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11 Mar 2012

Ex-xTRiPx-Members‘ New Band

Ex-xTRiPx-Members‘ New Band

In December 2011 Guitarist Shogo, Bassist Chobi (both ex-xTRiPx) and Satoshi (ex-LANDZ) held their first live as session band “kikakumono”. After a mysterious countdown on the homepage they revealed yesterday that kikakumono isn’t a session band anymore and they also changed the band’s name to “DIV”.
In contrast to their session band DIV has a constant vocal. His name is Chisa and he was the singer of NEXX, a band that just disbanded on March 4th.

DIV will officially start activities on April 13th at SHINJUKU LOFT but they already announced their first mini album for April 25th! It’s titled “mudai no document” and comes in two versions: Type A contains 6 songs and a PV, Type B contains 7 songs.

There aren't any samples of songs available yet but you can check out DIV's homepage for more information such as blogs and twitter accounts.

SPEED's Takako Uehara and ET-KING's TENN Engaged

SPEED's Takako Uehara and ET-KING's TENN Engaged

SPEED member Takako Uehara and ET-KING member TENN have announced that they are engaged.

According to Daily Sports online, the two met each other at a live event last spring and began dating soon after.

"While spending time together, I was drawn by her kindness and straightforwardness," TENN stated on his official blog.

The couple are planning to have their wedding in July.

Takako is the 2nd member of SPEED to get married. Eriko Imai was the first, marrying 175R vocalists SHOGO in 2004, though the two got a divorce in 2007.

2 Mar 2012

Joe Odagiri - Jadi Ayah Tiga Anak Di Drama Baru

Fuji TV mengumumkan aktor Joe Odagiri akan membintangi drama baru mereka yang berjudul Kazoku no Uta. Drama tersebut akan menjadi drama ketujuh di slot drama yang terbilang masih baru di Fuji TV, yaitu Minggu, pukul 9:00 malam. Kazoku no Uta juga akan menjadi drama pertama Joe di jaringan televisi itu.

Joe memerankan seorang mantan musisi rock populer bernama Hayakawa, yang perlahan-lahan memudar sejak bandnya out of justice bubar. Suatu hari, dia tiba-tiba harus merawat tiga anak SMP yang kebetulan adalah putrinya. Setelah Hayami-san to Yobareru Hi dan Marumo no Okite, Kazoku no Uta diperkirakan akan menjadi drama keluarga yang hangat, menarik serta penuh dengan perjuangan, tawa, dan cinta. Selain Joe, bintang pendukung lainnya juga menyertakan Yusuke Santamaria (yang memerankan manajernya), Shihori Kanjiya (fotografer yang jatuh cinta pada Joe), dan Nene Otsuka (mantan fotografer dari masa keemasan Joe sekaligus kakak perempuan karakter Shihori).Jadi, apa yang sebenarnya sudah terjadi pada band out of justice? Band ini dulunya cukup populer dan sempat meraih puncak penjualan hingga jutaan kopi.

Hayakawa (Joe Odagiri) memiliki banyak fans berkat kombinasi sempurna dari ketampanan dankomentar cerdasnya. Dia bahkan merajai ranking untuk ‘pria yang paling ingin diajak tidur bersama’. Tapi, 13 tahun yang lalu, band ini bubar setelah bertengkar hebat, dan sejak itu nama Hayakawa mulai meredup. Satu-satunya yang tersisa dari masa kejayaannya sebagai seorang bintang adalah acara radio berdurasi 30 menit yang mengudara pukul 5 pagi serta beberapa acara fans.Hal lain yang dia simpan sejak masa puncak popularitasnya adalah kelemahannya akan minuman alkohol. Ini adalah masalah besar karena Hayakawa selalu tertidur bersama wanita berbeda tiap mabuk, disusul oleh tak sadarkan diri keesokan harinya.Tapi Hayakawa harus berubah, saat dia tiba-tiba menjadi ayah bagi tiga siswi SMP dan harus tinggal bersama mereka. Bila situasi itu bocor ke publik, perusahaan rekamannya akan mengakhiri kontrak. Karena itu, Hayakawa terpaksa menyembunyikan keberadaan ketiga putrinya dengan berbagai alasan.Menjadi ayah bagi tiga orang remaja perempuan pada akhirnya membantu Hayakawa untuk lebih dewasa, dan tanpa dia sadari sudah membuatnya memiliki ikatan kuat bersama mereka. Ketiga aktris muda yang akan memerankan ketiga putrinya masih belum diungkap.

Hey!Say!JUMP Consecutively Tops Singles Charts

Hey!Say!JUMP Consecutively Tops Singles Charts

Hey! Say! JUMP's 9th single "SUPER DELICATE" which was released on the 22nd has sold 249,000 copies in the first week and topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for the week of March 5th. The streak first started with their debut single "Ultra Music Power" and has continued up to their newest single. Their last number 1 single "Magic Power" sold 218,000 copies which means that their newest single broke their previous sales record.

"SUPER DELICATE" is right now being used for the Nippon TV drama Risou no Musuko who Yamada Ryosuke a member of Hey! Say! JUMP is starring in. The lyricist who created the big hit "Lion Heart" for SMAP , Shinji Nojima, will be helping out the drama with his musical talents.

AKB48, Nakai Masahiro, Esumi Makiko to MC New TBS Music Show

AKB48, Nakai Masahiro, Esumi Makiko to MC New TBS Music Show

TBS has announced that it will launch a new prime time music show in April with SMAP’s Nakai Masahiro, actress Esumi Makiko, and girl group AKB48 as MCs.

The show is currently untitled, but it is said to be similar to the network’s last prime time music show, “The Music Hour”. The new show is described as a music variety show, combining talk, music, and news segments. TBS plans to have 2 or 3 artists appear as special guests per episode.

10 of AKB48′s main members will appear each week, with 2 or 3 of them rotating as the show’s MCs alongside Nakai and Esumi.

The show will air on Tuesdays at 21:00, starting in April.

Mayu Watanabe Beats Yamashita Tomohisa in Oricon's Single Ranking

Mayu Watanabe Beats Yamashita Tomohisa in Oricon's Single Ranking

AKB48's Mayu Watanabe, Yamashita Tomohisa, and T-ARA are just some of the idols who released their single last Feb 29th, but Mayu Watanabe's "Synchro Tokimeki" managed to snag the top spot in Oricon's single ranking. "Synchro Tokimeki" debuted with 50145 sales, not far from behind is Yamashita Tomohisa's "Ai, Texas" with 47150 sales. Lastly, T-ARA's "Roly-Poly" earned 14999 sales.

In the new album ranking for Feb29th, J-Rock band Ikimonogakiri's "Newtral" debuted with 58684 sales, followed by Minori Chihara's "D-Formation" with 5809 sales, and The Best of Fullmetal Alchemist got 5770 sales.

AKB48's Sato Sumire and Nito Moeno Joins Peter Pan the Musical

AKB48's Sato Sumire and Nito Moeno Joins Peter Pan the Musical

AKB48's Sato Sumire and Nito Moeno were casted to play the role of Wendy for "Peter Pan the Musical". Sato Sumire and Nito Moeno will interchange roles as Wendy. The said musical will run starting July 20th to Aug 1st at Tokyo International Forum. This will be the 1500th time that Peter Pan will be staged as a musical since it started in 1981.

The girls expressed their excitement and nervousness, Nito Moeno even commented that it will be an honor for her to perform on Peter Pan’s anniversary. Moreover, Sato Sumire added, “Though I'm feeling nervous about it now, I'll show you a Wendy who can only be acted out by me.”

The role of Wendy is usually given to experienced actresses; this is only the third time that the role will be played by teenagers, Moeno is 19 while Sato is 18.