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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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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


Source: Oricon
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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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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

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

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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1. ayaka - ayaka's History 2006-2009 = 348013
2. AI - Best A.I. = 63316 
3. Superfly - Box Emotions = 38584 
4. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009 = 36031
5. Kuraki Mai - All my Best = 28828 
6. Takeshi Tsuruno - Tsuru no Oto = 28370 
7. Ne-Yo - NE-YO: The Collection = 20686 
8. BENI - Bitter and Sweet = 13860 
9. mihimaru GT - The Best Selection of Asia = 12602 
10. Various Artists - m-flo Tribute maison de m-flo = 9464 

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