|
|
[News] Boa Holds Her First Christmas Concert in Japan
Korean female pop idol BoA held her first Christmas concert in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday.
Dressed in a red dress a la Santa Claus, BoA sang Christmas carols to some two thousand fans to boost the holiday mood.
Her repertoire included 揕ast Christmas, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BoA
2007.1.17 on sale
5th Original Album ?MADE IN TWENTY (20)?
? First press (CD+DVD)
1. 2 more live performance (??????brand new beat?/Everlasting)
2. ARENA TOUR 2007 contrat
3. Postcard
? First press (CD)
1. Winter Love (LIVE ver.)
2. ARENA TOUR2007 contrat
3. Postcard
? CD+DVD?AVCD-23153/B?¥3,990(tax in)
? CD?AVCD-23154 ¥3,059(tax in)
<CD>
1. Lady Galaxy
2.??????brand new beat?
3. Winter Love
4. STILL.
5. SO REAL
6. KEY OF HEART
7. OUR LOVE?to my parents?
8. no more make me sick
9. Revolution-code:1986-1105 Feat.RAH-D
10. Your Color
11. Prayer
12. Candle Lights
13. Gracious Days
Bonus Tracks.
LAST CHRISTMAS?
Winter Love?Live ver.?
<DVD>
1. ??????brand new beat? (video clip)
2. KEY OF HEART (video clip)
3. Winter Love (video clip)
? BoA THE LIVE
LISTEN TO MY HEART
VALENTI
soundscape
Ain't no sunshine
make a secret
Moon & Sunrise
Winter Love
????
??????brand new beat??(CD+DVD first press bonus extra)
Everlasting?(CD+DVD first press bonus extra)
Credit:Avex+Boajjang+Kpopkingdom |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MEDIA MIX
SMAP's Kimutaku a different breed of idol
By PHILIP BRASOR
Six years ago this month, the public learned that Japan's most popular
male showbiz personality, Takuya Kimura, was set to marry former
singing idol Shizuka Kudo, already pregnant with his child at the time.
The press wondered how marriage and fatherhood would affect the career of
a star who had been voted Japan's sexiest man half dozen years in a row by
readers of the weekly fashion magazine an-an, not to mention the fortunes
of SMAP, the aging idol boy band he belonged to (and still does).
Though getting married doesn't stunt a male star's prospects as much as a
female star's, idols are a different breed since their appeal among
members of the opposite sex is directly linked to their availability.
Johnny's Jimusho, the talent agency that keeps a notoriously short lease
on the young men in its stable, has actively discouraged reporting of any
romantic business involving members of SMAP, KinKi Kids, TOKIO and its
other artists. It's good business sense.
There were rumors at the time that Johnny's wasn't pleased with the
marriage of Kimutaku, as Kimura is nicknamed, but there was nothing they
could do about it. A long article in the December issue of Cyzo about the
talent agency implies that one of Johnny's managers close to SMAP once
threatened to leave the agency to start his own -- and that he would take
Kimura with him.
For any other artist, leaving a talent agency without the agency's
blessing is career suicide. The talent will be blackballed for years,
unable to find work with producers who use the agency.
But Kimura is different. He would have no problem finding work and
Johnny's would be helpless. In any case, domestic life has not dimmed his
popularity, but maybe that's because Johnny's has been as successful in
keeping a lid on the particulars of Kimura's family as it has been in
stifling reports about TOKIO vocalist Tomoya Nagase's rumored romance with
a certain superstar J-pop singer or SMAP member Shingo Katori's long-term
live-in relationship with a non-celebrity.
 
Johnny's lets Kimutaku do whatever he wants, and what he wants is to be
taken seriously as an actor. This is hardly a breakout ambition, since all
idols get plenty of work in TV dramas, movies and on the stage.
Kimutaku is the most sought-after TV actor in Japan. His starring vehicles
garner huge ratings, but being a star in a dramatic serial that has been
written to take advantage of the star's specific appeal is not necessarily
the same as being an actor; which partly explains the recent PR blitz for
Kimura's new movie.
In "Bushi no Ichibun" Kimura plays a samurai. Almost everyone in
Johnny's has worked at one point or another in NHK's Sunday night
historical dramas, but "Bushi no Ichibun" has more to do with the
sociology and economics of samurai life than with the genre's action
prerogatives.
Kimura's character is a food taster who loses his sight after ingesting
some bad shellfish. The movie is a chamber drama that requires emotional
nuance, and in terms of accommodating whatever acting skills he possesses
to the needs of the ensemble, Kimura does a worthy job.
However, if all you had to go on was the PR, you might think he had
accomplished the thespian equivalent of scaling Mount Everest. In a series
of TV appearances, Kimura, looking genuinely embarrassed, has had to
endure countless gushing testimonials.
When other members of the cast, all veteran actors of stage and screen,
showed up on Fuji TV's "SMAPxSMAP," the only variety show that Kimutaku
appears on regularly, they spoke not about the movie but about how
wonderful Kimura was to work with. The blushing idol was spared having to
respond to the love-in since at the time he was busy preparing a meal for
his guests.
He wasn't so lucky on the full hour devoted to him by TV Asahi's
"SmaStation 6," hosted by Katori and filled with videotaped interviews of
a dozen people who have worked with Kimura over the past 18 years.
Yoji Yamada, who directed "Bushi," expressed the gist of the comments
(though not their over-the-top tenor) by saying, "He knows how to work in
a group." It was Kimura's character that was being honored, not his acting
chops.
"Bushi no Ichibun" is already a box-office smash and would have been even
without Kimura's PR participation, which seems to be an end in itself.
Everything related to Johnny's is based on the power of underestimation:
See, he's more than just a sex god. Idols are recruited as children based
on their looks, and everything they know is drilled into them.
In the Cyzo article, three of Johnny's former charges talk about how they
left the agency and had trouble finding work because they had no real
abilities, even though they had sung, danced, and acted while in the
company. "When you are in Johnny's," one said, "you don't realize how poor
your skills are." SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai often jokes about this, which
is why he channels his energies into emcee work. On New Year's Eve he will
co-host NHK's popular song contest for the third time.
It's a give-and-take situation. World-renowned stage director Yukio
Ninagawa uses Johnny's talent in his productions not because they're good
actors but to draw audiences, and if the fees they receive are less than
what they can make with one 15-second TV commercial, the stage appearances
lend the agency prestige. In the end, acting skills are beside the point.
Ironically, this tradeoff sometimes means genuine talent gets overlooked.
Here's hoping that Kazunori Ninomiya's performance in Clint
Eastwood's "Letters From Iwo Jima" is recognized for what it is -- a
moving portrayal of a reluctant soldier who will do anything to survive --
and not as another feather in Johnny's cap.
As a member of the boy band Arashi, Ninomiya was raised by the agency,
though based on his work in "Letters," it would appear he knows real life.
Where did he have time to learn about that?
Source: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20061210pb.html |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
news: movie
Japan's Most Anticipated Film Based on The Mega-Hit Girls Comic
SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY MAIN ACTRESSES
MIKA NAKASHIMA & YUI ICHIKAWA
MONDAY, DEC. 18, 2006 DOOR 7:15 / FILM 7:30 PM
IFC CENTER: 323 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS (at 3rd St.), NYC
 
Following its theatrical release in Japan on Dec. 9, ³NANA2²­ Japan¹s most anticipated movie of the year-end ­ is quickly making it way over to New York City, at the IFC Center on Monday, December 18, 2006. At the showing, there will be guest appearances from award-winning actress and singer, Mika Nakashima, and stunning beauty and upcoming star, Yui Ichikawa.
Directed by Kentaro Otani, one of the top creators of today¹s Japanese film industry, ³NANA² (original movie, 2005) has made ground-breaking records in Japanese entertainment with complete domination in the rankings of film(³NANA²), music (theme song: Nana starring Mika Nakashima ³Glamorous Sky²), and comics (³NANA²). Originally a best-selling girls comic series by Ai Yazawa (its first twelve volumes of the series have cumulatively sold over 36 million copies), the ³NANA² movement continues to be a powerful force in Japan¹s popular culture today through Yazawa¹s ability to stylize her characters and identify deeply with a young audience. ³NANA2² is the much-awaited, all-encompassing sequel to complete this masterpiece!
With such extravagant casting for this sequel, ³NANA2² is set in Tokyo¹s hip nightlife as well as some serene backdrops from the U.K. (punk rocker Nana wears Vivienne Westwood!). Yet, what necessarily differentiates this production from all others is its unique way of penetrating other entertainment markets through its use of ³artistic collaboration,² in which the theme songs are cleverly integrated into the scheme of the story.
In³NANA,² this was accomplished with Nana¹s dynamic performance of³Glamorous Sky,² a song written especially for ³NANA² by million-hit songwriter and artist, Hyde from L¹Arc en Ciel, and author, Ai Yazawa. Where the story follows the progress of two rival bands¹ paths to a professional debut, the singles they produce in the movie are in reality, released into the Japanese mainstream under their fictitious names. This clever technique ultimately prepared ³NANA² to be one of the most successful movies of 2005.
³NANA2²
reinforces this tradition with the band¹s new single ³Hito Iro,² (³One Color²), written by Takuro, the leading million-hit songwriter of Japan¹s all-time No. 1 rock group, Glay.
*130 Min / 2006 / Japan / Japanese with English Subtitles*
STORY:
BACKGROUND:
The film is about two girls of the same age and name, Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu. They randomly meet in a train and, following a string of coincidences having to do with the number seven (pronounced ³nana² in Japanese), decide to live together in an apartment numbered 707. One is a cynical punk rocker with a demanding presence and the other is a cute, ignorant girl with an upper-middle class mindset. The two characters, despite having contrasting personalities, like and respect each other. After they met, Nana Osaki started calling Nana Komatsu ³Hachi² ("Hachiko" is the name of a famous loyal dog in Japan. Coincidentally, "hachi" means "eight" which follows ³nana²) Nana wants to make her debut to leave her ex-boyfriend, Ren, behind. Nana and Ren were in the same group once, but Ren was offered a chance to debut in Tokyo as a replacement member of Trapnest, a popular band. Realizing that following Ren would mean giving up her own dream to be a singer, she chose to cultivate her own band, Black Stones.
NANA2:
Nana's band, Black Stones, has their major label debut. Hachi is spun into a deep relationship with Takumi, the leader of Trapnest. Nana and Ren's relationship also comes to light and cause a scandal in the entertainment industry. After a series of events between the two girls and the band members, Hachi chooses to leave the apartment she shares with Nana and the two friends are far apart with only their respective partners as hope for the future. This sequel is the last installment of the original "NANA" movies.
ABOUT THE GUESTS:
Mika Nakashima (playing Nana):
Mika Nakashima is one of the most popular and charismatic female stars of Japan today. Since her breakthrough in 2002, she has received numerous awards starting with ³Best New Artist of the Year² from various award ceremonies to nominee of the ³Best Buzz Asia from Japan² and winner of ³Best Video from a Film² at the MTV Video Music Japan awards. She has won her well-deserved public recognition and has stirred up excitement amid
many listeners of the younger generation. Mika¹s first No. 1 single, ³Glamorous Sky,² came in 2005, as the best-selling female single of the year selling over 440,000 copies. She has released four albums since her debut, all of which have reached No. 1 in the album charts. Her recent concentration on her film career has won her the ³Best New Actor Award² and the ³Best Female Actor Award² at the 29th Japan Academy Awards with her performance in ³NANA.²
Yui Ichikawa (playing Hachi):
Already a luminary in the model world, Yui Ichikawa has recently shifted her professional career to film, and has been acclaimed as one of the most promising young actresses of today. She has won several awards including the Namco Audition Grand Prix in 1999. With much involvement in a wide array of mediums including TV dramas, commercials, and music videos, her copious experience has earned her major parts in recent films as ³Ju-On:The Grudge², ³Ju- On:The Grudge 2², ³Zebraman², ³About Love², ³School Days², ³Siren², and ³Rough². |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
news: artiste
Welcome to Morning Musume version 8.0. 13-year old Mitsui Aika is the latest member to join the ever-changing lineup of one of the most successful J-pop projects of all time. She was chosen from thousands of hopefuls in the 8th round of auditions, bringing the group to a total of nine members. Mitsui will not take part in the group's planned Kohaku appearance on New Year's Eve, but will join them formally for their spring concerts.
Source: www-japan-zone.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top 10 Singles Weekly from Oricon Charts (as of 20/12/2006)
1) Kanjani8 - KanfuFighting
2) KAT-TUN - Bokura no Machi de
3) Mr. Children - Shirushi
4) EXILE - Everything
5) Kumi Koda - Cherry Girl/Unmei
6) KinKi Kids - Harmony of December
7) NANA starring MIKA NAKASHIMA - Hitoiro
8) YUzuoda - Christmas no Yakusoku
9) Hikaru Utada - Boku wa Kuma
10) REIRA starring YUNA ITO - Truth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top 10 Albums Weekly from Oricon Charts (as of 20/12/2006)
1) KinKi Kids - I Album -iD-
2) NANA starring MIKA NAKASHIMA - THE END
3) Various Artistes - BLEACH THE BEST
4) Masaharu Fukuyama - 5nen Mono
5) Yo Hitoto - BESTYO
6) Ayumi Hamasaki - Secret
7) ORANGE RANGE - ORANGE RANGE
8) Aqua Timez - Kaze wo Atsumete
9) Off Course - i(ai) Off Course All Time Best
10) Sukima Switch - Yukaze Blend |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
news: movie
"Letters from Iwo Jima" is building up steam. The second of Clint Eastwood's two WWII sagas has received more accolades in the U.S., being chosen as the top movie of 2006 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association on Sunday, and ranked by the American Film Institute in their top 10 movies for the year. Like its companion piece "Flags of Our Fathers" it is a Hollywood project, but all the dialog is in Japanese. While this was thought to make it a rank outsider for any major awards, the talk about it competing for Academy Awards on February 25 is now building. Eastwood was in New York Sunday for a screening of "Letters..." followed by a reception at the Time Warner Center. Also there basking in the praise were star Watanabe Ken (47), his wife, actress Minami Kaho (42), and co-star Ihara Tsuyoshi (43). The movie opens in the U.S. on December 20, but it has already made a strong start at the box office here. It pulled in over Y200 million on its opening day on Saturday and is expected to reach Y5 billion, while "Flags..." totalled about Y1.5 billion.
Source: www.japan-zone.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
news: movie
Tsumabuki incites divine wrath
12/13/06, 10:14 AM - News
Tsumabuki Satoshi takes the lead in an offbeat period film based on Asada Jiro's novel "Tsukigami", adapted for the screen by the venerable team of director Furuhata Yasuo ("Railroad Man", "The Firefly") and cinematographer Kimura Daisaku.
Asada's other works adapted for film include "When the Last Sword is Drawn", "Failan" (which was made into a South Korean film starring Min-sik Choi and Cecilia Cheung), and the recent "Metro ni Notte" and "Tsubakiyama-Kacho no Nanokakan".
Tsumabuki plays a lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro who finds himself unable to move up in the world due to the stifling caste system of the Bakumatsu era. After being expelled from the household into which he was adopted through marriage and separated from his wife and son, he moves in with his disapproving elder brother and his wife. He meets his old class rival Enomoto Takeaki, now a commander of a naval ship, and is later told by a kindly noodle shop owner that Enomoto's rise in social status came about after he prayed at a shrine in Mukojima. Stumbling home drunk one night, Hikoshiro falls down a riverbank and comes across a small run-down shrine which he is convinced is affiliated to the one in Mukojima. Pressing his hands together in prayer, he unwittingly invites the unwanted attentions of the gods of poverty, pestilence and death...
Nishida Toshiyuki plays god of poverty Iseya, Akai Hidekazu is god of pestilence Kuzuryu, and the 1200-year-old death god is embodied by 9-year-old Morisako Ei, better known as the live-action TV incarnation of venerable manga and anime character "Chibi Maruko-chan". Sato Ryuta also features. Sponichi has an early picture of Sato, Tsumabuki and Morisako in character here. Shot at Toei's studio in Uzumasa, Kyoto from late October through to late December, "Tsukigami" opens on June 23rd next year.
(source: Sports Hochi) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
news: artiste
The Broadcast Film Critics Association on Tuesday named Kikuchi Rinko
(25) as one of six nominees for their best supporting actress award.
Last weekend, Kikuchi was named by the National Board of Review in New
York as the winner of their female Breakthrough Performance award for her
role in the Japanese segment of "Babel". She shared that award with
Jennifer Hudson of "Dreamgirls". Her performance as Chieko, a deaf mute
high school girl dealing with her budding sexuality and her mother's
suicide, has been described as "extraordinary and brave" and "compelling".
The Brad Pitt-Cate Blanchett vehicle also stars the always excellent
Yakusho Koji as Chieko's father.
Source: www.japan-zone.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
news: music
Popular Okinawan rock/hip hop group ORANGE RANGE finished off their
46-date national tour on Wednesday at the Olympic Gymnasium in Sendagaya,
Tokyo. They entertained 8,000 fans with a set that ran to 25 songs. They
are scheduled to appear on this year's Kohaku Uta Gassen by live feed from
Okinawa.
Source: www.japan-zone.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
news: artiste
Kimutaku Declines Academy Nomination
Actor, SMAP member and Japan's No.1 heartthrob Kimura Takuya (34) will not be accepting his nomination for a best actor prize at the 30th Japan Academy Awards. Kimutaku stars in "Bushi no Ichibun", the third in Yamada Yoji's trilogy of samurai movies. His decision means that the movie misses its chance to be represented in all 13 award categories. It is the first time an actor has refused a nomination, other than the rare occasion when it has conflicted with a work schedule. Johnny's Jimusho, which represents Kimura, said he "doesn't want to compete with other nominees". The agency also refuses its stars' nominations for Record Taisho awards as a matter of policy. "Bushi..." was only barely eligible for this year's awards, opening on December 1, the last day for which movies could be considered. It's been a big success, taking in over Y1.7 billion at the box office. Several other of its stars have received nominations, including Dan Rei (35), Sasano Takashi (58), and Momoi Kaori (54). "Bushi..." is said to be Yamada's last samurai drama, despite the huge success of "Tasogare Seibei" (Twilight Samurai, 2003) and "Kakushi-ken: Oni no Tsume" (Hidden Sword: Demon's Talons, 2004). December 20, 2006
Source: http://www.japan-zone.com/ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
news: artiste
Kimutaku Declines Academy Nomination
Actor, SMAP member and Japan's No.1 heartthrob Kimura Takuya (34) will not be accepting his nomination for a best actor prize at the 30th Japan Academy Awards. Kimutaku stars in "Bushi no Ichibun", the third in Yamada Yoji's trilogy of samurai movies. His decision means that the movie misses its chance to be represented in all 13 award categories. It is the first time an actor has refused a nomination, other than the rare occasion when it has conflicted with a work schedule. Johnny's Jimusho, which represents Kimura, said he "doesn't want to compete with other nominees". The agency also refuses its stars' nominations for Record Taisho awards as a matter of policy. "Bushi..." was only barely eligible for this year's awards, opening on December 1, the last day for which movies could be considered. It's been a big success, taking in over Y1.7 billion at the box office. Several other of its stars have received nominations, including Dan Rei (35), Sasano Takashi (58), and Momoi Kaori (54). "Bushi..." is said to be Yamada's last samurai drama, despite the huge success of "Tasogare Seibei" (Twilight Samurai, 2003) and "Kakushi-ken: Oni no Tsume" (Hidden Sword: Demon's Talons, 2004). December 20, 2006
Source: http://www.japan-zone.com/ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top 10 Singles Weekly from Oricon Charts (as of 27/12/2006)
1) TegoMasu - Miso Soup
2) Mr. Children - Shirushi
3) KAT-TUN - Bokura no Machi de
4) Mai Kuraki - Shiroi Yuki
5) Kanjani8 - KanfuFighting
6) Yukari Tamura - Princess Rose
7) EXILE - Everything
8) Hikaru Utada - Boku wa Kuma
9) Yosui Inoue, Tamio Okuda - Parallel Love
10) DREAMS COME TRUE - Moshimo Yuki Nara/Kyou Dake ha
Note: TegoMasu is a temporary duo formed with two NEWS' members, Yuya Tegoshi and Takahisa Masuda. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top 10 Albums Weekly from Oricon Charts (as of 27/12/2006)
1) Kumi Koda - Black Cherry
2) Yo Hitoto - BESTYO
3) Kyosuke Himuro - IN THE MOOD
4) FLOW - FLOW THE BEST ~Single Collection~
5) Off Course - i(ai) Off Course All Time Best
6) Masaharu Fukuyama - 5nen Mono
7) BLEACH THE BEST
8) ORANGE RANGE - ORANGE RANGE
9) NANA starring MIKA NAKASHIMA - THE END
10) Akira Terao - Re-Cool Reflections |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
news: artiste
Sexy songstress Koda Kumi (24) has had an amazing year. And chart company Oricon have recognized that, awarding her the trophy for the artist with the biggest sales for 2006. With 12 consecutive Top 10 singles and her second greatest hits album, she amassed a whopping ¥12.7 billion in sales for the year. It proves that she is a real contender for the title of Japan's top female artist. Her main rival remains Avex label-mate and senpai Hamasaki Ayumi, the last female artist to break the ¥10-billion mark in 2003. Koda is in the sixth year of her career, which started out in the club scene. She has built a reputation largely through branding herself as a sex symbol, helping create the new adjective "ero-kakkoii" (sexy cool).
Source: www.japan-zone.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 Calendar Year Top 200 Singles (16 January 2006~1 January 2007): Johnny's Entertainment
1) 1,040,249 - "Real Face" by KAT-TUN (Release date: 22 March 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 745)
3) 600,001 - "Daite Senorita" by Tomohisa Yama$hita (NEWS) (Release date: 31 May 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 651)
4) 567,611 - "SIGNAL" by KAT-TUN (Release date: 19 July 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 457)
6) 506,979 - "Bokura no Machi de" by KAT-TUN (Release date: 7 December 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 29,359)
8) 415,900 - "Dear Woman" by SMAP (Release date: 19 April 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 451)
11) 386,689 - "Sorafune/do! do! do!" by TOKIO (Release date: 23 August 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 4,771)
16) 310,516 - "Natsumoyo" by KinKi Kids (Release date: 26 July 2006)
19) 301,192 - "Venus" by Tackey&Tsubasa (Release date: 1 January 2006)
20) 299,996 - "Fever to Future" by GYM (Release date: 30 August 2006)
21) 295,373 - "Arigatou" by SMAP (Release date: 11 October 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 7,998)
23) 291,674 - "Seishun Amigo" by Shuji & Akira (Release date: 2 November 2005)
(2006 final week's sales: 558; total sales since 2/11/2005: 1,622,721)
24) 287,983 - "KanfuFighting" by Kanjani8 (Release date: 13 December 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 23,800)
25) 286,984 - "Harmony of December" by KinKi Kids (Release date: 29 November 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 6,786)
27) 259,874 - "Deep in your heart/+MILLION but-LOVE" by Koichi Dohmoto (KinKi Kids) (Release date: 12 July 2006)
35) 222,848 - "sayaendou/Hadaka no Cinderella Boy" by NEWS (Release date: 15 March 2006)
42) 202,645 - "Kitto Daijoubu" by Arashi (Release date: 17 May 2006)
43) 201,485 - "Osaka Obachan ROCK/Osaka Romanesque" by Kanjani8 (Release date: 7 June 2006)
46) 189,096 - "Aozora Pedal" by Arashi (Release date: 2 August 2006)
48) 186,227 - "Seaside ByeBye" by Kisarazu Cat's Eye feat. MCU (Release date: 25 October 2006)
59) 163,987 - "Someiyoshino" by ENDLICHERI*ENDLICHERI (Release date: 1 February 2006)
64) 143,910 - "Mr. Traveling Man" by TOKIO (Release date: 8 February 2006)
65) 143,014 - "Ho!Summer" by Tackey&Tsubasa (Release date: 9 August 2006)
67) 137,653 - "The Rainbow Star" by ENDLICHERI*ENDLICHERI (Release date: 28 June 2006)
80) 122,039 - "Goodday!!" by V6 (Release date: 14 June 2006)
103) 88,160 - "Miso Soup" by TegoMasu (Release date: 20 December 2006)
104) 87,013 - "SNOW!SNOW!SNOW!" by KinKi Kids (Release date: 21 December 2005)
(Total sales since 21/12/2005: 317,397)
122) 72,997 - "Get Your Dream" by TOKIO (Release date: 21 June 2006)
145) 57,418 - "Triangle" by SMAP (Release date: 23 November 2005)
(Total sales since 23/11/2005: 340,768)
Note:
- GYM is a temporary unit consisting of NEWS' Tomohisa Yama$hita with Golf & Mike from Thailand.
- Shuji & Akira is a temporary duo from the NTV dorama "Nobuta, wo Produce", consisting of KAT-TUN's Kazuya Kamenashi and NEWS' Tomohisa Yama$hita.
- Kisarazu Cat's Eye is a temporary unit/team from the movie "Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series", consisting of cast from the movie including main stars, V6's Junichi Okada and Arashi's Sho Sakurai.
- ENDLICHERI*ENDLICHERI is a stage name of KinKi Kids' Tsuyoshi Dohmoto.
- TegoMasu is a temporary duo consisting of NEWS members Yuya Tegoshi and Takahisa Masuda. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 Calendar Year Top 200 Albums (16 January 2006~1 January 2007): Johnny's Entertainment
7) 745,745 - "Best of KAT-TUN" by KAT-TUN (Release date: 22 March 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 1,440)
29) 438,470 - "Pop Up! SMAP" by SMAP (Release date: 26 July 2006)
49) 254,016 - "I Album -iD-" by KinKi Kids (Release date: 13 December 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 33,070)
60) 209,917 - "KJ1 F.T.O" by Kanjani8 (Release date: 15 March 2006)
76) 159,468 - "Very best II" by V6 (Release date: 2 August 2006)
77) 157,838 - "ARASHIC" by Arashi (Release date: 5 July 2006)
78) 155,620 - "Coward" by ENDLICHERI*ENDLICHERI (Release date: 1 March 2006)
85) 147,368 - "mirror" by Koichi Dohmoto (KinKi Kids) (Release date: 13 September 2006)
108) 117,803 - "Harvest" by TOKIO (Release date: 18 October 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 2,238)
121) 111,098 - "KOICHI DOHMOTO Endless SHOCK OST" by Koichi Dohmoto (KInKi Kids) (Release date: 11 January 2006)
132) 100,651 - "Two You For You" by Tackey&Tsubasa (Release date: 15 November 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 2,117)
Note:
- NEWS did not release an album in 2006 due to the group's suspension. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 Calendar Year Top 100 Singles (16 January 2006~1 January 2007): Female Artistes
7) 482,521 - "Taiyou no Uta" by Kaoru Amane (Release date: 30 August 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 1,205)
10) 390,685 - "4 hot wave" by Kumi Koda (Release date: 26 July 2006)
22) 294,451 - "Yume no Uta/Futari de..." by Kumi Koda (Release date: 18 October 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 2,193)
26) 273,060 - "Koi no Tsubomi" by Kumi Koda (Release date: 24 May 2006)
28) 258,566 - "BLUE BIRD" by Ayumi Hamasaki (Release date: 21 June 2006)
31) 231,085 - "I believe" by Ayaka (Release date: 1 February 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 804)
32) 227,694 - "Good-bye Days" by YUI for Kaoru Amane (Release date: 14 June 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 807)
38) 213,985 - "Precious" by Yuna Ito (Release date: 3 May 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 958)
41) 203,314 - "WON'T BE LONG" by EXILE & Kumi Koda (Release date: 22 November 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 8,475)
44) 200,903 - "Mikazuki" by Ayaka (Release date: 27 September 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 3,471)
47) 188,551 - "Startin'/Born To Be" by Ayumi Hamasaki (Release date: 8 March 2006)
56) 173,115 - "Frienger" by Ai Otsuka (Release date: 12 April 2006)
62) 145,684 - "Yumekui" by Ai Otsuka (Release date: 2 August 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 403)
68) 134,581 - "Renai Shashin" by Ai Otsuka (Release date: 25 October 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 2,596)
69) 133,315 - "A Perfect Sky" by BONNIE PINK (Release date: 28 June 2006)
71) 131,348 - "No Regret" by Kumi Koda (Release date: 25 January 2006)
77) 125,077 - "Keep Tryin'" by Hikaru Utada (Release date: 22 February 2006)
82) 116,672 - "Believe" by AI (Release date: 19 April 2006)
90) 100,964 - "Boku wa Kuma" by Hikaru Utada (Release date: 22 November 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 11,979)
97) 92,036 - "Kage" by Kou Shibasaki (Release date: 15 February 2006)
98) 91,647 - "Winter Love" by BoA (Release date: 1 November 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 2,111)
100) 90,123 - "brand new best/Your Color" by BoA (Release date: 5 April 2006) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 Calendar Year Top 100 Albums (16 January 2006~1 January 2007): Female Artistes
2) 1,771,911 - "BEST~second session~" by Kumi Koda (Release date: 8 March 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 25,789)
4) 884,621 - "ULTRA BLUE" by Hikaru Utada (Release date: 14 June 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 1,323)
5) 877,433 - "(miss)understood" by Ayumi Hamasaki (Release date: 1 January 2006)
6) 765,339 - "First message" by Ayaka (Release date: 1 November 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 30,291)
14) 578,497 - "Secret" by Ayumi Hamasaki (Release date: 29 November 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 33,805)
18) 502,426 - "Black Cherry" by Kumi Koda (Release date: 20 December 2006)
19) 501,298 - "BEST ~first things~" by Kumi Koda (Release date: 21 September 2005)
(2006 final week's sales: 2,547; total sales since 21/9/2005: 1,855,368)
20) 487,443 - "Every Single Days -Complete BONNIE PINK (1995-2006)-" by BONNIE PINK (Release date: 26 July 2006)
25) 455,818 - "Home" by Angela Aki (Release date: 14 June 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 2,566)
26) 451,255 - "BESTYO" by Yo Hitoto (Release date: 29 November 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 71,645)
27) 447,292 - aiko (Release date: 23 August 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 1,352)
30) 427,871 - "OUTGROW" by BoA (Release date: 15 February 2006)
34) 355,700 - "Wave" by YUKI (Release date: 6 September 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 953)
36) 330,635 - "LOVE COOK" by Ai Otsuka (Release date: 14 December 2005)
(2006 final week's sales: 1,135; total sales since 14/12/2005: 832,768)
51) 250,698 - "Call me Miss..." by Crystal Kay (Release date: 22 February 2006)
56) 220,847 - "COMPLETE BEST ALBUM [FRESH]" by JUDY AND MARY (Release date: 8 February 2006)
58) 214,490 - "What's going on A.I." by AI (Release date: 27 September 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 1,243)
69) 192,350 - "Circle" by Kaera Kimura (Release date: 8 March 2006)
71) 182,993 - "FROM ME TO YOU" BY YUI (Release date: 22 February 2006)
(2006 final week's sales: 1,348)
99) 128,065 - "&" by Yo Hitoto (Release date: 21 December 2005)
(Total sales since 21/12/2005: 209,845) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Author
Post time 19-12-2006 04:42 PM
