Sugarless LOVE - The Official Thread of JE's Senpai Groups!
 

welcome to JE sempai thread! :heart
here is where you can find information on the older Johnny's units!

there are many more JE units than the ones i'm going to mention. but feel free to talk about them, if you want! i'm just doing the current active units.

if you want to talk about KAT-TUN, Arashi, etc. please chat in their respective threads! thanks. :)

SMAP
[INFO & DISCOGRAPHY]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...tever/smap.jpg

MEMBERS
稲垣吾郎 (Inagaki Goro)
香取慎吾 (Katori Shingo)
木村拓哉 (Kimura Takuya)
草なぎ剛 (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi)
中居正広 (Nakai Masahiro) (Leader)

TOKIO
[INFO & DISCOGRAPHY]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ever/tokio.jpg

MEMBERS
城島茂 (Joshima Shigeru) (Leader)
国分太一 (Kokubun Taichi)
松岡昌宏 (Matsuoka Masahiro)
長瀬智也 (Nagase Tomoya)
山口達也 (Yamaguchi Tetsuya)

* "Amagasa" is the theme song to "Yasuko to Kenji"
* written / composed by Shiina Ringo
* "Kyoukasuigetsu" is the theme song to "Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009"

V6
[INFO & DISCOGRAPHY]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...hatever/v6.jpg

MEMBERS
井ノ原快彦 (Inohara Yoshihiko)
三宅健 (Miyake Ken)
森田剛 (Morita Go)
長野博 (Nagano Hiroshi)
岡田准一 (Okada Junichi)
坂本昌行 (Sakamoto Masayuki) (Leader)

KinKi Kids
[INFO & DISCOGRAPHY]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3.../kinkikids.jpg

MEMBERS
堂本光一 (Domoto Koichi)
堂本剛 (Domoto Tsuyoshi)

タッキー&翼
Tackey & Tsubasa
[INFO & DISCOGRAPHY]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...keytsubasa.jpg

MEMBERS
今井翼 (Imai Tsubasa)
滝沢秀明 (Takizawa Hideaki)

* "Koi Uta" is the ending theme song to "Osen"
* "Ai Kakumei" is the theme to Tackey's musical "Shinshun Takizawa Kakumei".

happy posting! :)

YAY! thanks for starting this! btw, what can i call you? I'm Raye (-chan optional lol)

yep, no problem raye-chan!
everyone here calls me irene (-chan, LOL). :)

yay thanks for starting this irene-chan! ^^

i love the pictures you choose :)

i thought to start the thread off a little more i would put one of my fav T&T songs on here :D
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1crA3iatvk4
i think it's Tackey only...but the song is very nice =)

I LOVE KI.SE.KI. :heart

here are my recommendations:
TOKIO
Sorafune
Honjitsu, Mijukumono
SEISYuN
Hikari no Machi
Southend (Acoustic)
Nagase Tomoya as Sakuraba Yuichiro - Hitoribocchi no Haburashi Tomoya sang this at JE CDL w/ KAT-TUN!
FANTASTIPO Taichi w/ Tsuyoshi of KinKi Kids. IT IS AMAZING.

i encourage everyone to watch "My Boss, My Hero." Nagase is FREAKING HILARIOUS in it. Tegoshi from NEWS & Koki from KAT-TUN are in it too.

KinKi Kids
Kanashimi Blue
Ai no Katamari + Ryo Nishikido + Jin Akanishi Duet Cover
Garasu no Shounen
Jounetsu
Akame covering "Bonnie Butterfly"

Tackey & Tsubasa
SAMURAI
Tsubasa Imai - Get Down
Kamen i couldn't find the PV on YouTube, but Kamen is one of my favorite T&T PVs!
Kamira Tamara AWWWW! CHIBI TACKEY & TSUBASA!
Medley: Venus, Ho! Summer, & Yume Monogatari

mmm. that's all for now. :P

yayyy!! this thread's great!!!
thanks irene!!! =)

i love kinki kids!!!

i love V6's Darling ^^
and Change the World (Inu Yasha theme song ^^)

listen to TOKIO's Do! Do! Do! and Sorafune ^^

here you are =)
do!do!do!

Feel you Breeze is really good too, from the first season of Gokusen :yes

yay their a lot more rock sounding then the others (well maybe besides kat-tun) ^^

^ do!do!do! is TOKIO :D

Sorafune is awesome! ^^
maybe you'll like it more if you watch My Boss My Hero :yes

Traveling Man is also good =)
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v187963JH...8904980&rank=0

lol it's okay :D

V6 is very pop...just like the other JE groups :yes

My Boss My Hero is a drama that stars Tomoya from TOKIO and Koki from KAT-TUN is in there too...and Tegoshi from NEWS xD

it's hilarious :P

@kaori - lol sure, here you go =)
Feel your Breeze

^ lol :)

i just love those JE groups ^^

xD

LOL sorry for giving out so many links, Nacho. :P i just love those 3 groups the most!

but here's a condensed list, hehe.
TOKIO - Sorafune, SEISYuN, & Kimi wo Omou Toki
--Nagase's singing voice needs some getting used to. When my sister heard his singing voice, she got freaked out cuz his speaking voice & singing voice are very different.

KinKi Kids - Ai no Katamari, Kanashimi Blue, & Jounetsu
--i just love these 2. Koichi's my favorite! & i love Tsuyoshi's singing.

T&T - Kamen, Sotsugyou ~Sayonara wa Ashita no Tame ni~, & Kamira Tamara
--i love these 2 also. "One Day, One Dream" & "Sotsugyou..." were also used for Inu-Yasha!

awww, listening to "Feel your breeze" makes me nostalgic. Gokusen was one of my first j-dramas! :)

^ that same thing happens to me when i hear Seshiun Amigo xD

yup listen more to KinKi Kids!!! they're great!! =)

I recommend Ame no Melody, to Heart, Yamenaide PURE, Anniversary,
99% LIBERTY, Harmorny of December, Seppaku no Tsuki, Hakka Candy,
Jounetsu, Flower, Garasu no Shonen, Ai no Katamari, Giniro Angou and etc....

LOL. Sorry. Too many good songs! All are my favourites!!
KinKi Kids rock!! =)

you must watch My Boss My Hero on Crunchyroll, mi amor!
it is sooooo good! Tomoya is such a good actor! I love Sorafune... well the beginning of the song anyway...

yes Nacho, go listen to KinKi Kids (& everyone else). :laugh

there's so many good j-dramas with JE members, haha! i'm going to attempt to watch some with SMAP members soon, since i heard those were really good! (like Hero. yes, i haven't watched it yet. don't kill me!)

i also recommend "Majo no Jouken" w/ Takizawa Hideaki & Matsushima Nanako. it's scandalous, yet really sad. :(

well, it's a teacher-student relationship. :P

but, it's really good.

yay! :) please tell me what you guys think of it! i think it's one of the better j-dramas i've seen. if i had a student as hot as Tackey, i think i'd have relations with him too. LMAO.

it's a DRAMA drama. i don't even think there's an ounce of. happiness. LOL.

ok, i'm exaggerating, but it's one of those dramas that make you cry tears of sadness. i know i did. :(

new TOKIO info! :)

TOKIO - sugar (Mini Album)
Tracklist:
01. sugar
02. Over Drive
03. 青春 (SEISYuN)
04. ひかりのまち (Hikari no Machi)
05. 恋人も濡れる街角 (Koibito mo Nureru Machikado) [Kuwata Keisuke of Southern All Stars cover]
06. 本日、未熟者 (Honjitsu, Mijukumono)
07. ラン･フリー（スワン･ダンスを君と）[Run Free (Swan Dance wo Kimi to)]

==

Normal Edition (First Press)
Bonus 2nd Disc:
01. 青春 (SEISYuN) ~感動~ (Kando)
02. 青春 (SEISYuN) ~Action~
03. 青春 (SEISYuN) ~せつない~ (Setsunai)
04. 宙船（そらふね）~jumble version~
05. 本日、未熟者 ~unplugged~

For reserved copies: Original TOKIO Stickers
+ win tickets & backstage pass for the March 29th, 30th concert at the Budokan!

First Edition A (+DVD)
DVD Info:
01. 宙船 (そらふね) (Sorafune)
02. 明日を目指して! (Ashita wo Mezashite!)
03. カンパイ!! (Kanpai!!)
-- from Johnny's Countdown 2007-2008
+ Footage from Album Jacket Shoot

For reseved copies: TOKIO Original Keitai Cleaner

First Edition B (+DVD)
DVD Info:
01. 何度も夢の中でくり返すラブ・ソング (Nandomo Yume no Naka de Kuri Kaesu Love Song)
-- from SCHOOL FESTIVAL from TOKIO Special GIGs 2006
+ Recording of "sugar"

For reserved copies: TOKIO Original Keitai Screen Block Sheet

COVERS: Official Website

many thanks to luxvesperis @ to_ki_o for some translations.
wow, so much first press goodies! :heart
i may pre-order a copy.

^ wow thanks a lot for the info :)

i probably won't be buying this though =o

haha yeah, at first i wasn't so sure if i was going to get it because it's a mini album, but there's a lot of press goodies! and i don't have any of the singles. i really want "Honjitsu, Mijukumono" & "Hikari no Machi." :)

i need to get some more TOKIO CDs. i've been meaning to buy "Harvest" & "TOK10", but other JE releases make me forget about them. XD

"Harvest" was released late 2006! :) it's a really good album. i recommend it.

LOL. yeah, i was disappointed when i heard it was a mini-album too. but Johnny's are very busy, ne? it must be exhausting working all the time on j-dramas, TV shows, & music.

& i'm sure it will be good. i loved all the singles on the mini-album! :)

subbed episodes of Domoto Kyodai! ^^
(DK = KinKi Kid's show ^^)

lol i really recommend the Ai Otsuka episode...it's hilarious :laugh

she has a strange family :yes

LOL! i love Domoto Kyoudai! it's so funny.

Ayu & Koichi have mad drawing skills, haha! Koichi's Santa Claus was so scary, omg. :laugh

lol...here is the link for the ai ep (forgot it before xD)
http://astraphile.livejournal.com/87...iew=7279#t7279

yah i loved those ayu episodes ^^
tsuyoshi's was good though :yes

:O it's subbed! thanks for the link, ayupi! :)

tsuyo-kun is really good at drawing, i agree!

^ no problem ^^ i was going to post that earlier and forgot xD

yay, i think he likes it almost as much as he does fish! ^^

I always like to see Ayu with KinKi Kids on DK!!
They really can clique very well!!

Yes tsuyoshi is indeed very good in drawing! <3

thanks ayupi for the subbed link!
do you know where to find subs with Ayu as the guest?

^ yah they have great chemistry ^^
maybe they should sing a song together :)

i looked on jpopsuki and some LJ"s but i couldn't find anything with ayu that had subs >.<

^yup I agree!! They should do a duet one day!
By the way, I heard them sing SEASONS together before.
I think it was on Ayu ready.

I see.. Never mind, thanks! =)

i think the duet was on "Love Love Aishiteru" (KinKi Kids show before Domoto Kyoudai), not "Ayu Ready?" :) i think it's in the Ayu Downloads section if you search for it. dunno if it's subbed though.

actually, i thought the duet was. not so good, LOL. i think "SEASONS" was to high for them to sing. but, i do LOVE the performaces Ayu did with the Domoto Brothers Band on Domoto Kyoudai. she always performs so good on the show! (STEP you & Together When... were really great!)

Ohh it was Love Love Aishiteru? Hahaha thanks for that.
I always thought it was on Ayu ready but I can't remember
whether KinKi Kids did appear on that variety show.

Yup I agree. She always performs very good on DK.
Perhaps she feels more comfortable with live band?

KinKi Kids is my favorite senpai group too. :heart
...and TOKIO. LOL.

Kanashimi Blue was my first KinKi Kids song! i saw a video of them performing it at Music Station on YouTube. it said KAT-TUN in it, so i checked it out! but, apparently, KAT-TUN was backdancing for them (since i thought it was KAT-TUN performing and not KinKi)! ...and after i saw the performance i ordered the single, haha!

just cuz of a labeling error on a YouTube video, i got into KinKi Kids. :P

i would check out "Ai no Katamari" & "Garasu no Shounen" too! they are great songs! :D

yeah, TOKIO took me awhile to like too. but, they're really funny and they do a lot of rock-styled music! :)

...i still need to fix the 1st post. LMAO. :laugh

KinKi is my fav older group too ^^
i first heard 99%Liberty...i loved the pv and vid :)

i haven't listened to to much of TOKIO's older music but i will get to it sometime ^^
there are still a lot of KinKi kids songs i need to listen too xD

i :heart 99%LIBERTY. especially the PV at the very, very end. Koichi is LOVE.

anyone want to recommend me some V6 and/or SMAP music? :) thanks!
i've only listened to V6's recent material. and for SMAP, i've listened to Yozora no Mukou, Dangan Fighter, the Sekai Hana song (i can never remember the title, lol), & Katori Shingo's solos & stuff.

^ lol yay after seeing that i just had to love them! ^^
Koichi is such a funny guy :laugh

i really haven't heard any SMAP stuff...it's like impossible to find their mp3s =o

ahh i love V6! ^^

but i only have heard what's on their Best Albums :)
http://community.livejournal.com/drugtrax/13462.html <--- you can dl them there ^^

O_O SUGOIIII~

that is like. the ultimate JE post. :heart
thanks for the link! :D

EDIT:
...*headdesk*
I LOVE V6's MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE. :O

^ lol no problem =)

i'll have to check that song out ^^

it's very. techno. (i love techno/electronica, sooooo. yeah. i really love MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE!)

i think i will download more of their songs now. XD

i was very surprised at how much i liked V6 when i started listening to them...^^

they always remind me of Arashi but i don't know why...there like a lot different...lol

i just listened to the song and yay it is really nice! ^^

Darling will always be my fav though <3

My favourite song form V6 is TAKE ME HIGHER.
It's the theme song for the ultraman, right?

^ no-problem, nacho-chan =)

i haven't heard Take me Higher...i will check that out now :yes

ahhh, ok. i'll try out Darling & Take Me Higher. :) Tackey & Koichi sang Darling for JE CDL, right? i think i liked what i've heard from that.

I LOVE Darling! ^^ I was listening to it earlier! *sings* DARLING DARLING blah blah I don't know all the words so blah blah blah blah! lol

i listened to "Darling" and i found out i heard it before! :laugh
my friend likes V6 and she made me listen to it once. this was before i liked JE, by the way, LOL. yeah! i definitely like the song.

i think i'm starting to really like V6 now! :D
*DLs more songs* haha.

LOL yes. once you're sucked into JE, there's no getting out!
i don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. :laugh

i've listened to Tackey & Tsubasa before too. ("Sotsugyou..." & "One Day, One Dream" were used in Inu-Yasha!) but, after liking JE, i really started to appreciate them a whole lot! ...i didn't even know they were in JE before. LOL.

it was the first song which attracted me to V6.
because of the song, it made me buy a copy of Very Best. :D

ah! just realized TOKIO's mini album's out this week! :heart

TACKEY & TSUBASA NEW CON DVD:
Johnny's Net

i wish there was more info on SMAP's new single. :O it's written/composed by MONKEY MAJIK! one of my favorite groups. :)

LMAO.
i hope it does well on the charts too. :)

i think i can say i'm a V6 fan now. *headdesk*
i love their early stuff. :heart

why no one talks about kinki kids? :cry

hahaha just kidding! :P

^ yay KinKi Kids! my fav senpai JE group! =)

Tsuyoshi is going to have a solo tour soon...i wanna go! =(

yes, it's true. i have a new favorite sempai group every week :laugh
maybe next week i'll like SMAP. :D i wanna hear "Sono Mama".

KINKI KIDS. :heart
they are my favorite senpai group, EVERRRRR.

Tsuyoshi has a new solo name, right? Endli-x? XD
my favorite solo songs are "Sora ga Naku Kara" & "Rainbow Star"!

as for Koichi, i love "Kagen no Tsuki" & "Tsukiyo no Monogatari"! :heart

^yup I don't really understand his new solo name - 244 endli-x.
I know 244 stands for tsuyoshi but endli-x?
I still prefer his previous solo name.
most of my fav songs of his are from his first 2 albums. they sound more rock-ish.
Purity, See You In My Dream, PINK, ORIGINAL COLOR, and many more.

For me, KinKi Kids are still the best!!!
They're the first JE group that I listen to! =)

@ayupi - yup me too!! I always wanted to go Tsuyo solo tour!! It looks fun!!! =(

i think Tsuyoshi's solo name should be: Domoto Tsuyoshi. :laugh
it's much more easier.

oh, i haven't listened to his 1st 2 albums. i'll put them on my "to listen" list then. :)

i still need to buy Koichi's solo album. i love "Mirror." :heart

^yup that's right. He shouldn't have come out with so many
weird names for his solo work. Domoto Tsuyoshi. Simple and sweet.
You should give it a try when you've the time. His first two albums are great! =)

I don't really listen to Koichi's solo songs. I'm more into Tsuyoshi. :laugh
But I still like both of them as KinKi Kids. Lol.

i like both KinKi Kids stuff & their solo stuff. :heart
both Tsuyoshi & Koichi are very different when it comes to their solo stuff! like, Koichi's more theater/musical & Tsuyoshi's more funky. i think they are both awesome.

but, i think i like Koichi a wee bit more. he's so funny.

^I see.
I started to like Tsuyoshi through Kindaichi series.
He's really superb in acting as Kindaichi! He's so funny and cute!!
After that, I know about KinKi Kids through him!
So now I've been listening to them for about 8 years! XD
Never get tired of them!

i like Tsuyoshi more also ^^
but Koichi's solo album was awesome! =)

@summersnow, could you reccomend some other good dramas with Tsu? I've only seen..."summersnow" xD

^no problem! =)
I recommend Gakkou no Sensei, To Heart and Moto kare.