Nino just wrapped up his drama Ryusei no Kizuna. But yeah, I hope to see Nino in another drama next year~ can never get enough of Nino.

Arashi will be on Music Station Super Live tomorrow night (Fri, Dec 26th)!

They'll sing truth and One Love. YAY!

^
Me want to see that!!! They are practically busy or will be busy with acting stuff. But good thing that they are balancing acting and singing/performing as a group.

Newbie here =D
ARASHI <3

It took me long before I got myself to like all of them.
My first is Sho, and he still is <3

One Love and Truth are really addicting XD

Here it is, the MS Super Live performance of truth and One Love!!

It's my favorite truth performance so far, and One Love was good too.

^ Thanks for the link. That performance was beyond awesome!!! I hope 2009 will be Arashi's year as well.

Arashi on Ontama 12.25.2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URhpxXKsTlM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EwExgTCG8s...feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RXfdhtXU2U...feature=channel

They had another great year this year... So far so good!!

Thanks for the links... for the 25th and 26th schedules...

WOW O_O I'm really surprised that this topic isnt longer xD. I guess most of the sites that I go on are more Japanese music oriented. ANywhoo, i LOVE Arashi!

Did anybody watch Arashi on MMSL? It was pretty awesome! They preformed about the time NEWS did.

AILDHISUKDHSJFGSFUY#R@&%%@~!!!!
new one here, i'm glad there are a lot of arashi fans other than on livejournal.
i was so looking for this thread, i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee arashi so much.


i can't wait for their new single, Believe. the preview sounded great
personally i think the best single of the year was Beautiful Days, don't ask me why. i didn't like the single or the main song at first, but now i can't stop listening to it.
and truth/ kaze no mukou e<33

the b-sides on the "Beautiful Days" single were alot better than the song itself, lol. but my favorite single of the year is "truth/Kaze no Mukou e".

arashi was at the johnny's countdown live, but i can't find any videos. there's just screencaps on LJ.

and thanks for the ontama clips! i didn't get to see it yet so i'm gonna watch it now.

EDIT: i found a download for johnny's countdown! i watched it and was awesome!
http://community.livejournal.com/news_jpop/3545855.html

^ Thanks for the link.

Here are the Youtube links for Johnnys Countdown Concert 2008/2009 hosted by Arashi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6P679t-ECs...nnel&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swBo4Lho4Sw...nnel&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGcW_R9YEc8...nnel&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTlfSs_cLlk...nnel&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnwspLy9HmE...nnel&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vsDCwv6vY8
^ HAHAHHA

Thnks for the link of JE Countdown. The boys looks hot...

that's a total favorite of mine! oh how i love MatsuJun

anyway, arashi will be releasing a new single on February 25th. it's "Believe", that will be the theme song to sho's "Yatterman" movie. and then arashi will also be singing a new song, "Away", for ohno's drama "Uta no Onii-san". there is no scheduled release date for that song, yet.

Odoroki no Arashi

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v17080472bg24nx...2748&rank=1

Super hilarious as always...

omo thanks for sharing the videos...
esp MatsuJun 'proposal' it was kawaii!!!
MatsuJun is uber cute..i like!!!
yea and the Odoroki no Arashi 08 is funny but i wish there was eng subs...


niwae i'm maya...though i'm a new fan of Arashi but i fallen in love with them instantly..hehe..

it so sad that there's no Singapore fan clubs of theirs and yea sad cos i don't no anyone who likes Arashi like me..

hopefully i can find more Arashi fans here..
and yea a big Matsumoto Jun fan after watching Hana Yori Dango [season 1 + 2 + movie]....
and yea actualli the first ever song i heard frm them is Truth which actualli got me addicted to them and thus i start researching on them more

Special episode of VS Arashi 2009.01.10 ~ for those who haven't seen it yet

Part 1: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v17201769SMx2XX...viewType=search

Part 2: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v17216731MpFg6n...825&rank=53

VS Arashi is my favorite Arashi's show and it's always so funny.

that's hilarious. His face was like when the girl puckered her lips. haha

I haven't seen that new show of theirs yet, but I'll check it out soon. I've seen a few screencaps and such. It looks pretty funny.


By the way, they are releasing new stuff.

*copied from e-mail*

JACA-5132
Arashi / Kenta Yano starring Satoshi Ohno/Believe / Kumori Nochi, Kaisei[w/ DVD, Limited Edition (1)] CDA
1400 yen US$15/91.06 Release Date:2009/03/04
Description:Single release from Arashi featuring theme to theatrical anime "Yattaman" starring Sho Sakurai and theme to TV series "Uta no Onisan" starring Satoshi Ohno. The track "Kumori Nochi, Kaisei" is solo track of Ohno Satoshi. Limited edition (1) includes bonus DVD with music video of "Believe." Features alternate jacket artwork. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5132
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JACA-5134
Kenta Yano starring Satoshi Ohno / Arashi/Kumori Nochi, Kasei / Believe[w/ DVD, Limited Edition (2)] CDA
1400 yen US$15/91.06 Release Date:2009/03/04
Description:Single release from Arashi featuring theme to theatrical anime "Yattaman" starring Sho Sakurai and theme to TV series "Uta no Onisan" starring Satoshi Ohno. The track "Kumori Nochi, Kaisei" is solo track of Ohno Satoshi. Limited edition (2) includes bonus DVD with music video of "Kumori Nochi, Kaisei." Features alternate jacket artwork. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5134
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JACA-5136
Arashi / Kenta Yano starring Satoshi Ohno/Believe / Kumori Nochi, Kaisei[Regular Edition] CDA
1143 yen US$13/91.06 Release Date:2009/03/04
Description:Single release from Arashi featuring theme to theatrical anime "Yattaman" starring Sho Sakurai and theme to TV series "Uta no Onisan" starring Satoshi Ohno. The track "Kumori Nochi, Kaisei" is solo track of Ohno Satoshi. Regular edition includes bonus track (UNTITLED) and three original karaoke. Includes 6 tracks total. Features alternate jacket artwork.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5136
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JACA-5137
Original Soundtrack/"Yattaman!" Theatrical Feature Original Soundtrack(Title subject to change) CDA
2500 yen US$27/91.06 Release Date:2009/03/04
Description:Original Soundtrack release of the sci/fi live action film "Yattaman", a film adaptation of hit anime series of the same name. Stars Sho Sakurai (Arashi).
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5137

heheh i also like VS Arashi....haha..its nice...

^and thnaks for the info on their new releases...

wel i can't seem to find their merchandise here in Singapore...but gonna go hnting for their CDs soon

Thanks for the new updates. It's been a bit slow. But still better than nothing at all.

KEIO BOY MIGHT BE COMING TO NEW YORK. Just a heads up for fans in New York or somewhere near there. ^^

"Director Takashi Miike (Crows Zero, Ichi the Killer, The Great Yokai War) and Arashi singer/actor Sho Sakurai (Honey and Clover) will appear at the world premiere of their live-action film remake of the Yatterman anime at New York Comic Con on February 6. The two will travel from Japan for a 4:00 p.m. panel and the movie's 5:00 p.m. screening in New York City."

Whole article here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-...premiere-at-nyc

It's not 100% sure that Sho is coming yet since Sho has not be listed as an "official" guest on the list.
I hope it is true though. Nothing ever goes down in the East Coast. T-T

UPDATE (1/19/09): HERE.



(DL) Shounen Club Premium 2009.01.18 (Arashi)
(DL) Arashi - Believe (Audio Ripped from Junstyle)

hi there..do not be sad bout the non-existent of arashi fan club..
trust me..if arashi were ever landed in singapore..thousand will queuing up at the airport waiting for their arrival..
i swear i would do that if they ever come to my country..
i think most of arashi fans are more of the passive one rather than active..hahah
they really like to keep it cool rather than hype over a thing...it just my opinion tho



eh..i thot it is much easier to find arashi merchandise over there in singapore coz my fren once said she get lotsa stuff form her fren in singapore..but i dunno where..
it's hard for me too to find their cd's or dvd's..it would be my sis fren who bought it for me..heheh..for free..hehe

ohh when will yatterman hit the cinema??

"Yatterman" opens in cinemas on March 7, 2009.



I just finished watching Arashi on Shounen Club Premium. You can read the translation for it here. They were picking on Aiba again because all the other members had solo projects in 2008 and he didn't have any. I felt sorry for him when the host just skipped him and went on to Ohno. It's okay though. He has his stage play for 2009. ^^

Their performance of "Kaze no Mukou e" was the cutest one to date. The outfits were nice too. Jun and Ohno are dorking around in the beginning and Sho was strumming his fake air guitar while Aiba and Nino are in the background laughing. After Sho and Ohno did their lines, they pranced to the back. Actually, those two were being so freaking cute throughout the performance, smiling and making weird faces while dancing. Then Jun joined in on the dorkfest and was following the camera while it was moving down the line of Arashi members. T-T <3 I still love Sho's rap for this song. I'm glad they didn't cut it out.

The "truth" performance was pretty. The red and pink feathers that fell down made it pretty. I love their outfits. They changed them a bit. They still look hot though. There was a precious Ohmiya moment in the backstage footage where Ohno and Nino are sitting down and Ohno leans in close to Nino to whisper something to him and it looks like he puts his chin on Nino's shoulder. <3

QUOTE (artful_DODGER @ Jan 19 2009, 11:09 PM)

"Yatterman" opens in cinemas on March 7, 2009.

Anyone has any idea on whether Yatterman would be airing outside of Japan and America?
I really want to catch Sho's movie ;________;

I only had time for the performance cuts from SCP D: Gah, they should totally promote "Kaze no Mukou e" more!
Jun was such a dork during the performance~ XD♥
"Truth" was beautiful. I really like the stage setting of SCP & those feathers :D

Shall catch on the talk part tomorrow, thanks for the translation link artful_DODGER! ^^

+
"Believe" is such a good song<3

I don't think it will be released in theaters in America.
However, I believe there will be a screening at the New York Comic Con in February. (Which the director and Sho are SUPPOSED to attend... hopefully.)

@natallie93: No problem~ ^^v




It seems that Sho coming to the New York Comic Con is set and confirmed unless he drops out last minute, which I hope he doesn't. You can read more about it here.


I'm so jealous of the people who can go~ T-T

yay I see more people posting in this thread now! (though i'm not exactly active myself)

And thanks for the links, the Shounen Club Premium interview looks mightily interesting, you can tell how close they are.

oh wow, i am really late getting into arashi i didn't know about them until like yesterday, while watching hana yori dango i found out that i had a big crush on jun and i wanted to find out who he was and came upon arashi can't believe it since, they debut like when i was like 8 i think and i barely know them LOL... nino, is cute and i love leader he's super funny! AIBA and his english makes me laugh most of the time... sho, not too sure LMFAO! JUN, is a hottie!

Ah~ Okay ^^;; Thanks for clearing it up!
I hope the official website will put up a list of countries that would air Yatterman~ D:


Gah, I'm jealous too! T_T
This is such a good opportunity for those living in NY! >_<


+
I came across a partial translation for AnS here!
I thought I'll share it since you'll get to see the members' goal in 2009~

Aiba's small goal about wearing pajamas to sleep was randomly cute XD ❤
Plus, Nino was being mean to him again! & there's a little bit of Ohmiya (:

abcdaisy: I guess you've been Jun-baited. Happens a lot, lol. In time, you'll discover that these five guys appear to be hotties but they're in fact, um, well, idiots. xD Just watch their shows and you'll grow to love each member even more. And please beware of Riida. He's kind of famous for his spontaneity, haha.

I want to go to NYC to *kidnap* Sho! But I can't since I've got class and work that day. *sobs* I hope he shows off his sexy English! And I hope whoever goes to this screening tell him that he's got to bring the rest of Arashi to the U.S. for a concert tour, haha.

hey eija...

well i just got back frm Arashi CD hunting at HMV Singapore and i was shock to see 1 CD can cost up to S$70 and one single can cost up to S$22...my heart breaks there... i think if buying it outside singapore will be cheaper...haiz...

aniwae thanks for sharing the info on Sakurai's Yatterman...hope i can see it in Singapore cinemas like when they show HYD final here last year...but yea tat tyme i was ignorant abt japanese. movies or drama...even i didn't noe Arashi existed till i start werking at the Japanese crepe shop which apparently opposite a DVD shop selling japanese. dramas and movies...lolx...

and yea thanks for sharing the translation on the Shoneun Club Premium...yet to watch it cos i got a lot of skool projects but yea gonna watch it right now..*runs off to watch*

^..omg..that was so expensive..i could imagine it
probably because it is an imported cd..but still i could imagine myself buying it hehe..
im waiting for their concert to come out on dvd..i wonder when

artful_DODGER ..thanx for the info bout yatterman..

flavorshots..u are so rite in describing arashi..they are fun to watch..
they are what they are..could not agree more bout the idiot part hahaha..

i just finish watching arashi shoneun club premium special...haha funny...

wow imagine if arashi members realli quit at the end of tat year, there won't be us i guess ..lolx...and yea it's nice to know what were realli on their minds prior to debuting...it was so funny hearing their side of their story

i like the truth and Kaze no Mukou e perf...yea JUN is too KAWAII....!!! haha apparently all of them are

oh how i'd love to see sho! too bad i don't live in the city.

anyway, "Believe" is AMAZING! i can't wait for the PV.

*sigh*
Isnt aiba so adorkable and cute
EK!
Lol just reading their profs.. Im like okayyyythese kids are either shorter than me or a few cms taller lol
Why do asian guys hafta be so short

Booyah!

Yall know I'll be reppin for my boy Sho at Comic Con whoot whoot!

Because of him I have to go

^..im envy yo..i wanna meet shokun too..
someone who have meet him before said he have this some kind of aura which differentiate it with someone else hahaha..(im not asking sense here lol)..

chucklez..i think most of japanese guy are quite short..
nino and me probably of the same height since they tned to lie bout their heigth..
but they still is awesome..

anyone watch the latest shukudaikun..love the episode..
and uta no onisan was great..something to expect form ohno

I agree (you make perfect sense btw)! I saw Arashi in concert and Sho really has an aura that is just WOW. I think photographs and videos do not do him justice, which is amazing since he already looks good on screen already. My fave member is actually Aiba but I could not help but keep staring at Sho!

And all 5 of them look very good in real life! Arashi concerts are truly the best, the atmosphere is great and you can tell that they love what they're doing. Ohno, especially, singles out people and points/waves to them while looking at them in the eye, wished he looked my way


btw the shounen club premium talk has been subbed and is available at the arashi_yuuki community at livejournal (entry is locked)!

New York Comic Con Update



(DL) Watch/download new Yatterman trailer.

(DL) VS Arashi #40
Aiba is so adorable in this episode. Haha, Calvin Klein boxers/briefs? Of course bratface!Nino points it out, lol.
Aiba faces the wrong way. T-T <3
I want Jun's skull cardigan. It's so cute. T0T

wahhh. ><
I'm so sad. I finally got like
really hooked into j-pop
and I'm really into Arashi
right now, but this thread is
not growing~!!!!

hello everyone!!! my first time to post here and finally found arashi's forum


ijusswannabeme don't be sad if this thread is not growing..i think arashi's forum in soompi is more active and
growing than the other site i regulary visiting..there's more people posting here than there..i hope this thread too will gonna be
active,and like you ijusswannabeme i so love arashi!!!!and soooooo i love matsujun..!!

just want to share some arashi's scanned magazine..actually it's a tv guide magazine featuring arashi...i'm buying all
the magazines if arashi is the cover hehehe..i'll upload the rest of the pictures tomorrow

Looking forward to Arashi being all being again as a group. More performances, more promotions, etc. XD

I dont remember if I posted this yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzefMEIfP1Q...re=channel_page

BEST VIDEO EVAAAAAAA <333333

^omo that was so WOW!!!

apparently i think those type of bad guy realli attracts alot of women...hehe

if jun did tat to me, i'll faint on the spot...hehe

thanks for sharing....

omg.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v15813849BjhdAK3q

Nino's speech from around 16:25.
SO TOUCHING. AWWW

There's going to be TWO versions of the 'Believe' pv, of which one will feature Arashi members as animated superheroes LOL!

News/preview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Y7MRowBms

^ whoa. Jun was really into his acting but i cant blame him since his a really good actor.

i miss this group. im not into jpop lately, blame it to kpop and loads of homeworks.

Arashi transforms into Tatsunoko heroes
http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4361

The animated PV for Arashi's next single, "Believe," is a collaboration with animation studio Tatsunoko. The collaboration is linked to the upcoming live-action movie based on Tatsunoko's "Yatterman" franchise, which stars Arashi member Sho Sakurai and uses "Believe" as its theme song.

In the music video, each of the five Arashi members will "transform" into a character from a different Tatsunoko series. Sakurai will obviously take on the role of Yatterman No. 1. The other shows being used are "Yattodetaman" (Kazunari Ninomiya), "Time Bokan" (Satoshi Ohno), "Otasukeman" (Masaki Aiba), and "Zenderman" (Jun Matsumoto).

The "Yatterman" movie opens on March 7. "Believe" goes on sale as a CD single on March 4, the same day the PV becomes available through media site Dwango. A live-action music video for "Believe" is also being made.

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I already preordered the Believe single from HMV (I wanted the limited edition with the Believe PV DVD, but too bad it was sold out so quick). I don't really care for the animation PV, but I'm looking forward to the live-action one with Arashi in it.

hehe.. thanks for sharing the infos....haha i can't wait to see the PV!!!!