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KarenPang 11th October 2012 09:30 AM

weekly sales

Single

168 ***,266 648,880 嵐 Waiha
169 ***,264 558,894 嵐 Your Eyes
175 ***,256 619,722 嵐 Face Down

Album

*91 ***,989 1,887,876 嵐 All the BEST

DVD

11 11 **1,128 706,256 47 嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World 12/05/23
29 -- ***,423 211,090 -- 嵐 / 2004 嵐! いざッ、Now Tour!! 05/01/01
30 27 ***,416 386,942 -- 嵐 / SUMMER TOUR 2007 FINAL Time -コトバノチカラ- 08/04/16

from 2ch

Also, new info about Popcorn

J-Storm updated about the difference between the Regular Edition and the Limited Edition

First Press Edition

【初回プレス仕様】(CD1枚組)First Press
JACA-5338 ¥3,100(税込)

☆スペシャルパッケージ仕様 Special Package
☆歌詞ブックレット(36P)封入 Lyrics Booklet
☆オリジナル絵本「愛と勇気とポップコーン ~Popcornができるまで~」(24P)Original Picture Book "Ai to Yuuki to Popcorn (Love, Courage and Popcorn) ~ Popcorn ga Dekirumade ~"
☆「Popcorn」オリジナル・ステッカー封入 Popcorn Original Sticker

Regular Edition

【通常仕様】(CD1枚組)Regular Edition

JACA-5339 ¥3,100(税込) 
☆歌詞ブックレット(36P)封入 Lyrics Booklet

http://arashi-no-jidai.livejournal.com/609613.html

KarenPang 11th October 2012 01:47 PM

Writing/composing credits for Popcorn

01. Welcome to our party
作詞:Soluna, Shun
Rap詞:櫻井 翔
作曲:Stephan Elfgren, Conor Edwards,
   Junior Jokinen
編曲:吉岡たく

02. 駆け抜けろ!
「日産セレナ」CMソング
作詞:s-Tnk
作曲:Takuya Harada, Samuli Laiho, Pessi Levanto
編曲:石塚知生

03. ワイルド アット ハート
フジテレビ系ドラマ月曜よる9時
「ラッキーセブン」主題歌
作詞:Soluna
作曲:Chris Janey, Junior Jokinen
編曲:Trevor Ingram

04. Face Down
フジテレビ系ドラマ月曜よる9時
「鍵のかかった部屋」主題歌
作詞:eltvo
Rap詞:櫻井 翔
作曲:Albi Albertsson, Royce.H, Vincent Stein,
   Konstantin Scherer
編曲:metropolitan digital clique,
   Vincent Stein, Konstantin Scherer

05. We wanna funk, we need a funk  
Vocal: Jun Matsumoto
作詞:Shigeo, Bruce R F Smith, John World
作曲:Bruce R F Smith, Mats Ymell
編曲:metropolitan digital clique

06. two
Vocal: Satoshi Ohno
作詞:Soluna
作曲:Erik Lidbom, R.P.P.
編曲:Erik Lidbom

07. Waiting for you
作詞:Soluna
作曲:Octobar, iiiSAK
編曲:吉岡たく, 宮野幸子

08. 楽園
Vocal: Masaki Aiba
作詞:s-Tnk
作曲:鈴木ともよし
編曲:Slice Of Life, Tatsuya K.

09. 旅は続くよ
作詞:furaha
作曲:curly, youwhich
編曲:youwhich

10. それはやっぱり君でした  
Vocal: Kazunari Ninomiya
作詞:二宮和也
作曲:大知正鉱
編曲:ha-j, 二宮和也

11. 迷宮ラブソング
フジテレビ系火曜よる9時ドラマ
「謎解きはディナーのあとで」主題歌
作詞:伊織
作曲:iiiSAK, Dyce Taylor
編曲:Trevor Ingram

12. Your Eyes
日本テレビ系土曜9時ドラマ
「三毛猫ホームズの推理」主題歌
作詞:hs
作曲:Chris Janey, Max Grant
編曲:石塚知生

13. Fly on Friday
Vocal: Sho Sakurai  
作詞・作曲:eltvo
Rap詞:櫻井 翔
編曲:kz

14. Cosmos
作詞:pause, eltvo
Rap詞:櫻井 翔
作曲:Erik Lidbom
編曲:佐々木博史

15. 証
日本テレビ系「ロンドン2012」テーマソング
作詞・作曲:QQ
編曲:ha-j

16. Up to you  

http://www.j-storm.co.jp/arashi/disco/album/a_15.html

KarenPang 15th October 2012 02:30 AM

Bigger covers for Popcorn

Regular

http://oi48.tinypic.com/t5107k.jpg

Limited

http://oi49.tinypic.com/2akbwqp.jpg

Popcorn group promo pic

http://oi46.tinypic.com/6jesg7.jpg

Also , Popcorn will be advertised on the sides of Japan Airlines airplanes, marking the 3rd time the two have partnered up

http://oi50.tinypic.com/155pd93.jpg

Bigtop 15th October 2012 05:37 AM

Thanks for sharing! Still that JAL-Arashi partnership...anybody knows how much relationship between JAL and Arashi? What about other Johnny's groups preferring JAL - and other Johnny's groups that actually prefer JAL's competitor ANA?

KarenPang 16th October 2012 01:04 AM

Fuji TV drama ‘Lucky Seven’ to air a drama special in spring

Quote:

On October 16th, Fuji TV announced that they are going to air a special episode of their 2012 winter drama ‘Lucky Seven‘ starring Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun in spring 2013.

The drama followed a team of seven private detectives that struggled with various difficult cases. Matsumoto was supported by an ensemble of great actors such as Eita, Matsushima Nanako, Oizumi Yo, and Naka Riisa. One highlight of ‘Lucky Seven’ were the actions scenes featuring Matsumoto and Eita, but it also offered a lot of comical situations, which turned it into a very successful drama with a season-average rating of 15.6%.

In spring the team of seven are going to tackle yet another difficult case in a new special episode that will also feature two prominent guest stars with actress Ishihara Satomi and actor Oikawa Mitsuhiro. The latter is playing a brilliant economist who is rumored to be the mastermind behind a couple of financial crimes, while Ishihara plays his charming and devilish secretary. The protagonist ‘Tokita Shuntaro’ (Matsumoto) is approaching the secretary in order to get to the bottom of the financial crimes, but he soon realizes that his feelings for her aren’t all that fake. He has completely fallen for her devilish charm and keeps on losing sight of his actual objective.

Filming for the special began on October 13th and Matsumoto commented, “I want it to become a special episode that makes you laugh, but also features a lot of action and a thrilling pace.”

Ishihara expressed, “I’m looking forward to work with Matsumoto again. It has been a while that we worked together. I haven’t played that many mysterious characters in dramas so far, but I’d like to work hard and enjoy this new experience.”

Fuji TV has yet to announce an exact date for the special episode.
http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/10/fuj...ial-in-spring/

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Arashi & Horikita Maki to host NHK’s Kouhaku 2012

http://jenewsdaily.files.wordpress.c...pg?w=319&h=427

Quote:

On October 16th it was revealed that Horikita Maki (24) and popular group Arashi have been appointed as hosts of 63rd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, to be broadcasted in New Years’ Eve.

This is the 3rd time for Arashi to host Kouhaku since 2010 and the first time for Horikita. After receiving positive reviews for her heroine portrayal in morning drama “Ume-chan Sensei” which ended on September 29th with an average rating of 20.7%. The first time in nine years since a morning drama achieves more than 20% ratings.

After yet another fulfilling year in Arashi’s musical career it was only natural for them to host this ceremony. Horikita has already worked in the past with some members of Arashi like, Sakurai Sho (30), Ninomiya Kazunari (29) and Matsumoto Jun (29).
http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...-kouhaku-2012/

ok looks like it's confirmed after all & hardly any surprise since this year there's no Johnny's countdown going on so :x

Bigtop 16th October 2012 07:15 AM

Arashi once again to lead the white team!? I'm getting tired of this - until I read there's no Johnny's countdown - wait a minute:

WHY IS THERE NO JOHNNY'S COUNTDOWN???

Is there any issues regarding costs? What about any other act performing at the Tokyo Dome???

KarenPang 16th October 2012 07:51 AM

Both KinKi Kids & Kanjani8 are having their own separate countdown at different places outside of Tokyo & in recent times , even SMAP & TOKIO don't really participate in them as frequent as before

It frankly didn't really surprise me there might/will not be any Johnny's Countdown cos if so , this would have been announced way back in Aug if not last month

Now is already mid Oct , it seems very late & you cannot expect ARASHI to perform live via satellite which they've done so for the past 2 years isn't it ? :shrug

KarenPang 16th October 2012 02:15 PM

Weekly Sales

DVD

*5 11 **1,031 707,287 30 嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World 12/05/23
21 -- ***,413 884,578 -- 嵐 / 5×10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009 09/10/28
22 30 ***,412 387,354 -- 嵐 / SUMMER TOUR 2007 FINAL Time -コトバノチカラ- 08/04/16
30 -- ***,367 864,805 -- 嵐 / ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×10 10/04/07

From 2ch

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Johnny's Net has updated Popcorn group & solo shots

http://i45.tinypic.com/212sjrq.jpg

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

KarenPang 23rd October 2012 12:49 PM

new JAL x ARASHI plane, complete with seat map of which seat aisle was sat by each member

http://www.jal.co.jp/tabilabo/information01.html

KarenPang 26th October 2012 01:28 PM

NINKI index for Popcorn

Albums

01 516.40 Arashi - Popcorn
02 50.50 Ne-Yo - R.E.D.
03 23.10 Fujii Fumiya - Winter String
04 21.20 Galileo Galilei - Baby, It's Cold Outside
05 20.00 Shibata Jun - COVER 70's
06 19.50 Norah Jones - Covers
07 17.30 AZU - BEST
08 16.20 KARA - PANDORA
09 14.60 Chara - COCOON
10 14.40 John-Hoon - VOICE 2

Bigtop 27th October 2012 12:22 AM

No surprise here (along with AKB48 expecting to dominate the singles race, first time AKB48 and ARASHI releasing something on the same day (albeit no head-to-head matchup as AKB48's releasing "UZA" single)... In fact, I can't think of anything else among my favorites that would release a new album on that day...

KarenPang 27th October 2012 09:53 AM

Popcorn is already up for download

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115436

Beauty4123 27th October 2012 07:05 PM

i'm so happy that a new album is being released! :yatta "Popcorn" is such a cute title. it totally fits arashi, lol. and the covers are also so cute! :heart

nice to see another high NINKI ranking. i'm sure the album is gonna do amazingly well. can't wait to listen to it! :D

KarenPang 28th October 2012 03:26 AM

YouTube streaming on all the Popcorn solos

MatsuJun's We wanna funk, we need a funk



Uh seriously WTH at his solo song title o_O but at least his solo is tolerable as by right MatsuJun's the weakest singer in the group

Ohno's two



Really like it *__* Ohno doesn't really disappoint as in general his solos are great

Aiba's Rakuen



Very different from Aiba's usual solo style but this's not bad really

Nino's Sore wa Yappari Kimideshita



:luv2

Ok wow I think outta the 5 Popcorn solos , Nino's my fave . It sounds like something left behind from Beautiful World's Doko ni Demo Aru Uta. which's super awesome >3<

Also it helps that he wrote it & co-composed it too , damn , home run for you Nino xD

Sakurai's Fly on Friday



Haha this sounds like something that can be used in the World Cup or something -_-

Not really my fave but it's quite decent :O

The Popcorn album tracks on the other hand are really solid & top notch from what I have listened yesterday til now

Can't wait to get my copy in mid Nov *__*

KarenPang 31st October 2012 01:15 AM

Aiba has a new winter drama lined up , it's titled Last Hope

Quote:

Aiba will star in Fuji's new drama for the winter season, on tuesday 9pm slot.

Cast includes Tabe Mikako, Tanabe Seiichi and Takashima Masahiro.

The drama is set on a high-technology medical center, and it's a human-suspense drama.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1092/023420.jpg

http://arashi-no-jidai.livejournal.com/616089.html

wow Dr Aiba is in the house xD

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Aiba Masaki to star in new medical drama ‘Last Hope’

Quote:

On October 31st, Fuji TV announced that one of their upcoming winter dramas will be a medical drama titled ‘Last Hope‘ starring Aiba Masaki from the popular group Arashi.

Fuji TV describes ‘Last Hope’ as a human medical suspense drama. The story revolves around a medical team with completely different individuals, whether it’s their age, their gender, their achievements or their field of specialization. While aiming to become the forefront of advanced medical care, those individuals grows as a team and face their hidden pasts.

Aiba will play the protagonist, an internist who possess a great power of imagination and is able imagine the pain of the patients, which causes him to become very close to them. He can read and understand the emotions of each patient just by checking their heartbeat through his stethoscope. On the other hand he is also a person who tends to do things at his own pace and never misses his mid-afternoon snack at 3:00 pm. He is also burdened with a secret in his past that he has yet to find out himself.

Speaking of cutting-edge medical research, the director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at the Kyoto University, Yamanaka Shinya, was recently awarded with the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery that mature cells can be converted to stem cells. On the day of the drama announcement, he also received the Order of Culture.

Aiba, who will be taking on his first role as a doctor with this drama, commented excitedly, “It’s a drama about a group of individuals that make use of cutting-edge medical care similar to what earned Professor Yamanaka the Nobel Prize! I can’t believe I’m playing a doctor!”

The supporting cast is made up of actress Tabe Mikako as a cool and dry doctor from the emergency room, actor Tanabe Seiichi as a gifted and presumptuous surgeon who loves women, and actor Kohinata Fumiyo as an ambitious specialist for advanced medical care. Additional characters are played by Kitamura Yukiya, Sakuraba Nanami, Takashima Masahiro, and Hirata Mitsuru.

Fuji TV will be airing ‘Last Hope’ every Tuesday at 9:00 pm.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/10/aib...ama-last-hope/

KarenPang 1st November 2012 01:17 PM

http://i50.tinypic.com/2h3d5cm.jpg

KarenPang 2nd November 2012 01:35 AM

Ninomiya Kazunari: an art piece of 1.3 million Pocky



On October 31st, Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari (29) attended a Guinness World Records Challenge Event held by “Pocky” (Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.).

Pocky created a mosaic art based on their CM model character played by Ninomiya, “Devil Nino”. They entered the Guiness book by using 1,307,208 pocky. In order to achieve this, a total of 240 people worked during 48 hours.

When the 50.92 square meters mosaic art was unveiled, Ninomiya expressed full of joy; “Amazing!”, “I’m really glad I became an entertainer, I’m deeply touched”. Ninomiya also participated as representative of the brand and received the Guinness certificate on stage. Deeply grateful he said, “This was prepared by a lot of people, so I want to thank all of them”.

Among the agency, KinKi Kids and President Johnny Kitagawa are the only Guinness World Record holders. Though Ninomiya’s award is not a direct certification, for Guinness association, he is considered as the 3rd member of the agency to be awarded. To this, Nino dedicated a message to Johnny-san, “Finally! You can say we are side by side” he said with a smug face causing laugh among the audience.

In addition, it was revealed by “オリ★スタ” magazine that Arashi has won the top spot as “Favorite Artist Ranking chosen by 20,000 music fans” for the 3rd consecutive year.

http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...million-pocky/

Bigtop 2nd November 2012 05:17 AM

I'm so speechless, seeing that based on sales it's their BEST studio album ever done. Especially after coming off from a five-month layoff of releasing any singles since "Your Eyes" back early June...

Any other possible reasons why?

KarenPang 2nd November 2012 01:25 PM

http://i47.tinypic.com/2e66glg.jpg

yatsuda 3rd November 2012 01:45 AM

Wow, congrats Arashi, Nino.
I have yet to get "popcorn", oops!!!
(still annoyed at the fact that I haven't gotten tickets to any Arashi event 5 times in a row... what's the point of being in the fan club, grrrr!).

KarenPang 3rd November 2012 03:10 AM

I wouldn't get Popcorn til mid/late Nov as I will be buying the Taiwan 1st press edition since avex Taiwan is making both editions that will be out on 16th Nov *_*

But I have to say for Popcorn , I was really surprised especially with regards to the solos that sound better than what I expected

Nino's solo is the best hands down like seriously

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Oricon’s favourite artist ranking for 2012

Oricon’s print magazine ‘Only Star‘ recently conducted a survey asking 20,000 people on who their favorite artist was.

Coming in first place for Oricon’s 9th “Favorite Artist Ranking” was none other than ARASHI. This marks the group’s third consecutive year to top the ranking. Aside from music, ARASHI has been active in dramas, varieties, and CMs. They will also be hosting the upcoming ‘NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen‘ for the third year in a row.

01. ARASHI
02. Ikimonogakari
03. Mr.Children
04. Fukuyama Masaharu
05. Yuzu
06. B’z
07. Southern All-Stars
08. Utada Hikaru
09. Kobukuro
10. Porno Graffiti
11. Spitz
12. aiko
13. AKB48
14. Perfume
15. YUI
16. Amuro Namie
17. DREAMS COME TRUE
18. Kuwata Keisuke
19. BUMP OF CHICKEN
20. EXILE

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/11/ori...king-for-2012/

Hardly any surprise on that but congrats once again guys :p

KarenPang 3rd November 2012 12:16 PM

http://i50.tinypic.com/i1d151.jpg

Awesome , Popcorn will outsell the 1st week sales of Beautiful World by tomorrow

Beauty4123 3rd November 2012 06:32 PM

the album is selling extremely well! i'm so happy for arashi! :yatta

speaking of the album, i've listened to "Popcorn", and overall, it's such a great album! but as always, i'm a bit biased since it's arashi, so...:laugh but seriously, it's such a good album! i liked all the singles that were on it, so i'm not surprised that i liked the album tracks, as well. :)

even though i like all the album tracks, i think my most favorite songs are "Welcome to our party", "Waiting for you", and "Cosmos". "Cosmos" is probably the best album track of the whole album. i think it's absolutely amazing! :love i've also enjoyed all the solo songs (especially matsujun's :heart it's such a fun song & it's totally matsujun, lol :P) ohno's solo is a beautiful song, as well. and sho's solo is awesome & i also think it's a song that's totally sho. :D

KarenPang 4th November 2012 04:01 AM

After listening to Popcorn for the last few days , I feel that it's much better than what I expected

My fave group track has to be Waiting for you . Something about that song's just wow . I've already heard Welcome to our party before that since I heard a long snippet of it that Aiba played on his radio show

Solos wise , much more better than I thought as well . Even MatsuJun's solo is tolerable despite the wth title with it being subtle vulgar ~_~

Aiba's solo surprised me , it's much different from what he usually does & Sakurai's oddly sound like something straight from the World Cup lmao

Ohno's solo is awesome but Nino's solo is probably the best outta the lot in Popcorn

Towards the tail end of Popcorn , it gets a little bit weak from Sakurai's Fly on Friday onwards but overall really solid effort & doesn't surprise me that Popcorn will overtake the 1st week sales of Beautiful World really soon

KarenPang 5th November 2012 11:50 AM

http://i50.tinypic.com/nzm1zk.jpg

KarenPang 6th November 2012 12:39 PM

Weekly sales

Album

**1 701,260 *,701,260 嵐 popcorn
*69 **1,126 1,891,543 嵐(BEST)

DVD

*9 14 **1,253 710,305 29 嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World 12/05/23
20 -- ***,509 885,657 -- 嵐 / 5×10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009 09/10/28
24 -- ***,453 388,453 -- 嵐 / SUMMER TOUR 2007 FINAL Time -コトバノチカラ- 08/04/16
25 -- ***,413 865,822 -- 嵐 / ARASHI Annivasary Tour 5×10 10/04/07

inspire_rmx 6th November 2012 02:11 PM

hope the latest album can break the million sales mark as well!

Bigtop 6th November 2012 07:26 PM

Barely breaks the 700,000 barrier again! It seems the momentum doesn't stop...

KarenPang 7th November 2012 01:32 AM

doesn't really surprise me that Popcorn sold about 70,000+ more than what Beautiful World obtained in the 1st week

overall music quality for Popcorn is better , singles are much more stronger if not less boring (hello Face Down) & their solos are probably their best lot of solos they've did in a really long time

wouldn't also surprise me if RIAJ will certify Popcorn a Million certification too

KarenPang 7th November 2012 01:53 PM

Nino will be starring in a new movie titled Platina Data which will open in cinemas at 16th March 2013

Additional cast: Namase Katsuhisa, Suzuki Honami, Anne, Mizuhara Kiko

Trailer of his new movie :


Beauty4123 7th November 2012 06:48 PM

the first week sales for "Popcorn" are amazing! i'm so happy for arashi! :yatta

KarenPang 8th November 2012 02:38 PM

‘Platinum Data’ movie adaptation reveals supporting cast

On November 8, the supporting cast of the upcoming movie adaptation of Higashino Keigo’s novel ‘Platinum Data‘ was revealed.

‘Platinum Data’, starring Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari and actor Toyokawa Etsushi, is set in 2017 and tells the story of a young brilliant scientist named Kagura Ryuhei (Ninomiya), who works as a DNA specialist for the National Police Agency in the newly created underwater DNA data center. One day, he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in the murder case of the person who developed the new DNA investigation system. Having no memory of what actually happened, Kagura decides to run away from the police and the detective in charge (Toyokawa).

The movie is directed by Otomo Keishi (‘Rurouni Kenshin’, ‘Ryoma-den’) and its screenplay is written by Hamada Shuya (‘Zettai Reido’). The four new additions to the cast are Suzuki Honami, Namase Katsuhisa, Anne, and Mizuhara Kiko.

Suzuki plays an authoritative genetic scientist, while Namase plays the head of the research facility. Anne and Mizuhara complete the team as an analyst and a brilliant mathematician, respectively.

The producer of the movie commented, “On top of driving the protagonist into a corner, we also wanted to make sure that we have uniquely fascinating characters with an extraordinary presence.” He continued, “Whether movies, dramas, plays, or modeling, they are each on the top of their métier, and they’re great actors who are usually picked for starring roles. We could have never imagined that we would be able to gather such a special cast.”

‘Platinum Data’ hits theaters on March 16, 2013.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/11/pla...pporting-cast/

KarenPang 10th November 2012 03:22 PM

Popcorn is certified Triple Platinum for shipment of 750K copies

http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201210.html

Bigtop 11th November 2012 02:37 AM

Triple platinum...and it's not even two weeks! Congrats to Arashi! Maybe a million soon, but let's see...

KarenPang 14th November 2012 10:07 AM

Oricon Weekly - Albums (5/11/2012~11/11/2012)

*1 104,869 104,869 JUJU - BEST STORY ~Life Stories~
*2 *97,567 *97,567 JUJU - BEST STORY ~Love Stories~
*3 *77,636 778,896 Arashi - Popcorn
*4 *64,841 *64,841 Hamasaki Ayumi - LOVE
*5 *50,462 *50,462 BENI - COVERS 2
*6 *33,556 *33,556 Aerosmith - MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION!
*7 *20,422 *20,422 YUKI - BETWEEN THE TEN
*8 *18,548 *18,548 The Gospellers - STEP FOR FIVE
*9 *16,331 *16,331 Various Artists - THE IDOLM@STER ANIM@TION MASTER Namassuka SPECIAL 05
10 *11,343 *11,343 Ms. OOJA - WOMAN -Love Song Covers-

Bigtop 14th November 2012 06:05 PM

I'm actually quite surprised that Arashi even outsold Ayu and end up #3 (while Ayu #4, first time in a long time outside the top three among major singles/albums). Hmm...

KarenPang 15th November 2012 01:25 PM

JABA-5107
Arashi/ARAFES DVD
5524 yen US$68/81.27 Release Date:2012/12/26
Description:Live DVD from Arashi featuring their "ARAFES" concert held at Kokuritsu Kasumigaoka Kyogijyo (Kasumigaoka National Stadium) on September 20 & 21, 2012, in which they performed songs selected from 240 previous ones based on the fan vote.
First Press Details:special packaging
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=JABA-5107

Woot ARAFES DVD <3 & the setlist of the DVD as taken from JStorm

Quote:

Happiness/五里霧中/CARNIVAL NIGHT part2/
/Step and Go/
ワイルドアットハート/Summer Splash!/
Love Situation/ファイトソング/
Friendship(相葉雅紀ソロ)/
Shake it !(松本 潤ソロ)/season/
夏の終わりに想うこと/Still.../
T.A.B.O.O(櫻井 翔ソロ)/PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE/
Troublemaker/エナジーソング~絶好調超!!!!~/
スケッチ/Kissからはじめよう/
Gimmick Game(二宮和也ソロ)/
Rain(大野 智ソロ)/Magical Song/
Re(mark)able/ La tormenta 2012/
時計じかけのアンブレラ/One Love/truth/5×10/
Face Down/迷宮ラブソング/Oh Yeah!/
ハダシの未来/A・RA・SHI/感謝カンゲキ雨嵐/
Green/Hey Hey Lovin’ You 
他(Other)

Price: 5,800 yen. Approx. 200 min. First press edition differs of normal one in special package.

It's the recording of both 20 and 21th August (Green and HeyHey Lovin' you is from 20th august, while Sketch and Kiss kara is from 21th august)
http://www.j-storm.co.jp/arashi/disco/dvd/d_13.html

And it's no surprises that the 1st press limited edition is already sold out if not out of print damn

KarenPang 16th November 2012 03:36 PM

Album

**3 *77,636 *,778,896 嵐 Popcorn
116 ***,774 1,892,317 嵐(BEST)

DVD

11 *9 ***,906 711,211 33 嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World 

from 2ch

KarenPang 17th November 2012 01:53 PM

アーティスト:嵐
ライブ:ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn
会場:京セラドーム大阪 ; Kyocera Dome Osaka
日程:2012年11月17日(土)

1.Up to you
2.Welcome to our party
3.Troublemaker
4.Believe
5.迷宮ラブソング ; Meikyuu Love Song
6.Cosmos
7.証 ; Akashi
8.風の向こうへ ; Kaze no Mukou e
9.楽園 ; Lakuen(相葉ソロ)(Aiba's solo)
10.Fly on Friday(櫻井ソロ)(Sakurai's solo)
11.スーパーフレッシュ ; Super Fresh
12.a day in our life
13.きっと大丈夫 ; Kitto Daijoubu
14.駆け抜けろ ! ; Kakenukero !
15.ついておいで ; Tsuite oide
16.君がいるから ; Kimi ga Irukara
17.two(大野ソロ)(Ohno's solo)
18.旅は続くよ ; Tabi wa Tsudzuku yo
19.ナイスな心意気 ; Naisu na Kokoroiki
20.Lucky man
21.We wanna funk ,we need a funk(松本ソロ)(MatsuJun's solo)
22.それはやっぱり君でした ; Sore wa Yappari Kimideshita(二宮ソロ)(Nino's solo)
23.リフレイン ; Refrain
24.Face Down
25.Oh Yeah!
26.Love so sweet
27.Your Eyes
28.Waiting for you
29.ワイルドアットハート ; Wild At Heart

ーーーー

30.CARNIVAL NIGHT Part2
31.ファイトソング ; Fight Song
32.マイガール ; My Girl

ーーーー

33.Wish
34.Happiness

http://setlist-live.com/arashi/1931.html

KarenPang 18th November 2012 01:24 PM

アーティスト:嵐
ライブ:ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn
会場:京セラドーム大阪 ; Kyocera Dome Osaka
日程:2012年11月18日(土)

1.Up to you
2.Welcome to our party
3.Troublemaker
4.Believe
5.迷宮ラブソング ; Meikyuu Love Song
6.Cosmos
7.証 ; Akashi
8.風の向こうへ ; Kaze no Mukou e
9.楽園 ; Lakuen(相葉ソロ)(Aiba's solo)
10.Fly on Friday(櫻井ソロ)(Sakurai's solo)
11.スーパーフレッシュ ; Super Fresh
12.a day in our life
13.きっと大丈夫 ; Kitto Daijoubu
14.駆け抜けろ ! ; Kakenukero !
15.ついておいで ; Tsuite oide
16.君がいるから ; Kimi ga Irukara
17.two(大野ソロ)(Ohno's solo)
18.旅は続くよ ; Tabi wa Tsudzuku yo
19.ナイスな心意気 ; Naisu na Kokoroiki
20.Lucky man
21.We wanna funk ,we need a funk(松本ソロ)(MatsuJun's solo)
22.それはやっぱり君でした ; Sore wa Yappari Kimideshita(二宮ソロ)(Nino's solo)
23.リフレイン ; Refrain
24.Face Down
25.Oh.Yeah!
26.Love so sweet
27.Your Eyes
28.Waiting for you
29.ワイルドアットハート ; Wild At Heart

ーーーー

30.CARNIVAL NIGHT Part2
31.エナジーソング~絶好調超!~ ; Energy Song ~Zekkōchō-chō ! ~
32.マイガール ; My Girl

ーーーー

33.Wish
34.Happiness

http://setlist-live.com/arashi/1936.html

KarenPang 25th November 2012 04:03 PM

Happy 32nd birthday Ohno ! who shares the same birthday as Eito's Maruyama who turns 29 today alongside with Ohno , yay

Bigtop 25th November 2012 08:50 PM

32 years old...whoa! Time goes really fast...

:happybday

Happy Birthday Riida!

KarenPang 26th November 2012 01:42 PM

NHK announces artist line up for ‘63rd Kohaku Uta Gassen’

Quote:

Red Team (Female)

aiko (11)
ayaka (6)
Ikimonogakari (5)
Ishikawa Sayuri (35)
AKB48 (5)
SKE48 (1)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (1)
Koizai Kaori (16)
Koda Kumi (8)
Godai Natsuko (19)
Sakamoto Fuyumi (24)
Tendo Yoshimi (17)
Nakashima Mika (9)
Nishino Kana (3)
Perfume (5)
Hamasaki Ayumi (14)
Fuji Ayako (18)
Princess Princess (1)
Mizuki Nana (4)
Mizumori Kaori (10)
Momoiro Clover Z (1)
YUI (1)
YUKI (1)
Yuki Saori (13)
Wada Akiko (36)

White Team (Male)

ARASHI (4)
Itsuki Hiroshi (42)
HY (2)
EXILE (8)
NYC (4)
Kanjani 8 (1)
Kitajima Saburo (49)
Go Hiromi (25)
Golden Bomber (1)
Kobukuro (7)
Saito Kazuyoshi (1)
Sandaime J Soul Brothers (1)
SMAP (20)
Tachi Hiroshi (2)
TOKIO (19)
Tokunaga Hideaki (7)
AAA (3)
Naoto Inti Raymi (1)
Hikawa Kiyoshi (13)
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS (4)
Fukuyama Masaharu (5)
Hosokawa Takashi (36)
Porno Graffitti (11)
Miwa Akihiro (1)
Mori Shinichi (45)
http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/11/nhk...ku-uta-gassen/

SunshineSlayer 26th November 2012 01:57 PM

All I need to know about Arashi's upcoming DVD is that it has 時計じかけのアンブレラ on it. FINALLY!

KarenPang 26th November 2012 01:59 PM

Took them so long to finally include a performance of 時計じかけのアンブレラ in the DVD tracklist that's for sure D: but it's still 1 of their best B-sides to date

Shame it wasn't released as the main A-side , I like My Girl's B-sides so much more than the A-side :x

SunshineSlayer 26th November 2012 02:04 PM

^ Me too. :) And luckily Super Fresh is also finally getting performed in the Popcorn tour.

KarenPang 26th November 2012 02:35 PM

Their recent B-sides haven't left a very big impression on me but yeah the last ones that were even more awesome than the main A-side are the ones that're found in My Girl

Although I did like Monster's Spiral

KarenPang 27th November 2012 02:00 PM

Quote:

Sakurai Sho's "Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de" has been awarded by "TV Grand Prix Award 2012 ATP" under drama category
http://t.co/QOTTuA6l

https://twitter.com/JE_NDA/status/273370790731325440

KarenPang 28th November 2012 01:26 PM

ARASHI performed the following songs today in Best Artist 2012

Troublemaker - http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/554988

Your Eyes - http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/555078

Wild At Heart - http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/555081

KarenPang 29th November 2012 03:11 PM

Weekly Sales

Album

*14 *15,216 *,820,286 嵐 Popcorn

KarenPang 2nd December 2012 11:43 AM

アーティスト:嵐
ライブ:ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn
会場:札幌ドーム ; Sapporo Dome
日程:2012年12月2日(日)

1.Up to you
2.Welcome to our party
3.Troublemaker
4.Believe
5.宮ラブソング ; Meikyuu Love Song
6.Cosmos
7.証
8.風の向こうへ ; Kaze no Mukou e
9.楽園 ; Lakuen(相葉ソロ)(Aiba's solo)
10.Fly on Friday(櫻井ソロ)(Sakurai's solo)
11.スーパーフレッシュ ; Super Fresh
12.a day in our life
13.きっと大丈夫 ; Kitto Daijoubu
14.駆け抜けろ ! ; Kakenukero !
15.ついておいで ; Tsuite oide
16.君がいるから ; Kimi ga Irukara
17.two(大野ソロ)(Ohno's solo)
18.旅は続くよ ; Tabi wa Tsudzuku yo
19.ナイスな心意気 ; Naisu na Kokoroiki
20.Lucky man
21.We wanna funk ,we need a funk(松本ソロ)(MatsuJun's solo)
22.それはやっぱり君でした ; Sore wa Yappari Kimideshita(二宮ソロ)(Nino's solo)
23.リフレイン ; Refrain
24.Face Down
25.Oh.Yeah!
26.Love so sweet
27.Your Eyes
28.Waiting for you
29.ワイルドアットハート ; Wild At Heart

ーーーー

30.CARNIVAL NIGHT Part2
31.エナジーソング~絶好調超!~ ; Energy Song ~Zekkōchō-chō ! ~
32.マイガール ; My Girl

ーーーー

33.Wish
34.Happiness

http://setlist-live.com/arashi/1992.html

KarenPang 3rd December 2012 01:44 PM

Matsumoto Jun & Ueno Juri co-starring for the first time in movie “Hidamari no Kanojo”

http://jenewsdaily.files.wordpress.c...22_n.jpg?w=652

Quote:

On December 2nd it was announced that Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun (29) and actress Ueno Juri (26) will work together for the first time in the film adaptation of Koshigaya Osamu’s popular novel “Hidamari no Kanojo”. Last movie Matsumoto Jun participated in was “Hana Yori Dango Final“, 5 years ago and the last movie for Ueno Juri was 3 years ago with “Nodame Cantabile“. Okuda Kosuke (Matsumoto) and Watarai Mao (Ueno) are connected by fate.

The story is about choosing to continue giving love rather than just receiving it, a fantasy love story that takes place in Shonan. This trendy novel ranked “No.1 love story girls want boys to read” and became a smashing hit selling more than 350,000 copies up until now.

Before shooting Ueno commented, “It’s been 3 years since I was last casted in a movie, I’m really happy. When I read the novel I was really touched by this pure and wistful love story. Heartwarming, this novel leaves you with a warm feeling and I want to work really hard to convey those feelings to the audience too”. She also talked about co-starring next to Matsumoto for the first time, “Matsumoto is an actor, singer and also does varieties. He is such a versatile person who has been active in many fields so I’m really looking forward to co-starring next to him”.

On the other hand, Matsumoto, “As soon as I read the original story and the screenplay I thought ‘Let me do it’. More than the love story between the two characters, I was moved by how entertaining the world they live in sounded like. I want to be able to deliver a warm and gentle fantasy with Ueno”, he said looking forward to the filming.

Holding the megaphone, master movie director Miki Takahiro who has previously worked in youthful romance stories like “Solanin” and “Bokura ga Ita“. He commented on the film adaptation of this popular novel, “To be called love, it has to be an innocent affection without pushing it. I was struck by the sincere heart of nothing else but lovers. Keeping the novel in mind, I want to portray this lovely story about this two, little embarrassed but warm sun spots, together with this amazing cast”. Also mentioned in the original, classic music group Beach Boys and their song “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” will be used as theme song of this unprecedented love miracle.

Filming begins next January and is scheduled to go on road show on October 2013.
http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...ari-no-kanojo/

KarenPang 5th December 2012 03:19 PM

ARASHI performed at FNS earlier on

Face Down - http://t.co/agXHM1DQ

Wild At Heart - http://t.co/wi9z40zr

KarenPang 6th December 2012 01:45 PM

ARAFES DVD cover

http://jenewsdaily.files.wordpress.c...cupj.jpg?w=652

Description

Live DVD from Arashi featuring their “ARAFES” concert held at Kokuritsu Kasumigaoka Kyogijyo (Kasumigaoka National Stadium) on September 20 & 21, 2012, in which they performed songs selected from 240 previous ones based on the fan vote.

Tracklisting
  1. Happiness
  2. 五里霧中
  3. CARNIVAL NIGHT part2
  4. Løve Rainbow
  5. Step and Go
  6. ワイルド アット ハート
  7. Summer Splash!
  8. Love Situation
  9. ファイトソング
  10. Friendship (Aiba Masaki)
  11. Shake it! (Matsumoto Jun)
  12. season
  13. 夏の終わりに想うこと
  14. Still…
  15. T.A.B.O.O (Sakurai Sho)
  16. PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE
  17. Troublemaker
  18. エナジーソング~絶好調超!!!!~
  19. スケッチ
  20. Kissからはじめよう
  21. Gimmick Game (Ninomiya Kazunari)
  22. Rain (Ohno Satoshi)
  23. Magical Song/Re(mark)able
  24. La tormenta 2012
  25. 時計じかけのアンブレラ
  26. One Love
  27. truth
  28. 5×10
  29. Face Down
  30. 迷宮ラブソング
  31. Oh Yeah!
  32. ハダシの未来
  33. A・RA・SHI
  34. 感謝カンゲキ雨嵐
  35. Green
  36. Hey Hey Lovin’ You

First press

Special packaging

Price

5,800 yen

http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...arafes-arashi/

KarenPang 7th December 2012 01:46 PM

アーティスト:嵐
ライブ:ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn
会場:福岡 Yahoo! JAPAN ドーム ; Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome
日程:2012年12月7日(金)

1.Up to you
2.Welcome to our party
3.Troublemaker
4.Believe
5.宮ラブソング ; Meikyuu Love Song
6.Cosmos
7.証
8.風の向こうへ ; Kaze no Mukou e
9.楽園 ; Lakuen(相葉ソロ)(Aiba's solo)
10.Fly on Friday(櫻井ソロ)(Sakurai's solo)
11.スーパーフレッシュ ; Super Fresh
12.a day in our life
13.きっと大丈夫 ; Kitto Daijoubu
14.駆け抜けろ ! ; Kakenukero !
15.ついておいで ; Tsuite oide
16.君がいるから ; Kimi ga Irukara
17.two(大野ソロ)(Ohno's solo)
18.旅は続くよ ; Tabi wa Tsudzuku yo
19.ナイスな心意気 ; Naisu na Kokoroiki
20.Lucky man
21.We wanna funk ,we need a funk(松本ソロ)(MatsuJun's solo)
22.それはやっぱり君でした ; Sore wa Yappari Kimideshita(二宮ソロ)(Nino's solo)
23.リフレイン ; Refrain
24.Face Down
25.Oh.Yeah!
26.Love so sweet
27.Your Eyes
28.Waiting for you
29.ワイルドアットハート ; Wild At Heart

ーーーー

30.CARNIVAL NIGHT Part2
31.エナジーソング~絶好調超!~ ; Energy Song ~Zekkōchō-chō ! ~
32.マイガール ; My Girl

ーーーー

33.Wish
34.Happiness

http://setlist-live.com/arashi/2007.html

KarenPang 7th December 2012 05:32 PM

Album

*15 **9,943 *,830,229 嵐 Popcorn

DVD

18 -- ***,677 713,359 -- 嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World 12/05/23

from 2ch

KarenPang 8th December 2012 01:36 PM

Nino's new JCB CM is available in official page

http://www.special.jcb.jp/cm/index.html

Beauty4123 9th December 2012 06:22 PM

i've watched the FNS & Best Artist performances and they were just absolutely amazing! the boys looked so good in both performances! :luv2 i mean, they always look amazing, lol, but the outfits they wore when they performed "Face Down" at FNS.....:heart it was such a good performance! :D

KarenPang 12th December 2012 01:41 PM

Album

*10 *17,442 *,847,671 嵐 Popcorn

DVD

28 18 ***,766 714,125 -- 嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World 12/05/23

from 2ch

KarenPang 13th December 2012 05:00 AM

Sakurai Sho to star in the sequel to “Kamisama no Karute”

Quote:

It was announced that there will be a sequel to the movie “Kamisama no Karute“, which was released back in August of last year starring Arashi’s Sakurai Sho. The sequel “Kamisama no Karute 2” is scheduled for release in 2014, and Sakurai and Miyazaki Aoi, who played as his wife, will continue participating in it. Sakurai said, “This is a very precious work to me. I am glad to be able to participate in this again.”

“Kamisama no Karute” is based on a novel series by novelist and real life doctor Natsukawa Sosuke. It revolves around a physician ‘Kurihara Ichito’ (Sakurai) who puts all his effort on medical support in the countryside, in Matsumoto, Nagano. There have been three volumes released so far, and 2,200,000 copies were sold in total. The previous movie also made 1.9 billion yen (23,013,565.8915 USD as of today) at the box office.

The sequel will be based on the second volume of the series which will be set a few months later from the previous movie, and there will be an addition to the cast members. Ichito’s friend from college, and a physician ‘Shindo Tatsuya’, who comes to Ichito’s hospital from Tokyo, will be played by Fujiwara Tatsuya. This will be the first time for Fujiwara to play the role of a doctor and a father.

Other newly added cast members are Fukiishi Kazue, Ichige Yoshie, and Hamada Gaku, while Emoto Akira and Harada Taizo, who appeared in the previous one, will continue their appearances in the sequel.

‘Ichito’ tries his best on medical activities at the hospital that is on alert 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, and ‘Shindo’ prioritizes his family and is unable to be reached after leaving the hospital at the stated time. Through the conflict of opinions between ‘Ichito’ and ‘Shindo’, the movie will answer the questions of, ‘what is it like to be a doctor?’, ‘what is the meaning of work?’, and ‘what is the meaning of family?’

Another core plot of the sequel will be the love between ‘Ichito’ and his wife ‘Haruna’. In the previous movie, the couple found out ‘Haruna’ was pregnant, but in this sequel, they will depict ‘Haruna’ giving birth as well. Miyazaki commented, “Being able to watch over ‘Ichito-san’, and being able to live as ‘Haruna-san’, I am looking forward to it very much.”

Reportedly, the distributor Toho is considering making another sequel even after the “2″.
http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/sak...ama-no-karute/

KarenPang 15th December 2012 09:48 AM

Arashi holds their ‘Popcorn’ live tour at the Tokyo Dome

Quote:

On December 14th, Arashi held the Tokyo concert of their live tour, ‘Popcorn‘, at Tokyo Dome and performed a total of 34 songs for their fans. This tour will run until January and is reported to have attracted 730,000 people with 16 shows.

This year, Arashi also held ‘AraFes‘ at National Olympic Stadium and ‘Arashi no Waku Waku Gakkou‘ at Tokyo Dome. In total, they drew in about 1,046,500 people to their concerts, making this their first time performing for over 1 million people in one year.

For this concert, Arashi used a “water screen” for the first time. When colourful lights were projected onto the water, the members appeared with an umbrella in their hands, which stirred the crowd of 55,000 fans. During his solo song, Matsumoto Jun changed his clothes on stage and made the female fans scream with excitement.

Before the performance, the members held a press conference where they were asked to sum up the year with one kanji character. Sakurai Sho and Ohno Satoshi answered “wa (circle)“ and “hatsu (first)” respectively. Meanwhile, Aiba Masaki confidently responded, “issho! (together),” which is made up of two characters. While the members and reporters were taken aback by his answer, Ninomiya Kazunari withheld his laughter and said, “He’s a good kid. I’m sorry.”

Arashi will be hosting the ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen‘ on New Year’s Eve for their 3rd consecutive year. Ninomiya declared, “I want to win this year.” Sakurai added, “We want to do something new as a singer.”
http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/ara...he-tokyo-dome/

Beauty4123 15th December 2012 07:04 PM

i'm sure the "Popcorn" tour is gonna be awesome! :D and speaking of the album, i'm happy to see that it's been selling so well. :)

KarenPang 18th December 2012 02:10 AM

Himitsu no Arashi-chan to end in 2013

http://25.media.tumblr.com/4fc234e5c...qf08o1_500.jpg

Quote:

TBS variety show "Himitsu no Arashi-chan", which started back in April 2008, will be ending in March 2013. In place of its slot starting April is a talk variety show called "FACE TV" (temporary name). Comedian talent Ariyoshi Hiroiki (38) and Arashi member Sakurai Sho (30).

The show will have talks from various guests ranging from the entertainment world, to sports, to science, and more. First time seeing Sakurai co-hosting with Ariyoshi, who is known for his sharp questions and tsukkomi, the show is hoping to dive deeply into those subjects.
http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/4516936.html

:(

Wow this's ... unexpected . Himitsu no Arashi-chan was good but lately after going through so many changes , from time to time , it has become boring

Still it's sad to see it go although I still think it's a big mistake for Shukudai-kun to end early D:

KarenPang 18th December 2012 04:41 AM

Arashi’s Sakurai Sho to be the MC for TBS’ new variety show along with Ariyoshi Hiroiki

Quote:

Arashi’s Sakurai Sho will be the MC on TBS‘ new talk variety show “FACE TV (tentative title)” along with comedian Ariyoshi Hiroiki.

This will be the first time for Sakurai to be the MC of a variety program. According to the officials, some seasonal guests from various fields, such as show biz, sports, or the academic field, will appear on the show, to share their stories.

Sakurai is serving as the Monday’s caster on “NEWS ZERO” (NTV), and also served as the main caster for NTV’ “2012 London Olympic.” Also, as Arashi, he will be participating on NHK’s “Kohaku Uta Gassen” as the white team’s host. It seems he was appointed as the MC for his has abundant experiences under his belt.

On the same time slot, TBS has been airing Arashi’s variety show “Himitsu no Arashi-chan!” since April of 2008, and according to a participant from TBS, “As it’ll be reaching its 5th year, it (Himitsu no Arashi-chan!) has played an important role, and has reached a certain point as a popular show. The time slot will be getting more powerful in a new form.”

“FACE TV (tentative title)” will start airing in April of next year (every Thursday at 10:00 pm).
http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/ara...yoshi-hiroiki/

Bigtop 18th December 2012 05:58 AM

Out with the old, in with the new... Kinda sad for some fans as they'll say good-bye to "Himitsu no Arashi-chan", while some are going to be excited about the new "FACE TV", and maybe some won't (because it's only Sho and not the full Arashi like "Himitsu")...

KarenPang 19th December 2012 02:43 AM

NHK announces the song list for ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’

Quote:

NHK has announced the official song list for the 50 artists who will be performing on their ‘63rd Kohaku Uta Gassen‘!

The theme for this year’s ‘Kohaku’ is “Uta de Aitai.” (“Meet with song.“). It will be hosted by actress Horikita Maki (red team) and popular group Arashi (white team).

‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’ will air on New Year’s Eve from 7:15 pm JST.

Red Team
  1. aiko – “Kuchibiru”
  2. Ayaka – “Hajimari no Toki”
  3. Ikimonogakari – “Kaze ga Fuiteiru”
  4. Ishikawa Sayuri – “Amagi Goe”
  5. AKB48 – “AKB48 Kohaku 2012 SP Dai 2-sho”
  6. SKE48 – “Pareo wa Emerald”
  7. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – “Kohaku 2012 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Medley”
  8. Koizai Kaori – “Sake no Yado”
  9. Koda Kumi – “Go to the top”
  10. Godai Natsuko – “Koi Zange”
  11. Sakamoto Fuyumi – “Yozakura Oshichi”
  12. Tendo Yoshimi – “Soran Matsuri Bushi”
  13. Nakashima Mika – “Hatsukoi”
  14. Nishino Kana – “GO FOR IT!!”
  15. Perfume – “Spring of Life”
  16. Hamasaki Ayumi – “2012 A SPECIAL Medley”
  17. Fuji Ayako – “Wasurenai”
  18. Princess Princess – “Diamonds”
  19. Mizuki Nana – “BRIGHT STREAM”
  20. Mizumori Kaori – “Hitori Nagaragawa”
  21. Momoiro Clover Z – “Momoiro Kohaku Da Z!!”
  22. YUI – “Good-bye days”
  23. YUKI – “Prism”
  24. Yuki Saori – “Yoake no Scat”
  25. Wada Akiko – “Ai, Todokimasuka”

White Team
  1. Arashi – “New Year’s Eve Medley 2012″
  2. Itsuki Hiroshi – “Yoake no Blues”
  3. HY – “Ichiban Chikaku ni”
  4. EXILE – “Rising Sun”
  5. NYC – “NYC Kohaku Medley”
  6. Kanjani 8 – “Hatsu Kohaku!! Zenryoku Zenshin Jya Jya Jya Jya-n!”
  7. Kitajima Saburo – “Fusetsu Nagare Tabi”
  8. Go Hiromi – “Dangerer☆”
  9. Golden Bomber – “Memeshikute”
  10. Kobukuro – “Kami Hikouki”
  11. Saito Kazuyoshi – “Yasashiku Naritai”
  12. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – “Hanabi”
  13. SMAP – “SMAP 2012′ SP”
  14. Tachi Hiroshi – “Arashi wo Yobu Otoko”
  15. TOKIO – “KIBOU”
  16. Tokunaga Hideaki – “Ue wo Muite Arukou”
  17. AAA – “777 ~We can sing a song!~”
  18. Naoto Inti Raymi – “Brave”
  19. Hikawa Kiyoshi – “Sakura”
  20. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – “Sayonara Janai”
  21. Fukuyama Masaharu – “Beautiful life”
  22. Hosokawa Takashi – “Naniwabushi Dayo Jinsei wa”
  23. Porno Graffitti – “Kageboushi”
  24. Miwa Akihiro – “Yoitomake no Uta”
  25. Mori Shinichi – “Fuyu no Riviera”

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/nhk...ku-uta-gassen/

KarenPang 20th December 2012 10:07 AM

Weekly Sales

Album

*13 *12,967 *,860,638 嵐 Popcorn

DVD

21 28 **1,065 715,190 49 嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World 12/05/23

KarenPang 21st December 2012 02:05 AM

Matsumoto Jun reveals his plan for Christmas at “Lucky Seven” pre-screening event

Quote:

On December 19, Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun made an appearance on the pre-screening event for Fuji TV’s upcoming special drama “Lucky Seven Special.”

This is a special drama of “Lucky Seven” that aired from January to March of this year on the ‘Getsu 9′ time slot. It received an average audience rating of 15.6% (in Kanto region according to Video Research). Reportedly, there will be some furious action scenes just like the drama series, and Matsumoto commented about this saying, “It was hard. I’m not that strong, you know.”

Regarding a reunion with other cast members, Matsumoto said, “We were talking at the closing party that it would be great if we could get together again, but I never expected it to be this soon.” He also revealed that there was a new discovery during the filming about his co-star Matsushima Nanako who played as his boss in the drama. He said, “Unexpectedly, Matsushima-san has a sweet tooth. Though she has the cool and ‘iron lady’ image, I saw her eating quite big Baumkuchen.”

As reported earlier, adding to the regular cast members, actress Ishihara Satomi will also appear in the special drama as an enchantress. This will be the first time in about 10 years for Matsumoto and Ishihara to co-star with each other since they last appeared in the TBS drama “Kimi wa Pet” back in 2003. Matsumoto also made a comment about Ishihara, “She has arrived at womanhood. She is an actress with impressive eyes.”

When asked about his plans for Christmas, he said, “I will be honest.” that caused a silence among audience, and continued, “I have to work! Starting at 9 in the morning. I’m being honest for my night schedule as well. I will work until 7:30, and then will attend a dinner meeting starting at 8.”

“Lucky Seven Special” will air on January 3rd at 9:00 pm on Fuji TV.
http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/mat...reening-event/

KarenPang 21st December 2012 04:28 AM

<2012 Oricon Yearly Ranking TOP 50 : Singles>

01 – “Manatsu no Sounds good!” – AKB48 : (1,820,056)
02 – “GIVE ME FIVE!” – AKB48 : (1,436,519)
03 – “Gingham Check” – AKB48 : (1,303,407)
04 – “UZA” – AKB48 : (1,215,079)
05 – “Eien Pressure” – AKB48 : (1,073,499)
06 – “Wild At Heart” – Arashi : (649,114)
07 – “Face Down” – Arashi : (619,940)

08 – “Kataomoi Finally” – SKE48 : (592,947)
09 – “Kiss Datte Hidarikiki” – SKE48 : (587,993)
10 – “Ai Shite Love Ru!” – SKE48 : (581,612)

11 – “Your Eyes” – Arashi : (559,412)
12 – “Nagiichi” – NMB48 : (449,098)
13 – “Virginity” – NMB48 : (390,896)
14 – “Junjou U-19″ – NMB48 : (376,302)
15 – “ER” – Eight Ranger : (374,853)
16 – “WANNA BEEEE!!! / Shake It Up” – Kis-My-Ft2 : (355,374)
17 – “Kitagawa Kenji” – NMB48 : (353,160)
18 – “We never give up!” – Kis-My-Ft2 : (321,573)
19 – “Ai Deshita.” – Kanjani8 : (320,289)
20 – “Chankapana” – NEWS : (305,407)

21 – “Ai no Beat” – Kis-My-Ft2 : (291,265)
22 – “SUPER DELICATE” – Hey! Say! JUMP : (290,971)
23 – “Inori ~Namida no Kidou / End of the day / pieces” – Mr.Children : (275,640)
24 – “ALL NIGHT LONG” – EXILE : (242,290)
25 – “SHE!HER!HER!” – Kis-My-Ft2 : (242,034)
26 – “Hashire! Bicycle” – Nogizaka46 : (240,973)
27 – “Aoppana” – Kanjani8 : (239,712)
28 – “Oide Shampoo” – Nogizaka46 : (221,193)
29 – “Guru Guru Curtain” – Nogizaka46 : (210,513)
30 – “24karats TRIBE OF GOLD” – EXILE : (205,010)

31 – “HEAT” – Kim Hyun Joong : (202,672)
32 – “GOOD LUCK” – BUMP OF CHICKEN : (195,714)
33 – “Moment” – SMAP : (187,336)
34 – “GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku” – B’z : (187,166)
35 – “Opera” – SUPER JUNIOR : (184,469)
36 – “MONSTERS” – The MONSTERS : (182,763)
37 – “Sakasama no Sora” – SMAP : (182,632)
38 – “Ikiteru Ikiteiku” – Fukuyama Masaharu : (177,365)
39 – “Fumetsu no Scrum” – KAT-TUN : (175,936)
40 – “ANDROID” – Tohoshinki : (175,544)

41 – “Beautiful life / GAME” – Fukuyama Masaharu : (173,681)
42 – “Suika BABY” – Not yet : (171,574)
43 – “Kimi wa Boku da” – Maeda Atsuko : (170,640)
44 – “TO THE LIMIT” – KAT-TUN : (170,296)
45 – “Ai, Texas” – Yamashita Tomohisa : (168,315)
46 – “Boku no Hanbun” – SMAP : (165,148)
47 – “Beautiful” – 2PM : (163,463)
48 – “STILL” – Tohoshinki : (160,791)
49 – “Speed Up / Girls Power” – KARA : (158,613)
50 – “Synchro Tokimeki” – Watanabe Mayu : (158,132)

<2012 Oricon Yearly Ranking TOP50 : Albums>

01 – “Mr.Children 2005 – 2010 <macro>” – Mr.Children : (1,170,298)
02 – “Mr.Children 2001 – 2005 <micro>” – Mr.Children : (1,105,080)
03 – “1830m” – AKB48 : (1,029,954)
04 – “Popcorn” – Arashi : (847,671)
05 – “EXILE JAPAN/Solo” – EXILE / EXILE ATSUSHI : (767,274)
06 – “I LOVE YOU -now&forever-” – Kuwata Keisuke : (757,831)
07 – “ALL SINGLES BEST 2″ – Kobukuro : (693,659)
08 – “[(an imitation) blood orange] – Mr.Children : (612,507)
09 – “Matsutoya Yumi 40-Shunen Kinen Best Album Nihon no Koi to, Yu-min to.” – Matsutoya Yumi : (549,541)
10 – “OPUS ~ALL TIME BEST 1975-2012~ ” – Yamashita Tatsuro : (518,906)

11 – “Uncontrolled” – Amuro Namie : (517,603)
12 – “NEWTRAL” – Ikimonogakari : (414,490)
13 – “YUZU YOU [2006-2011]” – Yuzu : (394,781)
14 – “EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE/SOUL SIDE-” – EXILE : (382,217)
15 – “8EST” – Kanjani 8 : (367,107)
16 – “Kis-My-1st” – Kis-My-Ft2 : (326,078)
17 – “Love Place” – Nishino Kana : (313,835)
18 – “Super Girl” – KARA : (295,651)
19 – “GIFT of SMAP” - SMAP : (277,993)
20 – “FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 4″ – FUNKY MONKEY BABYS : (265,759)

21 – “BEST STORY ~Life stories~ ” - JUJU : (239,520)
22 – “Believe” – Che’Nelle : (238,849)
23 – “BUTTERFLY” – L’Arc~en~Ciel : (238,589)
24 – “1969″ – Yuki Saori & Pink Martini : (232,209)
25 – “GIRLS’ GENERATION” – Shoujo Jidai : (229,043)
26 – “Force” – Superfly : (219,548)
27 – “COVERS” – BENI : (215,682)
28 – “BEST STORY ~Love stories~” – JUJU : (213,804)
29 – “The beginning” – Ayaka : (210,215)
30 – “Utautai ga Uta Utai ni Kite Uta Utae to Iu ga Utautai ga Uta Utau dake Utaikireba Uta Utau keredomo Utautai dake Uta Utai kirenai kara Uta Utawanu!?” – GReeeeN : (197,867)

31 – “ALIVE” – BIGBANG : (187,865)
32 – “『2012』” – Acid Black Cherry : (176,817)
33 – “BEST HIT AKG” – ASIAN KANG-FU GENERATION : (172,858)
34 – “Perfume Global Compilation “LOVE THE WORLD” ” – Perfume : (169,793)
35 – “21″ – Adele : (165,034)
36 – “JUMP WORLD” – Hey!Say!JUMP : (153,473)
37 – “JAPONESQUE” – Koda Kumi : (151,343)
38 – “Party Queen” – Hamasaki Ayumi : (148,290)
39 – “Toki no Silhouette” – aiko : (147,568)
40 – “Kono Hi no Chime wo Wasurenai” – SKE48 : (143,648)

41 – “GIRLS’ GENERATION II ~Girls & Peace~” – Shoujo Jidai : (141,259)
42 – “A SUMMER BEST” – Hamasaki Ayumi : (139,567)
43 – “Living Things” -Linkin Park : (139,540)
44 – “Kiss” – Carly Rae Jepsen : (134,717)
45 – “NEWS BEST” – NEWS : (133,947)
46 – “VOCALIST VINTAGE” – Tokunaga Hideaki : (133,301)
47 – “CHAIN” – KAT-TUN : (133,262)
48 – “Pamyu Pamyu Revolution” – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu : (130,399)
49 – “Luv Songs” – Che’Nelle : (128,856)
50 – “Sonapokeism 3~Kimi tono 365-nichi~” – Sonar Pocket : (128,832)

KarenPang 26th December 2012 12:29 AM

happy belated 30th birthday to Aiba =D

3rd person to join the 30 year old in ARASHI xD

KarenPang 29th December 2012 12:06 PM

I was in Tokyo over the last few days & took quite a lot of photos Johnny's related

So here're pics that involves ARASHI

Somewhere around Tokyo station

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7969/img5361q.jpg

:luv2 my sister went !!! when I sent this photo to her cos I brought my laptop along with me to Tokyo

Inside Shibuya's Johnny's Family Club which's kinda like this huge big Johnny's museum o_o

It belongs to Johnny's & Associates but unlike the Johnny's shop in Harajuku , in here , pics are allowed to be taken & there were so many fangirls inside , it was crazy xD

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/559/img5597r.jpg

Christmas messages that ARASHI wrote

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9127/img5624yy.jpg

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6307/img5626a.jpg

Saigo no Yakusoku plaque

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/8246/img5627r.jpg

Beauty4123 29th December 2012 06:23 PM

your so lucky to be in japan, karen! those pictures that you took are just awesome. :D

KarenPang 30th December 2012 11:50 AM

Arashi's Official Calendar 2013 is available for download in HITACHI Official Website

http://kadenfan.hitachi.co.jp/tashizan/cal_dl/

Mai82Go 31st December 2012 02:32 PM

NHK spent all of their money on cool 3D effects for Arashis performance on Kouhaku. ;)

KarenPang 1st January 2013 04:57 PM

I'm usually very critical of ARASHI's 'live' performances as by right they don't sing live in such live telecast concerts but I have to say , their performance of Wild At Heart + Face Down at yesterday's Kohaku was fantastic

I thought what they did for Face Down in MUSIC STATION was great but Kohaku wise , they raised the entertainment bar in more levels than I ever thought

Anyway today MATCHY-san appeared in Arashi ni Shiyagare SP which I'm very sure the episode was downright epic ~_~

And on 19th Jan , TOKIO's Nagase is scheduled to appear on the show ahahaha

Last but not least , ARASHI has been confirmed they will be the main personality 24hrTV for 2013

This year's 24hrTV theme is "ニッポンって…?この国のかたち" (What is Japan? The shape of this country")

Beauty4123 1st January 2013 06:47 PM

arashi's performance at Kouhaku was amazing! the songs that they performed were just perfect. "Face Down" is just such an awesome song to perform, and arashi performed it so well! the dancing was really good, too. the boys all looked really nice, as well. :heart

KarenPang 2nd January 2013 03:09 PM

Arashi Chosen as 24 Hr TV Main Personality for 2nd Consecutive Year

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On Jan 1st, it has been decided that Arashi will be the main personality for NTV’s 24 Hr TV this 2013. Arashi will be the main host for the 2nd consecutive year and their 4th time as the hosts. Fueled with a burning sense of mission, “we feel a great responsibility as the hosts again this year for NTV’s 60th anniversary,’ Arashi commented.

The announcement was made during “Arashi ni Shiyagare New Year SP” where TOKIO was the guest. Moreover, it was announced that this year’s theme will be “ニッポンって…?この国のかたち” (Nippon te…?~kono kuni no katachi~). The theme was decided because Japan is said to be in a pinch when it comes to diplomatic, economic, political aspects etc…as well as reconsidering what is good and bad about Japan. Thus, the question: “What is Japan?“.

Pondering the question, the members responded about their own thoughts on “What is Japan?”.

Ohno : “Japan is…craftmaship.”

Aiba: “Japan is…I like the four seasons here in Japan.”

Matsumoto: “Japan is…there are lots of traditional culture.”

Ninomiya: Japan is…how old? How old is Japan? How about Japan? What is there? To achieve our purpose, we must answer these questions first.”

Sakurai: Japan is…Home. It is not how big our home is, it’s how big it is in our hearts.”
http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...secutive-year/

KarenPang 6th January 2013 05:28 AM

Arashi’s AraFes DVD Continues to Top Oricon Ranking

http://jenewsdaily.files.wordpress.c...35965932_n.jpg

Quote:

Arashi‘s AraFes live DVD of their concert at Tokyo National Stadium sold 624,000 for their first week, which makes them the 1st in Oricon’s Weekly DVD Ranking (period of 12/24-12/30).

This is the 8th consecutive time that Arashi topped the DVD ranking since Summer Tour 2007 Final Time – Kotoba no Chikara (released last 2008). In overall, KinKi Kids maintained the lead with 10 consecutive DVDs that got the top spot followed by B’z with 8. KinKi Kids also got the top spot in “total copies sold for concert DVDs”.
http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...ricon-ranking/

Bigtop 6th January 2013 08:43 PM

I'm not surprised about that - but the fact that it got released during the New Year's period, that was something that I wasn't familiar of...

KarenPang 7th January 2013 02:55 AM

Arashi’s live DVD “ARAFES” sold 624,000 copies + tops the DVD overall chart

Quote:

Popular group Arashi’s live DVD “ARASHI ARAFES” that recorded their live concert at at the National Olympic Stadium, sold 624,000 copies during the first week, and topped the Oricon weekly DVD overall chart.

This is Arashi’s 8th consecutive and 10th (in total) music DVD to top the DVD overall chart. Now they are tied with B’z record for the number of music DVD topping the DVD overall chart consecutively, and also tied with KinKi Kids‘ record for the total number of music DVD topping the DVD overall chart. Arashi has already topped the “total sales number for music DVD”, thus with these new achievements, they are dominating three main categories for DVD.
http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/01/ara...overall-chart/

Beauty4123 7th January 2013 06:12 PM

very happy to see that the DVD is selling so well. :)

KarenPang 8th January 2013 11:22 AM

Arashi Kohaku Special Interview and Spin-off to be broadcasted on January 14th

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“The 63rd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen”, recorded at the end of last year, will reproduce now a special talk show spin-off featuring popular group Arashi, entitled “To you guys in the future ~Listen to Arashi! A message from our life seniors~ (Tentative)” (NHK).

In this project they will interview people they admire, Aiba Masaki with Astronaut Hoshide Akihiko, Ohno Satoshi with Artist Kusama Yayoi, Sakurai Sho with Physician Hinohara Shigeaki, Ninomiya Kazunari with Movie Director Yamada Yoji also Matsumoto Jun with Kabuki actor Tamasaburo. Making a 1-hour-long round of conversations.

Featuring also photos of their participation Kohaku and some details of the segment “Furusato e no Omoi”. The subject of this special broadcast is “a message to young people in the future”. The said special will air on January 13th (NHK/24:15) or January 14th (NHK/0:15). Please do not forget to check it!
http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...-january-14th/

KarenPang 9th January 2013 12:36 PM

Arashi Makes History with 7 Million DVDs Sold

Quote:

It was earlier reported that Arashi’s “AraFes” DVD sold 624,000 copies, making them 1st in Oricon’s Weekly DVD ranking from Dec 24th- 31st period. For the second week, the group sold an additional 55,000 DVD copies, making their total sales to 678,000; thus, taking the top spot for the 2nd consecutive week.

By adding this figures, Arashi has sold a total of 7,057,000 DVD copies (since 2009), making them the no.1 in “Total DVD sales by an artist”. Arashi now has a 4.3 million gap with Morning Musume, holder of the 2nd spot in the said ranking.

Lastly, “AraFes” has sold 624,000 for 1st week, which gives it the top spot in 1st week DVD sales ranking since the ranking started last 1999. Arashi now monopolized the first 6 of “first week DVD sales ranking”.

Total DVD sales by an artist in history
  • Arashi – 705.7 million
  • Morning Musume – 274.0 million
  • Ayumi Hamasaki – 253.5 million

First week DVD sales ranking [Since 1999]
  1. ARASHI “Arafes” – 624,000 copies (released Dec 24, 2012)
  2. ARASHI “10-11 TOUR “Scene”~君と僕の見ている風景~STADIUM” – 618,000 copies (released Jan 26, 2011)
  3. ARASHI “LIVE TOUR Beautiful World” – 572,000 copies (released May 23,2012)
  4. ARASHI “10-11 TOUR“Scene”~君と僕の見ている風景~ DOME+” – 539,000 copies (released June 16, 2011)
  5. ARASHI “Anniversary Tour 5×10” – 477,000 copies (released Apr 7,2010)
  6. ARASHI “5×10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009″ – 428,000 copies (released Oct 28,2009)

http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...ion-dvds-sold/

KarenPang 10th January 2013 02:15 PM

Aiba Masaki in his first role as physician, “I want to show a cool side of me”

Quote:

On January 10th, Arashi member Aiba Masaki and the cast of “Last Hope” (FujiTV) held a stage greeting before the premiere in Omotesando Hills, Tokyo. The said drama will start on January 15th at 9PM. Aiba appeared in a white coat according to his role. Both the announcer and moderator praised him saying he looked “cool” and “kakkoi”. “Right? I came with confidence”, replied a smiling Aiba, “I want to show I have that side too in 2013″.

In order to prepare for his role, Aiba hangs his stethoscope on his neck all the way to home and also has heard CD of heart sounds; “The other night I heard a pounding and I immediately stopped cause I got too scared”. Also I had to line up a lot of Kanji and read them one by one to remember my lines.

The theme song of this drama will be Arashi’s new single “Calling” (March 6th). “It’s a song that has catchy lyrics with the theme of hope, I think it’ll become a rock number. I don’t get that many solo parts in Arashi songs but this time I want to sing with a fresh feeling”, he appealed to us. “This is the beginning of our 30s. I was really happy when I was offered to participate in this drama. I want to do my best as a member of Arashi and because we have a lot of people supporting us, I plan to enjoy it to the fullest”.

To celebrate the broadcast of the drama, during 15 days since January 10th to January 24th, “Last Hope Illumination” will be displayed in Omotesado. Approximately 250,000 gold champagne LED with the title of the drama hope to simulate a sunset.
http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/201...ol-side-of-me/

Bring on the release of Calling !

Bigtop 10th January 2013 06:42 PM

New single!!! (As expected - Arashi's spring programme...)

KarenPang 11th January 2013 04:43 AM

Calling will be released alongside with Breathless as a double A-side single on 6th March :D

Spoiler:

JACA-5354
Arashi/Calling / Breathless[Regular Edition] CDA
1143 yen US$13/90.35 Release Date:2013/03/06
Description:Single from Arashi includes two songs "Breathless" and "Calling." "Calling" is the main theme song for the TV drama series "Last Hope" starring Masaki Aiba. This edition includes two bonus tracks (titles are to be announced). Also contains karaoke tracks for all the songs. *Cover artworks corresponding limited edition A & B, and regular edition are different from each other.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5354

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NEOARASHI-1012
Arashi/Calling / Breathless[w/ DVD, Limited Edition/Type-A] CDA
1400 yen US$15/90.35 Release Date:2013/03/06
Description:Single from Arashi includes two songs "Breathless" and "Calling." "Calling" is the main theme song for the TV drama series "Last Hope" starring Masaki Aiba. This edition includes a bonus DVD with a music video for "Calling." *Cover artworks corresponding limited edition A & B, and regular edition are different from each other. *The DVD disc is encoded for region 2 (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and no subtitles are included. Note about the shipment: Your order will be processed under the catalog number NEOARASHI-1012 until it enters the shipping process. During the shipping process, the catalog number will be stitched to actual existing catalog numbers (JACA-5350).
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=NEOARASHI-1012

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NEOARASHI-1013
Arashi/Calling / Breathless[w/ DVD, Limited Edition/Type-B] CDA
1400 yen US$15/90.35 Release Date:2013/03/06
Description:Single from Arashi includes two songs "Breathless" and "Calling." "Calling" is the main theme song for the TV drama series "Last Hope" starring Masaki Aiba. This edition includes a bonus DVD with a music video for "Breathless." *Cover artworks corresponding limited edition A & B, and regular edition are different from each other. *The DVD disc is encoded for region 2 (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and no subtitles are included. Note about the shipment: Your order will be processed under the catalog number NEOARASHI-1013 until it enters the shipping process. During the shipping process, the catalog number will be stitched to actual existing catalog numbers (JACA-5352).
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=NEOARASHI-1013


More details on both A-side's

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"Calling" will be the themesong for FujiTV's drama "Last Hope" that starts on Jan.15, starring member Aiba Masaki. It is a rock tune with a strong message of equality in life and hope, and the other song "Breathless" will be a mysterious song about the abyss in the human mind, and it will be an aggressive dance number. There will also be a big tie-up.
http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/4558076.html

Hard to believe Calling / Breathless is their 1st double A-side single in 4 years o_o

So can't wait >3<

Bigtop 11th January 2013 07:35 PM

Double A-side single... Either I like it or don't - or something... (expect two PVs)

KarenPang 12th January 2013 03:28 AM

Further more details on Calling / Breathless

Quote:

“Calling” has been chosen as the theme song for member Aiba Masaki’s starring drama “Last Hope” which will start airing on January 15th through Fuji TV. The song is themed with the equality in life and hope, and has an impressive band sound with somewhat nostalgic guitar phrase.

The other title track “Breathless” is said to be an aggressive dance number.
http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/01/ara...a-side-single/

KarenPang 16th January 2013 09:01 AM

Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (7/1/2013~13/1/2013)

*1 26,983 705,211 Arashi – ARASHI ARAFES

*2 11,350 *11,350 Yuzu - LIVE Music Clip Shu 「Rokkasen 2-NI-」
*3 *9,921 **9,921 the GazettE - the GazettE 10TH ANNIVERSARY THE DECADE LIVE AT 03.10 MAKUHARI MESSE
*4 *5,894 **5,894 Shimizu Shota - Naturally Tour 2012
*5 *2,565 *28,016 Utada Hikaru – Sakura Nagashi
*6 *2,418 *81,317 Mr.Children - Mr.Children TOUR POPSAURUS 2012
*7 *2,264 *24,148 Momoiro Clover Z - 「Momokuro Natsu no Baka Sawagi SUMMER DIVE 2012 Seibu Dome Taikai」 LIVE DVD
*8 *2,075 *16,047 AKB48 – AKB48 in TOKYO DOME -1830m no Yume- SINGLE SELECTION (Total since 28 Nov 2012: 29,214)
*9 *1,850 *40,549 SMAP - GIFT of SMAP CONCERT'2012 (Total since 5 Dec 2012: 173,216
10 *1,838 *13,434 Kashiwagi Yuki – 1st Solo Live –Nete mo Semete mo Yukirin World-

Quote:

Arashi have achieved their 3rd consecutive week at the top of both music-DVD and overall DVD charts simultaneously with their live DVD, "ARASHI ARAFES." This is the first time for an artist to reach no.1 in the DVD chart for 3 weeks in a row since Oricon started including DVDs in 1999. As for music-DVD, the last time an artist topped the chart for 3 consecutive weeks was 2 years and 8 months ago with Mr.Children's "Mr.Children DOME TOUR 2009 ~SUPERMARKET FANTASY~ IN TOKYO" (May 2010). It surpassed Arashi's achievement at that time with "ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in TOKYO" (March 2009).

KarenPang 16th January 2013 12:02 PM

Arashi to Release New Single "Calling / Breathless" in March!

Quote:

It has been announced that Arashi will be releasing their new double A-side single "Calling / Breathless" on March 6th this year. It has been roughly five months since their last release "Popcorn".

The titled track "Calling" is currently being aired as the theme song for the new TV drama "LAST HOPE", which is starring Aiba Masaki in the lead role. The program airs every Tuesday on Fuji TV at 9:00pm Japanese time.

"The theme song has the same topic as the series which is [Life] and [Hope], yet the chorus is a catchy rock tune. It's something I hadn't yet sung with Arashi", Aiba said with regard to the song. "I think it matches the drama really well."

The song "Breathless" on the other hand is a more aggressive dance number, strongly contrasting the title track.
http://www.musicjapanplus.jp/news/1/...less-in-march/

KarenPang 17th January 2013 02:26 AM

Preview snippet of Calling


KarenPang 18th January 2013 07:31 AM

YesAsia's description of Calling / Breathless

Quote:

Arashi is kicking off their 2013 with their first double A-side single in three and a half years! Calling is a positive guitar-driven tune about hope that will serve as the theme song of television drama Last Hope, starring Arashi member Aiba Masaki. Meanwhile, Breathless is an aggressive dance number with a mysterious atmosphere.
http://www.yesasia.com/global/callin...0-en/info.html

Beauty4123 19th January 2013 06:54 PM

omg i'm so excited for this new single! especially since it's a double a-side. that just makes this release even better. :D

i like both a-side titles, and the preview for "Calling" is awesome! it sounds really good so far. and i'm really looking forward to hearing 'Breathless" now after reading it's gonna be a dance number. i totally can't wait for this single! :)

KarenPang 24th January 2013 03:22 AM

Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (14/1/2013~20/1/2013)

*1 13,260 718,471 Arashi – ARASHI ARAFES
*2 *7,618 **7,618 A.B.C-Z – Johnny’s Dome Theatre –SUMMARY 2012-
*3 *4,792 **4,792 Miura Daichi – DAICHI MIURA “exTime Tour 2012”
*4 *1,933 **1,933 2NE1 – 2012 2NE1 GLOBAL TOUR –NEW EVOLUTION IN SEOUL
*5 *1,695 *83,012 Mr.Children - Mr.Children TOUR POPSAURUS 2012
*6 *1,669 *25,817 Momoiro Clover Z - 「Momokuro Natsu no Baka Sawagi SUMMER DIVE 2012 Seibu Dome Taikai」 LIVE DVD
*7 *1,524 *29,540 Utada Hikaru – Sakura Nagashi
*8 *1,392 *17,439 AKB48 – AKB48 in TOKYO DOME -1830m no Yume- SINGLE SELECTION (Total since 28 Nov 2012: 30,606)
*9 *1,243 *11,164 the GazettE - the GazettE 10TH ANNIVERSARY THE DECADE LIVE AT 03.10 MAKUHARI MESSE
10 *1,138 **7,032 Shimizu Shota - Naturally Tour 2012

Bigtop 24th January 2013 08:54 AM

I'm surprised...not even A.B.C-Z can even outsell Arashi in the first week, even though Arashi has been there quite a while and both are Johnny's? Hmm...

KarenPang 24th January 2013 04:08 PM

Happy 31st birthday , Sakurai !

Bigtop 24th January 2013 06:35 PM

:happybday

31 years and still young...

Utena 24th January 2013 08:26 PM

31 already?! he looks so much younger.. not that 31 is old or anything but yeah °°

KarenPang 25th January 2013 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Utena (Post 2967537)
31 already?! he looks so much younger.. not that 31 is old or anything but yeah °°

my younger sister thought he's 32 this year (ie. same age as BREAKERZ's SHINPEI and 9 years age gap between me & DAIGO) but nope xD

KarenPang 25th January 2013 01:33 PM

Weekly Sales from 2ch

Singles

198 ***,221 650,102 嵐(Waiha)

Albums

*27 **4,030 *,905,875 嵐 Popcorn
133 ***,715 1,901,105 嵐 All the BEST

DVDs

*1 *1 *13,260 718,471 *3 嵐 / ARASHI アラフェス 12/12/26
26 26 ***,565 393,255 -- 嵐 / SUMMER TOUR 2007 FINAL Time -コトバノチカラ- 08/04/16

ARAFES DVD at #1 for 4 consecutive weeks !


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