On January 26th, it was announced that Ninomiya Kazunari from Arashi will be starring in an upcoming movie titled,”Platina Data“.
“Platina Data” is based on a novel by famed writer Higashino Keigo. Set in 2017, it tells the story of a young brilliant scientist named Kagura Ryuhei (Ninomiya), who works as a DNA specialist for the National Police Agency in the …
It’s been announced that Arashi will be releasing a new single titled, “Wild at Heart” on March 7th! The song is being used as the theme song for member, Matsumoto Jun’s ongoing “Getsu9″ drama “Lucky Seven“.
According to the Johnny’s website, the single will be released in two editions; a limited edition that will include a DVD, and regular edition.
Below is …
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (or ‘RIAJ’) has just released their hard copy sales certifications for the month of December 2011.
This certification is based off the total numbers of CDs and DVDs sold to retailers.
RIAJ hands out these awards based on the following standards:
Gold – 100,000 units sold
Platinum – 250,000 units sold; Double Platinum – 500,000 units sold; Triple …
Aragaki Yui & Ohno Satoshi in 'Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai' (Fuji TV)
Last week, NHK’s taiga drama ‘Taira no Kiyomori’ basically opened the quasi first week of the 2012 drama winter season. Two other dramas and a mini series also already aired their first episodes. However, it was the drama specials that really knew how to keep us drama addicts entertained throughout the whole week.
You can check out the ratings and details after the cut!
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 …
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 …
Each year, Oricon publishes a list of celebrities who were on everyone’s radar throughout the year. After gathering responses from their readers from November 30th to December 2nd, Oricon Style is finally ready to reveal their fifth annual ‘The Most Active Faces of The Year’ ranking!
Coming in first place due to their overwhelming sales and exposure by the media is …
Oricon added up the sales of 2011, revealing which artist made the most out of CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray Discs. Check out the top 5 and the total sales after the cut!
After the “2011 Oricon Yearly Ranking” for singles, Oricon has also revealed the results for albums. Check out who sold the most amount of albums in 2011 after the cut!
Oricon has just revealed the results of the “2011 Oricon Yearly Ranking” for singles. Check out who sold the most amount of singles in 2011 after the cut!
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 …
Fuji TV has just announced that they will be airing a spin-off of their upcoming Monday drama, ‘Lucky Seven‘, on Fuji TV Two. The spin-off is called ‘Shiritsu Tantei ★ Makabe Ryu‘ and will star Tanihara Shosuke as the private detective Makabe Ryu.
The story of the ‘Shiritsu Tantei ★ Makabe Ryu’ is set inside a detective drama that the characters …
N-Monitor and Oricon once again elected the CM King & Queen for 2011, based on the number of CM contracts that were signed this year.
Midway through the year, pro-golfer Ishikawa Ryo and actress Ueto Aya were leading in their respective rankings.
The former was able to defend his title with seventeen contracts (three more than in July). He was able …
It’s been announced that Arashi members Sakurai Sho and Matsumoto Jun will make guest appearance on fellow member Ohno Satoshi’s upcoming special drama “Mou Yuukai nante Shinai“.
This special drama is a comical mystery about a freeter (Ohno) who receives the odd request to fake the kidnapping of racketeer boss daughter, (Aragaki Yui).
Sakurai will appear in …
dwango (mobile content provider) has announced the results of its yearly download ranking!
Check out the results below!
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<dwango.jp (Uta)> Chaku-uta 2011 Yearly Ranking
01. “Lotus” – Arashi
02. “Everybody Go” – Kis-My-Ft2
03. “Meikyu Love Song” – Arashi
04. “Aoi Bench” – Tegomass
05. “Maru Maru Mori Mori!” – Kaoru to Tomoki, Tamani Mook.
06. “Distance” – Nishino Kana
07. “Promise” – A.N.JELL
08. “Miss You” …
