Top 50 singles of 2011

6. 嵐 - Ｌｏｔｕｓ (625,935)
7. 嵐 - 迷宮ラブソング (614,131)

#6 and #7 are still good positions. :) i'm still so proud of them! to have singles sell over 600k is an accomplishment already. :yes good job, boys! :D

Well done guys!! I'm always so proud of you!
And for me you'll always be number 1 U_U*

More info about Fuku Arashi

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It was previously announced that Arashi would be collaborating with Fuji TV for their Fuku Arashi campaign. Some programs were announced as part of this campaign (such as Kotatsu DE Arashi) but few-to-no details were given.

Recently the Fuku Arashi campaign site launched giving more details about their various shows.

Kotatsu DE Arashi will air on Jan 3 from 13:00-14:30. Celebrating 10 years of Arashi programming on Fuji TV, the show will have Arashi sitting under kotatsu looking at a chronology of events from their debut to present, choosing from Karuta containing keywords from past episodes, and talking about nostalgic videos from their past, among other things.

The set will not only include the chronological table but nostalgic photos, costumes and items they used at past locations shoots. For Arashi fans it will be a 90 minutes full of laughter and tears. Their relaxed talk as they sit reversed under the kotatsu is not to be missed!

Their other planned program, a late-night show to air from December 27-January 2 will only be 5 mins long (24:55-25:00) and will feature talk segments and secret clips from their upcoming shows (there will be no episode on December 31).

Things to look forward to include them looking back at well-known scenes from VS Arashi and introducing the scaled-up versions of their current games which are planned for the VS Arashi Spring special; an introduction to Ohno's spring special drama 『Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai』and Matsumoto Jun's 『Lucky Seven』drama, as well as them dropping in on the set locations; and much much more!

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/3157085.html

Which celebrity would you want to exchange New Year’s cards with?

AKB48 will be releasing official New Year greeting cards of their members in a first press limited edition set that will cost 30,000 yen (~385 USD). This got the folks over at goo curious, so they decided to ask their users which celebrity they would want to exchange New Year’s greeting cards with.

[Which Male Celebrity Would You Want A New Year’s Card From?]

1. Sakurai Sho – 3232 votes

2. Ohno Satoshi – 2628 votes

3. Fukuyama Masaharu – 1798 votes

4. Aiba Masaki – 1645 votes

5. Mukai Osamu – 1288 votes

6. Suzuki Fuku – 1198 votes

7. Matsumoto Jun – 1185 votes

8. Ninomiya Kazunari – 1100 votes

9. Takenouchi Yutaka – 817 votes

10. Ikuta Toma – 752 votes

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/12/whi...rs-cards-with/

wow , all of ARASHI are listed on there o_o

& Fuku-kun , really ? :laugh :lmfao

^ Wow, all of them made the poll...! Why am I not surprised! :laugh

I want to exchange Christmas cards with Riida. I'm sure he would draw a fish!! :D

Arashi tops Oricon yearly album ranking & music DVD ranking for 3 consecutive years

It was announced that Arashi dominated both Oricon yearly album ranking and Music DVD ranking for 2011.

The No.1 selling album in 2011 is Arashi’s “Beautiful World” which was released in July and sold 908,000 total copies. This is the third consecutive year that Arashi has topped the Oricon yearly album chart (“All the BEST! 1999-2009” in 2009, “Boku no Miteiru Fukei” in 2010).

In addition, they are the second artist who achieved 3 consecutive yearly #1 albums in 20 years after Matsutoya Yumi made the record during 1989 ~ 1991. For a male artist, Inoue Yosui previously made the record for toping Oricon’s yearly album chart for 2 consecutive years (in 1974 ~ 1975). However, this year, Arashi beat Inoue’s record with their 3 consecutive years #1s.

Not only the album chart, but Arashi also topped the Music DVD chart for 3 consecutive years with their live DVD “ARASHI 10-11 TOUR ‘Scene’ ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fukei~ STADIUM“, released back in January (“5×10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009” in 2009, “ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×10” in 2010). Moreover, “ARASHI 10-11 TOUR ‘Scene’ ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fukei~ STADIUM” sold 793,000 copies making it the best selling music DVD ever for Oricon’s DVD ranking history, which started in 1999. The No.2 best selling music DVD is also Arashi’s, their “ARASHI 10-11 TOUR ‘Scene’ ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fukei~ DOME+” DVD (released in June) sold 673,000 copies.

The sum of Arashi’s sales for music DVDs was 10,170,000,000 yen leading to a #1 ranking in the music DVD sales category as well. In total, the group topped 4 categories this year.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/12/ara...ecutive-years/

Congratulations once again Arashi!!!

#1 album of the year! go arashi! :yatta so happy for them. :D

ARASHI will be singing/providing the theme song for MatsuJun's upcoming new drama Lucky Seven

as what my younger sister was tweeting earlier on while watching some shows live via streaming on the net

Lucky Seven trailer , with ARASHI singing in the background , song title tbc



argh no MatsuJun , stop doing this to me @.@ @.@ @.@ *runs back to BRZ XD

the song sounds great so far! and it's upbeat! :laugh :D

and the CM for the drama is awesome. matsujun is looking amazing. :luv2

Surprise! Surprise! :laugh


But the song does sound good so far, but I'll wait for the full version or at least a HQ preview to start liking or disliking it! :D

lol I wasn't honestly speaking cos if you realise/look , most of MatsuJun dramas that he plays the lead role (except for Kimi wa Pet) , ARASHI has been providing the theme songs for his dramas

so yeah I wasn't surprised to begin with haha

They will be doing a special 2011 Kohaku Special Medley for the upcoming Kohaku event

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/12/nhk...ku-uta-gassen/

^ :laugh
It's fine! I would have been really surprised, if they didn't sing the theme song for MatsuJun's new drama! :D

Yes, I've just read about the Medley. I'm curious which songs they will sing - I guess, "Monster" and "Meikyuu", maybe mixed in with some of their older songs like "Happiness", "A.RA.SHI" or "Love so sweet"!

looking forward to watching that medley! :D

whoa, the drama is packed with people i know. i should watch it. :P

& congrats to Arashi for getting another #1 album/DVD of the year! :)

GQ Men of The Year 2011

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GQ has just announced the most shining men of the year 2011. 5 Men are selected; Ryuichi Sakamoto, Darvish Yu, Ohno Satoshi, Tanaka Yoshikazu, and Norio Sasaki.

From entertainment area, Arashi Ohno Satoshi, who has a successful solo as well as group performance and Ryuichi Sakamoto who continue to assist earthquake reconstruction with music. From sports area, coach Norio Sasaki of the Japan national football team and Yu Darvish that aiming to transfer to the Major League Baseball. From the business area, Yoshikazu Tanaka CEO of GREE is elected.

The magazine selected men that have a powerful performance for the year and also that give power to Japan to be strong.

The awards, including the U.S., UK, Germany, India, China and Korea deployed in 11 countries. In Japan, GQ Men of The Year started in 2006 and last year Akimoto Yasushi (Lyricist, and the producer of AKB48), Kagawa Teruyuki (Actor), Son Masayoshi (CEO of SoftBank Capital, and SoftBank Mobile), Nishizawa Ryue (Architect), Noguchi Soichi (Astronette), Hakuho Sho (Sumo wrestler), Honda Keisuke (Soccer player), Mukai Osamu (Actor) were elected

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/3180818.html

The guys did a special medley of Lotus , Happiness & Meikyuu Love Song earlier on at MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE

Happiness ftw :heart

Their performance was so good, good, GOOOOOODDDD!! :smitten

And I really loved Sho's little smirk before they started singing "Meikyuu". He was like: "We will show all you haters!"

What are your favorite dramas featuring Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun?

With 2012 just around the corner, Fuji TV’s new drama ‘Lucky Seven‘, which stars Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun, is approaching its first broadcast date.

With this highly-anticipated action drama in mind, goo asked its users, “What are your favorite dramas starring Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun?”

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1. Hana Yori Dango

2. Kimi wa Petto

3. Gokusen

4. Bambino!

5. Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku

6. Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo

7. Smile

8. Myu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru

9. V no Arashi

10. Wagaya no Rekishi

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/12/wha...matsumoto-jun/

Mmmm I agree with Hanadan being 1st on the list 8D for obvious reasons haha

And I was in Taiwan for the last week or so & I took the following ARASHI related photos ;D

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I went to a makeup store in Danshui & it was amusing when I screamed so loud when I saw the Fasio billboard LOL

Even my younger sister was saying that I haven't screamed for MatsuJun for a while now =_=

Also at the Taipei railway station ...

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:lmfao