Message from Maki

This is Maki Goto!
I've always loved being active, so I got great marks in gym class at school.
Horizontal bars, vaulting horse, baseball, and soccer -- I did those frequently at school.
Even in the school clubs, my black shoes would turn brown
from all the ball playing I was doing, so I did quite a bit of kicking.
That kind of Goto is in Morning Musume right now.
It's a girls group, so there's not really a chance to play sports.

But right now, Goto is enjoying other kinds of sports.
What are they?  To put it simply: concerts!
In other words, dancing.
Memorizing the dances are much, much harder than tests,
but as you're dancing, you really get into it and feel the rhythm,
and because it's aggressive, you use your hands to the rhythm.

When you play soccer or baseball,
people clap and yell, "Ahh, good job!"
when you make a goal or a home run,
but with dancing, as you get better, 
you have to continue to challenge new dances, so it's limitless,
but right now, I'm in the middle of polishing it, I guess?

So one day, I'd like to become really good at it
and impress everyone of Japan...

But since there's 10 of us,
from time to time, I'd like us to kick some balls
and pass to each other!  Or something like that.

So everyone, I leave that kind of 21st century up to you!