Agreed :yes

less than 25,000 shy of 500,000

omg Ohno on the cover of an.an magazine o_o

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4XvMd4xSZF...00/Pics004.jpg

:thud

Oricon Weekly - Singles (4/6/2012~10/6/2012)

*1 477,820 *,477,820 Arashi - Your Eyes
*2 141,236 *,141,236 2PM - Beautiful
*3 *52,974 *,*52,974 Mizuki Nana - TIME SPACE EP
*4 *35,550 1,780,949 AKB48 - Manatsu no Sounds good!
*5 *23,279 *,433,421 NMB48 - Nagiichi
*6 *16,833 *,152,346 Not yet - Suika BABY
*7 *15,572 *,*15,572 Shonannokaze - Entenka
*8 **8,514 *,*45,082 SEKAI NO OWARI - Nemurihime
*9 **8,043 *,**8,043 Boom Boom Satellites - BROKEN MIRROR
10 **7,501 *,601,467 Arashi - Face Down

Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (4/6/2012~10/6/2012)

*1 *21,184 642,597 Arashi - ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World
*2 *19,582 *19,582 2PM - ARENA TOUR 2011 "REPUBLIC OF 2PM"
*3 **9,815 **9,815 BIGBANG - BIGBANG 1st DOCUMENTARY DVD
*4 **8,010 *61,019 B'z - B'z LIVE-GYM 2011-C'mon-
*5 **6,358 **6,358 miwa - miwa clips vol.1
*6 **3,700 *25,113 ONE OK ROCK - "Zankyou Reference" TOUR in YOKOHAMA ARENA
*7 **3,471 **3,471 NIGHTMARE - NIGHTMARE TOUR 2011-2012 Nightmarish reality TOUR FINAL @ NIPPON BUDOKAN
*8 **2,910 **2,910 Daikoku-Danji – Daikoku-Danji Japan First Live 2012
*9 **2,240 367,655 EXILE - EXILE LIVE TOUR 2011 TOWER OF WISH ~Negai no Tou~
10 **1,570 **1,570 Hannya - 2012.1.8 Shibuya Koukaido

happy birthday Nino ! whom shares the same birthday as my younger sister !

The viewers to decide Aiba Masaki’s drama “Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri” ending through voting

On June 19th, it was announced that Arashi’s Aiba Masaki’s (29) ongoing drama, “Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri” will open an online voting poll for its viewers to choose the outcome of their final episode (to air on the 23rd)! This will be the first drama that will allow its viewers to make the decisive ending for its story and this eleventh episode will air with an additional 15 minutes of airtime.

This unique plan, titled “W (Double) Ending Voting Poll”, features two voting options for its audience: ‘Okaeri Holmes (Welcome back, Holmes)’ and ‘Sayonara Holmes… (Goodbye, Holmes)’. The fate of Aiba Masaki’s character ‘Katayama Yoshitaro’ and Matsuko Deluxe (39)’s character ‘Holmes’ (a calico cat) will be determined depending on which option gathers the most votes. The two scenarios for this final episode have already been filmed.

In addition to holding this voting on its official website, the voting will also be available through this drama’s mobile site and through NTV as well. The polls will open on the same day as the final broadcast (the 23rd) from 3:30 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. JST.

‘Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri’ is based on a popular mystery novel series written by Akagawa Jiro. It tells the story of Katayama Yoshitaro (Aiba), an incompetent detective who is bad with blood, heights, women, and ghosts. One day, he meets Holmes – a cat that can understand humans and possesses brilliant reasoning skills – who helps solve various mystery cases. The first episode of this drama recorded high ratings of 15.9% and currently the drama has 12.7% average viewer rating – including the ratings for its most recent episode.

For Aiba, this NTV drama is his first starring drama during the Golden Time slot and is also his first drama to co-star with Matsuko Deluxe. Other co-actors include Fujiki Naohito, Omasa Aya, Okura Tadayoshi (Kanjani 8), and Ishizaka Koji.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/06/the...hrough-voting/

Weekly sales

Single
**2　*42,755　520,575　嵐 Your Eyes
*22　**4,130　605,597　嵐 Face Down


DVD
*5　*1　**9,998　652,595　*5　嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World　12/05/23
28　26　***,535　699,959　--　嵐 / ARASHI 10-11TOUR"Scene"～君と僕の見ている風景～DOME+　11/06/15

Ueto Aya Plays Ninomiya Kazunari's Heroine for NTV Drama

It has been reported that singer-actress Ueto Aya will be Arashi's Ninomiya Kazunari's heroine for his upcoming drama on NTV "Kurumaisu de Boku wa Sora o Tobu". The said drama will air on Aug 25th.

Ueto expressed her excitement for the project; she and Ninomiya have previously worked for "Namida o Fuite" back in 2000. It has been 12 years since then. Joining them is child actor Fuku Suzuki and actress Hiroko Yakushimaru. The two also expressed their excitement; Fuku has played a young Ninomiya in "Freeter, Ie o Kau" and Yakushimaru said that she has been watching Ninomiya since he was in his teens and she looked forward to their first project.

"Kurumaisu de Boku wa Sora o Tobu" (I'll fly in the sky on a wheelchair) tells the story of a former delinquent Yasuyuki Hasebe (played by Ninomiya) who got crippled at 15 years old. Despite his shortcomings, he decided to become a counselor and help those who are in the similar situation as him. Ueto will play the role of Kumi Kato, a woman whom Yasuyuki met while he was in the hospital and have a heartbreaking past.

"Kurumaisu de Boku wa Sora o Tobu" will air on Nihon TV on Aug 25th.

http://www.jpopasia.com/news/aya-uet...ma::11476.html

Arashi attends the press conference for 24-Hour Television 35 Ai wa Chikyuu wo Sukuu

On June 26th, Arashi attended the press conference for NTV’s annual charity program, ‘24-Hour Television 35 Ai wa Chikyuu wo Sukuu‘. Each of the members, who will be serving as this year’s main personality for the program, expressed their feelings regarding their big role.

During the press conference, Arashi met with announcers Hattori Shinichi and Suzue Nana, who will be the general MCs, and actress Aragaki Yui, who was chosen as the charity personality for the program. Ninomiya Kazunari smiled and he said, ”It’s starting to seem real,” while Matsumoto Jun showed his spirit saying, “I want to get together and do it real soon.”

Arashi was the main personality for ‘24-Hour Television’ two times in the past, in 2004 and 2008. When asked about their secret to overcome the 24 hours, Ohno Satoshi mischievously said, “I’m still young,” while Aiba Masaki blurted, “I don’t feel it’s very long.” Sakurai Sho added, “We’re not at a stance to overcome it. Most times, we tend to feel it, so even 4 years ago, it went by really fast.”

Since this year’s theme is “Mirai” (“Future”), Arashi’s hope for the future has been heightened. Aiba stated, “It changes with what we do now. By undergoing all kinds of actions, and planting seeds, I think the future will change.” Matsumoto expressed, “I feel the future is something you can choose. It changes by what you become aware of, and how you take action.”

Sakurai showed a sense of vocation with, “I want a future where children will be smiling. In order to do that, I hope the adults will feel the future by watching this program.”

To discover Japan’s “future”, Arashi planned trips all over Japan for the program, and will introduce “Japan’s famous songs that gave me a future”. Ninomiya gave the appeal of the program saying, “Since it’s a theme that allows us to think about and look into the future, we want to positively hold on to the word ‘future’ and have fun this year.”

On June 26th, Arashi attended the press conference for NTV’s annual charity program, ‘24-Hour Television 35 Ai wa Chikyuu wo Sukuu‘. Each of the members, who will be serving as this year’s main personality for the program, expressed their feelings regarding their big role.

During the press conference, Arashi met with announcers Hattori Shinichi and Suzue Nana, who will be the general MCs, and actress Aragaki Yui, who was chosen as the charity personality for the program. Ninomiya Kazunari smiled and he said, ”It’s starting to seem real,” while Matsumoto Jun showed his spirit saying, “I want to get together and do it real soon.”

Arashi was the main personality for ‘24-Hour Television’ two times in the past, in 2004 and 2008. When asked about their secret to overcome the 24 hours, Ohno Satoshi mischievously said, “I’m still young,” while Aiba Masaki blurted, “I don’t feel it’s very long.” Sakurai Sho added, “We’re not at a stance to overcome it. Most times, we tend to feel it, so even 4 years ago, it went by really fast.”

Since this year’s theme is “Mirai” (“Future”), Arashi’s hope for the future has been heightened. Aiba stated, “It changes with what we do now. By undergoing all kinds of actions, and planting seeds, I think the future will change.” Matsumoto expressed, “I feel the future is something you can choose. It changes by what you become aware of, and how you take action.”

Sakurai showed a sense of vocation with, “I want a future where children will be smiling. In order to do that, I hope the adults will feel the future by watching this program.”

To discover Japan’s “future”, Arashi planned trips all over Japan for the program, and will introduce “Japan’s famous songs that gave me a future”. Ninomiya gave the appeal of the program saying, “Since it’s a theme that allows us to think about and look into the future, we want to positively hold on to the word ‘future’ and have fun this year.”

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/06/ara...kyuu-wo-sukuu/

I feel like dying
Sho was in singapore for his movie filming on board of super star Virgo this afternoon but I didn't know!
Missed my chance!

He , Kitagawa Keiko & the rest of the crew boarded the Superstar Virgo on Fri afternoon

My sister managed to spot them shooting at Raffles Hotel on Thurs & she went down after she got tip off from people tweeting on it

she literally was starstuck & was 1m away from both of them

Omg I need to start following the tweets more closely! There goes my 'star-ing' moment

there's a chance they might come back here again to film because I don't think filming for the Nazotoki movie has finished

Fri's Superstar Virgo cruise was only for the weekend & there's no way filming has finished , since the movie will be 90% onboard Superstar Virgo while the other 10% will consist of scenes in Singapore which I assumed that 10% portion has been already done

I assume shooting for the movie will be finished by the time before the Olympics start in London since Sakurai has to go to London personally to cover the event but yeah I'm sure there will be another round of them coming back here to shoot onboard Superstar Virgo

Today's the live broadcast of News Zero in Japan so I'm sure Sakurai is already back in Tokyo & he probably will be back again soon to continue shooting for Nazotoki

preview snippet of new song Akashi that's used in the upcoming 2012 Olympics



Future album / single track perhaps ? it sounds really nice & very patriotic for some reason o_O

More details on Akashi

http://www.jpopasia.com/news/arashi-...ge::11624.html

"Akashi" sounds nice! maybe it'll be a b-side on a new single? but i think if arashi releases anything next, it should be an album, since i think they have enough singles. but i'll be happy with whatever the next release will be, single or album, lol. :P

Arashi-Akashi - well, that's interesting on the title...we might have a new single coming up! Or maybe a new album... Has been over a year since...

Your Eyes is certified Double Platinum for shipment of 500K copies

http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201206.html

Congratulations!

More about Arashi’s 24Hr TV specials

Jun Matsumoto is turning into a brass band conductor, Sho Sakurai a soccer player, and Kazunari Ninomiya has just finished shooting his drama on the edge of a 20 metro cliff for this year’s 24 Hr TV, reports Sports Hochi, Sponichi Annex, Sankei Sports, and Nikkan Sports on June 10.

“２４時間テレビ３５『愛は地球を救う』(24Hr Television / Love Saves the Earth’)” is being hosted by Johnny’s group Arashi this year, and new details about their special programs have been revealed.

Matsumoto will conduct the brass band at a high school in Ishinomaki, a town devastated by last year’s tsunami. It has been reported Matsumoto had no plans to conduct at first. The band had been invited to perform in Tokyo’s Budokan, where the 24Hr TV special will be aired from, to express their gratitude to everyone who has supported their community and to tell people they are doing their best to rebuild their lives. But after Matsumoto had visited the school in June, the students invited the Arashi member to lead them as they prepared for their Tokyo performance. Having no conducting experience, Matsumoto has since been learning the fundamentals from Japanese conductor Yutaka Sado.

“He said the most important thing is to draw together all of the thoughts of each and every musician, become a part of their music-making, and to have fun. I had also heard that after the tsunami, Sado-san had been involved with organizations which had donated instruments to their school. Maybe it’s fate,” Matsumoto said.

Just north of Ishinomaki, a high school soccer team in Rikuzentakada had been invited by Sakurai and FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year Homare Sawa to play a match in memory of their team member Shiori Koyama. It has been reported the Mizusawa UFC Princess player had a dream of becoming a World Cup soccer player but she was lost in the tsunami which hit Rikuzentakada on March 11, 2011. Despite the fact Sawa and a number of her team mates were preparing for the London Olympics, the women’s soccer team INAC Kobe made time for a match against their juniors earlier this month. Sakurai joined the Tohoku team as a special member as the two sides played off in a 30 minute match.

“It was incredible. Even the heavy rain stopped while we were having the match. I think Shiori-san was watching us,” Sakurai said.

It has been reported over in Shizuoka prefecture, Ninomiya had been filming the climax scene to his special drama “車イスで僕は空を飛ぶ (Kuruma-isu de Boku wa Sora wo Tobu)”. In the drama, Ninomiya plays a good-for-nothing teenager who gets in a fight which leaves him paralysed from the waist down. Wanting to end his life, he drags himself and his wheelchair to the edge of a 20 metro cliff. The cliff used in the scene had bad footing even for those who could walk, and so just in case, a rescue team and coast guard team were on standby during the shoot.

“You might see it as taking too much risk, but it was a decision made by all of the production staff to bring out the real meaning of this scene,” Ninomiya said.

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...r-tv-specials/

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Also , ARASHI are being featured in a new Nissan car commercials "PURE DRIVE". Commercials go on air from tomorrow.

http://autoc-one.jp/news/1119029/

Arashi and...NISSAN!? I wasn't even prepared for this...! Ayaka x Kobukuro, ikimono-gakari, and now ARASHI!? Whoa...