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Happy Noemaru update week!

This week, Noemaru has a Q&A segment and Noel's usual essay; his theme this week is about striking a balance between trying to be the best, and knowing when to take a breather.

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Noemaru monthly update – 14 June 2022, 6pm JST


Well, well, the date has changed here in LA too, and so

We’re now living in the same 14th day of June; Kawashima Noel, here.


Ah~ no, no, hello~, it’s Noel here~ (*´꒳`*)


I’m grateful (to meet you)~ Ah, no, hello~✌️


I got a lot of questions last month too, so my happiness is at its peak~ Lulu, lalala~ (dance of happiness)


We’ll, I’d like to get on with my replies!


After the questions, I’ll also pen down my regular update for this month, so if it’s okay with you, please read all the way to the e~nd☺️


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Happy Noemaru update weekend! I bring with me Noe-san's latest blog update, which is (1) the Q&A he promised, and also (2) incredibly long, so it's going to get split up over several parts!

Noel does take the time to seriously and properly answer a ton of the fan questions, so I'll forgive him for the length even if it took A While to go through ;o; Please enjoy!

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Noemaru - Regular update 14 May 2022 (6pm JST)


The time for the regular update for May has come around~ ☺️


From this month onwards, my regular update’s been renewed as a “I’m gonna answer the questions I received~!” corner, so with this change of plans I’ll be answering a lotttttt of questions~ ✨


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Happy mid-April; it's Noemaru day! I've been looking forward to this one since it's his first entry since they went to LA ^^

Noe-san talks a bit about life in LA, living with the other members of TJ and how they've gotten closer, and also about a dream he had that made him realise something important! It's really sappy, ahaha

Noel's been collecting questions for a Q&A, so I might translate that when it's out, too! ^^

Short note: I'm trying something different this month and trying to retain Noe-san's emoji in the blog entry, since LJ seems to be able to support it~

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Here is Noel's solo interview from the May issue of SODA! He talks about how his outlook / mindset towards being a Johnnys has changed recently, what motivated him to continue staying with the agency, and how the rest of Travis Japan keep him motivated; there's also a special message from him to all TJ fans at the end ^^

The little bio section of the magazine had a short interview with him so I've translated that as well.

Noel refers a lot to his Valentine's Day edition of Jweb during one section of this interview; if you're interested, you can check out my translation of it here!

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Kawashima Noel: Strong and beautiful; a devoted person

A person who’s strong and beautiful precisely because they’ve polished themselves over and over again. A person who is devoted to everything around them. That is the impression we get from Kawashima Noel. We look into his “changes”, in this year that seems to become his “year of change”.


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Happy White Day! I come bearing a gift from Noel himself - his latest Jweb essay! I was moved to tears translating this ;o;

Noe-san talks about what he's been into recently, the US announcement, and reassures us that they'll continue to stay by Traja-tans' side! He also includes a sweet dedication to two people who he's close to ;o;

As usual, I didn't replicate most of his emoji! Also, LJ has informed me that this post is TOO LARGE (omfg Noe-san) so I will be splitting it into two parts!!

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A short translation for the end of the week! The Quiz Club got a little feature on TV Guide right before they went to film their appearance on the "Q-sama!!" SP and I couldn't resist translating this cute cross-talk. Please enjoy! I can't wait to watch the Quiz Club's new appearance on "Q-sama!!", they did pretty well the last time ^^

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The Johnnys’ Quiz Club will gather again for “Q-sama!!”

What if we were to become home tutors…??


The “Johnnys’ Quiz Club” led by Snow Man’s Abe Ryohei will appear on “Q-sama!!”. For these 6 people who started this daily study club, they’ll surely be good at teaching as well! They talk about what kind of home tutor each of them would be.


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I love Noe-san and I love the entire Johnnys Quiz Club, so when it was announced that the Quiz Club members (sans Abe-chan) would be getting cover features across various issues of Shukan Asahi, I was thrilled ;o; I'll be aiming, to the best of my ability, to translate the interviews for all of the Quiz Club members as they come out!

First up is Noe-san's interview. It's insightful and dives into how intense he is in his studies; it seems he's been this way from a young age, and those experienced have shaped the way he approaches learning even now.

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Cover person: Kawashima Noel


A really intelligent person would…


…Probably pick up on his own intelligence faster than anyone else. He would not balk at the idea of hard work, and would not be haughty about his abilities or achievements. He would be able to discuss complex subjects in simple language. Someone who is intelligently considerate. Someone who is the exemplar of an idol.


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I initially started this translation blog project because I wanted to try translating Noe-san's monthly j-web essays, so, here we are! The first monthly Noemaru that's come out since I started this blog, and it's the Valentine's Day entry ^^ I'll be trying to translate these every month as much as I can!

Noe-san's been talking a lot about how he's recently become less afraid to live as his true self and he discusses that more in detail in this month's entry, along with looking into the power of self-love.

Two brief notes: (1) Noe-san romanises his name as "Noel" on jweb so I've followed that for the main translation; and (2) he uses a bunch of smartphone emoji that I can't replicate on my laptop, so I've excluded them; where the emoji is necessary for understanding the entry I've added a brief translator's note.

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I've translated the Genta x Noeru interview from Stage Navi which came out around the end of last year! It's a long interview and I've split it into four parts; the first 3 parts are the cross-talk, and the last part contains a short, individual interview from both of them. It's heartwarming and gave me the feels when I was translating; Genta and Noeru talk about how far they've grown individually and as a group, and their hopes for the new year!

Brief translator note: Noeru uses a ton of metaphors in the interview. I've tried to translate them directly into his intended meaning without porting over his metaphors to make things easier to understand, but a couple of the metaphors have been left in for context.

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Close Up: Travis Japan Kawashima Noeru x Matsuda Genta


Travis Japan, who successfully completed their run of “Toraja NINJAPAN 2021”; it’s said that they have improved by leaps and bounds. This year, they had their first nationwide tour “IMAGE NATION ~Zenkoku Tour Shichatte Mo Ii Desuka!?~”, and pursued numerous projects such as “+81 DANCE STUDIO”. The oldest-and-youngest combination of this group, Kawashima Noeru and Matsuda Genta, have wrapped up their 2021 for us.


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Cross-post from my personal account, where this was initially posted

Translation of the Noemaru J-web entry from 28 July 2021, the day of Naniwa Danshi's debut announcement.

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Jpop Japanese-to-English translations by Luna; focus will be on magazine translations / other longer-form content. All translation projects are done on an irregular basis.

Current focus of translations will be on Johnnys & JO1 content, but other groups may pop up as and when I feel the urge to translate for them.

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