Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Hana Haruna
Name: Hana Haruna
Japanese name: 春菜 はな, はるな はな
Birthdate: November 8, 1988
Current Age: 21
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Blood type: A type
Nominal size (as of 2009)
Height: 162cm
weight: kg
Body measurements: B108 - W58 - H85 cm
Occupation: AV Actress, gravure idol
Bra size: K65
Shoe size: 23 cm
Diaz, former member firm. From Tokyo.
Isoyama Sayaka
Name: Isoyama Sayaka
Japanese name: 磯山さやか
Nickname: Isocchi, いそっち
Birthdate: October 23th, 1983
Birthplace: Ibaraki Hokota
Blood type: A
Height: 155cm
Bust: 91cm (F cup)
Waist: 60cm
Hips: 87cm
Shoe size: 24cm
Hobbies: Karaoke, watching high school baseball games, learning about idols
Abilities: Baton, trumpet, rollerblading, sign language, spinning plates
Favorite celebrities: Matsuda Seiko, Fujiwara Norika
Favorite TV show: Gakkou e Ikou
Favorite movie: Shakespeare in Love
Favorite authors: Aida Mitsuwo, Fujiwara Norika (Fujiwara Shugi)
Favorite food: Anything with vinegar
Talent Agency: HORI AGENCY
Japanese name: 磯山さやか
Nickname: Isocchi, いそっち
Birthdate: October 23th, 1983
Birthplace: Ibaraki Hokota
Blood type: A
Height: 155cm
Bust: 91cm (F cup)
Waist: 60cm
Hips: 87cm
Shoe size: 24cm
Hobbies: Karaoke, watching high school baseball games, learning about idols
Abilities: Baton, trumpet, rollerblading, sign language, spinning plates
Favorite celebrities: Matsuda Seiko, Fujiwara Norika
Favorite TV show: Gakkou e Ikou
Favorite movie: Shakespeare in Love
Favorite authors: Aida Mitsuwo, Fujiwara Norika (Fujiwara Shugi)
Favorite food: Anything with vinegar
Talent Agency: HORI AGENCY
AKB48’s Tomomi Itano opens Official Website
AKB48 member Tomomi Itano is set to release her first solo single, “Dear J“, on January 26th, and with the release date about two weeks away, the popular idol has finally opened an official website.
The website contains past releases and information on all her appearances on TV, in magazines, in CMs, and whatever else she has been in.
You may all know she has an official Twitter, but she also has an official Facebook that less may be familiar with.
Official Facebook
Official Twitter
Official Blog
Also check out the CM for her debut single below!
source: tokyohive
Naka Riisa turns into a cute rock ‘n’ roller for meiji’s Valentine’s Day commercial
Just like Lotte, Japanese confectionery company Meiji Seika, or “meiji” for short, will be releasing a Valentine’s Day commercial, and this year it’s going to feature quirky actress Naka Riisa (21).In the commercial, Naka is going to disguise herself as a “cool and cute” rock ‘n’ roller and take over the pink corridor of a school. With her song, she is aiming to cheer up all the girls who are struggling with making their own chocolate for Valentine’s Day. A total of 17 girl students are following her call in the spot and dance along with her, including the young “CanCam” model Tsuchiya Hazuki and young “SEVENTEEN” model Hashimoto Ai.
Naka herself is wearing flashy pink clothes in the commercial and sports a cute guitar that looks just as if it was made out of meiji milk chocolate. The song goes “chocolate chocolate chocolate wa meiji~” and is catchy enough to stay in your head until Valentine’s Day.
Last year, Hirosue Ryoko and Kinoshita Yukina starred in meiji’s Valentine’s Day commercial and urged all girls to put their feelings into their handmade chocolate, but this year the story actually promotes the idea of just giving your chocolate to a very good friend, which is also known as “tomochoco” (friend chocolate).
After the filming, Naka caused a lot of laughter with a remark that didn’t befit a 21-year-old girl like her. She said, “I haven’t been surrounded by that many young people for a while. They’ve really pepped up the filming.”
The commercial will start airing on January 15th, and of course, we will update you as soon as it is available.
source: tokyohive
Mano Erina writes an emotional post about her meeting with Lin Lin
Hello! Project soloist Mano Erina updated her blog with a very long, but touching story about her friendship with ex-Morning Musume member, Lin Lin.Attaching a photo to the post, Mano wrote:
“Today was something I’ve always wanted to do… I’ve been promising to do it since about 2
years ago. I went to go eat with Lin Lin (*^ー^*) It was late, but I’m so glad we made it happen
(・∪・*) I finally got to tell Lin Lin ‘Congratulations on your graduation!’ in person! Before, when we were next to each other (at graduation), seeing Lin Lin’s face made me cry and I couldn’t say it right (／_＼;)
Ever since Lin Lin and I were Eggs, and stood together on stage for the first time, we’ve been close friends. Because Lin Lin got into Morning Musume, I only got to see her at the summer and winter Hello! Project concerts; but when we had rehearsals, we’d eat together! It had been such a long time since we talked at ease with each other like today – I had so many things to talk about and the conversation just didn’t end (´∀`人) We talked about the first time we met, the first time we did a performance as brand new Eggs, about the Hello! Project concerts… We both kept saying, “Things like that feel so strange.”
Bright Lin Lin, who always has a smile on her face… I really do love you!!! When you first came
to Japan, we both asked, ‘How are we supposed to communicate?’ We didn’t know, but… since then, we’ve been together and didn’t worry about it.
…Even though there were sad feelings, we promised each other: ‘We’ll both do our best, and stand on the same stage again!’ Lin Lin said (at graduation), ‘Even though we’ll be far apart, we’ll be connected by the sky,’ so I won’t cry in front of Lin Lin!
Really, thank you. I love you Lin Lin (●´∀｀●)“
Fans’ hearts melted, as they commented, “I’m so glad you got to see Lin Lin,” “When I read that you and Lin Lin had been friends since you were Eggs, it broke my heart,” and “You two are so close.”
source: tokyohive
Thursday, January 13, 2011
2NE1’s “Can’t Nobody” ringtones to be released in Japan
AVEX Entertainment, which officially took 2NE1 under its wing last October, recently posted an announcement on its website revealing that three ringtones of 2NE1’s hit track “Can’t Nobody” (English version) is scheduled to be sold in Japan starting next week.
“2NE1’s “CAN’T NOBODY (English Ver.)” will start distributing on Recochoku [a music distribution site] on January 19th,” AVEX announced, explaining that the three ringtones will be the chaku-uta (audio ringtone, which plays like an MP3), chaku-movie (audio-visual ringtone, which plays the song with a MV) and RBT (ringback tone, which plays after a number has been dialed).
Although no official information has been revealed regarding 2NE1’s official debut overseas, this release is one of 2NE1’s first steps into Japan under AVEX. It hasn’t been announced whether the chaku-movie MV will be the Korean version or a new video entirely, but unconfirmed rumors have it that a music video for the English version of “Can’t Nobody” will be released in the future.
source: tokyohive
“New adult” Tanimura Mitsuki wants to enrich her private life
Today, NHK organized a preview screening of the first episode of the upcoming drama, “Koisuru Nihongo“, starring Yo Kimiko (54).
Supporting actress Tanimura Mitsuki (20) also appeared at the event, wearing a beautiful furisode. A furisode is a long-sleeved kimono “new adults” wear in celebration of the Coming of Age Day. Tanimura turned 20 in June last year, and thus she was also able to celebrate her Coming of Age a few days ago.
Her ambitions as a new adult: “Until now my life has always been about work, but in this year I’d like to enrich my private life more, hoping that it would have a positive effect on my work at the same time.”
Despite her desire to focus on private matters, it all comes back to work after all.
“Koisuru Nihongo” will start on January 20th.
source: tokyohive
Nami Tamaki releases remix of “Missing You -Time to Love-”!
Nami Tamaki recently collaborated with select members of popular Korean boy band ‘Choshinsei’ for her latest single, “Missing You -Time to Love-“. The track was originally a cover of a 2009 K-pop song called “TTL (Time to Love)“, a sassy track between two hot K-pop groups, T-ara and Choshinsei.
Now, Nami’s given an original twist to the song, as she renamed it and sang it entirely in Japanese. In addition to her version of the song, the single comes with a laidback R&B remix of the song. Check it out if you haven’t already!
source: tokyohive
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
AKB48 members to appear in short drama series, “Sakura Kara no Tegami”
New late-night short drama series “Sakura Kara no Tegami~AKB48 Sorezore no Sotsugyou Monogatari~“, which stars all AKB48 members, will be broadcasted on nine consecutive nights from February 26th to March 6th.The story will revolve around a male high school teacher (Kamikawa Takaya), who only has three months left to live due to cancer, and his students’ daily lives and conflicts. The drama will be based on the lyrics of AKB48’s upcoming single, “Sakura no Ki ni Narou“, which will be released on February 16th, and it will also be used as its main theme song. Other AKB48 songs will be used in the drama as well.
The main casts will be played by the “media senbatsu” members (#1-#12), the senbatsu members (#13-#21), who will play the sub-cast, and other roles will be played by the “under girls” (#22 on). All the members will be playing roles using their real names, which likely serves the purpose of helping casual fans learn all their names.
Each episode will be 10 minutes long, except for the first and last episodes, which will be 30 and 60 minutes, respectively, and each storyline will be concluded at the end of each episode, but all the plots will be linked together.
It’s been decided the drama will be released on a DVD-BOX, including the making-of, as well as the interview to the members.
source : tokyohive
Oricon weekly chart results for January 17th!
Oricon has announced their results for the weekly chart for January 17th.
Check out them out below!
Single Weekly Ranking
1. “Toilet no Kamisama” – Uemura Kana : 11/24 (22,954)
2. “Heavy Rotation” – AKB48 : 8/18 (12,901)
3. “Chance no Junban” – AKB48 : 12/8 (10,684)
4. “Beginner” – AKB48 : 10/27 (10,502)
5. “Ryusei” – Kobukuro : 11/17 (8,786)
Album Weekly Ranking
1. “Ikimonobakari ~members’ BEST selection~” – Ikimonogakari : 11/3 (39,612)
2. “Love songs” – Hamasaki Ayumi : 12/22 (22,300)
3. “Golden Hour~Shimohanki Best 2010~” – Golden Bomber : 1/6 (21,145)
4. “No Sleeves” – No Sleeves : 1/1 (20,723)
5. “Girl’s Talk” – KARA : 11/24 (15,587)
DVD Weekly Ranking (Synthesis)
1. “BIOHAZARD IV After Life” – movie : 12/22
2. “EXILE LIVE TOUR 2010 FANTASY” – EXILE : 12/1
3. “KAT-TUN -NO MORE PAIN- WORLD TOUR 2010″ – KAT-TUN : 12/29
4. “Sengoku BASARA 2 Sono Yon” – animation : 1/7
5. “Takahashi Daisuke Plus” – Takahashi Daisuke : 1/7
source: tokyohive
