Matsumoto Jun to Star in Aa, Kouya play

Matsumoto Jun will be starring in a play adaption of the novel Aa, Kouya. The play centers around boxing and Matsumoto is in training for it.

The play will run in Saitama from October 29th to November 6th and then move to Tokyo from November 13th to December 2nd.

Tokyo Graph article. (Japanese)

Kusanagi in a new play and a couple of old faces resurface

First off a little bit of news. Kusanagi Tsuyoshi of SMAP will be starring in a two man play named K2 which will begin its run in November of this year. His co-star is Tsutsumi Shinichi.

Tokyo Graph article. (English)

And since I am a big fan of Yamashita Shoon I just have to mention this even if it isn't really connected to Johnny's. But Shoon and his younger brother Reon have both resurfaced and have their own official website with blog. It's called Flying Sheep Cafe and it seems that Reon has decided to use not only a different kanji for the first part of his given name but has chosen to romanize it with a 'L' instead of the 'R' that has been used before this. So I guess it's Shoon and Leon from here on out. I truly wish them the best success in their new endeavor.

Murakami's If or... butai returns and Fujigaya & Fuma on Tensai wo Tsukuru!

A couple of updates thanks to updates on Johnny's net.

First off Kanjani8's Murakami Shingo will be doing a butai next year during the month of February and it looks like it will be some kind of continuation of his earlier If or ... butai as this new one is called, If or ... F~M. The butai begins its run in Osaka before it heads over to Tokyo to finish its run ending on March 3rd.

Then the most recent update is in relation to Kis-My-Ft2's Fujigaya Taisuke as well as B.I.Shadow's Kikuchi Fuma. Information about attending filming for an episode of Tensai wo Tsukuru! Galileo has been put up and Fujigaya and Fuma is listed for being present for the filming of that episode, which will be on December 12th.

So with Nakajima Kento and Nakamura Yuichi being guests for the first episode then I think it's safe to assume anyone from Johnny's has a chance of being a guest on this program.