Arashi tops the annual 'favorite artists' ranking 4 years in a row

On October 25, entertainment magazine 'Ori★Suta' revealed their 10th annual "favorite artist" ranking.

First place for this year's ranking went to none other than Arashi. With this, they have become the first artist to take first place for this ranking 4 years in a row. They have also surpassed Utada Hikaru who held the #1 title a total of 3 times.

Arashi has hosted the 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' for 4 consecutive years and held a live at the National Olympic Stadium for 6 consecutive years. The members have also been successful with their solo careers, starring in various dramas, CMs, variety programs, and movies.

The full ranking can be seen below.

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1. Arashi
2. Ikimonogakari
3. Mr.Children
4. Fukuyama Masaharu
5. Yuzu
6. Utada Hikaru
7. B'z
8. Southern All Stars
9. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
10. Kobukuro
11. Amuro Namie
12. Spitz
13. Porno Graffitti
14. Momoiro Clover Z
15. Perfume
16. YUI
17. aiko
18. Kuwata Keisuke
19. EXILE
20. BUMP OF CHICKEN

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Source: Oricon
Image: Johnny's net

Ayase Haruka & Arashi chosen as hosts for this year's Kohaku

On Oct 18th, it has been confirmed that Arashi and actress Ayase Haruka will be the chairpersons for the 64th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen. This is the 4th consecutive year that Arashi will be the “White team” leader while this will be the first time for Ayase to lead the “Red Team”.

Ayase currently plays the lead role in NHK’s Taiga drama “Yae no Sakura“; in addition, she’s also one of the most popular actress and has been active in both TV dramas and movies. As a judge of last year’s Kohaku, Ayase is nervous to be this year’s chairman though she also said that it was her ambition to convey the splendor of music with Arashi.

On the other hand, this is the 4th consecutive year that the 5-member Arashi will host the show. Sakurai Sho commented that being the chairpersons, they were supported by all singers who participated and that they only wanted to connect to the world through songs.

In addition, Ninomiya Kazunari said that he will work hard as possible so that the singers will be able to convey their songs as easily as possible.

NHK’s New Year’s Eve song show theme will be “Uta ga koko ni aru” (A song is right here).

The 64th Kohaku Uta Gassen will be broadcasted at NHK starting at 7:15PM (JST) on Dec 31st.

Read more at Arama They Didn't: http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/5084601.html#ixzz2iL0oOG4x

Which celebrities had the most CM contracts in the first half of 2013?

  

The media analysts at Nihon Monitor have released their half-yearly list that breaks down which celebrities had the most commercial contracts in the last six months of the whole year.

For the male celebrity ranking, it's absolutely no surprise to see pro golfer Ishikawa Ryo at the top again, topping the list for the fourth consecutive time. However, this time he had to share first place with Arashi's Sakurai Sho and actor Mukai Osamu. Are those two going to threaten his throne in the coming rankings? Child actor Suzuki Fuku also proves to be one of the few exceptions when it comes to the fading popularity of child actors in the commercial sector.

The female celebrity ranking experienced a remarkable change of order compared to the previous year. In the 2012 ranking, the complete top 4 was claimed by current and former members of AKB48 and their sister groups. This year the idols have lost a lot of ground to actresses and other talents again, with the young actress Takei Emi snatching the crown all by herself. Her total amount of 15 CM contracts even makes all the top male celebrities look like amateurs this time.

Last year's CM Queen Shinoda Mariko ranked second this time, followed by Rola and Goriki Ayame on the third place. Of course, there is also still very high demand for Takei and Goriki's agency senior Ueto Aya.

As for the second half of the year, it will be interesting to see how long the child actors Suzuki Fuku and Tani Kanon will be able to maintain their high popularity. Fellow child actress Ashida Mana, who had 15 contracts last year, already didn't make it into the ranking this time. Will Ishikawa Ryo catch up with Kimura Takuya and top the ranking for five consecutive times? Moreover, AKB48 will have to push new members to become their CM queens after the graduation of Shinoda Mariko and Itano Tomomi later this year.

Now check out the rankings below!

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CM Ranking First Half of 2013 - Male Celebrities

01 - 10 Contracts - Ishikawa Ryo
01 - 10 Contracts - Sakurai Sho (Arashi)
01 - 10 Contracts - Mukai Osamu
02 - 9 Contracts - Suzuki Fuku
03 - 8 Contracts - Aiba Masaki (Arashi)
03 - 8 Contracts - Ohno Satoshi (Arashi)
03 - 8 Contracts - Ninomiya Kazunari (Arashi)
03 - 8 Contracts - Matsuoka Shuzo
04 - 7 Contracts - Ichiro
04 - 7 Contracts - Kimura Takuya (SMAP)
04 - 7 Contracts - Kokubun Taichi (TOKIO)
04 - 7 Contracts - Matsumoto Jun (Arashi)
05 - 6 Contracts - Kamenashi Kazuya (KAT-TUN)
05 - 6 Contracts - Tsumabuki Satoshi
05 - 6 Contracts - Nagase Tomoya (TOKIO)
05 - 6 Contracts - Nishikido Ryo (Kanjani8)
05 - 6 Contracts - Matsuzaka Tori
05 - 6 Contracts - Yamaguchi Tatsuya (TOKIO)

CM Ranking First Half of 2013 - Female Celebrities

01 - 15 Contracts - Takei Emi
02 - 13 Contracts - Shinoda Mariko (AKB48)
03 - 12 Contracts - Goriki Ayame
03 - 12 Contracts - Rola
04 - 10 Contracts - Ueto Aya
04 - 10 Contracts - Becky
04 - 10 Contracts - Horikita Maki
05 - 9 Contracts - Amami Yuki
05 - 9 Contracts - Itano Tomomi (AKB48)
05 - 9 Contracts - Kiritani Mirei
05 - 9 Contracts - Kojima Haruna (AKB48)
05 - 9 Contracts - Shimazaki Haruka (AKB48)
05 - 9 Contracts - Tani Kanon
06 - 8 Contracts - Ishihara Satomi
06 - 8 Contracts - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
06 - 8 Contracts - Sasaki Nozomi

Inquiry Period: January 1st ~ June 30th
Target Networks: NTV, TBS, TV ASAHI, TV TOKYO, FUJI TV
Important Note: As usual, self-promotions for CDs, DVDs/Blu-rays, video games, digital music, movies, and performances in PVs have been excluded!

Source: N-Monitor

Sasuga ARASHI <3 p="">

Arashi announces 'ARAFES' at National Olympic Stadium & 5-Major Dome tour + new album

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.

It 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!"

Source: Sanspo (1+2), Daily Sports Online

Fandom

A lot happen in this fandom recently that need attention...i couldn't believe that such thing happen but it already happen...to those people who are cheap and stupid please repent on ur action...fandom is not a place where u can steal and claimed as yours!!!!

All of the subbers works very hard to give satisfaction to other fans (including me) but because people like all of you exist than they (the subbers)  can't give full satisfaction to other fans.

Please!!!!! onegai!!!! don't juz simply take others people work and sell it and claimed as yours!!! it will makes other in troubled situation!!!

For example like me....i also have trouble connection, slow internet, sometimes i didn't get it at all! but i tried my best to buy a prepaid broadband and use it to download!! rather than buy burned Arashi DVD I'm willing to go bankrupt all year juz to save money to buy their concert DVD, single and album...all of their goods and magazines!!! i rather facing the situation of no money at all than buy cheap cd of them!!

Sorry to say...but for the buyers there are other option than buying the DVD of them...if u can't download it, no internet connection or such..there are still a way to solve that...i'm so ashamed for u buyers!!! and for the sellers...thanks for becoming a THIEVES!!!!! there are no other suitable name for you other than that!!!! leechers is suit u too!!!!

I'm very angry with what they do!!! not juz claiming fan pages in Facebook are the "real Arashi"...bullshit that!!!! Johnny Kitagawa-sama will not allow them to have a Facebook account like that!!!!

STOP IT PLEASE!!!!! RESPECT OTHER IN THE FANDOM COZ WE SHARE THE SAME INTEREST EACH OTHER...WE ALL LOVE ARASHI!!!!

DON'T MAKE THIS FANDOM DIE JUZ BECAUSE OF EACH OF YOUR SELFISHNESS!!!!

FOR ME ARASHI IS MY CURE TO EVERYTHING <3 p="">

Arashi to release special compilation album “Ura Ara Mania”, tracklist of 62 songs revealed

Arashi is holding their concert “AraFes” at Tokyo National Stadium for the fifth time this year and will be trying out some new ideas for their concert, including performing a repertoire voted by fans and doing away with back-up dancers.
To commemorate “AraFes”, Arashi is releasing a special compilation album titled “Ura Ara Mania” comprising 62 songs, 49 of which are coupling B-sides. Besides the coupling B-sides, the album also includes rare songs that are difficult to obtain, popular concert melodies and hidden songs.  It’s described as an album that can be enjoyed by both fans who will and will not be attending “AraFes”. The tracklist was released recently and can be viewed below!
Requests for pre-order can be made on the dedicated J-storm homepage from 8/16 13:00 to 8/23 24:00, and the album will be delivered during “AraFes” between 9/20-9/21.
The album costs 6000 yen and can only be bought through the J-storm homepage. Also, each person may only make one purchase and deliveries will be made to Japanese addresses.
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Special Compilation Album
Sketch
Re(mark)able
Green
ALL or NOTHING
DANGAN-LINER
Sawarenai
Ai to Yuuki to Cherry Pie
Deep na Bouken
helpless
On Sunday
Yasei wo Shiritai
Allergy
Kokoro Chirari
Fuyu no Nioi
Kimi ga Iinda
Koigokoro
Gorimuchu
Hey Hey Lovin’ You
Te Tsunagou
Ichioku no Hoshi
Futari no Kinenbi
Harukaze Sneaker
NA!NA!NA!
Kiss Kara Hajimeyou
Natsu no Owari ni Omou Koto
Itsumademo
Fight Song
Di-Li-Li
Future
Still…
Snowflake
Fuyu wo Dakishimete
How to fly
Smile
Boku ga Boku no Subete
Wasurerarenai
ToBiRa
season
Tokei Jikake no Umbrella
Super Fresh
Yurase, Ima wo
Mou Ippo
Spiral
over
Time Capsule
STORY
maboroshi
Ano hi no Merry Christmas
ever
Boom Boom
Kienu Omoi
together, forever
Utakata
wanna be…
How Can I Love
Tsuite Oide
Futari no Katachi
Hitori Janaisa
Mezashita Mirai E
Kimi ga Iru Kara
Hanabi
voice
Source: J-storm

Arashi to hold 「Ara-fes」 in Kokuritsu in 2012 and 2013 Read more at Arama They Didn't: http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/4051401.html#ixzz21Fu45IoJ

Popular group Arashi announced on July 20 that they will be holding concerts in Tokyo National Olympic Stadium (Kokuritsu) on September 20 and 21 for five consecutive years since 2008. The concert will mobilize a total of 140k audiences on two days. At the same time it is also determined that they will be holding concerts at Kokuritsu in 2013 before the stadium enters into large-scale renovation after next year.

Entitled 「Ara-fes」 "Arashi Festival" for this year and next year's live, the requests from fans will be recruited on their homepage and songs voted as according to ranking will eventually become the main configuration of the concert's concept. This is a first time attempt for Johnny's to seek requests from fans and it is a proposal by Arashi members themselves.

Aiba Masaki (29) "As there are only two years remaining before the stadium enters renovation, we are thinking of making this live different from what we usually does. I want to make a «Best of the Best» Arashi Live." Usually for Johnny's concerts, large numbers of Johnny's juniors will be mobilized and it is revealed that "This time it will be performed by the 5 of us only. We wanted to make a new challenge, and honestly it is kind of scary but we talked about having a performance with only the 5 of us. 70k audience + 5 of us. We want to make it gaudy as it is the festival of Arashi."

In addition Aiba, Ohno Satoshi (31) and Matsumoto Jun (28) visited New York at the end of June for site observation in reference to concert productions, and has been to Broadway musicals, Cirque du Soleil's show 「Zarkana」 and so forth. "We want to make the best of what we have studied and create a stage that is different from what we have done so far".

The list of songs is subjected to a total of 240 songs including singles, couplings and album tracks. Approximately the top 30 songs in ranking will be selected and performed. Voting will be accepted from July 21 afternoon until July 31 6pm on Johnny's official mobile site http://www.johnnys-web.com/.

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Arashi to hold an ‘extracurricular lesson’ in Miyagi prefecture

On June 8th, popular group Arashi announced ‘Arashi no Wakuwaku Gakkou 2012 ~Mainichi ga Motto Kagayaku Kagai Jyugyou’ to be held in Miyagi prefecture!

This extracurricular lesson (kagai jyugyou) is part of ‘Arashi no Wakuwaku Gakkou 2012 ~Mainichi ga Motto Kagayaku 5-tsu no Jyugyou~’, a charity event in which members turn into “teachers” and teach their “students” (fans) on various subjects. Admission to this event, being held in Sekisui Heim Super Arena on June 24th, is free for those fans that are chosen to attend through lottery.

Check out the complete details of this event below!

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<Arashi no Wakuwaku Gakkou 2012 ~Mainichi ga Motto Kagayaku Kagai Jyugyou>

Date: June 24, 2012 (Sunday)

Place: Sekisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture

OPEN/ 1 P.M. JST

START/ 2 P.M. JST

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Source: Johnny’s Net

Arashi reveals full PV for “Your Eyes”

After Arashi released short version for the PV “Your Eyes” last month, they revealed the full PV on June 2nd.

This is currently a theme song for Aiba Masaki’s drama series ‘Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri‘, which is airing every Saturday at 9:00pm. The single will be released on June 6th.

Arashi 24/7 under observation

Arashi is chosen as the main personalities for NTV’s annual fundraising telethon, 24Hr TV. At the same time, the members are also busy in other projects like movies and dramas.

Amidst all of this, it seems their management agency is also keeping a very close watch on their talents…

“Matsumoto Jun is good friends with Oguri Shun, who is known for being a playboy. Because of this, the agency have told him to stop interacting with his good friend. Ninomiya Kazunari is also banned from going to drinking parties with his comedian friends. Ohno was told to be more careful after tabloids found out he was dating AV actresses.”

However, that doesn’t stop the men from selling close to 10 billion yen in merchandises this year. This is why J&A is even more severe towards them. Even though they gave them smart phones as presents, it seems that the agency also uses those smart phones to track their every move using a GPS app. This way, they know where the 5 guys are 24/7. And it seems that the guys know nothing about such a tactic.

With such a popular group, tabloids are keeping close tabs on the guys to see if they’ll slip up, but J&A might’ve gone too far with the GPS tracking.

Source: uso-ippai


p/s....J&A pls give them privacy...they not kids anymore which u can do things like what u did....n they need life too~~~

Arashi to release a new single & live DVD in May!

It was announced that Arashi’s 38th single titled “Face Down” is scheduled to be released on May 9th!  Reportedly, the new single expresses the agony of facing your “other self inside of you” with the theme of “Who you really are?“, and there will be two different editions for the single.

Not only the single, but Arashi will also be releasing their live DVD “ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World” on May 23rd.  The DVD contains footage recorded from Arashi’s live concert at the National Olympic Stadium which was held on September 3rd last year with 70,000 fans in a storm. As with the new single, the live DVD will also come in two different editions.

Check out the details on Arashi’s upcoming single and live DVD below!

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<”Face Down” Limited Edition>
[CD]
1. Face Down
2. Unknown Title A
3. Unknown Title A (Original Karaoke)
[DVD]
“Face Down” Video Clip

<”Face Down” Regular Edition>
[CD only]
1. Face Down
2. Unknown Title B
3. Face Down (Original Karaoke)
4. Unknown Title B (Original Karaoke)

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<”ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World” Limited Edition>
※ Special Package + 48 pages of booklet
[Disc 1 & 2]
- Overture
- Believe
- Oh Yeah!
- Kotoba yori Taisetsu na Mono
- A • RA • SHI
- Niji no Kakera~no rain, no rainbow~
- Love Rainbow
- Summer Splash!
- Hadashi no Mirai
- Crazy Moon~Kimi wa Muteki~
-  Lucky Man
- Shake it!
- Ashita no Kioku
- Boku ga Boku no Subete
- Hero
- “Janakute”
- Konomama Motto
- Everybody Zenshin
- Kitto Daijyobu
- Happiness
- Rock this
- always
- Lotus
- Beautiful days
- Hung up on
- Dokonidemo Aru Uta
- Attack it!
- morning light
- Mada Minu Sekai e
- a Day in Our Life
- Trouble maker
- Love so sweet
- Sakura Sake
- Hatenai Sora
- Tooku Made
- Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi
- Natsu no Namae
- Fight Song
- CARNIVAL NIGHT part 2
- One Love
- Gori Muchuu
- ５×１０
[Disc 3] ※Limited Edition only
- About 80 minutes long Special Video (contents unknown)

<”ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World” Regular Edition>
[Disc 1 & 2]
※ Same as above

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Source: TOWER RECORDS ONLINE + SHINSEIDO

An Entry....

juz a normal entry for a girl who is busy with work....
the last 3 weeks become really hectic n chaos for me as i start working back.
now i don't have time to download n update more thing n news in my precious blog...
God..pls help me!!!! tatsukete kudasai!!!!!

what can i do??? i want to know more about them but i juz couldn't do it...internet connection which is very slow...n at my home there's no internet connection..how??? i juz blank with this new environment...
i want to watch their new regular show episode!!!!!

MISS ALL OF THEM SO MUCH...HOPE I CAN FIND A WAY TO RESOLVE THIS SITUATION....

FOR MY PAIN RELIEVE.....

lastly~~~ when can we see the Beautiful World concert?????

Tokyo Tower to be lit up in Arashi’s colors!

On March 13th, Arashi appeared at the press conference for Fuji TV’s “Hana Arashi” campaign.

This campaign is to promote Fuji TV’s spring programs, in which Arashi members appear during March 16th to April 16th. During the campaign, many CM spots starring Arashi will be aired intensively. They will also promote the programs through 5 minute late-night specials titled, “Haru Ichiban! Bokura ga Hana Arashi wo Makiokoshimasu!” (total 4 episodes, limitedly in Kanto region) on March 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 26th.

Moreover, it was announced that as a part of the “Haru Arashi” campaign, the Tokyo Tower will be illuminated in Arashi’s image colors (Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, and Purple) on March 16th (6:00 pm ~ 12:00 am).  It will be the first time for Tokyo Tower to be lit up in 5 colors.  MemberMatsumoto Jun revealed that the “Arashi” Tower will be shown during the final episode (to be aired on the 19th) of his ongoing drama “Lucky Seven“.

At the press conference, the members were asked which building they would like to light up next, and Ninomiya Kazunari jokingly said, “I’m aiming for Aiba-san’s parents’ house.”  Aiba Masaki responded, “My father and mother would be shocked, so please stop.”

During March 16th to April 16th, Arashi will be all over on Fuji TV!

Source & Image: Daily Sports Online + Oricon 

Arashi reveals PV preview to their upcoming single “Wild at Heart”

Arashi’s new single “Wild at Heart” which is being used as the theme song for Matsumoto Jun’s ongoing drama “Lucky Seven“, is scheduled to be released on March 7th. The PV preview to the upcoming single has just been revealed!

In the preview, you can see Arashi members’ comical dance on the 70s disco-style set.

Check it out below!

Arashi holds mini-live in Miyagi for Tohoku disaster victims

On February 22nd, Arashi visited Miyagi prefecture to hold a mini live at Shichigahama Kokusaimura. This was a part of NTV’s upcoming music program special called “Nittere-kei Ongaku no Saiten Ongaku no Chikara 2012“, which will be broadcasted on March 7th.

Though the members have visited the Tohoku disaster areas individually, this day marked the first time for all five members to pay a visit together. Before the mini live, they also made a stop at the temporary housing area in Ishinomaki city, communicating with the residents there.  The boys invited 500 disaster victims to the live for free, and performed a total of 11 songs, including their new song “Wild at Heart” (to be released on March 7th).

Leader Ohno Satoshi commented, “I felt the power of people there. Everybody was high-spirited and had amazing smiles.  It was a great atmosphere, as it even gave Arashi energy.”  Fellow memberMatsumoto Jun said, “I saw an audience member weep with emotion (at the live), but in the end, everyone there was smiling which made me realize the amazing power of music. With all the members together, I would like to search for things we could do.”

It was also announced that member Sakurai Sho will make a live appearance from the disaster area on NTV’s special news program, “NNN Houdou Tokuban ‘Fukkou TV Minna no Chikara 3・11′” as a ZERO caster. This special will be broadcast on March 11th, the anniversary of the Tohoku disaster.

Source: Sports Hochi

Artists line-up for NTV’s special music program announced

On March 7th, NTV will live broadcast a special music program titled “Nittere-kei Ongaku no Saiten Ongaku no Chikara 2012” to help support recovery efforts for the Tohoku earthquake.

In addition to  relay broadcasting from the disaster area, many gorgeous artists will perform “cheering up songs” at the studio in Tokyo. The main host of the program will be Arashi’s Sakurai Sho.

As reported earlier, Arashi’s visit to the disaster area and their mini live in Miyagi will also be shown on the program.

Check out the artists line-up for NTV’s special music program below!

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• AI
• aiko
• Arashi
• Ikimonogakari
• AKB48
• KAT-TUN
• Kanjani8
• JUJU
• Tortoise Matsumoto
• TOKIO
• Tokunaga Hideaki
• Nishino Kana
• Perfume
• Hitoto Yo
• Hirahara Ayaka
• V6
• Fukuyama Masaharu
• Porno Graffitti
• Makihara Noriyuki
• Yuzu

Source & Image: Web the television + NTV