10 posts tagged “arashi”

Oh my God! This was like the best going away present ever!!! I tried to watch as much as possible - which turned out to be a lot!

Highlights for me...

NINO'S LETTER!! Cho Kawaii!!! I really loved how the members were blown away that it was coming from Nino - the person they least expected to put his feelings in a letter. They all really treasured what he said because they said it wasn't often that he expressed his feelings. Riida looked so touched and MatsuJun cried a bit... Ahh!!!

DANCE COLLAB - I loved the dance collab with 'Ill Ability'. I really liked the behind the scenes footage of the rehearsal. All the boys were so cute there!

JUN IN CAMBODIA - Wow, this was a really great documentary. You have to keep reminding yourself that all the kids on the screen have HIV. It's terrible. Jun looked a little overwhelmed - and I don't blame him. His reaction to the birthday card was adorable.

RIIDA'S ART PROJECT - The VTR of him and the 19 year old woman was so cute. He is really natural with people... even though he doesn't speak up much, when he does he is so easy going and friendly. Throughout the whole 24hrs, I kept thinking 'Oh, come on!! Where's Riida!!?' even though I knew he was working on his 24 figures, I wanted to see him more!! But then when he came on screen I was like, 'Riida!! Get back to your figures!! You won't finish!!' The final product was great - Sasaga Riida, ne!

There were plenty of other cute moments - but I'm too tired to write them down! Shame that its over (although I bet the boys couldn't wait to climb into bed together). But tomorrow there's the behind the scenes Shukudai-kun. Can't wait to see how the boys did behind the cameras! Wonder who was the tiredest (*coughs* Riida *coughs*). Which makes me remember... How super genki was MatsuJun and Sho-kun!!? They are hardcore!

Wow!! What a HOT issue of Wink Up this month! Nearly had a heartattack in the supermarket when I saw this!! Sorry as usual that I can only take photos with my camera and not scan them... but you get the picture (literally!)

Plus - Random musings on Maou episode 8... OMG!!!! Can O-Chan seriously get any hotter!? I love his look in this episode where he gets his fire back after he's been straying on the path of humanity and becoming someone more or less normal. How gay was the fireworks scene!!? I was caught between 'O-chan! Kawaii!!' and laughing at the sheer cheesiness of it! At the end of this episode, I really wondered what they are gonna do for the next 3... How will they conclude this all!? Guess I'll have to wait and see.

Wah - I seriously can't get over how good the Truth performances are. Ohno's voice just sounded amazing on tonight's Music Station... made up for the fact he barely spoke!! Wish SMAP had been on too. Sho-kun flew in specially for the performance and bought presents for the boys from Beijing - cute little headbands which they all wore!!

I've just seen the preview for Maou - which is on any minute - and BY GOD it looks so good! Naruse was hugging Shiori... OMG!! Well I'm off to watch it...

I want to send a positive message to Riida to stay strong in the face of the stupid tabloids. I have to say that seeing the photos, they are not so bad - it just looks like a drunkun night out. But I'm not Japanese - and I know these things can cause a stir. I just hope that the Jimusho thinks carefully before doing anything - the tabloid mentions police but I do not see how police can possibly be involved with just those pictures as evidence. The worst thing that Johnny's could do would be to enforce any kind of suspension - they do that and they may as well suspend the whole of Arashi - he's RIIDA for god's sake!! He's the main vocalist and the best dancer... I can't imagine ANY Arashi performance without him. I mean it was weird when Goro was suspended from SMAP and they carried on, but he was never the main member - can you imagine if they had suspended Takuya or Shingo!! I don't think they would have carried on! So Riida... keep your chin up and I hope that this will pass. Congrats on the rise in ratings for Maou too!

Ohno-kun

Saw this on You Tube... You can hear Arashi's song for Maou in the background!! It sounds very catchy and Ohno-full! It's more upbeat than I thought it would be... but Arashi really do upbeat the best so I'm not complaining.

This video not only has a quick clip of the song but also a VERY pissed looking Ohno when one of the cast member's mistakes him for being a V6 member!! PRICELESS!!

Hot Jun!!!!

Wah! I went to Tokyo Dome today to go and take in the atmosphere before the Arashi concert (that I wasn't going to!!). It was so cool (but a little depressing as I had no ticket!) but I waited in line for the official goods and got the booklet, Ohno photos and eco bag! I also took photos (before I got told off by a security guard! Johnny's rules are RUBBISH!!). I also got the Hanadan book... So anyways - I thought I'd post some of my photos - AND probably the most exciting is Ohno & Toma on the front of TV Guide!! Anyway... Enjoy!

Yeah! June and July is seriously ARASHI month! TFP has the Hanadan team on next week and then the week after... O-CHAN & TOMA!!! Yatta!

Of course the new single is out on the 25th (I've already ordered my DVD copy!) and then the Hana Yori Dango movie on the 28th (I am SO first in line to see that!!)

But the one I am seriously waiting for is JULY 4TH... Maou! Cannot wait for O-Chan's drama... just the 15 second CM got me super excited!!

God bless the Japanese summer time!!!!

Got my new Arashi album this week!! Yeah!! Also got the new concert DVD last week (which was well worth the wait). I've posted my two fave songs from the album... One is a group number and the other is Nino's solo ~ which I LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! I tried not to post every song ~ as was my inital reaction, coz I just love the album. But other favourites include O-Chan's solo along with MatsuJun's (which was a big suprise for me!) and Dive Into The Future!

大野智～かっこいい！！！

Man, I am loving Riida's new blonder look!! There has been a whole lot of Arashi action lately... which is a good thing because Shingo's drama ended and SmaSma's been off air (until tomorrow's SP!!!). VS Arashi started on Saturday and it ROCKED!!! It's gonna be like Arashi guesting on Tokyo Friend Park every week, without the irrating supporting characters!! Riida was the best with his very swift hands!! And I must say it was good to see MatsuJun being brought down a peg or two... even though I love him! Cannot wait for Saturday afternoon's now!

ひみつの嵐ちゃん started this week too, I did like it, but I think it could be a little more fun. For the first episode nobody went out on location... so I hope this changes and maybe the guys can go off in pairs etc... that would make it really great I think. I'm glad they are hosting themselves, but there is still a panel of completely pointless people which seems to be obligitary in Japanese variety... why do they have to have so many!!? I can understand one or two guests or regulars... but a whole panel!? Pointless!

Anyway, looking forward to grabbing my copy of the Time concert this week and then the album next week! Now all that's left is for SMAP to release an album!! Come on boys! Hurry up!

Boo hoo!! I got up nice and early this morning planning to be the first to try and get Ohno's play tickets... but the line and website were constantly busy and by the time I got through they were all sold out. Of course tickets have cropped up on auction sites at treble the original cost... Ah!! Wish I could go!