Category: Artists

Matsumoto Jun – GQ Men of the Year 2008

by Fiona

Jun-kun is one of six winners for the 2008 GQ Men of the Year, Japanese edition. He won the Singer/Actor Category due to his prodigious record for this year, this includes:

  • Hana Yori Dango Final’s awesome record.
  • Being a member of Arashi and winning the Oricon’s Annual Sales Ranking Award ( Truth/One Love singles -most sold).
  • Held the AAA and 5 domes in Japan tours, and being the third artist to hold concerts in Kokuritsu (member of Arashi).

Omedetou, Jun-kun!! *excited*

The winners are as follows along with their categories:

  1. Asahara Nobuharu – Olympic Medalist
  2. Kitano Takeshi – Film Director
  3. Sekai no Nabeatsu – Comedian
  4. NIGO – A Bathing Ape (BAPE) Producer
  5. Murakami Takashi – Artist
  6. Matsumoto Jun – Singer and Actor

Source: gqjapan.jp and Toykograph

Awards ceremony was held yesterday:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5iXx2iA5Ig
Looks sooo handsome in his tux and clipped back hair. Looks like he is the youngest among the winner. Sugoi ne!

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Nodame Cantabile – Two more live-action movies to be filmed

by Fiona

I am sooo ecstatic, not one, but two live-action movies will be released in 2010. Am I reading this right, (**double checks the article again and grins lol)? I haven’t seen Tamaki-kun and Juri-chan in a while, especially adore their pairing as Chiaiki-sama and Nodame. Cannot wait to see this!

I know that the live-action was highly anticipate, however, sequels usually are not filmed until years later. Since the two-night TV special was only aired in January of this year, my prediction was another release in three or four years. Who would have thought? *excited* This is certainly a marvelous surprise!!

This year’s 24th issue of Kodansha‘s Kiss magazine has announced on Wednesday that two live-action films based on Tomoko Ninomiya‘s Nodame Cantabile musical romance manga have been green-lit for 2010. The two movies will continue the story of the 2006 live-action television drama series and this year’s two-part Nodame Cantabile Shinshun Special in Europe television special (pictured at right). Specifically, it will continue the Paris chapter of two budding musicians  who met each other as a student-teacher pair in Japan. Juri Ueno (live-action Young Kindaichi Case Files, Kodomo no Kodomo, Warau Michael) and Hiroshi Tamaki (MW‘s Michio Yūki, GTO drama guest star) will reprise their respective roles as Nodame and Chiaki. The first film will open in January 2010, while the second film will open later in the spring of 2010.

A sequel to the ongoing Nodame Cantabile: Paris anime series has been announced for fall 2009 in the latest issue of Animage magazine on Wednesday. Ninomiya has been drawing the original manga version runs in Kiss magazine, although she has taken a break to give birth to a son. Del Rey published the 15th volume of the original manga in North America last month.

Source: Anime News Network

Also, congrats to Ninomiya-sensei on becoming a mother!

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Ohno Satoshi – New drama info

by Fiona

This is excellent news, Oh-chan’s going to be starring in another drama! **does a little happy dance.

After starring in the TBS drama series “Maou” last season, Arashi’s Satoshi Ohno is back with his second starring TV role. This time, he will lead the TV Asahi comedy series “Uta no Oniisan,” which will air on Friday nights at 11:15pm this winter. This is said to be his first comedy role, including his performances in film and theater.

The story revolves around an unconventional children’s show called “Minna de Utao!” Ohno plays Kenta, a young musician whose band breaks up and who gets dumped by his girlfriend. To top it off, his own family labels him as useless. Unexpectedly, he becomes an “uta no oniisan,” a singing character on the children’s show.

The show begins filming on the 18th of this month and premieres on January 16.

Source: Tokyograph

Riida’s comment on new drama – http://lenx9832.livejournal.com/21368.html

Drama website : http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/utaoni/

Press Release @ Nikkan Sports on 2008.12.08 06:47am
Translation can be found on A_ra_shi @ LJ. Thank you sooo much, Heather!!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz5ACkT9598

I’m so excited, Oh-chan certainly suits this comedy role. He was soo kawaii in the costume!

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