Showing posts with label KAT-TUN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KAT-TUN. Show all posts
March 26, 2013
Nakamaru Yuichi successfully graduates from Waseda University!
On March 26th, KAT-TUN member, Nakamaru Yuichi (29) graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Human Sciences. He enrolled in the said school in April 2008.
The graduation ceremony was held in Waseda University (campus located
in Shinjuku, Tokyo) at 10:00am. Nakamaru attended wearing a crested
kimono in order to get his diploma. “I only realized I was graduating
until I received this. I was moved. To me, at the time, graduating
seemed a little impossible since I entered university 6 years after
graduating high school, I was happy with just attending back then”.
Over the past few weeks Nakamaru was rumored to be dating Katase Nana
(31), after being spotted together at midnight by some weekly magazine.
Nakamaru flatly denied dating her, he said they just happened to grab
some dinner together. Nakamaru said with a smile “I, myself thought
‘majissuka?’ (Tsuichi’s catch-phrase). We just happened to had some
dinner. I am so sorry for causing trouble to Ms. Katase. We are not
dating”. In addition, “Katase is a woman I can rely one, a dependable
older sister. When I arrived to the set Nakayama Hideyuki told me, ‘why didn’t you invite me instead?’”, causing laughter among the reporters.
Nakamaru is the first member of the agency to graduate from Waseda
University. Over the past 5 years, he has learned about welfare and what
the environment has to offer while balancing work and writing his
thesis, a 37,000 characters letter based on the theme “Localization of
dark music”, getting the highest grade, and A+.
During this ceremony 12,000 people also graduated. Since Nakamaru
took classes online in his PC at work or home he did not get to attend
the campus even once, he kept complaining, “I couldn’t make any
friends”.
Source: www.jenewsdaily.com
February 22, 2013
Kamenashi Kazuya & Other Cast Members of Upcoming Movie “Ore Ore” Appear at a Promotional Event
On February 21st, KAT-TUN’s Kamenashi Kazuya appeared at a promotional event for his starring movie “Ore Ore (It’s me, It’s me).”
“Ore Ore” is based on Hoshino Tomoyuki’s award-winning novel, and it’s directed by Miki Satoshi (“Jikou Keisatsu”, “Instant Numa”).
The story revolves around an electronics retail store worker named
“Nagano Hitoshi ” (Kamenashi), who becomes involved in a scam called
“ore ore sagi” (* “ore ore sagi” is a kind of scam that is primarily
targeted at the elderly. The scammer calls their target, pretends to be
someone they know, usually their relatives, and asks for money.)
While Hitoshi goes around pretending to be other people, he finds
that “me” starts multiplying, having the same face and personality.
Before long, the elimination of the other “me” begins. In the movie,
Kamenashi plays 33 of “me”, such as a “military enthusiast me”, “big
breasted me”, and “full-body tattoo me”.
Kamenashi commented, “It was like I appeared in every single
scene, and I had to memorize the whole script. It was quite a heavy
experience as I can’t even bring the hard task to remembrance.” He then continued, “I
was always in the middle of costume change, but I was able to utilize
my fast changing clothes skills which I have built up through live
concerts.”
Other than Kamenashi, the director Miki, Uchida Yuki who plays the mysterious heroine named “Sayaka”, and Kase Ryo who plays “Tajima” a sarcastic boss of Hitoshi, appeared at the event.
During the event, it was announced that Kamenashi would have to
challenge himself with 33 missions until the release day. Kamenashi said
while dropping his shoulders, “So you guys are driving me into a corner again.” which had Kase and Uchida taking pity on him.
“Ore Ore” is scheduled for release on May 25th, and KAT-TUN’s song “FACE to Face” has been chosen as its theme song.
The trailer of the movie can be checked on the official site (here).
February 15, 2013
KAT-TUN Tops Oricon Weekly Chart for 20 Consecutive Singles Since Their Debut Single
Popular group KAT-TUN’s 20th single “EXPOSE“,
which was released on February 6th, sold 155,000 copies during the
first week, and topped Oricon weekly single ranking. With this single,
their number of consecutive singles topping the chart has reached 20, as
they’ve been topping the chart since their debut single “Real Face” (released in March 2006).
KAT-TUN is the second artist (including both male/female and
solo/group) to top the single chart for 20 consecutive singles since the
debut. It was only achieved by their senior KinKi Kids 8 years and a month ago with “Anniversary”
(released in December of 2004). KinKi Kids is still renewing their
record, and their number is now 32 consecutive singles since their debut
single “Glass no Shounen” (released in July 1997).
Source: Oricon &
http://www.tokyohive.com
February 02, 2013
January 27, 2013
January 26, 2013
January 20, 2013
Higashiyama Noriyuki Recommends Taguchi Junnosuke To Be KAT-TUN’s Leader
Last Jan 18th, Shonentai’s Higashiyama Noriyuki and KAT-TUN’s Junnosuke Taguchi had their opening night for the stage play, “NO WORDS, NO TIME ~Sora ni ochita namida~” at Globe Theater in Tokyo. A press conference followed afterwards.
The stage play is unique since it was done without dialogue but by
merely focusing on dance movements, music, and drama. The audience was
drawn to contemporary dances on a stage set in scenes like house,
station, and company. Higashiyama and Junnosuke fused the elements of
ballet and pantomime together with sound and lighting effects on a stage
devoid on decorations. (as covered by Ryo Hasegawa)
“It was always been a dream to do it with Higashiyama-san,” Junno
commented. “He has generosity and courage and those are necessary to
become a leader of KAT-TUN,” Higashiyama commented and added, “he does
his best to such an extent that he won’t lose.” Junno smiled shyly after
Higashiyama’s praised and added that he’ll probably “messed-around” if
he is the leader.
Aside from admiring each of their qualities, Higashiyama also
admitted in being in love with Junno’s gag especially Junno’s most
popular gag- “Iriguchi (entrance), Deguchi (exit), Taguchi (his
name)”. In addition, the two made a gag called “Pyu-pon”, but
Higashiyama refused to show it to the press saying that gag was
“sealed”. On the other hand, Junno decided to do joked around while
praising his senpai, “It was always been my dream so I was so nervous
last night that I could not sleep a wink …uso, uso kawauso.” Higashiyama was laughing one after another gag.
“NO WORDS, NO TIME ~Sora ni ochita namida~” will run until Feb 5th at Globe Theater in Tokyo and from Feb 8th to 12th at Morinimiya Piloti Hall in Osaka.
Source: http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/
January 15, 2013
Kamenashi Kazuya Achieves Success for His “HR Project”
NTV’s “Going! Sports and News”, where KAT-TUN‘s Kamenashi Kazuya is a regular host, broadcasted Kamenashi’s stunning success with his “HR (home run) Project” after two and half years of training. His successful home run was broadcasted last January 13th (11:55, JST).
Kamenashi was able to hit the home run after
the 3rd pitch,which was witnessed by Egawa (co-host in Going!), Nakata
Sho (Nippon Ham baseball player), and Kawamura Ryo (NTV announcer) who
were watching on the sidelines.
Upon realizing that he made a hit when the
ball hit the stands, Kamenashi threw the bat and jumped with glee. “It
was like a dream!” he commented.
As suggested by Softbank Hawk’s player,
Matsunaka Nobuhiko, Kamenashi received a “champagne shower” to celebrate
his victory back at the home base. Giant’s team manager, Hara
Tatsunori, sent a congratulatory video to Going!, “I applaud you from
the bottom of my heart.”
Source: http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/
December 18, 2012
[DVD/BD] Boys On The Run — Maruyama Ryuhei, Ueda Tatsuya & Yokoyama Yu
Original title: ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン
Release date: 2012/12/19
Number of discs: 5
Description: Box set release from TV series “Boys On
The Run” based on the hit manga of the same name. Stars Ryuhei Maruyama
(Kanjani8). Plot: Toshiyuki Tanishi (Ryuhei Maruyama) is a 27-year-old
single man who has never had a girlfriend in his life and is viewed as a
helpless man by those around him. As he works for a small toy company,
he has falls in love with his co-worker Chiharu, but is unable to
approach her, but one day. . . Comes with a booklet.
Special features: making-of, PR videos, and more
First press: a clear folder
Source: http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/
December 10, 2012
[GOO Ranking] 20-Something Johnny’s You Wanna See Holiday Illumination With
35. Takaki Yuya (o)
33. Totsuka Shota (0.8)
33. Goseki Koichi (0.8)
31. Senga Kento (1.5)
31. Kawai Fumito (1.5)
27. Arioka Daiki (2.3)
27. Yokoo Wataru (2.3)
27. Nikaido Takashi (2.3)
27. Tsukada Ryoichi (2.3)
23. Yabu Kota (3.1)
23. Inoo Kei (3.1)
23. Miyata Toshiya (3.1)
23. Kitayama Hiromitsu (3.1)
21. Tanaka Koki (9.2)
21. Ueda Tatsuya (9.2)
19. Kato Shigeaki (9.9)
19. Yasuda Shota (9.9)
17. Yaotome Hikaru (12.2)
17. Taguchi Junnosuke (12.2)
16. Masuda Takahisa (13.7)
33. Totsuka Shota (0.8)
33. Goseki Koichi (0.8)
31. Senga Kento (1.5)
31. Kawai Fumito (1.5)
27. Arioka Daiki (2.3)
27. Yokoo Wataru (2.3)
27. Nikaido Takashi (2.3)
27. Tsukada Ryoichi (2.3)
23. Yabu Kota (3.1)
23. Inoo Kei (3.1)
23. Miyata Toshiya (3.1)
23. Kitayama Hiromitsu (3.1)
21. Tanaka Koki (9.2)
21. Ueda Tatsuya (9.2)
19. Kato Shigeaki (9.9)
19. Yasuda Shota (9.9)
17. Yaotome Hikaru (12.2)
17. Taguchi Junnosuke (12.2)
16. Masuda Takahisa (13.7)
15. Akanishi Jin (15.3)
13. Koyama Keichiro (18.3)
13. Maruyama Ryuhei (18.3)
12. Nakamaru Yuichi (22.1)
11. Fujigaya Taisuke (26.0)
10. Tegoshi Yuya (26.7)
9. Tamamori Yuta (29.8)
8. Kamenashi Kazuya (45.0)
7. Ohkura Tadayoshi (49.6)
6. Nishikido Ryo (61.8)
5. Ninomiya Kazunari (69.5)
4. Yamashita Tomohisa (75.6)
3. Aiba Masaki (87.8)
2. Matsumoto Jun (88.5)
1. Ikuta Toma (100)
Survey Method: NTT Com Online Marketing Solutions,
Inc. Conducted surveys provided by “goo Research” monitor.
Then summarized into these results.
Survey Period: 2012/10/5～2012/10/6
Number of valid responses: 1,064
Survey Period: 2012/10/5～2012/10/6
Number of valid responses: 1,064
Source: http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com/
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