EXILE topped the charts this week with their latest single, “Rising Sun / Itsuka Kitto...,” selling almost 202,000 copies. This is their 11th number-one single and their 2nd in a row.
Korean group RAINBOW saw their first Japanese release reach #3, setting a new record for highest chart position for a debut single by a foreign female artist.
EXILE – Rising Sun / Itsuka Kitto... – 201,540
Morning Musume – Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo! / Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai! – 49,576
RAINBOW – A – 24,082
AKB48 – Flying Get – 23,034
ClariS – nexus – 19,478
Fukuyama Masaharu – Kazoku ni Narou yo / fighting pose – 18,063
YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz – THE END OF THE DAY – 17,612
Ueto Aya, HIRO to marry this spring?
Posted on December 31, 2011 by tokyograph
The Sports Nippon newspaper reports that actress Ueto Aya (26) and EXILE leader HIRO (42) are going to get married this spring. The story has not yet been officially confirmed, but the newspaper says that its information comes from people around Ueto.
According to the newspaper, Ueto has already informed her mother and her friends about the engagement, and she has even told her agency that she plans to get married in the spring.
Ueto and HIRO’s relationship was first discovered in October 2010, and the weekly magazine FRIDAY reported a rumor last January that the two were both living in the same building.
Management deny Aya Ueto and EXILE's Hiro to get married this spring
ENTERTAINMENT JAN. 03, 2012 - 01:43PM JST ( 17 )
TOKYO —
Management for both actress Aya Ueto, 26, and Hiroyuki Igarashi, 42, a member of the all-male group EXILE, said Tuesday that report sin Monday’s tabloids that the two would get married in the spring were not true.
The tabloids reported that Ueto had let it be known to friends, family and her talent management agency that the couple, who have been dating since last year, are planning to get married during cherry blossom season.
Sports Nippon reported that details of the wedding have yet to be finalized, but said that Igarashi, known to fans as “Hiro,” met Ueto’s mother shortly after they began dating and that the pair have a good relationship. Insiders report that Ueto’s mother often goes to dinner with them and finds Hiro to be “masculine but modest.”
Friends of the couple also say that Ueto, who currently does TV commercials for a number of high-profile sponsors, will continue to appear in ads and television shows after the couple are wed.
A spokesman for EXILE’s management said Igarashi is busy with his work, including getting ready a tour that starts in the spring.
EXILE’s KEIJI, TETSUYA co-star in mobile drama
Posted on February 18, 2012 by tokyograph
EXILE members KEIJI (32) and TETSUYA (31) will co-star in a mobile phone drama on the BeeTV service, titled “Kimi to Boku to no Yakusoku.” This is the first time that either of them has had a starring role in a drama.
The story revolves around three childhood friends, exploring the themes of friendship, love, and perseverance. KEIJI plays a man named Shuji, who gave up his pro baseball dreams due to shoulder pains and now transitions from job to job. TETSUYA, on the other hand, plays Yohei, who is striving toward his dream of becoming a designer and opening a shop. Actress Renbutsu Misako plays Sako, who works a part-time job at a design-related company.
Hirata Mitsuru, Takizawa Saori, and Hakamada Yoshihiko have also been cast. Filming started in early February, and BeeTV will begin releasing episodes on April 1. The series is planned to last 10 episodes, each around 12 minutes long.
Live-Action GTO Remake Confirmed with EXILE Member Akira
The producers of the GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka live-action television series remake confirmed on Wednesday that EXILE band member Akira will star in the series. Akira replaces Takashi Sorimachi as the title character in the remake of the 1998 drama. Both live-action versions are based on Tohru Fujisawa's original school comedy manga about a former gang member who becomes an unorthodox teacher.
20-year-old actress Miori Takimoto (Higanjima) will play the heroine Azusa Fuyutsuki, and 51-year-old Hitomi Kuroki (20th Century Boys, Dark Water) will play the principal who believes in the teaching abilities of Onizuka. 26-year-old Yuu Shirota (The Prince of Tennis) will play a friend from Onizuka's biker gang days who now lives with Onizuka. 24-year-old Yūsuke Yamamoto and 60-year-old Ryōsei Tayama round out the cast; Tayama will play the loud-mouthed vice-principal and Onizuka's nemesis. The series will premiere in July on the Fuji TV network and will run on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m.
The Nikkan Sports newspaper had reported earlier this month that the 30-year-old Akira would replace 27-year-old actor/singer Jin Akanishi. Nikkan Sports had noted in April that Akanishi was forced by Johnny & Associates, his talent agency, to leave the remake. Akanishi married the actress/singer Meisa Kuroki (23) on February 2, and he reportedly did not notify Johnny & Associates until after registering his marriage. Kuroki confirmed last month that she is pregnant.
Tokyopop published the original manga in North America. In 2009, Fujisawa returned to the character of Onizuka with the manga Shonan 14 Days. Vertical announced in May that it licensed both GTO: Shonan 14 Days and Shonan Junai-gumi (the predecessor to Great Teacher Onizuka) for North America. Fujisawa just finished Shonan 14 Days last year, but he launched a three-chapter spinoff in November.
On June 28th, EXILE’s TAKAHIRO (27), KENCHI (32), KEIJI (32), and TESTUYA (31) made their appearance at the announcement event hosted by Fujitsu for their new smart phone model, “ARROWS” for NTT Docomo.
At this event, TAKAHIRO promoted their new endorsement song, “BOW & ARROWS” by stating, “It was a new kind of beat for us so there were a lot of challenges in creating this song,” and advertised their new song to the audience.
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