Category: Arashi/嵐

Japan’s top 10 Valentine’s men

by Fiona

Tradition in Japan has it that Valentine’s Day is not quite the romantic day dreamed of in the West, but something of a burden to women who must give giri-choco (obligation chocolates) to all the men in their lives, including work colleagues.

The reward for such efforts? A return on March 14, White Day, when the men reply with (hopefully) even bigger gifts.

But who would the women really like to give their chocolates to? Online marketing group iReport endeavoured to find out.

From a poll of 500 women age 20-30, the top 10 included nine-year-old Seishiro Kato, sports stars Ryo Ishikawa and Ichiro Suzuki. But the list was topped by 42-year-old singer-songwriter Masaharu Fukuyama.

Previously voted to have the “sexiest body,” “sexiest voice” and being the “coolest guy” by local magazine CanCam, Fukuyama was forced to share the number one spot this time with actor Osamu Mukai.

Here is the full top ten:

1= Masaharu Fukuyama
1= Osamu Mukai
3= Sakurai Sho (of boy band Arashi)
4= Miura Haruma
4= Sato Takeru
6= Matsumoto Jun (of boy band Arashi)
7= Tamaki Hiroshi
8= Ichiro Suzuki
9= Ryo Ishikawa
9= Seishiro Kato

From CNNGo

I am really not surprised that our beloved Newcaster-san and DoS made it to the list, however, where is Kimura Takuya?! Is the man losing his touch? LOL Seishiro Kato is simply cute while Haruma Miura and Hiroshi Tamaki are quite dreamy ne. XO

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Arashi members drawn in Manga Form

by Fiona

The February 3rd issue of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper featured a special collaboration between boy band Arashi and a few manga artists, titled “ARASHI meets MANGA.” The 8-page feature included illustrations of Arashi’s five members, drawn by the artists who did the original works behind some of the dramas and films that they have starred in. Each of the members also gave their thoughts on those works.

The illustrations were drawn by:

* Taiyo Matsumoto (“Tekkon Kinkreet”) – Kazunari Ninomiya
* Chica Umino (“Honey and Clover”) – Sho Sakurai
* Yoko Kamio (“Hana Yori Dango”) – Jun Matsumoto
* Kenji Nagamoto (“Bartender”) – Masaki Aiba
* Fujiko Fujio A (“Kaibutsu-kun”) – Satoshi Ohno

From Tokyograph

Additional pictures can be found at natalie.mu.

All of them were nicely drawn, however, I am found Jun’s and Sho’s to be best among the five. Also, Matsumoto Taiyou’s art style is very unique and feels very Nino-ish. I would love to get my hands on this, I wonder where it can be purchased.

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Music DVD sales top 600k for first time with new Arashi release

by Fiona

Arashi’s latest DVD not only makes its debut at number 1 on the weekly charts, it has sold more than any other music DVD in Japanese history, figures released on February 2 show, reports Oricon and Mainichi Shimbun Digital.

The group’s eighth DVD, “ARASHI 10-11 TOUR “Scene” ～君と僕が見ている風景(Kimi to Boku ga Miteiru Fukei)～ STADIUM”, sold 618,000 copies in its first week of sales. The figure is much larger than their last DVD, “ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5 X 10″, which had sold 477,000 copies in its first week of sales last April.

It is also the first time music DVD sales have topped 600,000 in its first week.

The group’s latest release is their fifth consecutive number 1, and their seventh number 1 in total.

The DVD shows footage from the group’s concert at the National Stadium in Tokyo on September 3 2010, where Arashi performed 40 songs for their fans.

From momoedgewood

Sasuga!! This is quite impressive, I expected excellent sales, but there never this high. Arashi is certainly the best, congrats to them!

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