News round up

Things have been busy for Johnny's as March has ended and April begun. So here are a few odds and ends that have popped up in the news recently.

First off Ikuta Toma has a new commercial for Lotte Acuo gum which also stars the main female leads of the popular Suzumiya Haruhi anime series.

You can view the commercial by clicking on the Anime News Network link.

Anime News Network article. (English)

Going into more rumor territory, it's said that Higashiyama Noriyuki of Shounentai and Kimura Yoshino are planning on having their wedding later this year. From the article it looks like they are planning on waiting for their schedules to clear up before having the event.

Tokyograph article. (English)

And for some fresh news, it was announced at Hey! Say! JUMP's concert today that Summary is returning this summer and HSJ will be the main group of the event. It will begin July 18th and end on August 28th and it all takes place at JCB Hall, which is in Tokyo.

Daily Sports article. (Japanese)

Also NEWS has been confirmed for doing the theme song for Kato Shigeaki's upcoming drama, Troubleman. The information can be found on the official site of the drama and on the page is lists the song title as BE FUNKY!.

Official Troubleman website. (Japanese)