HONEY BEAT -The Johnny's Entertainment Sempai Thread #3- ♪
 

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

BUT FEEL FREE TO TALK ABOUT JE IN GENERAL. :D
Johnny's Juniors, Johnny's Daisempais, Individual Members, etc. are welcome in this thread.

however, Arashi, KAT-TUN, KANJANI8, & NEWS have their individual threads. please discuss them there. thanks!

SMAP
[INFO & DISCOGRAPHY]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...er/AHSSMAP.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)

* "そっと きゅっと" is the theme song to "任侠ヘルパー"
* "こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所" is the theme song to "こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所"

TOKIO
[INFO & DISCOGRAPHY]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...r/AHSTOKIO.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)

* "太陽と砂漠のバラ" is the theme song to "華麗なるスパイ"
* "スベキコト" is the ED Theme Song to "5LDK"

V6
[INFO & DISCOGRAPHY]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ever/AHSV6.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...r/AHSKINKI.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...ever/AHSTT.jpg

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

* "恋詩-コイウタ-" is the ending theme song to "おせん"
* "ヒカリひとつ" is the theme song to "オルトロスの犬".

happy posting! :)

:heart for the new thread Eirynne

HONEY BEAT's such a V6 classic :cool

update on Tackey , he's going on tour next month & July !

http://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/...l#takizawanatu

So far there are only five concerts scheduled, two in Yokohama, one in Nagoya and two in Osaka.

I STILL WANT TACKEY & TSUBASA TO REUNITE BACK TO RELEASE SOMETHING :weep

yay v6 reference in title :D

does anyone know where I can find sales info for the sempai groups? i've tried looking through all their lj communities but no luck. ughh why did wiki.theppn have to die :(

lol yup. i'm switching up the titles per thread by group. i'll probably do SMAP song for the next title. :) i haven't found any good sites for sales either. it's hard to find sales for the groups pre-Arashi debut. because no one loves the sempais. :(

i'm thinking there's a Tackey solo album in the works, eh?
BUT I WANT TSUBASA SOLO WORKS TOO. lol.

I forgot... what's tsubasa doing again? musicals?

I think it's hard to appericate the senpai's works especially if you're a teenager cos their material's definitely more mature & less kiddy than their kouhai's

oh god I suddenly sound so old here even though I'm trapped in an adult's body :lmfao

I don't know

last I checked , he was focusing on his dance . Remembered last year's HEYx3 where he went to Spain to study dance ?

he's probably doing it now

weekly chart

*1　46,170　滝沢秀明

YAY congrats Tackey for his 2nd #1 solo single :heart

& lookie here :

27 2,673 SMAP

:O I'm assuming that's the single that was released last Aug

i looked at Johnny's Net & yeah, Tsuba has a musical, i think that's what it is anyway. LOL.

actually, i think that people don't really...care for the sempais because they're just old. LMAO. sad, but true. & of course, the newer generation will attract fans since they're fresher, younger, part of their generation, etc.

but IMO, sempais > kouhais, personality wise. Gakkou e Ikou!, SMAPxSMAP, & Shin Domoto Kyoudai are just golden. i recently saw the SDK episode with Perfume...& i just kept LOLing throughout.

yeah it's unfortunate but at least we support their stuff so it's ok :laugh

I watched some episodes of Gakkou e Ikou! & Shin Domoto Kyoudai & both shows are very funny to a certain extent haha

Wendy subbed Tackey's part in MUSIC STATION via http://newshfan.livejournal.com/101333.html

senpai's update in the form of SMAP's Kusanagi whom will be returning to work on May 28th. This announcement came from the Johhny's Agency office via fax.

source - http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...001-maiall-ent

Junior update , Ikuta Toma will have his movie debut as the lead actor of the upcoming film, Zigeunerweisen. Which is known in English as, No Longer Human. This movie is based off of the novel by the same name, written by one of Japan's most famous novelists, Osamu Dazai. It also has never been adapted to a film before and is only now being adapted to celebrate the 100th year since Dazai's birth.

Filming will begin this July and the movie is being slated for a 2010 spring release.

Source - http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4789

yay for the both of them especially Ikuta :heart

my younger sister will be real happy about it as she supports his drama acting career .

I guess Ikuta has proven in that you don't need to necessarily debut in order to carve out a career of your own , Johnny's wise

congrats to ikuta toma! :smitten i love him so much, haha.

:laugh

he was awesome in Maou , what can I say ?

Some TOKIO related news via http://never-ending-music-power.blog...st-of-day.html

seems that a whopping 19 reissues will be released simultaneously & that will be taking place on 24th next month which includes singles , 6 albums, and 7 DVDs.

They will be re-released via JStorm as they used to be under Universal before making the switch to JStorm last year

I frankly don't know why this's happening though , must be some record label in between issues

OH SERIOUSLY?

maybe that would mean they will actually get avex-released overseas versions then! :D since avex distributes JE releases overseas except for like...KANJANI8 (cuz their on Teichiku or whatever.)

i want to get TOK10/Harvest/5 AHEAD.

OH YEAH why I didn't think of it lmao -_-'''

EMI Taiwan used to be the one that distributes OS presses of Johnny's til avex Taiwan stepped in to fill in the gap

maybe for future TOKIO releases , avex Taiwan will make OS presses depending on the demand/popularity of how well a certain item's sold outside & within Japan

I never see OS presses material pertaining to Kanjani8 & SMAP's material yet :(

yeah, KAT-TUN's Live Kaizokuban VCD i have is under EMI. lol.

Amagasa had an overseas version & that was their 1st J-storm release, so i hope all future releases now have an OS version! :D

:yes

this's what I found on avex Taiwan's site - http://www.avex.com.tw/4th/artist/ar...661065&anamec=

in that 雨傘 ／ 讓我們許下心願 直到天荒地老 is their 1st ever OS press release , single wise & avex Taiwan only made a regular edition of the single

omg at their 2nd A-side's title @_@ , quite hard for me to read it in Chinese & haha TOKIO = 東京小子 (don jin xiao zi) :lmfao

really direct translation from Chinese -_-'''

I cant wait to see this drama.. Sounds very interesting

V6's Inohara turns 33 today !

happy birthday dude :heart

Wendy has subbed Tackey's apperances at MUSIC STATION & the mini MUSIC STATION on Fri - http://newshfan.livejournal.com/101604.html

V6's Okada was on SCP last Sun & Wendy subbed it - http://newshfan.livejournal.com/102461.html

^ oh i might download later.

Also Nagase will be in a new drama.

Let's step back from Nagase's love life for a moment and talk about his new summer drama.

He will be starring in NTV's still untitled Saturday/9pm drama. This will be Japan's first spy comedy series.

Nagase plays Yoroi Kyosuke, a government spy who takes down terrorists like a "comedic James Bond" (oh, so you mean Austin Powers? lol). The drama is penned by Odoru Daisousasen writer Kimizuka Ryouichi who said, "I wanted a chance to work with Nagase. I think he's a modern day Ishihara Yujiro."

Yoroi is a gifted swindler sentenced to 30 years in prison for 13 counts of fraud. However, given his talents for swindling, in exchange for a dropped sentence he is scouted to work for the government's Secret Intellgence Department. Yoroi is a master of disguise who can become anyone: a teacher, doctor, host, pilot, even Korean actor Yon-sama (Bae Yong Joon).

And what's Bond with out a Bond Girl? There will be a beautiful female spy along with female guests in terrorist roles so expect some romance. He will have "unique" spy gadgets and... damn, this sounds pretty great.

His role is described as wild, sexy and silly. Nagase said he wants to have fun making the drama and I'm sure he will. And I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun watching it.

http://uwasako.livejournal.com/49314.html

i wonder if TOKIO will get the theme for this?

ohhh it's a comedy, he is hilarious i cant wait :laugh