Arashi’s secrets will be revealed on this week’s “Himitsu no Arashi-chan”

On the March 3rd episode of Arashi’s hit variety show “Himitsu no Aarashi-chan“, the singers will reveal secrets they’ve kept from even their own group members!

The guest in the segment “VIP Room” will be singer-songwriter aiko. She will talking about the real life experiences behind her most popular 3 singles. In addition, she asks the Arashi members to reveal a secret they’ve never told anyone before.

In the segment “Mannequin Five“, the members of Arashi will compete with actors Sato Ryuta and Shinagawa Hiroshi to coordinate the ultimate outfit with the theme “Jeans”.

The episode will air 10pm on Thursday night in Japan (noon on Thursday, EST).

Source: TV Dogatch via excite

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Johnny’s Company allows pictures of their celebrities at their official site “Johnny’s net”

Johnny’s Company is known to be the most strict company of not allowing any of their Johnny’s celebrity pictures in any sites. But recently, pictures of Johnny’s celebrity has appeared at their own site “Johnny’s net“. From the tab “Artist”, you can choose the Johnny’s artist you want to see and click “Profile” to go to the profile page. Though the pictures are small, they definitely have pictures of the artist from Smap, Arashi, V6 to Hey Say Jump on the pages.

Even though Johnny’s Company allowed pictures to be on their own website, it is still blocked from using right clicks to copy the images.

Source: Internet Watch

Arashi’s “Lotus” tops Oricon Weekly Chart

Arashi’s 35th single “Lotus” has sold 541,000 copies in its first week, making it number one this week on Oricon’s Weekly Single Ranking.

“Lotus” is Arashi’s 24th consecutive first place single since “PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE”, which was released in February 2004, and is their 31st overall. Arashi has held their first place position for eight consecutive years.

“Lotus” is also the theme song for the drama “Bartender” which, Arashi member, Aiba Masaki stars in.

Source: Oricon

Arashi “Lotus” sold over 240,000 on their first day of sale.

Arashi has released their 35th single “Lotus” on the 23rd of February and sold over more than 240,000 on the first day of sale. (exact number 241,173). They were ranked in as No. 1 in the Oricon single daily chart and made a good start. From their debut single “A.RA.SHI“, they have left a record of ranking 35 of their singles in TOP 3 and ranking 30 of their singles as number 1 in the Weekly single ranking chart of Oricon.

As many know, “Lotus” is used as the theme song for Aiba’s drama “Bartender“. They have released two types of the CD, limited edition and regular edition. In limited edition, it contains the PV for “Lotus” and in regular edition, it contains two other songs, “Boom Boom” and “ever”.

Source: Oricon

Ninomiya Kazunari and Toda Erika takes the lead in The Television “67th Drama Academy Awards”

Japan’s popular TV magazine “The Television” has released the results of their “67th Drama Academy Award” in their February 16th issue. Based on the votes from the readers and judges, “The Television” selects the best actors, best actresses, best drama, best drama theme song and more 4 times a year.

On the “67th Drama Academy Award“, Arashi Ninomiya Kazunari has been selected for best actor, with his drama “Freeter ie wo kau” selected as the best drama and Arashi’s single “Hatenai Sora” selected as the best drama theme song. Actress Toda Erika has been selected for best actress, with her drama “SPEC” selected as best director, best screenplay and special awards. The rest of the results are listed below so check them out!

Best Drama: Freeter ie wo kau

Best Actor: Ninomiya Kazunari (Freeter ie wo kau)

Best Actress: Toda Erika (SPEC)

Best Supporting Actor: Kagawa Teruyuki (Ryomaden)

Best Supporting Actress: Ueto Aya (Nagare Boshi)

Best Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Kato Shin, Imai Natsuki, Kaneko Fuminori (SPEC)

Best Screenplay: Nishiogi Yumie (SPEC)

Best Drama Theme Song: Hatenai Sora-Arashi (Freeter ie wo kau)

The Television Special Awards: SPEC

Sourc: Web The Television

Who did kids choose as their favorite entertainer?

Toy maker Bandai recently held a research survey amongst 1500 boys and girls ages 3 to 12 with the help of their guardians. In this survey, they asked the question: Who is your child’s favorite entertainer?

Taking 23.8% of the votes, Arashi took number one. Many kids stated to their parents that they like Arashi because “They’re cool, they can dance well and they’re really good at variety shows.” It seems that Arashi’s multiple talents seemed to catch even the attention of kids. On top of that many of the kids said that they became interested in the group through siblings and friends.

Following Arashi with 13.9% of votes was AKB48. Some parents commented saying that when AKB48 performs their catchy songs on television, their kids seem to be mesmerized and just sit still. Some parents also said that, “they sing and imitate their dances.” It seems that a lot of kids like AKB48 because they want to be like the members of the group.

In third place was Hanya, a comedy duo. Other comedy duos and comedians such as Audrey (fourth place), Shimura Ken (fifth place), Tano Shingo (sixth place), and Imoto Ayako (eigth place) made it into the rankings. Kasuga Toshiaki of Audrey and Tano Shingo were brought up because many of the kids like to imitate their gags. Kids imitate their gags to make others around them laugh but also to become popular amongst their peers. Comedian Shimura Ken made it into the ranking as well because many of the kids were introduced to him through their parents, who were fans before.

Here is the full list of the ranking:

1. Arashi

2.AKB48

3. Hanya (comedy duo)

4. Audrey (comedy duo)

5. Shimura Ken (comedian)

6.Tano Shingo (comedian)

7. Becky (talent)

8. Imoto Ayako (comedian)

9. SMAP

10.Sato Takeru (actor)

Thanks to deprive.d for the tip!
Source: Oricon DeView

Who is Johnny Entertainment’s best actor?

First and foremost, Johnny’s Entertainment is known for producing male idols, and while many have tried to make a name for themselves as an actor, only a few are actually competing in the same league as full-fledged actors.

This year, Ikuta Toma, one of the very few talents within the agency who are solely focusing on acting, was the first Johnny’s talent to win an acting award in the 54 year-long history of the “Blue Ribbon Awards“.

Is Ikuta just one single shimmering light of hope among countless of cringeworthy idols-turned-actors? No. There are a few more Johnny’s talents that can actually act, and the mobile portal of goo/NTT DoCoMo have asked their users which of them have been delivering the best acting performances so far.

You can tell by the number of votes that it was a very popular poll, but can you guess who won? Scroll down and find out whether the actual results prove you right.

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Who is the best actor in Johnny’s?

01 – 29,828 votes – Ninomiya Kazunari
02 – 11,266 votes – Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
03 – 10,054 votes – Ikuta Toma
04 – 6,142 votes – Kimura Takuya
05 – 4,662 votes – Okada Junichi
06 – 3,060 votes – Nishikido Ryo
07 – 2,004 votes – Yamashita Tomohisa
08 – 1,976 votes – Matsumoto Jun
09 – 1,391 votes – Nagase Tomoya
10 – 1,148 votes – Nakai Masahiro