J-Pop News
| Tamaki Hiroshi Goes Nude In New Film |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 03 July, 2009 (10 hours ago) | Views: 2,506 | Source: mingpao  In the Japanese drama 'Nodame Cantabile', Tamaki Hiroshi plays the role of the pure and talented Chiaki Shinichi. In the adaptation of Tezuka Osamu's manga 'MW', Tamaki will break away from his previous images. Not only is he playing the role of a villain, there will also be a scene where he emerges naked from a shower. In order to maintain his cool image, he willingly went on a diet, slimming down to only 4% fat on his body frame. It's no wonder he looked like he's lost a lot of weight.
While speaking of Tamaki, the topic naturally steers towards his girlfriend, Yoshitaka Yuriko, who he co-starred with in the drama 'Love Shuffle'. Tamaki admitted to the relationship a few days ago. Yoshitaka's popularity seems to have sky-rocketed lately. Based on Oricon's 2009 Fresh Stars Poll, which ranked celebrities who have left strong impressions this year, Yoshitaka placed number one, beating out 'Oppai Valley' actress Ayase Haruka. The first place in the mens category went to 'Mr.Brain' actor Mizushima Hiro. This proves that Mizushima's popularity hasn't gone down even after his marriage to Ayaka. Sato Takeru, who had a guest appearance in the drama placed number 3 on the chart.
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| T-ara Members Faces Finally Revealed |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 03 July, 2009 (10 hours ago) | Views: 2,509 | Source: kbites  Together with member JiYeon famous as the ‘2nd Kim TaeHee’, the faces of the 6-member upcoming group T-ara has been revealed.
T-ara is a group 3 years in making. And member JiYeon is already busy promoting with group SeeYa and Davichi for their project group digital single. And starting from 8th July, JiYeon’s horror drama ‘Soul’ will also be airing on MBC.
T-ara was actually first revealed in Apil and had made quite a topic with their powerful vocals but after that 2 members JiAe and JiWon left the group. After that singer Lee Mi Yeong’s daughter Lee BoRam joined, and 2 more members QRi and So Yeon joined to make the group 6 members.
In the profile photos revealed on 3rd July, the members was dressed in golden wavy hair, giving out a sexy and feminine image. Back then the image they don when first revealed in April was fresh girls feeling.
The girls will release another photo on 7th July, and will start promoting their debut album mid-July.
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| SS501 Mobbed At The HK Airport |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 03 July, 2009 (10 hours ago) | Views: 2,511 | Source: allkpop | Suggested by: JrockIsTehSmex  The boys of SS501 were mobbed by overzealous fans on their recent visit to Hong Kong as they tried to exit out of the airport. Deafening high pitched screams of fan girls filled the hallway as security guards attempted to push back the crowd without bleeding from their ears. The boys of SS501 stood back, waited and watched, seemingly a little overwhelmed by the situation. Chaotic indeed!
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| Eason Chan, Jay Chou Win Mandarin Pop Music Awards |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 02 July, 2009 (19 hours ago) | Views: 5,374 | Source: channelnewsasia  Chan picked up the most coveted Best Album of the Year accolade for "Don't Want to Let Go," although he missed out on the top singer prize to the absent Chou, who took three awards.
"I am especially happy to receive the award from" fellow Hong Konger Jacky Cheung, an emotional Chan told the crowd.
"I want to thank the judges ... I love you. I love Taiwan," he said as cheering fans chanted his name.
Chou, who led the race with eight nominations, saw off Chan, heartthrob singer/actor Leehom Wang and Hong Kong's Khalil Fong to take the Best Mandarin Male Singer title.
He also took Best Song of the Year for the heart-warming "Fragrant Rice" and Best Music Video for the dazzling "Mr. Magic" he directed and performed from the top-selling album "Capricorn."
Versatile Taiwan singer Sandee Chan was the night's dark horse when she was crowned Best Mandarin Female Singer for "If One Thing Is Important" which she also produced.
"I am very happy to receive this award. I am not naturally great at singing but I spend a lot of time to do better," she said.
Chan beat last year's winner Tanya Chua of Singapore, five-time nominee Jasmine Leong of Malaysia and Taiwanese veteran singer Tsai Chin.
Hong Kong's "God of Songs" Jacky Cheung and Taiwanese-language songstress Jody Chiang won the audience vote on the most popular songs in Taiwan in the past two decades.
However, this year's ceremony struggled to attract much star power, with the absence of Jay Chou, Leehom Wang or other big names such as pop diva A-Mei .
Performers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore competed in more than 20 categories at the 20th Golden Melody Awards. |
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| Bleach Ends Watchmen's 11-Month Run As #1 Graphic Novel |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 02 July, 2009 (20 hours ago) | Views: 5,468 | Source: Anime News Network  According to Nielsen BookScan's list of the bestselling graphic novels in American bookstores for this month, Tite Kubo's Bleach manga volume 27 has ended Watchmen's 11-month run at #1. Kubo's manga volume is the first book, besides Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' acclaimed one-volume graphic novel, to top the monthly chart since June of 2008. In fact, manga occupies all but three of the top 20 slots in the chart. Below Watchmen at #2, Akihisa Ikeda's Rosario + Vampire volume 7, and Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto volumes 43 and 44 fill out the top 5. Five more Naruto books — volumes 38–42 — rank in the top 20.
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| GReeeeeN Gets The Guinness Nod |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 02 July, 2009 (20 hours ago) | Views: 5,478 | Source: japanzone  Guinness World Records yesterday formally recognized "Kiseki," by J-pop group GReeeeN, as the best-selling digital downloaded single of all time. The single was used as the theme for last year's hugely popular TBS teen baseball drama "Rookies" and went on sale in May 2008. The application to GWR was made on May 24, at which point the single had been downloaded more than 2.3 million times. But the success of a Rookies spinoff movie gave another boost to digital sales, which are now said to be over 5.9 million. Sato Ryuta (29), star of the drama and the movie, was clearly delighted as he received the official record certificate yesterday from GWR Japan president (and old Japan Zone friend) Russell Willis at the TBS studios in central Tokyo. He said he has yet to meet the four members of GReeeeN (Hide, Navi, 92 and Soh), who hide behind masks in official photos, but hopes he can now finally do so. The group recently saw sales of their 3rd album, "Shio, Kosho" break the million barrier.
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| Big Bang GDragon’s Solo Album To Be Released On His 21st Birthday |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 02 July, 2009 (20 hours ago) | Views: 5,523 | Source: minsarang.wordpress.com | Suggested by: ASIAROLL  Big Bang leader GDragon will release his first solo album on 18th August on his 21st birthday.
Yang Hyun Seok revealed that on Mnet ‘2NE1 TV’ aired on 2nd July. And on a phone interview with YG on 2nd July, They revealed, “We will have to look into the situation more carefully.”
GDragon’s solo album was pushed back from the initial release date in April because of his slight depression due to great workload he was handling that time. Hence he will be the 4th one from the group after TaeYang, DaeSung and SeungRi to go on his solo activities.
And GDragon is the 2nd member from the group to have his solo album. There are also plans for DaeSung to release a non-trot solo album later this year, and there are also plans TaeYang’s 2nd solo album. |
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Added by: xaosmx | Date: 02 July, 2009 (20 hours ago) | Views: 5,530 | Source: sankeisports | Suggested by: akicute
COLOR, which currently consists of four men, originally formed in 2004 with EXILE's ATSUSHI as its producer. After EXILE expanded to 14 members back in March, it was decided that COLOR's members would become their own producers.
Their first single as DEEP is titled "Endless Road." It becomes available as a chaku-uta on July 1, but the CD release date has not yet been fixed. |
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| Kou Shibasaki Rocks Out For "Otomen" |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 02 July, 2009 (1 day ago) | Views: 8,095 | Source: barks  Actress Kou Shibasaki is reportedly tackling her first rock tune for the new Fuji TV drama series "Otomen," set to premiere on August 1. She is singing the theme song, titled "Rabaso ~lover soul~."
Shibasaki wrote the lyrics specifically to match the drama, which stars Masaki Okada as a popular high school boy who secretly has very feminine interests, such as shojo manga.
The song is expected to be released as a CD single in September. |
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| Oricon: 2009's Fresh Stars |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 02 July, 2009 (1 day ago) | Views: 8,123 | Source: Oricon | Suggested by: lunamoon87
Yoshitaka, 20, has gained recognition through her roles in various television dramas, but her big break came last year when she received Best Newcomer awards for her performance in "Hebi ni Piasu" ("Snakes and Earrings").
The 25-year-old Mizushima, on the other hand, has been regularly topping recent popularity surveys and is likely to be one of the top young stars for a while.
Women:
1. Yuriko Yoshitaka
2. Haruka Ayase
3. Nana Eikura
4. Erika Toda
5. JUJU
6. Yui Aragaki
7. Maki Horikita
8. Aoi Miyazaki
9. Aya Ueto
9. misono
9. Ayaka
Men:
1. Hiro Mizushima
2. Audrey (owarai duo)
3. Takeru Sato
4. Hannya (owarai duo)
5. Hayato Ichihara
6. Yusuke Kamiji
6. Osamu Mukai
6. Eita
9. Hayato Sakamoto (baseball player)
10. Ryo Ishikawa (golfer) |
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