Vol 2
https://sportsbull.jp/p/726749/
--Do you hang out together off the ice?
J: Hmmm
M: Ah, This is our first time.
J&K: First time? (laughs)
M: Perhaps I’ve never hung out with Junya.
J: Ah, No. I probably haven’t gone out for fun with Mitsuki. I go out with Kazuki all the time though.
K: But you went out with him to eat ramen and things like that.
M: We ate out together only one time when we were in high school.
K: You guys ate Abura Soba. (t/n brothless pork ramen with spicy sauce)
M: You remember that, huh.
K: Yup, I remember that. He goes “It didn’t taste that good.”
J: It was soooo yummy!
M: That’s not what I meant. I had never eaten abura soba before.
K: You guys went to Ichiran (t/n a famous ramen restaurant) I remember that.
J: Okay then, tell him how to mix the noodles.
K: The other day the four of us went to the hot springs to spend the New Year’s Eve. Sota (Sota Yamamoto=Chukyo University) and Taichiro (Taichiro Yamakuma=Meiji University) were there with us.
J: It was a private outing, huh
K&M: Private.
K: Not really. The media wanted to report our private lives.
J: Oh, I get it.
M: But the interview was only in the beginning and after the reporter was gone, we had fun.
K: I had a good time.
J: Was that the first time?
K: First time for us to go out for fun?
J: Hmmm, I haven’t gone out with Mitsuki either. Mitsuki is much younger so I haven’t. Kazuki is…
K: Well, we went to eat ramen after school. I hung out with both of you guys. We went to eat ramen after school…We went to Ichiran to eat.
J: There was a time when we went out so often. We went to ROUND1 (t/n: entertainment center amusement centers offer a variety of games such as bowling, karaoke, video game, sports games)
K: We went to various locations. We went to Fukushima too.
J: Oh yeah, ramen hopping.
K: And also…
J: Standing in line.
K: Yup. We stood in line. Either on Saturday or when the school was till noon, so…
J: We went to Expo City.
K: Huh? I don’t remember at all.
J: We sure did go there! We went there once, when it opened.
K: Oh really (laughs). We hung out a lot in high school.
J: We went to Expo City and Koshien.
K: Yeah, we did.
J: I guess that’s about all. Anyway it’s easy to call Kazuki to join me.
K: I sure am easy to reach.
J: “Are you free tomorrow?” something like that.
M: Well then, let me join you guys at Koshien.
J: Oh, you wanna go.
M: I wanna go.
--How are you getting along now that you are in college?
K: Ah, same as before, but we hang out a little less often.
J: Much less. But we ate out together the other day.
K: We sure did.
J: I guess we don’t go out just the two of us as many times as before. Actually, not any more. Come to think of it, we rarely hang out.
K: I would have thought it was more often. Well, we practice at different rinks and go to different colleges, so we don’t have many chances to hang out.
J: Our schedules are too different. Practice schedule and such.
K: I did not know what he was doing and I didn’t know he changed his coach either (laughs).
J: (laughs) That was because I didn’t tell you about it.
K: I go “Whatttt?” I never knew.
J: I am surprised that we don’t get together very much. Since Kazuki have become showy, he hasn’t invited me at all.
K: I’m not showy.
--Do any of you look different from high school days?
M: Nothing changed.
K: We look amazingly the same (laughs). Rather, we haven’t changed from when we were little kids.
J: We will never change the rest of our lives (laughs).
K: Junya hated photos.
J: I hated getting my picture taken.
K: When he was in middle school he used to say no when I say “Let’s take a picture.” But before I knew it he turned into an extrovert. I guess he entered puberty and that’s the only change I noticed.
J: I was relatively quiet but I changed sooo much because we were close buddies.
K: You used to be completely opposite.
J: Yes, I was really shy and in my shell all the time.
K: Basically when I was hyper he always watched me.
J: I was laughing behind his back.
K: Well, Mitsuki, your nose was running when you were little (laughs).
J: Mitsuki was free spirited.
M: I was not motivated.
K: But I don’t think Mitsuki has changed at all, ever since he was little. Somehow, I hardly changed myself either. He looks almost the same.
J: Kazuki is getting a little showy. That’s how he changed.
K: I’m telling you I’m not (laughs).
--What kind of impression do you have of each other?
J: Impression? (laughs)
K: Junya has been like my older brother since our childhood. Misuki is…He has his own position (laughs). I don’t know how to describe.
J: Mitsuki is Mitsuki. Kazuki is really like my brother. About Mitsuki, it’s hard to put into words (laughs).
M: Junya-kun played with me. Kazuki did not play with me. That’s probably because we had the same coach.
J: Yeah, we had the same coach.
M: We were at the same rink.
J: We had the same coach so we spent time together. We kind of played together. Kazuki had a different coach but we were getting along great together. Oh, I get it. We were in the same age group. It didn’t matter much when we became junior and senior, but in novice days we were out there together all the time.
M: Kazuki gave me an impression that he was serious, because we were all goofing around.
J: (laughs) they gave us a long leash. Rinkai students were on a long leash.
K: Somehow Mitsuki had fun with Sota, Junya and others after we finished up the general skating lesson.
M: (Kazuki) was the only one who was left to practice skating (laughs).
K: Yes I was. The coach made me practice alone. I could not wait to be dismissed to play with them (laughs). Usually Junya and Mitsuki played baseball first.
J: Three of us including Sota were playing.
K: I joined them later usually.
J: When we were at Rinkai there were heaps of boys. Alumni joined in and we all played games, baseball and hide and seek. After all there were so many guys that we had a great time, I guss. Huh? Did I answer the question?
M: No, we were asked about each other’s impression.
J: Impression, huh (laughs).
K: Junya is my brother. And, Mitsuki is…When we were juniors we inspired each other, I guess. Mitsuki was catching up with me, or rather, he almost overtook me. When we practiced at Rinkai I very much paid attention to him. We, I mean I've improved a lot thanks to Mitsuki.
--Sumoto-san was inspired by him?
M: No…
K: He is “awfully cocky.” Please be sure to mention that in your article.
J: “Super cocky” with double quotation.
M: Rather than being inspired, back then I consider him much better than me. That’s why I didn’t think about beating him.
K: You’re lying (laughs).
M: I felt that way at selection meetings and when I was a novice as well. In my first junior season I didn’t want to win.
K: He then started going all out to win. He scared me to death.
M: There was a time when I really wanted to win at the competitions, but I was not so driven at practice…
K: I pay attention to him even now. I feel he is working hard.
J: Mitsuki is shaking his head (laughs).
K: He is cold hearted (laughs)
M: He praises me a lot. He has a good word for everyone.
at Kazuki's insta story, it says "My handwriting is bad, so I thought I should [practice] while I have time, I'd always thought of doing it". As a person with terrible handwriting who is not doing much about it, all my kudos to him
He sure loves to eat! 
