Born in 1975, will be 43 sooner than later
i became an arashi fan in 2007, a few months after i moved back to japan for work (left japan for work as well). they became my escape form a really demanding work and gave me a bit of balance (those who have worked in japan, particularly in engineering/manufacturing will know how crazy the work hours are there). arashi shukudai-kun was my entry into fandom during obon yasumi. did no know who they were but heck the show was funny.
a couple of weeks later i got sick and took several days of leave . . . then found yamada taro

that was when i actively tried to find out who they were.
on hindsight though i have been watching them on and off since maybe 2002, with mago mago arashi (which came before sata sama that i watched because i used to be a smap fan) and USO Japan. i also loved kizarasu cat's eye and actually caught the filming of stand-up ear my old uni (never saw nino though, or yamapi or narimia or oguri . . . and even if i did i would not have known who they were)
i am still fan, and they still keep me sane when work goes crazy. hoping this will continue as long as arashi is around
