Comments on: The Voices of Arashi

By: Ch

Ch — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:27:39 +0000

I was just searching google and saw this!

I love all of the voices in Arashi. What I don’t understand is that people find Jun’s voice annoying. Honestly, I really really love that voice! Especially his solo parts in “I Want Somebody”. Just check that song out (Live, if you can find it). Or listen to La Familia by Jun.
I might be weird for loving his voice, but I really love it.
And I also love when Sho sings, high or low, I find his voice calming!

Anyway, I find all of the boys as very good singers!
But I guess it depends on the listener, really

By: Gork

Gork — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:17:36 +0000

wahh I love your compilation!! I think that Ohno is probably the best singer in Arashi ^_^ just wondering, what is the first song that you used for Sho’s? it sounds really good!

By: lovestormbaby

lovestormbaby — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:22:51 +0000

i can’t see the videos (my laptop’s working up again).
but i more or less agree with your analysis.
i don’t know bout KAT-TUN, but so far from the songs I’ve heard their vocals are pretty good.
Aiba: I love his voice. There’s something about his voice that is somewhat enchanting to me. and he is one of those who is more often in tune. (i don’t really remember him going out of tune except when he was singing kinki kids’ aisareru yori aishitai for a bit.) plus he can sound really sexy like in “right back to you” or “believe” or “tokei jikake no umbrella” even. and even though people say that he is a bad dancer because of the many mistakes he makes, i actually think he’s really good. if you pay attention you’ll see that he often twist and turns which makes the dance moves more complex than how the other members do it.
Nino: what should I say? sometimes I love his voice, other times i really dislike it. I can’t exactly categorize which type of songs he sings well at or bad at. good would be “be with you” “niji” “gimmick game” “everything”(I especially loved his solo here). bad would be “blue” “pikanchi double”
Ohno: ohno’s the best singer (though aiba’s voice is my personal fav). but i does amaze me (a lot) at how he can dance and sing and still sound perfect. he’s wonderful nuff said.
Jun: sometimes i wonder how it’ll sound like if ohno sang “hyakunen saki mo ai wo chikau yo” in One Love rather than Jun. There are times when his nasal voice sound good such as the case with Pikanchi double or LIFE. or even in One Love when (in the rare case) he manages to sing it in tune. but most often he’s off key. but anyway he’s an amazing actor and he can dance pretty well too. (trust me i have no problem over his voice. It’s the off-key thing that makes it a problem).
Sho: deep. that’s my impression. but he better stay off high pitched vocals. but i do have a problem with his acting. which i think is super stiff. the other members are great actors. but i have some sort of problem with his.

By: betsie

betsie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:04:15 +0000

First, I really like Oh Nos voice. Everyone is equal after that.

I don’t understand how people keep on criticizing Jun’s voice though. I love to sing and modesty aside, I can sing. I’m very picky about male singing voices. Jun doesn’t have good control over his voice. But the nasal tone doesn’t bother me. I can easily recognize his voice and I don’t know why but I seem to always look forward to it (like I melt when I hear it) hehe just like i do when it’s Oh No’s turn ^_^v

Well everybody has preferences I suppose. ^_^

By: meg

meg — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:00:12 +0000

yah!!! I agree most of it…but not at all….!!!!

I think this over and over again but for me ARASHI wins in huge margin in comes to vocal…why do i say sooo…coz I listen to them everyday…and I also do that to kattun and other JE grp. for not being biased… but Arashi’s combination of voices stand all most to me!!!…..kattun have nice song…yes,truly that I’m addicted to some of their song but Arashi has balanced voice

Aiba- breathy voice( i don’t know if you will like it…but it grews to me…it’s cute..he’s voice fits techno music)

Matsujun- soo much Nasally

Nino- has tiny trembling voice…(and yah first time I heard him…it irritates me)

Ohno- I think he’s the best from JE not to mention his dancing skills kills me…He balanced Arashi’s voice…esp. matsujun’s nasally voice

Sho- has a low voice and he’s the best rapper for me among JE…not being biased but the way he deliver his rap impressed me and his rap are soo meaningful and aspiring!!!..he’s one of the reason why I got into JE coz he gives Arashi’s music diff. or above others Je’s music

Plus….I really think Arashi’s Ohno can blow all kattun..It only takes 1 member of Arashi to outburst them all….!!!(but it’s true..I’m saying it as a listener)

kame and Jin can sing but they’re not that good singers…esp. with their LIVE performance at least Arashi can hold their Notes well…and kattun’s dance messed up most of the time…they’re not synchronized…!!!

and BONUS (I know that I’m off Topic but I’ll just want to put some info. why I prefer them out of other JE grps.)..gomen!!!!

Arashi members have great Actors of Japan’s generation

and their FRIENDSHIP are one of the reason why I’m still following them….I think you will really heard that to their music coz their voices produces refreshing Souls!!!….You will feel it!!!…that they’re United!!!

By: Rica4542

Rica4542 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:21:31 +0000

Hello got to your post by surfing on Arashi and such.

I think you’re right on the personality. Arashi members win by a mile when it comes to personality. I also like the way they perform on concerts. On variety shows, they are just these down-to-earth guys who you want to hang out and chat with. On concert stage, they are suddenly emitting that superstar aura..

I love the fact that they harmonize better, too. KATTUN members may have good voices and they can do well individually as opposed to being a group as their voices
do not mix that well.

As for dancing, I think that Arashi dances better. Maybe because they always try to incorporate some dance routine even though the song is a ballad (like One Love with Ballerina dance steps, give me a break)

But believe me, I wouldnt be saying the same thing 6 months ago. Something changed within the past few months. ARASHI were given better songs (finally!) to showcase their voices and dance skills. I’m talking about TRUTH and BELIEVE. When I first watched TRUTH, I realized that I am totally a converted fan not because I watched Matsujun in some drama but because I genuinely like the song itself and even the crazy dance steps they have for Truth. BEcause of this one edgy song, they totally changed my perception of them.

I hope they continue to get better songs like Believe and Truth. I really love the more mature sound they have lately.

By: Rona Mae

Rona Mae — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:59:01 +0000

hey there got here through your Voices of KAT-TUN post. XD

I’m really really glad we had the same opinion about certain things ~ !
As I was reading this, I felt like, FINALLY. I REALLY AM NOT WEIRD. :))

Well…for one thing, A lot of my fangirl friends dislike Aiba and Nino’s voice D:

which was .. yea .. pretty hard for me to accept. and it made me doubt if I really had an ear for what a good voice is. lolololz.

This really was intellectually stimulating :)) I appreciate your hard work very much ~!

and because I read in one of the comments…

I got surprised :)) Arashi was always the better singing group than KAT-TUN for me. and KAT-TUN the better dancing group than Arashi. weird. :)) I guess for the singing thing it’s because arashi’s voices harmonize better ? and there is more equal distribution I guess? Since yea, in KAT-TUN , akame leads the vocals way too much most of the time. For dancing… mmmm.. I think it’s mainly because of the nature of Arashi’s songs where there aren’t really *~dance~* steps required. I mean. usually too simple steps ? Where as KAT-TUN have a lot more dance/hard songs I guess. XD

By: Oppomsmenna

Oppomsmenna — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:26:25 +0000

Thank you

By: celestia

celestia — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:39:35 +0000

^Thank you! Nino’s my favorite out of Arashi too.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:09:11 +0000

I COMPLETELY agree with your analysis of all the voices!
Lol, from the very beginning, I couldn’t understand why people fangirl-ed over Jun so much-I really disliked his voice-but his cuteness does make up for it, I guess =]
While Ohno is like a revered being, so…PERFECT, Nino is my favorite of the group <3 I love his ballads, and his personality xD
I could never really understand what made Aiba’s voice unusual; I thought it was beautiful from the very beginning xD Aww, Aiba-chan, <3
And I LOVED Sho’s rap part in Pikanchi Double; that’s my favorite pv, I think, or at least one of them~ He’s a good rapper; I guess since most of his solos during songs have his rapping, I never paid that much attention to his actual singing…

Good job on this project!!
I really like reading your blog!