Arashi to make appearance on Johnny’s Countdown 2010-2011 via broadcast

by Fiona

As many of you already know, Arashi will be one of the hosts for this year’s “Kohaku Uta Gassen“, which will be broadcasted live on New Year’s Eve from 7:00 PM- 11:45 PM. But that’s not the only event the night has in store for Japan’s most popular male group – Arashi is also confirmed to be attending the “Johnny’s Countdown 2010-2011“, which will also be partially broadcasted live on Fuji Television.

“Johnny’s Countdown” is an annual countdown live held at the Tokyo Dome which features appearances from the many talents of Johnny’s Entertainment. As members of JE, Arashi has attended the event every year. In 2009, Arashi attended “Kohaku” for the first time, but were unable to stick around for the entire ceremony as they had to rush to the countdown live immediately after they concluded their performance.

As Arashi has confirmed their appearance again this year for both “Kohaku” and “Johnny’s Countdown”, they’ve decided that they’ll participate on “Johnny’s Countdown” via a relay broadcast.

Since the countdown broadcast starts at 11:45PM, the boys have worked out a cooperative agreement with NHK; as hosts of “Kohaku” this year, Arashi will be unable to leave early to attend the countdown live. Knowing that their attendance is a tradition valued by both members and the fans, NHK has agreed to help the boys out by allowing them to relay broadcast from one of their studio or venue locations.

From Tokyohive

This is awesome, NHK rocks! Though, it’s going to be a bit empty since two groups (Arashi and Kanjani8) are going to be missing, but I have no complaints. Definitely looking forward to this!

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Arashi appears on year-end Global album chart for 2010

by Fiona

2010 has been another extraordinary year for wildly popular group Arashi. Despite their dominance in all areas of the entertainment world – from music to acting – the group has never lost their focus and passion for music. Their reign over the year-end Oricon charts is apparent in the top 10 singles ranking where all of their singles managed to make an appearance.

That’s not all though, the group has been ranked #36 on the year-end charts for Global albums, being the only Asian act to appear on the list for 2010. “Boku no Miteiru Fukei” managed to sell 1.1 million copies according to the charts, just behind the posthumous release of “Michael” by Michael Jackson and various Glee cast albums at #33 and #34.

Arashi have no signs of slowing down either, continuing the pace they’ve set for themselves over the years. Look out for their appearance on Kouhaku Utagassen on the 31st!

From Tokyohive

Amazing ne! I am so proud of them, they are the only Arashi group to make the charts! They’re really taking the world by storm! Omedetou!!

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Arashi makes Ashida Mana’s dreams come true

by Fiona


Arashi’s popular variety show, “Himitsu no Arashi-chan“, welcomed child actress Ashida Mana to one of the corners. Ashida was featured in the “VIP ROOM” segment, and consequently, this week’s episode was titled, ” Arashi makes Mana-chan’s dreams come true special”!

When questioned about what her dreams were, Mana cutely responded:

– “I wanna eat delicious pickled cucumber!”
– “I wanna sing ‘Lilupuri’ song!!” (“Lilupuri” is a popular anime amongst little girls)
– “I wanna be good at riding a unicycle!”

From Tokyohive

Mana-chan is certainly kawaii, I had seen her once on SMAPxSMAP Bistro. She was playing “hide & seek” with Kimura-kun and the rest of his band members! I had watched it twice as it was one of the most adorable things alive. I’ll wait for the subbed version of the HnA episode, looking forward to the interaction between the Arashi nichans and her.

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