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KarenPang 21st June 2013 06:26 AM
Oricon Single Ranking for the first half of 2013

1. "Sayonara Crawl" - AKB48 : (1,926,445)
2. "So long!" - AKB48 : (1,126,674)
3. "Calling/Breathless" - Arashi : (879,129)
4. "Choco no Dorei" - SKE48 : (671,623)
5. "EXILE PRIDE ~Konna Sekai wo Aisurutame~" - EXILE : (582,525)
6. "Endless Game" - Arashi : (516,216)
7. "My Resistance -Tashikana Mono-/Unmei Girl" - Kis-My-Ft2 : (373,149)
8. "Hesomagari/Koko ni shika nai Keshiki" - Kanjani8 : (328,538)
9. "Joy!!" - SMAP : (327,505)
10. "Seifuku no Mannequin" - Nogizaka46 : (303,474)
11. "Kimi no Na wa Kibou" - Nogizaka46 : (300,749)
12. "Suki! Suki! Skip!" - HKT48 : (288,167)
13. "Ki•Su•U•Ma•I ~KISS YOUR MIND~/S.O.S (Smile On Smile)" - Kis-My-Ft2 : (251,738)
14. Mistake!/Battery" - SMAP : (224,949)
15. "Mystery Virgin" _ Yamada Ryosuke : (219,871)
16. "Dance My Generation" - Golden Bomber : (177,565)
17. "EXPOSE" - KAT-TUN : (173,400)
18. "Real Sexy!/BAD BOYS" - Sexy Zone : (161,119)
19. "Catch Me -If you wanna-" - Tohoshinki : (156,537)
20. "Preserved Roses" - T.M. Revolution ×Mizuki Nana : (152,038)
21. "Tanjoubi ni wa Masshiro na Yuri wo/Get the groove" - Fukuyama Masaharu : (151,393)
22. "WORLD QUEST/Pokopon Pekorya" - NEWS : (148,348)
23. "GIVE ME LOVE" - 2PM : (148,242)
24. "FACE to Face" - KAT-TUN : (147,247)
25. "Eien Pressure" - AKB48 : (132,230)

http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/specia....html#topphoto

Oricon Music DVD Ranking for the first half of 2013

1. "ARASHI AraFes" - Arashi : (785,949)
2. "ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn" - Arashi : (680,798)
3. "namie amuro 5 Major Domes Tour 2012 ~20th Anniversary Best~" - Amuro Namie : (213,085)
4. "KANJANI8 LIVE TOUR!! 8EST ~Minna no Omoi wa Dounandai? Bokura no Omoi wa Mugendai!!~" - Kanjani8 : (208,949)
5. "YOSHIO -new member-" - Kis-My-Ft2 : (140,948)
6. "Mr.Children TOUR POPSAURUS 2012" - Mr.Children : (93,613)
7. "NEWS LIVE TOUR 2012 ~Utsukushii Koi ni Suruyo~" - NEWS : (86,129)
8. "BUMP OF CHICKEN GOLD GLIDER TOUR 2012" - BUMP OF CHICKEN : (71,736)
9. "Twinkle Twinkle A.B.C-Z" - A.B.C-Z : (70,393)
10. "B'z LIVE-GYM 2005 -CIRCLE OF ROCK-"- B'z : (69,291)
11. "BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012 IN JAPAN SPECIAL FINAL IN DOME -TOKYO DOME 2012.12.05-" - BIGBANG : (64,621)
12. "B'z LIVE-GYM 2001 -ELEVEN-" - B'z : (62,130)
13. "EXILE ATSUSHI PREMIUM LIVE ~Inochi wo Utau~" - EXILE ATSUSHI : (61,898)
14. "Sandaime J Soul Brothers LIVE TOUR 2012 '0~ZERO~'" - Sandaime J Soul Brothers : (61,021)
15. "Document of Endless SHOCK 2012 -Asu no Butai e~" - Domoto Koichi : (60,358)
16. "WORLD TOUR 2012 LIVE at MADISON SQUARE GARDEN" - L'Arc~en~Ciel : (49,724)
17. "Perfume WORLD TOUR 1st" - Perfume : (49,719)
18. "GIFT of SMAP CONCERT' 2012" - SMAP : (46,608)
19. "B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 -ACTION-" - B'z : (43,130)
20. "SHINee THE FIRST JAPAN ARENA TOUR 'SHINee WORLD 2012'" - SHINee : (39,569)
21. "TOMOHISA YAMASHITA LIVE TOUR 2012 ~EroP~" - Yamashita Tomohisa : (39,527)
22. "'Momoclo Natsu no Bakasawagi SUMMER DIVE 2012 Seibu Dome Taikai' LIVE DVD" - Momoiro Clover Z : (37,421)
23. "aiko Live DVD '15'" - aiko : (36,093)
24. "Dai 2-kai AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Uta Gassen" - AKB48 : (35,995)
25. "UVERworld Yokohama Arena" - UVERworld : (35,363)

http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/specia....html#topphoto

With regards to Oricon Album Chart Ranking for the first half of 2013 , Popcorn ranks in at #35 with 85,184 copies sold for this year

http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/specia....html#topphoto

Bigtop 21st June 2013 08:48 AM
:thud

Whoa... Almost 880,000 for their February single!? And almost 1.5 million DVDs COMBINED for the first half of the year!?

That's pretty crazy! They're sure making more money than AKB48! (They have the highest two singles, but their DVD sales aren't like ARASHI...)

KarenPang 22nd June 2013 02:33 AM
Arashi tops "Total Sales" & "DVD Sales" categories in Oricon's first half of 2013 ranking

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Popular group Arashi dominated the "Total Sales by artist" and "DVD sales" categories of Oricon's "first half of 2013 ranking."

This "Total Sales by artist" is the ranking of artists who have the highest amount of the total sales in CDs (both singles and albums), DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs.

This is the first time in 3 years for Arashi to top this category since they last topped it back in 2010 with a total sales figure of 8.43 billion yen (approximately $86,213,610 USD). In the first half of 2013, Arashi has already exceeded a sales figure of 10 billion (approximately $102,227,000 USD) yen on the strength of the hits of their singles as well as the music DVDs.

Behind Arashi was AKB48 who ranked in 2nd place with sales figure of 6.86 billion yen (approximately $70,157,220 USD). Momoiro Clover Z who was ranked in 3rd place, is worthy of special mention, as they made a big leap from 18th place during the same period last year.

Momoiro Clover Z's total sales for the first half of this year reached 3.92 billion yen (approximately $40,089,840 USD) which is 3.6 times more than in 2012, and it allowed them to grab a spot in the top 3 ranking for the very first time.

For the "DVD Sales" category, Arashi dominated first and second place with "ARASHI ARAFES" (released in December 2012, sold 786,000 copies) and "ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn" (released in April, sold 681,000 copies) respectively.

Moreover, the total number of copies sold for the "ARASHI ARAFES" set an all-time record for the first half of a year, breaking their own record of 785,000 copies which they achieved with "ARASHI 10-11 TOUR 'Scene' ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fuukei~ STADIUM" back in 2011. Also, their total number of copies sold for music DVD for the first half of a year of 1,523,000 copies, is also a new all-time record which once again broke their own record of 1,015,000 copies.
http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...f-2013-ranking

KarenPang 22nd June 2013 10:08 AM
Paper: Live-Action Lupin III Casts Shun Oguri, Arashi's Sakurai, Satoshi Tsumabuki

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The Tokyo Sports newspaper reported again on Friday and Saturday that a live-action film based on Monkey Punch's Lupin III manga and anime will have Shun Oguri (Captain Harlock, Detective Conan, Hana Yori Dango, Space Brothers) in the title thief role. The newspaper added that Arashi band member Sho Sakurai (Yatterman, Honey and Clover) will play the sharpshooter Daisuke Jigen, while Satoshi Tsumabuki (Dororo, Dragon Head, Ikebukuro West Gate Park) will play the swordsman Goemon Ishikawa.

NTV, the television broadcaster of the Lupin III anime, has not officially announced a live-action Lupin III film.

According to Tokyo Sports, the film (tentatively titled Lupin Sansei ~Meitantei vs. Lupin~ or Lupin III: Famous Detective vs. Lupin) will begin shooting in early autumn for release next March. However, the newspaper added the project is still casting the main female role of Fujiko. Among the possible candidates that the newspaper listed are Mirei Kiritani, Masami Nagasawa, Anne Watanabe, Airi Taira, Kyoko Fukada, Asami Mizukawa, Tsubasa Honda, Kiko Mizuhara, and Kou Shibasaki.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...oshi-tsumabuki

KarenPang 23rd June 2013 05:45 AM
Shun Oguri, Sho Sakurai & Satoshi Tsumabuki To Star In Lupin III Live Action Film

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According to Tokyo Sports newspaper in its Friday and Saturday publish, Shun Oguri will be taking the lead thief role of Monkey Punch's popular manga and anime "Lupin III" live action film.

It was reported that Arashi's Sho Sakurai and Satoshi Tsumabuki will appear in the film as well, as the two loyal friends and allies of Lupin. Sakurai will be playing the character of 'Daisuke Jigen', the sharpshooter and Tsumabuki will be 'Goeman Ishikawa', the swordsman.

As for the 'Fujiko Mine' role, a number of possible actresses has been listed for it and they are Mirei Kiritani, Masami Nagasawa, Anne Watanabe, Airi Taira, Kyoko Fukada, Asami Mizukawa, Tsubasa Honda, Kiko Mizuhara, and Kou Shibasaki.

The live action movie, which is tentatively titled "Lupin Sansei ~ Meitantei vs. Lupin ~ or Lupin III: Famous Detective vs. Lupin" will start filming in early autumn and is expected to open in cinemas in March 2014.

However these details were all based from Tokyo Sports since NTV, the channel which broadcasts the Lupin III anime has not yet officially announced a live action film of the series.
http://www.jpopasia.com/news/shun-og...lm::14305.html

KarenPang 30th June 2013 12:09 PM
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Today at Waku Waku Gakkou 2013, Arashi has announced Arafes for 9/21-22.

Also, new album will come this fall (october i guess?)

And new tour has been decided.
Dates and venues:
Nagoya: November 8,9,10
Sapporo: November 15,16,17
Osaka: November 22,23,24
Tokyo: December 12,13,14,15
Fukuoka: December 20,21,22
http://arashi-no-jidai.livejournal.com/670806.html

Bigtop 30th June 2013 03:44 PM
Yay, new album! As expected, every year...

Really had that thought about those Oricon album sales numbers when NMB48 took #1, but no Johnny's, and I predicted those big boys are going to release albums later on this year...Arashi is now a no exception here. I can't wait for Arashi's new album soon...

Beauty4123 30th June 2013 06:41 PM
i would be very happy if arashi released a new album this year! :)

KarenPang 1st July 2013 03:27 AM
Arashi announces 'ARAFES' at National Olympic Stadium & 5-Major Dome tour + new album

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On June 30th, Arashi held an event titled, "Arashi no Wakuwaku Gakkou ~Mainichi ga Kagayaku 5-tsu no Jugyou~" at the Tokyo Dome, and made some surprise announcements which shook the entire venue with loud cheers from the audience of 45,000.

t was near the end of the event when Aiba Masaki began to speak, "Attention please. We have an announcement to make."

Then, "ARAFES" showed up on the big screen, and it was announced that there would be a 2-day live concert at the National Olympic Stadium on September 21st and 22nd.

"ARAFES" is a type of live concert in which the set list is based on the fans' requests. Ninomiya Kazunari stated, "We will perform 10 songs from our singles, 10 songs from our albums, and 10 songs from our coupling songs." This will be the 6th consecutive year for the group to hold a live concert at the venue.

As it was an unexpected announcement, the shouts of joy from the audience did not stop. However, it wasn't the only surprise. The second announcement was that Arashi's 12th album was set for release this fall. Aiba told the audience, "We just started working on it, so it's not even titled yet, but please look forward to it everyone."

Leader Ohno Satoshi followed up by saying, "We made an announcement about our album release, which means..." It was the cue to the announcement of their 5-major dome tour. There will be a total of 16 stages for the dome tour, and including the 2-days live at the National Olympic Stadium, 870,000 fans are expected to be attending their live concerts. The dome tour will kick off on November 8th, and will end on December 22nd.

Matsumoto Jun said to the audience, "It's great to see you guys excited. We will work hard on the preparation, so please look forward to it."

At the end of the event, Sakurai Sho shouted, "We'll see you again at the National Olympic Stadium!"
http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...tour-new-album

Bigtop 1st July 2013 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Beauty4123 (Post 3012061)
i would be very happy if arashi released a new album this year! :)
Well, IT IS...

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Today at Waku Waku Gakkou 2013, Arashi has announced Arafes for 9/21-22.

Also, new album will come this fall (october i guess?)

And new tour has been decided.
Dates and venues:
Nagoya: November 8,9,10
Sapporo: November 15,16,17
Osaka: November 22,23,24
Tokyo: December 12,13,14,15
Fukuoka: December 20,21,22
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Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 3012166)
Arashi announces 'ARAFES' at National Olympic Stadium & 5-Major Dome tour + new album

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On June 30th, Arashi held an event titled, "Arashi no Wakuwaku Gakkou ~Mainichi ga Kagayaku 5-tsu no Jugyou~" at the Tokyo Dome, and made some surprise announcements which shook the entire venue with loud cheers from the audience of 45,000.

t was near the end of the event when Aiba Masaki began to speak, "Attention please. We have an announcement to make."

Then, "ARAFES" showed up on the big screen, and it was announced that there would be a 2-day live concert at the National Olympic Stadium on September 21st and 22nd.

"ARAFES" is a type of live concert in which the set list is based on the fans' requests. Ninomiya Kazunari stated, "We will perform 10 songs from our singles, 10 songs from our albums, and 10 songs from our coupling songs." This will be the 6th consecutive year for the group to hold a live concert at the venue.

As it was an unexpected announcement, the shouts of joy from the audience did not stop. However, it wasn't the only surprise. The second announcement was that Arashi's 12th album was set for release this fall. Aiba told the audience, "We just started working on it, so it's not even titled yet, but please look forward to it everyone."

Leader Ohno Satoshi followed up by saying, "We made an announcement about our album release, which means..." It was the cue to the announcement of their 5-major dome tour. There will be a total of 16 stages for the dome tour, and including the 2-days live at the National Olympic Stadium, 870,000 fans are expected to be attending their live concerts. The dome tour will kick off on November 8th, and will end on December 22nd.

Matsumoto Jun said to the audience, "It's great to see you guys excited. We will work hard on the preparation, so please look forward to it."

At the end of the event, Sakurai Sho shouted, "We'll see you again at the National Olympic Stadium!"
http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...tour-new-album

Beauty4123 1st July 2013 06:03 PM
i'm so happy that a new album is confirmed! the singles that were released this year have been great, so this album is gonna be amazing. i can't wait! :D

KarenPang 2nd July 2013 12:01 PM
アラフェス'13 ; ARAFES '13

2013年9月21日（土）東京都 国立競技場 ; Tokyo's National Stadium
2013年9月22日（日）東京都 国立競技場 ; Tokyo's National Stadium

ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2013

2013年11月8日（金）愛知県 ナゴヤドーム ; Aichi's Nagoya Dome
2013年11月9日（土）愛知県 ナゴヤドーム ; Aichi's Nagoya Dome
2013年11月10日（日）愛知県 ナゴヤドーム ; Aichi's Nagoya Dome
2013年11月15日（金）北海道 札幌ドーム ; Hokkaido's Sapporo Dome
2013年11月16日（土）北海道 札幌ドーム ; Hokkaido's Sapporo Dome
2013年11月17日（日）北海道 札幌ドーム ; Hokkaido's Sapporo Dome
2013年11月22日（金）大阪府 京セラドーム大阪 ; Osaka's Kyocera Dome Osaka
2013年11月23日（土・祝）大阪府 京セラドーム大阪 ; Osaka's Kyocera Dome Osaka
2013年11月24日（日）大阪府 京セラドーム大阪 ; Osaka's Kyocera Dome Osaka
2013年12月12日（木）東京都 東京ドーム ; Tokyo's Tokyo Dome
2013年12月13日（金）東京都 東京ドーム ; Tokyo's Tokyo Dome
2013年12月14日（土）東京都 東京ドーム ; Tokyo's Tokyo Dome
2013年12月15日（日）東京都 東京ドーム ; Tokyo's Tokyo Dome
2013年12月20日（金）福岡県 福岡ヤフオク!ドーム ; Fukuoka's Fukuoka Yahoo! Auctions! Dome
2013年12月21日（土）福岡県 福岡ヤフオク!ドーム ; Fukuoka's Fukuoka Yahoo! Auctions! Dome
2013年12月22日（日）福岡県 福岡ヤフオク!ドーム ; Fukuoka's Fukuoka Yahoo! Auctions! Dome

http://natalie.mu/music/news/94157

KarenPang 3rd July 2013 03:15 AM
Additional cast members for Matsumoto Jun & Ueno Juri's starring movie revealed

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The additional cast members for Matsumoto Jun (Arashi) and Ueno Juri's starring movie, 'Hidamari no Kanojo', has been revealed.

At this time Tamayama Tetsuji, Okura Koji, Tanimura Mitsuki, Suda Masaki, and Natsuki Mari was added to the cast.

Tamayama will play 'Shindo Haruki', Mao's (Ueno) senior at work who secretly has feelings for Mao. Okura will play 'Tanaka Susumu', Kosuke's (Matsumoto) senior at work who is unpopular with women. Tanimura will play 'Minegishi Yuri', Kosuke's colleague. Suda will play Kosuke's younger brother 'Okuda Shota'. Finally, Natsuki will play the movie's original character who holds the key to the story.

Kitamura Takumi (Kosuke in junior high school), Aoi Wakana (Mao in junior high school), Koyabu Kazutoyo (Kosuke's manager), Nishida Naomi (Kosuke's mother), Toyota Maho (Mao's superior), Kiuchi Midori (Mao's mother), and Shomi Sansei (Mao's father) will also star in the movie.

'Hidamari no Kanojo' will open in theaters on October 12.
http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...movie-revealed

KarenPang 4th July 2013 02:08 AM
Arashi holds a special live in affected areas! Also experience harvesting and firefighting training!

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The five members of Arashi held a mini live in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake back in May, specifically in Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture. This would be the first time all 5 members visit Iwate Prefecture since the earthquake, and the complete footage will be introduced during the 12-hours special program "THE MUSIC DAY Ongaku no Chikara" (NTV/10:30AM) on July 6th.

Before their performance, all five of them walked through the affected areas to experience their current situation, in addition to make contact with some of the victims. Sakurai Sho (31), Ohno Satoshi (32) and Aiba Masaki (30) visited Minato Village at night. During the story of this disaster, most families at the time engaged in harvesting/fishing tangle in order to contribute to the reconstruction, all 3 members shed sweat while actually fishing it. On the other hand Matsumoto Jun (29) and Ninomiya Kazunari (30) covered the local fire brigade which has been training locals as firefighters in the riverside of the city. The 2 member also engaged in this activity while sporting the fire brigade's uniform.

hno shared his impressions after interacting with the victims, "The road of recovery continues, we felt part of this big force but after experiencing fishing tangle together our thoughts are now stronger than before". Ninomiya who interacted with them while training as a firefighter talked about the lesson learned, "The human connection or rather, feeling this strong sense of responsibility towards the younger generations".

During the live, in addition to the 550 fans of three prefectures affected, they also invited the firefighters and the families who trained them in fishing tangle. Since the venue was too narrow, they could easily reach the hands of the audience while performing their latest song, "Endless Game" and "Happiness" among other hit songs. Aiba excitedly commented, "Really really close! I felt a little embarrassed at some parts, but I think we all became one". Matsumoto talked about the future, "I'm really glad we all had the opportunity to come and meet you directly and even make you feel a little happier. We would like to continue delivering energy to Japan in the future".
http://www.jenewsdaily.com/2013/07/0...ting-training/

KarenPang 4th July 2013 05:48 PM
ARASHI is 1 of the many artistes that will participate in NTV's THE MUSIC DAY Ongaku no Chikara that will be held this Sat

The whole group will be singing Shounentai's debut song Kamenbutoukai



Individual wise :

TOKIO will sing/perform with Aiba -> Ninja's debut song Omatsuri Ninja

KAT-TUN will sing/perform with Ohno -> Toshihiko Tahara's debut song Aishuu de Ito

NEWS will sing/perform with Nino -> Shibugakitai's debut song NAI ・NAI 16

Kanjani∞ will sing/perform with MatsuJun -> Hikaru Genji's debut song Star Light

Hey ! Say ! JUMP will sing/perform with Sakurai -> Otokogumi's debut song Day Break

Also , all participating Johnny's such as ARASHI themselves , NEWS , TOKIO , KAT-TUN , Kanjani∞ , Hey ! Say ! JUMP will sing/perform together Matchy-san's debut song Sneaker Blues

Matchy-san's Sneaker Blues



http://arashi-no-jidai.livejournal.com/671562.html

KarenPang 5th July 2013 02:40 AM
[Oricon] Arashi’s latest live DVD makes a comeback to the top after 4 weeks

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Released on April 24th, Arashi’s DVD “ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn” has sold 6246 copies (and an accumulative total of 681,000 copies) on its seventh week, topping June 17th weekly sales charts for overall DVD sales ranking following their achievement from their first three weeks, they make a perfect comeback in the top place after 4 weeks, since May 20th weekly sales charts.

This work has stayed in the top spot during three consecutive weeks since its release and 4 total weeks since first launched. In the music DVD department, they are currently tied with Mr.Children and their "Mr.Children DOME TOUR 2009～SUPERMARKET FANTASY～IN TOKYO DOME" (May 2010) for the most number of weeks in the top spot. Followed by 3 of their own releases; "ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in TOKYO" (March 2009), "5×10 All the BEST！CLIPS 1999-2009" (October 2009) and "ARASHI アラフェス" (December 2012) with a total of 3 weeks each.

As for the male artists department, two years ago, EXILE ATSUSHI's "EXILE ATSUSHI Premium Live ～The Roots～" made a comeback from May 23rd to June 13th. The only artists who have achieved a comeback to the first place are EXILE ATSUSHI and Arashi but only Arashi has achieved this with more than one release, in addition to "5×10 All the BEST！CLIPS 1999-2009" (from November 9th to January 18th of 2009).

his work comes for their latest tour, held in important domes of 5 major cities in Japan from November 2012 to January 2013. Within this live, they recorded this DVD during their presentation in Tokyo Dome held last December.
http://www.jenewsdaily.com/2013/07/0...after-4-weeks/

KarenPang 5th July 2013 10:18 AM
Arashi’s new holy land? Popular “Pine of 5″ CM attracts fans to Hokkaido

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The popularity of five pines standing on a hill on the border of Biei Town and canal Kamikawa in Kamifurano has skyrocketed since they appeared in the "Pine of 5" ad campaign for Japan Airlines (JAL) starring idol group Arashi.

The landscape portrayed symbolizes the magnificent nature of Hokkaido, and it was first used in February and more recently at the end of May. In the latest commercial, all 5 members of Arashi walk towards the same direction and the story develops because the number of pines is the same as the number of members.

Around 10 groups of people appeared over the weekend on June 8th and enjoyed a photo shoot with the pines. One company employee in Sapporo, Inagaki Misaki (29) happened to also be a big fan of Arashi and she commented, "I heard about the location through an acquaintance. I'm glad I got see up close the trees that appeared in the CM". In response to its growing popularity, Kamifurano Tokachidake Tourism Association has prepared a guide tour for visitors and plans to distribute flyers during the following weeks.

According to a taxi driver in Sapporo, a group of tourists appeared and told him, "We want to go to the place where Arashi's CM was recorded" and some other drivers have also taken groups there under similar requests. The taxi fee to that area and around is 30,000¥.

KarenPang 7th July 2013 02:52 AM
Hey ! Say ! JUMP's Yamada to appear in Ohno's 24 Hour Television Drama

https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=HB...hO72wFvPStYJV0

https://twitter.com/JE_NDA/status/353581718646693890

KarenPang 8th July 2013 04:32 AM
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Sakurai Sho won Best Actor and his drama "Kazoku Game" won Best Drama in Nikkan Sports Spring Season Drama Grand Prix
https://twitter.com/JE_NDA/status/354077334086750214

KarenPang 16th July 2013 04:17 PM
Arashi's Matsumoto Jun to star in NHK drama for the first time

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On July 14, it was announced that popular Arashi member Matsumoto Jun will star in the NHK drama "Hajimari no Uta" that will begin airing on September 23.

Though Matsumoto, as a member of Arashi, has served as the host for NHK's Kohaku Uta Gassen for 3 consecutive years, this is actually the first time for him to have a leading in a drama on NHK. This is also the first time in 15 years for him to appear on an NHK drama since his last one aired back in 1998 which was even before he made CD debut as Arashi.

The motif of the drama is "Furusato" which was the song made for the special corner in 2010's Kohaku Uta Gassen. Arashi members sang it on the Kohaku not only in 2010, but also in 2011, and in 2012.

The song was written by Koyama Kundo, and it expresses the nobility of hometown. The song has also been chosen as the compulsory song in the NHK National School Music Contest for this year (for Elementary School division). As this year will be the 80th anniversary year for the music contest, the drama adaptation has been planned.

In the drama, Matsumoto plays a young man named "Wataru" who left his hometown to Tokyo. Wataru once had a dream to be a teacher, but he could not make it come true, and became a freelance photographer for a travel magazine. The drama starts where Wataru returns to his hometown after he is given an order to take photographs in there.

By meeting with the local elementary school kids who are aiming to participate in the choir competition, his ex-girlfriend (played by Eikura Nana) who is an elementary school teacher, his old classmates, and family, he eventually regains his old dream to be a teacher.

Reportedly, there is a scene where Matsumoto plays a piano in the drama, so he is currently practicing for it. He left a comment, "Though my role is a photographer, there will be a scene I have to play piano, so I would like to prepare well for both before I attend the filming. I will do my best so that the viewers could find a delight in chorus, and also feel the power of music."
http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...the-first-time

So I guess Furusato might be something to be included in their new album ? Kinda like what happened for Akashi in Popcorn


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