Naniwa Danshi Dictionary
Common terms used by Nanifam and janiwota in general
728: Naniwa. A play on pronunciation.
7=nana. 2=ni. 8=hachi/ha. は(ha) can be read as "wa" depending on the context.
July 28 = Naniwa Day. And debut announcement day ♡Anigumi (兄組): 兄(ani) elder brother. 組(gumi) team.
A term for calling the 3 oldest members: Fujiwara, Nishihata, and Ohashi.ANNP: All Night Nippon Premium. A popular late night radio show. Naniwa had 2 special shows and starting Oct 2nd, they have weekly regular time slot for an hour (limited time for half a year)Aoharu (青春): Youth. Situations like teenagers (mostly) doing stupid but fun stuff and creating nice memories etc. Like innocent romance, rebelling a bit, and basic cliche teenage package you'd see in highschool romcoms.
Sparkly and youthful is Naniwa's general theme as a group (for now). Their first concert tour name "Aoharu Shiyo" with extra shows named "Shall we AOHARU". Dorama "Men's Kou" is also this theme. They also have an original song called "AOHARU -With U With me-"ASCANA: The 2 characters from Virtual Johnny's Project. Kaido Asuka voiced by Fujiwara Joichiro and Ichigoya Kanata voiced by Ohashi Kazuya. They graduated as Naniwa Danshi's debut.Azatoi: The action of being calculatively cute and likable to give yourself a positive image. Had a negative connotation of being fake but is now used to describe people who know how to present themselves as cute.Boke & Tsukkomi: The general combination of Japanese comedy especially of Kansai.
Boke: The person (or action) of acting stupid.
Tsukkomi: The serious person (or the respond) to boke with logic.CAST: A Kansai local TV news show where they have a time slot for their own regular segment. They graduated from the show on 2022 March 23.Chukichuki: A term and pose Ryusei came up with during a "Shall we AOHARU" concert stream MC in 2020. Nanifams immediately made it trend #1 and is now popular even outside the fandom. Then made into a song that's included in their 1st album "1st Love" (released in 2022) called "Chukichuki Hurricane" which Daigo wrote the lyrics and Ryusei choreographed for.Cockraoch Incident: During filming for Men's Kou. A crockroach appeared in Jo's hotel room. Ryusei and Kyohei tried to help but ultimately, a sleepy and unbothered Hassun caught and released it outside.Daichun: Daigo's nickname by Sexy Zone's Sato Shori.Endless: Jo and Daigo pair name. Came from a movie they starred in a movie "Owarai Star Tanjou!!" in which their characters are a comedian pair with the name Endless.Fukumoto-dan: Nagao + Fukumoto Taisei, Kojima Ken and Sano Masaya from "Ae! group" + Fukui Koushiro. They used to go the same way home.Funky4: Fujiwara and Ohashi + Suezawa Seiya and Kusama Richard Keita from "Ae! group". The 4 were part of Funky8, an unofficial Kanju group.Furage: Abbreviation of Japanese English "Flying Get". CD/DVD usually go on sale the day before official sale day so, the act of buying it on the early sale day.Goro-chan: Daigo's beloved dog plushie that appeared on a Island TV video (https://j-island.net/movie/play/id/5237)Island TV: A video site for Jrs.JoHashi: Joichiro and Ohashi pair name. Arguably the most popular pair among the group. Also the 2 most senpai.J-Storm: A music label under Johnny's & Associates. Their CMs start with a loud "J STORM", scaring fans for decades.
Naniwa Danshi is under this label.Jweb: Basically a paid monthly subscription blog for all JA talents.
-Naniwa-chan's is on a weekly update schedule. In the order from Monday to Sunday: Michieda, Nishihata, Fujiwara, Ohashi, Nagao, Takahashi, Onishi.Kanbari: Radio show by Fujiwara, Ohashi, and Kyohei on every other week. The 3 are also known as Kanbari Team or JoHashiHashi. They graduated on 2022/03/29.Kanjani / Eito: The 2 ways Kanjani∞ is abbreviated. The infinity sign is read as "Eito" (the # 8 in Katakana English). A direct senpai group of Naniwa.
--KuraP / Ohkura Tadayoshi: A member of Eito and producer of Naniwa Dansh in their junior days. Naniwa might've never existed if it isn't for him.Kanju: Kansai Johnny's Junior abbreviated.Kouhaku: A prestigious year's end music show by NHK. Extremely widely viewed all around Japan.MaiJani: "Maido! Jani~" abbreviated. An ongoing Kanju show stared in 2012 with Onishihata and 4 others as regular members. Lil Kansai succeed the show in 2020.Manzai: A stand-up comedy performance with a short story. Contains boke & tsukkomi. Can be more than 2 people.MezamashiTV: Morning TV news where Naniwa have a time slot for their own segment.Minimarimo Shower: Nishihata, Ohashi, and Masakado Yoshinori from "Ae! group". Usually shortened to "Minimari"Msute: Music Station abbreviated. One of the most popular music show in Japan.NaniNachu: Abbreviation of documentary "Naniwa Danshi -1100 days of path/miracle until debut- natural",
a documentary on Amazon Prime. "Natural" in katakana English is "nachuraru" so Naniwa+Nachuraru.Napolitan-kai🍝: Minimari + Nagase Ren from King & PrinceNinomiya Cult: Daigo's most admired senpai is Ninomiya Kazunari of Arashi and claims to be the young leader of the Ninomiya Cult.Niwa: Their pop-up store called "Naniwa no Niwa"Oogiri: Comedic Q&A to give funny answers to a question/prompt.Onishihata: Onishi and Nishihata pair name. They've been working closely together since Onishi joined. "More than friends. More than a couple. Less than a married couple"Orix Buffaloes: Jo's favorite baseball team.
"It's not Baffaloes, it's Bafaloes!" Buffaloes written in katanata is "バファローズ"(Bafaloozu). For Japanese romaji input, in order to get the small tsu (ッ/っ), you have to type double consonant (ex: saki=さき, sakki=さっき). Small tsu: short pause when reading. With the English spelling being double "ff", people often read it as "Ba faloes". A pet peeve of Orix fans.Otoutogumi (弟組): 弟=otouto=younger brother. The 4 younger members. Takahashi, Onishi, Michieda, Nagao.Plastic Tears: A performance Jo did during "Shall we AOHARU" concert streams (2020 Nov) that bias wrecked everyone.
We joked (still does) about how we were traumatized.
ᴵᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵛᵉʳʸ ˢᵉˣʸ.Platinum Jet: "Riding the Platinum Jet". A phrase in their song "Diamond Smile". Interpreted later as them and Nanifams riding together in it to reach new heights.
On debut day, they rode a charter plane from Osaka to Tokyo Haneda airport with news reporters waiting for them in a hangar. Then in their debut tour, they appeared from a life size plane prop.R, Radure, Rara: Michieda's dogsRiako: Riaru koi (real love). Having romantic feelings towards a celebrity. It is also used as just describing someone as "boy(girl)friend/husband(wife) material" with no romantic feelings involved.RoT: Ride on Time. A documentary show that closely films and interview Johnny's talents. Naniwa was part of documentaries of Kanju New Year concert(season1) and general Kansai Johnny's Dream Island concerts(season2). In S1, Daigo said "next time, see you after we debut" to RoT staff and since then, it had one of our shared dream.Ryuche-dan: Nishihata, Ohashi, Masakado + Ryusei. The 3 just really love Ryusei.Purin: Pudding. When used as "purin pruin", it's onomatopoeia for being bouncy like pudding/jelly. 🍮Senpai/Kouhai Team: Senpai = Anigumi + Ryusei or
Kouhai = Trio + Ryusei. Depending on how the 4:3 team is divided since Ryusei is in the middle.ShoKura: "The Shounen Club" abbreviated. A Johnny's Jr main music and variety show on NHK.Suekko: Youngest family member. In this case, group member.Tantou: Oshi/Fav/Stan.
Ex. My tantou is Ohashi. I am a Nishihata tanToki-kun: Ryusei's cat. He regularly posts pictures of it on his jweb. Also appeared a couple times on a NHK show "Mofu(x4)"Trio: A term for Takahashi, Michieda, and Nagao. Even before Naniwa formed, they work together a lot. All joined the same day.Tsuchi: 土, soil. Hassun's one shot joke to express the kanji with his body by doing a split and spreading out his hands.Tsure: Nishihata and Ohashi pair name. Meaning "buddies".Yuugure Mondays: Nishihata and Nagao pair name. Named on radio show "Toretate Kan Juice" with something like a random phrase generator.
General Janiwota terms
Kanjani / Eito: The 2 ways Kanjani∞ is abbreviated. The infinity sign is read as "Eito" (the # 8 in Katakana English). A direct senpai group of Naniwa.
--KuraP / Ohkura Tadayoshi: A member of Eito and producer of Naniwa Dansh in their junior days. Naniwa might've never existed if it isn't for him.Kanju: Kansai Johnny's Junior abbreviated.ShoKura: "The Shounen Club" abbreviated. A Johnny's Jr main music and variety show on NHK.Riako: Riaru koi (real love). Having romantic feelings towards a celebrity. It is also used as just describing someone as "boy(girl)friend/husband(wife) material" with no romantic feelings involved.Tantou: Oshi/Fav/Stan.
Ex. My tantou is Ohashi. I am a Nishihata tanIsland TV: A video site for Jrs.J-Storm: A music label under Johnny's & Associates. Their CMs start with a loud "J STORM", scaring fans for decades.Jweb: Basically a paid monthly subscription blog for all JA talents.
-Naniwa-chan's is on a weekly update schedule. In the order from Monday to Sunday: Michieda, Nishihata, Fujiwara, Ohashi, Nagao, Takahashi, Onishi.Kouhaku: A prestigious year's end music show by NHK. Extremely widely viewed all around Japan.MaiJani: "Maido! Jani~" abbreviated. An ongoing Kanju show stared in 2012 with Onishihata and 4 others as regular members. Lil Kansai succeed the show in 2020.Msute: Music Station abbreviated. One of the most popular music show in Japan.
General Naniwa terms
728: Naniwa. A play on pronunciation.
7=nana. 2=ni. 8=hachi/ha. は(ha) can be read as "wa" depending on the context.
July 28 = Naniwa Day. And debut announcement day ♡ANNP: All Night Nippon Premium. A popular late night radio show. Naniwa had 2 special one-time shows and starting Oct 2nd, they have weekly regular time slot for an hour (limited time for half a year)Aoharu (青春): Youth. Situations like teenagers (mostly) doing stupid but fun stuff and creating nice memories etc. Like innocent romance, rebelling a bit, and basic cliche teenage package you'd see in highschool romcoms.
Sparkly and youthful is Naniwa's general theme as a group (for now). Their first concert tour nam "Aoharu Shiyo" with extra shows named "Shall we AOHARU". Dorama "Men's Kou" is also this theme. They also have an original song called "AOHARU -With U With me-"CAST: A Kansai local TV news show where they have a time slot for their own regular segment. They graduated from the show on 2022 March 23.Chukichuki: A term and pose Ryusei came up with during a "Shall we AOHARU" concert stream MC in 2020. Nanifams immediately made it trend #1 and is now popular even outside the fandom. Then made into a song that's included in their 1st album "1st Love" (released in 2022) called "Chukichuki Hurricane" which Daigo wrote the lyrics and Ryusei choreographed for.Daichun: Nishihata's nickname by Sexy Zone's Sato Shori.Goro-chan: Daigo's beloved dog plushie that appeared on a Island TV video (https://j-island.net/movie/play/id/5237)MezamashiTV: Morning TV news where Naniwa have a time slot for their own segment.NaniNachu: Abbreviation of documentary "Naniwa Danshi -1100 days of path/miracle until debut- natural",
a documentary on Amazon Prime. "Natural" in katakana English is "nachuraru" so Naniwa+Nachuraru.Ninomiya Cult: Daigo's most admired senpai is Ninomiya Kazunari of Arashi and claims to be the young leader of the Ninomiya Cult.Niwa: Their pop-up store called "Naniwa no Niwa"Orix Buffaloes: Jo's favorite baseball team.
"It's not Baffaloes, it's Bafaloes!" Buffaloes written in katanata is "バファローズ"(Bafaloozu). For Japanese romaji input, in order to get the small tsu (ッ/っ), you have to type double consonant (ex: saki=さき, sakki=さっき). Small tsu: short pause when reading. With the English spelling being double "ff", people often read it as "Ba faloes". A pet peeve of Orix fans.Platinum Jet: "Riding the Platinum Jet". A phrase in their song "Diamond Smile". Interpreted later as them and Nanifams riding together in it to reach new heights.
On debut day, they rode a charter plane from Osaka to Tokyo Haneda airport with news reporters waiting for them in a hangar. Then in their debut tour, they appeared from a life size plane prop.R, Radure, Rara: Michieda's dogsRoT: Ride on Time. A documentary show that closely films and interview Johnny's talents. Naniwa was part of documentaries of Kanju New Year concert(season1) and general Kansai Johnny's Dream Island concerts(season2). In S1, Daigo said "next time, see you after we debut" to RoT staff and since then, it had one of our shared dream.Toki-kun: Ryusei's cat. He regularly posts pictures of it on his jweb. Also appeared a couple times on a NHK show "Mofu(x4)"
Group/Combi Names
Anigumi (兄組): 兄=ani=elder brother. 組=gumi=team. The 3 oldest members. Fujiwara, Nishihata, and Ohashi.Endless: Jo and Daigo pair name. Came from a movie they starred in a movie "Owarai Star Tanjou!!" in which their characters are a comedian pair with the name Endless.JoHashi: Fujiwara and Ohashi. Arguably the most popular pair among the group. Was in an unofficial group called "Funky8" before Naniwa formed. Also the 2 most senpai.Kanbari Team/JoHashiHashi: Fujiwara, Ohashi, and Kyohei. They hold a weekly radio show called "Kansai Johnny's Jr no Bari Bari Sound". They graduated on 2022/03/29.Onishihata: Onishi and Nishihata. They've been working closely together since Onishi joined. "More than friends. More than a couple. Less than a married couple"Otoutogumi (弟組): 弟=otouto=younger brother. The 4 youngest members. Takahashi, Onishi, Michieda, Nagao.Senpai/Kouhai Team: Senpai = Anigumi + Ryusei OR
Kouhai = Trio + Ryusei. Depending on how the 4:3 teams are divided since Ryusei is in the middle.Trio: Takahashi, Michieda, and Nagao. Even before Naniwa formed, they work together a lot. All joined the same day.Tsure: Nishihata and Ohashi pair name. Meaning "buddies".Yuugure Mondays: Nishihata and Nagao. Named on radio show "Toretate Kan Juice" with something like a random word generator.Other name combinations that are self explanatory
JoRyuche, MichieDaigo, HashiHashi, MichiNaga etc.
Popular Group/Combi containing
members outside of Naniwa
Fukumoto-dan: Nagao + Fukumoto Taisei, Kojima Ken and Sano Masaya from "Ae! group" + Fukui Koushiro. They used to go the same way home.Funky4: JoHashi + Suezawa Seiya and Kusama Richard Keita from "Ae! group". The 4 were part of Funky8, an unofficial Kanju group.Minimarimo Shower: Nishihata, Ohashi, and Masakado Yoshinori from "Ae! group". Usually shortened to "Minimari"Napolitan-kai🍝: Minimari + Nagase Ren from King & PrinceRyuche-dan: Minimari + Ryusei. Minimari just really love Ryusei.
Inside Jokes
Cockraoch Incident: During filming for Men's Kou. A crockroach appeared in Jo's hotel room. Ryusei and Kyohei tried to help but ultimately, a sleepy and unbothered Hassun caught it and released it outside.Plastic Tears: A performance Jo did during "Shall we AOHARU" concert streams (2020 Nov) that bias wrecked everyone.
We joked (still does) about how we were traumatized.
ᴵᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵛᵉʳʸ ˢᵉˣʸ.Tsuchi: 土, soil. Hassun's one shot joke to express the kanji with his body by doing a split and spreading out his hands.
General Japanese terms
Azatoi: The action of being calculatively cute and likable to give yourself a positive image. Had a negative connotation of being fake but is now used to describe people who know how to present themselves as cute.Boke & Tsukkomi: The general combination of Japanese comedy especially of Kansai.
Boke: The person (or action) of acting stupid.
Tsukkomi: The serious person (or the respond) to boke with logic.Furage: Abbreviation of Japanese English "Flying Get". CD/DVD usually go on sale the day before official sale day so, the act of buying it on the early sale day.Manzai: A stand-up comedy performance with a short story. Contains boke & tsukkomi. Can be more than 2 people.Oogiri: Comedic Q&A to give funny answers to a question/prompt.Suekko: Youngest family member. In this case, group member.Purin: Pudding. When used as "purin pruin", it's onomatopoeia for being bouncy like pudding/jelly. 🍮