Aneager fan on popular Japanese blogging siteameblo recently attended arecording session for NHK’s popular programMusic Japan. At therecording session, the fan watched both 4minute andKARA perform.
Partial translation of the blog entry:
Went to the recording of NHK MUSIC JAPAN yesterday. On thepostcard Ireceived, the performers listed was Smilage, AKB48,Onnalovely, KitanoKii, TM Revolution, Perfume, 4minute and more. Otherperformers whoweren’t listed on the postcard but performed were AAA,Nakagawa Shoko,Kondo Natsuko, Clementine, KARA and TETSUYA.
The recording started around 7:30PM at NHK Hall in Tokyo.
KARA meets fanboy Gekidan Hitori on Waratte iitomo
Famous Japanese comedian Gekidan Hitori is known to be a big fanboy of Korean idol group KARA.On a recent episode of Waratte iitomo, KARA made an appearance to plugtheir hand-shaking event on August 14th and Gekidan Hitori introducedthe girls with, “I want to introduce a super idol group that I am a big fan of.. a group called KARA from Korea.”
The August 14th hand shaking event celebrating “Mister”starts at 1:00pm, registration will begin from 8:00am at ShinkibaStudio Coast. Gekidan Hitori commented that he’s a member of KARA’sofficial fan club and also showed off his “KARA” collections at the endof the show.
KARA is scheduled to release their Japanese single of Mister on August 11th. Check out the segment below.
The girls of Kara are off to a great start as they made their Japanese debut with their EP, Mister, debuting at #5 on the Oricon charts.
Well, it looks like Oricon isn’t the only chart they’re dominating as the girls are currently ranked #1 in the Japanese iTunes‘ music video chart!
Although the music video of Mister is quite expensive (400 yen / 4.69 US dollars), it has topped other MVs from notable artists including Funky MonkeyBabys, EXILE, Lady Gaga and Madonna.
Kara being a rookie group in Japan, this is quite impressive!Congratulations to the girls and thanks to everyone who sent this in.
On the 11th, KARA’s Japanese debut single album, Mister, debuted at #5 on the Oricon daily chart.
First place went to Masaharu Fukuyama, and a Japanese girl group Perfumewas also highly ranked. The ranking showed that KARA was up to par withsuch big J-Pop stars. It also looks like KARA will do well when theweekly chart releases.
It was expected that they would get the #9 spot, so this is asurprisingly good result. Out of all the rookies that released singles,they got the highest rank.
KARA’s #5 ranking is the second best debut result for an idol from Korea. Big Bang debuted at #4 with My Heaven in the past.
Shibuya goes in a frenzy due to KARA’s surprise performance
Popular Korean girl group KARA held a surprise stage performance in front of the popular department store, Shibuya109 in Tokyo earlier today to celebrate their debut in Japan.
KARA performed their debut song titled “Mister” in front ofmore than 3000 fans. Because this was a “surprise,” many people came asthe word spread quickly creating a ruckus in the crowded district ofShibuya. At this event KARA was scheduled to take photos with fans,have a brief Q&A session, and perform some songs. However, becausethe fans were over reacting and created a panic, they had tounfortunately cancel this surprise event after performing just one song.
KARA will hold a hand-shake event in Shinkiba Stadium Coast on August 14th.
5 member South Korean girl group, KARA, debuted in Japan with their single 「ミスター」 [MISTER] and within the first week, 29 thousand copies were sold after its release and appeared at 5th place on the weekly single ranking chart. The last international girl group to debut in the TOP10 chart was on December 15, 1980 by the 5 member British girl group "The Nolans/The Nolan Sisters" with their song 「ダンシング・シスター」 [DANCING SISTER] that ranked 7th.
They [KARA] are one of the first Asia girl groups to debut at TOP10 in 37 years and 4 months, among others, including solo artist OuYang FeiFei and her song 「雨の御堂筋」 [Midosuji in the Rain] (in 1971) and Agnes Chan and her song 「ひなげしの花」 [Poppy Flower] (in 1972).
KARA, girl group of the K-POP SCENE, boasts great popularity. They debuted in March 2007 in Korea with their 1st album 『The First Bloooooming』. As of February 2008 KARA becomes a group with 5 members - the current members are Gyuri, Seungyeon, Nicole, Hara and Jiyoung. In February this year, they held their first live showcase in Japan. They debuted in Japan on August 11th and released their single 「ミスター」 [MISTER].
Following their Japan debut, they appeared in Tokyo, Shibuya fashion station 109 as a surprise event for their special stage where nearly 3,000 fans gathered. And on August 14th, in Tokyo, at the Shin-Kiba Studio, they held a mini-live event where they shook hands and met fans. The [KARA人気] "POPULAR KARA/KARA POPULARITY" is definitely rising.
KARA Participate in We Online Secret Expedition OST
KARAjoined 'WE ONLINE' Star Marketing, following Jang Dong-gun. It wasannounced today that KARA participated in the second OST of 'WE ONLINE:Secret Expedition' which is a game joined developed by GoormInteractive (CEO Park Young Soo) and KRG-Soft (꾸러기Soft **Name ofSoftware/Game Company).
Last March 'WE ONLINE: Secret Expedition's OST was sung together by agroup of artists:Jang Dong-gun, Kim Seung-woo, Ji Jin-hee, GongHyung-Jin, Hwang Jong-Min,Lee Hana which garners a lot of interests.Therefore this time 'WE ONLINE' seek participation from Kara, afive-members popular girl-group (Park Gyuri, Han Seungyeon, Goo Hara,Jung Nicole, Kang Jiyoung) which is believed to be able to secure fansof all ages. Kara members showed their interests in cute characters andnice/sharp graphics While recording the OST. 'WE ONLINE: SecretExpedition's 2nd OST Teaser can be found at Homepage (we.goorm.com).
hana tahu dia gilerrrrrrr as in gilerrrrrrr suke KARA melalui rancangan arashi yg mamat ni app ...
Hana_Olijas Post at 20-8-2010 09:49
KARA nih pemes pun sebab dpt free promotion kat show Arashi. Bijak tul Gekidan nih... Arashi kan national idols, kesayangan org Jepun. Mmg sape2 yg associate ngan Arashi nih, mmg org akn try amek tahu. mcm DBSK dulu pun stat pemes bila masuk rancangan2 SMAP. Lagikpun Gekidan nih famous celeb gak, so dier leh jaja KARA nih kat memaner jer, sbnrnyer KARA yg untung dpt fan mcm nih.
KARA nih pemes pun sebab dpt free promotion kat show Arashi. Bijak tul Gekidan nih... Arashi k ...
Kittie Post at 26-8-2010 11:47
betul gak.. semenjak KARA muncul kat AnS tu la hana try to google pasal KARA ni lebih sikit but still tak minat lagi masa tu minat dorang ni sbb kan ada satu rancangan ni dorang perform lagu LUPIN then tiba2 one of the girl trip on the stage pastu kan dia bangun and sambung nari mcm xde apa2.. terus mcm wahhhh professional nye pompuan nie tapi minat NICOLE hahahhaa...
KARA ni harus bagi extra fan service kat Gekidan ni sbb promote dorang secara tak langsung
hana tahu dia gilerrrrrrr as in gilerrrrrrr suke KARA melalui rancangan arashi yg mamat ni app ...
Hana_Olijas Post at 20-8-2010 09:49
aik..hana pun dah tersuke kara...
mamat nie mengingatkan kite kat sekine-san..die pun same jer..g tv show mane2 pun gigih dok promote group korea kesayangan die..same mcm gekidan nieh..