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 Date of Birth: Born in New York on January 19, 1983
The same birth date as Yuming (and creator of this site ;-), a colleague in
the same company; writer/poet Edgar Allan Poe whom I fell in love with in
junior-high school; Ogai Mori, a writer of Japan's literary history; and dear
Mr. Udo Suzuki, another person Japan is proud of. Please let me know if
anyone you know is born on the same date.
Height: 158 cm
It's my height, honest. It hasn't changed since my debut. I wonder if that
means my growth is totally over?
Blood Type: A
Well! True born type!, 'cause both of my parents are A. It's a common type
among Japanese, isn't it?
Hobbies: *Literature remains my eternal passion! I've been missing Japanese
literature so much of late. I rushed into a bookstore which sells books in
Japanese, and bought about 15 books in one swoop... I stay at home and have
been grappling with the books like a hungry beast.*Buying furniture,
collecting furniture and interior goods *Though I said I've been growing my
hair long, I've had it cut. Ou, la, la. (Girls who had their hair short once
would know this feeling?) Of course email is a tool indispensable for
business and private life, but cruise the Net too. I learned about several
sites from Toshiba EMI's engineer the other day. They are awesome -- quite
interesting, Mesdames! I recommend first of all two of them, Modern Living and otogaiworld-------. Visit them late at night,
then they'll be further to the point.
Specialties: *To evade saying "I suppose it's
OK"*To puzzle others*Independent action of my left little
finger*Basketball*Cleaning. Really, I have confidence at it. I get strangely
obsessed about the cleanliness of my house. If I suddenly disappear from the
music world, you might see Hikaru Utada working as a helper at some inn in
Atami.
Favorite Movies: Shawshank Redemption, Meet
Joe Black, Godfather Part 2 (I like Robert De Niro), Good Will Hunting,
Baghdad Cafe, The Jerk, Unbreakable, Orlando, Amadeus, Sleepy Hollow
Favorite Writers: Kenji Nakagami,
"Izoku," "Kishuben"; Ryunosuke Akutagawa,
"Rashomon," "Kappa"; Yasunari Kawabata ,"Kanjo
Soshoku," "Yukiguni"; Ogai Mori, "Takasebune";
Soseki Natsume "Kokoro"; Kenji Miyazawa (poetry); Yukio
Mishima"Kinkakuji"; Ryotaro Shiba "Sekigahara";
Hermann Hesse. Read "Siddhartha" and "Happiness" and
"Steppenwolf" as finale, then you'll be fully satisfied! (I
recommend the translation by Kenji Takahashi)
Roald Dahl, "Tales of the Unexpected"; Shel Silverstein,
"Where the Sidewalk Ends," "A Light in the Attic";Edgar
Allan Poe; Elie Wiesel, "Night"; John Berendt, "Midnight in
the Garden of Good and Evil"; F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great
Gatsby.
Favorite Artists: I have many many more
favorite artists than listed below. I have too many, in fact, and they are
constantly increasing. Anyhow, here are some...
Freddie Mercury (Queen), Yutaka Ozaki, Bjork, Janet Jackson, Minnie Riperton,
Slash (Guns 'n' Roses), Joe, Lauryn Hill, Maxwell, Craig David, Garbage, No
Doubt, GLAY, Guru, Enigma, Blink182, Miles Davis, Mozart, Blue Man Group, At
the Drive-in, Erykah Badu, Jimi Hendrix, Bela Bartok, Edith Piaf.
Places I Want to Go: Italy, Mexico, Machu Picchu,
Sahara Desert, my ancestral home in Yamaguchi Pref. (I've never visited
before, and would like to visit as soon as I can.)
Things Hooked on Recently: *Hoop-shaped pierced
earrings (again) and accessories with silver and gold mixed, though I used to
focus on silver only before (does that mean that I've grown a bit?)
*Stimulant seasonings such as tabasco, sesame oil with chili peppers, vinegar
and wasabi.*I'm into long baths lately. Throughout the world, whether at home
in New York, in Japan or in a hotel in Europe, I'm indebted to Japan's famous
hot spring bath powder from Tsumura. My father said he likes it, too. Don't
you think I have fairly composed daily schedule, though my looks may be quite
far out....
*It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks
myself. I bought an espresso maker and coffee maker and make them myself
every day. I also discovered a cute teacup set at DKNY and I make Japanese
tea often and drink it. I squeeze oranges every morning to make juice... Are
these things so common that everybody does them? For me who doesn't cook,
it's great progress!
My
Favorite Words:
kinomi kinomama (with only the clothes one happens to be wearing); shogyo
mujo (All things are in flux and nothing is permanent); charappoko (no
sweat); gakeppuchi (cliff edge); ikkaku senkinn (quick money, fortune at a
stroke) (--laugh);
February; maybe; love;
"Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be" -??;
"Instead of tug o'war, let's play hug o' war" - Shel Silverstein;
"Turn a negative into a positive picture" - Lauryn Hill
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