Matsumoto Jun kisses Kiritani Mirei in new Fasio CM

On January 10th, a new Fasio CM featuring Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun (28) and actress Kiritani Mireiwas broadcasted nationwide.

In this endorsement, titled “Saikyo no Eye”, Kiritani applies on the “Ultra Curl Lock Mascara” to her lashes, which draws the romantic affections of Matsumoto who approaches her and kisses her long lashes. \

At first, the two said they felt embarrassed by the act but later, they grew more comfortable and did their best and enjoyed themselves as best they could at their shoot.

Check out the 15-second CM and the making-of below!

CM

THE MAKING

Source & Images: Mantan Web

Arashi to be the main personality for this year’s “24-Hour Television”

On “Arashi ni Shiyagare SP” which was aired on January 1st, it was announced that Arashi will be the main personality for NTV’s “24-Hour Television” charity telethon this year.

Usually, the main personality for “24-Hour Television” is announced during spring or summer, but this year, Arashi members will start preparations for “24-Hour Television” on New Year’s Day for the support of the Tohoku earthquake disaster areas and toward their recovery.

On the show, Arashi members commented,

“The reason why we are making this announcement on the New Year’s Day is that we thought there is an important thing that we need to reflect upon once again, and we should not forget, especially on today, when we greet the New Year.” – Sakurai Sho

“On March 11th of last year, the great earthquake struck eastern Japan.  People in the disaster areas are working hard toward the recovery even at this moment.” – Aiba Masaki

“However, cold winter is still going on, and the brutalest season will come to the disaster areas soon. That is why we are starting the ‘24-Hour Television’ today.” – Matsumoto Jun

“We can not take back the past.  There is nothing we can do about the past, however, we still can make our future.  We would like to think not only about the disaster,  but also about the several problems that are happening currently in Japan, with everybody.” – Ninomiya Kazunari

“This will be the third time for us, Arashi, to take part as the main personality for ‘24-Hour Television’.  We will put all the effort into it by making good use of our experiences from the past!” – Ohno Satoshi

As Ohno mentioned, Arashi was the main personality for the “24-Hour Television” two previous times, in 2004 and in 2008, and this year will be their third time as the main personality for the program.

Source: TV LIFE

Image: Arashi ni Shiyagare official site

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR ARASHIAN!!!!

I like to wish all my blog visitor a Happy New Year 2012~~
I wish all of ur wish for 2011 come true n i also wish 4 ur future wish will be true~~

Well...i leave u all with this..

Sakurai Sho to show live piano performance on Kohaku

NHK announced that Arashi who will be the host for the white team on this year’s ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen‘.  The group will also be the presenters for a corner to support Tohoku region.

The corner is titled ‘Ashita wo Utaou. ~Nippon no Arashi ‘Furusato’~’.  Arashi member, Sakurai Sho will show his live piano performance to “Furusato” which is the image song for this year’s Kohaku.  With Sakurai’s piano performance, other Arashi members and the artists who will participate in Kohaku will sing in the chorus.

The piano Sakurai will be playing was being used at a junior high school in Fukushima prefecture for a long time. However, on March 11th, when they were having a graduation ceremony, it was damaged due to the Tsunami from the Tohoku earthquake.  After the earthquake, a local piano tuner spent six months fixing the piano.  It has now become it became a symbol of recovery.

Sakurai commented, “The piano that has recovered after half a year.  It still has many scars on it, but, rings out the pure timbres. With the thoughts of the piano tuner, Endo-san and the children in Fukushima, I would like to perform ‘Furusato’.”

Source: Sanspo + NHK

Image: MANTAN WEB

Do you own any Arashi albums?

Arashi has been placed 1st on the 2011 album rankings, making this their 3rd year in a row! For male artists, this kind of achievement would be a first. With this said, do you own any of their albums? Check out the top 8 Goo Ranking results to see various voters’ responses as well as which album was popular out of all!

01. All albums – 9255 votes
02. None – 7817 votes
03. All the BEST! 1999–2009 – 3159 votes
04. I’ve rented their albums – 2760 votes
05. 2 out of all – 2342 votes
06. Boku no Miteiru Fuukei – 568 votes
07. Beautiful World – 554 votes
08. Other – 527 votes

Source: Goo Ranking

Favorite dramas starring Matsumoto Jun?

Matsumoto Jun will be starring in the drama, “Lucky Seven” starting January next year. Both talented in singing and acting, he’s appeared in countless dramas. Which one was your favorite out all of them? Look down below to see the top 10 dramas Goo Ranking has recorded from their poll!

01. Hana Yori Dango – 16157 votes
02. Kimi wa Pet – 2211 votes
03. Gokusen – 1538 votes
04. Bambi~no! – 887 votes
05. Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku – 796 votes
06. Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo – 307 votes
07. Smile – 297 votes
08. Mew no Ashi Papa ni Ageru – 216 votes
09. V no Arashi – 188 votes
10. Wagaya no Rekishi – 128 votes

Source: Goo Ranking

Arashi tops Oricon yearly album ranking & music DVD ranking for 3 consecutive years

It was announced that Arashi dominated both Oricon yearly album ranking and Music DVD ranking for 2011.

The No.1 selling album in 2011 is Arashi’s “Beautiful World” which was released in July and sold 908,000 total copies.  This is the third consecutive year that Arashi has topped the Oricon yearly album chart (“All the BEST! 1999-2009” in 2009, “Boku no Miteiru Fukei” in 2010).

In addition, they are the second artist who achieved 3 consecutive yearly #1 albums in 20 years afterMatsutoya Yumi made the record during 1989 ~ 1991.  For a male artist, Inoue Yosui previously made the record for toping Oricon’s yearly album chart for 2 consecutive years (in 1974 ~ 1975).  However, this year, Arashi beat Inoue’s record with their 3 consecutive years #1s.

Not only the album chart, but Arashi also topped the Music DVD chart for 3 consecutive years with their live DVD “ARASHI 10-11 TOUR ‘Scene’ ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fukei~ STADIUM“, released back in January (“5×10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009” in 2009, “ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×10” in 2010).  Moreover, “ARASHI 10-11 TOUR ‘Scene’ ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fukei~ STADIUM” sold 793,000 copies making it the best selling music DVD ever for Oricon’s DVD ranking history, which started in 1999.  The No.2 best selling music DVD  is also Arashi’s, their “ARASHI 10-11 TOUR ‘Scene’ ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fukei~ DOME+”  DVD (released in June) sold 673,000 copies.

The sum of Arashi’s sales for music DVDs was 10,170,000,000 yen leading to a #1 ranking in the music DVD sales category as well.  In total, the group topped 4 categories this year.

Source & Image: Oricon