LEO – Yabuki Nako's Rekomen (2023.10.11)

[shizuna]

After doing an outdoor shoot in Osaka for "Love It!", LEO appeared as a guest on Yabuki Nako's radio show, "Yabuki Nako no Rekomen" on October 11.


Nako said she knew about BE:FIRST prior to the Osaka shooting. Even though she was with LEO for the shooting though, they didn’t have a chance to talk much afterwards.

Staff on “Love It!” told Nako that LEO is shy but she was confused because even during CM breaks LEO was still as energetic as when the cameras were on him. He’s only been on the show three times, but seems like he’s a regular! ✨ 👏

Listener comment: “Like the sun”
🦁: Ah, yes, I’m the sun, thank you ☀️
(he’s happy when he’s described being like the sun)

What 🦁’s into lately: How far the fragrance in a fragrant diffuser travels to in a room
He’s bought a couple of diffusers, placed them in his house to test it out
His findings – the fragrance goes as far as 2 m
He has one in his living room and one in his study where he writes essays, lyrics, or journals

Listener: Because LEO’s actually very shy, what was his strategy getting along with everyone for the Osaka shoot for “Love It!”?
- With people of similar ages, 🦁uses the “meeting classmate at school during orientation” strategy
- With people who are older, 🦁completely goes the “plz spoil me 🥺” route
- He already knew Noda-san from being gym buddies so 🦁talked to him a bit more on “Love It!”
- He wasn’t sure how to refer to Nako-san, because there was an obvious senpai / kouhai hierarchy (at the shoot); he was debating between “Yabuki-san” or “Nako-san”. They agreed on:
- 🦁: Nako-chan
- Nako: 🦁-san

How to defeat a snake, according to 🦁’s grandpa
(This was Elementary school 🦁)

🦁 grandpa: 🦁 do you know how to defeat a snake?
🦁: No~?
🦁 grandpa: Find a long stick, keep your eyes on the snake.
Once close enough, lean the snake against the stick, grab it by the neck (back of its head?) use the other hand to stretch? the snake’s body ( 🦁 doesn’t know the reason for this part either 😂) and put the snake somewhere on a tree branch

Nako: Have you actually seen him do it?
🦁: No, but he told me in case I come across a snake…
Nako: What if your grandpa was lying / just joking? 🤔
🦁: Well, we’ll see~ I’ll be fine~
Nako: Wait, that sounds dangerous, 😂😂😂😂 [Leo’s] manager, keep an eye on 🦁???

🦁’s been studying / learning more about music
- Talking to arrangers about manipulators and music editing and the softwares they use

🦁: “ganbarimafu” 💪 (he said “mafu” instead of “masu” on purpose 🤣)

🦁cleans his apartment pretty regularly. Nako also cleans regularly, but she’ll have bursts of “Ah! Clean now!” and clean everything.

🦁’s been making fish dishes a lot (he also knows how to handle+cut them), whenever BE:FIRST goes to one member’s house they’ll all do the cooking

🦁’s cooking recommendation for beginners: fried chicken (karage)
- Cut up the meat
- Add soy sauce, ginger, garlic (along with the coating obvs)
- Mix well
- Put in oven / cooker
- Done~ ( 🦁: EASY~~~ / KANNNTANNNN~ 👏👏👏👏)

He doesn’t follow the portions / measurements when he cooks, eyeballs everything; goes with his gut → he thinks doing it that way is better 🤣

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