Four Leaves' Aoyama dies of cancer
Thu, January 29, 2009 (3:52am EST)
Takashi Aoyama, the lead vocalist of the boy band Four Leaves, died on Wednesday morning. He was 57. Aoyama, whose real name was Takayuki Shiro$hita, had been battling liver cancer since he was diagnosed with it in late October 2008.
Four Leaves was one of the earliest acts produced by Johnny's Jimusho. The four-member group first formed in 1967 and made their record debut the following year. They disbanded in 1978, but they reunited in 2002.
Last April, the group started a nationwide tour that was scheduled to end on March 29 of this year. After discovering his cancer, Aoyama insisted on continuing with the concerts while receiving medical treatment. The band had planned to put their activities on hold right after completing the tour. Unfortunately, his final show was on January 10. The remaining members will finish the tour as planned.
In 1977, Aoyama married talento Jun Shimada, whom he had two children with. He later divorced Shimada and married his second wife Megumi (42) in 1997. They gave birth to a daughter, who turned 10 on January 19.
The late-night TBS variety show "Goro's Bar," hosted by SMAP's Goro Inagaki, is being turned into a drama special for the first time. The drama will use the same premise as the show, with Goro playing the owner of a bar.
The show's regular characters, such as comedy groups Kuwabata Ohara and Harisenbon, will be joined by additional cast members, including Ryoko Kuninaka and Tsuyoshi Abe. Fellow SMAP member Takuya Kimura will also make a guest appearance.
MatsuJun akan ada drama baru. Tajuk drama tu Smile.
Cerita pasal lelaki mix separuh filipina dan separuh jepun, bernama Bito, jatuh cinta kat gadis afonik (bisu) bernama Hana (lakonan Aragaki Yui).
Akan ditayang bulan April pukul 10 malam, hari Jumaat (macam biase, slot Arashi... ).
Penulis layar cerita ni Satake Mikio dari Utahime dan HanaDan...
slot arashi... takkan la dpt ker yamapi... lgpun dorang nak cari sbb tuk release single coupling drama, mesti arashi kuar single ngan citer nih...
tak kesahla sal slot nih, yg penting nak getsuku dpt kat maner2 member SMAP... tensen la slot tuh klu takde SMAP, susah nak dpt over 20%, wat rugi jer... tak kira la klu tak dpt takuya pun, asalkan SMAP, nak SMAP gak...
Jun Matsumoto and Yui Aragaki will co-star in a new TBS drama series titled "Smile." Takayuki Takuma ("Hana Yori Dango") is handling the script, though he is using his real name rather than his usual pen name of Mikio Satake.
Matsumoto plays a half-Filipino whose father has died and mother has disappeared. Despite his misfortune and the issues he deals with, such as race, he lives his life positively with a constant smile.
Similarly, Aragaki plays a young woman living cheerfully despite losing her ability to speak due to an accident. Her character is said to be modeled after a real actress in the theatrical troupe that Takuma runs.
The supporting cast includes Kiichi Nakai as a lawyer who watches over Matsumoto and Aragaki.
"Smile" will air on Friday nights at 10:00pm, starting in April.
sbb rumor awal2 tu kan ada Yamapi ngan Gakky...maybe Yamapi kat FujiTV kot...
mintak2 la jadi drama Nakai untuk getsuku tuh...skrg nih cuma nama dia, Takuya & Shingo je buleh dpt 20% rating kat JE nun...lagi sorang yg non-JE pun Masaharu Fukuyama...
n mintak2 gak ada Eito lain dpt drama spring nnt, selain Ohkura yg smbg Shigotonin...tak nak ler asyik2 Ryo je...
fans sesuker jer sebarrumor... tp yg nakai tuh mcm betul... klu tak betul mmg siap ar.. huhu, off topic jap, ckp psal masha, nnti kat singapura dorang tayang filem galileo kat panggung... kat mesia ader ker?
jun ada cerita baru la. dengan gacky? me tak berapa layan gacky berlakon. pelakon pelakon macam gacky, erika toda, masami, maki, me tak berapa layan sangat. pelakon pelakon muda tak ada ke yang best macam nanako, takeuchi yuko atau kanno miho? macam boring la pelakon pelakon muda ni. padahal me pun muda macam dorang juga tapi lebih berminat tengok pelakon dulu dulu.
yay... DVD konsert Arashi 2008 akan release pada 25/3/3009.
JABA-5046
Arashi/ARASHI Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo DVD
5524 yen US$60/91.74 Release Date:2009/03/25
Description: Live DVD release from Arashi featuring footage of the live "ARASHI Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo" at Kasumigaseki (NAASH.) This is their second concert tour in Asia. Includes the tracks "truth / Kaze no Mukou e," "One Love," "Step and Go," "Re(mark)able (the track created for this Asian Tour)," and more! Also includes documentary of rehearsal, recording of the track "Re(mark)able," and more.
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