English Translation of Okamoto Hina 5th Gen Omitataekai 2nd Round Backstage Interview (27/04/2022) https://twitter.com/jpmusicRocks/status/1534162078260334594?t=bR0LO-vGBPKNmfNE89fFEw&s=19
English translation for Okamoto Hina's blog (June 15th, 2022) https://my.beamsubs.com/2022/06/blog-translation-okamoto-hina-june-15th.html
I have to be honest, my initial impression of her was rather poor but I‘ve really been coming around lately as I’ve been making more of a concerted effort to get to know 5ki. The 5ki I’m finding myself naturally gravitating toward are definitely not the ones I would have expected early on, lol.
Okamoto Hina's blog translation June 26th, 2022. https://my.beamsubs.com/2022/06/blog-translation-okamoto-hina-june-26th.html
if the video does not show watch the video here At her turn starting around the 8:00 mark: She says she often had bone fractures as a child, also losing her front teeth at one point. When she was in elementary, out of curiosity she once climbed a huge pullup bar (not sure what the term is but you can discern from her gesture) in a park, on a rainy day. She somehow thought of standing at the top, which caused her to slip and fall and land on her elbow/forearm. Despite the pain she attended ballet lessons sometime after. She couldn't move her arm at all, when her sensei noticed something was wrong with it, sensei said to go get it checked. At the hospital, they found it was badly broken. Btw she tells this like it's a funny story or something.
Ballet dancers are known to have really high pain tolerance due to the intense physical training they undergo. A quick google search of a ballet dancer's foot should be enough evidence to show just how brutal it is.
Yeah I'm not surprised an almost pro ballet dancer has crazy pain tolerance Her feet will be forever grateful she passed the Nogi audience.
English translation for Okamoto Hina's blog (July, 7th 2022) https://my.beamsubs.com/2022/07/blog-translation-okamoto-hina-july-7th.html
Kinda random, but is this the first time Hina and Arn have been in a non-official photo together? I had been thinking recently about how you never really see the two of them (the two “controversial” 5ki) together.
Aruno doesn't really seem to appear in as many pictures compared to the other members, she is likely very introverted so that would explain it. There's just fewer opportunities to appear with Aruno-Chan in pictures They could be seen joking around in yesterday's Star Tanjo Smash https://twitter.com/OkahinaPics/status/1546717764836290560
English translation for Okamoto Hina's blog (July 18th, 2022) https://my.beamsubs.com/2022/07/blog-translation-okamoto-hina-july-18th.html
English translation for Okamoto Hina's blog (July 29th, 2022) https://my.beamsubs.com/2022/07/blog-translation-okamoto-hina-july-29th.html
English translation for Okamoto Hina's blog (August 9th, 2022) https://my.beamsubs.com/2022/08/blog-translation-okamoto-hina-august.html
English translation for Okamoto Hina's blog (August 20th, 2022) https://my.beamsubs.com/2022/08/blog-translation-okamoto-hina-august_21.html
I like how Hina herself admits her confidence in her ability to converse in English is totally without foundation. She seems to really be looking forward to finally being able to participate in the meet & greets per that and a few of her past responses. I get the feeling she will be a natural at it and can hopefully gain some new fans as a result. As an aside, I had previously left a comment on Aruno’s blog asking a similar question regarding her English ability but staff didn’t approve it for some reason. That or I’m an idiot and somehow messed it up.
Not sure if it answers that question, but in the audition scene in her PV last single she stated she 'can't understand English grammar and reading comprehension'.
Not sure if she's acting here or not especially towards the end of this preview... if the video does not show watch the video here
English translation for Okamoto Hina's blog (August 31st, 2022) https://my.beamsubs.com/2022/09/blog-translation-okamoto-hina-august.html