Huahahahahaha... :lol: :rofl: mascott.. dark and swarthy.. :nut:
Japanese Entertainment News
Started by bmwracer · 25 Feb 2004 · 3,505 replies
Japanese Entertainment
Akakage wrote:Huahahahahaha... :lol: :rofl: mascott.. dark and swarthy.. :nut:
:hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:
Bizarre, isn't it ??? :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:
Why the mascot for Oahu?! Why not for the island of Kahoolawe or something?! :rolleyes:
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July 5, 2004
The latest musical offering from Okinawa (that has produced Amuro Namie, Speed, Mongol 800 and current hot act Orange Range) is pop duo D-51. They make their official major debut this week with "Top of the Summer" but have already been featuring on radio and TV "powerplay" spots nationwide thanks to a serious push by their label, Pony Canyon. The tune is being used as the ending of the Fuji TV pop show "Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ. The duo is made up of Yasu (22), who hails from Naha, and Yu (20) from Ginowan. In May they had 17 record labels fighting for them.
July 5, 2004
The latest musical offering from Okinawa (that has produced Amuro Namie, Speed, Mongol 800 and current hot act Orange Range) is pop duo D-51. They make their official major debut this week with "Top of the Summer" but have already been featuring on radio and TV "powerplay" spots nationwide thanks to a serious push by their label, Pony Canyon. The tune is being used as the ending of the Fuji TV pop show "Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ. The duo is made up of Yasu (22), who hails from Naha, and Yu (20) from Ginowan. In May they had 17 record labels fighting for them.
seventeen..?! wow..
Wow, looks like it's a great J-Pop act. What kind of music do they make ???? (Hip-hop, R&B ...)
As long as they look like Amuro Namie, then they are ok in my book!!!! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:
ahochaude wrote:As long as they look like Amuro Namie, then they are ok in my book!!!! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:
Or Uehara Takako? :hehe:
Akakage wrote:
Or Uehara Takako? :hehe:
That's my cousin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
ahochaude wrote:
That's my cousin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
err..just because you share the same surname..seriously you're not her cousin right? :sweat: :beaten:
IF yes..I take that back.. :nut:
Akakage wrote:
err..just because you share the same surname..seriously you're not her cousin right? :sweat: :beaten:
IF yes..I take that back.. :nut:
Who knows? It could be.
This girl who works at Marukai (my PT job) with me shares the same last name. And come to find out, we are somehow related. Scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I was checking her out at first too............ :sweat: :sweat:
ahochaude wrote:
Who knows? It could be.
This girl who works at Marukai (my PT job) with me shares the same last name. And come to find out, we are somehow related. Scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I was checking her out at first too............ :sweat: :sweat:
Whoot.. :shocked: hehehe.. :sweat: So, she's sort of member of your extended family? :nut: Scary!!!!!
Akakage wrote:
Whoot.. :shocked: hehehe.. :sweat: So, she's sort of member of your extended family? :nut: Scary!!!!!
She's from the side that didn't immigrate to Hawaii when everyone else did. Her parents came from Okinawa while it was my great grandparents that came. And we're about the same age. My family is like rabbits........... Many cousins I have that I didn't know existed. :sweat:
ahochaude wrote:
She's from the side that didn't immigrate to Hawaii when everyone else did. Her parents came from Okinawa while it was my great grandparents that came. And we're about the same age. My family is like rabbits........... Many cousins I have that I didn't know existed. :sweat:
hehehe.. Your family is like rabbits..:hehe: You just ought to be careful the next time you bump into someone withe the same surname. :sweat:
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July 6, 2004
The Japanese entertainment world has a new "hot couple". Actress Amami Yuki (photo, 36) and musician Kikkawa Koji (38) ongoing romance was revealed today by the Sports Hochi newspaper. It reported that the pair, who have known each other for ten years, started getting serious last autumn. Amami says they are not considering marriage, but reporters predict wedding bells. Kikkawa started as an actor and rock musician in the mid-1980s. He formed the group Complex with guitarist Hotei Tomoyasu in 1988 and pursued a solo career through the 90s. In 1985, Amami graduated top of her class from the school run by the all-female Takarazuka theater troupe. She rose to the rank of top "male" star in record time and quit the troupe at the height of her popularity in 1995. She's now a regular on TV, stage, movies and commercials. • Popular young enka singer Hikawa Kiyoshi (26) cancelled recent shows in Tokyo after coming down with a throat infection.
July 6, 2004
The Japanese entertainment world has a new "hot couple". Actress Amami Yuki (photo, 36) and musician Kikkawa Koji (38) ongoing romance was revealed today by the Sports Hochi newspaper. It reported that the pair, who have known each other for ten years, started getting serious last autumn. Amami says they are not considering marriage, but reporters predict wedding bells. Kikkawa started as an actor and rock musician in the mid-1980s. He formed the group Complex with guitarist Hotei Tomoyasu in 1988 and pursued a solo career through the 90s. In 1985, Amami graduated top of her class from the school run by the all-female Takarazuka theater troupe. She rose to the rank of top "male" star in record time and quit the troupe at the height of her popularity in 1995. She's now a regular on TV, stage, movies and commercials. • Popular young enka singer Hikawa Kiyoshi (26) cancelled recent shows in Tokyo after coming down with a throat infection.
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July 7, 2004
Actor Nezu Jinpachi (56) collided with a cyclist while driving in Meguro, Tokyo yesterday morning. The 67-year old unemployed man suffered a severe head injury and died later in hospital. Police are investigating Nezu for negligence. Nezu became a successful stage actor in the early 1970s and later moved into movies. He developed a reputation as a talented actor in a host of films, including two by the legendary director Kurosawa Akira. He has won two Japan Academy Awards. The fatal accident is the first involving a showbiz personality since Ohtake Makoto (55) hit a motorcyclist in 1996. Ohtake was back at work two weeks later.
July 7, 2004
Actor Nezu Jinpachi (56) collided with a cyclist while driving in Meguro, Tokyo yesterday morning. The 67-year old unemployed man suffered a severe head injury and died later in hospital. Police are investigating Nezu for negligence. Nezu became a successful stage actor in the early 1970s and later moved into movies. He developed a reputation as a talented actor in a host of films, including two by the legendary director Kurosawa Akira. He has won two Japan Academy Awards. The fatal accident is the first involving a showbiz personality since Ohtake Makoto (55) hit a motorcyclist in 1996. Ohtake was back at work two weeks later.
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July 8, 2004
Comedian Katagiri Jin (photo right, 30), one half of the duo Ramens, has become a father. His wife, former model Murayama Yuki (25), gave birth to a baby boy at a Tokyo hospital yesterday. Katagiri was performing at a stage production but managed to arrive in time for the delivery. The couple married in February of last year.
July 8, 2004
Comedian Katagiri Jin (photo right, 30), one half of the duo Ramens, has become a father. His wife, former model Murayama Yuki (25), gave birth to a baby boy at a Tokyo hospital yesterday. Katagiri was performing at a stage production but managed to arrive in time for the delivery. The couple married in February of last year.
ahochaude wrote:
She's from the side that didn't immigrate to Hawaii when everyone else did. Her parents came from Okinawa while it was my great grandparents that came. And we're about the same age. My family is like rabbits........... Many cousins I have that I didn't know existed. :sweat:
Heh, everybody in Hawaii is related in someway or another! Such a small island! :hehe:
Rinrin wrote:Heh, everybody in Hawaii is related in someway or another! Such a small island! :hehe:
That's what a number of the locals said when I was in Hawaii: everyone's family... :)
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July 11, 2004
It seems that the relationship between the Seibu Lions' star pitcher Matsuzaka Daisuke (22) and Nippon TV announcer Shibata Tomoyo (29) may be getting more serious. After Matsuzaka had been named the MVP for the first All-Star game yesterday, he appeared on the show "Sportsu Urugusu", on which Shibata is one of the hosts. Both seemed nervous and could hardly look at each other. Asked why he had seemed so calm as starting pitcher, Kintetsu Buffaloes hurler Iwakuma Hisahi (23) quipped "Well, I guess 'cos I'm married!" The remark was followed by an uncomfortable silence. A relationship between the pair was first rumored by gossip magazine Friday almost 4 years ago.
July 11, 2004
It seems that the relationship between the Seibu Lions' star pitcher Matsuzaka Daisuke (22) and Nippon TV announcer Shibata Tomoyo (29) may be getting more serious. After Matsuzaka had been named the MVP for the first All-Star game yesterday, he appeared on the show "Sportsu Urugusu", on which Shibata is one of the hosts. Both seemed nervous and could hardly look at each other. Asked why he had seemed so calm as starting pitcher, Kintetsu Buffaloes hurler Iwakuma Hisahi (23) quipped "Well, I guess 'cos I'm married!" The remark was followed by an uncomfortable silence. A relationship between the pair was first rumored by gossip magazine Friday almost 4 years ago.
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