~ Thanks for being such a dedicated person

~ Thanks for taking on workload of others even when you’re too busy to even get 3-4 hours of sleep a day

~ Thanks for eating and appreciate all the food you receive

And THANKS for just being such a beautiful person

Thank you for all the inspiration you’ve given me so far and more to come in the future.

Thank you Riida, for being the way of you are.

Being 35, it might be hard since you’ll be pulled out of magazines, and you’ll be treated differently because you’re supposedly “old”, but I believe you’re younger at heart than any other man out there.

You’re 35 at age, always beautiful men at 27, and 10 at heart.

You’re just.. such a unique beautiful person that I’ve ever met, and I will always love you.

Thank you, for just being the Ohno Satoshi that everyone loves and adores.

Thank you for the inspiration, Oh Chan <3