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KarenPang 2nd June 2012 04:32 PM

Your Eyes full PV


Beauty4123 2nd June 2012 06:37 PM

the PV was nice! although it's a simple PV, it's still nice to watch. especially when arashi are looking so beautiful, lol. :heart and those few effects like the drops of water & the flying pictures worked pretty well, too. aiba's face at the end was so sad, though. but he is still so cute while having a sad face. :laugh

KarenPang 3rd June 2012 06:07 PM

their Johnny's net profile page has been updated with the solo & group shots for Your Eyes

http://i48.tinypic.com/34z0d9u.jpg

http://www.johnnys-net.jp/page?id=profile&artist=10

MatsuJun's China communist inspired outfit is still o_O but his new hairstyle's awesome hands down

Beauty4123 3rd June 2012 06:24 PM

the boys are looking very nice! :heart

KarenPang 4th June 2012 03:46 AM

Sho Sakurai and Keiko Kitagawa reunite for “Nazotoki wa Dinner no ato de” movie

Fans will get to see Arashi’s Sho Sakurai and actress Keiko Kitagawa on the big screen next year when the “謎解きはディナーのあとで (Nazotoki wa dinner no ago de)” movie comes out, it was announced on June 3, reports Sankei Sports.

The two will reprise their roles as perfectionist, sharp-tongued butler Kageyama and socialite, police officer Reiko. The two had played these roles in the 2011 drama series, and a special drama episode in March.

“I haven’t had many opportunities to play one role so many times so I’m really excited,” Sakurai said

In the movie, Reiko goes on vacation to Singapore on her family’s luxury cruise ship, called the Princess Reiko, and drags Kageyama with her. While onboard, someone is murdered and the two find themselves trying to solve the case.

It has been reported shooting will take place on Asia’s biggest cruise ship, the SuperStar Virgo, which can hold more than 1800 passengers and 1200 crew. It has more than 900 rooms, restaurants, casino, movie theatre, gym, and a library to name a few features.

While there will be some studio shoots, it has been reported 80 to 90 per cent of the shoots will be onboard the ship. The production team will do shoots on the cruise ship later this month and in July when they go on board for two four-day cruise trips. On location shoots in Singapore are also being planned.

“It’s a job, but it’s like a dream job because we’re filming on a luxury cruise ship and in Singapore, which is where I’ve always wanted to go,” Sakurai said.

The ”謎解きはディナーのあとで (Nazotoki wa dinner no ago de)” is scheduled to be released in 2013.

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...-ato-de-movie/

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OMG BOTH SAKURAI & KITAGAWA KEIKO ARE COMING TO SINGAPORE TO FLIM THE NAZOTOKI MOVIE ?!?!?!

O_______________________O

KarenPang 5th June 2012 10:30 AM

Satoshi Ohno says cast are always laughing on set of “Kagi no Kakatta Heya” set

Life on set is funny and full of mistakes, the cast of drama series “鍵のかかった部屋 (Kagi no Kakatta Heya)” described to fans during an event in Tokyo on June 4, reports Mainichi Shimbun.

In front of 200 fans, Arashi leader Satoshi Ohno described his most memorable moments on set.

“Everyone’s laughing. I mess up scenes because I find myself laughing while the camera’s rolling too. Just the littlest thing can make me laugh now,” he said

To emphasise his point, Ohno even said he was laughing yesterday.

“Today I had to act a scene with Erika-chan where I’d be looking at her and saying my lines. I have trouble with speaking so I was trying my best to keep it going, but then I ended up laughing when I pictured myself trying to fix myself,” he said.

“We’ve been laughing since [shooting] yesterday. I get tears coming out of my eyes when I try to hold in a laugh. I’ve been crying so much though,” co-star Erika Toda said.

“Koichi-san messes up scenes too. You usually make a mistake at the start [of your lines],” said Ohno.

“I slip up at the easy parts. I messed up a scene today too, but when I tried to stay calm and did it again from the top, they told me the shot was no good. They’re really strict on set,” co-star Koichi Sato said.

The drama the three have been starring has so far recorded average ratings of 16 per cent. Episode 8 aired yesterday, and Ohno tried to tell fans what to expect in the rest of the season in his own way.

“The last episode is something different. I’m excited to see how the mystery’s going to unfold. I hope it’ll come across as funny and witty,” he said.

“I don’t get it,” said the event’s host.

So Ohno tried once again.

“Enamoto doesn’t really talk about his past but, in episode 10 and 11 I think you might start to get an idea,” he said.

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...atta-heya-set/

KarenPang 6th June 2012 04:58 AM

Weekly sales

Single

*11 *7,802 593,966 嵐 FD

DVD
*2 *1 *49,361 621,413 *2 嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World 12/05/23
18 11 ***,617 698,792 -- 嵐 / ARASHI 10-11TOUR"Scene"~君と僕の見ている風景~DOME+ 11/06/15
21 20 ***,522 875,829 -- 嵐 / 5×10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009 09/10/28
30 -- ***,400 856,074 -- 嵐 / ARASHI Annivasary Tour 5×10 10/04/07

from 2ch

KarenPang 6th June 2012 12:16 PM

1st day sales of Your Eyes

http://i48.tinypic.com/bjeej6.jpg

wow it's their lowest since Dear Snow & what a pity since I like this single just as much as Face Down ._.

Bigtop 6th June 2012 04:28 PM

:thud

Whoa there...

WHAT'S GOING ON!?!?!?

Oh wait...maybe it's because there's that AKB48 Senbatsu? Or something else...? Yeah, this pretty much is going to break the 500,000-sale single streak that we've had for quite a long time...

KarenPang 6th June 2012 04:38 PM

what are you talking about to begin with ? that 1st week sales of 500K streak was already broken with regards to Face Down , couldn't you see it properly on that chart ? ~_~

anyway I'm not really surprised Your Eyes is not going to sell as well as Face Down . Drama rating wise , Aiba's is not as good as Ohno's & tell that to the fangirls that have to buy 2 singles that were released within last & this month :o

Beauty4123 6th June 2012 06:40 PM

the first day sales are kinda low, but it's still okay. i'm sure the first week sales will still be great. :D

KarenPang 7th June 2012 05:32 AM

Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi mimics his co-actors at a fan gratitude event

On June 4th, Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi (31) attended a fan gratitude event for his Fuji TV drama “Kagi no Kakkata Heya” (currently on-air, Mondays at 9 P.M.).

At the request of their fans, Ohno was asked to mimic the lines of their co-actors Sato Koichi (51) and Toda Erika (23), a method he uses to practice his lines back at home. Sato did not find Ohno’s mimicking satisfactory and stated, “Doesn’t it sound more like Matsuda Yusaku (actor)?” In response, Ohno stated, “I am not making fun of you I swear,” and desperately convinced his intentions to his co-actor.

Since the average of viewer’s rating up until episode 7 is 16%, which is a high number, this event was decided to be held. Their last episode (to air on the 25th) will be 30 minutes longer than their usual episodes.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/06/ara...atitude-event/


KarenPang 8th June 2012 04:47 PM

【嵐】     Eyes(2  Face(2 ワイルド(2 迷宮(2 Lotus(2  空(2  Snow(2 Rainbow(2 free(1 Monster(2 Trouble(2
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ━━
火      209,873 250,415 251,868 239,525 241,173 248,8 28 228,415 232,679 179,779 232,045 232,893
水      108,888 115,799 134,512 128,838 126,046 143,6 49 117,694 121,773 108,021 131,299 144,343
木      *48,997 *50,676 *55,621 *67,261 *55,687 *62,4 18 *54,381 *59,256 *47,663 *59,854 *60,356
金      ***,*** *32,295 *32,841 *37,105 *40,357 *38,1 57 *34,295 *37,057 *32,598 *38,175 *39,274
土      ***,*** *24,562 *30,938 *23,018 *31,948 *31,5 27 *24,596 *31,495 *25,478 *32,011 *31,967
日      ***,*** *18,892 *22,596 *17,023 *26,627 *23,1 15 *22,789 *28,630 *23,376 *27,246 *22,348
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ━━
推定売上 367,758 492,639 528,376 512,770 521,838 547,694 482,170 5 10,890 416,915 520,630 531,181
週間枚数 ***,*** 526,106 550,014 530,469 541,424 572,0 50 500,730 528,844 425,978 543,269 542,334
週間-推 ***,*** *33,467 *21,638 *17,669 *19,586 *24,3 56 *18,560 *17,954 **9,063 *22,639 *11,153

Bigtop 8th June 2012 06:26 PM

^That's a definite no-no for 500,000. Maybe over 400,000, but yeah, a bit too much within a month, and let's not even talk about an album...

Beauty4123 8th June 2012 06:58 PM

i think the sales are still very good, and arashi are still selling very well, too. :yes

KarenPang 9th June 2012 06:10 AM

New JAL CM

In this new endorsement, they are featured in a summer vacation trip with an alien who offers a free trip to these five members, and they energetically take up the offer. However, the travel proves to be less than satisfactory due to the unfamiliar noise, foul-smelling environment, and odd coloured drinks. Despite that, they endure the situation because it’s free until member Ninomiya Kazunari states, “But there is JAL’s Sakitoku deal available,” and introduces JAL’s advance purchase deal.

During the shooting of this new endorsement, the members of the group showed much curiousity in the alien, who took two hours to put on his special makeup, and asked questions like, “How do you breathe?”

This new CM, “JAL ARASHI LABO: Summer Vacation Sakitoku ‘One’s Feeling While Driving’”, started airing in Japan on the 9th.

CM



Making



Epic CM , HAHA

Beauty4123 9th June 2012 06:31 PM

lol what a funny CM! :laugh

KarenPang 9th June 2012 06:34 PM

Both Face Down & ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World are certified Double Platinum for shipment of 500K copies respectively

http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201205.html

KarenPang 12th June 2012 04:44 AM

Your Eyes sold about 478K+ in the 1st week & it's their 28th consecutive single topping Oricon since 2004's PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/2012846/full/

Beauty4123 12th June 2012 07:31 PM

even if the first week sales didn't pass 500k, i think it's amazing how arashi's singles can still sell this much in just one week. :D

Bigtop 13th June 2012 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beauty4123 (Post 2872214)
even if the first week sales didn't pass 500k, i think it's amazing how arashi's singles can still sell this much in just one week. :D

Agreed :yes

less than 25,000 shy of 500,000

KarenPang 13th June 2012 05:00 AM

omg Ohno on the cover of an.an magazine o_o

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

:thud

KarenPang 13th June 2012 09:07 AM

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

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Popular Johnny's group, Arashi have achieved their 28th consecutive no.1 single with their 39th single, "Your Eyes", starting from "PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE" (February 2004). This is also their 35th no.1 single overall. The title track is currently being used as the theme song for the NTV drama, "Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri" starring Arashi member, Aiba Masaki.

KarenPang 17th June 2012 03:06 AM

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

KarenPang 19th June 2012 06:37 PM

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/

KarenPang 20th June 2012 11:39 AM

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

KarenPang 23rd June 2012 05:06 AM

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

KarenPang 28th June 2012 03:52 AM

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/

kiseki89 30th June 2012 05:52 PM

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!

KarenPang 30th June 2012 06:13 PM

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

kiseki89 2nd July 2012 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2878138)
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

KarenPang 2nd July 2012 11:22 AM

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

KarenPang 7th July 2012 10:52 AM

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

KarenPang 7th July 2012 04:30 PM

More details on Akashi

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Arashi's Sho Sakurai will be the main commentator for NTV's coverage of the 2012 London Olympics. Now, it has been announced that Arashi will be providing the theme song for NTV's Olympic coverage.

The song is called "Akashi" ,which means "Prove" in English. This will be the fourth time that the 5-member group would be singing the Olympic's theme song for NTV. No further details have been released about "Akashi's" single release date.
http://www.jpopasia.com/news/arashi-...ge::11624.html

Beauty4123 7th July 2012 05:48 PM

"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

Bigtop 8th July 2012 06:30 AM

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...

KarenPang 10th July 2012 12:05 PM

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

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

Bigtop 11th July 2012 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2882123)
Your Eyes is certified Double Platinum for shipment of 500K copies

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

Congratulations!

KarenPang 11th July 2012 10:04 AM

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/

Bigtop 12th July 2012 06:59 AM

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

KarenPang 15th July 2012 05:04 PM

Weekly Sales from 2ch

Single
*22 **4,093 546,250 嵐 YE
*44 **1,581 612,696 嵐 FD
179 ***,327 646,745 嵐 Waiha

Album
108 ***,924 1,873,590 嵐 All the BEST
237 ***,431 *,930,926 嵐 BW

DVD
*3 *5 **5,237 675,782 *7 嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World 

Beauty4123 15th July 2012 05:10 PM

the sales are looking great! and "Face Down" passed 600k! :yatta i'm so happy. that single is still so amazing & i'm still not tired of listening to it, lol.

KarenPang 16th July 2012 06:59 AM

Kanjani 8 members to expose the secrets of Arashi on “Arashi ni Shiyagare”

It was announced that popular group Kanjani 8 will be making an appearance as a guest on NTV’s “Arashi ni Shiyagare Natsu no 90-pun Kakudai Special” together with the MCs of the program, Arashi. The 12 guys will have a “secret talk” together.

Though 5 out of 7 Kanjani 8 members have appeared on the same program back in August 2011, this will be the first time for the members to appear on it altogether.

Reportedly, Kanjani 8 members will expose the secrets of Arashi members on the “rumour” corner, such as an Arashi member who ignored Nishikido Ryo’s mail, an Arashi member who Murakami Shingo wants to ask for Taxi fare, and more. Moreover, Arashi and Kanjani 8 will confront each other by quiz and game, under the title “Who is the true Johnny’s idol!”

“Arashi ni Shiyagare Natsu no 90-pun Kakudai Special” will be aired on July 28th on NTV starting at 10:00 pm.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/07/kan...-ni-shiyagare/

ahahahaha it's going to be epic :roflmao

KarenPang 17th July 2012 08:17 AM

Masaki Aiba will support amputee athlete in his 24Hr TV special

Details about Arashi’s Masaki Aiba’s “24時間テレビ35『愛は地球を救う』(24Hr Television / Love Saves the Earth’)” special program were announced on July 16, reports Mainichi Shimbun.

The Johnny’s talent will cheer on 17-year-old Miho Fujii as she climbs to the peak of Yukushima. The island in southern Japan is where one of the oldest trees in the world (the Jomon Sugi) is located. It has been reported Aiba will be supporting Miho from the Nihon Budokan in Tokyo, while a TV crew will try and feed live footage of the teenager on her climb to the tree. It will not be easy either. The whole climb is 20 kilometres there and back, goes up 1300 metres, and is expected to take 10 hours.

The challenger, Miho, is an amputee runner who is currently in her high school’s track team and is hoping to take part in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

“I hope that I can support Miho-san with everyone in the country to watch over her, see how far she can go, and see that moment where she achieves her goal,” Aiba said.

The TV crew will also make history as it will be the first time live footage is sent out from the area. Until now the dense forest has disrupted signals, and so as Miho climbs to the top, the TV crew will be looking for areas with good reception.

“24時間テレビ35『愛は地球を救う』(24Hr Television / Love Saves the Earth’)” starts on August 25 – 26.

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...hr-tv-special/

KarenPang 20th July 2012 03:52 AM

What are the most popular face types for cosmetic surgeries?

The director of the popular beauty clinic “Takasu Clinic“, Takasu Mikiya recently revealed a ranking of the most popular female and male face types when it comes to facial surgery requested by their customers.

Top 20 of “I want to get cosmetic surgery on my face to look like him!”
(January ~ June, 2012)

01 – HYDE
02 – Yamashita Tomohisa
03 – Aiba Masaki (Arashi)
04 – TAKAHIRO (EXILE)
05 – Nishikido Ryo (Kanjani8)
06 – Sakurai Sho (Arashi)
07 – Mizushima Hiro
08 – Higashiyama Noriyuki (Shonentai)
09 – Yamada Ryosuke (Hey! Say! JUMP)
10 – Miura Haruma
11 – Okada Junichi (V6)
12 – Kamenashi Kazuya (KAT-TUN)
13 – Shirota Yu
14 – DAIGO (BREAKERZ)
15 – Domoto Koichi (KinKi Kids)
16 – Yamamoto Yusuke
17 – Tsumabuki Satoshi
18 – Tamamori Yuta (Kis-My-Ft2)
19 – Sato Ryuta
20 – Koike Teppei (WaT)

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/07/wha...tic-surgeries/

YUKARI 20th July 2012 07:46 AM

^ wow, no Matsumoto Jun?!!

surprised to see Yamapi so high :laugh

KarenPang 21st July 2012 04:44 AM

Arashi to Hold "AraFes" in Tokyo National Olympic Stadium

http://i48.tinypic.com/2rzfbck.jpg

It has been announced that popular Japanese group Arashi will be holding an "AraFes" or "Arashi Festival" on 20th and 21st of September. The festival will happen at the Tokyo National Olympic Stadium where the group had concert tours before. Furthermore, the Johnny's group have also planned to have a National Tour next year before the Olympic stadium closes for renovation.

The AraFes song setlist will also be decided by fan voting. Fans can choose their favorite from 240 Arashi songs and vote via Johnny's mobile site. Voting will start from July 21st until 6PM on July 31st.

Lastly, as their way of giving back to their fans, "AraFes" will not have any Johnny's Juniors as support. The festival will only have the 5-members as a way of challenging themselves.

http://www.jpopasia.com/news/arashi-...um::11750.html

yatsuda 21st July 2012 06:23 AM

Wow, thanks for all the information, Karen. I'd been wondering when Arashi would announce a tour (or any at all). I hope I get tickets this year or else I'm going to leave the fanclub... 5 years and I only won tickets twice... last concert was 3 years ago!!

Anyway... I'm glad to see the boys are doing so well still, especially with AKB48 selling like crazy!

KarenPang 22nd July 2012 02:46 AM

Arashi holding ‘AraFes’ concerts at National Stadium until it closes in 2013

Johnny & Associates announced on July 20th that Arashi will be holding its concert at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on September 20th and 21st. Arashi has held its concerts at the National Stadium for the last 5 years since 2008. It’s confirmed that the 2013 concert will also be held at the venue before it closes on March 19th for a large-scale renovation in preparation for a bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.

“AraFes” meaning “Arashi’s Festival” is the theme for this and next year’s concerts. The concert repertoire will be centered around a list of songs voted for by fans on Johnny’s official homepage. This is the first time that fans requests are incorporated into the concert and the idea came from Arashi members themselves.

Aiba Masaki (29) from Arashi commented, “Since National Olympic Stadium will be having a large-scale renovation after two years, we want to do something different for these last concerts held there. We want to hold a concert that is Arashi’s ‘Best of Best’. ”

Concerts of Johnny’s Jimusho usually feature large numbers of back-up dancers from Johnny’s Jr, but it’s revealed that this concert will have just the five Arashi members performing for the audience.

Aiba, Ohno Satoshi (31) and Matsumoto Jun (28) were in New York at the end of June, gathering ideas for their live concert from attending shows like Broadway musicals and Cirque Du Soleil’s Zarkana. Aiba remarked, “We want to leverage what we have learned and create a live stage that’s completely different than before.”

Fans may make their song requests online on Johnny & Associate official website starting from 12pm July 21st to 6pm July 31st (JST).

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/07/ara...loses-in-2013/

KarenPang 28th July 2012 05:52 AM

Satoshi Ohno Gets to Monopolize Mickey Mouse All by Himself

http://i48.tinypic.com/kak86o.jpg

Arashi’s Satoshi Ohno has recently gone to Disneyland in Los Angeles and San Francisco to film NHK’s documentary, titled: "Everything happens to deliver the dream~Walt Disney Path to Creation~". The said documentary is to commemorate the 110th birth anniversary of Walt Disney, the man behind Mickey Mouse and its expansion to entertainment, animation, and theme park empire that it is today.

Ohno, who gets to monopolized Mickey Mouse since no one was there, promises a fulfilling report about his travel. The documentary will have Ohno traced the roots of Disney whose goal in life is to deliver dreams to everyone. Ohno shared, “I got to experienced first-hand how great is the history of Disney, and what a great person was Walt”.

Various scenes from Disney movies will be shown and different testimonials from people behind Disneyland will give their views as well.

"Everything happens to deliver the dream~Walt Disney Path to Creation~" will air on Aug 22nd at NHK.

http://www.jpopasia.com/news/satoshi...lf::11805.html

Bigtop 29th July 2012 06:29 AM

I just heard that Sakurai Sho has gone all the way to London with the NTV boys... (remember - unlike the USA, where it's only one group - NBC - broadcasting the Olympics for a single country, or BBC for Britain, Japan has all the network TV stations - NHK, NTV, TV Asahi, TBS, TV Tokyo, Fuji TV - broadcasting the Olympics)

yatsuda 29th July 2012 12:46 PM

Oh? I haven't seen him yet, but it's because my husband is mostly watching NHK coverage (they have the most, I think). But yeah, it's really nice that we get all this coverage here in Japan!!

Ohno-kun with Mickey Mouse?!??! Can't wait to see that!!! XD

KarenPang 30th July 2012 04:49 AM

Akashi full song



Akashi which means prove , is the 4th song that the group provided for NTV's Olympic coverage

Beauty4123 30th July 2012 06:30 PM

"Akashi" is a very nice song! :)

KarenPang 1st August 2012 08:44 AM

Ohno & Aiba in the latest Nissan CMs



BGM - another new ARASHI song titled Kakenukero

Bigtop 2nd August 2012 03:58 AM

New single - or maybe a new album? It has been over a year since they released an album...

Beauty4123 3rd August 2012 05:05 PM

it's great to see that there's new songs! "Kakenukero" sounds good! looking forward to hearing the full song. :)

KarenPang 4th August 2012 04:28 AM

In the latest VS ARASHI episode , it was mentioned on the show that MatsuJun , Aiba & Ohno , all 3 of them , went to New York a few weeks back for a private holiday together o_o

MatsuJun did mentioned before he likes to go New York as he's the type that likes to watch Broadway musicals :O

And naturally the other 2 were really pissed off , especially Sakurai since he's the 1 that kept on saying that he hoped all 5 of them can go on a trip together but the fact that he's such a workaholic ... ._.

kiseki89 6th August 2012 05:19 PM

Just saw on local channel that VS Arashi will be shown in Singapore.

May I know just what is VS arashi about? A guest talk show like shin domoto kyodai or just a show about Arashi members?

KarenPang 6th August 2012 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiseki89 (Post 2891977)
Just saw on local channel that VS Arashi will be shown in Singapore.

May I know just what is VS arashi about? A guest talk show like shin domoto kyodai or just a show about Arashi members?

Channel U will be broadcasting VS ARASHI from next Mon onwards during 8pm - 9pm , woo hoo !

And I'm really surprised you don't know the concept of VS ARASHI . It's a weekly game show that has been airing for the past 4 years

Out of the 3 variety shows they're hosting on a weekly basis , VS ARASHI is the most fun as it's very hands on , unlike the other 2 which can get very boring with both HnA & AnS being very talk show based driven

Channel U has already confirmed this on their website ^___^

http://sin.stb.s-msn.com/i/42/91861A...34B674EC97.jpg

Quote:

Channel U fans also get to enjoy the highly-rave VS Arashi, a variety game show fronted by Japan's favorite boy-band Arashi, where members of the band pit themselves against celebrity guest stars every Monday at 8:00pm.
http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/zh/...ntid=250511095

kiseki89 7th August 2012 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2891981)
Channel U will be broadcasting VS ARASHI from next Mon onwards during 8pm - 9pm , woo hoo !

And I'm really surprised you don't know the concept of VS ARASHI . It's a weekly game show that has been airing for the past 4 years

Out of the 3 variety shows they're hosting on a weekly basis , VS ARASHI is the most fun as it's very hands on , unlike the other 2 which can get very boring with both HnA & AnS being very talk show based driven

Channel U has already confirmed this on their website ^___^

http://sin.stb.s-msn.com/i/42/91861A...34B674EC97.jpg



http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/zh/...ntid=250511095

Not sure about VS Arashi as i wasnt their hardcore fan - their music is my main concern.
Ok I cant wait to watch it.:yes

KarenPang 9th August 2012 03:59 AM

Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (30/7/2012~5/8/2012)

*1 77,170 *77,170 Perfume - Perfume 3rd Tour「JPN」
*2 12,060 *12,060 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 1st ARENA TOUR Waratte Utatte Moriagarina ~Ikuzo Nippon!!~
*3 *7,688 158,247 Tohoshinki - Tohoshinki LIVE TOUR 2012~TONE~
*4 *4,640 **4,640 Kimura Kaela - KAELA WEB TOUR 2012@Nippon Budokan
*5 *2,445 687,647 Arashi - ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World
*6 *2,152 **2,152 Every Little Thing - EVERY LITTLE THING 15th Anniversary Concert Tour 2011-2012 ORDINARY
*7 *1,807 *78,895 KinKi Kids - King﹒KinKi Kids 2011-2012
*8 *1,598 **1,598 JUJU - MTV UNPLUGGED JUJU
*9 *1,429 **1,429 ROTTENGRAFFTY - SILVER & GOLD
10 *1,266 142,394 Kis-My-Ft2 - Kis-My-MiNT Tour at Tokyo Dome 2012.4.8

KarenPang 9th August 2012 04:13 PM

AraFes Fan Voting Results

Single Song Ranking
  1. Face Down : 36%
  2. Wild at Heart : 30%
  3. truth : 25%
  4. PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE: 22%
  5. Step and Go: 20%
  6. Monster: 10%
  7. We can make it!: 8%
  8. Crazy Moon~Kimi was muteki: 8%
  9. A・RA・SHI: 8%
  10. Kotoba yori taisetsu na mono : 7%

Coupling Song Ranking
  1. Tokei Jikake no Umbrella : 28%
  2. Still…: 23%
  3. Natsu no owari ni omou koto : 17%
  4. Faito Songu (Fight Song) : 13%
  5. Super Fresh : 13%
  6. Itsumademo : 12%
  7. Supairaru (Spiral) : 11%
  8. season : 11%
  9. Boku Ga Boku no Subete : 10%
  10. Spring Breeze Sneakers (shunpuu sunika) : 10%

Album Song Ranking
  1. Gimmick Game (Vo.Ninomiya Kazunari): 18%
  2. Energy Song~Zekkouchou, chou!!!! : 16%
  3. Love Situation: 15%
  4. EYES WITH DELIGHT: 13%
  5. Te Agero : 9%
  6. Subarashiki Sekai : 7%
  7. The Bubble: 7%
  8. La tormenta 2004: 7%
  9. JAM: 7%
  10. Kaze : 5%

Top 10 overall (Single, Coupling and Album Songs)
  1. Face Down: 36%
  2. Wild at Heart : 30%
  3. Tokei Jikake no Umbrella : 28%
  4. truth: 25%
  5. Still…: 23%
  6. PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE: 22%
  7. Step and Go: 20%
  8. Gimmick Game (Vo.Ninomiya Kazunari): 18%
  9. Natsu no owari ni omou koto : 17%
  10. Energy Song~Zekkouchou, chou!!!! : 16%

TOP 10 (Based on the number of votes from 45 Singles, 57 Couplings, 138 Album Songs)
  1. Gimmick Game (Vo.Ninomiya Kazunari): 24840
  2. Energy Song~Zekkouchou, chou!!!! : 22356
  3. Love Situation: 20286
  4. EYES WITH DELIGHT: 17940
  5. Face Down: 16110
  6. Tokei Jikake no Umbrella : 15675
  7. Wild at Heart : 13545
  8. Still…: 13053
  9. Te Agero : 12282
  10. truth : 11070

AraFes will happen on Sept 20th to 21st at Tokyo National Olympic Stadium.

http://jnewseng.wordpress.com/2012/0...ng-results-31/

KarenPang 12th August 2012 07:34 AM

Arashi's Satoshi Ohno Collaborative Design T-Shirts Becomes Huge Seller

http://www.jpopasia.com/i1/news/4/11933-ol49mn9on6.jpg

Arashi's Satoshi Ohno collaborated with designer Yoshimoto Nara for the 24 Hr TV "Love Saves the World" chari-t-shirts. The said annual charity event have chosen Arashi as their main host for the 3rd time.

The future-themed t-shirts have sold 596,203 in just a month and a half. They have surpassed the 2008 record with 458,306 shirts. Furthermore, at the rate of 2,000 t-shirts sold each day, the Nara-Ohno collaboration might even surpass 600,000 sales.

The front design of the t-shirts represent a child whose huge eyes was painted with the word "future" (将来); it also has a sprout on its head that represents "a new beginning". Lastly, the "future" word at the back was written by Ohno.

http://www.jpopasia.com/news/arashis...er::11933.html

KarenPang 15th August 2012 11:56 AM

New compilation album Ura-Ara-Mania

http://i.imgur.com/yBHZx.jpg

Arashi will release a compilation album called "Ura Ara(shi) Mania", which will consist of 62 songs: 49 are b-sides, and 13 other songs. They will include "rare" tracks, songs that are popular in concerts, and hidden tracks. The album package will not include photos of the members.

The preorder starts 8/16 to 8/23 (24:00) and is only available through J-Storm website, and only those with a valid Japanese address may order. (at least for now) The listed price is 6,000yen, and 1 CD per person.

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/4144389.html

holy crap but everything about Ura-Ara-Mania seems so wrong

1) pointless compilation album release
2) can't even buy via a valid website other than J-Storm
3) so expensive
4) no photos of anyone in the booklet ?

Strictly for hardcore ARASHI fans :o

Beauty4123 15th August 2012 06:28 PM

i thought arashi's next release might be a new single. i didn't expect a compilation album! but it's okay. any new arashi release is good, lol. :)

Bigtop 16th August 2012 07:27 AM

That's something that I did NOT expect...but why does it have to be "Japanese only"??? That's really not fair to global fans! :grumpy

And, yes, I want a new single SOON... While there's rare songs, I'm guessing that there isn't any "new" songs in this album...

KarenPang 16th August 2012 10:42 AM

Ura-Ara-Mania tracklist
  1. スケッチ ; Sketch
  2. Re(mark)able
  3. Green
  4. ALL or NOTHING
  5. DANGAN-LINER
  6. サワレナイ ; Sawarenai
  7. 愛と勇気とチェリーパイ ; Ai to yuuki to cherry pie
  8. Deepな冒険 ; na bouken
  9. helpless
  10. On Sunday
  11. 野生を知りたい ; Yasei o shiritai
  12. アレルギー ; Allergy
  13. ココロチラリ ; Kokorochirari
  14. 冬のニオイ ; Fuyu no nioi
  15. 君がいいんだ ; Kimi ga iinda
  16. コイゴコロ ; Koigokoro
  17. 五里霧中 ; Gorimuchū
  18. Hey Hey Lovin' You
  19. 手つなごぉ ; Te tsunagou
  20. イチオクノホシ ; ichioku no hoshi
  21. 二人の記念日 ; Futari no kinenbi
  22. 春風スニーカー ; Harukaze Sneakers
  23. NA!NA!NA!
  24. Kissからはじめよう ; Kara hajimeyou
  25. 夏の終わりに想うこと ; Natsu no owari ni omou koto
  26. いつまでも ; Itsumademo
  27. ファイトソング ; Fight Song
  28. Di-Li-Li
  29. Future
  30. Still...
  31. Snowflake
  32. 冬を抱きしめて ; fuyu wo dakishimete
  33. How to fly
  34. スマイル ; Smile
  35. 僕が僕のすべて ; Boku ga boku no subete
  36. 忘れられない ; Wasurerarenai
  37. トビラ ; Tobira
  38. season
  39. 時計じかけのアンブレラ ; Tokei Jikae no Umbrella
  40. スーパーフレッシュ ; Super Fresh
  41. 揺らせ、今を ; Yurase ima wo
  42. もう一歩 ; Mou ippo
  43. スパイラル ; Spiral
  44. over
  45. タイムカプセル ; Time capsule
  46. STORY
  47. maboroshi
  48. あの日のメリークリスマス ; ano hi no merry xmas
  49. ever
  50. Boom Boom
  51. 消えぬ想い ; Kienu omoi
  52. together, forever
  53. うたかた ; Utakata
  54. wanna be...
  55. How Can I Love
  56. ついておいで ; Tsuite oide
  57. ふたりのカタチ ; Futari no katachi
  58. ひとりじゃないさ ; Hitori janai sa
  59. 目指した未来へ ; Mezashita mirai e
  60. 君がいるから ; Kimi ga iru kara
  61. 花火 ; Hanabi
  62. voice
http://www.johnnys-net.jp/page?id=te...Id=184&table=2

Never would have thought they included Sketch in the tracklist but I say most of the B-sides , I recongise the titles

Even if Ura-Ara-Mania is made available to be sold to the general public , I still will not buy it . I don't have any incentive especially if you have all their singles from their debut until Your Eyes

6,000 Yen for this doesn't seem like a good investment to me either

KarenPang 16th August 2012 05:16 PM

More details on Ura Ara Mania

Quote:

Arashi is holding their concert “AraFes” at Tokyo National Stadium for the fifth time this year and will be trying out some new ideas for their concert, including performing a repertoire voted by fans and doing away with back-up dancers.

To commemorate “AraFes”, Arashi is releasing a special compilation album titled “Ura Ara Mania” comprising 62 songs, 49 of which are coupling B-sides. Besides the coupling B-sides, the album also includes rare songs that are difficult to obtain, popular concert melodies and hidden songs. It’s described as an album that can be enjoyed by both fans who will and will not be attending “AraFes”.
http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/08/ara...ongs-revealed/

yatsuda 23rd August 2012 06:44 AM

I ordered it... and I hope I *DO* get tickets to AraFes... I should get a confirmation at the end of this month.

Oh, and Arashi's on TV this week promoting 24hr tv... Yay!

KarenPang 30th August 2012 04:19 AM

happy 29th birthday MatsuJun ! :D

KarenPang 7th September 2012 08:15 AM

Arashi might be this year’s Kohaku music special hosts

Arashi might be picked up to be NHK’s New Year’s Eve music special hosts for the third time, reports Tokyo Sports on September 7.

It has been reported NHK producers are beginning to look for potential hosts for Kohaku Uta Gassen’s red (akagumi) female artist team, and white (shirogumi) male artist team.

“A production team for the show has been finalised, and now they’ve begun discussions about what to do this year. At this rate, Arashi will probably be asked to be the shirogumi hosts for the third straight year,” said one source from NHK.

Although no one can definitely say this will happen, there is no denying the fact the group attracted TV ratings of over 40% in their past two Kohaku shows.

It has beee reported the most likely candidate for the women’s akagumi host this year will be actress Maki Horikita, who has been playing the main character in NHK’s popular drama 梅ちゃん先生 (Ume-chan Sensei).

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...special-hosts/

Bigtop 8th September 2012 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2904841)
Arashi might be this year’s Kohaku music special hosts

Arashi might be picked up to be NHK’s New Year’s Eve music special hosts for the third time, reports Tokyo Sports on September 7.

It has been reported NHK producers are beginning to look for potential hosts for Kohaku Uta Gassen’s red (akagumi) female artist team, and white (shirogumi) male artist team.

“A production team for the show has been finalised, and now they’ve begun discussions about what to do this year. At this rate, Arashi will probably be asked to be the shirogumi hosts for the third straight year,” said one source from NHK.

Although no one can definitely say this will happen, there is no denying the fact the group attracted TV ratings of over 40% in their past two Kohaku shows.

It has beee reported the most likely candidate for the women’s akagumi host this year will be actress Maki Horikita, who has been playing the main character in NHK’s popular drama 梅ちゃん先生 (Ume-chan Sensei).

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...special-hosts/

Third straight year!? :thud

yatsuda 8th September 2012 07:39 AM

Again? Well I'm pleased!!

I'm surprised they're not trying to get AKB48 to host the show, LOL!

KarenPang 12th September 2012 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yatsuda (Post 2905309)
Again? Well I'm pleased!!

I'm surprised they're not trying to get AKB48 to host the show, LOL!

lol read the fine prints , it's only a rumour for the time being . Nothing has been confirmed about it yet

Let alone for the 2012 Johnny's Countdown ... shouldn't they announce something about this like now ? D:

Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (3/9/2012~9/9/2012)

*1 48,154 *48,154 AKB48 – Maeda Atsuko Namida no Sotsugyou Sengen! In Saitama Super Arena ~Gyomu Renraku。 Tanomuzo, Katayama Buchou!~ Special BOX
*2 16,797 *16,797 Momoiro Clover Z – Momokuro no Haru no Ichidaiji 2012 ~Miwataseba Dai Panorama Jigoku~
*3 15,764 *15,764 Momoiro Clover Z – Momokuro no Haru no Ichidaiji 2012 ~Momokuro☆All Stars
*4 *5,634 **5,634 Onmyoza – Zekkai Enbu
*5 *4,052 **4,052 INFINITE - INFINITE 〔SECOND INVASION〕 1ST CONCERT LIVE IN SEOUL
*6 *3,924 **3,924 AKB48 – Maeda Atsuko Namida no Sotsugyou Sengen! In Saitama Super Arena ~Gyomu Renraku。 Tanomuzo, Katayama Buchou!~ Day 3 DVD
*7 *3,317 *21,661 Tokyo Jihen – Chin Play Kou Play
*8 *3,175 **3,175 AKB48 – Maeda Atsuko Namida no Sotsugyou Sengen! In Saitama Super Arena ~Gyomu Renraku。 Tanomuzo, Katayama Buchou!~ Special Digest Edition DVD
*9 *1,945 700,229 Arashi - ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World
10 *1,405 **1,405 AKB48 – Maeda Atsuko Namida no Sotsugyou Sengen! In Saitama Super Arena ~Gyomu Renraku。 Tanomuzo, Katayama Buchou!~ Day 2 DVD

KarenPang 14th September 2012 02:29 PM

ARASHI will perform on MUSIC STATION in early Oct

2012/10/05
  1. 嵐 ; ARASHI
  2. AKB48
  3. Sexy Zone
  4. 福山雅治 ; Fukuyama Masaharu
  5. ポルノグラフィティ ; Porno Graffitti

他 ; Others tbc

※五十音順

Hmmm wonder what they will be singing on that day ? Special medley ? :O

Bigtop 16th September 2012 04:44 AM

Finally Arashi on MS!!!

KarenPang 16th September 2012 10:21 AM

Yearly Top 50 (2011/12/26~2012/09/10)

Singles

*1 1,816,809 ***,723 Manatsu no Sounds good! / AKB48 12/05/23
*2 1,436,519 ***,*** GIVE ME FIVE! / AKB48 12/02/15
*3 1,235,826 *53,860 Gingham Check / AKB48 12/08/29
*4 *,648,012 ***,*** Wild at Heart / Arashi 12/03/07
*5 *,618,516 ***,358 Face Down / Arashi 12/05/09

*6 *,592,947 ***,*** Kataomoi Finally / SKE48 12/01/25
*7 *,580,714 **3,087 Ai Shite Love Ru! / SKE48 12/05/16
*8 *,557,445 ***,468 Your Eyes / Arashi 12/06/06
*9 *,448,345 ***,*** Nagiichi / NMB48 12/05/09
10 *,376,302 ***,*** Junjou U-19 / NMB48 12/02/08
11 *,370,633 **1,880 ER / Eight Ranger 12/07/25
12 *,344,501 **7,877 Virginity / NMB48 12/08/08
13 *,335,487 **7,296 WANNA BEEEE!!!/Shake It Up / Kis-My-Ft2 12/08/15
14 *,320,016 ***,331 Ai Deshita. / Kanjani∞ 12/06/13
15 *,314,566 ***,489 We never give up! / Kis-My-Ft2 11/12/14
16 *,297,287 **2,371 Chankapana / NEWS 12/07/18
17 *,290,971 ***,*** SUPER DELICATE / Hey! Say! JUMP 12/02/22
18 *,275,640 ***,*** Inori ~Namida no Kidou/End of the day/pieces / Mr.Children 12/04/18
19 *,241,780 ***,474 ALL NIGHT LONG / EXILE 12/06/20
20 *,239,892 ***,495 SHE! HER! HER! / Kis-My-Ft2 12/03/21
21 *,221,193 ***,333 Oide Shampoo / Nogizaka46 12/05/02
22 *,210,513 ***,320 Guruguru Curtain / Nogizaka46 12/02/22
23 *,208,710 **3,303 Hashire! Bicycle / Nogizaka46 12/08/22
24 *,208,039 208,039 Aoppana / Kanjani∞ 12/09/05
25 *,201,179 ***,599 HEAT / Kim Hyun Joong 12/07/04
26 *,195,434 ***,*** Good Luck / BUMP OF CHICKEN 12/01/18
27 *,187,166 ***,*** GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku- / B'z 12/04/04
28 *,184,469 ***,*** Opera / SUPER JUNIOR 12/05/09
29 *,182,697 **1,562 Moment / SMAP 12/08/01
30 *,181,726 ***,*** Sakasama no Sora / SMAP 12/04/25
31 *,176,974 ***,*** Ikiteru Ikiteku / Fukuyama Masaharu 12/03/28
32 *,175,544 ***,328 ANDROID / Tohoshinki 12/07/11
33 *,171,574 ***,*** Suika Baby / NOT YET 12/05/30
34 *,169,942 ***,392 Kimi wa Boku da / Maeda Atsuko
35 *,169,941 ***,*** TO THE LIMIT / KAT-TUN 12/06/27
36 *,168,315 ***,*** I, Texas / Yamashita Tomohisa 12/02/29
37 *,165,148 ***,*** Boku no Hanbun / SMAP 11/12/21
38 *,163,463 ***,260 Beautiful / 2PM 12/06/06
39 *,160,791 ***,*** STILL / Tohoshinki 12/03/14
40 *,158,613 ***,*** Speed Up/Girl's Power / KARA 12/03/21
41 *,158,132 ***,*** Synchro Tokimeki / Watanabe Mayu 12/02/29
42 *,154,042 154,042 24karats TRIBE OF GOLD / EXILE TRIBE 12/09/05
43 *,151,724 ***,*** Soredemo Suki da yo / Sashihara Rino 12/05/02
44 *,147,508 ***,*** Kawatta Katachi no Ishi / KinKi Kids 12/01/11
45 *,143,078 **3,321 Sakura / Hikawa Kiyoshi 12/02/08
46 *,142,489 ***,*** Lady Diamond / Sexy Zone 12/04/11
47 *,140,882 ***,*** LOVE CHASE / Yamashita Tomohisa 12/07/04
48 *,133,577 ***,483 PAPARAZZI / Shoujo Jidai 12/06/27
49 *,131,417 **3,102 0 ~ZERO~ / Sandaime J Soul Brothers 12/08/08
50 *,121,547 ***,*** KISS KISS/Lucky Guy / Kim Hyun Joong 12/01/25

Such a waste , Face Down should have sold much more than Wild At Heart ._.

yatsuda 17th September 2012 01:42 AM

^I totally agree about face down!!

I guess that a medley is the only thing they could sing on MS... unless they've got news of a new release?

*sigh*... I didn't get tickets to Arafes. I'm disappointed. Seriously wondering whether I should renew my membership...

Beauty4123 18th September 2012 06:49 PM

totally can't wait for that MUSIC STATION performance! :D

KarenPang 20th September 2012 02:29 PM

ARASHI will be releasing their 11th album Popcorn (yes you see it correctly) on 31st Oct & this was announced earlier on at the 1st day of ARAFES !

To support the release of Popcorn , ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn has been announced & it will be a 5 domes concert

http://imageshack.us/a/img339/434/am...msyvf94mfb.jpg

Kyocera (Osaka) Dome - November: 16, 17 & 18
Sapporo Dome - 11/30, 12/1 & 12/2
Fukuoka Dome - December: 7,8 & 9
Tokyo Dome - December: 13,14,15 & 16
Nagoya Dome - 2013, January: 11, 12 & 13

http://www.johnnys-net.jp/page?id=consta&artist=10#98

tracklist & no. of edition/s tbc but omg original title seriously xD

tokyoxjapanxfan 20th September 2012 04:32 PM

such an interesting name for an album haha.

i feel like its been a reaaaally long time since they released an album...? haha maybe not though

KarenPang 20th September 2012 04:38 PM

their last album Beautiful World was released last July so it's about high time for a new album but I didn't expect it will be titled Popcorn

And why I get the feeling it's Aiba that chose the album title ? -_- After all , he's the 1 that's in charge of the ARAFES concert goods too so ~_~

More details on Popcorn

Quote:

Following Arashi‘s successful “AraFes” at Tokyo National Stadium this Sept 20th and tomorrow, Sept 21st. The 5-member popular group also announced that they will be releasing an album entitled “POPCORN” this Oct. 31st. Furthermore, they will embark on a nationwide tour starting on Nov. 16th.

The said album will have 4 singles, 5 new solos, and 7 studio songs.
http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...ng-tour-dates/

KarenPang 21st September 2012 01:29 AM

Arashi announces the big Dome tour + New album

On September 20th, popular group Arashi held the first day of their 2-day live “AraFes” at the National Olympic Stadium. At the concert more than 70,000 were in the audience and it was announced that they would be releasing a new album “Popcorn” on October 31st, and holding a big Dome tour.

Starting at Kyocera Dome Osaka on November 16th, Arashi will make the rounds in the 5 big Domes of Japan (Kyocera Dome Osaka, Sapporo Dome, Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome, Tokyo Dome, and Nagoya Dome). With a total of 16 performances, and including this 2-day “AraFes” concert, the total number of audience will reach 870,000 people for 18 performances. (You can check the schedule for the Dome tour here.)

As announced previously, this ”AraFes” concert was different from Arashi’s regular concerts, as its set list was based on fans’ requests which were sent about 270,000 of them. Arashi performed about 40 songs that were ranked top among their singles, tracks from albums, as well as the coupling songs. Also, there was no Johnny’s Jr. members who usually appear as the back dancers, for this concert, so when each member performed their solo tracks, fellow members participated as the back dancers. This hard stage made the members out of breath fast even during the first half of the concert, and a member Ninomiya Kazunari said, “I’ve never felt grateful toward Jr. members this much before.”

As the member Matsumoto Jun declared “Arashi’s summer never ends. Five of us will make 70,000 of you happy!”, the 70,000 audience kept giving Arashi enthusiastic cheers during the whole 3 and a half hours concert.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/09/ara...our-new-album/

KarenPang 21st September 2012 04:49 AM

links are up to preorder Popcorn

NEOARASHI-1011
Arashi/Popcorn[Limited Edition] CDA
2952 yen US$37/79.36 Release Date:2012/10/31
Description:Eleventh album from Arashi features "Akashi," "Kakenukero," 5 more new songs, members' 5 solo tracks, 4 single tracks, and more for 16 tracks total. Cover artworks corresponding to limited edition and regular edition are different from each other. Features special packaging and bonus!
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=NEOARASHI-1011
*********************************************
JACA-5339
Arashi/Popcorn[Regular Edition] CDA
2952 yen US$37/79.36 Release Date:2012/10/31
Description:Eleventh album from Arashi features "Akashi," "Kakenukero," 5 more new songs, members' 5 solo tracks, 4 single tracks, and more for 16 tracks total. Cover artworks corresponding to limited edition and regular edition are different.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5339

===

2 editions , 1 RE & 1 LE & I will be getting the LE when it gets released in Taiwan in mid Nov x)

Bigtop 21st September 2012 06:53 AM

Finally new album!!! We've been waiting for such new releases for WAY TOO LONG - and finally, an album!!! Was it really the time? I mean, we had four singles since last year's album...going to be quite interesting!!!

KarenPang 22nd September 2012 03:27 AM

Top 10 Single, Album and Coupling songs voted by fans according to Oricon

<Single Song>

順位│タイトル│発売日
1│『Face Down』(38th single)│12年5/9
2│『Wild at Heart』(37th single)│12年3/7 
3│『truth』(23rd single)│08年8/20 
4│『PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE』(12th single)│04年2/18 
5│『A・RA・SHI』(1st single)│99年11/3 
6│『Happiness』(20th single)│07年9/5 
7│『Monster』(30th single)│10年5/19
8│『Step and Go』(21st single)│08年2/20 
9│『Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi』(4th single)│00年11/8
10│『Love so sweet』(18th single)│07年2/21

<Album song>

順位│タイトル│収録タイトル│発売日
1│『Energy Song』│『Beautiful World』収録(セブンネットオリジナル盤)
2│『5×10』│『All the BEST! 1999-2009』収録│09年8/19
3│『Love Situation』│『Time』収録│07年7/11
4│『Subarashiki Sekai』│『One』収録│05年8/3
5│『CARNIVAL NIGHT part2』│『ARASHIC』収録│06年7/5
6│『Oh Yeah!』│『Time』収録│07年7/11
7│『Kaze』│『Time』収録│07年7/11
8│『Summer Splash!』│『僕の見ている風景』収録│10年8/4
9│『Yes? No?』│『One』収録│05年8/3
10│『La tormenta 2004』│『5×5 THE BEST SELECTION OF 2002←2004』収録│04年11/10

<Coupling song>

順位│タイトル│収録タイトル│発売日
1│『Still...』│『Happiness』収録│07年9/5
2│『Fight Song』│『Love so sweet』(初回限定盤)収録│07年2/21
3│『Tokei jikake no umbrella』│『マイガール』│09年11/11
4│『Boku ga boku no subete』│『Beautiful days』収録│08年11/5
5│『season』│『Everything』収録│09年7/1
6│『Gorimuuchuu』│『PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE』収録│04年2/18
7│『Yurase, Ima wo』│『Troublemaker』収録│10年3/3
8│『Spiral』│『Monster』収録│10年5/19
9│『Natsu no owari ni omou koto』│『アオゾラペダル』収録│06年8/2
10│『Ichioku no Hoshi』│『WISH』収録│05年11/16

I say I agree with this list about close to 90% & the fans does have great taste in some of the songs being selected in the list

KarenPang 23rd September 2012 03:40 AM

weekly sales

S(TOP200)
136  *,384  累计 557,829  Your Eyes
169  *,315  累计 618,831  Face Down
176  *,290  累计 648,302  ワイルド アット ハート

A(TOP300)
*81  1,137  累计 1,884,828 All the BEST! 1999-2009
204  *,450  累计 935,184 Beautiful World

DVD(TOP30)
*11  1,547  累计 701,776  ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World
*26  *,525  累计 863,018  ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×10
*28  *,496  累计 209,712  2004 岚! いざッ、Now Tour!!
*29  *,456  累计 882,812  5×10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009

KarenPang 26th September 2012 07:16 AM

Tracklist for Popcorn

1.Welcome to our party
2.駆け抜けろ!; Kakenukero!
3.ワイルド アット ハート ; Wild At Heart
4.Face Down
5.We wanna funk, we need a funk (Vocal:Jun Matsumoto)
6.two (Vocal:Satoshi Ohno)
7.Waiting for you
8.楽園 ; Rakuen (Vocal:Masaki Aiba)
9.旅は続くよ ; Tabi wa Tsudzuku yo
10.それはやっぱり君でした ; Sore wa Yappari Kimideshita (Vocal:Kazunari Ninomiya)
11.迷宮ラブソング ; Meikyuu Love Song
12.Your Eyes
13.Fly on Friday (Vocal:Sho Sakurai)
14.Cosmos
15.証 ; Akashi
16.Up to you

http://www.johnnys-net.jp/page?id=di...il&dataId=1891

Based on the song titles alone , 1st 1/2 of Popcorn until MatsuJun's solo might be really upbeat while downwards , it might be very ballad ish :O

but lol really @ MatsuJun's solo title . We wanna funk, we need a funk , seriously ? :eyebrow

Bigtop 26th September 2012 08:25 PM

Very packed tracklist like last time (Beautiful World) - cannot wait for this!

yatsuda 27th September 2012 12:28 PM

Really happy about this new album and tour!!! It was about time!!

Mai82Go 27th September 2012 04:21 PM

I read that tracklist somewhere else and doubled over, over Matsujuns song title! Then I read it again and saw that it says something different from what I read. Couldn't have imagined a title like that for Arashi or any Johnnys group really. But I was really shocked for a moment. :D

KarenPang 27th September 2012 05:57 PM

funny that MatsuJun's solo song title is the longest but yet it's amusing

let alone it sounds quite vulgar too D: D: D:

I honestly only look forward to Ohno's as he can't do wrong & he can sing basically any type of song without any problems . I don't know for the rest but I'll be open to being surprised , just like what I had with Sakurai's Kono Mama Motto & Nino's Doko ni Demo Aru Uta.

Although this time round , I just have the feeling Nino's Sore wa Yappari Kimideshita is going to be a ballad yet again :x but anything's better than Gimmick Game for sure

KarenPang 4th October 2012 01:31 PM

Aiba Masaki, Best Jeanist for 2nd consecutive year!

Jeanist award is given to celebrities who suit jeans the best. On its 29th edition, “Best Jeanist 2012″ was awarded to Aiba Masaki and Kuroki Meisa, after general election. This is the second consecutive year Aiba gets the said award.

“After standing here last year and being able to stand here yet again it’s something I wasn’t expecting. I have to say to people who voted for me, thank you very much. Truth is you can wear jeans or denim in pretty much any ocassion, though I wear it most outside shooting locations. I’m truly honored by this, thank you very much”, he said while receiving the award.

This ceremony has been held since 1984, awarded to Kimura Takuya (1994〜1998), Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (1999〜2003), Domoto Tsuyoshi (2004), awarding members of the agency for 11 years in a row. Although during 2005 it was awarded to another entertainer, agency quickly came back in 2006 with Kamenashi Kazuya entering the hall of fame by achieving this award for 5 consecutive years until 2010.

http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...secutive-year/


KarenPang 6th October 2012 04:10 AM

ARASHI sang Akashi + Wild At Heart at last night's MUSIC STATION 3 hours SP

KarenPang 8th October 2012 01:15 AM

Nino played the 1st track of Popcorn ie. Welcome to our party at his radio show Baystorm yesterday ... well a long teaser of it



Sounds so cool & yay for Sakurap :D . Kinda reminds me of CARNIVAL NIGHT part2 to a certain extent too :O

KarenPang 9th October 2012 12:50 PM

Popcorn covers

Regular

http://imageshack.us/a/img4/4709/popcornre.jpg

Limited

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net...SQLmhe2KWLBvo_

:roflmao at the Limited cover for obvious reasons lmao

Bigtop 10th October 2012 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2916901)
Popcorn covers

Regular

http://imageshack.us/a/img4/4709/popcornre.jpg

Limited

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net...SQLmhe2KWLBvo_

:roflmao at the Limited cover for obvious reasons lmao

Can't see LE cover...

KarenPang 10th October 2012 08:38 AM

http://oi45.tinypic.com/vh6wkz.jpg

http://www.johnnys-net.jp/page?id=di...il&dataId=1891

Bigtop 10th October 2012 08:27 PM

Thanks...

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2916901)
:roflmao at the Limited cover for obvious reasons lmao

...agreed :roflmao


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