Lately, I've been trying to widen my network xD
I start thinking like this about two months ago. When I see how many people that don't know here, in LJ, willing to send me a message and asking whether they can friended me or not. I'm so touched ^___^
So, following that, I want to take another step widening my network base. That's why I create Facebook account! YAY~!
If anyone here have Facebook account, please leave a comment here and give me your e-mail, or full name, so I can add you back~ :D
Ah, and of course friendster account too, if you have it.
Thanks in advance!!
Yay~! It's finally the time for me to celebrate my own birthday! xD I'm very happy because I have you guys with me. For one year, you reply in my random journal, my translation, or my fanfiction. And that makes me very happy. This one year is precious to me, something that I won't forgot for a long time. Now, why I become so serious and gloomy? xD Thanks to you all who support me for one year! Rainen mo yoroshiku onegaishimasu~~~~~! ^___________________ _________^
Juu's birthday wish list (a.k.a just a silly wish that Juu write in her boredom :p)
1. I wish someone will write me a TegoMass, Akame, or HiroSuke fic. Or even Hongo Kanata-Shiida Mirai fic will do lols~
2. Please don't forget me! xD
3. Become a good person
4. Can graduate from college next year
5. Pass the noryoku shiken and go to Japan
6. Eating until dawn xD
p.s. Thanks to my friend, Tata, who sing NewS's Happy Birthday for me. I will treasure it forever ! ^^
For everyone here who have something, anything, whatever is that, a trivia, or a cm clip, anything, please share it with me. Recently I'm addicted to him because of Iljimae. So I would be very grateful if you willing to share something about him. Thanks before~! -bows-
Yay~~~! Finally, I got the chance to enter this exam! -dance-
Why I'm so excited about exam? That's because, the winner, or you can say the one that got the highest score, will go to Japan and study there!!!!! -is really excited-
I think there is no hope for me to enter this exam this year, because my appplication was rejected many times by the Japan Foundation. I even think that I don't have the talent in Japanese and study Chinese instead. But, but, but~~~~~~ I was accepted! After failed so many times hikz -wipe tears-
Anyway, I will be on a hiatus again for, hmm, maybe for two weeks? Or maybe longer. I have to prepare myself before the exam!
So, please excuse me~
If you have a request, about translating an interview, lyrics, or anything, just leave a message about it here. I will try my best to do the translation~~! ^_________________^
For all of you out there~ If you have friendster, please add me! (in desperate need to make someone notice my existence xDDDD) Or you can leave your friendster e-mail by posting a comment here and I'll add you~ Anyway, just want to share something Yesterday, my friend’s cell phone was stolen (she believes it’s someone she knew that had stolen her precious and expensive cell phone ~ i wonder why she called her cell phone 'expensive' while it's not -___- ~). It's partly her fault, because she soooooooo -stupidly- carelessly leave it on the chair outside the rest room. But still, I hope that burglar have a nightmare tonight!
A few days ago, my friend's house (still the same girl, the cell phone girl) was attacked by a burglar. That burglar walked into my friend's house (believe me, he walked!), but lucky, before he stole something shiny on the table (i don't know what kind of 'thing' is that. she only told me it's something shiny. so maybe it's a wristwatch or diamond, i'm not sure). And then today, my another friend told me the story about her poor flash disc that was stolen when she walked home from college. Oh my~! People today is really scary~~~~~
History of Johnny’s and Associates Johnny’s and Associates inc. (J&A) is a talent agency which was founded in 1992 by Johnny H.Kitagawa (current executive producer). Contrary to common belief and its history of producing boy-groups, J&A is an agency to promote “musical stars”. Kitagawa, being a Japanese-American who grew up in Los Angeles, had been working as a stage manager for a certain theater in the US, and were very much impressed with the show business. After going to Japan (he got the Japanese nationality later on) to work, he took part in coaching a local baseball team at the US Army Washington Heights in his free time. That team (owned by his friend) had many members, and Kitagawa selected 4 good-looking boys among them to form a vocal group. This was Johnny’s, the first product Kitagawa offered, and the beginning of the long history of J&A. Johnny’s rights were at first owned by Watanabe Production, with Kitagawa being the personal manager, but he declared independence in 1992, with the help of his sister Mary Kitagawa(current vice president of J&A), forming the basis of Johnny’s & Associates. The firm got the official permission as a Co.Ltd. At 1975. It took long for Watanabe Pro. to begin revenge in the boy-idol business: Their boys unit history begun in the 2000’s with D-boys. J&A had a long chain of producing a lot of boy-idol groups/stars after Johnny’s in the 70’s: Four Leaves, VIP, Johnny’s Jr. Special, etc., as well as Masaru Kosaka (father of Masato Kosaka of Johnny’s Jr), Jo Toyokawa, and Mayo Kawasaki. This agency has a yearning towards producing almost solely male talents, although there were a few groups who contained female singers as well. The epoch of J&A arrived with the Tanokin Trio (Toshihiko Tahara, Masahiko Kondo, and Yoshio Nomura) in 1979, when they starred in the famous TV series “Kinpachi Sensei (series 1)”. The three boys (with only Kondo still remaining in J&A) made their record (that was before the CD era) debut separately, but did joint concerts and appeared in TV variety shows, etc. and locked many of the girls’ hearts in Japan until their split in 1983, leaving J&A with 3 individual artists (Nomura became a guitarist in his own band, the Good-bye). The “Kinpachi” series retained a good connection to J&A on the following productions as well, always allowing 3 to 4 Johnny’s Jr. Boys starring in each of them. The Tanokin followers got also a quite stable popularity (especially Shonentai, the longest existing group till now, and Otokogumi, the first successful boys band from J&A, featuring Kenichi Okamoto, father of Keito Okamoto of Hey! Say! JUMP), but it expanded even more with the debut of Hikaru Genji in 1987. With 7 members (the still-existing in J&A being only Koji Uchiumi and Atsuhiro Sato), this group sung and danced on roller-skates, rising at once to stardom. They even won the “Nippon Record Award” with their million-seller hit “Paradise Ginga”. The group continued to be a living icon until their retirement in 1995 as a group. Their replacement was done by SMAP (Sports, Music, Assembled People) who, at first, was not at all promising. Their debut single “Can’t Stop Lovin’” hasn’t sold that much copies as their Senpais (forgoers), and this group used to be the least favorite of the exec. producer Johnny Kitagawa. The better side of SMAP came with the start of their appearances in variety shows, making people really laugh at them (a quite new phenomena in the Johnny’s talent world), which lead them to popularity. It was then the individual members’ talents begun to flourish: Nakai in MC, Kimura in acting, etc., which pushed SMAP more into the frontline. Now they are the leading power in J&A, still making mega-hits and starring in most-seen TV shows. Encouraged by the huge success of SMAP, J&A continued to form and debut many younger groups in the show business, each of them becoming extremely popular among the audience even outside Japan. Following are the current existing solo and group artists in J&A: - Solo Artists
Masahiko Kondo Koji Uchiumi Atsuhiro Sato Kenichi Okamoto - Groups(with their debut year)
Shonentai (1985) - Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kazukiyo Nishikiori, and Katsuhide Uekusa (father of Yuta Uekusa of Johnny’s Jr.) Formed as a rival group of Shibugakitai in a TV variety show “Young Best 10”, Shonentai is the longest group existing in J&A, possessing ultimate power on the agency. Their debut was a carefully thought-out one, placing 3 different coupling songs to their debut tune “Kamen-butoukai” with the covers being different designs as well. They appeared in quite a few TV shows or even sung their original songs before their major debut, making the world know them already when the 1st single is out. This strategy is still carried out throughout their followers as well. One of the highlights in Shonentai works would be the annual “Playzone”, a musical whose theme changes every year, featuring the talents of the 3 veterans in Johnny’s world. The audience can capture the magnificent dancing of Higashiyama, with pure vocals from Uekusa, as well as the wistful jokes of Nishikiori on the same stage. An important aspect of this production is to introduce the singing/dancing talents of the younger generation. Many Johnny’s Jr. Units have a chance to back dance, or even make their stage debut as an individual in a Playzone production. Shonentai even helped on a comeback of Hiroki Uchi (Ex. Kanjani Eight/News) and Hironori Kusano (Ex. News) to showbiz. It is a pity to let them retire from Playzone (This production would stop to feature Shonentai from 2009, letting the other ones taking opportunities to lead the show) as it is a rare occasion when the 3 guys perform together at all.
SMAP (1991) – Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori They started out as “Skate Boys” (a unit of 12 skateboarders) who backed up Hikaru Genji until these 5 and Katsuyuki Mori starred in TV series “Abunai Shounen 3” as SMAP. They were a group of 6 until Mori quitted J&A to pursue his career as a motor cyclist in 1996. Their late night show “SMAP X SMAP” is a long-standing favourite among the Japanese variety show fans.
TOKIO (1994) – Shigeru Joshima, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Taichi Kokubun, Masahiro Matsuoka, and Tomoya Nagase Tokio was a selected unit of Johnny’s Jr., whose function was to back up the Senpais’ TV and concert performances. They were the mainstays of Shonentai’s “Playzone” for many years. At the first few years, Nagase was not an official member, but rather a supporter when the unit was in need for one. As Tokio carried instruments to play a “back-band” for the Senpais, Nagase (who could not play one) used not to be in these kinds of situations with them. They had instead Hiromu Kojima as an original member, who has resigned J&A a little while before Tokio’s debut. That was when Nagase was called officially in the band to be the lead vocalist. As their origins being dancers, Tokio still insert some dance acts within their concerts, which makes them quite unique as a band. For most of the members being extremely good athletes, Tokio hosts their own show “Tetsuwan Dash” which features sportive actions to accomplish difficult missions.
V6 (1995) – Masayuki Sakamoto, Hiroshi Nagano, and Yoshihiko Inohara (as 20th Century) with Go Morita, Ken Miyake, and Junichi Okada (as Coming Century)
The popularity of J&A artists helped their followers, Johnny’s Jr.s, to make themselves on the rise. Morita and Miyake was the ‘Go-Ken kombi’, who were the at the closest point to the debut, so J&A decided to form a group which was called to advocate the campaign for the volleyball world cup in Japan with the 2 boys. Sakamoto and Nagano (who almost quitted the agency to join the normal life circle), as well as a Jr. veteran Inohara have been called to join, adding Tomohiro Hara for the 1st lineup. Kitagawa found a late-comer, Okada, from an audition outside of the agency shortly before the debut press conference, which led to a quick replacement of him with Hara (whose picture already was in the magazines as a V6 member). The concept of two different groups combined was, of course, learned from the success of Hikaru Genji (They could be also divided into 2 units: Hikaru and Genji) – V6 still boasts 3 different concert possibilities (As V6, 20th Century, or Coming Century), which invite various kinds of fans to enjoy each . Kinki Kids (1997) – Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto With Junichi Okada, they are the very first people who dragged the idol fans to the Kansai area: Both boys (not related anyhow with each other) are from the west side of Japan. They had strong connections to SMAP backing up their concerts, etc., which still are there to be seen sometimes. After singing many songs and starring in main rolls of various TV series (Tsuyoshi started acting when he was a child), their CD debut was finally announced in 1997 with the famous tune “Glass no Shonen”, which was rather too much sophisticated for an idol group. The high musical quality of this group has not been faded throughout their career since then, producing beautiful songs which became a favorite of many people to stay in their hearts. Tsuyoshi sharpened up his musical side more by his solo albums, as well as his project as Endlicheri Endlicheri, which shows a complete different side of his musical talents. Koichi, on the other hand, became a superb solo entertainer, producing his own musical act “Shock” each year. The two do occasional tie-ups composing their own songs (Mainly, Tsuyoshi takes care of the lyrics while Koichi writes the melody line), which are all superb work of art.
Arashi (1999) – Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. The rise of Johnny’s Jr.s’ popularity was at its peak then. The boys, led by Hideaki Takizawa, were so famous, that they hosted their own show, “8jida J” or “I Love Jr.”. The competition within the Jr. League has considerably become severe then, producing some amount of boys who got superiority among the others. At the top was the unit MAIN (Aiba, Ninomiya, Matsumoto, and Toma Ikuta), whose fame was big enough to form a part of the new debuting group. The reminder of the group was selected from Middle Junior (a unit mainly serving as backups) which contained many good dancers. Sakurai and Ohno were not on the 1st priority list at that time, but when we see them getting enormous success today, the selection must have been right. Arashi has uniqueness in their musical style using many raps, which was rather new at that time in J&A. The vast variety in their songs show their talents, which is accepted all around Asia. They perform the most sums of foreign concerts among J&A artists. They are attractive as individual artists as well, showing off their talents as a TV Newscaster, a painter/sculpture creator, and of course actors (Ninomiya starred in Hollywood movie “Letters From Iwoo-jima”.)
Tackey & Tsubasa (2002) – Hideaki Takizawa and Tsubasa Ima These 2 boys were the leading power of the golden age of Johnny’s Jr., having been singing together long before their CD debut. Being still good rivals to each other, they usually limit their appearances as a group to CD releasing and concert tours. The rest of their time would be spent on individual acts: They perform concert tours and theater productions without the existence of the other half.
NewS (2003) – Tomohisa Yamashita, Keiichiro Koyama, Yuya Tegoshi, Takahisa Masuda, Shigeaki Kato, and Ryo Nishikido
With the J&A coming back in the volleyball tie-up business in 2003, there was a sudden need of a new group. The headquarters, who were wondering how to push Yamashita forward, came to the idea to form a group featuring him on the front, and the other members were selected from two different sides: 2 people from Kansai league and the others from K.K.Kitty (a rising force in the Jr. League at that time). The original member list contained a total of 9 boys, including Hiroki Uchi, Hironori Kusano, and Takahiro Moriuchi (son of Shinichi Mori, a famous Enka singer) as well. NewS’ career as a star group seemed to run smoothly, until Moriuchi, Uchi, and Kusano were caught by the press because of illegal action. J&A was forced to ban the 3 members, and withdraw NewS from every possible commercial acts for 1 year. Yamashita released a solo single and formed a temporal group GYM (with Thai Jr.s Golf and Mike) to support the volleyball campaign, while other members tried their best to stay on the mainstream by appearing solo in magazine pictures. The fans were finally relieved to see the group coming back onstage in 2007.
KAT-TUN (2006) – Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda, and Yuichi Nakamaru. Probably the best rising talent of current J&A artists, KAT-TUN was originally formed in 2001. Fans were surprised by the 6 Jr.s appearing on the cover of “WinkUp” magazine as a new unit, and later to be informed that they were picked up to back dance for Koichi Domoto in his presenting TV show “Pop Jam”. Rarely was a Jr. unit being closed-up so much, so it was the beginning of a new era – arrival of new heroes. The boys seemed to have a great difficulty adjusting to this status, especially due to the fact that seldom of them were particularly close at that time with each other. Kamenashi had private connections with already-so-famous Akanishi, as well as Ueda and Nakamaru dancing in the same unit (BAD), but that was about it. Tanaka belonged rather to the ING Shinkoukei (featuring Yoshikazu Tohshin) guys in the frontline, and Taguchi has just begun to dance in “the Shonen Club” recently. Their roads were quite rocky for years, but their popularity has risen pretty fast, making every fan wish hard for their CD debut which was accomplished in 2006. That was short after their Tokyo Dome concert (KAT-TUN was the first artist who performed live there without a CD release). Their songs have much of rock taste, which shows a nice contrast to their rival group, NewS. Despite the numerous scandals surrounding them, as well as the departure of Akanishi to the US (he returned again in 2007), they continued to build up their own legend, which keeps re-writing the records of J&A’s success till even now. Kanjani ∞ (Eight) (2006) – Yu Yokoyama, Shingo Murakami, Subaru Shibutani, Ryo Nishikido, Shota Yasuda, Ryuhei Maruyama, and Tadayoshi Ohkura J&A had a strong tendency to make a debut group out of the Kanto (eastern) Jr. league, but this group was formed entirely by Kansai (western) Jr.s, who lived quite a different way of showbiz life from their Kanto counterparts. Most of the members started with back dancers for the musical “Kyo-to-Kyo” (which was, of course, performed in Kyoto), and with the ending of that musical, were practically non-existent throughout years, except for a few local engagements. The original Kanjani Eight was established in 2002 with Hiroki Uchi as the 8th member, within their TV show “J3 Kansai”. Their first concert was at Christmas of that year. No one had doubts about their talents (especially in Owarai /comedy programs), but hardly anyone had seriously believed of their CD debut, which came suddenly in 2006. Shocked were the members themselves as well – Shibutani knew of his own debut from a friend who had a look on the newspaper which told of the news. They made a CD contract with Teichiku, Co., which normally is responsible for Enka singers, so their debut tune “Naniwa Iroha Bushi” had a slight Enka feel, and its sales were actually calculated in charts as an Enka song. As they all went through difficult days together (there were times that they weren’t at all successful), the members have a strong bond to each other. Even after the banning of Uchi in 2005, they keep a warm eye on him, making him welcome at his visits to Kanjani concerts (He actually was brought onstage at a 2007 production). They have all begun to show their individual talents recently, having solo-concerts and participating TV shows outside of J&A world as well. Although their singles are mostly comical, there is a lot of variety in the album songs. As some of the members had a past career as a band (V West), they even perform sometimes in a band formation.
Hey! Say! JUMP (2007) – Kota Yabu, Hikaru Yaotome, Yuya Takaki, Kei Inoo, and Daiki Arioka (as Hey! Say! BEST) with Ryosuke Yamada, Yuto Nakajima, Yuuri Chinen(son of Takashi Chinen, Barcelona Olympics bronze medalist in gymnastics), Keito Okamoto(son of Kenichi Okamoto), and Ryutaro Morimoto(as Hey! Say! 7) The newest and youngest group from J&A has its roots in the limited unit Hey! Say! 7 (7 stands for 2007, the year this unit was formed) with Yamada, Chinen, Nakajima, Arioka, and Takaki as members. They released a single “Hey! Say!” a title song for the anime “LoveCom”. This unit has developed into a group of 10 in the same year, when there was a new force needed again for the volleyball world cup campaign. Their first single was the campaign song “Ultra Music Power”. Hey! Say! means the name of “Heisei”-era, the current Japanese era, so all members were born in that era (which means their birth date are all after 1989), making this group’s average age very young. Members have been gathered from the leading Jr. units at that time: Ya-Ya-Yah and J.J. Express, which both came to extinction after the debut of this group. The elder group Hey! Say! BEST were already quite famous as top Jr.s, so they keep their positions by their dancing and talking skills. The starring of Takaki in the famous “Gokusen” series made his popularity even higher. The youngsters of Hey! Say! 7 have gradually gained power as well, with Yamada and Nakajima starring in many TV series playing important roles. With their newest single “Your Seed” (theme song for the Japanese version of the movie “Kung-fu Panda”), they will lead the newest production of “Summary” in summer 2008, together with Kansai Jr.s.
Added to them, there are a large group of boys called Johnny’s Jr., who back up their senpais at TV and concert performances. There are boys who keep their individual positions as actors as well. They consist of more than 100 boys (and a lot more Kenshuseis/ trainees, below them), and there are various units within the Jr. already, looking for a chance to debut. Source: Tomoko Elle Blaesig
Today is Fukka's 16th birthday, and i feel happy for him because, even though he is still a Junior, but at least he got his own group now ^_____________^ I'm sure that in no time, he will shine and maybe, he will debut with his friends when he was in J.J.Express, with Hasshi and Kamei, plus Sanada~
I know, today i'm supposed to be happy, since it's Fukka's birthday and all. But i can't help feeling sad. Why?
One word. Kamei.
Someone said that he was removed from Honey Rider performance in HS concert. I went blank for minutes, before finally shouted, "WHAT???!!!" out loud. How dare Jyanis did that to him! I can't believe it! And i can't forgive it! Kamei, he's been a good Junior, cause nothing to Jyanis, unlike his other friends. But why, just because of that purikura, and not that purikura hentai, why, why, why?????? WHY he got suspended for something like that? I don't understand Jyanis at all >_____< But i believe he will survive. He will come back. He will shine again. I believe that.
What i really need, the only one, and i won't ask for more, is...
Please pray for my friends.
She is really a good child, but i don't know why fate did this to her.
It was horrible, seeing her in the hospital, lay unmoving
And every second, every minute, every hour, i prayed, that this is only a nightmare
Sadly, it weren't.
So please, to you all who cared about my friend's condition
Please pray for her
Hope she can wake up soon~
First recognized him at Tantei Gakuen Q dorama, and thought that he was soooooo cute~ lol~ actually, i like the Kyuu character since the first time i read the manga. That's why, when i heard about the dorama, i had decided, whomever played Kyuu's role, i will fall in love with him. I'm so glad it's Kami-chan who played it (if it's an ugly boy that not my type, i'm not sure i will continue watching the dorama lol~) I'm spoiling Kamiki too much i think, because i used his picture as my FD's wallie and i really love it. I often change my FD's wallie, so my friend kind of shock when they saw i still using Kami-chan as my wallie. They must be thinking that something happen to me lol~ Talking about Kami-chan, two days ago, i met a boy who looked like Kami-chan. I'm in internet cafe at that time since i used my compie at home to download Ya-Ya-yah show and it's quite big. I almost fell from my chair when i look at that boy. My god! Kami-chan desu! Even his voice is similar to Kami-chan. I stared at that boy for a looooooong time, and on one occasion, that boy stared back at me and i knew i'm blushing because of that. It's so embarassing! That boy must have thought that i'm crazy or something because he gave me a weird look >_> He never come back to the internet cafe again, even though i come to the internet cafe for two days straight judt to take a look at him. Maybe he is too afraid of me? lol~ who knows? See the picture below~   Kami-chan choooooo kawaii~~~~ *squeals*
Another insane idea that i've been thinking a lot these days, about new debut group from Johnny's consists Yamashita Tomohisa, Yamashita Shoon, and Yamashita Reon. Since they have same surname, maybe, just maybe, Johnny will debut them together as Yamashita Kids, like Kinki Kids lol~ *is shot by Koichi and Tsuyoshi* Look, i even made a congratulation banner for them if they ever have the chance to debut together xD but please forgive me for the crappy banner, because i'm not good with photoshop >_>  And maybe, YamaP will adopt them to be his brothers, and then they live happily ever after ^^ *ignore this line please* i'm just bored because i have nothing to do* But hey, look at them, aren't they look similar? Maybe they are really brothers at all!! lol~
 I believe today is his birthday (because my friend who is NewS fans told me), and then i decided to make a birthday post for him ^^ He has soft voice, and i really love his voice. I love heard him singing his part on izanaizuki. so good! And i began thinking, if he never been caught drinking, maybe, just maybe, he will debut together too with tegomass, and tegomass become tegomasskusa lol~ Watching NewS old performances always make me feel uneasy, because there i will see him smiling like an innocent child, jumping, singing, and doing stupid things. And i can't bring myself to believe it, that he had already gone, because of the mistake he had made *cried* But well, today is his birthday, and i should be happy rather than sad. So, happy Birthday Kusa-kun! May all your wishes come true! ^__________^
First, Happy Valentine Day!! ^__________^ Yay~ Okay, i typed useless words because, really, i only need a reas on to post in this blog. lol~ and as the title, i wanted to know, how much i love the pair, between TegoMass (Tegoshi and Masuda), and YamaBu (Shoon and Yabu) xD See the picture below~ TegoMass, a unit (or a debut group??? +confused+) from a debuted group called NewS. They were formed in 2006, when NewS still in their 'rest time' after the scandal of Hironori Kusano and Uchi Hiroki. They released two singles, Miso Soup and Kiss ~ Kaerimichi no Love Song. They are pretty close, since they are often singing together when they are still a junior. They appeared and sang together for the first time on Ya-Ya-yah show 2003, around June. Before that, Massu is a part of Kis-My-Ft or for short Kisumai. Why i choose these two as my favorite couple? Because... they are so cuteeeee togtther!!! xD *is shot by tego* Seeing them together make me... um... how should i say this? melts? yes, melts is the right words. I always melt if i saw them smiling together on my comp screen. Kyaa~~~~ And look at this picture! They are so lovey-dovey right?? lol~ Don't know why but seeing this picture, give me a weird feeling about their relationship. Are they???? 0_0; Well, whatever it is, i love TegoMass!! +squeals+  YamaBu is a couple (no, they are not officially a couple yet xD), are former members from Ya-Ya-yah. I love watching them together. The bouncy and the quiet one from the group. At first, i love them because, well, because i like Shoon, and there are so many people write a fic about them together as couple (even me ^^). They never make contact to each other i think, because they aren't close. Shoon closed to Taiyo and Hikaru, even before Hikaru joined Ya-Ya-yah. When they were child, Yabu was practically clinging to Shoon like a dog to his master lol~ Yabu and Shoon are the cutest couple in johnny's, for me xD *forgive my insane imagination* Because like TegoMass, they are so cuteeeeeeeee together!! ^^ Look at this picture! Aren't they lovely? +melts+  And now, reason why i write about couple in the first place, because today is Valentine Day? *lame excuse* >_> But, if you only say Happy Valentine Day, it's not fun right? We must do something different!! lol~ *another weird idea from insane fangirl* Happy Valentine~
Don't know why but i'm obsessed with Reon lately~ He looks like Shoon a lot, and sometimes act like his brother, quiet, aloof, but has a nice and kind smile. And when he smiled like that, you will find yourself melts xD I know i'm exaggerating things, but, well, that's what i feel about Reon~ At first, really, i only fall for him because he is Shoon's brother, and looks like Shoon, nothing more. The time i hear his voice when he sang V6 Change The World, i know i've fallen for him, not because of Shoon anymore, but because of his voice. His voice is deep but kind of shy, because he didn't sing loudly like Taiga Kyomoto or some juniors, but i recognized his voice anyway. It was a voice that i really adore. Totally different from Shoon because Shoon's voice is high-pitchy while Reon is deep, well, deep xD After found out who he is from the Shounen Club corner Jr. ni Q (the questions for the juniors), i think now i can finally say that i'm his fans. He is not timid, not loud either, but he stuck to his brother like a glue, trying to avoid the camera all the time. He was soooo cute!!!! >.< While all the juniors tried to appear on the camera now and then, i can see that he tried to avoid it everytime the camera recorded him, like the way he hid behind Shoon, though it's useless because he is taller than his brother, but well, he dislike the camera, and that explain everything. And Shoon is the same. He threw Reon to shield him though xD It's so nice to see the Yamashita brother on the magazine this month . And here i regret not buying the magazine, since i think it would be full of HSJ. I know i should buy it in the first place T___T I decided i will buy the next issue, whether the HSJ on cover or not. I can erased them by ripped the cover off xD I want to see more Shoon-Reon moment next month!! Now, for the pictures of the lovely Yamashita brother~  Shoon and Reon didn't look alike in this pic, and Reon looks like he is way older than Shoon, even though he is the little brother xD It makes me wonder, is Shoon really that childish? And in this one, they look exactly like a twin (in my opinion >.<).  But Shoon, how cruel this world to you, being the short one. You even look like the little brother lol~ Like Kusano had said, stop growing is suck xD
Yesterday, i downloaded old episodes of Shounen Club (no, there is no HSJ in it, it's still the original member of Ya-Ya-yah and J.J.Express), and i found it amusing (all credits for the video goes to biconne-san at her LJ ^^). It's about Jr. Miracle Daisakusen (The Juniors Miracle Plan). They are so baka, but so adorable and cute at the same time >.<  This one is when Shoon did the strange thing, he danced in the middle!! xD i don't know what he is up too, but he looks so funny!! lol~ I felt like i know him better after watching this clip. Shoon is still a child in heart even though he is so mature outside! ^^ But what makes it funnier is the others willingly dance along with him xD  It's when Shoon received his punishment at being baka lol~ Nakamaru whacked him on the head using the Shounen Club book in his hand. And the others just look at Nakamaru funny while Koyama protesting, "What are you doing??" to the poor Shoon~   They were splitted into two teams after that. First team = Yabu, Taiyo, Senga, and Kawai. Second team = Shoon, Fujigaya, Yodogawa, and Goseki. They are doing Funashiki (i don't know how to explain it in english xD). At first they are even, but then Shoon fell (he said he lost his balance xD), and Goseki-kun decided not to help. He abandoned his team, and only shouted "Pull! Pull!" to his teammate, which makes Fujigaya angry when he knew that their team lost lol~ Kawai team won!!! ^^  After they won, the four members of Kawai team, Yabu, Taiyo, Senga, and Kawai, continued their journey to the next game. This time is riding mini bicycle. We can see how Taiyo work very hard to ride the bicycle since he is so tall, and the bicycle is soooo tiny xD Taiyo fell three times and in the end, he didn't win. Yabu lost too. Kawai and Senga-kun won! ^^   This one is the wink battle. They need to do the wink 20times in 10seconds. So hard. And Shoon is the first challenger. From the beginning, he didn't feel confident at all. He only did it for 17times. He pouted when Koyama announced he failed. And after that he said his eyes hurt lol~ You are so cute Shoon!! ^^ But Yooko Wataru from Kisumai got it for 49times!!!! xD He did it so fast, and i can't follow his pace >.< But he was so cute, trying so hard on the wink game~  This one is Taiyo and Fujigaya's challenge. They must do the skipping thing for i don't know how many times, maybe for five. And they failed. And Koyama said, at least Fujigaya's maegami was saved xD Taiyo was so sorry to Fujigaya and he kept asking him if he is alright. In this clip, i saw the nice-side of Fujigaya, telling Taiyo not to mind it ^^  Fujigaya and his impersonation of Superman xD I don't know what is he trying to do at first. He looks like he want to punch someone, and then fly lol~ He flails his hand several times too, makes me confuse. Koki got this one right.  Yonemura-kun and his perseption of playing golf lol~ I can only read the katakana for golf, but i don't know what's the meaning of yopporai. Maybe it means hard, because yonemura tried to tell the others how hard it was playing golf~  Yabu-kun as chimpanze!!! lol~ This is the funniest impersonation i've ever seen. His face looks like a chimpanze!! xD Maybe Yabu-kun studied it first?? ^^ But he was so cute, trying to tell the audience about the pilot chimpanze and the airplane  Fujigaya-kun!!! by Yokoo Wataru xD Yokoo is really good at drawing. I don't know why he drew a triangle in the first place, but the fujigaya was splendid. Everyone almost got this one right because of Fujigaya-kun and his maegami lol~  Shoon and his terrible drawing ^^ I don't know why smart people always suck at drawing, like Sho-kun. What's with that momotaro giving the oni a bread??? lol~ I think no one will understand his drawing, but in the end Koki got it right again. Fuh, it's the longest post i've ever written. But somehow i feel happy, since it's not everyday i'm in the mood for writing long entry like this ^^ Should i celebrate it? Maybe~ If i'm in the mood for a party xD
Let's say that i was captivated, or you can say i was stunned, when i watched Taiyo no Namida PV yesterday. I watched it 20 times i believe, since i now remember when massu apppear on the screen, and when tegoshi did something strange on the pv xD
At first, i didn't like this song, don't know why. But i love the chorus like i had said before. So i watched the Kurosagi version of Taiyo no Namida and always scream when i saw Yamap lol~ But after finished watching the official pv, i believe i lost my voice. I can't talk yesterday since i screamed to loud, screaming all the members name when they appeared, and singing along with them for 20 times ^^
I love the part when tegoshi holds the glass. He looks handsome!! And massu, you are so adorable buta-chan!!! +want to glomp at massu right now+ But what makes me stunned was, Ryo looks cute! My god~ I never think of Ryo as a cute boy before (for me, he is dorky and somewhat serious man xD), so i was shocked when i recognized how cute he was on this pv.
And shige, he looks hot! My friends screamed his name over and over again, and i found myself screaming with her~ Don't know why but i love shige in this pv. Everything about him is adorable in this pv. Koya-mama with his member-ai xD He too looks hot. Like Ryo, i never think of him as cute. But yesterday, i know i was wrong ^^ I love Yamap in the ending of the pv. What's with that dorky expression? xD Loves him for that! He makes the ending unexpected!! ^^
For me, Taiyo no Namida pv is NewS best pv ever, followed by Teppen and Weeeek~
+goes off to watch the pv again+
I'm having another bad day today~ Why? Because of my stupid internet connection +cried+
I don't know why but i felt the sudden urge to throw my compie away right now. Far, far away, hidden from my sight. Or i will murder it >.< It gives me nothing but trouble all these years, even though i already take good care of it. I almost cried (well, almost) when the download failed. My god, it's 300mb!! +pouts+ Not that big file i know, but considering how slow the connection in my country, it's a big file for me. So, yes, i was mad and angry, and... how i hate the connection for making me download the file from the beginning. Hikz~
+wipe tears+
Now, speaking about slow connection, why should i complain about it when practically almost everyday i faced the same problem? xD Maybe i just wanted to release my stress~~ And i hope this time it won't fail again~ +pray to the dear God+
I know there is no point of me throwing my anger towards the HS7 boys (i will never be mad at the HSBest boys since all of them were my favorite T__T). I don't know why but somehow reading all the post Ya-Ya-yah fans had written make me angry. I can't stop crying when i read the post. It's so heart-breaking! And i can't help but felt like want to kill Chinen right now.
How can that chibi boy, with nothing to be proud of, not awesome in dancing (like Ohno-sama and Shoon-sama), his voice was... eww~~ horrible (not as good as TegoMass or Jin-kun), and his face, so plain (and boring >_>) debuted???
I don't know why people like him. Because he is cute? For me he looks like a squid, really. At first i like Yuto and Yamada, but now, i don't even want to remember their face (bad thing for me since Yamada acted as Ryu in Tantei Gakuen Q and i love that dorama, especially Kami-chan T___T ). And that Okamoto guy, who are you anyway?!?!?!?!?! A gaijin who had come from overseas and debuted because his father is a former member of "Otokogumi" (i don't want to know what group is this)?!?!?!?!
Ah, yes, about Morimoto, i've been talking bad about him even before he debuted as HSJ. I hate him for his fucking (please forgive me for the words >.<) fake cute face and smiles. OH YES, there are so many people like you, but i believe my friend (who lived in Japan) will throw eggs right into your face when she had the chance. She hate the chibi juniors and she only love Ya-Ya-yah and Kisumai, reasons why she came to Shokura taping every week. She obviously hate Morimoto. She said that kid was disgusting.
But it's so unfair!!!! Shoon and Taiyou had been in Johnny's for seven years!! And then seven years later Johnny (i prefer called him mr-froggy-doggy rather than Johnny) threw them completely from the spotlight (not that they had much spotlight anyway since it's Yabu and Hikaru place but i'm not going to complain about that)!! I was so pissed off!!!
If you want to break them apart, why you choose to create a wonderful unit called Ya-Ya-yah anyway? If you want to debut Yabu and Hikaru, just make a new unit for them! Don't make Shoon and Taiyou sad like that!!
Not only me, but all Ya-Ya-yah fans (even Yabu and Hikaru fans), can't stand HSJ. Maybe for the HS7 boys fans, they would be delighted, but not for us Ya-Ya-yah fans. My friend, who previously Hikaru fans, now taking a break from Johnny's and only watch Ya-Ya-yah show. She cried for a month, a month!! Her friend in school told me that her grade was failing even though she is the smartest kid in their class (and probably in their school). My friend didn't pay attention to the teacher, often get detention now, and her grade... it was terrible. I remember her parents sad face (they understand why their daughter acted like that, and thanks godness they let her be).
My other friend, previously Yuto fans, but now she is Taiyou addicted, didn't do much better. She dreamed about Ya-Ya-yah every night, dream about them together in stage, debuted as Ya-Ya-yah. And when she woke up she always cry, because she knew it's not true. She tried to mask it, i know. Act cheerful like always. But i know her eyes were red and she didn't look as happy anymore. She turned quiet now, only getting hyper when she saw the ever wonderful Matsumoto Jun-sama, Taiyou-kun, Asaka, and Shige-kun in my computer screen.
And my grade, oh my god, you will never believe it, but i got C!! It's horrible. And my parents only question me is something happen. I told them everything, and my mom (she is Shoon's fans, believe me) said she would let me take the japanese course and give me the permission to go to Japan after i saved enough money. My father even said i can borrow his money first. Oh how i love my parents!! They knew how much i love Arashi, Massu, and Ya-Ya-yah, and they had been helping me buy their stuff.
About HSJ, my parents reaction were wonderful i think xD My mother refused to even look at the chibi face and obviously hate that Okamoto and Yamada. My father's comment were the greatest comment i've heard about HSJ. He asked me, where is the singers when there are obviously ten boys in the white jacket dancing in the middle of Music Station stage. He said, "I don't see the singers. Where? Are they even there?" lol~ I love you my father!!! +hugs my dad+ And when he heard Chinen's voice he almost fainted, and said to me, "Why don't you play another songs, like Arashi maybe?" xD xD xD You are so great father!!!!
Hah~ i'm so tired typing all this and i know some of the words were not making sense but who cares? English is not my native language and i'm typing something unimportant anyway. So why should i care? xD
"Taiyou no namida"
Literally, it means The Tears of The Sun. The first time i heard that this title would be NewS new song, i really can't wait the time for the cd to release. And then the great Kurima-san upload the PV, even though it's Kurosagi version, but i still enjoy watching it. Yamap looks so handsome~ xD
Tonight, when i'm chatting with my friends, bamboobranch, she told me that she has the lyrics and she translated it already. I love this part, "Is all I’ve been doing is chasing after endless dreams?". When i read this, i've frozen for a long time, before breaking into tears. I felt like it scolded me, telling me not to chase something that i can't reach.
And i know, i will love this song. And i really can't wait for the official PV. Hope it will be as good as the Kurosagi version~~ (hope to see smiling Massu xD)
The endless rain is... Tears of the sun
I know i'm late, but i don't care xD
two days ago to be exact, i fell in love with a song in NewS new album, Pacific. It's called "Ai no Matador". In the beginning, i only like the melody, but didn't bother listening to it until the end. I thought, "It's not Massu's solo and Massu only got a little part at this song, so i didn't want to hear it." Okay, that's the first mistake i had made.
When i chat with bamboobranch, my wonderful friend from LJ, she told me about the song. She said she love the song because Massu's voice was good, soft, even angelic like, so i got curious about the song. And then, i open my dekstop and search for the said song. I finally found it in TegoMass folders (i wonder why i put the album Pacific there and not in NewS folder) and pushed the play button.
The melody was good, that's my first impression of the song. And really, i love the melody since the first time i heard it. I like Shige's voice too. My god, his voice was good!! I never praised Shige (even though he is my friend's ichiban), but on this song, i praised Shige everytime he sang!
And of course, Massu's part is the best xD Love his voice, and love how he sang the song. Kyaaa Massu!!! +melts+ Not as angelic like bamboobranch had said to me, but still soft and sounds like an angel hoho~ I don't know for how long i heard the song. I played it over and over again and didn't get bored of it.
Yappari, saigo made...
Konya dake wa ai no matador!! xD
Finally, tomorrow is Yabu-kun's birthday. And tonight i'll celebrate his birthday with my friends. We have a cake, happy birthday banners, and of course our collection of Ya-Ya-yah's performance (no one want to watch HSJ performace, so well, we will stuck to Ya-Ya-yah performance only ^^).
Omedeto Yabu-kun. Now you are eighteen. Two years from now you will become an adult! Yay! I will throw a party for you on you 20th birthday like i did before for Shoon-kun. Big birthday cake and sodas!!! xD
I know, it's not the time for me for saying this, but i need to write it.
I'm sorry Yabu-kun i can't catch up with you on HSJ, since you know, i really hate that group, i despise it even (it's a record for me since i never hate ANY johnny's group). Not because the debut of HSJ broke Ya-Ya-yah apart. But i didn't like the group from the beginning. What's with that little child called Morimoto. He disgusted me. Okay, i know almost everyone says he cute or something like that, but to me, he was just a boring child. And Okamoto, who is that guy anyway? Never heard of him. And his face, my god, it's just...the usual type. Not cute, not handsome. Just...plain +yucks!!+
I admit it, how i hate HSJ because they separated you and Hika-chan from your friends whom you had known since you little. At first, i tried to be happy for you. But what i saw make me sad. Really.
I don't know why, or maybe this is just my opinion, but almost all my friends, who weren't Ya-Ya-yah's fans, said to me, that you didn't seem happy at all. You faking your smile, your laugh, all were fake. And i can't stand it, seeing you standing on the back, looking very sad and uncomfortable. When the others smiling happily, all you do was offering your fans your cutest smile, but i know better, it's fake. Like i said, maybe i'm just biased at things, or over-sensitive, but that's what i had seen.
And after that i decided i will never watch any HSJ shows until i can see you smile genuinely like you were in Ya-Ya-yah. I adored that smile of yours. And i hope i can see that smile soon. Or maybe i will hate HSJ forever~
And the wonderful Quin-san, wonderful person who wrote wonderful answer for Yabu-kun's birthday contest, write this, "if he was told Ya-Ya-yah could debut at any moment, he would come running back to Ya-Ya-yah". That's what i thought too. I think he showed me his best smile when he was Ya-Ya-yah.
And that's why, for now, i still believe, maybe someday i can see Yabu's smile again, the kind of smile which make me fall in love with him in the first place, and then i think i can cheer whatever group he is belong to at that time, whether it is HSJ or BSJ or PSJ.
Once again, Happy Birthday Yabu-kun!!!! ^___________^
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