DAMN, 28? That's old!!

Yep, Happy birthday, Riida!!

28 isn't that old, thank you!! I'm 34!!! ;P

Riida's 28, but he still looks so young, doesn't he??? =D

lol & I thought my age's bad

yup :yes

usually Japanese guys tend to look more younger than their actual age I don't know why so

it's probably their diet or something

Riida still looks young, and he acts like a mischevious boy!! I have no problem with that!!

Ahhh, I'm so looking forward to tonight's episode of RnK!!! Speaking of which, I've bought the RnK Curry, but I haven't tasted it yet! I'm so crazy about Nino, it's sad.

i just saw the first 5 parts of the hana yori dango movie, lol. i'm too tired to see the last 3 parts now :laugh

my beautiful days single has shipped today!! :D i can't wait to get it.

i'm also gonna post up my arashi collection later tonight, since i know karen has been waiting to see it, lol.

Your collection is extensive, no?

extensive? it's not a really big arashi collection. only 9 singles, lol. :P and one KAT-TUN single :innocent

albums are kinda expensive :weep i don't think my mom would let, lol.

i'll need to somehow persuade my mom into letting me get the time album, at least, lol. maybe as a hanukah present or something :laugh

yay :D

lmao only 9 singles ?

at least it's better than none Lisa :innocent

aw :(

at most ask your mum to get DAL , Time

the DAL's booklet's a bit eh but comparing that with their other album booklets , I say DAL's the prettiest & at least it has more 'meat'

*1 *,616,401 **1,073 truth/風の向こうへ / 嵐 08/08/20
*2 *,522,599 ***,711 One Love / 嵐 08/06/25
*3 *,519,846 ***,451 I AM YOUR SINGER / サザンオールスターズ 08/08/06
*4 *,489,633 **1,442 キセキ / GReeeeN 08/05/28
*5 *,469,573 ***,911 羞恥心 / 羞恥心 08/04/09
*6 *,465,768 **1,019 HANABI / Mr.Children 08/09/03
*7 *,456,015 ***,*** そばにいるね / 青山テルマ feat.Soulja 08/01/23
*8 *,447,229 ***,*** DON'T U EVER STOP / KAT-TUN 08/05/14
*9 *,421,902 ***,*** LIPS / KAT-TUN 08/02/06
10 *,403,893 *16,102 Beautiful days / 嵐 08/11/05
12 *,374,449 ***,*** Step and Go / 嵐 08/02/20

i wasn't complaining karen! i just didn't know what he meant by extensive, lol.

i posted my pics in the asian chat thread! go see them!!

and karen, check your PMs? :innocent

haha yay :D & ok I will check my pm inbox now

I must have switched off the PM inbox notification which's why I didn't notice your message sooner sorry :dead2

& yay for pics :D

my babies :smitten

idk, at times i think singles are better than albums, especially when it comes to JE. JE albums have some terrible filler tracks, like KinKi Kids' "F Album" LOL. not just KinKi Kids though, other JE groups got stuck with those too.

so yeah, i don't regret my JE single purchases at all. i actually like all the first press bonuses on the singles more than the album ones. :P

they look great & beautiful , Lisa :smitten

kinda funny that ARASHI : KAT-TUN = 9 : 1 , LOL

Kaori must have been proud :innocent

me too Irene :yes & er you probably don't want to see how many JE singles & albums I have so far in my collection .

I have a laundry box besides me & there're 6 stacks of CDs in which 4 stacks of them are singles :dead2

LOL :laugh sorry KT :(

anyway, i like single tracks from JE soo much better than some album tracks, too. but if i had the money, i'd seriously buy an album in a heartbeat.

the local HMV do import Japan presses of JE albums here & it's so expensive & the price's sky high :eviltongu

eg. the regular edition of DAL is selling for S$70 now :dead2 & I swear before that the price was S$51+ but still this's ridiculous

I buy the OS press , 2 CDs of DAL from HMV HK for like what S$30+ & it's inclusive of shipping

aside from the RE of DAL , the local HMV's also selling RE's of Time , ARASHIC , One and Iza , Now

they can't bring in the ones with DVDs due to the censorship board (not to mention they don't even bring LE editions meh)

I know it's ridiculous , price wise but I suppose it's better than not importing any ARASHI stuff over here

because HMV's the only big store in S'pore that has a huge extensive list of Jpop items for sale & it's probably the only CD store that sells JE albums & singles

if I were to go to the heartlands , I know it's impossible for me to find something ARASHI or any JE related

& er Kaori , why not you use Air Mail ? it's cheaper . EMS's very expensive it's no joke :dead2

that's true , that's the good thing for EMS but the thought of paying so much for the postage , it just kills me :dead2

I'm waiting to see how the latest VS ARASHI episode will be like since Tegoshi will be appearing this week so that should be cool

EDIT - the guys's new calendar's up for preorder via http://www.hmv.co.jp/Product/detail....rt&SKU=3390627

CDJapan hasn't list it yet

Regular price (tax inc.): ¥2,200
Release date: 16 Mar 2009
Catalogue Number: ARASHICAL09
Publisher: Shogakukan

EDIT 2 - the guys in Only Star mag - http://cerraazizi.livejournal.com/14...291753#t291753

EDIT 3 - songlist of the guys's last stop in their asian tour - http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/4...er08002hx6.jpg

wow I'm surprised they kicked things off with Love so sweet & YAY for Niji & thank goodness no Naked on the songlist set

Wow thats a pretty good collection!.
And Happy birthday to Riida/Ohno Satoshi, you look great for 28 and are most of all having fun by the look of it.

I'm on the same boat as you, cause I buy singles; they're cheaper anyway, so not much burden on a student like me. But I'm a sucker for pretty album booklets XD

IMO singles are a guaranteed good listen(?) :P

^LOL.

Karen;; Thanks for the scans! They look so hot omg! And even Aiba's hair looks nice in the scans - but everywhere else it looks too long! D:

OMG. VS Arashi is so funny. :bchuck
The entire time I was laughing at Matsujun's and Aiba's shirts...

Spoiler:

http://i33.tinypic.com/2eydrew.png
http://i33.tinypic.com/2434tg5.png

And Tego was cute! But he was so dark omg!

LOLOMGWTF IS MATSUJUN'S SHIRT? :lmfao

Aiba doesn't look sad. :P

:laugh oh my god jun. are you sure those pics weren't photoshopped somehow?

i downloaded the episode earlier today. i sooo gotta watch it tonight. :P

O_O

what's up with the wordings on MatsuJun's T-shirt T_T

This I gotta see because my younger sister said there's a new game going on & she downloaded the episode for me yesterday

EDIT - the new game Jumping Shooter's so fun but it's very tiring judging from the way the guys played it . Sakurai was commenting that he was so tired in the beginning of the show because he went to test the game

finally for once a new game which like what Kaori said , I don't mind trying it at all

arashi will be on hey hey hey's 2 hour special on december 15th :D

can't wait for that & argh this person's so lucky -> http://community.livejournal.com/ara...92.html#cutid1

T_T

JE calendars are SO WORTH THE MONEY, though.

:yes

i only have 2. and actually bought one (the other was a gift from a friend), lol, but they're really nice collector's items.

I GOT MY BEAUTIFUL DAYS RE SINGLE TODAY! :smitten it's so pretty, lol.

Did you guys see the latest episode of Arashi no shukudai Kun?

I know Karen will be very happy :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU3taAtt0i4

lucky kaori :grumpy lol.

arashi was on FNS today! i gotta search youtube for the performance. :P

OMFG are you kidding me? i wanted TRUTH!!! :weep i really don't like one love anymore. they better not sing it for every year end performance.

:weep i still wish they would perform truth, at least once, lol.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH MATSUJUN :smitten

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT-5B4FZT8k

THIS ARRANGEMENT OF ONE LOVE IS AMAZING OMFGGGGGGGG :thud AND AIBA CUT (and dyed?) HIS HAIR AHHHHHHH :love

hey girls , I'm back as I have been MIA since Mon cos this week was exams week & I had my last paper today so I'm home free already :D

anyway ...

so agree with you on that one Irene

omg yay for you Lisa

I want to see pics now !

DAIGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :thud x10000000000000000000 times

omg omg omg omg he looks gorgeous in stripes :smitten x1000000000000000 times

lmao :roflmao

yeah Kaori , DAIGO's weird in a good way but he's hot . For a guy who turned 30 this year in April , he's damn bloody boyish & just H-O-T :smitten

& yay for your shipped out ARASHI CDs too :cool

anyway I'm gonna watch the One Love performance on FNS in due time , it's not funny to survive on just 4 hours of sleep :dead2

*1 *,617,399 ***,998 truth/風の向こうへ / 嵐 08/08/20
*2 *,523,227 ***,628 One Love / 嵐 08/06/25
*3 *,519,846 ***,*** I AM YOUR SINGER / サザンオールスターズ 08/08/06
*4 *,491,390 **1,757 キセキ / GReeeeN 08/05/28
*5 *,470,717 **1,144 羞恥心 / 羞恥心 08/04/09
*6 *,466,817 **1,049 HANABI / Mr.Children 08/09/03
*7 *,456,015 ***,*** そばにいるね / 青山テルマ feat.Soulja 08/01/23
*8 *,447,229 ***,*** DON'T U EVER STOP / KAT-TUN 08/05/14
*9 *,421,902 ***,*** LIPS / KAT-TUN 08/02/06
10 *,414,586 *10,693 Beautiful days / 嵐 08/11/05
11 *,383,431 **2,546 無責任ヒーロー / 関ジャニ∞ 08/10/29　
12 *,374,449 ***,*** Step and Go / 嵐 08/02/20

^Wow, congrats to Arashi. ^^ I wonder if "Beautiful days" can surpass the KAT-TUN singles. *coughsIkindawishcoughs*

DAIGO is a complete idiot. And I mean this in a good way. His way of talking just emphasizes it even more. xD

WISSHU!! kyuu kyuu!

haha yes Aga , DAIGO's a baka like seriously . He tend to space out often & will just anyhow blah out something random outta the blue & he always tend to end sentences with his catchphase which's wish . Like eg . I'm happy-wish & yes it's quite lame :P

ANYWAY before this turns into a BREAKERZ thread .. ,

I think it's quite likely that Beautiful days might suppress KAT-TUN's singles especially since BD's still charting & both KT's singles are not selling/charting anymore

& One Love has been selling still for 22 weeks & counting :thud

22 weeks? is that their longest chart run? amazing. :D

yes the guys are gonna be appearing on HEYx3 on 15th

as to whether are they going to appear with Britney , I have no idea sorry

i never heard of britney being on :no but it'd be funny to see how arashi would react to seeing her in person or whatever, lol. britney better not go anywhere near MY boys :grumpy

erm I don't know , maybe Lisa ?

:roflmao

your boys ? T_T . Since when you 'own' them Lisa ?

:laugh

well...can i at least own matsujun? :weep on the train to school this morning,i saw a sign that said "JUN" on it :laugh i seriously did! i'm like, "MATSUJUN" :tipsy

ahh I love it when western artists come on Japanese shows. I remember when Matsujun appeared on the same show as Janet Jackson and he was acting like such a fanboy :laugh

:roflmao

:roflmao x2

he's only human . At least even a star do get starstuck himself you know

ORICON year ends after this week's sales are announced. it's gonna be tight between "Beautiful days" & "LIPS". :P

but congrats to their first #1 yearly single! at least it's "truth / Kaze no Mukou e". imo, that's their best single this year.

truth / Kaze no Mukou e deserves the title for best selling single of the year & hands down it's their best single that they put out in 2008 , well One Love's 2nd for me so yup

i'm gonna cry :weep i'm so happy they've managed to keep the #1 single title! :thud

:D

has this been posted yet ?

Duet Jan '09 mag scans - http://zetastarz21.livejournal.com/5762.html

I think the reason as to why they went for the all black serious look was probably due to truth / Kaze no Mukou e ? :shrug

but anyway doesn't matter , the solo shots are really nice but :no at Ohno , don't grow a stubble now dude

& what's up with Sakurai going fishing ? :laugh

EDIT - non.no - http://community.livejournal.com/ara...36.html#cutid1

*imagine Lisa feeding MatsuJun cake* :innocent

:laugh

*Kame in eyeliner omg* :thud but anyway yes Kaori , the Duet scans are nice , solo shots are pretty solid too

who else just LOVES this performance of lai-lai-lai?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfBTALMcPvE

:D

haha, i love it too. it's just too catchy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyXt5...eature=related
arashi before their debut, lol.

so do, so do i :laugh

when is their next performance? the "best artist" show? i really NEED to see truth live again :weep

it ends on the 19th? i didn't even see this friday's episode or last week's (with subs) :weep my grandparents computer is getting fixed this week so i couldn't watch any episodes of RnK, AnS, or VS arashi :weep i miss them so much, lol. :tipsy

so basically, there's 2 weeks until more performances? until then, i'll be crossing my cold fingers for truth to be performed :laugh

best artist too? :grumpy GET THE HELL AWAY FROM MY BOYS :weep

danngggg. go Britney! haha. i wonder if there will be interaction between Britney & Arashi? probably not since they're both SPs and lots of artists are coming. haha.

i need to catch up with RnK as well. :grumpy

Haha beauty! Don't be too harsh on MY Britney... ;)
Really excited to see Britney and Arashi on one show! Love 'em both! Yay! :luv2

:laugh knowing jun, anything is possible :laugh

I wanna see that episode with janet jackson... What happened then? Can someone put a youtube link or something? :lech

wasn't it on one of the episodes of utawara? i remember seeing a clip of it on youtube once. :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy5HcugKxTs :tipsy

me me !

I like Lai-Lai-Lai , it's 1 of my fave songs on One & in Chinese context , it means 'come , come , come' according to Hanyu Pinyin ie.

lmao :roflmao

the guys sure have come a long way since '99

I was 12 when they debuted :thud

oh ya talking about SCP , shouldn't Sakurai & Nino be appearing on the show real soon ?

cos they're the only ones that didn't appeared on the show yet

cool thanks for the info

:roflmao x2

i was.......only 7 years old duing their debut? :laugh wow.

lmao that's cute Lisa :laugh

have you watched the latest VS ARASHI episode ? Ohno was being annoyed super big time by the rest of the guys when he did the Falling Pipe segment :S

& then the part where Nino misheard Ohno saying something . Ohno said he's ready to end this in Japanese but Nino misheard him & asked Ohno , are you an eggplant in Japanese context & then an eggplant image's being drawn over Ohno

:roflmao

& oh ya I saw the FNS performance of One Love yesterday , they looked great & I love the orchestra touch to the song but I was like eh when MatsuJun was wearing a hat when performing :O

but other than he & the rest were great :smitten

i didn't see VS arashi yet. once my grandparents computer is fixed this week, then i can watch everything :weep i miss my usual arashi shows, lol.

ah ok

Ohno & Sakurai were quarrelling during the Falling Pipes game :dead2

Ohno was saying that he wanted to go for the 1st game which was the Cliff Climber but then Sakurai was already in front of him

er frankly I don't see the link as to why Ohno blamed Sakurai during the Falling Pipe especially the game was the last one in the show

it's so weird

but of course MatsuJun looked great & his hair should stay in this manner now :D

I get to it now Kaori :D

here you go :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g/MatsuJun.jpg

I can make somemore if you want :innocent

did he just put his bangs back or something like in one of the other recent episodes? lol. with bangs (beautiful days PV, for example) you can't see his face. but when he wore that hat in FNS, you can see his cute fce :smitten

no bangs Lisa

he pull his fringe back which's waaay & looked better on him

all he needs is a haircut now, lol. :P then he'll look hot again.

Yeap, I agree, he needs a haircut. Aiba's looking so cute in his hairstyle; did he dye his hair again? How come everyone in Arashi didn't seem like they aged a bit!

lol

I frankly like his hairdo in the PVs of Step and Go , One Love , truth , Happiness , We can make it ! , Love so sweet :smitten

oh yeah of course :D

ya man Alice & back then Ohno looked so old :O

they get hotter and hotter by each year :lech they never look old to me, lol.

that's the wonders of makeup , photoshop & probably plastic surgery Lisa :laugh

I'm wondering what will they be releasing in 2009 ?

I'm thinking 2-3 singles , maybe 2 dvds & 2 albums in which a new studio album & a best compliation since it's their 10th anniversary in 2009 & that they have to celebrate it with a big bang

okay, so i never did see the VS arashi with tegoshi, but i just did now on youtube and he's so cute, lol. aiba was hilarious when he was out of breath from the jumping shooter (i LOVE that game, btw).

now i'm watching the AnS with DAIGO. he's so cute, karen! i think i'll try out his group later today, haha. :P arashi just has that effect over me :smitten

the new game's called Jumping Shooter & if you realise in the beginning of that episode , Sakurai looked tired & worn out

that's because prior to the start of the show , he tried out that game & yes it's very tiring even though it looked really fun

The guys were bullying Tegoshi :dead2 especially Aiba

woooooooooooooo

yes yes please come & try BREAKERZ , Lisa although I frankly don't know if their music's your cup of tea since they do rock music .

just go to the very 1st post of the BREAKERZ thread & you can find everything you need on there , be it singles/albums/PVs downloads of the trio :laugh