【20th WEEK】「もっと早く会っていれば…」卒業インタビュー渡邉香織編

「TERRACE HOUSE TOKYO 2019-2020 」
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イラストレーターの渡邉香織がテラスハウスを卒業。
女子メンバーの中で最年長だったこともあり、色々とプレッシャーを感じていたと話す。

また、スポーツマンタイプが好きだったことも告白、実は凌が一番可能性がある模様…
苦悩をたくさん感じた香織がテラスハウス生活での自身の成長やメンバーへ対しての本音を語ります。

Looking back on the five months
in Terrace House,

I feel like I went through an additional
growth period after growing up.

So much that my knee joints hurt.

[COSTCO SUBS PRESENTS]

[Interview with a member who's leaving]

I never used to have
a lot of close friends.

Nobody had really given me their
honest opinion on my future before.

Clients always accepted my work,
saying, "That's great."

But the housemates gave me
their straightforward opinions.

They told me things that I didn’t want to
see or hear, things I’d been avoiding.

It was like going through a growth period.

[ON THE FIRST DAY]
My first impression
of the original members...

I thought that Shohei would
be much easier to talk to.

I thought he was just an ordinary person.

That was my first impression of Shohei.

Haruka came next.

You could tell what kind of person
she is just by looking at her.

She's an actress and a model.

She seemed strong-willed
and outspoken.

But once you get close,
she's super sincere.

So I thought I'd probably come to like her.

When I first met Kenny,

I thought I would hardly
talk to him until the end.

Maybe...

He was wearing his sunglasses
on the back of his head.

Also, he was wearing leopard print...

He was like-- So I thought we
wouldn't become close friends.

About Risako...

Actually, I couldn't see her well
because Haruka sat between us.

My first impression was just that
she seemed to be a cheerful girl.

I didn't expect us to get close like that.

About Ruka...

If I hadn’t appeared on the show,
I might never have met someone like him.

He’s handsome, and...

I don't know how to describe him...

He’s like one of the popular kids
in junior high school.

That was my first impression of Ruka.

[KENNY: KENJI YOSHIHARA]
I guess he loves Hawaii, the beach,

and he's been inspired
by that kind of surf spirit.

He thinks that being more
easy-going is very important.

So,

It was easy for me to talk to him
because he doesn’t judge.

Initially I thought he was more of a workaholic,

but he does have a big heart.
My impression of him changed a great deal.

We talked about
money, contracts, and whatnot.

He was very open about these topics,

while bringing up actual examples.

He wasn't hesitant to reveal himself.

It was easy to imagine.

I realized that we were
dealing with similar issues.

So I could easily open up to him
about my future as an artist.

He’s an artist, but

he's constantly looking for other lucrative
opportunities to expand his work.

I'd never met someone like that.

I can't make a living drawing just
what I like. That's naive thinking.

Kenny taught me that other
things are important, too.

[SHOHEI MATSUZAKI]
I guess he’s a good guy.

No, I’m sure he is.

So I wanted to get to know him better.
In the beginning...

I thought he was easy to talk to.

Sometimes he was really kind to me,

and sometimes he was in such a bad mood
that you’d expect him to go “tsk” at you.

Well, sometimes it was like
he went into switch-off mode.

So it was tough to live with him.

I’d wonder, “Which one is it
going to be today?”

If you ask me whether or not
I understood him...

I just took him as he is.

I’d never met anyone like him,
so I couldn’t judge him.

Now, I sometimes grab a drink with Risako
and everyone, and he’s much easier to talk to.

Initially...

I thought I wouldn't come to like him.

Well, I wasn't sure about my feelings.

I didn't get crazy about him right away.

[RUKA NISHINOIRI]
I just thought he wanted to go buy art supplies.

I thought he just wanted to get to know
me as a housemate.

So I agreed to go with him.

Then, when he asked me out to dinner
at the art supply store,

I was like, "Oh yeah, let's go!"

I didn’t expect him to have
planned it out as a date.

I just enjoyed myself.

For a second I thought he would treat me

since he took me to the restaurant.

The thought crossed my mind.

I was thinking that it'd be strange
to wait for him to pay.

Like, “Wait, he’s eight years
younger than you!”

And then I just went like "It's on me!"

It's like...

If he’d just casually paid for me,
it would’ve been easy to accept it.

[ABOUT RUKA'S FEELING FOR YOU]
Of course it made me happy.

Since we never talked so much
at the house,

I wondered what made
him feel interested in me.

Honestly, I was more wondering than excited.

But yeah, I was glad, of course.

I did get butterflies
since he was so cute, but...

It's like... at the moment,

I want to be with someone more reliable.

If I was younger, it would've been fun.

I have too much on my plate right now.

[PEPPE: GIUSEPPE DURATO]
I wasn’t sure how to interact with him
since he’s this super cheerful guy.

Looking at his drawings--

I'd been feeling down at the time,
so there's that.

His drawings are amazing, plus he came to Japan
with such extraordinary determination.

To be honest, at first I was embarrassed
to draw at the house while he was there.

But as I talked to Peppe,

I was embarrassed to think that way.

He finds good in others.

He praised me, but he also
showed me where I needed practice.

He gives great feedback.

I hope I’ll be able to talk to him
about my worries from time to time.

[RYO TAWATARI]
He's a jock kind of guy,

and he’s come very far playing basketball.

I said this in my entrance interview too,

but those who have been
trying their best at sports,

even if they get treated
unfairly sometimes,

they don't become stubborn,

and they can process it like,
"It happens."

Many jocks are nice,
so I like those kinds of people.

To be honest, I wanted to talk to Ryo more,

I wish he had moved in earlier...
How should I put it--

I wanted to spend more time with him.

At the beginning of the show,
if he'd been one of the housemates,

I’m sure he’d been the first one
I would’ve gone out to eat with.

He was really a nice guy.

He immediately fit in with
everyone just like that,

and I could be myself around him.

I felt comfortable around him.

That's what I thought.

Now, if Ryo and anyone out of the other
housemates had been there in the beginning,

Ryo would’ve been the first person
I would’ve wanted to go out with.

[RISAKO TANABE]
Risako is... Hmm...

She says what's on her mind.

No matter what you say,
she doesn't get angry--

Well, she might get angry.

At first, I was worried
about living with her,

since she's so young and energetic.

But she was totally different from
my first impression of her.

I'd never been friends with
someone like Risako.

So I was anxious about what
it'd be like, since she's so young.

But once we started living together,
I could see that she’s very polite.

I realized I like people who play sports.

I really like Risako.

I could talk to her about anything.

[HARUKA OKUYAMA]
I wondered if she'd try to entertain us.

or if she'd consider that kind of thing...

I'm exaggerating a bit,
but I wondered if she'd burst into tears...

Because I don't know any actresses.

At first I was bracing myself against her,

but she was like...

Before bedtime, even off-screen,
she’d be like, “Kenny is kind of attractive!”

I realized that’s just her being herself.

As time went by--

She's easy to read.

When she was down, sometimes she’d
just decide to stop thinking about it

and started playing with her phone…
I really came to like her.

At first, I didn't know how to interact with her,

but I got to know that
that's her true color.

I’ve come to like her a lot and I’ve been
able to open up to her more and more.

Although it took us some time
to get close,

Hmmm… I think I made a really good friend.
I mean Haruka.

I'm sure she'll point out a lot of things
even now after I moved out.

Like, "You've been slacking off lately,
haven't you?"

I believe so.

Haruka said that she couldn't have
a heart-to-heart talk with me.

That reminded me of
my attitude toward illustration.

I've been drawing what people like,

based on other people's preferences.

I figured my personality is like that, too.

So others might have a hard time
getting to know me better.

Also, I sometimes refrain from speaking
my mind and step back.

I feel like Haruka removed the idea
from my mind.

[CAREER PROSPECTS]
Actually, I’ve been holding an art exhibition every year,

but this was the first time
I held one in a gallery.

So I needed to get it together.

Because a lot of people would
come to see my drawings,

people who knew me from Terrace House,
and other people, too.

I was under a lot of pressure
to make it a success.

I made a lot of new acquaintances, and I was
really happy that so many people came.

I got really tough
thanks to Terrace House.

I want to live up to the name recognition I got from
Terrace House and go beyond that.

I really want to show
everyone what I’m made of.

I've changed through Terrace House.

I've been unsure until now,
especially when I just moved in.

But now...

I'll do my best not to be known just as
someone who appeared on Terrace House.

[Translated and Timed by koma]
[Reviewed by mrschap]