Arashi's new album sells 275,000 copies on first day
Boy band Arashi released a new album on Wednesday, titled "Boku no Miteiru Fuukei." In its first day of sales, fans bought 275,000 copies, setting a new personal record for the group. Last year, their "All the BEST! 1999-2009" collection set their previous record with 261,000 copies in its first day. That album went on to sell 753,000 copies within the first week, so many are hoping to see "Boku no Miteiru Fuukei" break that record as well.
Arashi's last original album was "Dream A live" in 2008. Since then, they have released several hit singles, including "Monster" and "Troublemaker," which both sold more than half a million copies in their first weeks.
Arashi just released their new album, “Boku no Miteiru Fukei”, on August 4th, and received No.1 on Oricon Daily album chat, as many had already expected. SMAP also released their new single, “This is love”, on the same day, and received No.1 on Oricon Daily single chart.
Arashi’s album sold 275,000 copies in one day, and it exceeded the sales of their best album, “All the BEST 1999-2009″, which sold 261,000 copies on the release day.
According to jnews, people kept tweeting how crowded many CD stores were (even country side in Japan), because of Arashi and SMAP.
The result of 65th Drama Academy Awards released in this week's "The Weekly Television" magazine.
Best Drama No. 1 Mother and No. 2 Kaibutsu-kun.
Best Actor ~ No. 1 Ohno Satoshi ~
Best song ~ Monster~
Congrats to Ohno, Kaibutsu-kun cast and Arashi!
TOKIO’s environmental efforts to clean up Tokyo Bay have been commended by one of Japan’s government ministries, it was announced yesterday, reports Daily Sports and Sports Hochi.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Kanto Regional Development Bureau had awarded the Marine Day Award to TOKIO on August 7 because the group had “helped to spread awareness of the role the environment plays”.
The group had started the “DASH海岸 (DASH Kaigan)” project on their weekly show “ザ! 鉄腕! DASH! (The! Tetesuwan! DASH!)” since April 2009, with the aim to bring back the natural tideland landscape to Tokyo Bay.
Group leader Shigeru Joshima (39), who had attended the award ceremony said it would make him happy if people watching the show would become more environmentally aware.
“We want to keep working to make the sea a place where people can take their children down there to play and feel safe,” he said.
Group member Tatsuya Yamaguchi (38) also added his opinion to Joshima’s goal.
“I want to be able to swim naked there, soak up the sun, and I want to be able to see the fish that used to swim around Tokyo Bay,” he said.
To date, the group’s efforts have brought back some clam species, shrimp, and crabs to the area.
They were also able to grow seaweed in the area, which was used to wrap around rice balls. The rice had also been harvested at the group’s DASH village.
Tokio - Nanana (Taiyou Nante Iru ne) *The title track was used as the theme song for the drama Unubore Deka, starring Nagase Tomoya. The song is produced by Tamaki Koji from Anzen Chitai.
Arashi Tops Yearly Sales Within One Week of Release
Arashi's ninth original album, 'Boku no Miteiru Fuukei' was released on August 4th, selling 731,000 copies in its first week. Arashi now has a total of nine albums which have reached the top of the weekly albums ranking, with 'Boku' being their eighth consecutive album [since 2004's Iza, Now!]. Only in its first week of release, the album has already taken the top spot in the yearly albums ranking.
Arashi's first album to break the 500K mark was their compilation album 'All the BEST! 1999-2009', which was released in August 2009. The album sold 753,000 copies in its the first week and went on to sell 1.729 million copies. Since their debut in 1999, it is the first time Arashi has had two consecutive albums to break the 500K mark. Their previous record for having the highest selling first week release was their debut album 'ARASHI No. 1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu', which sold 267,000 copies when it was released in January 2001.
'Boku no Miteiru Fuukei' comes in a 2-disc set with a total of 20 songs, including solo performances from all five members. It also includes 'Troublemaker' and 'Monster', which have already taken the number 1 and 2 spots in the singles ranking for the first half of 2010.
Terrorists attacked the Fuji TV president, but Okada and Maki made sure he is safe
Today Fuji TV held a special PR event for the upcoming two-parter movie "SP: The Motion Picture" at their head office in Odaiba, Tokyo. Just the day before was the "Fuji TV Day" and so the TV station's president decided to appear at the PR event for one of their most successful late-night dramas as well.
The president arrived in a black car at the head office and got escorted to the event by the 4th District Security Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department made up of Okada Junichi, Maki Yoko, Matsuo Satoru and Kamio Yuu.
At the beginning of the event the sky unfortunately clouded up and it started to rain. All of a sudden a couple of suspicious people appeared among the crowd and tried to attack the president. Matsuo and Kamio were able to pin down the first two with ease while another one rushed towards the president with an iron pipe. Fortunately Okada is well-trained in the Filipino martial art "Kali" and was able to eliminate this threat as well. All four of the actors were visibly delighted that everything worked out so well and even the rain suddenly stopped again as if it was part of the performance. The spectators were amazed and rewarded them with a rapturous applause.
The original drama "SP" that aired late-night back in the fall season of 2007 became a huge hit and surprisingly achieved an average rating of 15.4%, with one episode even reaching incredible 18.9%. It ended up outshining most of the prime-time dramas and became Fuji TV's most successful late-night drama. In the movie the small team will have to go up against threats on a much larger scale than in the drama and since it's a two-parter, it's double the fun.
"We wanted to create entertainment on a never before seen scale and kicked it off with a bang and an intensity that is never decreasing throughout the movie. I think you all are really going to enjoy it," Okada promoted the movie. Maki as well, "There is an incredible amount of action scenes with the guys, it's a feast for everyone who wants to see that, but I had a lot of action scenes as well. Beating and kicking up guys felt really good. The movie turned out great and I hope you will enjoy it."
Okada also praised the teamwork among the actors and the staff, "It was an exceptional long period of 8 months of filming, but the teamwork was amazing and everyone was like 'Let's challenge this project.' Compared to the drama it was like throwing one straight ball at full speed rather throwing a ball that changes its speed (to describe it in baseball terms)."
Masayuki Sakamoto (39) of V6will take on the starring role in a production of the "Zorro" musicalnext year. Sakamoto has appeared in stage productions every year since1992, but this is said to be the first time that he has earned the partthrough an audition.
The "Zorro" musical was first performed in London in2008-2009, and the Japanese version will be produced by the same staff.They came to Japan this past January to hold auditions, whichreportedly included many famous actors. After hearing Sakamoto'ssinging, director Christopher Renshaw felt that he was perfect for thepart of Zorro.
Sakamoto's part will include scenes of flamenco, flying, and fencing. He has already started physically preparing for the role.
"Zorro" will be performed at Tokyo's Nissay Theatre from January 13 to February 28, 2011.
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