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AKB48 has been chosen as the image characters for Asahi’s “Wonda” coffee drinks!
The group – which features top members Itano Tomomi, Shinoda Mariko, Watanabe Mayu, Oshima Yuko, Kasai Tomomi, Yokoyama Yui, and Maeda Atsuko – will be promoting the drink, “Wonda I’m FREE“.
During the commercial, Yokoyama cutely exclaims, “I’m FREE!”, in reference to the 97% caffeine-free drink.
Unlike previous commercials, AKB48 wears casual clothing to bring out their sincere expressions of happiness.
Yesterday, AAA’s Nishijima Takahiro and Uno Misako posted a YouTube video on their YouTube channel on how to dance “CRAZY GONNA CRAZY,” a song that will be featured on their Buzz Communication Tour 2011.
In this short video, Nishijima starts out the video by stating, “Hi, everyone! How are you? The two of us will now show you how to dance ‘CRAZY GONNA CRAZY’. I’ll be really happy if you learned it and remembered it for our live concert for Buzz Communication Tour 2011!”
Many of the comments from the viewers state on how cute this video is.
So check out for yourself on how cute the video is below!
The cast of “Ouran Host Club” was recently interviewed on TBS’s morning show,”Ousama no Brunch“!
Check out the video and translation below!
Based on a very popular teenage girl’s manga, the main character is a girl who joins a club and ends up posing as a boy.
Kawaguchi Haruna acts as the main character, performing in her first drama.
Yamamoto Yusuke acts as the host club leader/director.
Daito Shunsuke acts as club’s vice leader/director.
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Question to Kawaguchi: This is your first drama, how do you feel?
Kawaguchi: I’m so nervous, I feel like throwing up (laugher). But I have the will to perform well, and I’ll do my best.
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Question: How did everybody prepare for their roles?
Yamamoto: There is the manga and anime to study and learn the role from.
Nakamura: And we also learned the mannerisms of the characters directly from the character instructor.
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Question: Within those character’s mannerisms that you learned, were there any surprise parts to the character?
Response: The manner in which one has to “bow” (ojigi).
This is how you normally bow, but we learned to bow from the waist, keeping the angle of one’s neck straight.
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Question to Ryusa: It seems Ryusa is the black sheep of the group, as you’re the only one with a different uniform. How do you feel?
Response: Yeah, it just seems like an error, but…the character is well played at certain point.
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Question to Kawaguchi: Among the seven actors here, please pick the one who portrayed the character best.
Response: (After playing around with the seven guys…complimenting, bribing, etc.)
Tamaki (Yamamoto)!
Fundamentally, these parts always had lots of tension, but when we’re together, we always kept smiles on our faces.
Yamamoto: There is a lot of similarity in my character and my real self. I think even if this is for real, and not just acting, she’s probably picking me.
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Question: What about in real life?
Kawaguchi: For real, I think it’s Nakamura.
(Yamamoto seems down…he thought she would pick him.)
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Now a question to everybody…how do you plan to fight the heat this summer?
Ito: I don’t like to keep air conditioning on…like when I go sleep, I just leave the window little open and feel the night breeze.
Takaki: I don’t think of it as hot. It’s all a matter of mind control.
Yamamoto: Guarantee you guys are lying!
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At the end of the interview, Kawaguchi states:
With interesting members, I’m hoping that this drama will provide good laughter and a good story for everyone.
EXILE member MAKIDAI will be releasing a new mix CD, entitled “Treasure MIX 3“, on July 6th.
The mix CD will feature music from a variety of English artists, including 50 Cent, Drake, Rihanna, Nelly, Asher Roth, and even one of Lady Gaga’s newest singles, “Judas“.
The promotional track, “Really Into You“, was taken up as a collaboration with girl group Happiness, and is a cover of a 90s track by group Around The Way.
Check out a preview of the PV below!
DJ MAKIDAI from EXILE Treasure MIX 3
01. Really Into You / DJ MAKIDAI feat. Happiness 02. I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) feat. Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne / Kevin Rudolf 03. Just A Dream / Nelly 04. You Be Killin Em / Fabolous 05. Holding You Down (Going In Circle) / Jazmine Sullivan 06. Arab Money feat. Ron Browz / Busta Rhymes 07. Find Your Love / Drake 08. Runaway feat. Pusha T / Kanye West 09. Price Tag feat. B.o.B. / Jessie J 10. Pretty Girl Rock / Keri Hilson 11. Lay It Down / Lloyd 12. Love King / The-Dream 13. Girl Next Door / Musiq Soulchild 14. Street Dreams (Remix) feat. R. Kelly / Nas 15. Sky’s The Limit ｆeat. 112 / THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. 16. Baby By Me feat. Ne-Yo / 50 Cent 17. Rocketeer feat. Ryan Tedder Of One Republic / Far East Movement 18. What’s My Name? feat. Drake / Rihanna 19. Buzzin’ / Mann 20. She Be Like (Bom Bom Bom) / Git Fresh 21. White Flag feat. Kayla Kai / Far East Movement 22. Feel Good / Che’Nelle 23. Patron Tequila feat. Lil John & Eve / Paradiso Girls 24. Hot-N-Fun feat. Nelly Furtado / N*E*R*D 25. G.R.I.N.D. (Get Ready It’s A New Day) / Asher Roth 26. XXXO (Jay-Z Remix) / M.I.A. 27. Super Bass / Nicki Minaj 28. Judas / Lady Gaga
On June 9th, ‘Ariyoshi AKB Republic’ aired a special live episode showing footage from the ‘3rd AKB48 Senbatsu General Election’.
Hosts Ariyoshi Hiroyuki and AKB48’s Kojima Haruna were joined by comedians Tsuchida Teruyuki, Yamasato Ryota, and announcer Tokumitsu Kazuo, who hosted both this year and last year’s results. The crew reviewed the top 21 members, as the results cut down the list one-by-one.
We’ve got videos below from the special, and since there was a lot of drama surrounding whether it would be Oshima Yuko or Maeda Atsuko who would get 1st place this year, we’ve also included translations of their acceptance speeches and messages to each other.
Oshima Yuko’s acceptance speech:
“These vote numbers, where one person gets many votes… can it really be called an election? Shouldn’t an election be one vote per person? People around AKB say a lot of things, but for us, votes means everyone’s love. We are loved, and so are able to hold an event like this on such a large stage, in such a large budokan. Last year, I was #1 and sang a song called ‘Heavy Rotation‘ in the center position. For me, it’s a very dear song. In the next single, I’ll be #2 but I won’t feel resigned, and I will dance and sing with all my power. Thank you for all the love.”
Maeda Atsuko’s acceptance speech: “Everyone, thank you so much. I was really able to feel encouragement and support from many people. Of course, I know there are people who don’t like me. There’s just one thing I’d like to ask: even if you dislike me, please don’t disklike AKB! This year, I want to deliver smiles to everyone with AKB48. Please take care of me.”
Maeda to Oshima: “To Yuko…this entire year… not just this year, I have thought, that it was Yuko, and not me, that always, always pulled everyone forward. I would be very happy if you could continue to support AKB48 together with me. Thank you!”
Oshima to Maeda: “Acchan is the face of AKB. As long as Acchan is smiling and looking forward, everything will be fine. Let’s continue looking forward together.”
On June 6th, a video of Suzuki Airi was uploaded on C-ute’s official YouTube channel.
Basically, Suzuki was giving an announcement that there will be an announcement! On Friday, June 10th at 20:00 (8pm) JST, make sure to check out C-ute’s Official YouTube channel for the mysterious announcement that Suzuki was talking about.
Details on what the announcement is going to be about are still unknown, so you’ll have to tune in to find out what it is. Hopefully it won’t be an announcement of an announcement of an announcement.
AKB48 appeared on Countdown TV (CDTV) to show fans a few previews from their highly-anticipated first album, “Koko ni Ita Koto“!
During this week’s episode, fans can catch a glimpse of their songs “Wagamama Collection“, “Kimi to Boku no Kankei“, “Iikagen no Susume“, and “High school days“. Radio rips of their new songs “Kaze no Yukue” and “Koko ni Ita Koto” were just posted as well.
AKB48’s ‘ace’ Maeda Atsuko has released a PV preview for her latest single “Flower”, which will be released on the 22nd.
The preview also includes a “making of” segment with a few adorable moments. The little girl in the video is played by Kimura Manatsu and she asks Maeda “Would it be okay if I join AKB?” to which Maeda responds, “You’re so cute! You want to join AKB? I’ll give you a warm welcome. You would be the youngest.”
The PV for Angela Aki’s upcoming single, “Hajimari no Ballad”, has just been revealed!
The moving ballad is the theme song for Fuji TV’s drama, “Namae wo Nakushita Megami”, and the PV features Aki playing piano, as well as several people in artistic scenes.
Check out the PV below and be sure to check out the single on June 8th!
Morning Musume’s 9th generation member Suzuki Kanon is set to release her first solo DVD!
Following the successful release of fellow member Fukumura Mizuki’s DVD, “Greeting~ Suzuki Kanon” will be the second of four planned DVDs to introduce the 9th generation as part of the e-Hello series.
Like Fukumura’s release, the DVD will feature shots of Suzuki showing off her beautiful smile and charm, as well as interview segments about passing the audition and life as a member of Hello! Project so far. Although a release date has not been announced, orders are being accepted until June 20th.
Check out the teaser recently released by Hello! Project below!
Becky has just revealed the PV for her upcoming single, “Kaze no Shirabe“!
In the music video, Becky sits at a table and walks through a sunny field as her music comes to life, resulting in a PV that’s as sweet and charming as the song itself.
J-pop diva Koda Kumi will be featured in hip-hop duo Clench & Blistah’s upcoming 10th anniversary best album, “LOVE & MESSAGE“. She’ll be participating in the track, “Stands Up feat. Koda Kumi“; the album will go on sale July 20th.
Clench & Blistah is a hip-hop duo that consists of members Clench and Mr.Blistah. They formed in 2002 and made their major debut in 2008. The duo has been featured in the works of Lead, Amuro Namie, and Crystal Kay, among many others. The two worked with Koda Kumi before through her track “Teaser” from her second album, “grow into one“. Mr.Blistah also participated in Koda’s single, “Candy feat. Mr. Blistah“.
Earlier this month, Visual Kei band SuG revealed details on their upcoming single, “☆Gimme Gimme☆“.
The single is the theme song to upcoming film, “Pole Dancing Boys“, and will drop on June 15th. The band also just recently finished their “SuG TOUR 2011 ‘TRiP ~welcome to Thrill Ride Pirates~” on May 1st.
Now, you can check out the PV to their new single, “☆Gimme Gimme☆”!
J-Urban singer Hinouchi Emi will release a new mini-album this summer, titled “VOICE“!
“VOICE” is Hinouchi’s first physical release in over two and a half years, and is preceded by its promotional track “Diary…“. The song will be released as her first digital single on June 1st, and will feature former AKB48 member Orii Ayumi in the music video.
Check out the cover for “VOICE” and her PV for “Diary…” below!
Four girls from Singapore who love the Japanese anime scene have come together to form an idol group called ‘Sea☆A‘. According to their official site, “Sea” stands for “Southeast Asia”, the ☆ represents the stars that they want to become, and the ‘A’ stands for “anime”.
The girls will release their Japanese debut single “DREAM SHOOTER” on August 10th, which was already picked up to become the ending theme for TV Tokyo’s popular anime series, “Card Fight!! Vanguard”. It’ll come in a CD+DVD and CD-only editions; the DVD will include the “DREAM SHOOTER” PV as well as a documentary video on their first arrival to Japan.
Sea☆A’s official website states: “Anime Festival Asia (AFA), an anime convention held annually in Singapore since 2008. The Moe Moe Kyun Café which first debuted at AFA, features talents who love Japanese Anime, Idols, Cosplay and Figurines. It is from these pool of talented individuals, that 4 girls with strong personalities were chosen to form “Sea☆A”.”
Let’s get to know these four members a bit more. First of all, these girls are international idols and can all speak a total of 5 languages: Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, English, Malay and Japanese.
[Beryl]
DOB: January 29, 1991
Birth Place: Singapore
Favorite Anime: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY, Kimi ni Todoke, LOVELY*COMPLEX, Hakuoki
Places she wants to go in Japan: Akihabara, Shibuya, Harajuku
[Valerie]
DOB: February 14, 1991
Birth Place: Singapore
Favorite Anime: TORADORA!, Kaicho wa Maid Sama, Kurage Hime
Places she wants to go in Japan: Akihabara
[Wynnie]
DOB: July 10, 1989
Birth Place: Malaysia
Favorite Anime: ONE PIECE, NARUTO, K-ON!, My little sister cannot be this cute, Kaicho wa Maid Sama, Please!! Teacher, Please!! Sister, Chobits
Places she wants to go in Japan: Akihabara
[Estelle]
DOB: December 1, 1992
Birth Place: Singapore
Favorite Anime: Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, Angelic Layer, Magical Knight Rayearth, Mobile Suite Gundam SEED DESTINY, NARUTO – Shippuden Kizunam Kaichi wa Maid sama (loves CLAMP works!)
Previously, tokyohive reported that Berryz Koubou would be releasing their 26th single “Ai no Dangan” on June 8th, and the PV preview was revealed way back at the beginning of the month.
Now though, the full PV has been revealed, so check it out below!
