[ARASHI] The 33rd thread ~ 45th single Sakura (25.2)

[KarenPang]

Arashi ni Shiyagare Renewal, Female Guests to Appear

Arashi's variety program Arashi ni Shiyagare broadcasted every Saturday 10pm on NTV has been renewed after the show began 3 and a half years ago. The first airing after the renewal on September 14 was broadcasted live and the guest is comedy duo Cream Stew, the same guest that appeared in the pilot episode on April 24 2010. So far the concept of the show was to guess who the guest were and to learn from veteran male guests the steps of formula in life to be taught.

After the renewal from now on the members would be informed of who the guests are beforehand, the guest would bring up a 「topic」 in advance which the members would brainstorm and research together which would be presented during the show. For the first renewal airing the members researched the agenda that Arita of Cream Stew brought up, which is 「Why is Ueda Shinya able to conquer the world?」 Arashi members then investigated numerous past historic episodes of Ueda from Cream Stew and dissolve the mystery of how he is able to take over the industry.

Also on this day viewers participated in the live voting via twitter during the airing, out of two projects suggested by Cream Stew. Between Ueda's 「Arashi members' location shooting in Kumamoto」 and Arita's 「Arashi members popularity general election」. Ueda's proposal was ultimately decided upon the winning of votes.

In the interview carried out immediately after the live broadcast, Ohno commented that 「It was refreshing to be able to know who the guests are beforehand and to create the show together」. Aiba remarked that 「It has been quite a while that we have live broadcast for our regular variety programs, it was over in a flash and i look forward to widen the width of the show with the appearance of female guests」. Matsumoto mentioned that 「I was happy that we are able to include the live performance (for regular broadcasting) and hopefully there would be future opportunities where we can sing and perform in the show」. In addition, when asked regarding female guests whom they want to come on the show, Ninomiya who is known to be a big fan of Takeuchi Yuko said enthusiastically 「When it was decided that she would take on the drama lead role on NTV, i thought "Hooray!". Probably she will come」.

Ueno Juri would appear in the next airing and in the future female guests are also planned to guest.

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/2028683/full/
http://mantan-web.jp/2013/09/15/2013...00014000c.html

[KarenPang]

Ohno's Kagi no Kakatta Heya drama will be getting an SP & this SP will be broadcast next year



This Kagi no Kakatta Heya SP could be aired around the same time as the Lucky Seven SP

[KarenPang]

"Kagi no Kakatta Heya" To Return For A Special Drama Next Year

Arashi's Satoshi Ohno will be reprising his role as the security company employee, 'Kei Enomoto' who solves cases in enclosed rooms in the 2012 Fuji TV hit drama "Kagi no Kakatta Heya". The drama has received numerous recognition, sweeping television magazine grand pix awards last year including the Gold Medal award from the "US International Film and Video Festival 2013".

Written by Kishi Yusuke, the plot for the SP is based on his new work "Murder in the Country of Mirror" which will be published on November 12 and his unpublished one "The Two Enclosed Rooms".

Filming has started already according to reports. The characters of Erika Toda and Koichi Sato will also be returning in the SP set to air in 2014.

http://www.jpopasia.com/news/kagi-no...ar::14818.html

[KarenPang]

Scene in Singapore

After Dinner Mysteries (2013)

After Dinner Mysteries (2013)
A Japanese production featuring Sakurai Sho, Keiko Kitagawa and Kippei Shiina

A movie sequel to the highly successful same-name Japanese drama series, bulk of the After Dinner Mysteries was shot in Singapore for two weeks long in 2012 on board a high-end cruise ship and with parts of it at Raffles Hotel and the Merlion Park -- with a stunning closing shot of the Singapore skyline from the Esplanade in the evening, no less.

Through the lens of After Dinner Mysteries… Singapore is a cosmopolitan city that offers entertainment both on dry land and the high seas. And while this movie is one of the many productions (on this list) that featured our breathtaking skyline, the After Dinner Mysteries takes the cake for giving it a humorous spin i.e., to have its two leads re-enact the infamous Titanic back hug pose at sunset on a… bumboat.

http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/...gapore#image=2

[KarenPang]

ARAFES started today at Tokyo's National Olympic Stadium

setlist for today :

http://setlist-live.com/arashi/3292.html

[KarenPang]

Day 1 of ARAFES 13 setlist at yesterday in Tokyo's National Olympic Stadium

1.Face Down
2.Crazy Moon～キミ・ハ・ムテキ～
3.truth
4.Welcome to our party
5.Happiness
6.Hello Goodbye (相葉雅紀)
7.素晴らしき世界
8.Love Situation
9.CARNIVAL NIGHT part2
10.Take me faraway (大野智)
11.時計じかけのアンブレラ
12.Monster
13.ファイトソング
14.Hip Pop Boogie (櫻井翔)
15.COOL&SOUL
16.a day in our life
17.Lucky Man
18.迷宮ラブソング
19.ふるさと
20.YOUR SONG
21.風の向こうへ
22.Step and Go
23.きっと大丈夫
24.Love so sweet
25.Yes?No?
26.Re(mark)able
27.Trouble maker
28.Up to you
29.Shake it! (松本潤)
30.Breathless
31.Calling
32.Still…
33.秘密 (二宮和也)
34.Endless Game
35.Summer Splash!
36.Oh Yeah!
37.エナジーソング絶好調超
38.ワイルドアットハート
39.5×10

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40.Love Rainbow
41.A・R・A・S・H・I
42.五里霧中

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43.PIKA☆☆NCHI DOUBLE
44.サクラ咲ケ

http://www.setlist.mx/concerts/14938

[Beauty4123]

i'm very happy about the new album! "LOVE" is a nice title & i can't wait for the album!

[inspire_rmx]

that's a really great setlist!! soo many songs!! excited for the new album too ^^

[KarenPang]

Covers & tracklist for LOVE

CD



CD + DVD



01.　愛を歌おう ; Aiwoutaō
02.　サヨナラのあとで ; Sayonara no Ato de
03. CONFUSION
04. Hit the floor　Vocal：Satoshi Ohno
05. P・A・R・A・D・O・X
06. sugar and salt　Vocal：Sho Sakurai
07. Breathless
08. 20825日目の曲 ; 20825-Nichi-me no Kyoku　Vocal：Kazunari Ninomiya
09. Rock Tonight
10. Endless Game
11. Calling
12. 夜空への手紙 ; Yoru Sora he no Tegami　Vocal：Masaki Aiba
13. Dance in the dark　Vocal：Jun Matsumoto
14. Starlight kiss
15. FUNKY
16. Tears

http://www.j-storm.co.jp/arashi/disco/album/a_16.html

Ok wow , cheap covers much ? Such a step down from Popcorn

Song titles wise some are interesting if not amusing , such as the solo song title for Sakurai (sugar and salt , really ?) & I couldn't help but be amused on MatsuJun's , has he been listening to NEWS's NEWS in secret ?

Aiba's solo title sounds like it could be a ballad

[Lady~Deviance]

I actually like the covers. The pop of color of the distressed font goes well with the monochromatic background imo.

But who cares anyway. I just hope the unheard tracks are good.

[inspire_rmx]

i like the cover!

[KarenPang]

Matsumoto Jun will guest in "Shabekuri 2 Hour SP" on October 7th. This is the first time any member of Arashi appears in that show.

https://twitter.com/jenewsd/status/384627573269225472

Somehow I think Cream Stew will embarrassed the hell outta MatsuJun next week haha

[Beauty4123]

the "LOVE" covers are great! and the tracklist looks awesome, too!

i really can't wait to hear the solo songs because i really like the titles, especially matsujun's "Dance in the dark". such a cool title! i can't wait to hear the song. and i can't wait to hear ohno's "Hit the floor". and i think "sugar and salt" is a cute title for sho's solo.

i really can't wait for "LOVE". it's gonna be another amazing album from arashi!

[KarenPang]

Weekly

Single
106　***,476　554,547　嵐 Endless Game

Album
184　***,515　*,941,528　嵐 Popcorn
204　***,464　1,920,611　嵐 All the BEST

Music DVD
11　*7　***,994　709,074　46　嵐 / ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn　13/04/24
12　11　***,704　798,862　--　嵐 / ARASHI アラフェス　12/12/26

[KarenPang]

2013 Best Jeanist Awards: Masaki Aiba enters the hall of fame, Rola wins in the women's division

The awarding ceremony of the 30th Annual Best Jeanist Awards for 2013 was held in Tokyo, as Arashi's Masaki Aiba and model Rola emerged as the winners based on a nationwide vote for the country's best looking jeans-wearers.

Aiba, who sported a leather jacket over a white shirt and ripped jeans, won for the 3rd straight year in a row, joining SMAP's Takuya Kimura and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi among others in the Jeanists Hall of Fame. Aiba comments: "I'm delighted to receive this award which a lot of extremely popular figures have won in the past on its 30th occasion, and in my 30th year alive. I'll be treating the number 30 as my lucky number from now on".

Total votes: 36,442

<Men's Division>
1：Masaki Aiba （15,587）
2：Taisuke Fujigaya （4,252）
3：Yuta Tamamori （2,772）
4：Yuto Nakajima （2,754）
5：Tomohisa Yamashita （1,711）
6：Ryosuke Yamada （796）
7：Koji Iwasawa （348）
8：Jun Matsumoto （311）
9：Satoshi Ohno （256）
10：Naohito Fujiki （155）

http://majide2ch.blogspot.sg/2013/10...saki-aiba.html

[KarenPang]

Aiba Masaki becomes Best Jeanist for 3rd Consecutive Year

Arashi’s Aiba Masaki (30) has forever entered the Hall of Fame as Best Jeanist. In the 30th ”Best Jeanist 2013″ (hosted by the Japan Jeans Association), Aiba Masaki has for the 3rd consecutive year stood as number one in the men’s segment on October 2nd, and he attended the event in Tokyo where the award was presented.

Aiba Masaki was wearing a black leather jacket with the words ‘This is the Royal Road’ (oudou desu) along with a white t-shirt, and he wore skinny ripped jeans with a chain attached. He greeted the audience meekly, saying, “Being able to receive this award for the 3rd time, I am very happy. From now on, I think I will live on for jeans. Mentally.” When Lola (23), who was number 1 in the women’s segment, said, “Aiba-san said something weird-,” Aiba retorted with a straight face, “Lola, we aren’t saying anything appropriate.”

Among the members of Johnny’s Entertainment, SMAP’s Kimura Takuya, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, and KAT-TUN’s Kamenashi Kazuya continued to be recognized. This year Matsumoto Jun placed 8th, and Ohno Satoshi placed 9th in the ranking. Aiba said, “The other members of Arashi have also entered in the ranking, but it would be nicer if you all followed me,” modestly hoping to being the best jeanist among Arashi.

Watanabe Ken (53), LiLiCo, and Girl’s Generation were also presented a Best Jeanist award.

http://jenewsdaily.com/blog/2013/10/...secutive-year/

[KarenPang]

Mezamashi TV will be airing a preview of their new PV P・A・R・A・D・O・X tomorrow morning

https://twitter.com/jenewsd/status/387217244947632131

[KarenPang]

P・A・R・A・D・O・X PV previews

Mezanyu :



Mezamashi :



Wow oh wow

The P・A・R・A・D・O・X PV preview/s both look & sound amazing

Some info from both news clips on the P・A・R・A・D・O・X PV :

- ARASHI went to New York specially just to learn the dance moves for the PV

- the choreographer for the P・A・R・A・D・O・X dance moves , he has worked with Beyonce before o_o & he's only 23 D:

When Ohno found out about this he was shocked as he lamented he's almost 10 years older than the choreographer since Ohno is 32 haha


- When asked who's the sexiest in the group , Ohno said it's MatsuJun (well duh) while he considered himself the most unsexy haha

But in all , ah can't wait to get my copy of LOVE next month & let alone in seeing/hearing the full P・A・R・A・D・O・X PV

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What does Ohno Satoshi always order for takeout and why

On October 6th, “Nihon TV No. 1 Popular Programs Finals” was released; within this broad release a VTR submitted by Arashi was included in which there were quiz questions concerning Ohno Satoshi.

Within this program, 44 NTV shows participated, and the competition involved each show submitting a VTR. The VTR Arashi submitted was related to their program “Arashi ni Shiyagare,” and the VTR was a quiz video created by the show’s AD. The setting of the video was the dressing room, and each Arashi member had to answer a variety of questions. The following question was asked:

Q: Today, when it was time to order takeout, a hungry Ohno Satoshi asked for a certain something that he always orders. What could the item that Ohno Satoshi always orders be?

The correct answer:

Zaru Soba. When asked why he likes Zaru Soba, Ohno Satoshi tried really hard to explain, saying, “It arrives quickly, it is easy to eat, it can be eaten hot, and it’s not hard to obtain. It can be eaten cold too.” The staff that recorded the segment reacted dimly to his explanation which caused Ohno to react passionately, “Is that bad?” Matsumoto Jun and the other members laughed at his response.

http://jenewsdaily.com/blog/2013/10/...keout-and-why/

[KarenPang]

Ninomiya Kazunari reveals the truth about the statement “I was scared of KAT-TUN”

On October 6th, Nihon TV’s program “Shuuichi” featured a video from Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari. Within this video, Ninomiya revealed the truth about the assertion he made in the past “I was scared of KAT-TUN.”

On May 29th, on the Nihon TV program “Nino san,” when Ninomiya Kazunari spoke the statement “I was scared of KAT-TUN,” he tried to take into consideration when he may have felt that, saying, “If I were to say, it was probably around the time they debuted that I felt scared of KAT-TUN.”

In October 6th’s episode of “Shuuichi” Ninomiya revealed the truth behind the statement of being scared of his juniors (kouhai), saying, “With people like Kamenashi-kun or Tananka Koki, something about them is scary, almost like they would threaten you for money. Something like that.” He even felt those feelings when listening to KAT-TUN’s debut song “Real Face.” Remarking about the lyrics “I always want to live on the edge” (giri giri de itsumo ikite itai kara), Ninomiya revealed, “‘No, I think it would be better if you didn’t live on the edge’ is what I always thought when listening. I would feel a little threatened by that phrase.”

Again, when talking about his relationship with Nakamaru Yuichi, who makes a regular appearance on “Shuuichi,” Ninomiya commented, “Generally if you were to define people getting along as taking the time out of the day to go eat together or go play around somewhere together, then no, we don’t get along. Though it’s a common joke we’ve lightly made over the last 10 years since we’re the same age.”

Also, when Ninomiya was asked to send a message to Nakamaru, he said, “If it is okay with you, and if you are watching this live broadcast, I would love to exchange phone numbers so it would be easy to contact each other. I really want to, if you are watching this live broadcast. So definitely if you can, let’s get along together (yoroshiku onegaishimasu)*.” He put Nakamaru on the spot and wowed the studio.

Nakamaru accepted this challenge from Ninomiya and revealed, “We have gone out to eat together before, but I still don’t have your contact information.” Nakamaru further replied, “Ninomiya-san, you generally use your manager, don’t you? I would love to exchange phone numbers with you, so let’s get along together(yoroshiku onegaishimasu)*.”

*yoroshiku onegaishimasu generally means ‘let’s get along together.’ With this exchange, in context, it is a kind of challenge, throwing responsibility on the other party.

http://jenewsdaily.com/blog/2013/10/...ed-of-kat-tun/

[ayupi]

Just finished watching Kagi no Kakatta Heya! Loved Ohno in that <3. Glad there making an SP the ending leaves you just wondering