Yamashita Tomohisa announces solo live tour in Asia + first solo album

Johnny’s Entertainment has announced that NEWS member, Yamashita Tomohisa will be holding his solo live tour which will span across the continent of Asia starting on January 29th to May 10th.  

He will make have stops in 5 cities in Japan, and the tour also includes 5 cities outside of Japan in Asia including Hongkong, Taipei, Busan, Seoul, and Bangkok. …


Utada Hikaru to sing a theme song for Yamapi’s upcoming movie!

It’s been announced that Utada Hikaru will be singing the theme song for the upcoming boxing movie “Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe)” in which NEWS member Yamashita Tomohisa stars in.  The theme song is “Show Me Love (Not A Dream)” which will be included in Utada’s best album “SINGLE COLLECTION VOL2” (set to be released on November 24th).

Although Utada will …


Yamashita Tomohisa in new Weider in Jelly CM

A new CM for Weider in Jelly starring Yamashita Tomohisa (NEWS) will start airing on October 1st. In the CM, Yamashita tries “Battle Royale Tennis”, which is a tennis match with more than 100 people.

This is the first time for Yamashita to play tennis, and although he enjoyed the match with 100 people, he rather try regular tennis, as in a one VS one.


Which male celebrities do older women want as a boyfriend?

BIGLOBE Kirei Style surveyed women in their 40s on who their ideal boyfriend would be, and the results were recently revealed.

The results come after the jump.


Yamashita Tomohisa & Iseya Yusuke in boxing shorts

Upcoming movie, “Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe)“, will be released in Feburary of 2011.  Ashita no Joe is a legendary boxing manga, and both Yamashita Tomohisa (NEWS) and Iseya Yusuke will play a boxer. It will be a while before the movie is released, but the photos of Yamashita Tomohisa and Iseya Yusuke in boxing shorts have been revealed to …


Yamashita Tomohisa’s “One in a million” is No. 1 on Oricon daily chart

Yamashita Tomohisa’s new single as a solo artist, “One in a million”, was finally released on July 28th, and it quickly rocketed up to No. 1 on the Oricon daily single chart with sales topping 71,000 copies.

Here is the top 5 on the Oricon daily single chart for July 27th:

1. One in a million – Yamashita Tomohisa

2. Mitsubachi …


Amuro Namie & Yamashita Tomohisa on HEY!HEY!HEY!

Amuro Namie and Yamashita Tomohisa (NEWS) performed on popular music program “HEY!HEY!HEY!” on the 26th.

Unfortunately, there was no talk segment due to the absence of Matsumoto Hitoshi (Down town), so an omnibus of Namie and Yamapi on HEY!HEY!HEY! was broadcasted.

Check out their performances on HEY!HEY!HEY! after the cut.


Artists on MUSIC STATION on July 30th

MUSIC STATION guests for the July 30th broadcast have been announced. Next weeks line up looks very promising, so you won’t want to miss it!

Check out the line-up after the cut.


Yamashita Tomohisa “One in a million” PV is out!

Regular Edition

Regular Edition

Limited Edition A

Limited Edition B

Yamashita Tomohisa (NEWS) will release a new solo single titled “One in a million” on July 28th but the full PV is out already!

Track List

<Limited Edition A> + DVD  of TOMOHISA YAMASHITA “SHORT BUT SWEET“2009.11.23

1. One in a million

2. Kuchizuke de Adios

<Limited Edition B>

1. One in a million

2. Kuchizuke de …


Top 10 male celebrity bodies

Oricon Style took a survey on “Who has the ideal body line?” and GACKT was chosen as the guy who has the most ideal body line. GACKT gave a comment after the results, “Isn’t it natural for guys to work out to protect women?”

Check out the top 10 after the cut.


Yamashita Tomohisa New CF for Weider

Yamashita Tomohisa, best known as Yamapi from NEWS has a new CF (commercial film) for the summer. The Commercial is for Weider’s energy product in Jelly (from Morinaga Seika), the title of this CF is 「暑さを楽しめ」 (Enjoy the Heat/Summer).

The CF starts as Yamapi is walking in the city during the hot summer season in a fine tailored suit. People suddenly …


Yamashita Tomohisa holds press conference for Toshiba “dynabook”

NEWS member, Yamashita Tomohisa held a press conference endorsing Toshiba’s new notebook for their 25th year anniversary on June 21st. He promoted the new “dynabook” notebook saying,”This notebook is thin and easy to carry around, so it’s really useful for busy people.”

Yamashita also said in regards to Toshiba, “Congratulations on your 25th anniversary. Toshiba always has motivation to challenge …


Yamashita Tomohisa to release new single on July 28th

NEWS member, Yamashita Tomohisa, will release solo single “One in a million” on July 28th.  This will be his 3rd solo single and there will be 3 different versions.

Limitied edition type A: My Dear – comes with DVD of his first solo concert

Limited edition type B: Title unknown yet – comes with self portrait

Regular type: One in a million …


Yamashita Tomohisa relieves fans’ fear

Yamashita Tomohisa visited “Johnny’s Family Club” (JFC) on June 9th to record a video message for the promotion of his new boxing movie, “Tomorrow’s Joe.”

Since his appearance was announced, JFC was filled beyond capacity with fans.

A fan said “I was scared that NEWS hasn’t done any activities as a group since March.”

That is certainly true, although each member has been …


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