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- Are you nervous? Keiji Tanaka seems like a decent person now, but what kind of kid were you when you were little?
Keiji: I was often scolded by the older members of the club.
--Who are they?
Keiji: Probably you do not know them. For example, Ogami-kun.
- I know Ogami-kun [laughs]. I know him very well. I choreographed him.
Keiji: He took care of me.
- Oh, I see. Did he teach you manners and such?
Keiji: I learned a lot from him.
- What did you do to make him angry?
Keiji: I was a little kid and he got mad at me for interrupting him.
- You shouldn’t have interfered with his skating.
Keiji: I got in his way.
- Without knowing
Keiji: Well, things like that.
- Back then were you a quiet kid or an active one?
Keiji: I was energetic probably.
- Really? More than today?
Keiji: Ah, yes. That's right
- I see. You are shy?
Keiji: Yes, I was born shy.
--Since you were little?
Keiji: Yes, but I am less shy these days.
- You are still shy to me. You are still the same as when we first met each other. Wait, maybe you changed a little.
Keiji: I grew up a little.
- When was the first time that I met you?
Keiji: I think that’s when I was an elementary school student.
- At the Okayama rink?
Keiji: Maybe at Osaka University rink.
- Could be.
Close Friends
- I think there are many competitive skaters your age. Who are your close friends?
Keiji: Obviously it is Ryuju Hino-kun.
- So you are friends with Faye. What do you two talk about?
Keiji: In the past we used to talk about skating all the time.
--Nowadays?
Keiji: Recently we kind of talk about girls and things like that. We talk about skating less and less.
- I see.
Keiji: Or we talk about what we are going to do in the future.
- Already [laughs]? How old are you now?
Keiji: I’m 21.
- You are already an adult. Good, then we’d better go eat out together.
Keiji: Yes, Please.
- But I don’t want to spend the whole time without speaking a word.
Keiji: Kenji sensei will hopefully start and keep a conversation. Let's get Faye to join us [laughs].
- .... [silence]
Keiji: Please say something [laughs].
- Silent treatment. Come to think about it I wonder what we will be talking about if I go out to eat with Keiji and Fay.
Keiji: I have no idea.
- Me, neither. Let's go once and see how it goes. Do you like BBQ?
Keiji: I love it.
- Let's do that and take our time eating. Well, tell me what you think. There is also Hanyu-kun around your age and you have many rivals. How is it?
Keiji: Well, I feel strongly that I have come this far and still growing because of them.
- You don’t want to lose to them?
Keiji: Well, we have been competing against each other since novice days. Obviously Yuzu got ahead of us but I still want to chase him.
- One time on an ice show or something, I saw Faye and Keiji looking towards Hanyu-kun saying "Amazing” and "We’d better work hard."
Keiji: We both feel that way every time.
- Are you nervous? Keiji Tanaka seems like a decent person now, but what kind of kid were you when you were little?
Keiji: I was often scolded by the older members of the club.
--Who are they?
Keiji: Probably you do not know them. For example, Ogami-kun.
- I know Ogami-kun [laughs]. I know him very well. I choreographed him.
Keiji: He took care of me.
- Oh, I see. Did he teach you manners and such?
Keiji: I learned a lot from him.
- What did you do to make him angry?
Keiji: I was a little kid and he got mad at me for interrupting him.
- You shouldn’t have interfered with his skating.
Keiji: I got in his way.
- Without knowing
Keiji: Well, things like that.
- Back then were you a quiet kid or an active one?
Keiji: I was energetic probably.
- Really? More than today?
Keiji: Ah, yes. That's right
- I see. You are shy?
Keiji: Yes, I was born shy.
--Since you were little?
Keiji: Yes, but I am less shy these days.
- You are still shy to me. You are still the same as when we first met each other. Wait, maybe you changed a little.
Keiji: I grew up a little.
- When was the first time that I met you?
Keiji: I think that’s when I was an elementary school student.
- At the Okayama rink?
Keiji: Maybe at Osaka University rink.
- Could be.
Close Friends
- I think there are many competitive skaters your age. Who are your close friends?
Keiji: Obviously it is Ryuju Hino-kun.
- So you are friends with Faye. What do you two talk about?
Keiji: In the past we used to talk about skating all the time.
--Nowadays?
Keiji: Recently we kind of talk about girls and things like that. We talk about skating less and less.
- I see.
Keiji: Or we talk about what we are going to do in the future.
- Already [laughs]? How old are you now?
Keiji: I’m 21.
- You are already an adult. Good, then we’d better go eat out together.
Keiji: Yes, Please.
- But I don’t want to spend the whole time without speaking a word.
Keiji: Kenji sensei will hopefully start and keep a conversation. Let's get Faye to join us [laughs].
- .... [silence]
Keiji: Please say something [laughs].
- Silent treatment. Come to think about it I wonder what we will be talking about if I go out to eat with Keiji and Fay.
Keiji: I have no idea.
- Me, neither. Let's go once and see how it goes. Do you like BBQ?
Keiji: I love it.
- Let's do that and take our time eating. Well, tell me what you think. There is also Hanyu-kun around your age and you have many rivals. How is it?
Keiji: Well, I feel strongly that I have come this far and still growing because of them.
- You don’t want to lose to them?
Keiji: Well, we have been competing against each other since novice days. Obviously Yuzu got ahead of us but I still want to chase him.
- One time on an ice show or something, I saw Faye and Keiji looking towards Hanyu-kun saying "Amazing” and "We’d better work hard."
Keiji: We both feel that way every time.