中島裕翔 ♥ Nakajima Yuto

First off, no they’re not.Second, why do I like him? I’m gonna try to keep this at short story length and not novel length, but here we go.First off, he’s probably the hardest worker I have ever seen. He inspires me to go out there and do my best too. He’s not naturally gifted - his voice is pleasant, but his range is pretty limited. He doesn’t pick up dancing quickly, either, but he tries SO HARD. At everything. He damn near killed himself trying to keep up his idol work PLUS graduate school (ARCHITECTURE NO LESS. This isn’t some sissy humanitaries degree via corresponsdence. HE WENT TO CLASS. HE SLEPT IN THE LABS.) on time, and he never once complained. In fact, he didn’t even WANT to let on that he was having a hard time, and was surprised when people noticed.On top of all of that, he SUFFERED as a teenager. He went to high school and made no friends, he was lonely and while he glossed over it, he was bullied quite heavily. In fact, he didn’t have many friends in school at all. His only friends? They were in Johnny’s. He’s made no secret about the fact that for some reason, he wasn’t liked. Who would bully the idol? Beats me, but in high school, he was bullied. He didn’t let any of that get him down. You know, high school isn’t mandatory in Japan. He could have quit, like Yuya, who just didn’t bother. He didn’t. He stuck with it. On top of all of that, he’s a funny and sweet kid who always says that he’d rather be positive, and make his fans smile. He doesn’t want them to be sad, and I really admire his outlook. It’s unfortunate, to me, that you think some of his best friends (and they are in fact his best friends. He said that he is closest to Daiki, Hikaru and Ryosuke.) are “too good for him”, when he loves them dearly, and they clearly love him just as much. It’s also unfortunate that you don’t seem to appreciate how much he does, and you know who he does all this for? You, and every other fan of HSJ.

Message to japanese fans after winning the championship