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[NEWS] Nino leads autumn drama popularity ranks

2010-10-10T05:04:00.003+09:00

Arashi’s Kazunari Ninomiya’s (27) upcoming drama has been voted as the show most people want to see this autumn, according to a survey carried out by music website BIG GLOBE, it has been revealed today.

Ninomiya’s drama, “フリーター、家を買う (Freeter, Ie wo Kau)” is a series based on a best-seller novel, and is the first drama the popstar has been in since “流星の絆 (Ryusei no Kizuna)” two years ago. This, BIG GLOBE reports, is a big factor in attracting Arashi fans.

“Q10 (Cute)” ranked in second, with much attention being drawn to its fresh cast including Takeru Sato and Atsuko Maeda from AKB48.

“医龍 Team Medical Dragon 3″ ranked in third, attracting fans from its first two series.

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The complete list and some comments are as follows:

1. “フリーター、家を買う (Freeter, Ie wo Kau)”, 295 votes, starring Kazunari Ninomiya

“Watching the promotions on TV alone was enough to show it looks like a touching story.” (Teenage girl, Tochigi prefecture)

“Of course!! Because I love Nino!” (Woman, 40s, Gifu prefecture)

“I’m an Arashi fan and Nino’s good at acting so I’m looking forward to it!!” (Woman, 20s, Osaka prefecture)

“I think Nino really suits his freeter role. I’m always drawn to Ninomiya-san and the way he can act, even with his eyes. I can’t wait to see it!” (Anonymous)

“I’m curious to see whether he can buy a house” (Woman, 30s, Ishikawa prefecture)

“I’m not particularly an Arashi fan, but Ninomiya-san is special. I’ve seen most of his dramas up to now, and he’s nothing short of amazing” (Man, 40s, Hiroshima prefecture)

2. “Q10 (Cute)”, 115 votes, starring Takeru Sato

3. “医龍 Team Medical Dragon 3″, 74 votes, starring Kenji Sakaguchi

4. “流れ星 (Nagare-boshi)”, 72 votes, starring Yutaka Takenouchi

5. “モリのアサガオ (Mori no Asagao)”, 70 votes, starring Atsushi Ito

6. “SPEC”, 61 votes, starring Erika Toda and Ryo Kato

7. “ナサケの女・国税局査察官 (Nasake no Onna, Kokuzeikyoku-sasatsukan)”, 60 votes, starring Ryoko Yonekura

8. “獣医ドリトル (Veterinarian Dolittle)”, 58 votes, starring Shun Oguri

9. “ギルティ　悪魔と契約した女 (Guilty Akuma to Keiyaku shita Onnna)”, 52 votes, starring Miho Kanno

10. “相棒 (Aibo)”, 41 votes, starring Yutaka Mizutani

Source: music.biglobe + Freeter, Ie wo Kau website + Veterinarian Dolittle twitter feed (tweets about Takahisa Masuda):
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[INFO] Goo Keyword Ranking First Half of 2010

2010-07-23T02:30:00.002+09:00

Top 20 Celebrities

1. Hoshino Aki
2. Akanishi Jin
3. Inoue Mao
4. Uchi Hiroki
5. Kitagawa Keiko
6. Matsumoto Jun
7. Maeda Atsuko
8. Sawajiri Erika
9. Kamenashi Kazuya
10. Lee Byung Hun
11. Ohno Satoshi
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20. Kusakari Tamiyo

Top 20 Male Celebrities
1. Akanishi Jin
2. Uchi Hiroki
3. Matsumoto Jun
4. Kamenashi Kazuya
5. Lee Byung Hun
6. Ohno Satoshi
7. Fukuyama Masaharu
8. Sato Takeru
9. Yamada Ryosuke
10. Ikuta Toma
11. Kimura Takuya
12. Ninomiya Kazunari
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20. Daito Shunsuke

Top 20 TV Programs
1. Gegege no Nyobo
2. Ryomaden
3. Hanamaru Market
4. Nakanai to Kimeta Hi
5. MOTHER
6. Sunao ni Narenakute
7. Shiru Shiru Mishiru
8. Shop Channel
9. Shofu to Shukujo
10. Tameshite Gatten
11. Kaibutsu-kun
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20. Code Blue

source: UNLEASHTHEGEEK
credit to ; forgottenyears @ LJ
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[NEWS] Arashi's New Song/Singles?

2010-07-23T02:27:00.000+09:00

With the new song "Love Rainbow" for Matsumoto Jun's drama: Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku; it is also confirmed on the latest flyer for Ninomiya Kazunari's movie, Ooku that Arashi will be singing the theme song called, "Dear Snow".

Apparently there is a rumor that they'll be singing the theme song for GANTZ as well. Entitled, "In the Future" which was listed in another new flyer. Though it is too early to be announced so it could be false.

Source: http://mybestmovie-movie.com/
http://sakuraibaparadise.blog124.fc2.com/blog-entry-877.html
http://kelly94.blog125.fc2.com/blog-entry-458.html
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[NEWS] Nikkan Sports Spring Drama Grand Prix 2010

2010-07-23T02:22:00.000+09:00

In the Spring drama section of the "14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (GP)", Tohoshinki's Jejung who acted for his first time in "Sunao ni Narenakute" was first in the supporting actor category, being top clearly. Website {nikkansports.com}, mobile website {Nikkan Geino!} has a members only service, "Point Club", and so from 29/6 ~ 8/7 was the voting period (15,814 valid votes). Jejung with nearly half the votes, garnered more than 7000 votes, and the production he acted in "Sunao ni Narenakute" was first in its category.

Winning Dramas
1. Sunao ni Narenakute / FujiTV / 5578
2. Kaibutsu-kun / NTV / 3297
3. IRIS / TBS / 1320
4. Mother / NTV / 1220
5. Tsuki no Koibito / FujiTV / 624

Main Actor Awards
1. Ohno Satoshi / Kaibutsu-kun / 3824
2. Eita / Sunao ni Narenakute / 3197
3. Lee Byung Hoon / IRIS / 2112
4. Fukuyama Masaharu / Ryoma-den / 1696
5. Abe Hiroshi / Shinzanmono / 1043

Main Actress Awards
1. Matsuyuki Yasuko / Mother / 4303
2. Ueno Juri / Sunao ni Narenakute / 3829
3. Kim Tae Hee / IRIS / 2395
4. Matsushita Nao / Gegege no Nyobo / 1461
5. Ueto Aya / Zettai Reido / 1171

Supporting Actor Awards
1. Jejung / Sunao ni Narenakute / 7018
2. Matsuoka Masahiro / Kaibutsu-kun / 1739
3. Kagawa Teruyuki / Ryoma-den / 783
4. Mukai Osamu / Gegege no Nyobo / 727
5. Matsuda Shota / Tsuki no Koibito / 665

Supporting Actress Awards
1. Ashida Mana / Mother / 2234
2. Inamori Izumi / Kaibutsu-kun / 2231
3. Seki Megumi / Sunao ni Narenakute / 2069
4. Kim Seo Yeon / IRIS / 1804
5. Shinohara Ryoko / Tsuki no Koibito / 1464

Source: [miemie0606]
Translation Credits: tvxq_luv@tohosomnia.net
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[NEWS] Ninomiya Kazunari & Nagasawa Masami break up?

2010-07-23T02:18:00.000+09:00

It was reported that Ninomiya Kazunari (Arashi) and Nagasawa Masami have been in a good relationship, however, “Syu-kan Josei“(July 6th issue) reported that they have broken up.

According to the gossip magazine, Ninomiya used to visit Masami’s place very often, but he stopped going over since March. A neighbor of Masami’s also testified that she stopped seeing Ninomiya since March.

March is when Masami made an appearance on “Waratte iitomo!” as a guest, and the audience was worried about how skinny Masami was.

“Syu-kan Josei” also reported the reason why they broke up is that Ninomiya cheated on Masami.

Source: Men’s cyzo + Syu-kan Josei
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[INFO] Oricon’s “Spring Drama ☆ AWARD 2010″

2010-07-23T02:11:00.002+09:00

Favorite Spring Drama BEST10
01 – (180) – Shinzanmono
02 – (172) – Sunao ni Narenakute
03 – (151) – Team Batista 2
04 – (115) – Kaibutsu-kun
05 – (095) – Mother
06 – (077) – Keibuho Yabe Kenzo
07 – (073) – Tumbling
08 – (060) – Zettai Reido
09 – (043) – Rinjo 2
10 – (025) – Dosokai

Spring Drama Favorite Actor
01 – (171) – Abe Hiroshi [Shinzanmono]
02 – (129) – Eita [Sunao ni Narenakute]
03 – (111) – Ohno Satoshi [Kaibutsu-kun]
04 – (071) – Nakamura Toru [Team Batista 2]
05 – (063) – Namase Katsuhisa [Keibuho Yabe Kenzo]

Spring Drama Favorite Theme Song
01 – (293) – "Monster" (Arashi) — Kaibutsu-kun
02 – (146) – "Dry Town" (Love Psychedelico) — Zettai Reido
03 – (111) – "Hard to say I love you" (Weaver) — Sunao ni Narenakute
04 – (088) – "Machimonogatari" (Yamashita Tatsuro) — Shinzanmono
05 – (063) – "Trust In You" (Juju) — Keishicho Shissonin Sosaka

Source: oricon, Oricon Star
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[INFO] Best Drama Ratings in first half of 2010

2010-07-23T01:50:00.001+09:00

Drama Ratings Top 10:

01 – 24.4% – Episode 05 of "Ryoma den"
02 – 22.4% – Episode 01 of "Tsuki no Koibito"
03 – 21.2% – Episode 01 of the DramaSP "Wagaya no Rekishi"
04 – 21.0% – Episode 01 of "Shinzanmono"
05 – 20.5% – Episode 75 of the morning drama "Gegege no Nyobo"
06 – 20.4% – Episode 19 (Finale) of "Aibo Season 8"
07 – 19.4% – The Drama SP "Saigo no Yakusoku"
08 – 18.8% – Episode 01 of "Code Blue Season 2"
09 – 18.6% – Episode 10 (Finale) of "Magerarenai Onna"
10 – 18.6% – Episode 02,05 and 10 of "Rinjo 2"

Source: Oricon
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[NEWS] Perfume vs Arashi Dance Battle!

2010-07-23T01:42:00.001+09:00

Perfume will be appearing on TBS's variety programme "Himitsu no Arashi-chan!" on July 22.

Aside from a talk segment on the VIP ROOM corner, an Arashi vs Perfume dance battle set to Perfume's "Chocolate Disco" is said to be part of the trio's appearance on the programme.

Perfume's new single, "VOICE" comes out on August 11.

SOurce: natalie
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[INFO] Oricon Weekly Charts (2010.07.19)

2010-07-23T01:19:00.002+09:00

Single

1. Arashi - To Be Free = 425978
2. Kaibutsukun (Kaibutsu Tarou) - Yukaitsukai Kaibutsukun = 142802
3. SKE48 - Gomen ne Summer = 62078
4. Koda Kumi - Gossip Candy (Lollipop / Inside Fishbowl / Outside Fishbowl / For You) = 60027
5. DREAMS COME TRUE - Ikite Yuku nodesu = 34483
6. Sukima Switch - Ice Cream Syndrome = 16006
7. Kanjani8 - Wonderful World!! = 15343
8. DREAMS COME TRUE - Ne = 11503
9. Kiyoshi Hikawa - Shamisen Tabigarasu = 9789
10. Shota Shimizu - Goodbye = 9556

Source: Oricon

MUSIC DVDs

1. UVERworld - UVERworld Video Complete-act.1- first 5 years = 27293
2. C-ute - C-ute Concert Tour 2010 Spring ~Shocking Live~ = 4735
3. Arashi - ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5x10 = 4120
4. HY - HY MACHIKANTY SO-TANDOH TOUR 2010 @ Okinawa Ginowan Kaihin Koen Yagai Gekijo ~Toki wo Koe~ = 4037
5. Tsuyoshi Domoto - Yakushiji = 3296
6. POLYSICS - BUDOKAN OR DIE!!!! 2010.3.14 = 3116
7. Fujifabric - Fab Box = 2989
8. Momoe Yamaguchi - Momoe Yamaguchi in Yoru no Hit Studio = 2945
9. Arashi - 5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009 = 2206
10. Miliyah Kato - Ring Tour 2009 = 1992

Source: Oricon

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[NEWS] Kaibutsu-kun Rejuvenated Satoshi Ohno of Arashi

2010-04-15T09:28:00.001+09:00

Satoshi Ohno (大野智) of Arashi (嵐) attended the press conference of "Kaibutsu Kun/怪物くん (lit. Little monster)" on April 11. This is the first time for this manga of Fujiko Fujio A to be played by real person.

It's a story about the prince of the monster land, "Kaibutsu Kun" and his friends, Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken, come to the human world, encounter with Hiroshi and his sister Utako, and start to aware of "What a king should be."
As in the original work, Ohno who plays Kaibutsu-kun appears with a blue-red cap, "I was worried about my age at the beginning. I am about 30." said Ohno with a wry smile, "But, after starting the shoot, I gradually feel at home. In this appearance, I feel rejuvenated. My hair is dyed into brown as well after two year absence."
The theme song "Yukaitsu-Kaibutsukun (ユカイツーカイ怪物くん)" of the anime version which is famous for the phrase "Ka-I, Kaikai♪ (カーイ、カイカイ♪)" is used as the BGM and is solo sang by Ohno. "I know the song before. However, I am surprised to be no.3. They told me to 'sing as yourself.' So I sang it merrily." He seems enjoy the singing a lot.

The theme song is "Monster", the new song by Arashi, and the single will release on May 19. "Yukaitsu-Kaibtsukun" will also be recorded into CD later. "All members suit Kaibutsu-kun's image. Choreography is full of mysterious feeling as well. But Aiba-chan struggled to memorize it." Ohno said happily.

The original author Fujiko commented: "I have watched the drama and I appreciate that all characters fit perfectly." As to the Kaibutsu-kun played by Ohno, "Surprisingly I almost cried. Even I drew the story, it is much better than expected."

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[NEWS] Arashi to Charm East Asia as "Face of Japan"!

2010-04-13T10:24:00.001+09:00

Arashi (嵐) have been appointed as the Japanese Tourism Promotion Representative volunteer (観光立国ナビゲーター) of Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. On the press conference on April 8, Sho Sakurai (櫻井翔), Masaki Aiba (相葉雅紀) and Jun Matsumoto (松本潤) made their appearance and announced: "We are waiting for your coming in Japan." with Sakurai in English, Aiba in Chinese and Matsumoto in Korean. Both Sakurai and Aiba made impressive announcement, but Matsumoto was the only one tongue-tied. "I screwed up at the most important situation. I have to practice more!" said Matsumoto.

Sakurai showed his confidence: "I am honored to be chosen as 'Face of Japan'. When I was told about this, I was totally surprised. I will work hard for this important duty!" and Aiba said: "I want to impress all the tourists who come to Japan with Japanese wonderful culture and tradition."

In 2009, there were 6,790,000 visitors come to Japan. And Japan Tourism Agency has targeted 15,000,000 visitors by 2013 and 30,000,000 in the future. Arashi, as the Japanese Tourism Promotion Representative Navigator, are having various promotion activities in China and other East Asia countries with the new catch-phrase "Japan. Endless Discovery."

When they were asked which feature of Japan you want to express, Sakurai answered: "Drift ices can be found in Hokkaido at the north, and coral and beautiful ocean can be seen in Okinawa at the south. With spring, summer, autumn and winter, I want to let everybody know the rich nature of Japan." Aiba said: "Fashion and Anime are properties of Japan as well, and they are what I would like to show." Matsumoto: "I have traveled in Japan twice by now in this year, and found that the food cultures differ from place to place. I will try to impress people with different culture of different places of Japan."

The new TV commercial of Arashi is prepared, for their future activities in Asia. As the "Face of Japan", will Arashi add more splendors to Japan's charm?

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[INFO] Oricon: Celebrities Wanted As Classmates

2010-04-11T02:09:00.001+09:00

The “Oricon Style” website recently released the results of a survey conducted last month. They asked people to name the celebrity they wanted as a classmate. Miura Haruma obtained first place for the males list and for females it was the popular ‘talento’ Becky.

Females:
001. Becky
002. Aragaki Yui
003. Toda Erika
004. Kitano Kii
005. Shida Mirai

Males:
001. Miura Haruma
002. Sato Takeru
003. Okada Masaki
004. Sakura Sho (Arashi)
005. Koike Teppei

The survey was conducted by Oricon from February 16 to the 18 with 300 people participating.

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[NEWS] Oricon’s spring dorama expectations ranking

2010-04-11T01:55:00.002+09:00

As usual Oricon made a survey to find out the most anticipated dorama of the new season as well. Unsurprisingly "Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~" starring Kimura Takuya (37) topped this ranking as well and Oricon expects some very high ratings for this dorama.

Tsuki no Koibiti will be Kimutaku's first real love story in 10 years and star him as the company president of an interior design company. "It's a getsu9 dorama and it has Kimutaku, it's impossible not to have very high expectations," a female teenage voter said. However, it's not just him people are looking forward to. "I'm really excited, because it's Shinohara Ryoko's comeback dorama," another female voter in her thirties commented.

Second place goes "Team Batista 2" starring Ito Atsushi (26) and Nakamura Tooru (44). During the first season the two of them have already proven to be a great team and gathered a lot of male fans. In fact, this dorama would have topped the ranking if they've only counted the male voters. Third place goes to the dorama adaption of the fantasy comedy manga "Kaibutsu-kun" starring Ohno Satoshi (29) of the popular group Arashi.

"Shinzanmono" starring Abe Hiroshi (45) and Kuroki Meisa (21) made it on the fourth place while the Twitter dorama "Sunao ni Narenakute" starring Ueno Juri (23) and Eita (27) unfortunately only ranked fifth. The biggest surprise of the ranking is the fact that "Mother" didn't make it into the Top 10.

Top 10:
01 – Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~ - Kimura Takuya, Shinohara Ryoko, Kitagawa Keiko
02 – Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen - Ito Atsushi, Nakamura Tooru
03 – Kaibutsu-kun - Ohno Satoshi, Kawashima Umika
04 – Shinzanmono - Abe Hiroshi, Kuroki Meisa
05 – Sunao ni Narenakute - Ueno Juri, Eita
06 – Gegege no Nyobo (morning dorama) - Matsushita Nao, Mukai Osamu
07 – Keibuho Yabe Kenzo - Namase Katsuhisa, Kanjiya Shihori
08 – Yankee-kun to Megane-chan - Narimiya Hiroki, Naka Riisa
09 – Zettai Reido: Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sousa - Ueto Aya, Kitaooji Kinya
10 – Tumbling - Yamamoto Yusuke, Seto Koji

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[INFO] Yahoo! Japan Look-Up Rankings (3/29~4/4)

2010-04-11T01:50:00.002+09:00

Weekly Top 20 (03/29~04/4)

Rank (Last)	Person/Group
01 (01) 02 (03) 03 (02) 04 (04) 05 (07) 06 (new) 07 (06) 08 (05) 09 (new) 10 (new)	Arashi Tohoshinki AKB48 Kitagawa Keiko Asada Mao Inoue Mao Maeda Atsuko (AKB48) EXILE Diana Chiaki Kimura Takuya

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[INFO] Random Web Polls (3/29~4/4)

2010-04-11T01:35:00.002+09:00

There are many random polls, polls not organized by "legitimate" portals such as Oricon or goo you can find in the Japanese interwebs and most of them tend to be very silly or hurtful towards some celebrities or groups. However, once in a while there are actually some interesting polls and sometimes even polls that don't allow users to freely add choices of their own (tends to become quite monotonous).

Notes: But, satoshidake just take some pollings that have related to Ohno Satoshi and Arashi

Celebrities that probably have a quick temper.
01 – Shimada Shinsuke
02 – Kimura Takuya
03 – Matsuda Seiko
04 – Sawajiri Erika
05 – Tajima Yoko
06 – Yamashita Tomohisa
07 – Aso Taru
08 – Kamenashi Kazuya
09 – Ohno Satoshi
10 – Funaki Kazuo

The most soothing Johnny's.
01 – Ohno Satoshi
02 – Domoto Koichi
03 – Masuda Takahisa
04 – Kamenashi Kazuya
05 – Aiba Masaki
06 – Nishikido Ryo
07 – Matsumoto Jun
08 – Okura Tadayoshi
09 – Domoto Tsuyoshi
10 – Kusanagi Tsuyoshi

Groups where the members are close with each other.
01 – Kanjani8
02 – Arashi
03 – KAT-TUN
04 – NEWS
05 – V6
06 – SMAP
07 – Perfume
08 – KinKi Kids
09 – Tegomass
10 – Tackey and Tsubasa

Celebrities you want to punish/scold for whatever reason.
01 – The crown prince
02 – Domoto Tsuyoshi
03 – Kim Yu-Na
04 – Nakagawa Shoko
05 – Akanishi Jin
06 – Kimura Takuya
07 – Koda Kumi
08 – DAIGO
09 – Hashimoto Tooru
10 – Matsumoto Jun

Celebrities that give you self-confidence and courage.
01 – Domoto Koichi
02 – Hikawa Kiyoshi
03 – Nakamori Akina
04 – Sawajiri Erika
05 – Masuda Takahisa
06 – Matsumoto Jun
07 – Kamenashi Kazuya
08 – Domoto Tsuyoshi
09 – Takahashi Daisuke
10 – Saijo Hideki

and the last one.... what do you think everyone??

Johnny's fans with the worst manners.
01 – Domoto Tsuyoshi fans
02 – Arashi fans
03 – All of those Johnny's fans that go too far
04 – Arashi fans that flood every topic
05 – Akanishi Jin fans
06 – Domoto Koichi fans
07 – NEWS fans
08 – Hey! Say! JUMP fans
09 – SMAP fans who are jealous of Arashi's popularity
10 – KAT-TUN fans

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[NEWS] A breezy PR event for “Wagaya no Rekishi”

2010-04-11T01:17:00.001+09:00

Fuji TV's 50th anniversary dorama special "Wagaya no Rekishi" has been completed and today the cast went up to the rooftop of said channel's Wangan Studio in Tokyo to make the happy announcement. One by one the all dressed up cast walked along the red carpet laid out on the roof.

Spring welcomed the cast with a very strong breeze, much to the agony of those wearing dresses, but at least it didn't rain. Starring actress Shibasaki Kou (28) said a few words about the dorama. "Having seen the complete version, I just fully realized how much our current way of life is connected to the smiles and sorrows of the people from the past."

Writer Mitani Kouki is said to have been working on the script of this special dorama for more than 5 years. It's a dorama with a family oriented theme and a story that follows the always cheerful Yame family through all the big historical events of the Show era like World War II, the US-Japan Security Treaty conflicts, the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and so on. We will be able to relive all those moments through their eyes, with all their smiles and their tears and never-ceasing brightness despite the numerous hardships.

Mitani was happy about the blue sky for the event. "This day has finally come. Such a strong wind feels more like a punishment, but I'm still glad that we have such a nice weather." Actress Eikura Nana (22) plays the youngest child of the family and also said a few words about this nearly 8 hours long epic dorama special. "In the beginning I thought 7 hours would be really long, but I ended up watching the whole dorama in one night. I'm very happy that I'm able to stand here today," she said. "It's 8 hours long!" Mitani had to correct her. "Did you actually watch it until the end?" He joked.

Shibasaki further commented on how it was to work together with such a wonderful cast. "I'm not married and don't have any children yet, but during the filming I definitely experienced how it must feel like to have a family." Regarding child actor Kato Seishiro (8) she added, "His way of thinking is very mature and it was him who actually taught me a lot of things at the set." Of course Kato replied in a very mature way, "No, you taught me!"

Satou Kouichi, Matsumoto Jun, Sato Ryuuta, Horikita Maki, Nagasawa Masami, Tamayama Tetsuji, Takada Junji, Fuji Sumiko, Nishida Toshiyuki and director Kono Keita all appeared at the event as well.

The three consecutive nights of Wagaya no Rekishi will start on the 9th at 9pm.

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[INFO] Yahoo! Japan Look-Up Rankings (3/22~3/28)

2010-04-11T01:09:00.002+09:00

Weekly Top 20 (03/22~03/28)

Rank (Last)	Person/Group
01 (01) 02 (05) 03 (03) 04 (04) 05 (10) 06 (12) 07 (new) 08 (new) 09 (new) 10 (new)	Arashi AKB48 Tohoshinki Kitagawa Keiko EXILE Maeda Atsuko (AKB48) Asada Mao Yuuki Maomi Horikita Maki Nagasawa Masami

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[NEWS] Criticism towards “Tokujo Kabachi!!”

2010-04-11T01:01:00.001+09:00

"Tokujo Kabachi!", a dorama starring Sakurai Sho (28) and Horikita Maki (21) has now officially been criticized by the Japanese bar association, it has been learned today.

The dorama focuses on the work of notary publics and their settlement negotiations. Now the Osaka bar association claims that the characters of the dorama often actively violated the Bengoshi-Ho, the Lawyers law. There is something called the Hiben Katsudo, a law that exists for the prevention of non-attorney activities. It basically says that only lawyers may claim recompenses in cases of traffic accidents, divorces, insolvency, debts and so on. Notary publics are no lawyers and therefore they have no right trying to get recompenses from the other party.

There may have been situations where the characters in TokuKaba exceeded their powers, but it's based on a manga and just a fictional story. However, the bar association sees it as a promotion of such acts and wrote TBS a letter voicing their protest against the dorama. They are not suing them or anything, but they expect an apology in form of canceling any DVD and rebroadcasting plans.

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[NEWS] Mizukawa, Eikura, Ninomiya and Sakurai having fun under the cherry trees

2010-04-11T00:50:00.003+09:00

On April 01 the two Arashi members Ninomiya Kazunari (26) and Sakurai Sho (28) have been spotted enjoying the cherry trees that are currently in full bloom. Occasions where people go out to gaze at the beautiful cherry blossoms like this are called ohanami or sakura viewing, a term most of you have probably heard already. Anyway, Ninomiya and Sakurai haven't been alone that day, the young actresses Mizukawa Asami (26) and Eikura Nana (22) were with them all the time.

Sounds like a great and fun outing of some very popular young stars in Japan. They didn't even try to disguise themselves and simply enjoyed being together. So what's the occasion? Is it time for more dating rumors again?

"Most people might still not be aware, but Mizukawa is actually very close with the members of Arashi. Even in their private time they often go out to have some meals together. Once she appeared together with Aiba Masaki (27) in a movie and there were rumors about them being in a relationship. Eikura, on the other hand, is a very good friend of Mizukawa," an official of a broadcasting station explained the foursome.

That seems to explain all the fun they seem to have had that day. People said that Mizukawa simply wasn't able to stop smiling all day long. However, it wasn't just a random get-together under the trees, they've actually had a reason to be together.

"April 01 was the birthday of Takahashi Katsumi (49). The four of them have been seen carrying a cake to a café and congratulating him on his birthday," an official from an agency resolved the situation. Several other influential actors such as Tsutsumi Shinichi (45) or Toda Keiko (52) attended the little party at this café near the cherry trees as well. The staff at the café even had to stay 40 minutes longer than the official closing time, because the group simply had too much fun and didn't want to end the party. The group then split up while some of them decided to keep partying elsewhere, a few of them even until 2 am in the night.

It was the tabloid FLASH that reported about this event and published several snapshots from the party. Eikura was said to be in a very good mood. She was a bit tipsy and linked arms with the others. Ninomiya was kind of leading the foursome to the party and was carrying a lot of stuff for them. Nagasawa Masami is know to be good friends with Mizukawa and Eikura as well and it was surprising not to see her at the party, but I guess she tries to avoid any public appearances together with Ninomiya.

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[PHOTO] Ohno With The Children

2010-04-10T10:27:00.006+09:00

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[PHOTO] Ohno in Kaibutsu-kun Part 1

2010-04-09T10:34:00.003+09:00

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[PHOTO] Ohno in Music Station - My Girl

2010-04-09T10:26:00.004+09:00

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[PHOTO] Ohno in Utaban 2009.11.17

2010-04-09T10:19:00.003+09:00

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[PHOTO] Ohno in Crazy Moon Making Video

2010-04-09T10:07:00.003+09:00

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[INFO] Single Oricon Monthly charts (March 2010)

2010-04-08T22:43:00.001+09:00

1. Arashi - Troublemaker = 658193
2. Tohoshinki - Toki wo Tomete = 209063
3. NEWS - Sakura Girl = 195204
4. Yusuke - Lion = 114962
5. Kiyoshi Hikawa - Shamisen Tabigarasu = 96795
6. SID - Sleep = 53469
7. UVERworld - GOLD = 50004
8. Fuyumi Sakamoto - Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru / Asia no Kaizoku = 44835
9. SKE48 - Aozora Kataomoi = 43340
10. Hey! Say! JUMP - Hitomi no Screen = 42698

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[INFO] Single Oricon Weekly charts (4.12.2009)

2010-04-08T22:39:00.001+09:00

1. NEWS - Sakura Girl = 195204
2. UVERworld - GOLD = 50004
3. ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - Solanin = 32183
4. Queen & Elizabeth - Love Wars = 21179
5. Fuyumi Sakamoto - Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru / Asia no Kaizoku = 16330
6. Tohoshinki - Toki wo Tomete = 13813
7. Kiyoshi Hikawa - Shamisen Tabigarasu = 13699
8. AI - Fake feat. Namie Amuro = 10848
9. Arashi - Troublemaker = 9546
10. SKE48 - Aozora Kataomoi = 8593

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[NEWS] Arashi to Take Over Nippon Television for 2 Weeks!

2010-04-07T00:01:00.001+09:00

Arashi (嵐) member Sho Sakurai (櫻井翔) attended the TV variety show "Oshareism(おしゃれイズム)" the other day and talked about episodes with other group members.

According to Sakurai, he received a mail from Satoshi Ohno (大野智) when he did the coverage of the Vancouver Olympics. However besides the message "do your best", Ohno also attached a picture of Maruyama (KANJANI∞) in swimming trunks. In addition, after the news program ZERO, Ohno also sent an email to say "It was a good face!" On the other hand, on Sakurai's birthday, he received a decorated mail saying "Happy birthday!" from Jun Matsumoto (松本潤). However, he also received the complaint from KANJANI∞'s Yokoyama about that Sakurai gave the wrong size of sneakers to him as the present. There were a lot of interesting anecdotes revealed on the program.

Regarding to Arashi themselves, the drama "Kaibutsu Kun/怪物くん (lit. Little monster)" cast Satoshi Ohno will be on air from April 17, as well as the new variety show "Arashi ni Shiyagare(嵐にしやがれ)" with all five members which will start from April 24. Moreover, their "Doyou no Arashi, Haru no Nitere×Arashi Daisakusen (土曜の嵐春の日テレ×アラシ大作戦, lit. Arashi of Saturday, Nippon TV in Spring×Arashi special action)" will hold the largest scale special program ever. Therefore, Arashi is going to take over Nippon Television for two weeks, with 65-hour-long performance on all 43 different TV programs.

The most noteworthy program will be "Doyou no Arashi, Night 1, Kaibutsu Kun Opening SP" on April 17. In the special project "Arashi den~Konya shika Mirarenai Arashi ga Wakarisugiru VTR Ikkyo Houshutsu SP (嵐伝~今夜しか見られない嵐がわかりすぎるVTR一挙放出SP~ lit. The legend of Arashi~VTR to know more about Arashi only for tonight, release at a stroke SP)", an introduction of members' real faces will look back on the trace of Arashi since their debut. With the drama of their Johnny's Jr. time, each member will reveal their old videos such as "The turning point of the life" with nostalgia. "Through the program, you will further your understanding to all five of us." said Matsumoto. The new single "Monster", the theme song of "Kaibutsu Kun" to be released on May 19, will premiere on TV. After that, "Doyou no Arashi, Night 2, Arashi ni Shagare Opening SP" will feature a extended episode of the new improvisation program.

Last September, Arashi had a special campaign project "Arashi CHALLENGE WEEK" which had 50-hours length in the same TV station. As to this unprecedented large-scale planning, Kazunari Ninomiya (二宮和也) said: "I thought it was the only chance we had last time, it was so great that we had one more shot!" Check out the "now" of Arashi in these two weeks!

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[NEWS] Arashi New Single

2010-04-06T23:49:00.002+09:00

Arashi’s new single, ‘MONSTER’, will be the theme for Ohno’s new drama, "Kaibutsu-kun". It comes with two editions, Regular and Limited which features a bonus DVD with the music video.
Release date: MAY 19

L.E (Limited Edition)
Single release from Arashi featuring theme song to TV drama "Kaibutsu-kun" starring Satoshi Ono. Also features dance number as B-side. Limited edition includes a bonus DVD with music video. Features alternate jacket artwork. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.

1. [CD] Monster
2. [CD] UNTITLED
3. [DVD] Monster (Music Video)

R.E (Regular Edition)
Single release from Arashi featuring theme song to TV drama "Kaibutsu-kun" starring Satoshi Ono. Also features dance number as B-side. Regular edition includes Karaoke version of each track. Features alternate jacket artwork.

1. Monster
2. UNTITLED
3. Monster (Original Karaoke)
4. UNTITLED (Original Karaoke)

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[NEWS] Arashi Won 10 Awards in the Japan Gold Disc Award and Broke Records!

2010-04-04T15:07:00.001+09:00

The award ceremony of the 24th Japan Gold Disc Award was held. The award is chosen for music sales of CD and DVD and is major music awards held annually in Japan. Arashi (嵐) won the "Artist of the Year"in Japan for the first time.

Arashi's first best album "All the BEST! 1999-2009" released in 2009 won the first place in "Japanese Album" award. As to the sales of singles, their "Believe/kumori nochi kaisei (Believe / 曇りのち、快晴)" ranked first, with "My Girl/マイガール", "Everything" and "ashitanokioku/Crazy Moon～kimiwamuteki～ (明日の記憶/Crazy Moon～キミ・ハ・ムテキ～)" occupied four places out of Best 5. The total sales of their albums was 1.77 million copies, 2.45 million copies of singles, 3.07 million downloads of digital music and 1.14 million copies of videos.

With the surprising achievement, Arashi ended up winning decuple crowns in Single Section of the award and broke the record. Since two members, Ninomiya Kazunari (二宮和也) and Sakurai Sho (櫻井翔) couldn't make the award ceremony, group leader Ohno Satoshi (大野智) commented: "I want to show the trophy to the two who are not here. They will definitely be amazed!" And "We are honored. It isn't a dream, is it?" said Aiba Masaki (相葉雅紀). Matsumoto Jun revealed his happiness as well: "I love Beatles who won the first in International Section so much that I feel so honored. This trophy is very heavy to me."

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[NEWS] Arashi Ohno to Star in the Drama Adapted from Popular Manga of Fujiko Fujio A!

2010-04-04T15:04:00.001+09:00

Arashi member Ohno Satoshi is going to play the lead role in the TV drama "Kaibutsu Kun/怪物くん (lit. Little monster)" which adapted from popular manga of Fujiko Fujio A.
This is the first time for this manga to be played by real person, and the drama will be aired from April.

It's a story about the prince of the monster land, "Kaibutsu Kun" and his friends, Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken come to the human world, encountered Hiroshi and his sister Utako, and then they are involved into the battle against demon living in human world.
It has been adapted into TV anime twice in 1968 and 1980.

Fujiko Fujio A used the same time "Fujiko Fujio" with Fujiko F. Fujio, and produced "Obake no Q taro/おばけのQ太郎" together. In his personal name, he also took active part in "Ninja Hattori kun/忍者ハットリくん","Purogorufa saru/プロゴルファー猿", "Mataro ga Kuru!!/魔太郎が来る！！", "Warauseeru sumsen/笑ゥせぇるすまん", etc. Maybe you have heard of some of them.
In addition, in the movie of "Ninja Hattori kun", SMAP member Katori used to play the lead role!

As the leader of Arashi, Ohno played the main role with Ikuta Toma in the drama "Mao/魔王" in 2008, after which he played the lead role solely in "Uta no oniisan/歌のおにいさん" for the first time in 2009. This time he is going to challenge the new genre again and sure to show the new side of his own!

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[NEWS] Arashi Won "Most Likeable Artist"! Who's the Most Likeable Member?

2010-04-03T10:12:00.001+09:00

Music magazine "Oricon Style (オリ★スタ)" has conducted a survey on "Which male artist has the higher likeability". Popular group Arashi (嵐) won the 1st, bearing down all other artists such as Mr. Children or Masaharu Fukuyama (福山雅治). In the news program "Zoom-in!! Saturday（ズームイン!!サタデー）" on March 27th, Satoshi Ohno (大野智) and Masaki Aiba (相葉雅紀) talked about their likeability.

Ohno was asked about the reason of their likeability at the shooting scene of the drama "Kaibutsu Kun/怪物くん (lit. Little monster)", and he answered "Isn't it normal?" with Ohno-style. As to the question, "Which member of Arashi has won the best likeability?", Ohno said: "It is Aiba-chan, isn't it?" because Aiba has become more and more popular after playing the main role in the drama "My Girl (マイガール)".

On the other hand, Aiba was interviewed at another place with the question who was the most favorable member, "Honestly speaking, it is me (laugh). No, it's a joke. I'm joking." Aiba answered humorously. Then interviewer told Aiba that "Ohno-kun answered 'Aiba-chan' to the same question." Aiba was like "What?! Me? It's so embarrassing...Leader didn't say 'Me'??" It seems Aiba was quite confused with Ohno's response.

Arashi's new single "Troublemaker" was released on March 3rd and now has hit big nationwide. Their DVD "ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×10" is scheduled to release on April 7th and is expected to take over the chart again.

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[NEWS] Arashi's Sho Sakurai becomes a Cider Boy with Shonentai's Higashiyama!

2010-04-03T10:06:00.001+09:00

Arashi (嵐) member Sho Sakuari (櫻井翔) will star in the new CM of Mitsuya Cider (三ツ矢サイダー) with Shonentai (少年隊) member Noriyuki Higashiyama (東山紀之). They attended the press conferment on March 15th. It is announced that Sakurai would play the main role in "Mitsuya Cider"'s CM titled "Cider boys", while Higashiyama would be in "Mitsuya Cider All Zero"'s CM titled "Evolution".

As the "junior" member of the same company, Sakurai said: "When I was in a car the other day, I saw Mr. Higashiyama, wearing a jersey, running with full speed in the street. And I though 'oh, that is Mr. Higashiyama's private life of the rumor.'" And Higashiyama responded tenderly with a little embarrassment: "You saw me!"

However, there is a similar scene in the CM with Higashiyama running, and he commented: "I showed myself. And I think human beings can grow without limitation."
"Mr. Higashiyama is always progressing with the age." said Sakurai with an admiring look.

In the chapter "Cider Boys" of Sakurai, Arashi's new song titled "To be free" will be used to match the refreshing and clear image of Mitsuya Cider. The instrumental version will be used in the chapter "Clear Quality" as well. The new CM has been on air from March 16th. Check it out!

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[POLL] Which Johnny's Artist do You Want to Hug?

2010-04-03T09:55:00.001+09:00

A survey about "which Johnny's member 'I want to hug and warm in the cold winter'" has been conducted on the internet, from quite different angles as usual.

As a result, Arashi member Sakurai Sho (櫻井翔) ranked first.
In the drama "Tokujo Kabachi/特上カバチ!!" which is now on air, Sakurai is playing the role of an administrative scrivener who is kind and hot-blooded. It is his strong effort in dramas that made a good many girls wanted to "hug and warm him".

The next Rank:

2. Aiba Masaki
3. Yamashita Tomohisa
4. Ninomiya Kazunari
5. Matsumoto Jun
6. Ohno Satoshi
7. Nishikido Ryo
8. Tegoshi Yuya
9. Takizawa Hideaki
10. Kamenashi Kazuya

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[NEWS] Arashi Celebrating 11th Anniversary with 5 Members Comments

2010-04-03T09:45:00.001+09:00

Arashi (嵐) is celebrating their 11th anniversary this year. In addition to music, they are busy with dramas, CMs and variety shows as well. In the last episode of the drama "Tokujou Kabachi!! (特上カバチ！！)" starring Sho Sakurai (櫻井翔) which to be aired on March 21st, the leader Satoshi Ohno (大野智) will appear as a guest. One day before the shooting, during the break of the Arashi regular TV show, he practiced lines with Kazunari Ninomiya (二宮和也) and made one shot pass.

Each member shared their own thoughts on the group on the occasion of 11th anniversary.

Satoshi Ohno: "I am happy that we have received a lot of greeting at the 10th anniversary. However, Arashi hasn't changed basically."

Masaki Aiba (相葉雅紀): "I will cherish everything from now and hope to express my passion to everyone."

Jun Matsumoto (松本潤): "I want to learn something from last past ten years and show a brand new side of Arashi in this year."

Kazunari Ninomiya: "No matter being happy or bitter, all five of us will take and move forward together. This is Arashi."

Sho Sakurai: "'They seem happy, they are doing something silly.' I will be happy if everyone will feel the same with us."

They were asked about what they wanted to do most.
Matsumoto: "I simply want to return to the start and straighten up everything."
Aiba: "Diving. I want to see the world deep under the ocean."
Ninomiya: "I want to try to compose game music, seriously."
Ohno: "I want to travel around the world."
Sakurai: "I want to review the drama of 80's."

Obviously, deep bond among members can be seen from their comment, as well as their challenge spirit.

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[NEWS] Arashi's Jun Matsumoto Guested on Shun Oguri's Radio Program!

2010-04-03T09:40:00.001+09:00

At the end of March, Shun Oguri (小栗旬) will graduate from the radio program "All Night Nippon (オールナイトニッポン)" on which he has been working from 2007. On this, Arashi's Jun Matsumoto (松本潤) announced suddenly: "If it is going to end, I'll go." and joined the live broadcast as a surprise guest. The two, who are good friends in private, had deep talk at night and showed an unspoken consensus with each other.

Their first encounter was at the shooting of "Gokusen (ごくせん)". They talked about the first impression on each other and became good friends. Later, they costarred "Hana yori Dango (花より男子)" and spent the whole night in the hotel at Narita airport because of the tight schedule. "I went to Jun's room. Really? In the hotel at Narita airport? Jun Matsumoto brought the whole volume of the comic of 'Hana yori Dango'. And, he said 'Shun, I think this scene is here. I want to read the whole comic, how do you think?' So we talked about like 'this man is doing this at this time...' (laugh)" It seems they talked about the performance at the sleepless night and evidently hit it off with each other.

After the live broadcast, Oguri indicated that he wanted to do something in return for his guesting. And it is said that Oguri's appearance on the drama "Smile (スマイル)" last year was a response to Matsumoto's request as well. Actually, they are not only good friends, but also good working partners as well. Let's look forward to their future collaboration.

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[NEWS] Ohmiya for Super Mario Brothers Wii

2010-04-03T09:29:00.004+09:00

New CM of Nintendo Wii Super Mario Brothers is Ohmiya unit, Kazunari Ninomiya and Satoshi Ohno. Web stream has been started. > However it’s Ohmiya, this is not about place-name! Arashi of popular Johnny’s group has fun nick names according member unit. Separating Arashi Kanji upper and lower to Yama 山and Kaze風, Satoshi Ohno and Sho Sakurai who are elder are called Yama and Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya and Jun Matsumoto are called Kaze. One of such fun nick names, it seems the unit of Omiya and Ninomiya is called Omiya SK. This is very Arashi fans who cheers a chummy group. This is very peaceful way to cheer them.

CM of New Super Mario Brothers Wii that feels a sense of fun has started on air form 18. New CM today released with Ninomiya and Ohno is the concept of “you can play in this way.” Ninomiya who is good at game gives a tutorial on game technique to Ohno. 3 versions; “Speed clear”, “50 straight jump” And “Hip drop same time”. Ohno challenge Mario under the direction of Ninomiya. Ohno who can hardly do well depends on Ninomiya, “Let me do once more♪”And the aspect of Ninomiya show outrageous performance is also natural and good. Among them, at “Hip drop same time”, 2 speak “Ma, ri, o” and Ninomiya accidentally murmurs “Oh, I feel like just like bothers.” This lets you imagine everyday’s life of 2.

If you want to join them watching 2. You can see reference play and commentary. And see the section of “The title that Ninomiya-san and Ohno-san challenged” You must have feeling you’d enjoy game with Ohmiya Unit? This spring their show “Arashi no Shukudai-kun” and Sakurai starring drama “Tokujo Kabachi!!” will be over, but new variety show “Arashi ni shiyagare” and Ohno starring drama “Kaibutsu-kun” will start. And the play and movie are planned. So members will busy as ever. They must need a break doing game for once. I want to watch other members join, Sakurai, Aiba, Matusmoto and want to watch Mario CM that 5 support each other or interrupt shaking together. I wonder how Arashi could play Wii that is maximum number of players are 4.

Source: Navicon

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[ANN] Apologize

2010-04-03T09:25:00.004+09:00

Satoshidake really really apologize for the long hiatus.
And now Satoshidake comeback again to do the best.
keep support satoshidake in the future and thank you very much for your attention to this site.
Enjoy the day minna
and let's spread Satoshi and Arashi's love everywhere ^^

[NEWS] Arashi Holds Event at Tokyo DisneySea: 7000 Fans Invited!

2009-11-29T09:06:00.000+09:00

On November 20th in the evening, the popular five member group took over Tokyo Disney Sea to hold a special event. [Tokyo Disney Sea is a theme park adjacent to Tokyo Disneyland.] Artists such as Yazawa Eikichi and Tohoshinki have also performed events in the same place.

Arashi appeared at 'Mediterranean Harbor' on a boat. They sang a greatest hits medley in which they performed 6 songs including 'One Love' and 'A･RA･SHI'. At the last part of the show 44 Disney characters led by Mickey Mouse joined in. While fireworks went up, the Arashi members concluded the event with a dreamlike finale.

3500 pairs of fans, or 7000 people were invited to the event for free. 5 million applications had been sent. That meant that 1400 applications had been made for each highly sought after ticket. Matsumoto Jun wryly smiled and revealed "Even all my family members couldn't win a ticket." All five members had visited Tokyo Disney Resort countless times since they had been little, so they really enjoyed holding an event there. Group leader Ohno Satoshi said "We still can't believe it. It's a surreal experience."

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[PHOTO] Ohno Picspam From Mago mago Arashi Eps # 21

2009-11-29T08:47:00.002+09:00

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[FANVID] Ohno's 29th Tanjoubi Fanvid

2009-11-29T08:45:00.000+09:00

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[INFO] Oricon Singles Weekly Ranking (11.30.2009)

2009-11-29T08:42:00.002+09:00

1. Yamashita Tomohisa - Loveless = 194451
2. EXILE - The Generation ~Futatsu no Kuchibiru~ = 43029
3. Arashi - My Girl = 42302
4. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - Hero / Ashita e = 37677
5. the HIATUS - Insomnia = 30489
6. YUKI - Cosmic Box = 20171
7. Superfly - Dancing on the Fire = 17884
8. SLASH - Sahara - feat. Koshi Inaba = 16609
9. MISIA - Aitakute Ima = 15804
10. Miliyah Kato - Why = 15189

Source: Oricon
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[OTHERS] HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Satoshi ^ _ ^

2009-11-29T08:39:00.001+09:00

OTANJOUBI OMEDETOU !!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

OUR LOVELY

OHNO SATOSHI

Hope you always get the best in your life!

Itsumo Ganbatte!!!

[INFO] Oricon Albums Weekly Ranking (11.30.2009)

2009-11-29T08:36:00.000+09:00

1. B'z - MAGIC = 340630
2. Shibasaki Kou - Love Paranoia = 41581
3. Michael Jackson - This Is It = 32660
4. Aya Hirano - Speed☆Star = 20342
5. Miyuki Nakajima - DRAMA! = 20094
6. Norah Jones - The Fall = 16258
7. Lady Gaga - The Monster = 14834
8. Otsuka Ai - Love is Best = 14018
9. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009 = 13353
10. Kiyoshi Hikawa - Enka Meikyoku Collection 11~Tokimeki no Rumba~ = 13295

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[NEWS] Arashi Members Sports Festival!

2009-11-29T08:29:00.002+09:00

The Arashi members host a regularly broadcast TV program titled '嵐の宿題くん / Arashi no Shukudai-kun [lit. 'Arashi members' homework']'. The members tackle many challenges that are (erroneously) dubbed 'shukudai [宿題; homework]'! In one episode TOKIO member Nagase was the guest, and together they held a funny sports festival! Have any of you seen the broadcast?

The five Arashi members all wore identical sports jerseys and bandanas around their heads. They did not look at all like the Arashi that fans are used to seeing! The artists were divided into two separate teams each with three players. They competed in a 5 meter 'caterpillar race'. [In a 'caterpillar race' each team lines up single file, and the player at the front bends over with hands on the ground. Each successive player bends over and holds onto the ankles of the player in front of him; thus becoming a 'caterpillar'. The 'caterpillar' has to race around a cone or other object all the while making sure the 'caterpillar' formation doesn't fall apart.] Ohno, Matsumoto and Sakurai teamed up, while the other team's members were Aiba, Ninomiya and Nagase.

Since they usually perform as a group, fans probably would think they have great teamwork. It turned out things weren't that simple. Both teams were huffing and puffing while having trouble moving inside the narrow race track. The moment Nagase reached the finish line he shouted "I broke my personal record!" Which was a bit strange since Nagase had said it was his first time to compete in a 'caterpillar race'! It was actually Ohno's team that won the match. Why had team Nagase been so confident they had won?

If you were to participate in a caterpillar race, which Arashi member will you like to have on your team? If you were asked to form a team that has the most chance of winning, will the members be different?

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[NEWS] Arashi Takes the Top 4 Spots for Highest First Week Sales on the Oricon Charts

2009-11-29T08:19:00.003+09:00

Currently celebrating their 10th anniversary, Johnny's Entertainment group Arashi has seen their popularity skyrocket in the past year. It seems they have no intention of slowing down as they have been added to the lineup for NHK's Red and White Singing Contest.

Their newest single 'My Girl' has also become a hit, successfully earning them the top 4 spots on this year's Oricon singles chart with the highest first week sales. 'My Girl' has reached number 3 on the charts, just after 'Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon' and 'Believe / Kumorinochi Kaisei'. The fourth spot also belongs to them with their previous single 'Everything'. They seem to have effortlessly dominated the sales in the singles chart for 2009.

In addition, fans from all over the world were thrilled when they announced their appearance on NHK's Red and White Singing Contest. It is the first time that Johnny's Entertainment will be having four groups perform on the show. Arashi's popularity has continued to rise within this year, especially riding on the success of individual projects from all five members. To be invited to perform at the 60th Red and White Singing Contest during their 10th year seems very appropriate.

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[NEWS] Arashi 5 Members in the Same Drama in 10 Years!

2009-11-12T21:41:00.001+09:00

Another news that a little bit different from before xD

嵐/Arashi, celebrating their 10th year, will appear at a drama,"最後の約束/Saigo no Yakusoku" with all the members together, and it has been 10 years since they appeared all together. The theme of the drama is "Bond" and it is a suspense drama that 5 people accidentaly meet as hostages of the huge building and fight against a terrorist. The latest costarring of 5 members was "Vの嵐/V no arashi," a mini-drama in 1999. Here are the members' comments.

大野/Ono:
"The experiences of our 10 years will be helpful on acting"

櫻井/Sakurai:
"It has been 10 years since 5 of us all appeared on the same drama. It is really happy to come back Fuji Television again. We will face against a terrorist because we are at the same building. The drama will have tensions and we hope to show different sides of ourselves."

相葉/Aiba:
"When we debuted, we did the drama together, so it feels like I'm home!"

二宮/Ninomiya:
"We did different things and hope to bring them together for this drama. We hope you to enjoy 'Arashi.'"

松本/Matsumoto:
"It is kind of embarrassing too that we all do the drama again. (laugh) But the script is great, and all the awesome staffs and actors...It will be the best drama for the new upcoming spring."

The special 10th anniversary year! Arashi did the national dorm tour starting from Kokuritsu Kyogijyo concerts in August, 3 days straight for the first time in history. The DVD released on 28th of last month, "All the BEST! 1999-2009" marked 500,000 sales, also first time in history of music DVD market. Arashi will never stop and nobody can stop them. 2010 seems to be Arashi's year again with their new drama in spring.

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[ANN] New Arashi Community

2009-11-12T02:28:00.000+09:00

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[NEWS] Arashi's DVD First to Reach 500,000 Copies in Two Week Period

2009-11-12T01:52:00.002+09:00

Popular idol group Arashi's music DVD has broken the records again. Released on October 28th, Arashi's '5X10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009' sold 73,000 copies in its second week, taking the number 2 spot on the November 16th Oricon rankings. The total sales have reached over 500,000 copies. In comparison, KAT-TUN's 'Real Face Film', released on January 22, 2007 sold a total of 476,000 copies after being released for almost 3 years. Arashi has broken the record sales in music DVD history, with the most sales recorded in a two week period.

'5X10 All the BEST!' sold 428,000 copies in the first week, earning the record of the highest first week sales, as well as the highest cumulative sales within a two week period.

In addition, new on the charts this week was idol group NEWS with their 'NEWS LIVE DIAMOND' DVD, which sold 142,268 copies, taking the first position in the ranking. The DVD was released on November 4th, becoming their fourth consecutive release that has reached number one. Their previous release, 'NEWS CONCERT TOUR pacific 2007-2008-THE FIRST TOKYO DOME CONCERT' sold 141,593 copies, breaking their own personal best record.

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[INFO] Oricon Singles Daily Ranking (11.10.2009)

2009-11-12T01:48:00.002+09:00

1. Arashi - My Girl = 177725
2. EXILE - The Generation ~Futatsu no Kuchibiru~ = 67829
3. SID - One Way = 16239
4. Berryz Kobo - Watashi no Mirai no Dannasama / Ryusei Boy
5. SLASH - Sahara - feat. Koshi Inaba
6. Momoiro Clover - Mirai e Susume
7. Ikimonogakari - Nakumonka
8. Aya Kamiki, TAKUYA - W-B-X ~W Boiled Extreme~
9. Watari Roka Hashiri Tai - Kanpeki Gu-none
10. Maaya Sakamoto - Kobato Intro Theme: Magic Number

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[INFO] Oricon Albums Weekly Ranking (11.16.09)

2009-11-11T15:07:00.000+09:00

1. Bon Jovi - The Circle = 67197
2. Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson This Is It = 66657
3. Sukima Switch - Nayuta to Fukashigi = 46384
4. Ayaka - ayaka's History 2006-2009 = 21306
5. Ryu Si Won - Kaleidoscope = 20476
6. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009 = 17881
7. Nirvana - Live at Reading = 16704
8. ZEBRAHEAD - Panty Raid = 12484
9. Shibata Jun - Ghost Writer = 11881
10. Juliet - Fuyu Love = 11582

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[NEWS] Arashi Will Be Play in Dorama Together

2009-11-11T13:11:00.000+09:00

It was confirmed on the 10th that the popular group, Arashi, will be in Fuji TV's special drama "The Last Promise" with all five of the members together, which is first since 10 years ago, and it will be aired next year in early spring.

It is a human suspense where the five coincidentally come upon a building hijack and face an unpredictable situation. It is the first time the leader Ohno Satoshi (28), Sakurai Sho (27), Aiba Masaki (26), Ninomiya Kazunari (26), and Matsumoto Jun (26) are co-star in a drama since "V no Arashi" from '99, right after their debut. The poster which have been shot for this drama has a mature atmosphere that makes us feel their growth of the 10 years.

In addition to recently starring in dramas, movies and stage plays solo and earning high reviews of their acting skills, their variety shows are popular with every ages. Their DVD "All the BEST! CLIPS 1999 - 2009", which was released on the 28th of last month, has sold 500,000 copies, which is a first in the history of music DVDs, and they are unstoppable.

Ohno says, "I want to act keeping 10 years worth of experiences and feelings in mind", and Matsumoto says "I am a bit embarrassed...(laugh), but I am looking forward to the day the five of us film together."

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[NEWS] Sho Will Be Play at Live-Action Drama Tokujō Kabachi!! Kabachitare!

2009-11-11T13:04:00.001+09:00

Masako Ohara of the Kuwabata Ohara comedy duo has revealed in her official blog on Monday that Takashi Tajima and Takahiro Kochi's Tokujō Kabachi!! Kabachitare! 2 workplace manga will be adapted into a live-action drama series next January. The story centers around the employees of a legal document firm.

Ohara herself will appear in the first episode, while the main cast consists of Sho Sakurai (Honey and Clover, Yatterman) of the Arashi musical group and Maki Horikita (Always: Sunset on Third Street, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva).

Tokujō Kabachi!! Kabachitare! 2 has been running in Kodansha's Weekly Morning magazine since 1999, and there are now 18 compiled book volumes published. Both the Tokujō Kabachi!! Kabachitare! 2 manga and the original Kabachitare! manga are the creations of Naniwa Kin'yudo creator Yuuji Aoki. The original Kabachitare! manga has already been adapted into a live-action television drama series in 2001 with a different cast and an average 19.3% rating. Naniwa Kin'yudo was adapted into two live-action television drama series in 1996 and 2007.

The Tokujō Kabachi!! Kabachitare! 2 television series will premiere in January on Japan's TBS network.

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[PHOTO] My Girl PV

2009-11-10T09:02:00.002+09:00

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[NEWS] Arashi Ohno Satoshi Discusses Art with Nara Yoshitomo!

2009-11-08T00:30:00.001+09:00

Recently as part of a project for a TV program Arashi member Ohno Satoshi sat down to discuss art with pop artist Nara Yoshitomo. Ohno has gradually been cultivating his artistic side. Ohno asked Nara a question about a problem most fans probably weren't aware of. "How do you produce art when you get stuck? From a short while ago I've been going nowhere." Nara cheered Ohno with words of encouragement. "Getting 'stuck' is a sign that you are trying to improve yourself. If you don't struggle, you won't find inspiration." Ohno commented about their discussion. "It was a really great experience." He also said that afterwards he was able to start working on his painting again.

Nara said that he was surprised to find that Ohno was genuinely passionate about art. Since Ohno was so serious, Nara quickly found himself replying just as seriously as Ohno. "I was most astonished about how he has managed to stay motivated and create all those artwork; despite his tight schedule as a popular celebrity. When he was talking about art, he seemed genuinely happy. It was not part of his job. He was enjoying talking about something he loves, but he was also very serious about it...I really had fun!"

After they said goodbye, the following incident happened...While Nara got on his car, Ohno came out to see him off. From the window Nara called out to Ohno. "I told him 'If you run into any problems again, give me a call!" So I gave him my phone number, and as soon as I started driving my cell-phone rang. It's been a while since I last encountered someone so vigorous and youthful."

From the TV footage and their words, it was easy to see that both men truly thought that meeting each other was a great experience. Might the super-popular idol and world-class artist collaborate in the near future? Ohno seems to have taken a new step forward into a new field.

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[NEWS] Arashi DVD Ranking, the 1st!/Arashi DVD

2009-11-08T00:19:00.002+09:00

Arashi, celebrating 10th anniversary, released a new DVD "5×10 All the BEST! CLIPS1999-2009," and ranked No.1 on 9.November in DVD sales. It is a new record as they have sold 428,000 copies, which exceeds even KAT-TUN's "Real Face Film" DVD with a total sale of 374,000 copies. Arashi broke another record of DVD sales, because it is the first time that a Music DVD exceeds 400,000 copies on the first day.

This DVD was released to celebrate 10th anniversary in addition to their best album "All the BEST! 1999-2009" in August. This collection (2 DVDs/ 31songs) includes all the music videos starting with their debut single "A・RA・SHI" from 1999, to "明日の記憶/Ashitano Kioku/Crazy Moon～キミ・ハ・ムテキ/Kimi・wa・muteki～" from 2009 with "Lucky Man". As as of today, 1,340,000 pieces have been sold, and it's bound to be a million-seller!

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[NEWS] Arashi's DVD Breaks Records at 420,000 Copies

2009-11-06T01:54:00.000+09:00

Super popular idol group Arashi released their latest DVD, 5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS on the 28th last month. Selling 428,000 copies, they broke the previous record held by Kat-Tun for their March 2006 release of Real Face Film. Not only did they set a new record, but their 5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS is the first music DVD to sell past 400,000 copies. It comes as no surprise that Arashi took the top spot on the Oricon Charts for November 9th. Similar to their compilation album, All the BEST! 1999-2009, released back in August, the DVD is to commemorate Arashi's 10th anniversary.

Source: Mingpao
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[INFO] Oricon Albums Monthly Ranking (October 2009)

2009-11-04T21:40:00.001+09:00

1. ayaka - ayaka's History 2006-2009 = 354674
2. Backstreet Boys - This is Us = 199968
3. Yuzu - Furusato = 181006
4. GLAY - The Great Vacation Vol.2 ~Super Best Of GLAY~ = 151385
5. MADONNA - Celebration = 139490
6. Aqua Timez - The BEST of Aqua Timez = 136151
7. Hexagon All Stars - We Love 2009 Hexagon = 97091
8. Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson This Is It = 73709
9. m-flo - M-F10 ~10th Anniversary Best~ = 68518
10. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009 = 64276

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[NEWS] Best Jeanist: Kamenashi, Koda win fourth

2009-11-04T21:30:00.002+09:00

The 26th annual Best Jeanist awards were presented on Sunday. For the fourth consecutive year, KAT-TUN member Kazuya Kamenashi and singer Kumi Koda were voted #1 in the public selection category.

More than 70,000 votes were counted between October of last year and this past August. Kamenashi won another clear victory with almost 26,000 votes, while Arashi's Masaki Aiba came in second with about 8,500 votes. Koda, on the other hand, received 7,000 votes to beat aiko (5,500 votes).

This gives both Koda and Kamenashi a chance to win their fifth awards next year, which will place them in the "hall of fame" and remove them from future ballots. So far, Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Ayumi Hamasaki have been put in the hall of fame.

For the committee selection awards, the winners were Miyuki Hatoyama (the wife of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama), DAIGO, and the group SPEED. In the international category, which was established last year, Taiwanese actor Jerry Yan received the award.

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[NEWS] Charts: KinKi Kids, Michael Jackson, Arashi

2009-11-04T21:24:00.002+09:00

The latest KinKi Kids single, "Swan Song," ranked #1 on the charts this past week with more than 160,000 in sales. This is their 29th consecutive number-one single, starting with their debut in 1997.

UVERworld's newest song was #2 on the charts, followed by Nana Mizuki and Morning Musume. BoA also made the top ten with her new single at #8.

On the albums chart, Michael Jackson's "This Is It" was #1, selling close to 74,000 copies. Also in the top ten were The Gospellers (#2), The Cro-Magnons (#5), JAY'ED (#6), Junichi Inagaki (#9), and Chihiro Onitsuka (#10).

Meanwhile, Arashi's new DVD "5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009" took the top spot on the overall DVD charts. At 428,000 copies sold, it set the record for highest first-week sales of a music DVD, surpassing the 374,000 of KAT-TUN's "Real Face Film" in 2006.

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[INFO] Oricon DVD Weekly Ranking (9 November 2009)

2009-11-04T16:34:00.002+09:00

Arashi - ５x 10 All the Best! CLIPS 1999-2009
EXILE – EXILE LIVE TOUR 2009 “The Monster”
TVXQ - HISTORY in JAPAN vol. 4
Tom Hanks – Angles and Demons Collector’s Edition
Animation – Secong volume ambivalence MAIMAI Bakemonogatari (Limited Edition)

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[INFO] Oricon Albums Daily Ranking (11.02.2009)

2009-11-04T13:00:00.001+09:00

1. Bon Jovi - The Circle = 7477
2. Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson This Is It = 6609
3. Sukima Switch - Nayuta to Fukashigi = 5571
4. Ryu Si Won - Kaleidoscope
5. Ayaka - ayaka's History 2006-2009
6. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009
7. Shibata Jun - Ghost Writer
8. Nirvana - Live at Reading
9. GLAY - The Great Vacation Vol.2 ~Super Best Of GLAY~
10. Hexagon All Stars - We Love Hexagon II

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[NEWS] Arashi's Live Special Peaks at 29.8%

2009-11-03T18:55:00.002+09:00

Japanese idol group Arashi held a three hour live special yesterday to celebrate their 10th anniversary. The special, which began at 7pm, was titled 'Odoroki no Arashi! The Century's Biggest Experiments! Impossible Feats SP and Miracle Experiments Live Broadcast!' (from NTV). According to numbers from video research, the average ratings from the Kanto region was at 23.5%, peaking at a record of 29.8%. Airing at the same time was the Japan Series baseball game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Nippon Ham Fighters, which had average ratings of 16.4% on Fuji TV.

The three-hour live broadcast wrapped up Arashi CHALLENGE★week (from October 25th to November 1st), in which Arashi took over NTV studios for more than 50 hours of broadcast to mark their 10th anniversary. They specially prepared a flying stage and introduced 3D effects to their performance by using enhanced glasses.

In the Japan Series, Nippon Ham pitcher Darvish made his return to the mound after battling injuries. In addition, the drama 'JIN' airing on TBS at 9pm, maintained the same ratings from the previous week at 17.2%.

Source: Yahoo! News
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[NEWS] Arashi Members Appear in TV Ads: Attend Press Conference

2009-11-03T18:44:00.001+09:00

On October 29th the Arashi members Ohno Satoshi and Aiba Masaki attended the press announcement of several TV commercials that promote a new line of cell phones. In the TV ads the five Arashi members appear wearing all-black outfits. They discuss freely the selling points of the new mobile phones. During the conference Ohno and Aiba displayed a newly added feature of one of the cell phones; it enables the user to take 20 photos in rapid succession. Ohno was impressed, and seemed eager to try out a 'new career'. "I never realized cell phones have become so advanced! Maybe I should become a photographer."

Aiba immediately cut in. "Johnny's members aren't allowed to have side jobs!" Everyone at the conference chuckled. Aiba said that they had filmed four different versions of the commercials, and he was very pleased with the results. "I think we were able to act naturally. They don't look scripted."

In one of the versions Arashi check out a slide type phone that has the thinnest body among all phones sold by the company. The members say "It's so thin it almost feels like it doesn't exist. Hey, that's just like our leader's [Ohno's] stage presence!" Ohno acts as if he were really pained and sits on the floor dejectedly. "Yeah, I really don't have much of a stage presence. It's the perfect phone for me."

With the abovementioned version of the TV ad in mind, Aiba tried to 'mend fences' by praising Ohno. "Actually, he [Ohno] is always looking out for the other members. He's the leader, and a vital part of the team."

At the conference Aiba and Ohno also competed in a penalty shootout. They told reporters that they had no experience playing soccer. They went head to head twice and both matches ended with a draw. The two members said "Let's play another game so we can decide who's better!" As the staff scrambled to prepare for another match, Aiba said "Are we running out of time? [To the reporters] Please wait a moment!" As with the filming, they seemed at ease during the press conference! Lastly they commented that they were able to promote the cell-phones in a 'natural way' without getting pushy.

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[SCAN] NonNo 2009 (Ohmiya + Yamapair)

2009-11-03T17:04:00.001+09:00