On Wednesday, NHK announced the hosts for the 62nd Kouhaku Uta Gassen. Arashi will be in charge of the White Team for the second year in a row, while actress Inoue Mao will take care of the Red Team. Announcer Abe Wataru will join them as a general host for his third consecutive year.
This is Inoue’s first time hosting a television show. She was chosen due to the success of the morning drama series “Ohisama,” just like Matsushita Nao was chosen as a host last year after her big break in the morning drama “Gegege no Nyoubou.”
It was announced earlier this month that the theme for this year’s Kouhaku Uta Gassen is “1231 Ashita wo Utaou,” and that AKB48 and Terry Ito are serving as the “support team.”
The 62nd Kouhaku Uta Gassen will take place from 7:15pm to 11:45pm on December 31.
Arashi fans will see their favourite stars meeting people and finding new things in different areas around Japan in their special show on NHK, reports Oricon and Chunichi Sports.
“嵐の明日に架ける旅 (Arashi no Ashita ni Kakeru Tabi)” will be shown on November 23 at 19:30 local time in Japan, and will feature all of the Arashi members going around Japan to find inspiring stories to cheer on the Japanese people getting over from the March 11 disaster.
It has been reported Satoshi Ohno had visited Miyagi prefecture, and met a group of people putting on superhero shows for children in the earthquake disaster zone. Kazunari Ninomiya had visited Wakayama prefecture, and went to a family-run soy sauce factory determined to keep using an almost 200-year-old recipe. Jun Matsumoto had visited a small factory in Saitama prefecture, which creates accessories that have become a must-have for celebrities around the globe. Sho Sakurai had visited Toyama prefecture where he met at woman who made the decision to go home and help her parents on their farm. Masaki Aiba had met a goggle-eyed goby fisherman with a unique way of fishing, and tries it himself.
“Through this show, I learnt about Japanese people, their skills, traditions, and how close they are to one another. I hope everyone can get a sense of how amazing it was,” Ninomiya said.
SMAP to greet 110,000 fans at Tokyo Dome on Nov 12-13
ENTERTAINMENT OCT. 10, 2011 - 06:28AM JST ( 5 )
TOKYO —
SMAP are planning a huge meet-and-greet fan event at Tokyo Dome on Nov 12-13. The FaN×FuN PARTY 2011 is part of a series of events the group is holding to mark their 20th anniversary.
So far this year, SMAP has held similar fan events in Fukuoka, Sapporo, Kobe, Nagoya and Saitama. At each of those events, around 30,000 fans turned up.
There were so many applications for the Tokyo event that the group decided to hold two meetings, expected to draw a total of 110,000 fans.
Arashi gives 300 million yen to disaster relief efforts in northern Japan
On October 2nd, Arashi donated approximately 300 million yen to the disaster-stricken regions in northern Japan. About 50 million yen comprises the members’ total royalties received from the sale of the pocket edition of their book “Nippon no Arashi.” The remaining amount comes from the publisher’s revenues on the book and from the sale of goods at their charity event at Tokyo Dome in June.
“Nippon no Arashi” is a book created by Arashi’s members about local culture across Japan. The original edition was donated to elementary through high school students at about 40,000 schools nationwide in September of last year. The book’s popularity led to the general release of the pocket edition in June of this year, and it has sold approximately 420,000 copies since then.
Arashi split their donations between the Iwate, Mitagi, and Fukushima prefectures, with each one receiving about 100 million yen. The three prefectures were hit the hardest by the massive earthquake and tsunami that occurred this past March.
The members of Arashi plan to continue their support of the ongoing disaster relief efforts.
Arashi just released their newest single “Meikyuu Love Song” on the 2nd. It was also announced today that the group ranked #1 in Oricon’s annual “favorite artist ranking” for the second consecutive year.
Higashiyama Noriyuki, Kimura Yoshino celebrate first child
Shonentai member Higashiyama Noriyuki (45) and actress Kimura Yoshino (35) have just become parents. Sources report that Kimura gave birth to their first child on Friday night.
Higashiyama and Kimura began dating in 2008 after acting together in a stage play. Their relationship was discovered in November 2009, and they got married in October 2010 after two and a half years of dating. Kimura’s pregnancy was first announced in May of this year.
ARASHI Hitting the ORICON Top 1 for the 32nd Time!
On November 2nd, Johnny's Super Group ARASHI had been releasing their latest single "Meikyuu Love Song" and it has now become known that within the sales in the first week along surpassed 530,000 copies. With that they have reached the pull position on the weekly ORICON single charts once again.
For ARASHI this is the 32nd time that they are able to surpass everyone else with their latest record. Ever since their single release "PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE" it is the 25th record in a row to reach this high, which ranks them third behind B'z with 45 records to hit the pull position in a row and Hamasaki Ayumi with 37.
Currently the song is also the theme song for Sakurai Sho's latest TV series "Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de", which is currently aired on Fuji TV.
Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun to star as detective in Fuji TV’s next “Getsu 9″
Arashi member Matsumoto Jun (28) has been chosen to star in Fuji TV’s next Monday night drama series, titled “Lucky Seven.” This is his second time starring in one of Fuji TV’s “Getsu 9” dramas, after “Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku” in 2010.
The story revolves around a team of seven detectives who work together to solve difficult cases, with Matsumoto playing a rookie named Tokita Shuntaro. So far, Eita (28) and Oizumi Yo (38) have also been announced as part of the team, while the other cast members are still unknown. The team reportedly consists of 4 men and 3 women.
Until now, Matsumoto has mainly starred in love stories targeted at the core female audience between the ages of 20 and 34. This will be his first detective drama, which is also said to be full of action and comedy.
The show will be directed by Sato Shinsuke, the director behind the “GANTZ” live-action movies that starred fellow Arashi member Ninomiya Kazunari. Filming for “Lucky Seven” is scheduled to start in early December.
Fuji TV will broadcast “Lucky Seven” on Mondays at 9:00pm, starting in January.
Higashiyama Noriyuki, Kimura Yoshino celebrate first child
Posted on November 4, 2011 by tokyograph
Shonentai member Higashiyama Noriyuki (45) and actress Kimura Yoshino (35) have just become parents. Sources report that Kimura gave birth to their first child on Friday night.
Higashiyama and Kimura began dating in 2008 after acting together in a stage play. Their relationship was discovered in November 2009, and they got married in October 2010 after two and a half years of dating. Kimura’s pregnancy was first announced in May of this year.
V6's Sakamoto Masayuki dating Otsuka Chihiro?
Posted on November 13, 2011 by tokyograph
Sakamoto Masayuki (40) of V6 and young actress Otsuka Chihiro (25) appear to be in a romantic relationship. Unconfirmed reports say that their relationship began after they acted together in the “Zorro” musical from January to March earlier this year.
Sakamoto and Otsuka first met last fall at a press event for the musical. Sakamoto was cast as the hero Zorro, while Otsuka played the story’s heroine and love interest. The story involved singing duets with the two of them, as well as a kissing scene.
The pair apparently became close during the three months of performances, and it seems that they started dating in June. Otsuka has been seen going to V6 concerts and eating meals with Sakamoto as part of a group.
One source close to the couple says they are seriously dating, but it’s not yet at the stage of considering marriage. The source also says that Otsuka recently took up golf in order to match with Sakamoto’s interests.
Sakamoto was previously dating former Morning Musume member Nakazawa Yuko (38) for a long time until they broke up last year. Otsuka, on the other hand, was previously in a relationship with Nishikawa Takanori (T.M.Revolution) up until 2009.
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