The players were Murase Ayumu, Ishikawa Kaito (radio hosts), as well as Uchiyama Kouki and Saito Soma, the guests for the episode. One had to guess the word given with the help of hints given by the others. I was only able to translate the latter part of the game.
Kaito: Murase Ayumu will be the wing spiker. The word, please.
Soma: Ehhh
*Audience laughs*
Ayu: People are laughing so much for some reason?
Ucchi: What should we do?
Kaito: Where should we go with this?
Ucchi This (referring to his word), this, this is prohibited, right?
Ayu: Prohibited?
Ucchi: Because this, this will end the game immediately?
Soma: That’s true.
Ucchi: Then, this is no good? Okay, okay. That is good.
Soma: Right?
Kaito: (referring to the answer) But, I hope that they talk more about themselves, you know.
Soma: Because their image (…)
*Audience laughing*
Ayu: What are you talking about? Eh, what, what, what?
Kaito: What should we do?…Okay!
*Time’s up buzzer*
Kaito: Let’s go! Ready, go.
Soma: Here.
*Kaito, Soma and Ucchi show their hints*
Ayu: Love talk**, gloomy, Tsukki…himself?
Kaito: Himself.
Audience laughing
Soma: Himself? Using ‘Tsukki’ is no good.
Ucchi: It is not Tsukishima himself.
Kaito: Then, please give your answer.
Ayu: I wonder if this is right… Uchiyama-san?
Ucchi: Ah.
K, S, U: Correct!
Kaito: (referring to his ‘Tsukki’ hint) I’m not sure if this is prohibited or not…
Ucchi: That’s bad!
Soma: I want to win the prize.
*laughing*
Kaito: Now? We have 4 points.
Soma: Last one! So if Kaito answers this one correctly…
Ayu: If Kaito answers this correctly…it’s the last point.
Soma: Kaito, everyone in their seats are depending on you.
*Audience cheers 'do your best’*
Ayu: laughs
Kaito: You say ‘do your best’, but if I can’t do it, I can’t…Then, the word, please.
Ayu: The word is…
Soma: Don’t you have to close your eyes?
Kaito: I want to win.
Ayu: Close your eyes, close your eyes!
Saito: Ehhhh
Ucchi: This is…
Soma: Ehhhhh
Ayu: Ah, I get it, I get it.
Kaito: Are you done?
Ayu: This is difficult. this is difficult right?
Kaito: Why, why? …Scary.
Soma: This is the most difficult so far, Kaito-kun.
*Time’s up buzzer*
Kaito: You will now present your answers. Ready, go.
*Audience laughs*
Kaito: Squats, cute…
Soma: No, it’s not squat.
Ayu: *weird noises* (this is his hint lol)
Soma: It’s not squat. It’s not. It’s mascot.
*Laughing*
Soma: Squats are…what you always know.
Kaito: Cute? Mascot, cute?
*Ayu does weird noises, Ucchi/Soma laughing*
Soma: Is that okay? Is it?
Ayu: No, no. This is a character (as in character for a writing system like hiragana), a call. *weird noises*
Soma: Is that alright?
Ayu: A character, get it?
Soma: I don’t get it.
Kaito: What is that?
Ayu: You can understand it. *weird noises*
Kaito: I don’t get it at all!
Ayu: Why?
Kaito: Uchiyama-san’s 'cute’ hint is too vague, I don’t get it.
Soma: Connect this and that together.
Kaito: Mascot, cute… A cute mascot that goes *weird noises…*
Soma: Tell your answer!
Kaito: Murase Ayumu!
Ucchi: Eh, that’s your answer?
Soma: Final answer?
Ucchi: Then…wrong!
Ayu: Wrong! The correct answer was… Hinakarasu (the crow mascot that looks like Hinata).
Kaito: You did the wrong sound for it. That’s not what I remember.
Ayu: No, no. In the last corner, we changed their calls from the correct ones (what was written in the script), right?
Soma: Let’s go to the next one already.
Ayu: The next, okay? laughs
(…)
U, A, S: Ahhh…
Ayu: This is…without a doubt…
Ucchi: Which?
Soma: That?
Ayu: Let’s not write clues that easily give away the answer. Let’s do it properly.
Ucchi: We need to follow the rules.
Kaito: The pressure is big.
Ayu: Though, this is very difficult…what should I do? This is difficult, right?
Ucchi: You sure look happy! That’s bad!
Ayu: No, no!
*Soma laughs, I imagine him seeing Ucchi’s answer because he also laughs lol*
Ucchi: I’m done.
*Time’s up buzzer*
Ucchi: Murase-san, did you finish writing?
Kaito: Okay, so from Ayu first, go!
Ayu: (rough translation) Loud but not really loud helper.
Kaito: What do you mean?
Soma: Wah, this is bad…
Ayu: Really? Eh, so this is bad…
Kaito: Uchiyama-san, please.
Ucchi: Cute.
Kaito: Again?!
*Laughing, clapping*
Ucchi: But I’m not wrong about this, am I?
Soma: Wait, Ucchi-san!
Kaito: Can’t you be more detailed?!
Ucchi: I’m not wrong about this.
Ayu: Cute, cute!
Ucchi: Cute!
Soma: Kaito, he’s not wrong about this, really.
Ucchi: Always, right?
Soma: Always, right? Always.
Ucchi: Cute, cute…
*Everyone speaking at the same time, saying kawaii lol*
Soma: It’s okay, Kaito-kun. Believe in my hint.
Ayu: Ah, Soma-kun. Let’s go!
Kaito: Show your answer please.
Soma: Freckles!
*People go ohhhh*
Soma: This is it, right? I just gave you a good toss, didn’t I?
Ayu: Our hints go well together, doesn’t it?
Soma: Yours is a little…
Ayu: No, no, no, no.
Soma: It’s a sentence…
Kaito: Isn’t Freckles Casio’s…
Soma: It’s not the song. It’s not the song.
Ucchi: Cute. Cute, right?
Kaito: Loud, not really loud.
Ucchi: I don’t get it.
*Laughing*
Kaito: The answer is Yamaguchi Tadashi!
U, A, S: Correct!
*audience clapping*
Kaito: (I think he’s referring to Soma’s clue) This is unfair, isn’t it? This is foul.
Ayu: But earlier, Tsukki was also given as a clue.
Kaito: Yeah, yeah.
**If I remember correctly, in HQ radio episode 5 where Ucchi first guested, Kaito said that if they eat out somewhere, they can talk about ‘koibana’ (which can be translated as love talk or lover). I’m not sure if this was the reference for this hint.
They cleared the game with Kaito’s answer yAY. The prizes were soft french fries and strawberry shortcake (Yama and Tsukki’s favorite food). There was also a cheesecake (which Ucchi likes) which surprised everyone when it was brought onstage. The audience teased them to feed each other, but Kaito answered "We will not!” (LOL). When Soma asked Ucchi “how is the cheesecake”, Ucchi just answered “real cheese” which brought laughs haha
I just wanted to share this because I like the idea of Ucchi being one of the words to guess, giving weird answers and thinking that Yamaguchi is cute HEHEHE
Hinata Speaks English!
aka Ayumu Murase speaking English during different episodes of Haikyuu!! Radio (*´艸`*)
Aside from volleyball, the only thing Hinata excels in is his English subject (no, I’m kidding).
I forgot to add that Ayumu Murase was born in the US (LA, California) that’s why he can speak English fluently! :D
At the Haikyuu event panel at Jump Fest (Day 1), Suga Kenta, Kimura Tatsunari, Murase Ayumu, and Ishikawa Kaito talked about the HQ anime and stage play!