A video of a conversation between Koshi Inaba (B'z) and Hidetoshi Nakata has been released on "en-zine"

■ “(Hidetoshi Nakata) is someone who has something that I don’t have” (Koushi Inaba)

A video of a conversation between B’z member Inaba Koshi and Nakata Hidetoshi has been released on his official website, en-zine.

In 2014, B’z member Koshi Inaba opened his official solo website, “en-zine.” The website was launched with the aim of delivering the latest information as quickly as possible, and is named after the word “en,” which is important to Inaba in his solo activities.

“en” is a word that can have many different meanings depending on how it is interpreted, such as “en” (performance), “en” (to become one), “en” (glamour), and “en” (festival). The special content that was born from this is “interviews” where Inaba welcomes people he would like to meet and talk to, in other words, “connections” between people. So far, he has had conversations with people who are active at the forefront of their fields, such as a “UFC conversation” with Masaharu Fukuyama, a “tennis conversation” with Kei Nishikori, and a “vocalist conversation” with Kazutoshi Sakurai of Mr.Children, and the unexpected similarities and strange pairings have become a hot topic.

And this time, the guest for the en-zine interview, the first in three years, is Hidetoshi Nakata, a former member of the Japanese national soccer team who is now active as a businessman.

At first glance, the two don’t seem to have much in common. Before meeting, they both had the impression that the other was a “quiet person,” but the moment they actually exchanged words for the first time, they opened up to each other and hit it off.

Inaba was fascinated by Hidetoshi Nakata’s personality, saying of Nakata, “He has something that I don’t have,” and “The more we talked, the more I felt like I wanted to get to know Nakata through the en-zine conversation.” This interview was made possible at Inaba’s request. Inaba, who is a “newbie about Hidetoshi Nakata,” explores how Nakata’s current outlook on life was shaped, and Nakata’s insatiable passion for “inquisitiveness,” from his own unique perspective.

What did these two people, who have an image of not saying much, talk about? It is a dense hour-long video that will unexpectedly give viewers an “awakening” to their outlook on life.