Natsukawa Shiina (hereby refer to as Nansu) has always been my favourite member of TrySail (I love them all though<3). I was looking through her photobooks for references for drawing and ended up in the Q&A section of the book. Without realizing, I got distracted and finished reading the section so I thought, “might as well try to translate it,”and here we are!

This Q&A is from Nansu’ first photobook.

For those who may not know who Nansu is. She is one of the member of the seiyuu group called 「TrySail」. She is also a seiyuu and some roles she voiced are: Kusakabe Yuki from「Demi-chan wa Kataritai」, Misaki Akeno from「High School Fleet」, and Elenoir Seiran from the recently anime 「Endro~!」, and . She is also the voice of Mochizuki Anna from the popular mobile game, 「The iDOLM@STER: Million Live!」as well as Yui Tsuruno from another popular mobile game, 「Magia Record」which was just announced to be made into an anime in 2019.

Without further ado, let’s begin!

Nansu’s favourite colour is yellow, however yellow doesn’t go well with white background. So instead, Nansu’s answers will be in green.

Disclaimer: All translations are done by me. Feel free to let me know if there are any mistakes!

Q&A Challenge With Natsukawa Shiina

Q: Are you usually a “skirt” type or “pants” type?

A: I’m a “dress” type.

Q: Do you ever had a moment where you felt that you are like an older sister?

A: Nope!

Q: Is there a particular part of your home that you like?

A: The kotatsu (table over an electric heater) in my room.

Q: What’s the first thing you do when you get home?

A: I wash my hands and rinse my mouth.

Q: What seasoning do you like?

A: Salt.

Q: What would you do if you happen to wake up as a handsome guy?

A: I would dress well?

Q: If you were to reborn as anything other than a human, what would you like to be reborn as?

A: I want to reborn as a panda.

Q: What house chore do you like?

A: House watching. I’m very good at it.

Q: Of all the panda goods you own, what is your favourite?

A: A 120cm stuffed panda doll. Feels good to hug it.

Q: Please tell us about a recent dream you had.

A: I don’t get to fall into deep sleep to dream…..

Q: If you were to have a pet panda, what would you name it?

A: I would have 2 pandas. One will be called “Shiro” and one will be called “Kuro”. (laughs)

(Shiro means white; Kuro means black)

Q: What do you put on your sunny side up eggs?

A: I don’t eat sunny side up eggs. I eat Tamagoyaki instead. (Japanese rolled omelette)

Q: What is your go-to line when you are about to leave?

A: Leaving what occasion though? For my blog, I use the phrase 「ばいなーんす( ´∀｀)ノ」(Bai Nansu).

Q: What is your favourite imitative sound?

A: I like soft sound. Something like “Puuun”. (laughs)

Q: What do you do during your breaks of photo/ film shooting?

A: I write my blog.

Q: What do you feel like eating right now?

A: Meat!

Q: What kind of meat comes to mind when you think about meat?

A: Lean beef.

Q: What part of your body do you want to train?

A: Abs!

Q: What tongue twister are you good at?

A: 「ブスバスガイド、バスガス爆発」(Busu basu Gaido, Basu Gasu Baku hatsu)

Q: What kind of bread do you like?

A: Deep-fried bread.

Q: What is the go-to food with rice?

A: Raw eggs. (Tamago Kake Gohan; Raw egg mixed with rice, a common way to eat rice in Japan)

Q: What is your second favourite colour?

A: Green.

Q: What ingredient do you like in your sushi?

A: Salmon.

Q: Are you the type to add pineapples into your sweet and sour pork or not?

A: I don’t add it!

Q: What is your favourite card game?

A: Solitaire.

Q: What are you known for for your imitation?

A: It depends on the condition. (laughs)

Q: Do you like your popcorn with salt or with caramel?

A: Caramel.

Q: What do you do when I can’t fall asleep at night?

A: I don’t sleep! I think it’s fine if you just don’t sleep when you can’t fall asleep.

Q: What do you want to shout out loud right now?

A: “I’M HUNGRY~~!!”

Q: Please tell us about a picture you have recently taken.

A: I took a screenshot of the train transfer guidance screen. Before that picture is the paper with my schedule, and before that is my nails.

Q: How far can you go with the phrase, “I can do _______ alone.”

A: “I can do takoyaki party alone.” I already bought the tools to make takoyaki so I thought I should eventually try it someday. (Popular Japanese food which is sort of like an octopus dumpling)

Q: What is a food that you just want to eat for some reason?

A: Fried pork with ginger.

Q: What is the most memorable old memory that you remember in your life?

A: I was swimming in the sea of Chiba (prefecture in Japan; Nansu’s hometown), then I got taken by the waves and went rolling lightly on the sandy beach. I was maybe about 2 or 3 years-old.

Q: What do you usually throw out first in rock-paper-scissors?

A: Paper.

Q: If you were to go to 2D world, what kind of character would you want to become?

A: The strongest character. I want to become a character that can do anything. It would be a character on the bad side, but at the very end become an ally. (laughs)

Q: Are you a mushroom person or a bamboo shoot person?

A: Bamboo shoot person!

Q: If you can time travel, what era would you want to go to?

A: Edo era……? When you mentioned “era”, Edo is the only era I can come up with in my mind. (laughs)

Q: What is something that you unconsciously buy in a convenience store?

A: New ice cream products that just came in the store.

Q: What do you think you were in your previous life?

A: Was I not… a sweet old lady in my previous life?

Q: What is a phrase that makes you happy when someone says it to you?

A: “Thank you”

Q: Of all Doraemon’s tool, what is something that you wish you have?

A: The “What-If Phone Box”. Though it’s kind of scary. (Wiki page of the tool here)

Q: How long can someone be late for you to forgive them?

A: It depends on the person. Usually it’s around 7 minutes, but there are people I won’t forgive for being 1 second late. (laughs)

Q: What is your favourite day throughout the whole year?

A: Something like a weekday. I don’t really like days where the streets are filled with people.

Q: What is a dialect that makes your heart skip a beat?

A: Hakata dialect (博多弁). The girls are great, but the guys are the best. (I’m assuming talking about males and females speaking the dialect)

Q: Are there any certification or license that you want to get?

A: If it’s something I can get, maybe a manicurist license/ certification.

Q: What kind of sleeping position do you sleep in?

A: I always eventually end up sleep face-down.

Q: Speaking of ramen, which broth type do you usually go for? Soy sauce? Miso? Salt? Tonkotsu? (Pork bone broth)

A: I would say I go for the salt broth the most.

Q: When you meet a person for the first time, where is the first place you look when greeting him or her?

A: I usually look around the neck area first and as I say “hello,” my eyes move up to meet his/ her eyes.

Q: If you became an invisible woman, what will you do?

A: Dress well because I won’t have to worry about my face or my physique.

Q: Speaking of the colour yellow, what comes to your mind?

A: A baby chicken. (like those small yellow chicks)

Q: If you can become any princess in any fairy tale, what princess would you like to become?

A: Isn’t Cinderella the most successful princess? Well then Cinderella it is. (laughs)

Q: Please tell us about an English word that you like.

A: “Happy”!

Q: What is the one letter in Hiragana that you like? (Hiragana is an alphabet system in Japanese)

A: “ね” (pronounced as ‘ne’)

Q: What Kanji do you like? (Kanjis are the Chinese characters used in Japanese)

A: “一” (pronounced as ‘ichi,’ meaning ‘one’) because it’s simple.

Q: What last name do you think it’s cool?

A: “一条” (pronounced as ‘ichi-jyo’). It’s cool isn’t it!?

Q: What is your favourite type of rice?

A: Brown rice.

Q: What ingredients do you like in your rice balls?

A: I like fish related ingredients. Salted salmon roe, cod roe, etc…

Q: What ingredients do you like in your miso soup?

A: Taro. I would be happy if you put them in.

Q: What game console do you like?

A: I use the DS series the most.

Q: Of all the challenges you done so far, what is the most memorable challenge? (I think the context is about the challenges she did in the photobook.)

A: Making sweet potatoes.

Q: What would the slogan of this book be if you were to make one?

A: “Challenge! Transform! Advance!” (挑戦！変身！前進！)

Q: What does “challenge” mean to you?

A: “A chance to discover a new ‘you’!”

I hope you enjoyed reading this Q&A! This is just a small section of the photobook (literally 2 pages!!). If you like Nansu in different fashion apparel, this book will do you wonders! There is also a section where she attempts many challenges! Of course the book in published in Japan meaning it will be written in Japanese. Fear not! The book is 80% photos so even if you can’t read Japanese, there are lots of photos to look through!

You can find them in most anime related shops in Japan, however some may not have them in stock/ only have a few in stock as this book has been out for about 2 years now. I always seem them in second hand anime goods shops in Japan though!

A quick amazon search in Japanese also brings up some results but it’s a little bit more pricy.

Until next time~~

Salo