[Trans] Minho’s Interview - Hanako Japan Magazine Excerpt

Third one today for Minho’s Birthday as well, let’s look back at him lying blatantly to the interviewer about exercising. We all know those massive manboobs didn’t come from just exercising enough to be healthy.

Appearing as a regular on Korea’s national sport variety TV show “Let’s go! Dream Team”, Minho-kun’s image of sportsman is strong within SHINee.
Surely he must be zealous about training? But contrary to everyone’s expectation, we received a somewhat moderate answer.
”About 3-4 times a week, I go to gym for about an hour. I do enough to stay healthy.”
Right now, what holds his interest is what he can do in order do his next job better. “I look at old shots and magazines I’ve appeared in and I’ll examine myself, ‘This came out like this because I did this’.  No matter how good a stage performance is, there will disappointing parts to it. That’s why afterwards I’ll re-watch the recordings and think ‘It’s still not perfect’. Even giving my best, I can’t say with pride even once ‘That was good enough’. “
Wanting to be perfect, his competitiveness is strong, indeed he seems like someone fond of sports.
With this spirit that hates to lose, even for the album recording, he recorded a difficult rap that the other members praised, to which he humbly said, “I’ve still got far to go”.
“From here on, it would be good if we could show the process of us growing up. We are still at a level where we need to grow.”

This scan is from TheTonghyun, but also thanks to LovingBling!
Translation by crissan