[NEWS] / [テゴマス] / [山下智久] The 21st ～4～

[KarenPang]

Counting down to a new NEWS

The mysterious countdown on the Johnny’s Entertainment website has people buzzing, reports Cyzowoman.

Clicking on the countdown clock on the website’s right menu, a new window would pop up with the number “4″ changing from the colour black to purple, yellow, pink, or green.

“It became news on some websites, and then too many people tried to access the website when the countdown finished at 00:00 on April 15. Even though it was the middle of the night, for a while it was hard to get access to the website, or sometimes the sound wouldn’t come on. In that sense I think it attracted more attention than the agency had expected,” said one source.

So what was the countdown for? When the clocked struck “00:00:00″, the silhouette for four men appeared along with a short burst of music, then the silhouette would fade…and just at the height of excitement, the silhouette would come back up and the music would repeat again.

It has been reported some fans were disappointed, and others had complained the countdown did not live up to their expectations. Nonetheless, the shapes of the men in silhouette, the number four, and the image colours of Keiichiro Koyama (purple), Takahisa Masuda (yellow), Shigeaki Kato (green), and Yuya Tegoshi (pink) have made it quite clear it has something to do with the new NEWS.

To add to the anticipation, it has been reported all four NEWS members will be on Koyama’s radio show “K-Chan NEWS” on April 17. A number of things have been happening on the show which have hinted at some NEWS announcement, including a K-Chan NEWS staff member tweeting about the countdown, and a comment Koyama had made in mid-March about the four.

“All four of us in NEWS are muscle sore for the same reason,” he said.

The comment had got some fans guessing whether it was because the group are working on new dance routines, or if they are going to start a new variety series where they have to run a lot.

Either way, it does not seem long until an exciting announcement will be made this week.

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...to-a-new-news/

[KarenPang]

New Countdown clock appears on Johnny’s Entertainment website



As we previously reported, Johnny’s Entertainment set up a mysterious countdown clock on their website on April 13th, and now another countdown clock has appeared.

This time, if you click the clock on the side menu of Johnny’s Entertainment’s website, a popup of the huge clock with NEWS’s silhouette appears. Similar to last time, every time when the minute or seconds reach the number 4, the number turns purple, green, yellow and pink, in that order. In addition, the silhouette turned into those colors and 4 different background songs were played.

The clock will hit zero on April 17th at 24:00PM, that is the exact time Koyama Keiichiro’s radio show, “K-chan NEWS” is scheduled to air. On this episode, all 4 members of NEWS will appear, and Koyama mentioned, “You know, the meaning that all 4 members will get together is…..”

Last time when the countdown clock hit zero, the 4 members’ silhouettes appeared with background music. Fans are sure that NEWS will make a come back, but no official details have been revealed.

Stay tuned more information on NEWS!

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/04/new...nment-website/

eh...is that new Johnny's website?

[KarenPang]

Nope

Johnny's Entertainment is the record company that released/distributed music . NEWS , Tegomass , KinKi Kids are some of the Johnny's whose music are released/distributed though Johnny's Entertainment

http://www.jehp.jp/

The talent agency itself is called Johnny's & Associates

http://www.johnnys-net.jp

Johnny's & Associates own Johnny's Entertainment , JStorm & J-One Records . These 3 are record labels that Johnny-san set up but ultimately , they all fall under his power/control x)

I didn't know about this jehp.jp this site笑
Thank you for information!

[ll moments ll]

i think it's about DAMMMN TIME they got a best album. though i would've liked a new one even though we're getting a single!

LOVE CHASE 山下智久 (as a ending theme of Toriko!)

[KarenPang]

NEWS' Comeback with a New Single, Best of Album, and Tour



Four-member Johnny's group NEWS is officially back! Yesterday, Apr 16th, Johnny's special site for NEWS re-started its countdown, which hit "0:00:00" on Apr 18th (12mn, JST). The time coincide with NEWS' member Keiichiro Koyama radio program "K-chan NEWS" to start its broadcast. Koyama's special guest are co-members Tegoshi Yuya, Takahisa Masuda, and Kato Shigeaki.

The four members kept the fans in suspense by talking nonsensical stuff before finally making an official announcement. As reported earlier, Keiichiro Koyama said something about a new single and Best of Album. Now, aside from the NEWS' new single and Best of Album, the Johnny's talents will also be having a concert tour.

Moreover, in order to show their love for the fans who have waited for them for more than a year, fans can participate in their Best of Album. Fans can vote for their "Top Four Favorite NEWS songs" on Johnny's Entertainment site starting Apr 18th at 12nn, JST.

http://www.jpopasia.com/news/news-co...ur::10823.html

;___;

HELL YEAH NOW THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT !

WELCOME BACK NEWS ;___;

Now to think of my top 4 fave NEWS songs to vote which will start later today <3

[dreamland2.0]

Great news!! (no pun intended)

[KarenPang]

Voting has already opened !

http://www.jehp.jp/special/

And here's a simple tutorial on how to vote for the 4 top fave NEWS songs since everything's written in Japanese on JE's link -> http://news-jpop.livejournal.com/6563439.html

Ugh dammit , be it for B-sides or album tracks , it's such a hard choice to make X.X

[sinfonietta]

NEWS were the group that drew me over to the pop side of Japanese music.

I'm disappointed to see Ryo & Pi's solos on that list. Okay, code is one of my favourite songs ever but I don't want to see their solos on there now that they've left. I wonder what they'll do for the cover art of a "Best of" album.

[Utena]

^ well the best is to celebrate the past of the group as a whole, not the new unit
So I can understand why those songs are in the list!

ahhh so glad

[KarenPang]

I have no idea how I'm going to choose 4 outta 86 songs as it's just so not fair if not terrible X.X

But I suspect a lot of fan votes/choices might be coming from pacific as that's still NEWS's best album to date

[Utena]

weeeek should be the ultimate favorite I picked Summer Time coz I freaking love this song! it has been my alarm for yeaaars, such a good way to start a day

LOVE CHASE
「山下智久×スターウォーズ」
It's a different version this time (skip to 18:50-22:28)


I want this single right now

[Utena]

^ thanks it sounds really cool! could be a nice clubbing song
The chorus is addicting, and the verses are entertaining!

[KarenPang]

kinda off topic but Hilcrhyme has included a 'cover' of NEWS's Naiyou no Nai Tegami which's included as a bonus track in Best of Hilcrhyme ~SILVER~

I'm actually excited to hear Hilcrhyme's rendition of Naiyou no Nai Tegami , especially since they were the ones that 'gave' the song to NEWS , with them writing & composing it

let's see whose rendition of Naiyou no Nai Tegami is better x)

[KarenPang]

Yamapi’s DVD sales soaring

Tomohisa Yamashita’s road trip through America is doing great on the charts, and it has even prompted a new event involving Yamapi himself, reports Sports Hochi.

It has been reported DVD charts these days indicate sales of more than 10,000 copies is a big hit. Yamashita’s ”山下智久・ルート66〜たった一人のアメリカ〜 (Tomohisa Yamashita Route 66 ~Tatta Hitori no America~)” DVD has sold more than 21,000 copies since it was released on April 11.

The documentary was broadcast by Nihon TV between January and March this year, and follows Yamashita as he went driving down Route 66.

“I found a lot of things on this journey. I met a lot of people and I learnt a lot of things. My perspective of life changed significantly,” Yamashita said.

It has been reported the positive sales have prompted a new event for fans. On May 19, 380 fans chosen through a lottery will get to go to a special screening of the documentary where Yamashita himself will take part and share some behind-the-scenes stories. Fans will even get a chance to meet Yamashita because he will be stamping a special Route 66 event notebook for them in person.

“I’m so happy that I get a chance like this to hold an event long after I finished the journey. I hope I can use the event as an opportunity to make people really understand what it was like,” he said.

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...sales-soaring/

[KarenPang]

Happy 27th birthday , Koyama ! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

お誕生日おめでとうございます!

[KarenPang]

Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (23/4/2012~29/4/2012)

*1 *39,494 *39,494 Tegomasu – Tegomasu 3rd Live Tegomasu no Mahou★
*2 **9,332 *63,609 Mr.Children - Mr.Children STADIUM TOUR 2011 SENSE-in the field-
*3 **5,437 345,874 EXILE - EXILE LIVE TOUR 2011 TOWER OF WISH ~Negai no Tou~
*4 **3,940 **3,940 T-ARA - Cry Cry & Lovey-Dovey Music Video Collection
*5 **3,180 *83,152 A.B.C-Z - Za ABC~5stars~
*6 **2,945 **2,945 Makihara Noriyuki - Makihara Noriyuki Concert Tour 2011-12 "Heart to Heart"
*7 **2,791 *87,679 AKB48 – Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen
*8 **2,473 *13,716 Momoiro Clover Z - 「Momoiro Christmas 2011 Saitama Super Arena Taikai」 LIVE DVD
*9 **1,837 *92,974 KARA - KARA BEST CLIPS Ⅱ & SHOWS
10 **1,658 **1,658 John-Hoon - John-Hoon's Diary 2012~SA･I･KA･I~