CD&DL Data 07.2016 DIR EN GREY Q&A Translations

This issue has interviews with each member and then a Q&A section with some interesting questions. I did my best at translating but there are a couple parts I wasn’t sure of so I left them in Japanese.

Q: What is your favorite DIR EN GREY album artwork?

Die: Uroboros?

Shinya: Akuro no oka

Toshiya: All of them.

Kyo: I like how clean the box of Kaede ~if trans…~ looks, without anything written on it.

Kaoru: ain’t afraid to die

Q: What do you want to be the last thing you eat before you die?

Die: I want to eat hakkyoku ramen at spiciness level 10.

Shinya: Crab.

Toshiya: My mom’s cooking

Kyo: I’m not about to die so I don’t know.

Kaoru: Rice, miso soup.

And lots more…



Q: When you think of “summer” what kind of music/song do you think of?

Die: KoRn. Exactly ten years ago on the Family Values Tour Ilistened to KoRn in the background every night as I drank.

Shinya: DIR EN GREY - Taiyou no Ao

Toshiya: The Cardigans - Carnival

Kyo: Endo Michirou - Okaasan, ii kagen anata no kao wa wasurete shimaimashita ( お母さん、いい加減あなたの顔は忘れてしまいました)

Kaoru: Temple festivals. The smell of evening. ((did he answer this question wrong lol))

Q: What songs are you looking forward to performing during the mode of Kisou tour in November?

Die: All of them.

Shinya: 「神葬」(Shinsou)

Toshiya: I’m more looking forward to playing new songs during the DUM SPIRO SPERO tour.

Kyo: If I’m alive I’ll enjoy it.

Kaoru: New song(s).

Q: Are there any songs in the upcoming mode of DUM SPIRO SPERO tour that you’re anxious/worried about playing or singing?

Die: I don’t think about things like that.

Shinya: Pretty much any of them.

Toshiya: There are more songs I’m looking forward to playing than there are songs I’m nervous about.

Kyo: I worry about whether or not I’ll be living

Kaoru: I’m worried about whether or not I’ll be able to play the new song(s).

Q: What’s your favorite venue?

Die: I like venues that have spacious dressing rooms, rooms that aren’t too dark, not humid and doesn’t smell like mold, has a clean bathroom, the water pressure in the shower is strong, and no stairs between the dressing room and the stage.

Shinya: Yokohama Arena

Toshiya: All of them. Budokan is special though.

Kyo: Doesn’t matter.

Q: What do you look for when choosing clothes?

Die: I ask myself, “do I have anything like this already?”

Shinya: Does this suit me?

Toshiya: The size

Kyo: I don’t have any standards like that.

Q: Are you a dog person or a cat person?

Die: Cat ((written as キャッツ, so in English lol))

Shinya: ネヌ ((combination of イヌ/dog and ネコ/cat. catdog lol thank you @somedisturbedfan 😄 ))

Toshiya: Both

Q: The band has been together for a long time. What’s your secret?

Die: None. I don’t know.

Shinya: Getting a lot of sleep

Toshiya: “Perserverance” and talking with my seniors.

Kyo: It hasn’t been long so I don’t know.

Kaoru: Don’t let the fire go out.

Q: What do you always do when you go to a summer festival?

Die: I don’t like crowded places so I don’t go.

Shinya: I don’t go to festivals.

Toshiya: Make memories.

Kyo: Walk.

Q: Were you the kind of student who did their summer homework early? Or right before it was due?

Die: Right before. I’d finish it on the 31st.

Shinya: I was pretty much the type who wouldn’t do it.

Toshiya: I didn’t do homework

Kaoru: I’m the type who didn’t do homework

Q: Do you eat Japanese style or Western style breakfast?

Die: Either one’s OK.

Shinya: I’m the type who doesn’t eat.

Toshiya: Either one.

Kyo: I don’t pick sides.

Kaoru: Either one.

Q: You became the editor of a magazine. What kind of features would you want to make?

Die: I’d just go to all the countries I want to visit.

Shinya: I’d make it all about Cheburashka.

Toshiya: I’d talk with musicians from all different genres and feature new discoveries ((I guess new bands?))

Kyo: Rather than the contents, I’d first think about expanding to the internet.

Q: What are you interested in lately?

Die: Good Art HLYWD Watch

Shinya: Straightening iron

Toshiya: TRAVELER GUITAR Ultra Light Bass 5-String

Kaoru: Desks

Q: What was your first impression of the artwork for Utafumi by Matt Mahurin?

Die: What!? ((written in English lol)

Shinya: Don’t show up in my dreams.

Toshiya: So this is it?

Kaoru: ???

Q: What new hobby do you want to start in ten years?

Die: Traveling

Shinya: Hanafuda ((Japanese card game))

Toshiya: Bullying the youngsters ((thank you @kyotakumrau!))

Kyo: Depends on whether or not I’m alive first.

Kaoru: Travel

Q: “This is the line between adulthood and childhood”. When did you think that?

Die: The line that I thought of a long time ago is steadily changing.

Shinya: Whether or not you get mad

Toshiya: Whether or not I’m responsible for what I do

Kyo: Whether or not I answer questions seriously

Kaoru: Responsibility

Q: What has been your stress relief recently?

Die: Screaming really loud…

Shinya: I don’t get stressed out

Toshiya: Running

Kyo: The stress just keeps piling up.

Kaoru: I can’t/There isn’t anything.

Q: When do you think “I’m getting old…”?

Die: When I see my classmates back home.

Shinya: When the amount of food I can eat increases.

Toshiya: Hasn’t happened yet

Kaoru: When my birthday’s coming.

Q: What old things do you have that you can’t throw away?

Die: All of DIR EN GREY’s goods up until now.

Shinya: Things like magazines

Toshiya: Band stickers

Kyo: I want to throw away life but I can’t

Kaoru: Nothing

Q: What’s your favorite spot in Tokyo?

Die: Places with lots of refined people that aren’t loud.

Shinya: My house

Toshiya: Quiet places

Kaoru: The neighborhood lake

Q: What is your dream/ambition right now?

Die: I want to move somewhere cool with no humidity.

Shinya: I’ll do my best to eat breakfast

Toshiya: どう転がるか ((How things will turn out? Not sure.))

Kyo: I’m free.

Kaoru: I wonder…

Q: What have you been drawn to lately (movies, dramas, MVs etc)?

Die: Revenge (an overseas drama)

Shinya: Okazaki Taiiku.

Kyo: Edogawa Ranpo’s Bijo Series

Q: What do you always do before you go to sleep?

Die: Pray that I won’t have nightmares tonight.

Shinya: Turn off the lights.

Toshiya: I naturally tear up

Kyo: Lay down

Kaoru: Brush my teeth

Q: Who is your rival?

Die: Alcohol. Spicy food.

Shinya: Fujiko Fujio ((the artists who made Doraemon))

Toshiya: My parent’s backs ((親の背中, not sure))

Kyo: Time

Kaoru: The other members

Q: If you were reborn as a woman, what kind of woman would you want to be? Also, what would you want to do?

Shinya: Slender. Play drums. Etc.

Toshiya: This and that

Kyo: Die again and become an insect

Kaoru: I’m good with being a man.

Q: What have you had to sacrifice in order to be in a band/an artist?

Die: There’s a lot of parties, so maybe my body by drinking too much alcohol?

Shinya: Mascot characters

Kyo: Time

Kaoru: That’s how it is no matter what kind of job you have.

Q: Right now, what are things/feelings/memories that you can’t part with?

Die: Even when I drink I can’t lose my memory

Shinya: My drumset

Toshiya: Myself

Kyo: Love and hate

Kaoru: Life





((feel free to let me know if I made any mistakes or if you can tell me what the ones I couldn’t translate mean!))