March 2012
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Akimoto Yasushi creates new drama series with...
NTV has announced a new drama series starring 6 members of Johnny’s Jr. and 6 members of AKB48. The drama is titled “Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou” and is an original story created by AKB48 producer Akimoto Yasushi.
The premise for the youthful, comedic drama involves two high schools merging together. One is the “baka” side, full of nothing but stupid yankees, while the other is the...
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Hey!Say!JUMP Consecutively Tops Singles Charts
Hey! Say! JUMP’s 9th single “SUPER DELICATE” which was released on the 22nd has sold 249,000 copies in the first week and topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for the week of March 5th.
The streak first started with their debut single “Ultra Music Power” and has continued up to their newest single. Their last number 1 single “Magic Power” sold...
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Fujiwara Tatsuya makes surprise appearance at a...
On February 28th, actor Fujiwara Tatsuya made a surprise appearance at a junior high school for his upcoming film, “Okaeri, Hayabusa“.
Fujiwara gave advice to 132 students, who will soon be graduating from junior high school. He said, “Love a lot and meet many people. I will be delighted if everyone’s powers will bring energy to Japan.”
He continued, “In life, you don’t know where your...
February 2012
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Yamapi talks about leaving NEWS
Johnny’s talent Tomohisa Yamashita talked to his fans about leaving NEWS, reports Infoseek.While shooting a TV appearance on music show “HEY! HEY! HEY!” on February 19, Yamashita shared his thoughts with the fans in the studio.
“It’s my first time after leaving NEWS so I am nervous, but I also really feel that safety the members gave me when they were with me.”
It has been reported...
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KAT-TUN’s latest album “CHAIN” tops Oricon weekly...
It was revealed that popular group KAT-TUN’s 6th original album, “CHAIN” (released on February 22nd), topped the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking for March 5th with its first week sales of 110,000 copies!
This feat will mark their sixth consecutive album to top the Oricon Album Charts since their first album, “Best of KAT-TUN” (released in March 2006). This record has...
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“Detective Conan” drama to return with special...
The live-action “Detective Conan” television series is returning with a special episode this spring. Mizobata Junpei (22) will reprise his role as the protagonist Kudo Shinichi, and Kutsuna Shiori (19) will also return as Mori Ran.
The new special is titled “Kudo Shinichi: Kyoto Shinsengumi Satsujin Jiken.” The story revolves around two locked room mysteries, one...
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Sexy Zone’s Nakajima Kento to enter Meiji Gakuin...
It was revealed that 5-member group Sexy Zone’s Nakajima Kentohas passed the entrance exam for Meiji Gakuin University (department of sociology), and will enter the university this April. Although Sexy Zone has a busy schedule, he will try to manage both his activities in Sexy Zone and his studies.
Noticing the great influence of media after the disaster, Nakajima...
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TBS to start new prime time music show with Nakai...
TBS has announced that it will launch a new prime time music show in April. The last time the network had a prime time music program was “THE MUSIC HOUR” in 2010. Like that show, SMAP’s Nakai Masahiro(39) will be the MC, but this time he will be joined by AKB48 and actress Esumi Makiko (45).
The new show does not yet have a title, but it is described as a mix between a live performance show and...
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Perfume goes global
Electropop group Perfume has announced that they are changing record labels, fromTokuma Japan Communications to Universal J (part of Universal Music). Their first single under the new label will be “Spring of Life,” scheduled for release this spring. The song is being used in a new commercial for Kirin Chuhai Hyoketsu, which begins airing on television today.
With the move to Universal,...
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Toma doesn't get enough love
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This year’s NHK Taiga drama, Taira no Kiyomori, has been suffering from ratings but rumors about next year’s Taiga drama are already simmering. We know Ayase Haruka is going to star in next year’s drama, Yae no Sakura, but rumor has it that NHK is looking to inject some Johnny’s talents in hopes of increasing the ratings.
According to entertainment writer, Kobayashi Shinichi, “NHK...
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Nana Mizuki Announces 2012 Summer Live Tour
Fans will be glad to know that popular seiyuu-singer Nana Mizuki will be embarking on a LIVE TOUR this summer, titled “NANA MIZUKI LIVE UNION 2012”.
She’ll be touring 14 different cities in 12 different prefectures, starting from Shimane Prefecture on 24th June, and ending at Chiba Prefecture on 8th September.
Do catch her concerts if you happened to drop by! Please refer...
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Which celebrities had the most shocking nude...
Fashion & beauty magazine ‘an an‘ is famously known for featuring various celebrities in their nude figures and causing a wave of awe through their pictorials.
With that in mind, goo ranking decided to ask its users, “Which celebrities had the most shocking nude photoshoot on ‘an an’?”
1. Sakurai Sho (Arashi)
2. Mukai Osamu
3. Darvish Yu
4. Motoki Masashiro
5. Esumi Akiko
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Toda Erika chosen as the heroine for Ohno...
As reported Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi will star in the next “Getsu9″ drama “Kagi no Kakatta Heya“, and today, it was announced that Toda Erika has been chosen as the heroine for the drama. This will be the first time for Ohno and Toda to co-star with each other, and also, the first time for Toda to play the role of a lawyer.
This drama tells the story of a protagonist, Enomoto Kei...
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"Hakuouki" Third Season and 2013 Movie
The third TV season of the anime, “Hakuouki”, was announced today to air this summer. Not only that, a movie is to be released next year.
The third season is a sequel of the two previous seasons and is about the early years of the shinsengumi.The anime opening will be sung by Maon Kurosaki.
The two-part movie will have a different storyline from the anime series which is...
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AKB48’s Watanabe Mayu to hold internet live
It’s been announced that AKB48’s Watanabe Mayu will be holding an internet live on February 29th
The concert will broadcast live from Tokyo, and will be available on Ameba Studio and or USTREAM AmebaStudio Channel. The 15-minute live will start at 6:45 pm JST. After the live, Watanabe will hold a talk session, with local fans, from 8:30 pm JST.
For the concert, Watanabe...
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Matsuda Shota chosen as new image character for...
It’s been revealed that actor Matsuda Shota has been chosen as the new image character for men’s cosmetics brand, ‘GATSBY‘.
“GATSBY” is widely known for their CMs featuring SMAP’s Kimura Takuya, who has been the brand’s image character since 2006. Previous image characters include Hagiwara Kenichi, Yoshida Eisaku, Motoki Masahiro, and Matsuda’s father Matsuda Yusaku.
In the new...
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Takenouchi Yutaka to star in drama series “Mou...
Actor Takenouchi Yutaka (41) will star in a drama series on TBS this spring, titled “Mou Ichido Kimi ni, Propose.” The show is described as a love story involving a wife who has partly lost her memory and her husband who tries to reconstruct their relationship.
Takenouchi plays Miyamoto Haru, who works as a mechanic at an automobile repair shop. He married his wife Kanako,...
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Kis-My-Ft2 First Album "Kiss-My-1st" Covers
Aside from their upcoming third single, SHE!HER!HER!, which will be released in Mar 21st, Kiss-My-Ft2 will also be releasing their first album-Kis-My-1st on Mar 28th.
CD+DVD - SHE!HER!HER! -SHE!HER!HER! Music Video and music video in the making
CD Only -SHE!HER!HER! -Deep your Voice (To be used as theme song of Moshimo Tours)
Here are the covers and contents of their first album:
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Ryo Nishikido will Play as Himself in New Drama
After leaving NEWS for Kanjani8, Ryo Nishikido is back with a new TBS drama that will surely delight all his fans.
In the new comedy-drama that will air this April, Ryo Nishikido will play ashimself in Papa Wo Idol (Papa is an Idol). The story revolves around Ryo who secretly marries an older, single mom; a marriage that he has to keep as a secret or his idol career will...
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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu chosen as new image character...
It’s been revealed that model-turned-singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has been chosen as the new image character for Glico’s oral care mint, “BREO“.
Kyary was chosen as the brand’s new image character for her uniqueness and individuality. The latest CM will feature Kyary transformed into a businessman, a school girl, a cabin attendant, and an alien. She commented, “I wanted to draw out my...
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Cast of ‘Ouran High School Host Club’ to make a...
Today it was made public that the main cast of the upcoming movie ‘Ouran High School Host Club‘ is going to make a special appearance in the currently airing drama ‘Shirato Osamu no Jikenbo‘ (TBS), starring Chiba Yudai.
In July of 2011, before the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of ‘Ouran High School Host Club’, TBS broadcast a live-action drama with the same cast. It aired in...
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BUMP OF CHICKEN Starts Ticket Sales for Tour
Popular rock band BUMP OF CHICKEN will go on their “GOLD GLIDER TOUR” which it has been 4 years since their last all Japan tour. Tickets for the 24th and 25th of April at the Osaka Jo Hall will be on sale until the 28th (till 11:59PM). Tickets on May 3rd and May 6th at the Ishikawaken Sangyouten Jikan and Niigata Convention Center will be sold until the...
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Amuro Namie reveals jacket covers for “Go Round /...
Singer Amuro Namie has unveiled the jacket covers for her upcoming single, “Go Round / YEAH-OH“!
The single is slated for release on March 21st and will be available in two different versions: CD+DVD and CD-Only. The DVD will contain music videos for both “Go Round” and “YEAH-OH”.
“Go Round” is currently the campaign song for the cosmetic brand, ‘KOSE ESPRIQUE‘.
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Aoki Kotomi’s manga “Kano-Uso” to get live-action...
It was announced on the latest issue of manga magazine “Cheese!” (released on February 24th), thatAoki Kotomi’s manga “Kanojo wa Uso wo Aishisugiteru” (also nicknamed as “Kano-Uso”) will get a live-action movie adaptation.
This is Aoki’s third manga to get live-action movie adaption, as her previous series “Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru” (starring Matsumoto Jun and Eikura...
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Abe Hiroshi & Ueto Aya in Rome for “Thermae Romae”...
On February 22nd, a premiere for upcoming movie “Thermae Romae” was held at Cinema The Space in Rome, Italy. The main cast members Abe Hiroshi, Ueto Aya, and the director of the movieTakeuchi Hideki attended this overseas stage greeting.
“Thermae Romae” is a live-action adaptation of Yamazaki Mari’s popular manga. It’s a story of Lucius (played by Abe), a bath design...
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Warner Brothers planning live-action movie...
Entertainment news source Variety reports that Warner Bros. has licensed the live-action movie rights to Tite Kubo’s popular supernatural action manga “Bleach.” Warner Bros. is currently developing the project with Viz Productions, a subsidiary of Viz Media (which publishes the English version of “Bleach”).
Dan Mazeau (“Wrath of the Titans”) is in charge of writing the...
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“Suzuki-sensei” drama series gets a movie
Taketomi Kenzi’s manga “Suzuki-sensei” is getting a movie, it has been announced. The movie will continue the television drama adaptation that aired on TV Tokyo last spring, and actor Hasegawa Hiroki (34) will return in the starring role.
“Suzuki-sensei” follows the story of an ordinary junior high school teacher as he deals with various problems with his students. The manga received one...
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Ayumi Hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 Announced
Singer Ayumi Hamasaki will go on her ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 A ～HOTEL Love songs～ tour starting in April. Within the tour, the 7th and 8th of April’s tickets for the Saitama Super Arena will be sold until March 4th until 11pm.
The performance on June 9th at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center will be selling tickets until this Sunday the 26th until 11:59PM.
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Artists line-up for NTV’s special music program...
On March 7th, NTV will live broadcast a special music program titled “Nittere-kei Ongaku no Saiten Ongaku no Chikara 2012” to help support recovery efforts for the Tohoku earthquake.
In addition to relay broadcasting from the disaster area, many gorgeous artists will perform “cheering up songs” at the studio in Tokyo. The main host of the program will be Arashi’s Sakurai Sho.
Arashi’s...
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Jin Akanishi pisses off important producer
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It seems Jin is good at pissing people off.
With the news of Akanishi Jin’s marriage, rumors have been flying saying that its possible Akanishi could be let go from the agency, according to a well-informed insider, and now one more obstacle has appeared.
Akanishi has apparently had a huge fight with a big-shot Japanese producer. Supposedly, the producer was ticked off by Akanishi’s...
D☆DATE announces first album + live tour
On February 22nd, D☆DATE held a release event for their latest single ‘JOKER‘ at the Shinjuku Balto 9, where they announced that they’ll be releasing their first album in April. The boys will also launch a second live tour in June.
After showing their short movie, “JOKER”, on a large screen, the boys held an interview with the crowd. Commenting on their new single, leader Araki Hirofumi said,...
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Idol Group SMAP to Cover More Anime Songs!
For the February 27 edition of their SMAP x SMAP variety show, pop group SMAP will once again cover famous anime songs in collaboration with their original artists. The group had done this for the first time last November
Their performances will include versions of songs from series such as One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Cutie Honey, City Hunter, and Castle in the Sky. The website also...
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New Read or Die Manga Previewed Before Saturday...
The editors of Shueisha’s new Super Dash & Go! magazine confirmed that the R.O.D. Rehabilitation manga will launchin the magazine’s third issue on Saturday. While the editors say the manga features an eyeglasses-wearing Yomiko, “she is not the Yomiko from before” in the previous light novel series, manga, and various anime projects.
Hideyuki Kurata, the...
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AKB48 collaborates with HP
Five members of AKB48 is back with the newest CM for Hewlett-Packard Japan. After a successful collaboration last year where they were named asHP’s Support Angels, the girls are back with a brand new title-Love PC Evangelists.
Joining this newest campaign for HP are Maeda Atsuko, Shinoda Mariko,Itano Tomomi, Kojima Haruna, and Mitsumune Kaoru. The CM will be released on Feb 23rd.
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Arashi encourages victims in Special show on NTV
Popular group Arashi held a mini concert at Hichigahama city, Miyagi where there had been extensive damage due to last year’s tsunami. This was first time Arashi held concert at a victim area, before the concert they visited temporary housing and interacted with the survivors.
The SP will air NTV 3 hours music show “Power of Music 2012” (on air 3/7 7pm) that convey earthquake...
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Ninomiya Kazunari and Sasaki Nozomi no longer...
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Are they or aren’t they? Actually, it’s pretty much confirmed that Ninomiya Kazunari and Sasaki Nozomi have broken up (good luck trying to get an official statement out of their agencies since they’re just “good friends.”)
Can their breakup be blamed on anyone? Well, how about Hannya’s Kawashima Akiyoshi (umm… he’s the fatter one.) Nino’s been prioritizing his time with...
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Ghibli's Arrietty had $8.68 Million in 4 Days
The Box Office Mojo website reported that Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Studio Ghibli’s anime film The Secret World of Arrietty (Karigurashi no Arrietty) earned an estimated US$8,102,000 over the four-day President’s Day holiday weekend in the United States. With the fourth day’s tally included, the film now rises to #8 for the extended weekend.
The film had earned an...
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Sashihara Rino to Release Solo Debut Single on 2nd...
Apart from being in AKB48 and sub-unit’s Not yet, it’s also announced back in January that Sashihara Rino will be the 5th AKB48 member to go solo. Shortly after, her debut single was titled “Sore demo suki da yo” and she has already performed a few times commercially.
Now, the release date is announced to be 2nd May. This coincides with the birthday of Akimoto...
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Kanon Wakeshima Performs at Sakura Con
Sakura-Con 2012’s website recently announced that Kanon Wakeshima, the Japanese singer and cellist, will be a honored guest at the convention. The convention itself is being held on April 6th-8th at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.
Kanon Wakeshima has been enjoying her international success during her Euro Tour this past year. The tour consisted of 10 cities...
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Ohno Satoshi, Aiba Masaki to star in separate...
Two Arashi members will be starring in separate television dramas this spring. Ohno Satoshi (31) will occupy Fuji TV’s Monday 9:00pm time slot with “Kagi no Kakatta Heya,” while Aiba Masaki (29) will take overNTV’s Saturday 9:00pm time slot with “Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri.” Both shows will be mystery dramas.
For Ohno, this will be his first time starring in a drama series on Fuji TV,...
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Sato Takeru & Ishihara Satomi attend the press...
On February 21st, Sato Takeru, Ishihara Satomi, and other cast members for the upcoming stage play “Romeo & Juliet” appeared at the press conference.
As we reported previously, this will be the stage debut for Sato, who reportedlystarted preparing for his stage debut about 2 years ago. Sato said, “I have been struggling what else I could do to prepare for this, and I am still...
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Original Series: A documentation of Johnny...
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I’ve had these articles sitting bookmarked for 1+yrs now. Been wondering if I should translate them for a while. Since I have nothing else better to do today, I decided to translate some of them. Problem? I don’t know if I’m going to translate the whole series because it’s not always a slow news day. And since I own the tumblr, I have editorial control on what gets posted. If you...