Johnny's in NHK Reveals Official Performance Order For ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’

he official performance order for the ‘63rd Kohaku Uta Gassen‘ has been revealed!

As reported earlier, this year’s Kohaku will feature performances from a total of 50 artists such as AKB48, Momoiro Clover Z, Hamasaki Ayumi, EXILE, SMAP, and more. It will air on New Year’s Eve from 7:15 pm JST.

Check out the set list below!

<First Half>

  1. Hamasaki Ayumi – “2012 A SPECIAL Medley”
  2. NYC – “NYC Kohaku Medley”
 3. SKE48 – “Pareo wa Emerald”
 4. Golden Bomber – “Memeshikute”
 5. AAA – “777 ~We can sing a song!~”
 6. Nakashima Mika – “Hatsukoi”
 7. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – “Hanabi”
 8. Mizuki Nana – “BRIGHT STREAM”
 9. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – “Sayonara Janai”
 10. Fuji Ayako – “Wasurenai”
 11. HY – “Ichiban Chikaku ni”
 12. Mizumori Kaori – “Hitori Nagaragawa”
 13. Naoto Inti Raymi – “Brave”
 14. Koda Kumi – “Go to the top”
 15. Hosokawa Takashi – “Naniwabushi Dayo Jinsei wa”
 16. Koizai Kaori – “Sake no Yado”
 17. Porno Graffitti – “Kageboushi”
 18. Nishino Kana – “GO FOR IT!!”
 19. Tachi Hiroshi – “Arashi wo Yobu Otoko”
 20. Godai Natsuko – “Koi Zange”
 21. Mori Shinichi – “Fuyu no Riviera”
 22. Ayaka – “Hajimari no Toki”

<Second Half>

 23. Kanjani8 – “Hatsu Kohaku!! Zenryoku Zenshin Jya Jya Jya Jya-n!”
 24. Momoiro Clover Z – “Momoiro Kohaku Da Z”
 25. TOKIO – “KIBOU”
 26. Perfume – “Spring of Life”
 27. Kobukuro – “Kami Hikouki”
 28. AKB48 – “AKB48 Kohaku 2012 SP ~Dai 2-sho~”
 29. Go Hiromi – “Dangerer☆”
 30. aiko – “Kuchibiru”
 31. Itsuki Hiroshi – “Yoake no Blues”
 32. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – “Kohaku 2012 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Medley”
 33. Tokunaga Hideaki – “Ue wo Muite Arukou”
 34. Yuki Saori – “Yoake no Scat”
 35. Saito Kazuyoshi – “Yasashiku Naritai”
 36. Tendo Yoshimi – “Soran Matsuri Bushi”
 37. YUI – “Good-bye days”
 38. Hikawa Kiyoshi – “Sakura”
 39. Sakamoto Fuyumi – “Yozakura Oshichi”
 40. Arashi – “New Year’s Eve Medley 2012″
 41. Miwa Akihiro – “Yoitomake no Uta”
 42. Wada Akiko – “Ai, Todokimasuka”
 43. EXILE – “Rising Sun”
 44. YUKI – “Prism”
 45. Fukuyama Masaharu – “Beautiful Life”
 46. Princess Princess – “Diamonds”
 47. Ishikawa Sayuri – “Amagi Goe”
 48. Kitajima Saburo – “Fusetsu Nagare Tabi”
 49. Ikimonogakari – “Kaze ga Fuiteiru”
 50. SMAP – “SMAP 2012′ SP”

Source: http://www.tokyohive.com

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Inagaki Goro will Play Akechi Mitsuhide in Tamamori Yuta’s Drama “Nobunaga no Chef”

On December 25th, it was revealed that SMAP member, Inagaki Goro has been casted in the role of Akechi Mitsuhide in a Friday night drama for TV Asahi “Nobunaga no Chef” which is schedule to premiere on January 11th. This drama is the first time his agency’s junior, Kis-My-Ft2 member, Tamamori Yuta will challenge a starring role in a period drama. “Akechi Mitsuhide is a fascinating person, I’m happy to be able to play this role in this particular drama”, Inagaki commented.

Akechi Mitsuhide was a samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan, a general under daimyo Oda Nobunaga, who became infamous for his betrayal in 1582.

Inagaki talked about his character, “People who embrace his image will see him as ‘the man who betrayed the Lord’ and as someone who doesn’t show any good side of him, for sure. This drama as a strong part of fantasy elements and the time traveling part. I think this will be a little different but still good version of Akechi Mitsuhide”.

Recently, they filmed their first scene together in Kyoto Toei Studio. Tamamori commented, “Once again, I’m entirely nervous… . He is a big senior…. . I, because I was so nervous my voice ended up one tone too high (laugh). Since I had the first line in the scene, I noticed immediately and thought ‘Ah, yabai!’”, his heart skipped a beat.

Inagaki talked about such young junior, who has previously worked in a drama before with Nakai Masahiro, also member of SMAP, “I am probably friendlier than Nakai-kun, right??”, Tamamori replied “No, Nakai-san is also very friendly!”, after which he put some more pressure, “So, I’m friendly, right?” then he behaved like a nice senior and said, “Work hard!”.

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Kansai Johnny’s Jr.’s First Crown Movie for March 2013!

On December 24th, during the final concert of “Kansai Johnny’s Jr. Xmas Concert 2012″ in Shochikuza (Osaka) it was announced that their first movie “Kansai Johnny’s Jr. no Kyoto Uzumasa Koshinkyoku!” (Directed by Katsuhide Motoki) will go on road show on March 30th, 2013.

With 2 protagonists in the story, Shigeoka Daiki (20) and Kiriyama Akito (23). In a film studio in Kyoto, some young people will try to chase their dreams while drawing the figure of a contemporary version of “Kamata Koshinkyoku“. Shigeoka commented on the appearance of actors Watanabe Ikkei, Nakamura Shido and others, “I freaked out when I read it on the script”.

Kiriyama added, “I want people who don’t know about us to see the movie!”, ”We also heard this morning that we’ll also be in charge of the theme song “NOT FINALE” and we will come up with a combined choreography. I want the audience to enjoy our presence also in screen”. Other Kansai juniors who are part of the cast include Nakama Junta, Hamanaka Bunichi, Kotaki Nozomu, Mukai Koji and Fujii Ryusei.

During the shooting of the movie back in October, they stayed in Kyoto and it is said that a group of them was sent to stay in an inn where dai-senpai Shonentai’s Higashiyama Noriyuki (46) had stayed some time ago. Nakama Junta (25) said, “While I was in some rooms I kept thinking that a star had passed over here”, he revealed to be chasing his senior’s lead.

Source: http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/

Merry X-Mas!!!

Merry X-Mas Everyone,.,

Well,., honestly I'm not a Chistian 

That's why I'm not celebrating X-Mas Day,.,

But it's doesn't means I can't greet everyone right???

Wishing you the joy of family,.,
The happiness of friends,.,
And the love of Christmas,., 

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[Oricon Ranking] Yamashita Tomohisa’s DVD “TOMOHISA YAMASHITA LIVE TOUR 2012〜エロP〜″ Tops Weekly Charts

Released on December 12th, Yamashita Tomohisa′s live DVD “TOMOHISA YAMASHITA LIVE TOUR 2012〜エロP〜” has sold 34,000 copies on its first week, topping December 24th weekly sales chart.

Yamashita has topped the overall DVD rankings too for the first time since going solo. Previous work, “TOMOHISA YAMASHITA ASIA TOUR 2011 SUPER GOOD SUPER BAD” (December 2011) used to be his highest record in 3rd place.

The Blu-Ray edition of this live tour was also released the same day, selling a total of 5014 copies, making into the 3rd place of weekly ranking. His previous work ranked in 13th place. Although if we considerate only the music department, it has reached the 1st place.

This concert was filmed from the tour of his latest album “エロ” (#2 selling release in July 2012) which started on July 28th in Osaka Castle Hall and the national arena tour final in National Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo.

Source | Oricon Style

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Johnny Kitagawa, Japanese Music Legend, Speaks Out

Imagine a music landscape dominated by just one individual—an all-powerful Svengali who, for more than 45 years, has held a virtual monopoly on male pop groups, producing a world-record-holding 289 No. 1 hits, 35 chart-topping acts, and, in the past decade alone, 8,419 concerts. He rarely appears in media, and yet his power over the press has left them kowtowing to his demands for decades. His reclusive character is revered and feared in equal parts by an entire Japanese music industry. Welcome to the world of Johnny Kitagawa.

Kitagawa’s latest, Vegas-worthy production, “Johnny’s World,” features a mammoth cast and stunning special effects, including a full waterfall. (Courtesy of Johnny & Associates (2))

His story reads like a myth. Born the son of a Buddhist priest in Los Angeles in 1931, John Hiromu Kitagawa left America for Japan after the outbreak of the war in the Pacific, not returning until the late 1940s. Kitagawa later served with the U.S. Army, teaching English to orphans during the Korean War. “Although Japan was suffering, Korea was suffering even more,” he recalls sadly.

In the 1950s, Kitagawa moved to Yoyogi, Tokyo, where—after taking four members of a local baseball team to see the movie West Side Story—he conceived of a plan novel at the time: a music act made up of good-looking men who could dance and sing simultaneously. He shaped the athletes into Japan’s first boy band, The Johnnies. They would become the model for the country’s entire music industry to this day.

“I had started in an era when boys, male talents, did not sing and dance in Japan,” says Kitagawa, in his first-ever exclusive interview. “That was a challenge, and it became a unique spot in the entertainment world, something unprecedented.”

Kitagawa’s acts—such as SMAP, Arashi, and KAT-TUN—have become so
ubiquitous across all forms of Japanese entertainment that seemingly no TV channel, brand, or company could be complete without their endorsement. His hit-making formula has been replicated across Asia. Yet Kitagawa is surprisingly humble and generous, traits that few in the industry expect of the shadowy kingmaker. “I believe the spotlight should be on the stars; my role is to help them glow,” he says of his ability to remain eternally elusive. Though he holds three Guinness records, he remarks, “This is a team effort. I personally tend to forget all these numbers so I also thank those who actually keep record!”

He also downplays the topic of his own legacy. “My only wish is for my acts and their entertainment to be remembered for what they are,” he says, adding proudly, “Nobody at Johnny’s was made into a star just because he was good-looking. They look cool because they do something cool.”

Kitagawa’s success has been achieved despite a seemingly anti-PR strategy—images of his groups do not appear on the company website, and are virtually never published unless on official merchandise. Yet it’s proven to be a fruitful recipe. His most successful act, SMAP—a quintet whose ages all now hover around 40—owe their fame to Kitagawa’s strategy of placing them on variety and comedy shows, extending their appeal beyond their looks or songs.

“I believe entertainment sheds light on people’s lives more than we realize [and] should be able to breathe the changing seasons of people’s moods,” Kitagawa says. To ensure his acts remain in vogue, he pioneered another key component of the Asian music industries—the fan club. With more than 2.5 million members of “Johnny’s Family Club,” Kitagawa can ensure that his stable of 500 artists have a built-in fan base.

Kitagawa’s career, though luminous, has not been without incident. In 1988 a former member of his group Four Leaves published graphic details of alleged sexual activities between the staff and some of the young boys in Johnny’s & Associates, Kitagawa’s production agency. An April 2000 National Police Agency investigation eventually exonerated Kitagawa. His latest challenge is the rise of Korean K-Pop. “I feel Japan has become numb [faced with the] competition and I try to make my acts acknowledge this,” he says.

Kitagawa’s latest production—fittingly titled Johnny’s World—features a mammoth cast of boys of all ages, including latest popular groups Hey! Say! JUMP!, Kis-My-Ft2, and Sexy Zone. The musical includes an onstage replica of the Hindenburg airship, a Titanic sequence, and a full-flowing waterfall appearing centerstage, and weaves in Japanese cultural history during tightly choreographed dance routines in which performers fly out over the audience. It’s a pulsating medley that seems to include all of Las Vegas’s shows in one, and is a nod to Kitagawa’s ambition to take a production to Las Vegas himself one day. “To write, cast, and produce each concert at this age is not easy,” he says, “but I enjoy every moment of it.”

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