<figure id="attachment_264455" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-264455" style="width: 2840px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="c26c642a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/09/027d6ecef24ea7887082e0382a3f3856.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-264455" class="wp-caption-text">After watching a play by Masaki Aiba, a member of &#8220;Arashi&#8221; whom he adores, Takaji emerges from the backstage entrance alone and gets into a cab to pick him up.</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong> I love Aiba-kun,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I love him so much I can&#8217;t even talk to him&#8230; I love his humanity.</strong></p>
<p> In January 2020, Yugo Takaji, 28, the leader of the SixTONES, exploded his feelings toward Masaki Aiba, 39, a member of Arashi, in an appearance on &#8220;Arashi ni Shyagare&#8221; (Nippon Television Network Corporation).</p>
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<p><strong> Takaji&#8217;s love for Aiba is very well known among fans. When Matsumoto Jun (39), a member of &#8220;Arashi&#8221;, pointed out Aiba&#8217;s mistake during the MC at a live performance of &#8220;Arashi&#8221; at the National Stadium in 2010, Takaji heard the fans around him say, &#8220;It&#8217;s Aiba-chan, that&#8217;s why he&#8217;s so good. He said he felt that Aiba was a genius who could make fans smile even when he made a mistake, and that is how he came to aspire to be Aiba.</strong></p>
<p> This magazine witnessed that Takaji&#8217;s &#8220;love&#8221; for Aiba was genuine.</p>
<p> On June 14, Takaji was in the audience of a performance of &#8220;Welcome, Minato Sensei&#8221; featuring Aiba at the New National Theatre (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo). He apparently visited the theater alone and went straight to the backstage entrance after the performance. He got into a pick-up cab parked in front of the backstage entrance of the underground parking lot and left the theater alone.</p>
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<p> Immediately afterward, SNS was flooded with posts from Johnny&#8217;s fans who had come to see the play, such as &#8220;Takaji-kun was there,&#8221; and &#8220;He was sitting alone in the related parties&#8217; section.</p>
<p> Speaking of Takaj, he was found to be infected with a new type of coronavirus on August 28. After a period of recuperation, he just resumed his activities on September 8, and the following day, he began performing in &#8220;A Summer Night&#8217;s Dream,&#8221; his first stage production outside of Johnny&#8217;s. Will he be able to follow in the footsteps of his beloved Aiba?</p>
<figure id="attachment_264456" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-264456" style="width: 2025px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="15ecfc2c"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/09/8d9595667f1aa9bf1ac213d8ee43e345.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-264456" class="wp-caption-text"> He was dressed simply in a denim shirt with a checkered pattern and black pants, but it seemed he could not drown out the aura of a super idol.</figcaption></figure>


 I love Aiba-kun." "I love him so much that I can't talk to him..." "I love his humanity," said Yugo Takaji, 28, the leader of SixTONES, who will become a member in January 2020.

Yugo Takaji of “SixTONES” visited “That senior’s stage” alone.

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