On the November 7th broadcast of Fuji TV's 'VS Arashi,' it was announced that Arashi's Aiba Masaki will be hosting the year-end music program 'FNS Kayousai 2019.' At the end of the program, the members lined up but Aiba was the only one with formal wear. He started by saying, "There's a reason why I'm dressed like this," and announced, "I, Aiba Masaki, will be the host for 'FNS Kayousai.'" Ninomiya Kazunari immediately express

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The hosts for the '67th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen' have been announced. This year's hosts will be Arashi's Aiba Masaki for the white team and actress Arimura Kasumi for the red team. On undertaking this big role, Aiba commented, "I thought that I was in no position to take on such an important role by myself. I thought a lot about it... but I don't think I will ever receive such a big offer in the future. I decided to challenge myself because I

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On March 13, it was announced that actress Sawajiri Erika (28) will appear in Fuji TV's upcoming drama "Yokoso, Wagaya e" starring Arashi member Aiba Masaki (32). This marks her first appearance on a 'Getsu 9' drama, and also her first time co-starring with Aiba.As we reported earlier, this is the drama adaptation of Ikeido Jun's mystery novel of the same name. It will be is a suspenseful drama which revolves around the Kurata fami

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On February 1, it was announced that popular idol group Arashi member Aiba Masaki would be starring in Fuji TV's next 'Getsu 9' drama.This marks Aiba's first time starring in 'Getsu 9' drama, and it will be the drama adaptation of Ikeido Jun's mystery novel "Yokoso, Wagaya e." "Yokoso, Wagaya e" is a suspenseful drama which revolves around the Kurata family. In Ikeido's original novel, the protagonist was the father of the family, but in the dra

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On November 17, Arashi member Aiba Masaki held a promotional event for his starring movie "MIRACLE Debikuro-kun no Koi to Mahou" (to be released on the 22nd) in Yokohama. Together with his co-star, Ikuta Toma, Aiba attended the Christmas tree ceremony as the surprise guest. At the event, the two talked about how they spent last Christmas Eve, which is also Aiba's birthday, together. Ikuta said, "I just hope I can spend the day with Aiba-kun... w

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On October 27, the world premiere of Arashi member Aiba Masaki's starring film 'MIRACLE Debikuro-kun no Koi to Mahou' (to open in theaters on November 22) was held at 'The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival'. The film was directed by Inudo Isshin, who Aiba and the members of Arashi previously worked with in the 2007 movie 'Kiiroi Namida'. It's a love story based on Nakamura Ko's novel 'Debikuro-kun no Koi to Mahou', which

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Arashi member Aiba Masaki will star in a movie "MIRACLE Debikuro-kun no Koi to Mahou" that is set for release sometime in fall 2014. This will mark Aiba's first leading role.  This is a live-action film adaptation of Nakamura Ko's novel "Debikuro-kun no Koi to Mahou", which uses Yamashita Tatsuro's masterpiece "Christmas Eve" as its motif.The protagonist is a bookstore worker "Hikaru" (Aiba) who has a dream to be a Mangaka. Hikaru is a

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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

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