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littlemissfab wrote:


does :twisted: <--- this look like i care?????????

kidding. You know I'm just a little antsy for some Kimura loving.

(where the hell did that come from??? Hey, go to Musha with me!!!)

i dunno about going out to eat japanese food kiddo...i'm chillin' on that tip for a while...and going out as well.

since my friend came back from London & Shanghai for a couple of weeks to visit LA i've had ramen, yakiniku, izakaya food (musha), chanko nabe, tebasaki and too much sake & beer. i'm on sabbatical now. my pocket book will thank me too. it ain't personal.

Tu_triky wrote:

it ain't personal.

*sniffles* :puppydog:

Tu_triky wrote:Takuyafs charm

By MICHAEL CHEANG

Takuya Kimura is one hot, sexy and talented star who is every girlfs favourite in Asia.

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In a land where sexy male idols are a dime a dozen, and countless fresh young faces are unveiled every other day, Takuya Kimura reigns supreme.


A member of supergroup SMAP, Takuya Kimura reigns supreme as Japanfs sexiest man.
Considered by many to be gJapanfs Sexiest Manh, the 35-year-old is perhaps currently one of the most enduring and recognisable faces in Japan.

He was recently voted as Japanfs Favourite Man for the 13th consecutive year by Japanese fashion magazine An-An, and even featured in People Magazinefs International Males: Hot Around the Globe list of sexiest men in the world, a list that is topped by Brazilian model Romulo Pires, and also includes British bad-boy singer Robbie Williams and former French international footballer Zinedine eHead Buttf Zidane.

Of course, melting womenfs hearts is not his only talent. Takuya, an accomplished TV actor with some of Japanfs highest rated TV seriesf under his belt, has appeared in films by acclaimed directors Wong Kar Wai and anime maestro Hayao Miyazaki and is also a member of arguably Japanfs biggest pop group &#8211; SMAP.

In fact, it was SMAP (which stands for Sports and Music Assemble People) that gave Takuya his initial platform to stardom. Entering showbiz in 1987 when he signed on to boy-band specialists talent agency Johnny & Associates (also known as Johnnyfs Jimusho), he was chosen to form SMAP in 1988 together with Masahiro Nakai, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Shingo Katori and Katsuyuki Mori (who left the group in 1996).

The group did not find it easy to get going initially. In fact, looking back, it is hard to believe that the supergroup that is now an integral part of Japanese pop culture history was practically a failure when it released its first ever single, Canft Stop!! back in 1991 (they allegedly posted the worst-ever sales figures in the history of Johnny & Associates during that period).

It is perhaps fitting that it turned out to be Takuya who played the biggest part in rescuing SMAP from obscurity in 1993 when he became an overnight sensation playing the lead role in manga-based teen drama Asunaro Hakusho.

Riding the waves of Takuyafs newfound popularity, SMAP also released its hit single $10 that year, and helped by a variety show called I Love SMAP, the guysf rise to superstardom was meteoric.

Takuyafs star continued to shine with SMAP and away from the group. In 1996, he starred in TV drama Long Vacation alongside Yamaguchi Tomoko, which was a huge hit in Japan and other Asian countries.

Around the same year, SMAP also introduced SMAP X SMAP, a weekly variety show that served as a platform for the group to let loose and do whatever they wanted on TV.


In 1999, Levis Jeans appointed Takuya as its first-ever Asian spokesperson, and he subsequently went on to star in series Beautiful Life, which increased his popularity even more throughout Japan and Asia.

Like any pop culture icon, Takuya is no stranger to controversy.

In 1997, his character in TV series Gift (who uses a switchblade as a weapon on the show) was said to be the ginspirationh for a rise in teenage crime at the time.

Then in 2000, he shocked his legion of fans when he married fellow idol Shizuka Kudo, who is two years his senior. It turned out that Shizuka was pregnant at the time with their first daughter Kokomi (The couple had a second daughter in 2003).

Nevertheless, the shotgun wedding hardly caused a ripple in Takuyafs popularity, as he subsequently scored yet another string of hit TV series like Hero, Sorakara Furu Ichiokuno Hoshi, Good Luck!! and Pride, making him one of the highest rated TV actors in Japan ever.

While it is in TV that Takuya is best known, he has also made several movies, with the most eye-catching title in his filmography so far being Wong Kar Waifs 2046. Takuya plays the Japanese boyfriend of pop diva Faye Wongfs character.

That particular movie also featured a stellar cast of other Asian superstars like Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li.

After that, Takuya voiced the lead character Howl in the Japanese version of Hayao Miyazakifs animation Howlfs Moving Castle, which was based on Diana Wynne-Jonesf best-selling childrenfs novel of the same name.

Takuya recently earned critical acclaim for his role of a blind samurai in Bushi no Ichibun (Love and Honour), the third instalment in a trilogy of samurai films by acclaimed director Yoji Yamada (the first two instalments were The Twilight Samurai and The Hidden Blade).

Despite all his solo ventures, Takuya remains loyal to SMAP, and still regularly hosts SMAP X SMAP.

The group released its 40th single Thanks last October, which was to commemorate the groupfs 15th anniversary.Selected Filmography (Movies):

2006 &#8211; Love and Honour

2005 &#8211; Howlfs Moving Castle (voice: Japanese version)

2004 &#8211; 2046

1995 &#8211; Kimi Wo Wasurenai (aka Fly Boys, Fly)

1994 &#8211; Shoot (with SMAP)



Selected Filmography (TV):

2004 &#8211; Pride

2003 &#8211; Good Luck!!

2002 &#8211; Sora Kra Furu Ichioku No Hoshi

2001 &#8211; Chushingura 1/47

2001 &#8211; Hero

2000 &#8211; Beautiful Life

1998 &#8211; Oda Nobunaga

1998 &#8211; A Sleeping Forest

1997 &#8211; Boku Ga Boku De Aru Tameni

1997 &#8211; Love Generation

1996 &#8211; SMAP X SMAP (TV host, with SMAP)

1996 &#8211; Long Vacation

1994 &#8211; Wakamono No Subete

1993 &#8211; Asunaro Hakusho

WOW!!! Tu_triky, you wrote this so well :) so details.

Thanks for those details :) :)

happiegurlie wrote:
True, SxS is the best because it has all five of them in it!!
My next favorite would have to be Utaban. Nakai and Taka-san are probably my favorite pairing besides pairings that include two SMAP members. [Did that make sense? probably not. sorry.] Not only are they so cute and funny together, but they're great hosts! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to watch Utaban in awhile, but I still like it.


OH. I forgot to tell you guys. Um, two nights ago, I finally saw Takuya's HERO Special that aired last summer. (yeah, so I'm a little late.)
Can I just say one thing?
HIS HAIR WAS GORGEOUS in that. his hair is nicer than any girl i know!

The colour of his hair was very nice too right? And the perm on his hair is so just right. I thought was wanting to get my hair perm too but you know if perm is not suitable for you, you will ended up looking like a obasan ne...heehee

Last night Arigatou is in #13 in Oricon chart.. Yea, still in the top 20:) :dancing:

Ha, so Kimura kun can be the Japan Johnny Depp oredi.. Sugoe.. :applaud:

Tu_triky wrote:

yeah the hat is more johnny depp or something.

ongrina82 wrote:


WOW!!! Tu_triky, you wrote this so well :) so details.

Thanks for those details :) :)

no no it's an article i found on the internet!

Then i wont kiss him on screen.. I dun want him to hate me.. :hehe:

LivNagisa wrote:

Really...even if its only on the cheek. I think Nakai would get a red face too. He hates being kissed on tv, ne.

ohayo minna san! oohaa! :dancing:

Tu_triky wrote:

yeah the hat is more johnny depp or something.

Yep, if anyone could pull that hat off it's Johnny Depp. But he can pull absolutely anything off :mrgreen:

Um...on topic....

An old SMAP pic

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~~Shani~~

Shani wrote:

Yep, if anyone could pull that hat off it's Johnny Depp. But he can pull absolutely anything off :mrgreen:

~~Shani~~

Haha, sounds kind of dirty.

Love that pic :mrgreen:

whoa, I couldn't log on for a whole day and missed about 10 pages! O_O

anyway, I uploaded this for someone and wanted to share:

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SMAP: Asahi wo mini ikouyo PV
Size: around 70 MB
Sendspace:http://www.sendspace.com/file/wxzdu4

SMAPxELAINE wrote:Last night Arigatou is in #13 in Oricon chart.. Yea, still in the top 20:) :dancing:

And it's at no.9 on the weekly chart! :woot:

Thanks for the vid Vanessa.

Someone put up a torrent of SMAP's first concert over at Jpopsuki. I've never seen it before...should be interesting.

Shani wrote:

Yep, if anyone could pull that hat off it's Johnny Depp. But he can pull absolutely anything off :mrgreen:

yeah the dood lives in a castle in france....he can do all. :beaten:

Um...on topic....

An old SMAP pic

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~~Shani~~

ancient smap.

Yea, i've post it last night, wit the total sales.. :victory:

WD wrote:

And it's at no.9 on the weekly chart! :woot:

LivNagisa wrote:Thanks for the vid Vanessa.

Someone put up a torrent of SMAP's first concert over at Jpopsuki. I've never seen it before...should be interesting.

You need to! It's a damn good concert! It's poorly flimed but the songs they sing are priceless! PLUS MORI! *faints*

Cool...I think I'm becoming a Mori fan retroactively.

SMAPxELAINE wrote:Oh, really?? I dunno about this... But why is alwayz Nakai-kun get scolded by Ijima san??? Thatz unfair for him ne~~ eventhough he's the leader,, but she also cannot simply scloded like that ne~~~ :shakehead:

I agree with garnet. That IS the leader's responsibility, Elaine. He's in charge to make sure everything goes alright in a group.
And in this case, Iijima didn't just SIMPLY scold him, he was actually at fault. Pro-wrestling game is something dangerous, not to mention this is during the concert tour, the juniors and SMAP shouldn't risk theirselves to get injured.... And Nakai as the leader should've known that better....instead stopping them, he kept supporting them to go on and he's even the one who said that he wanted to see Mori and Shingo, the tallest figures among others, to have a match.
And Nakai himself told the story as it is, not trying to cover his own mistakes. He admit that this was all his fault^^

But if you mean other cases, then yeah...sometimes it's unfair if Iijima only scold Nakai...but I think it has helped him to be THE BEST LEADER EVER as he is now ^_^

ongrina82 wrote:I know Yanie was very disappointed too.

What? Matsu didn't kiss Kimura? Well....I got 'aww, why?' for a sec, but then "Oh well...this is only fair...coz twice before(97 & 00) she came to Bistro and ShinTsuyo always LOST!!". Haha...so its a good thing for me, coz finally I can see Matsu kiss ShinTsuyo^^

I dont mind her not kissing him, coz their onscreen chemistry itself there, is already so superb!!! I love it!!! I made a fanvid out of that Bistro episode, right away after I watched it...that I haven't got the chance to share with you xD Will upload it next month! Basically, I just make it in slow-motion, throw in a romantic BGM, and put up texts of what KimuraMatsu might have in mind when they are looking at each other... =P

Tu_triky wrote:


no no it's an article i found on the internet!

Its published by The Star newspaper, Malaysia....