Bikkuri Survey

1. You have found a magical J-pop genie who will grant you one J-pop related wish (so no wishing for a million dollars or world peace or anything like that). It can be virtually anything as long as it’s directly related to J-pop, and don’t worry, because this is the nice sort of genie, not the kind who will try to find a loop-hole and screw up your wish. So, what do you wish for???
I want to trade souls with Tsunku.

2. Is there any J-pop artist or group who seriously pisses you off? If yes, who, and why?
No. That happens sometimes, but I always end liking the same artists. Or I just forgot about them, so they don't bother me anymore.

3. Who do you think is the sexiest japanese singer out there?
Can I have two?

4. How about the cutest?
Now it won't work with less than three...

5. Best personality?
Yuuko.

6. If given the opportunity, would you rather date person 3, person 4, or person 5?
Konkon.

7. You work for a Japanese music magazine, and you have the opportunity to interview your favorite artist or group. What are a couple of the questions you want to ask them?
I'd like to ask Momusu's OG what they think about the current line up, the Kids, and the way their career continued after they got out of Momusu. Some of them I think have no reason to complain (Yossie and Rika, for example), but I'd like to see what Yuuko would say. And Yasuda. Yasuda said back in some Utaban that she wanted to be an actress, and she's been in some plays since then, so it seems it worked... but is she happy now or would she want a solo singing career?

8. What’s the best (J-pop) song to listen to when you are really sad?
Hum... I choose music based on whatever I'm doing while I listen, instead of how I'm feeling. If I'm studying, it's classical or nothing; if I'm reading RSS, it's completely random from my whole collection; if I'm programming, writing or busy with anything else, it's J-Rock. Right now it's Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner though. J-Pop enters when I'm bored. Sometimes I get addicted to some group, so I'll listen to it all the time for about a week. Then it goes back to normal.
But then, if I had to choose the best "cheer up" j-pop song I know, it's quite easily ZARD's "Makenaide". Best sad j-pop song, I'd have to think a lot more about it...

9. When you’re really happy?
Best happy song would be... hum... Either Lucky Cha Cha Cha or Koko ni Iru zee... with Shiawase Beam definitely in third place.

10. Do you often sing along to your favorite songs?
Sure, all the time. Old habit. Just never in public.

11. How about dance?
Never.

12. Artistic integrity question!! If someone offerrered to pay you for blogging, but they were allowed to censor some of your opinions or veto some of your blogging ideas, would you do it?
No. Not really because I care about "artistic integrity"... Well, I do, but I care more about money. I see nothing wrong with writing whatever you're told to for money - isn't that what all marketers and most journalists do? But I wouldn't try it anyway, since I have no plans to make money writing. This is a hobby, and the moment it turns into anything else, I'm out.