[ARASHI] There's only Happiness in our Beautiful World; the 31st thread ♥

[Midori-chan]

Originally Posted by Beauty4123

^ OMG @ those last two pictures!

I knew you would like the last two pics!

You are VERY welcome! I'm glad that you like the pictures and I'm also happy that I found some new ones!

And I agree...the Tour-shirts this year are SO amazing. I don't even know why I love them so much, because they look kind of simple compared to some of their other Tour-shirts, but I'm still madly in love with them!

[KarenPang]

So I was at the supermarket earlier on doing grocery shopping after I finished work & I was flipping though the Sept issue of TEENS

They did a review on Beautiful World which I took with my phone



mmm I don't believe in the rating , 3.5/5 is too low to me :x

I personally feel Beautiful World is much stronger/better than Boku no Miteiru Fukei but obviously , opinions do differ

But with that said , I do agree that always is a strong track in Beautiful World

[Beauty4123]

"always" is awesome. but the whole album is amazing, so...they should have given it a 4 at least, lol. oh well, it's a 10 in my eyes, anyway!

but that little article is cute, karen! i like the pink background & smileys! thanks for sharing!!

[KarenPang]

New Japan Airlines CM



It's their 2nd JAL CM shot for this year but Tooku Made is not used anymore as BGM

Still , it's quite a comical CM , especially when Ohno ate that HUGE giant rice cracker & also when Aiba scanned a lobster across the scanning becon =_=

[Beauty4123]

that CM was sooo cute! and lol @ aiba! he's 'aibaka' for sure.

i really love sho's hairstyle, btw, lol. and i love how jun came on the CM first. i love how he walks. so fierce.

[Beauty4123]

news clip on the "Beautiful World" tour! i love their outfits so much! they all look so beautiful, too.

[KarenPang]

Arashi successfully holds live concert in a storm with 70,000 fans

On September 3rd, Arashi held a concert at the National Stadium in Tokyo amidst violent rain and strong winds.

For the opening performance, the members had planned to fly on wires approximately 50 meters high. However, this was inevitably cancelled out of consideration for the members’ safety. Consequently, the boys appeared from underneath the stage in front of 70,000 fans, who were waiting in raincoats.

This was their fourth year in a row performing at the National Stadium. This year, due to typhoon number 12, their concert on September 2nd was postponed to the 4th. Sakurai Sho showed concern for their fans saying, “Not everyone could come to the postponed performance. It is very unfortunate.”

On the 3rd, a typhoon landed in the Shikoku and Chugoku regions, and strong winds even reached Tokyo. As a result of a delay in stage preparations, Arashi wasn’t able to hold a proper rehearsal, and so they hit the stage without a solid practice. There were possibilities for cancellation due to the weather, but the boys decided to fight the storm since there are only two performances in Tokyo, and this will be their last concerts of the year. Aiba Masaki even made a ‘teru teru bozu‘ (paper doll to pray for good weather), and prayed for a recovery in the weather.

The three-and-a-half hour performance concluded successfully amidst the pouring rain, with Arashi singing and dancing to a total of 39 songs (their main focus being on their latest album, “Beautiful World“). Although there were concerns, they used balloons and fireworks as planned for their performance.

During the finale, Aiba said, “I am very thankful that we were able to do the concert,” while Ohno Satoshi expressed, “I’m happy we were able to enjoy this big end-of-summer festival together.”

This concert was a part of Arashi’s nationwide tour, “ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World“, which brought together a total of 525,000 people. Keeping in mind the power shortage effect from March’s Tohoku Earthquake, they conserved energy by reducing last year’s special feature of the stage fountain. They were able to reduce power consumption by about 70% from last year. It’s said that 99% of their power consumption came from 20 car-powered generators.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/09/ara...th-70000-fans/

[Beauty4123]

that's so crazy! how arashi could perform in such bad weather just shows how dedicated they are to their fans! i'm glad everything went well.

[Bigtop]

That's just unbelievable. Who knew they could face headwinds?!

[KarenPang]

Arashi take over the national stadium in a storm

Johnny’s group Arashi took to the stage in Japan’s National Olympic Stadium for the fourth year in a row for two concerts, reports Sports Hochi and Nikkan Sports.

The concerts were originally scheduled for September 2 and 3, but the earlier concert needed to be postponed until the 4th because there were fears Typhoon Talas would hit Tokyo directly. However, even on the 4th, strong winds had meant Arashi members could not perform flying stunts where they were meant to fly up 80 metres in they sky along a 100 metre stretch of wire. This year was a battle with an “嵐 (Arashi, storm)”, but the five managed to deliver a worthy performance in front of 70,000 fans.

“Don’t let the rain get to you!” Jun Matsumoto said.

Arashi performed 41 songs, including everything from their debut single “A.RA.SHI”, to new songs on their latest album “Beautiful World” for more than three-and-a-half hours. At the end, more than 1300 fireworks were set off into the night sky.

Although it was not the first time the group had performed in the rain, having done so two years ago, members had said they were sad about having to postpone one of the shows.

“It’s a shame because I know that not everyone could make it to the postponed show. But it was the only option if we wanted to stay safe,” Sho Sakurai said.

“I was glued to the weather channel,” Matsumoto said.

“We were making teru-teru-bozu backstage,” Masaki Aiba said.

Another effect of Typhoon Talas was it had set back the construction schedule for the stage. This mean that Arashi could only have about 30 minutes for on-stage rehearsals.

In light of the power shortage in Tokyo, this year’s shows saved 30 per cent of electricity in comparison to last year’s shows, and water fountain stunts were kept to a minimum.

During the concert, the five members looked back on their best summer memory of 2011.

“I managed to catch a Mahi-mahi fish, they only come out during the summer,” Satoshi Ohno said.

“I had dinner with Taichi-kun (TOKIO) and Kanjani8′s Murakami,” Kazunari Ninomiya said.

“I celebrated my birthday with my friends from futsal,” Matsumoto said.

“I was promoting my movie. The fried squid I ate in Osaka was amazing,” Sakurai said.

“I had dinner with my family and saw my little brother for the first time in a while,” Aiba said.

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...um-in-a-storm/

[KarenPang]

Which young male celebrities are easiest to approach?

In this world, you can usually categorize people with the following: those easiest to approach and those who are difficult to approach. This applies to the entertainment industry as well.

goo Ranking was curious about this and asked its users, ‘Which of the young male celebrities are easiest to approach?‘

Check out who came out on top below!

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1. Aiba Masaki
2. Kiritani Kenta
3. Sakurai Sho
4. Ninomiya Kazunari
5. Mizobata Junpei
6. Koike Teppei
7. Ikuta Toma
8. Mukai Osamu
9. Sato Takeru
10. Other

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/09/whi...t-to-approach/

[Beauty4123]

i can agree with that! aiba's so funny. you can't be scared of him!

[KarenPang]

SMAP hates ARASHI ?

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/2766974.html

[Beauty4123]

lol i dunno about that one too much.

i think people will always compare arashi to SMAP, though. since their getting as popular as SMAP used to be in some ways. but i don't really think they would actually hate arashi for that.

but i totally do not agree with this line:

Arashi is kinda the new hotness right now and they do a better job of pretending to like each other.....

really? lol. arashi are so dorky & lovable. i highly doubt it's all for show (i know there's fan service for concerts and stuff, but i mean in general ).

[Bigtop]

(Cross-posting)

Originally Posted by Bigtop

Oh dear...are things going sour!?

[KarenPang]

Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun attends a press conference for his play, “Aa, Koya”

On September 7th, Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun (28) attended a press conference for his starring stage play, “Aa, Koya”.

This is his first play in five years and he will once again be starring in Ninagawa Yukio’s play. Speaking of this fact, Matsumoto commented, “After the completion of our previous play, Ninagawa told me, ‘If we don’t collaborate anytime soon, I’m going to die’. I am looking forward to it,” speaking of his anticipation with collaborating with Ninagawa once again.

Matsumoto will play a young boxer for this play and revealed that he has been readily hitting the gym since March. He revealed, “It’s a fresh experience. I want to keep going until the opening day,” and showed his ambition to work out his body. Koide Keisuke (27) will play the role of the rival and he stated, “I’m excited to exchange some blows,” and displayed his competitive nature to the audience.

This play will begin on October 29th at the Saitama Art Theater.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/09/ara...-play-aa-koya/

[KarenPang]

my younger sister said that NEWS's Shige will appear next week on Himitsu no Arashi-chan & he will appear in the Mannequin Five segment

super ~_~ xD

[Beauty4123]

news on jun's stage play:

[ll moments ll]

regarding the SMAP hating Arashi: don't believe anything with the source "choscandalous" on aramatheydidnt. they stir up drama ALL THE TIME.

[Beauty4123]

^ lol i guess i'm not surprised! it just sounded so silly.