The @ will stand for the reporter while the - will be Hiroaki. 

@ When did you first come into contact with music ?

- I think I came into contact with the music itself when I wasn't aware of it at all .  I came to like it because of my parents, they had some kind of oldies special collection CD with The Beatles in it . And it's in the house. At the time I was in primary school , I loved the CD, it felt so good when i turn it on . And I was also in school's chorus club.

@ Oh really ?

- Yes, I was . My voice was so high . Now I got a pretty deep voice, but it was really really high. Can't  imagine it, can you? It's kinda like (with high voice)"HELLO" but higher. For real though.

@ So you've been training in chorus ?

- Nope, not seriously. I'm a soprano, started from 4th year to the end of my 6th year. so, for 2 years I've been practicing in soprano part. I was the only boy. I made a friend form the chorus club, who look just like an old man since he was in primary school (laugh).

@ Bitter man ?

- Bitter man. He was just only a primary school kid, but he worshipped The Beatles.  Can you imagine that ? (laugh) And he made me listen to it.  I went  to his house after the chorus club and he asked "Do you know this song ?" Only the famous one are in the CD at my house, so when  I said "Ah! I've heard this one" he would said "really?!" with a real happy face.

@ And when did you first play guitar?

- Junior high. But  I first touched it when FUJIHARA brought it to my house and then I started to play it, that was the first time.  You can say I got the influence from a friend but, the truth was his family didn't allow him to have a guitar, so he asked to hide it in my house.

@ So, your family ok with that ?

- That's exactly why I hid it (laugh) because my parents would be upset if they found any guitar in my room. In my drawer.