Aiba Masaki x Shimono Hiro - how they became best friends & their friendship now: a thread -
In honor of finally getting to see them together on Aiba Manabu tomorrow night!!
Not necessarily in chronological order & will continue to add as more moments come up
In honor of finally getting to see them together on Aiba Manabu tomorrow night!!

Not necessarily in chronological order & will continue to add as more moments come up
Aiba is a huge fan of Attack on Titan and Kimetsu no Yaiba. He liked Connie Springer (the character Shimonnu voiced in AoT) and found out about Shimono Hiro
Shimonnu is a longtime Arashi fan & noticed Aibaâs name a lot as a fellow Best Karaagenist under the Male Idol category
Shimonnu is a longtime Arashi fan & noticed Aibaâs name a lot as a fellow Best Karaagenist under the Male Idol category
Aiba began to watch Seiyu to Yoasobi (the Abema TV show) every week especially on Tuesday (the day Shimono Hiro is on the show).
Aiba also pleaded with the Recomen (Aibaâs radio show) director to invite Shimonnu for Recomenâs 1000th episode as the special guest. https://twitter.com/beat_shizu/status/1336296360409067523
Aiba also pleaded with the Recomen (Aibaâs radio show) director to invite Shimonnu for Recomenâs 1000th episode as the special guest. https://twitter.com/beat_shizu/status/1336296360409067523
Shimono Hiro was the guest for Recomenâs 1000th episode on Dec 5, 2020!!!
Shenanigans include
- fanboying over each other
- Aiba doing his Inosuke impression for Shimonnu
- acting out scenarios together that fans requested similar to Dummyhead on Yoasobi
Translations thread
https://twitter.com/midorin_1224/status/1334877143130521601
Shenanigans include
- fanboying over each other
- Aiba doing his Inosuke impression for Shimonnu
- acting out scenarios together that fans requested similar to Dummyhead on Yoasobi
Translations thread

2021.01.08 episode of Recomen
Fan: When Arashi once sang the words âShimono-sanâ (different person) on Himitsu no Arashichan (10 years ago!!), Shimonnu blogged about it saying âArashi sang my name!!â
When Aiba googled Shimono Hiro, he found this blog post so he already knows!!
Fan: When Arashi once sang the words âShimono-sanâ (different person) on Himitsu no Arashichan (10 years ago!!), Shimonnu blogged about it saying âArashi sang my name!!â
When Aiba googled Shimono Hiro, he found this blog post so he already knows!!
2021.01.08
Aiba shares that Shimono Hiro came over to his house to eat dinner. They took videos together and talked about a lot. Shimonnu told him about the seiyu world and about his private life and they had a good time. Aiba wants to invite Hiro-kun whenever they do Shinobu.
Aiba shares that Shimono Hiro came over to his house to eat dinner. They took videos together and talked about a lot. Shimonnu told him about the seiyu world and about his private life and they had a good time. Aiba wants to invite Hiro-kun whenever they do Shinobu.
2021.01.12 episode of Yoasobi
Shimonnu shares
- he went to Aibaâs house last year
- he calls him âMasakiâ and Aiba calls him âHiro-kunâ
- they text, not Line message
- they wanted to go out to eat but bc of the pandemic, so Aiba invited him over
- it was just the 2 of them https://twitter.com/rinaaaa_d/status/1351101318136541185
Shimonnu shares
- he went to Aibaâs house last year
- he calls him âMasakiâ and Aiba calls him âHiro-kunâ
- they text, not Line message
- they wanted to go out to eat but bc of the pandemic, so Aiba invited him over
- it was just the 2 of them https://twitter.com/rinaaaa_d/status/1351101318136541185
2021.01.12 episode of Yoasobi
Shimonnu shares that
- Aiba watches a lot of anime so thatâs how he came across Shimonnu
- Aiba loves the game Ciaociao that they play on Yoasobi so much that he told VS Damashii staff about it and they implemented it as Damashi Damashii https://twitter.com/rinaaaa_d/status/1351101895973203968
Shimonnu shares that
- Aiba watches a lot of anime so thatâs how he came across Shimonnu
- Aiba loves the game Ciaociao that they play on Yoasobi so much that he told VS Damashii staff about it and they implemented it as Damashi Damashii https://twitter.com/rinaaaa_d/status/1351101895973203968
2021.01.15 episode of Recomen
Aiba says he owns lots of Shimono Hiro goods that he sort of has a âshrineâ to him (called Shimono Kinenkan (Memorial) - [Personâs name] Kinenkan is a segment on Arashi ni Shiyagare when they invited special guests) set up in his house
https://twitter.com/midorin_1224/status/1351509011334524929
Aiba says he owns lots of Shimono Hiro goods that he sort of has a âshrineâ to him (called Shimono Kinenkan (Memorial) - [Personâs name] Kinenkan is a segment on Arashi ni Shiyagare when they invited special guests) set up in his house

They both won Best Karaagenist again this year!! Shimonnu has been winning for a little while longer, but the two of them have been winning this award every year together since 2016
and their names were together at the very top
https://twitter.com/midorin_1224/status/1383059171088601093


They keep bringing each other up everywhere, and hoping to invite each other to guest on their shows so Aiba Manabu is a huge first step in that direction!!!
Shimono Hiro: Iâm sure you all know but...Iâll be on Aiba Manabu on April 25 from 18:00!! Please watch it

https://twitter.com/shimono_kousiki/status/1385483416565477376
Shimono Hiro: Iâm sure you all know but...Iâll be on Aiba Manabu on April 25 from 18:00!! Please watch it



My fav fan tweet about this friendship
âWhatâs funny is Aiba fans say âAiba-kun is quite shy so to be able to become so close in such a short time...Shimono-san has amazing communication skills...â and Shimono-sanâs fans say âShimono-san is quite shy so (the same about Aiba)â https://twitter.com/tuioku_shion/status/1349007962677895170
âWhatâs funny is Aiba fans say âAiba-kun is quite shy so to be able to become so close in such a short time...Shimono-san has amazing communication skills...â and Shimono-sanâs fans say âShimono-san is quite shy so (the same about Aiba)â https://twitter.com/tuioku_shion/status/1349007962677895170
Iâll of course add more to this thread after tomorrowâs Manabu - Ahhhhh so excited!!! I canât believe after ALL THIS that this will be the first time seeing them together!!!
and also after I catch up on past Recomen and Yoasobi bc I know they mention each other A LOT
and also after I catch up on past Recomen and Yoasobi bc I know they mention each other A LOT
