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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

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


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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.


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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


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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.


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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"


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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.


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

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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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