-Since you’ve been having your Japanese activities, it seems as if you’ve made a lot of close friends.
Sato Takeru-kun, Shirota Yu-kun, Yoshitaka Yuriko-san, One Ok Rock’s Taka-kun, Miura Shohei-kun……
-That’s an impressive lineup.
Also I forgot Yamada Shintaro-kun (laughs)

-Its good you remembered.
But I’m mad at Shintaro-kun.
-Why?
When he came on my regular show “Sakigake! Ongaku Banzuke Eight” (on Fuji Television), I’m very grateful that he did but, as we recorded it he slipped really badly (laughs)
-That really is unfortunate. But that seems like something someone would say about him. (laughs) By the way you know that in the past Shintaro-kun sung songs in Korean.
Wha-!? This is my first time hearing that.
-I guess I thought he’d speak with you about Korean music.
When me and Shintaro are in private, we don’t speak about music at all (laughs)

-So then what do you talk about?
About things like the recent gags we’ve been doing or how can we be a hit (laughs)
-That’s definitely some comedian bonding discussions right?
Honestly, when I first started my Japanese solo activities the first person I asked for advice from was Shintaro-kun.
-Why’d you ask him over your other friends?
At that time he was the only friend I had in Japan (laughs) Since at that time I didn’t know much about Japan, I called Shintaro-kun “What kind of show is “Tousouchuu”? (on Fuji Television)” (Impersonating Shintaro) “Ah, that one, you’ll be fine if you run~” “Eh? Its not a talk show?” (Once again impersonating Shintaro) “You’ll be fine if you run with all your strength~ It’s that kind of show” “Ah….thanks. I got it” (laughs)
-So it isn’t that you can’t sense from the beginning that you’ve made a mistake with who you’ve gone to for advice (laughs)
After I went to One Ok Rock’s Taka-kun to talk. Taka-kun has good taste and he’s really a fun person~
-What kind of things do you talk with Taka-kun about?
“Now I’m having a concert, but for the MC talk you know of a hit gag I can do?” (Once again acting both parts) “Ah, COWCOW’s “Natural Exercises” should be good.” “What is that?” “Well, I’ll send the recording to you~” “Really?~” (laughs)
-You right now, this talk is of comedian caliber.
Nah nah, I still have a long way to go….
-By the way, after watching your TV appearances what kind of thoughts on it do your friends give you?
Miura Shohei has said to me “You’re really funny~”
-Any advice that Yamada Shintaro has given you?
“ (Impersonating Shintaro) Seungri you may be a genius~” (laughs)
-And how did you respond to that?
(while twitching) “Ah, thanks~” (laughs) But, them just watching my TV appearances in and of itself makes me happy, and best of all thanks to all my friends surrounding me, living in Japan is not lonely at all. From the start when I didn’t understand the structure or knew left from right regarding Japanese variety shows, Taka-kun was the first of my friends to give me advice. He’s given me a lot of support.
-That’s friendship~
This time around with my Japanese activities, again I realize how valuable the existence of friends is. Everyone supporting me, for all of you I want to do as much as I can.