[TRANS] PART1. Model Press “ Changmin has matured a bit” “Yunho has become a more reliable person” – The press conference revealed once again that the charm point of Tohoshinki is their down-to-earth and warm personality.

https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1708716

Yunho and Changmin of Tohoshinki had a press conference in Roppongi Hills in Tokyo on Aug 21 and announced that they will resume their artistic activities for the first time after two years of hiatis.

Changmin was discharged from his military duty on Aug 18th, and before completely resuming their activity together, they will have a press tour “TVXQ/Tohoshinki Asia Press Tour” in Korea, Japan and Hong Kong for two days, 21st and 22nd. The two wished that they want to visit these places and announce their future activities in a formal manner.

At the press conference, they revealed that they will have their third five dome tour including Sapporo Dome (starting on Nov 11, five places in total of 14 shows, expecting in total of 650,000 audiences) and this is the first achievement as foreign artists, and they will release an album to celebrate their coming back, “Fine Collection ~ Begin Again~” on Oct 25. This album contains in total of 40 songs: the total of 13 single songs, songs selected from the total of four albums, and three newly recorded old songs.

[Note: Tsutsumi-san was leading the press conference]

YH: I am Yunho of Tohoshinki. I am really happy that I can speak to you here. Thank you so much.
CM: I am Changmin of Tohoshinki. I am not so used to be in front of (many) people. Please be patient with me.

Q. Can you say something for greeting and tell us about how you feel now?
YH: One more time, I am Yunho of Tohoshinki. I am really excited to see some of familiar faces. I did my best to perform on the stage at SM TOWN a little while ago, but it is much better to be with Changmin. I feel that this is the new start for us, so I want to talk to you all as much as I can although we have a limited time. Thank you very much.
CM: I am Changmin of Tohoshinki. I thought that I could take a day break after being discharged, but I couldn’t ^^; However, I am really happy that many people came to see us at our press conference for resuming our activities. Resuming our activities in Japan makes me feel somewhat secure.. or what can I say, I feel great to be here in front of you. Thank you very much.

Q. I heard that there is some big announcement from the two of you with regard to your new start.
YH: Because we are going to resume our activity, I wanted to announce “From now on, Tohoshinki is back to work!” in a proper manner. First of all, the thing that made me feel the happiest is that I can tell you about this with Changmin. And I heard that a lot of activities have been already arranged. Do you know that too, right? Oh, you do not know? Okay, we can talk about that later (^^).

I hope that we will have some opportunity to show how matured/advanced we are (through the planned activities) to you all here today. First of all, we will kick off a five dome tour at Sapporo Dome on Nov 11th. We plan to perform old songs that everyone loves but also I plan to show new Yunho.

Q. Wow, you will have a five dome tour! Amazing!
YH: Yes, it is amazing! Thank you!
CM: Also we will release a new album on Oct 25th. The title of the album is “Fine collection~Begin Again~”. We selected 40 songs that many of our fans love and among them, we have re-recorded three songs. I think this is a good news for our fans. I feel really excited to tell you about this myself.

Q: You spent some time apart, how have you been thinking about each other?
YH: For more than 10 years, he was always right next to me and did all activities together.. and we’d lived in the same house. But we were apart for nearly two years, and we’d thought about the other’s existence. When I was at the happiest or the saddest moment, when it was a difficult time… he won’t say anything but he stayed with me no matter how I was.. The way Changmin was to me .. I was not just grateful to him but also I strongly felt that he really is my family. This period of time being separated made me realized that. Also, during these two years, I thought that I need to mature more so that I could show Changmin who Yunho is.
Tsutsumi: I see.
YH: I have been waiting for this moment so long. Today, just looking at his face, the best thing is that Changmin has not changed much/Changmin is the Changmin that I knew of. But the positive thing is that Changmin seems to be matured and I thought that he is cool/sexy. Hahaha
CM: I just grew older.
YH: Hahaha
CM: I just aged.
YH: No, not at all.

CM: Yunho was like that from the beginning, but he became a much more reliable person. He is older than me and he is a leader of Tohoshinki, but.. he has been back to work four months earlier than me.. On the other hand, as I told you earlier, it has been only three days since I was discharged..it has not been even a week.
T: True. Not many days ago.
CM: When I looked at myself in the mirror, I still have not used to myself with such a short hair. I want to follow Yunho’s lead. In our family, Yunho is like my big brother who I can rely on. And I wish to say now that I am really grateful to him for being someone like that to me.

Q. Do you think that you have changed in these two years? Yunho-san please.
YH: Me first again? ^^;
Q: Okay, then, Changmin-san, please.
CM: My hair is really short now. I feel awkward about how I look. I also am not used to the camera shutter sounds that I also heard at the press conference in Korea this morning. I am not used to them yet. In fact, I am a bit scared.
The part that I think I have changed is that I started to become fond of reading like newspapers, books, or whatever writings. And recently, I feel that .. without me noticing, some people who are with me, for example, my family, Yunho, or our staffs and fans.. I tend to think that they are with me no matter what.. but they are really important people to me. In the last two years, I started to understand how important it is to me that they are always with me. I feel strongly that I need to be grateful to them for being like that to me.

YH: This may sound similar to what Changmin just said, but I knew that I have been loved by our staffs and fans a lot. And in these two years, I was not Yunho of Tohoshinki but as a person, I spent a lot of time facing myself. For example, I asked myself questions like, “What kind of path are you going to take?” “What color does Tohoshinki need to have/show?” It was really great that I had some time to talk to myself seriously. I used to say clearly/loudly, “Tohoshinki is passion! Tohoshinki will do all our best! We will focus!” Right now, instead of saying, I wish I could show how passionate I am through my action.

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