お誕生日おめでとう、慶ちゃん！

dear kei-chan,

happy birthday! i'm sorry that i almost forgot your birthday; i only remembered it when i went to the communties and saw all of them wishing you a happy birthday!

anyway, you're 25 now i think! and you still look as youthful as ever <3>

and i remember in peroxidepest17's fic about the whole of NeWS becoming super heroes, and your "power" being the fact that you could talk some one from jumping off a bridge and getting a new love for life. i also remember in her sequel, where you guys actually get super powers, how you became an empath because you are so sensitive to other people's emotions. that's what i love about kei-chan <3

i love how childish and freely you act in all the shows/performances/dvd backstages even though you are the oldest in NeWS; sometimes you seem like the youngest and shige seems like the oldest instead *laughs* your roles are completely reversed!

i also love at how you can laugh at everything, even your own flaws; i remember in NeWS mania where you said that being positive helped you combat your weak stomach. and i also remember how everyone used to tease you about your single eyelids, but you always manage to laugh it off and keep a huge smile on your face and not get affected by it

and although im not a big fan of shige, i still find it amazing that you can be best friends with shige even with your completely opposite personalities- i think kei-chan can get along with anyone you want; even ryo has a soft spot for you, although i bet he has the biggest soft spot for his tego-nyan XD

you're just like the mother to NeWS, just like nakamaru is to kat-tun; you can get along with everyone, but thats not hard considering that NeWS is full of member-ai <3>

and i love how you just have to mention about member-ai in everything you say and do- i think without you NeWS would crumble, not on the outside of course, but on the inside.

i bet you're always the one fussing about everyone, making sure that pi isnt too tired out by his relentless schedule and sending him mails to cheer him up; making sure that ryo isn't going to drop dead from juggling both NeWS and kanjani8; always pandering to tegoshi's whims and taking care of him; smiling along with massu to cheer the whole group up because the both of your smiles together can cure anyone's depression; and of course always being there for shige

i love kei-chan's smiles and personality, as much as i love massu's. even though now massu holds a big place in my heart, you hold an equally big place because in the end i still remember you <3>

i hope you never change and continue to be the pillar for NeWS;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEI-CHAN! <3

lots of love,

szeying