I wish you all have Merry Christmas!

UPDATE
Tsutaya online “best song ranking 2009” selected by users. No.1 Believe, no.2 Ichibu to zenbu By B’z, no.3 Futatsu no kuchibiru by Exile. "Best DVD ranking 2009” selected by users. No.1 Rookies serials, no.2 Red Cliff part 1 & 2, no.3 Departure, no.4 5x10 All the Best !Clips 1999-2009
The History of our family web site updated.
Kabachi web site updated with promotion program. 12/28 4:50-6:50 Navicchi year end special.
Oricon News, <Artist total yearly sales top 10 announced. Top id Arashi.> this is based on total yearly sales of single, album, music DVD, music Blu-ray. The one who got top was Arashi, sold14.46 billion yen. No.2 is Exile sold 12.93 billion yen. No. TVXQ 6.89 billion, no.4 B’s 5.34 billion, no.5 The Beatles, 5.2 billion.
Tokyo Newspaper, January serial dramas, many dramas are part 2 of smash hit dramas or continuation of single drama. 4 pieces are part 2. TBS Tokujo Kabachi!! Starring Sho Sakurai of Arashi as an assistant of administrative scrivener who stands up against troubles armed with law. This is continuation story of original comic aired as drama in past on Fuji TV” Kabachi tare!”
Before Music station interview to Arashi aired.Yesterday after having rehearsal in Makuhari he had dinner with Shimura-san. He treated dinner for me. Actually he always treated me. Q: What do you want to challenge next year? S: I want to study more. I don’t know what I will study. N: I want to work hard on music. O: I wanna create a art work. M: as I started gold I wan to play golf with Aiba-san. A: finally PC has arrived to my house. I will study computer.O-chan's message : As we never get a second chance in our life, we do the best  to the fullest. other 4: this is too heavy story...
Tokujo Kabaschi, update info. Yesterday Christmas eve we are filming (tears) as it seems people might complain us we made such script book. Kato director kneel down on the ground even in the pages. He apologizes for 15 times. Sakurai-kun gives us Christmas present of cute cookies to staffs. As he wanted to taste Christmas feeling at least. He prepared them previous day. How wonderful leader! So we Kabachi group follow him we next year too. Today we report poster shooting. He saw various characters shot before him on the PC screen. He instantly laughed saying wonderful. Seems he felt pressure. He says “Yossha!!” put spirit and stand in front of camera. All of us felt sorry about Sakurai-kun and Maki-chan. As they must be swamped by deep character co-stars. It was not need to worry about it. As you see Sakurai-kun on the top page. He did facial expression more than we expected. He shows various expression in the drama too, please look forward to it.
Cyzo, <The original of movie “Ohoku” starring Ninomiya and Shibasaki is rape!?> Popular comic Ohoku filmized. Leading roles are Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi and Ko Shibasaki. Both challenge samurai drama for the first time. The role of Ninomiya is young man, Yunojin Mizuno who is son of Hatamoto and skilled in sword. He decided to enter inner palace to take husband for older sister and leave a girl of childhood friend in town. Ohoku full of men has many risks of abuse and rape, it is role of single-minded young man who gets through his own hardiness. Mizuno in original is high height good looking guy. I wonder if he can handle the role who is extremely good looking guy in good looking guys’ paradise. And Shibasaki act Shogun Yoshimune. Yoshimune is manlike, iron health, brave woman who prefers material arts by herself. She cut in workforce in large scale to solve financial problem of government, she works on simplicity and economy. In contrast she is play girl. She prefer ugly guy in Ohoku (inner palace) She rapes a guy who clean the garden during day, such a free-wheeling character. But she was not good looking setting. She was depicted without make-up. Seems slightly different from image of Ko Shibasaki… Movie writer says “It won’t be same as image of original. Director is TBS’s Kaneko and producer is also TBS’s Isoyama. These 2 did Kisarazu Cat’s eye world serial. What 2 bring into action is comical line. Recently they work at “Little princess” it is done like not neither comedy, nor serious, nor school drama. And audience rate and reputation are not good. So to make break Ohoku as movie, it is highly possible no to depict faithfully like original and to arrange it comically.” At production announcement Kaneko directory says “Ninomiya-san and Shibasaki-san is best character to realize this world of view. The acting of 2 must make this movie real and emotional. But I don’t want this would be “rape of original comic” for fans of original comics.

 
Today’s Arashi Discovery & Recomen

Masaki Aiba’s 27th Birthday

UPDATE
Sponichi, <Arashi, Ninomiya “reverse Ohoku” (shogun’s harem) men screw with each other…> Kazunari Ninomiya (26) of a popular group, Arashi enters inner palace, challenges samurai dramas for the first time at filmized Fumi Yoshinaga’s comic “Ohoku”. This is reversed situation in Edo era. He acts handsome guy who serves female Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa by Ko Shibasaki (28) and releases 1st October. Ninomiya who enters the palace “I wan to do carefully in order to make new age of samurai drama. Anyway reverse ohoku. How unique it is.” shows his enthusiasm. Ohoku by Yoshingaga is completely different situation from love hate drama of women at inter palace. In Edo era men’s population decreased to one-quarter because of mystery epiphytotic. Men were esteemed highly for fertility. And women came to serve work. Over 20 companies competed for screen rights. Ninomiya acts the young man, Mizuno who enters Ohoku where 3,000 men serve for female shogun in order to save his poor family. And He makes a career with sword skill and wit. And he was loved at first sight by shogun. As individually he stars leading role since “Ao no honou” of 2003 it’s first samurai drama for him. He tries mage (samurai hair style) for the first time. Love scene with Shibasaki who co-stars for the first time will be one of high light too. Kaneko Director, “It’s not bad to work under women. It’s not only about love but hope to create the one to make men enjoy.” Total production fee is one billion yen. Filming starts from April. It will be expect participation of world movie festivals such as Montreal. Sanspo< Shibasaki as Yoshimune makes NInomiya to serve>“reversed Ohoku” the movie depict passionate battle by men. Also the full scenes of typical ohoku called Sohbure that Shogun (Shibasaki) walks in the many handsome guys on their knees and Yotogi that is night with Mizuno and Yoshimune. And also boys love in the men’s palace that no women admitted. Ninomiya’s fans can’t sit still for a moment. Total production fee is one billion yen. Original has 5 books, this time 1 book was filmized. And production side thinks make serials. Oricon News, <a popular comic Ohoku filmized by Kazunari Ninomiya who challenges samurai drama for the first time and Ko Shibasaki. > He challenges Mage (samurai hair style) and Tate (a sword battle) for the first time. “ first samurai drama, and first co-staring, it seems full of first things. I want to attack with a fresh mind and I want do carefully with cast and staffs to create new style of samurai drama. But reversed Ohoku. This is unique.“ Mizuno who Ninomiya acts to help the poor hatamoto family (a direct retainer of the shogun) to forget love with childhood friend of different class, he decided to enter Ohoku. In the reverse Ohoku it was only him who searches for Bushido (code of the samurai) and push his way to top with sward skill and wit. The other hand female shogun acted by Ko Shibyasaki has absolute power to men serve for her. Director is Fuminori Kaneko who did “Kisarazu cat’s eye” “Ryusei no Kizuna”.Pia, <popular comic Ohoku filmized starring Kazunari Ninomiya & Ko Shibasaki> original comic has unique setting and precise depiction were catch on. And this comic is evaluated highly and got several awards too. Asahi<Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi starring depicts reversed Ohoku> Daily sports, <Samurai Ninomiya of Arashi forbidden love in male Ohoku> first samurai drama for Ninomiya challenge sward battle and love scene with Shibasaki. And challenge male love too. Cinema café net, < popular comic Ohoku filmized starring Kazunari Ninomiya & Ko Shibasaki. 3000 handsome guys for a female Shogun> Cinera. Net< live-action version Ohoku staring Kazunari Ninomiiya and Ko Shibasaki, Producer is Kisarazu’s Fumiaki Kaneko> Ohoku is a popular drama of serial at comic magazine “Melody” filmized part this time is part one “Mizuno & Yoshimune part” Hollywood channel, <Kazunari Ninomiya and Ko Shibasaki co-star historical scenes. A popular comic Ohoku completely picturized> Comic Nathalie <release next October. Kazunari Ninomiya and Ko Shibasaki for the cast of movie Ohoku> Movie Collection ,Kazunari Ninomiya serves Ko Shibasaki!? Co-star for the first time at Ohoku>
Ohoku, comic site updated. Filmized determinate! 1 October 2010 released (version of Mizuno and Yoshimune)
Ohoku movie site opened, you can see preview movie at “特報” Introduction: mysterious epidemic sweep over men, Ed, age of Tokugawa, (1608-1868) 80% of man in Japan dead and the population decreased only one-quart of female population. It was reverse world all of important work is done by women and men sell their bodies. The sumptuous place in such an age. It was ohoku the place where 3000 beautiful men serve one female shogun, paradise of men, no women admitted… now a young guy opens its door. Comment of Nino: I have impression that full of first time things. I want to do with a fresh mind. I wan to do carefully with casts and staffs in order to make new style of samurai drama. But reversed Ohoku… it’s unique. I was glad to hear to co-star with Ko Shibasaki. I think it is really happy working site to work with person who has good acting skill. I ‘m looking forward to it. The role of Yunojin Mizuno (Kazunari Ninomiya) a single minded young guy who search for bushido (the code of the samurai) in Edo era in the reverse situation of woman and man. He decided to enter the inner palace to save distressed hatamoto family (a direct retainer of shogun) and to forget the love for childhood friend of different class. He comes up with his longheadedness and his sward skill in the palace of men where full of jealous and traps. to get to know basic of original ohoku please cheki at wikipedia here.
My Girl DVD box will be released 26 March
Barks, <artist that you want to see Christmas illumination together> male artist no.1 TVQX gained 43 %no.2 Arashi 7.6% no3. Hyde 6.5%
Tokujo Kabachi, AP diary updated. Today is filming day. Filming of 1^st episode rest 4 day including today. The full scale of 1^st episode will come to clear. After that we start editing. We sacrifice new year’s holiday for work to bring you “Tokujo Kabachi!!” so yesterday Keiichi Endo as Shigemori went to film of “Cyubo desuyo” This will be on air 16 January. Please check it. I realize we have less that a month to broadcasting. During filming with Sho-kun, Me: Today already zero’s day. Sho-kun: it’s so fast. We had classmate conversation. It’s soon! So promotion scene different from now will be on air during year-end and new-year. Please look forward to it too!
Keiko Yoshida's blog, updated 19 Dec. today I started filming Tokujo Kabachi with photo of script
Sho-chan’s speciual drama, “7 days at Kobe Newspaper” web site opened
Tsutaya on line, sighting report, Masahiro Tanaka (pitcher) 1st row at Arashi concert. Nino talked to him from the stage
Kabachi original goods on sale. pendant 10,500yen and strap 1890 yen

Today’s Arashi Discovery

kanji/romanji/translation of Stand by me (japanese ver covered by nino) and Days

(days) (stand by me)

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