THE SCAN + TRANSLATION!
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PLEASE! REMEMBER MY ENGLISH IS LIMITED! XDDD I TRIED MY BEST!
It all began on 1997. By that time, the members of
Johnny's JR BOYS were choosen to take part in a musical called
Stand by me. Because of this, the boys decided to change their name to
MAIN, created by their names' initials:
Matsumoto Jun,
Aiba Masaki,
Ikuta Toma and
Ninomiya Kazunari. Two years later, on September 1999, during a trip to Hawaii, the members of
MAIN met
Sakurai Sho and
Ohno Satoshi (Translator note: I believe this didn't happen this way >< Aiba, Jun, Nino, Ohno and Sho went to Hawaii unknowing why and there they were told they were going to debut as Arashi >< correct me if I'm wrong~). These last two singers also were from the same company as
MAIN, the
Johnny's Jimusho. This way, a new boyband was born -
Arashi,
Tormenta translated in Spanish (TN: see? La Tormenta's song title comes from here! XDD). Their music genre covers a lot of variety: from Hip Hop to rock without forgiving R&B.
Arashi has released 5 albums so far:
Arashi No.1 Ichigou (Arashi wa Arashi wo Yobu), released on 24th January 2001 and where we can found one of their most famous songs,
A.Ra.Shi, their first single. On 17th July 2002 was released their second album called
Here We Go; then
How's It Going in 2003;
Iza, Now on 2004; and their last album:
One. They've also released a best named
5x5 Best Selection of 2002/2004, where you can find their most popular songs, such as
Lucky Man and
Kotoba Yori Taisetsu Na Mono, opening theme for the drama
Stand Up!. Since not long ago, these 5 boys were promoting
Wish, the opening theme for
Hana Yori Dango. We still don't know what are they planning to release in a near future, but their hit
Sakura Sake augur a possible new album, since this song isn't in any of their previous albums released. Apart from this,
Arashi hides more surprises. The already mentioned company
Johnny's Jimusho, it's a company that basically searches for new talents, all boys, and teaches them how to dance, sing, act and all what it's necessary to make them idols. From this amazing company we get to know a lot of boyband formed by guys that also appear on commercials and different tv shows. That also happens with
Arashi, who have their own radio shows and tv shows such as
D No Arashi (TN: now it should be G though XDD) and
Mago Mago Arashi.
Some of the singers are also promoted as actors and act in a lot of well-known Japanese dramas; for those who don't know, dramas are series taken and inspired from mangas and novels, but mostly mangas. From
Arashi, all the members have appeared in dramas except for
Ohno Satoshi, the group's leader, who has only appeared in less famous dramas. The most popular dramas are the
Matsumoto Jun ones, such as
Gokusen,
Kimi Wa Petto and the most recent one
Hana Yori Dango (with the manga edited in Spain with the name "
No me lo digas con flores" (Don't tell me it with flowers)), with the role of
Domyouji Tsukasa. There's also
Stand Up, a well-known drama starring
Ninomiya Kazunari. As a group, they've appeared in an exclusive movie just for them,
Pikanchi, that was such a hit that they also did the sequel,
Pikanchi Double. Also,
Matsumoto Jun and
Sakurai Sho have just signed a new contract to make a new film each one. About their profession of singers, we have to highlight the fact that they visit Hawaii every year as representative due to their help promoting the island's turism, after the New York incident the year before, summer 2000, making themselves the first Japanese boyband that is mentioned as representatives by another government.[/list:u]
Thanks a lot
Sassech for this article ^^
Gracias por haber hablado de Arashi en una revista de aqui, haber si conseguimos que mas gente se haga fan y Arashi acabe viniendo aqui a hacer un concierto XDDDDD La verdad es que si que me ha hecho mucha ilusion ya que no todos los dias se entera una de que hay un reportaje de Arashi en castellano~ hahaha XDDDD Si no me equivoco es el primero que veo! La verdad es que si, algun que otro fallo hay, pero despues de tu esfuerzo se te perdona todo! :D Y gracias por no chivarte, lo hago por los fans de habla hispana que hay por aqui :D Hasta me he ofrecido a enviarle una revista a una chica de Polonia y ha aceptado encantada, dice que esta muy contenta de que hayan salido en una revista europea ^^ Por cierto, intentare comprarme Animedia tambien! ^o^ Y siento haberte hecho registrar solo para enviarme un PM~ hahaha
SoOoOoOo~ I'm going to sleep XDDD I had to use my dictionary more than I expected and my eyes hurt~ hahahah XDDDD
I'll come back in a while to check, like always~ XDDDD
Oyasumiiiii~
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