Blog Announcement

In light of the recent inactivity of my blogs I have made the decision to consolidate them all into one. What this will mean for Never Ending Music Power is that as a stand alone blog it is ending.

Saying good-bye to the this blog is not easy. I honestly want to cry as I hate the idea of ending it. But I need to be realistic and there is no way for me to continue on in a way I will be happy with the outcome. I began this blog at the end of 2007, so to have it last as long as it has is something I feel proud of. And in a way it will continue on as a part of Thennary Speaks.

And honestly I am not as interested in Johnny's as I once was. I still love NEWS and Kis-My-Ft2, enjoy TOKIO and A.B.C-Z, and hope for the day SixTONES debuts, but outside of that my interest has waned. So it just feels like it would be more of a chore to keep this blog running than the fun it is supposed to be.

I will be moving all the posts here to Thennary Speaks when I have the free time to do so. Once they have been moved I will delete them here. So if you find a post missing that is most likely why.

Thank you to everyone who visited and commented. It encouraged me to keep going in the past when I thought about stopping before. But with where my life is now I cannot continue on the way I had in the past, which is why this time things are changing in a major way.

Q&A Month! (2012): Question 2

And on to the next question for this month. And again I want to give my thanks to everyone who has left a question so far. If you want to leave a question for me to answer then please do so in this post, I may not see it if you leave it anywhere else.

This question comes from Chels: I want to start my own Johnny's blog, any pointers or advice? 

Do not get hung up when something does not go as you planned it. Whether it be a mistake you make in a post or missing a deadline you may have set it is much better to just push on and keep posting instead of fretting over what is already done.

Also I have found that blogging requires a lot of trail and error. Sometimes something is going to work but sometimes it won't. If something is not working for you do not feel afraid to quit it and try something else. Blogging is a commitment and not always easy, especially when the topic you are blogging about has nothing going on or your life gets busy. But there is a great satisfaction with being able to have your own little corner of fandom to share your love for it and to have others read and comment from time to time.

It will take some time to build up a readership so do not get discouraged if you do not get a lot of hits at first. I may get numbers in the hundreds these days but I have been blogging for almost six years with this blog and there was a long stretch at the beginning that getting into the double digits for hits was something to celebrate.

That said another great thing about blogging is that if you reach out to other bloggers they tend to be willing to help you out. So feel free to leave a link to the blog here when you make it and I will be happy to check it out and give it a call out on this blog at least to help you get some readers.

So good luck and I would love to see what you come up with.

The Shounen Club 7 June 2009 review

B.I.Shadow is heading towards some major changes for the group with this episode.

The episode kicks off with the main Juniors singing an Otokogumi song, Route 17. With this introduction it is hard not to notice that B.I.Shadow are missing half their group. Sadly this means that the last episode of the show was Takahata Misaki's last before quitting the agency. Matsumura Hokuto will of course be back and we will have the final formation of BIS in the next month's episode.

Of course when the show opens with an Otokogumi song it is not hard to guess that the theme for it will involve rock music. And the theme is indeed ROCK, which Kitayama Hiromitsu and Yodogawa Yoshihiro introduce.

Probably the most annoying thing about the way Johnny's decided to push Tanaka Juri can be seen with the theme medley as they try to force a rap into the song where there was not one in the original song. And since Juri just does not have his brother's talent for rapping it sounds super awkward during the performance of ONE DROP. I really hope they start moving him away from being a "rapper" and just let him shine doing everything else from now on.

We get four Fresh Juniors introduced this episode and I recognize two of them still being in the agency,
Teranishi Takuto and Kurita Kei.

When it comes time to talk to the Fresh Juniors only the two sitting get the chance to do so. So only Kurita gets to do more than say his name. He gets to say that he is twelve and admires SMAP and that this is his first time on the program.

We then move into the guest performance for the episode. The guest of the episode is Uchi Hiroki and he performs one of his songs, Hi Hi Rocky. His voice is drowned out from a mix of the backing track and the Juniors that sing with him for the chorus. So I actually liked the performance, or at least did not dislike it which for Uchi is close enough to like for me.

There is then the usual MC segment with Koyama Keiichiro and Nakamaru Yuichi to end Uchi's involvement in the episode. He gets to promote the PLAYZONE musical for the year as he co-stars in it with Kis-My-Ft2.

There is a special medley for the Juniors which is basically Morimoto Shintaro leading two performances with Mis Snow Man having a performance between the two. But it is nice to see these Juniors get to perform as they rarely do so outside of a medley.

Then we are at the Junior Coliseum portion of the show. We get pair battles again, so again it is just members of A.B.C-Z, Kisumai and Question? in this segment. The games are fun though and easy to follow along, and the first game, jumping rope as a pair gave a chance for some fan service to be thrown in.

Question? then performs a special version of TOKIO's song Julia. I can only assume the "special" part of it is the fact that they brought in little Juniors to sing the first part of the song, which is sung like a ballad with the latter half being more rock.

We get the Dengonban segment again and they have made a small change with letting Juniors do a quick answer back if someone before them left them a message. Still do not care for the segment, though this time around there at least is an interesting piece with Miyata Toshiya joining Fujigaya Taisuke as Fujigaya leaves a message for him.

We get another segment after this, You no Otegami Yomitai Desu! I do not think this corner would do so well if it was hosted by any other Juniors than those from the older groups, and it is nice to see more of the Juniors on the program. And Nakajima Kento and Yasui Tadayoshi get some screen time as they get to read and answer letters.

Kisumai is up to perform next a medley that starts with the solo songs for Fujigaya and Kitayama, MARIA and Chikara, before having the other members of the group perform BRAND NEW SEASON. This seems to be the start of having Tamamori Yuta in the center, as he centers for BNS. Then the full group breaks out the roller skates to perform Sennen no Love Song.

We end with a performance by the older Juniors of Midnight Shuffle. It still makes me happy to see that this grouping has expanded quite a bit now instead of it mainly just being A.B.C., Kisumai and Question? as it was for a good while.


A rather solid episode even though I did not care for the guest. At this point things just seem to be going par the course with the usual suspects getting the same amount of promotion as with past episodes. Of course there is the upcoming changes with B.I.Shadow to look forward to, but that is still a month away.

Q&A Month 2013 question post

As regular readers may have noticed I have not been posting much lately and in part that is because I have hit my annual slump. So to get over it I will do what I usually do for that and have my annual Q&A Month. So I am currently open for readers to leave me questions that I will answer throughout the month of November and if I get enough even December.

Questions do not have to be about Johnny's but I do request that they are not overly personal, like asking about my real name, my address and things like that.

So with that out of the way please leave your questions in the comments of this post. I may not see them if you leave them in another post. And I would like to thank everyone who does leave a question and has so in previous Q&A Months.

You have until the end of the month, November, to get your questions in.

The Shounen Club 13 May 2009 review

These episodes seem to be the ones to hunt down for those who are fans of the current lot of Juniors as quite a few of them are getting introductions in them.

This episode opens up with the main Juniors of the episode singing LOVE & PEACE as they are introduced.

Hashimoto Ryosuke with Kyomoto Taiga and Uekusa Yuta introduce the theme. The theme of the episode is Shiawase na Shunkan (Happy Moment).

The theme medley was pretty enjoyable and my personal highlight was the Hasshi lead performance of Kumori nochi, Kaisei, which is a favorite song of mine. Hasshi's voice does not really fit the song though, but thankfully Totsuka Shota's does as he joins him later in the song.

There are quite a few familiar faces with the Fresh Juniors this time around. They have Hagiya Keigo, Muraji Shonosuke and Morohoshi Shoki in this lot.

The first MC of the show then focuses on the Fresh Juniors with most of the focus on Muraji and Hagiya. Though personally I think Shoki stands out the most with a smile almost never leaving his face the entire time. At the end the Fresh Juniors are sent out to take their positions on stage and Hasshi tries to pull the gag Nakamaru Yuichi did in the past by going with them but nobody tries to stop him having him stop himself and complain about it.

Next is a medley featuring mostly the younger Juniors, with Morimoto Shintaro being center for most of it. I seems we are entering the phase of Shintaro becoming more relevant than his debuted older brother as he gets some really strong pushed from Johnny's around this time.

This is followed by a Gekkan Koyamaru segment with Nakamaru up for sharing photos and he shows photos from a trip to Okinawa with Masuda Takahisa.

Question? then perform Sneaker Blues, which is a Kondo Masahiko song. While it does sound like they tried to update the song a bit with a bit of a harder rock sound it still sounds rather dated overall.

It is then time for the Junior coliseum segment. We only get four Juniors participating but it is the game where each participate does one dance move and the next much add on another until someone messes the combinations up. So pretty much a game that you cannot have a lot of participates for if you want it finished in a timely manner.

While the last episode had plenty of guests this time there is only one, Yamashita Tomohisa. Kinda wish they had all of NEWS again since they were there as they were the guests for the first episode of the month. But Yamapi performs MOLA, which was his current solo song at the time.

He then does an MC with Koyama Keiichiro and Nakamaru. When asked about what his happy moment is he goes for saying being there right now.

We have another food topic for the Junior ni Q segment. I am disappointed with that as the theme of the episode would have been a good one for the segment as well. In any case of the Juniors featured that are still with the agency we first have Kyomoto being called over with Uekusa.

Next up is Shintaro who is given a pretty long time to talk about his answer.

Then it is Tanaka Juri up to talk about sushi that his father makes. He is not able to escape having his brother Tanaka Koki being brought up by Nakamaru.

It is then an MC segment with Kis-My-Ft2 who showcase a letter from a fan from Taiwan. They read the letter and spend some time talking about it before heading off to the stage for the group's performance.

The group does a medley which includes Fujigaya Taisuke and Kitayama Hiromitsu singing Tsuki no Michi. Still love this song and I am happy to see it being performed by just about anyone on the program.

After that medley is done it is time for the final song of the program. Being the second episode of the month it is only with the older Juniors and they sing Zenbu Dakishimete. The number of older Juniors is growing though as Nakajima Kento is now a part of the grouping. I keep forgetting that he is one of the oldest members of B.I.Shadow.


I do not think I realized how many of the prominent current Juniors had their introductions to the program around this time. Most of them fall to the back for a while though before catching the little breaks here and there that lead them to be some of the better known Juniors at the moment.

Nakayama's love knife

It seems that Nakayama Yuma will be singing the end song to the drama Tengoku no Koi. On the Johnny's net page where they have the media that the Juniors are in for the drama they not only have Takada Sho, who is a co-star in the drama, but list Nakayama there as the singer of the end theme. It also lists the name of the song, Ai made ga Knife.

There is no word on if this means there will be a new single out for Nakayama in the near future. Personally I would approve as I liked his Missing Piece single and have been hoping he would get another chance to release something.

I do wonder if there will be a NYC/Nakayama single, as NYC has not released anything this year and if they are still being sent to Kohaku I would assume they would have to release something. Plus the unit does have unreleased songs that they could put on a single and they have done a single with a Nakayama solo on it before. Hopefully Johnny's won't leave us in the dark for too long about this.

Kisumai single news and concert speculation

The title of the B-side track on the regular edition of Kis-My-Ft2's upcoming single SNOW DOME no Yakusoku/Luv Sick to be released on November 13. The track is titled Motetaize Tonight and is the theme song for the late night drama that Kitayama Hiromitsu is starring in.



On another note I have been thinking about the group's upcoming dome concerts in November and December and I cannot help but think that these will be the 2013 concerts that we will get a concert DVD from. Dome concerts do tend to have a higher rate of being filmed for a video release. Considering that with the last concert tour we had the DVD release for it so shortly after that ended but have received no word about this year's tour getting a similar release I think it would not be a surprise if it was skipped in favor of the dome concerts. They may tack on digest footage of the tour as an extra for a release but I do not see it being a release of its own at this point.

Of course I do hope we get a concert video release from Kisumai in the near future. I still love watching the Kis-My-Mint DVD (which now that I think about was a dome concert as well) but I would like to see their newer songs being performed live.