Johnny's Jimusho once again dominated the music sales charts this past week as expected, with Arashi's "Boku no Miteiru Fuukei" achieving the #1 album and SMAP's "This is love" achieving the #1 single.
"Boku no Miteiru Fuukei" sold 731,000 copies, becoming the group's 8th consecutive number-one album and setting their personal record for best first-week sales of an original album. (It fell slightly short of the 753,000 copies sold by their best album last year.) In addition, "Boku no Miteiru Fuukei" is already the best-selling album so far this year.
The other new albums in the top ten were from RIP SLYME (#2), Tamio Okuda (#4), Shonannokaze (#5), and cosMo feat. Miku Hatsune (#6).
SMAP's 45th single, "This is love," sold 276,000 copies. This is their first one to break the quarter-million mark in the first week since their 2003 hit "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana," which eventually sold more than 2 million copies. "This is love" also ties them again with B'z for the record of most consecutive years with a Top 10 single (20) and gives them the record for most consecutive Top 10 singles for a group (45).
Meanwhile, the new "K-On!!" theme songs took the #2 and #3 spots. Ikimono Gakari's latest single was #4, followed in order by new releases from Kana Nishino, No Sleeves, Idoling!!!, and FUNKY MONKEY BABYS. Shinsengumi Lien also made the top ten in the final spot (#10).
Playing a man who restarts his life by working in construction is Kazunari Ninomiya’s (27) character in his new drama “フリーター、家を買う (Freeter, Ie wo Kau)” starting in October, it was announced yesterday, reports Sankei Sports.
The story starts with Seiji Take (Kazunari), a man whose life is at rock bottom. He had quit his job after three months, has lost his dreams, money, and doesn’t get along with his family. But after he finds out his mother is suffering from depression, he gets a part time job at a construction site and sets his heart on “buying a house for my family, even if I’m just a freelancer”.
Despite having to prepare for Arashi’s national stadium concerts and promoting his upcoming movies “大奥 (Ohoku)” and “GANTZ”, the singer said he is up for the challenge.
“I’m working with an amazing team and cast. I hope I can send a message out to people about what can go through your mind at work, the changes that happen, and how a family can be rebuilt,” he said.
It has been two years since Nino has had a leading role in a drama series. The last being in October 2008 with “流星の絆 (Ryusei no Kizuna)”.
The leading lady role will be played by Karina (26). Her character, Manami Chiba, meets Seiji at the construction site where she is the on-location director. Although she is the same age as Seiji, Manami has lived a completely different life to him, graduating from a top university and landing a job at a major company. The two characters show no affection for one another at the beginning, but as time goes by, Seiji can’t help but be affected by the way Manami lives her life.
Filming for “フリーター、家を買う (Freeter, Ie wo Kau)” will begin at the end of August.
TOKIO News: TOKIO to invade Japanese TV.. Nagase plays with on-screen daughter Starting this morning, TOKIO will be the first 24hr TV main personalities to promote the show on 24 different TV shows, it was announced yesterday reports Sports Hochi.
Past 24hr TV personalities have promoted the show on only 10 to 15 different news shows and variety shows.
As main personalities for this year’s “24時間テレビ33「愛は地球を救う」(24Hr TV 33 ‘Love Saves the Earth’)”, TOKIO have called their 24 show challenge the “TOKIO x 24 Project”.
Starting with this morning’s “Zoom In!! Saturday” (August 14), group members will appear on popular shows like “嵐にしやがれ (Arashi ni Shiyagare)” (August 21) and “AKBINGO!” (August 25) until 24hr TV starts on August 28.
TOKIO member Taichi Kokubun (35) hopes their efforts will brush onto others watching TV.
“There’s one week before the show, and we the thirties group will wake up early and work a good sweat even on live television. I hope you can work hard with us (TOKIO),” he said.
Child actor Manatsu Kimura talked about what her on-screen mum (Ryoko Hirosue) and dad (Tomoya Nagase) were like at a preview event on August 9, reports Oricon.
“みぽりんのえくぼ (Miporin no Ekubo)” is the “24時間テレビ33「愛は地球を救う」(24Hr TV 33 ‘Love Saves the Earth’)” drama special, which stars main personality TOKIO member Tomoya Nagase (31).
Nagase plays a father to a 13-year-old girl who dies from a brain tumor, played by Kimura.
The child actor talked about how her on-screen parents helped her calm her nerves down between scenes.
“(Nagase and Hirosue) would play mobile games with me, and we’d play quiz games together.
“My crying scenes were hard. But I was able to relax after Hirosue-san, who plays my mum, spent the whole time chatting with me,” she said.
“みぽりんのえくぼ (Miporin no Ekubo)” is based on a true story. Back in June 2004, 13-year-old Miho Okada had died from a brain tumour and left behind 359 hand-drawn pictures showing how amazing it is to be able to live every day and look forward.
“Arashi have forgotten their Johnny’s heart” says TOKIO
TOKIO’s Taichi Kokubun (33) and Shigeru Joshima (39) will be the first Johnny’s seniors to appear on Arashi’s “嵐にしやがれ (Arashi ni Shiyagare)” show on August 21. The two will be teaching Arashi what it means to be a real Johnny’s talent.
Here is a list of the show’s highlights as reported by テレビドガッチ:
- In the rumors talk, Joshima will respond to statements released that no one knows where he lives, and that he goes over-the-top with disguises in public.
- ジャニーズルールを思い出しやがれ! (Remember your Johnny’s rules!). Kokubun and Joshima will teach Arashi about how to call their Johnny’s seniors, and to write their names on their underwear.
- ジャニーズ料理作りやがれ! (Cook Johnny’s meals!). TOKIO’s gourmet king Kokubun will have a fried rice making competition with Arashi’s Jun Matsumoto. Hattori Nutrition College president and food commentator Yukio Hattori will be the competition’s judge.
- ジャニーズゲームしやがれ! (Play Johnny’s games!). Arashi and TOKIO will compete with one another in a series of variety show games Johnny’s talents have played in the past. This includes ‘guess the Johnny’s song’ and ‘giant balloon explosion’ games
KARA breaks record + number 1 for Arashi (again!) and Masaharu
KARA's debut Japanese single "Mister" got a weekly rank of #5 and sold 29k. The last time an oversea female group achieved a top 10 rank with heir debut single was 29 years ago. For an asian girl group they are the first ones to achieve this.
Meanwhile, Arashi's album remained at the number 1 spot on the album chart selling 125k. This is the first time one of their studio albums achieved two consecutive weeks at number 1. The number one single for the week was Masaharu Fukuyama's "Hotaru / Shōnen", which sold 158k.
Arashi's new album "Boku no Miteiru Fuukei" hung onto its #1 spot for a second week. After selling 731,000 copies in its first week, it added another 125,000 copies this past week, moving it closer to the inevitable million mark. This is actually the first time that an original album by Arashi has topped the charts in back-to-back weeks.
SCANDAL's new album took the #3 spot on the sales rankings, while Cocco entered at #5. Fresh releases from Crazy Ken Band and HY occupied the last two spots on the top ten.
On the singles chart, Masaharu Fukuyama led the way with the double A-side "Hotaru / Shonen," selling 158,000 copies. This is his 12th #1 single, and according to Oricon, this ties him with Hikaru Utada for the record of most #1 singles by a singer-songwriter.
Perfume's "VOICE" ranked at #2 for the week, followed by T.M.Revolution. Korean girl group KARA made it to #5, marking the first time that a foreign female group has entered the top ten with a debut single (in Japan) since The Nolans did it in 1980.
The other new singles in the top ten were from TOKIO (at #6) and Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (at #10).
In DVD sales, the new concert DVD from the KinKi Kids sold 101,000 copies to top the overall rankings. With a current total of 8 number-one DVDs, they are now also tied with Utada for the record.
Another impressive DVD release came from Korean artists Girls' Generation (also known as So Nyeo Shi Dae, or SNSD). Their first Japanese release sold 23,000 copies, reaching #4 on the overall rankings. They are the first Korean girl group to enter the Top 5, and the first female Korean artist since BoA did it more than 7 years ago.
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