No, no, that would be bad for me (laughs)! Even so, lately at lives, the way you converse is similar to that of comedians, is that also a change for you?

Tora: That is certainly a visible change (laughs). However, I have been doing this at the fan club lives. Lately, the live MCs have been so disordered that people don't just let it slide, so I thought "I must talk" (laughs). So that's why I've been doing my best, being in charge of the MCing. Although, it's quite tough in that I must do various duties such as ending the conversation, the timing of things when moving on to the next person, how to cope with times when people make mistakes (laughs)

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So you do things while being attentive. So is it also a natural thing that your viewpoint is that you are in the position to compensate for what the band is lacking?

Tora: It is natural. As we are a band that often has both success and times where we miss the mark, I think that it's a waste. I feel that what allows us to think that we couldn't have done things better is the five years of experience we've had. So, I thought to be more useful to the band, and to do the things that I can. I think that I should relatively be more useful to people than others. Although I may not be the best, I can safely say that I am the type to handle things well (laughs). To put it in a bad way, I am a jack of all trades that masters none. Conversely, I do think that I should make use of that fact, now. Lately, I've somehow been thinking that that is perhaps my talent. Although I'm not the best at what I do, I will make use of the fact that I am involved in many things. Things don't go to well for me when I am fully immersed into one thing, so I'll take on many things, and conversely, if I take the intiative and do the kind of things that the other members can't do, I will be able to compensate for them. That is how I think right now.

Shoxx, vol. 212: Tora Interview (October 2010)

Another reason why I can relate to him so much. It's like, I know I'm not the best person for this but since there's no one else I have to do it. This kind of feeling. It's something I realized about myself fairly recently. Finding the things that are lacking and filling in is what I do. Although I can do a lot of things I suppose it really is my main talent.