Oricon Style Interview - April 05'

[denise-dinc.livejournal.com]

A really old one. But still... :-)

Oricon Style Interview

Interviewer: Right, let me help the readers to ask some questions...
What is the song which left a great impact on you? As for me, it’s ‘Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono’ – male, 16
Jun: Wow... I’m happy... it’s a boy ne~
Sho: Lot’s of people like this song ne, I guess it’s because of the drama “Stand Up!”
Nino: Lot’s of people are still saying “hey I saw that drama”.
Aiba: I guess mine choice is still the debut song... till now.
Jun: because we suffered a lot ne~ Arashi, it’s a group, totally.
Sho: As for me, it’s the first song of J-Storm, “A Day in Our Life”. We tried something very different...
Ohno: “Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy”, I miss it very much when i heard it that day.
Sho: songs from that time, I’m really missing the feeling when i hear them...
Jun: I guess my choice is “Jidai”. Because it’s different from the songs we’ve sung before this, so it started here. It’s quite similar to “A Day in Our Life” and “Pikanchi”. It’s peak of the moment.
Sho: There’s a PV for Jun every week, ah~ it’s the ending song for “Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo”
Jun: Every Saturday, 21:48. (laugh)

Do you watch dramas by other members? –female, 24
(Read more)

Friday 22-Jan-2010

[yamakaze067.livejournal.com]

UPDATE
Freestyle will be reprinted. Now booking available.
Kazuhiro Fujiwara-san’s blog. I actually buy the magazine that I appear. I get used to buy female magazine, but today I hesitated. (then Sho-chan’s semi-nude anan) homo-sexual, gay, ever so. If a guy buys this. What I do buy with erotic book? No maybe they consider I can do both. So buy another Arashi cover magazine pretend to be Arashi fan and exclusively Sakurai fan. No, I’m not Arashi fan, I’m TVXQ as much as anything. Ahhhh! After all I buy ordinarily. I bring it at cashier A girl at cashier glances at me. No, no, no! I’m not gay, I’m just a comedian. Help me!
seems like new au CM going on and the show after “enta no kami-sama” also going on.  Hochi, <Enta no Kamis-sama get over in March.> NTV Saturday 22:00 show “Enta no Kami-sama” will be over end of March. NTV says the show following is TBD. Nihon TV TV chart, Arashi hand it here until end! Chance of Shukudai-kun 9 rounds to go .▽最後まで頑張れ嵐!・・宿題くんのチャンスは残り9
Audience rate VS Arashi 17.4%, Tokujo News 11.7%
My Girl, staff blog. We are currently producing DVD. Today we got good news. Nikkan drama grand prix, My Girl got no.1 in 3 sections, No.1 of drama award, Aiba leader got no.1 leading actor award. Momoka-chan got No.1 supporting actress. (actually this is done buy survey by audiences.
According Johnny’s goods support centre. Charms of 5x10 concert is not according to members’ colour. It’s only sold at concert venue.
Ura-Arashi, messages of 5 updated, Aiba-chan: People who can make to come 5x10 concert or who can’t make it. Thank you honestly (^o^) I was thinking if you could feel our decade year at this concert, and I have done one by one with thankfulness. I had great fun… I kept being hyper (^o^) Many things happened. But each is impressive… but. I think back, heavy rainfall of 3^rd day at national stadium… Recently after Nagoya concert, I was locked out at hotel…. At corridor… Matsujun saved me (^o^) On the way home I watched the video of this tour that we barrowed as documentary with members. but leader fall in sleep soon after we played…(^o^) Many thing happened. However the concert tour has just gotten over…I wan to do concert soon(^o^) Next time when we hold concert please come and play with us. Thank you very much. (^o^) Jun-kun: half year long 10^th anniversary tour. The other day we had final at Nagoya dome, and all concert we could get over without injury in safe. I think some could come some couldn’t make it. It’s okay your feeling is connected to us. on that basis, I sum up this tour. Honestly it was dreaming moment. Many people told us “Congratulations"!” I got vigor and courage. It was good we could say “Thank you” directly.I felt I got a supportive push by everybody… I think we could make forward as we made firmly dots last of 10 years. Thank you again. 11th year too, we want to do as very us with 5. I feel thankful to members, staffs, all of fans. See you at concert again. Take care until that day. Nino: Finally… it has been over.  It was the longest tour Because we did also after year turned from summer to winder  Honestly everyone…. Otsukaresama deshita.(you have done good job) m(_ _)m It was tour really we got told “congraturation “many times.m(_ _)m That’s why I think I could enjoy feeling grateful all the time If we have chance to do tour again , please come and play Thank you very much m(_ _)m O-chan: 10th anniversary tour has been over safely Well~, This started from Kokuritsu, I remember really all, this could become a nice memory  It was like dreaming during this concert tour. All celebrated us, and told how many times “Congratulations!” It was concerts overwhelmed with gratitudeAfter final Nagoya we told “it was closed, I was nearly criedwith members. what is strange, I fall in sleep on the way back to Tokyo, I had a dream. That dream I had was , I don’t know why I study in US (grin) I feel so strange why I had that dream still now.(grin) I wonder this mean we should do concert in US Thank you very much for last 10 years.  Let’s do it again our festive concert with your warm cheer   “Thank you “ (in English) Ohno. Sho-kun: Well, It’s me. Sakurai. 5x10 tour started since August. finally we got over. Well… it was fun… Almost once a month pace.  Every time eagerly waiting the day of concert. Days of rehearsals. Time of concert. Dinners with members after that. All, related tour remind me as 10th anniversary memory. 11th year and farther in future. It was time I got energy to keep run through.  All I can do it just telling affectionate word. After all I give to you big words of thanks. Thank you a million. and please support us in future too. 17 Jan. 2010 Sho Sakurai
Anan will be reprinted due to sell out.
New CM Tanrei Green Label Green Heart version. you can see here. actually this low-malt beer is Jun-kun’s favorite drink.
Today’s Arashi Discovery & Recomen

( Read more... )

Ridiculous Question

[imthelonely-one.livejournal.com]

I know the boys used to say they still ride the train, etc. But do they still? I mean, Ohno said in Hanamaru Cafe that he's never had a problem with girls following or bothering him (which made him a little sad), but that was a few years ago.

Nino DID say fairly recently (last year, I think?) that he still takes the train, and when the interviewer asked if girls approach him, he said they DO but he doesn't have a problem with it. "Are you Nino?" "Yeah, I am. What are you going to do about it?"

Surely with them becoming more popular, it might be a problem now? I know it's happened with HSJ, crazy fangirls harassing and stalking the members, etc. I'd hate for anything like that to happen to them. I think it's fine to approach them politely, but sadly a lot of girls don't seem to be able to do that.

Anyways, do you think they've stopped taking it already?

Spread the Arashi Love

[nezz001.livejournal.com]

Hey guys, I just heard some news that Ellen Degeneres, a talk show host in the USA is asking for suggestions on international artists and what better way to spread Arashi love than to nominate them for this.

The proces is pretty easy, just go the following website - http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/25oFBJ/ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/01/your_international_music_suggestions_0121.php/r:t)

and fill out the form as well as a small paragragh where you can tell Ellen about Arashi.

Come on, lets show the world why our guys are the best.

P.S - This is not restricted to US residents only, all can enter.

NAGOYA CONCERT MC1

[v-rosesandwine.livejournal.com]

Hello, I've translated the MC cuts for the Nagoya concert. This is part 1.
It is a locked post so you need membership to view them.

Click here for the translation

Click here to submit translation request.

Click here to get rules for membership.

Thank you and have a nice day!
Love, val ^^

p.s A picspam (including pics of Gantz) and some random news about sales of Sho's mag and some ahem, sightings of Nino's dirty actions caught on camera have also been posted yesterday but are in locked posts. Please follow membership rules.

p.p.s I'm uh, trying to swim through the requests so it may take awhile, but i'll try to approve them asap!

Let's Celebrate Sho's Birthday in Bogota-Colombia

[yuelnaye.livejournal.com]

Hi Everyone!

for the first time we're gonna celebrate Sho's Birthday, is also the second gathering for Arashi-fans in Bogotá,Colombia.

If you're interested please follow the link or please contact us edneichon  and yuelnaye .

Because you birthday is so special for us

16th Jan 10' Nagoya con MC

[denise-dinc.livejournal.com]

Translated from a Chinese fan report.

[Greetings]
Sho: Yeah! Once again, Happy New Year everyone! We are Arashi!
All: Happy New Year!
Nino: We’re in your favour today too, let’s all be peaceful together.
Jun: Oh, peace is it? (laugh)
Sho: Not peaceful, we should be noisy right?
Aiba: I’m so happy, and it’s still the first month of the year, we shall start anew with a “fresh” feeling yo.
Sho: Today’s our first blast ne. Before this we’ve never had a new year concert right?
Nino: This is something worth being happy for!

[Live changing]
When Jun started to change into the black staff-T, the audience went high. Then Ohno used the 5x10 towel to cover Jun’s body, they both co-operated and moved together where the towel covered.
Sho: What is this? New gag? (laugh)

[First half session confession]
(Read more)

[SCANS] POPOLO 2010.03

[jesychan.livejournal.com]

other magazine scans

POPOLO 2010.03
pages 49
size 3600x4500

more scans HERE

Sho - AnAn translation

[mirei-22.livejournal.com]

Translated that inconspicuous block of text in Sho's AnAn photoshoot.
*gasp*there's a text?!

Interested people can click:

("because it's not my role to be sexy")