JCD live blog

Live blogging this but I will be mainly just updating during CM breaks. Though I am still looking for the best streaming site for this.
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The site I am using keeps buffering or I would share the link. But there might be another that will come through. I hope it does or this is going to be painful to watch streamed.

It's lagging like crazy. Could see Kis-My-Ft2, HSJ, Nakayama Yuma, two of the five A.B.C-Z members. Know Kinki and Matchy set things off.

Keeps buffering. Got a bit of Yamapi's Daite Senorita. And the very start of Kisumai's Everybody go. And now on A-Z 5stars.

Came back a bit for NYC and it looks like Yuma is going to hang out with HSJ. HSJ do JUMP Band, or part of it, for Magic Power.

Poor Nakaken, he has to do Sexy Summer solo as the rest of his group have to sit JCD out.

Lagged out as NEWS began Chankapaana and returned for a second for KAT-TUN's Birth.

Higashiyama is there at lest for Shounentai.

Finally stopped lagging for a little while to see them stand and wait for midnight. Which is almost here.

*sigh* Now it is no longer loading at all for me. So unless another streaming source comes up I will not be able to continue this.

Patience is a virtue and I found a much better stream. Check it out here: http://www.justin.tv/f10edub#/w/4468984032/17

Kanjuu perform followed by K8 on the roof that Arashi has been performing on for the past couple of years.

Poor Nakaken, he's stuck on MC duty being the only one of his group that can participate. HSJ's outfits for Super Delicate are blinding. Kisumai looking and sounding good.

Right now it is hit song for the year, pretty much. So the usual songs being promoted in the year end songs. Loving NEWS and World Quest still. Not the worst outfits they have but there seems to be quite a bit of blue for groups this year.

Moved on to a Kinki Kids 15th anniversary medley. Yamada got to sing with them for one of the songs. I think his year has been made already with that. NEWS got to sing the final song with Kinki.

Now a new medley starting with Higashiyama and V6. Matchy has NEWS and KAT-TUN with him on the giant trolly to sing his latest song.

Kinki singing Family. And their kouhai are joining in.

Even though Yuma is on his own he does not seem to stand out nearly as much as Nakaken. It probably helps that he gets to stick to HSJ for it all.

But now they are doing a MC to bring groups up and talk about what to look forward in the coming year.

So Arashi are on their usual rooftop. I guess K8 must be hanging out with them off camera. And there they are. Subaru is the king of creepy faces.

It's NEWS up and then commercials.

Back and KAT-TUN are up followed by TOKIO who are also on the rooftop. I guess they figured it was getting too crowded at the dome to race them all over. Yamapi maybe got a sentence out before commercials again.

A CM with Ikuta Toma. Kinda wish he was at JCD.

We return to get HSJ followed by Kisumai whose outfits could match Kinki's. And there are all of A.B.C-Z.

Kinda a pain how they do all the commercials at the end of JCD. But I guess on the flip side they do not break for them earlier in the program during the actual performances. And a good amount of them do have Johnny's in them as well.

We get the odds and ends with Uchi Hiroki, Nakayama Yuma and Nakaken, who all get one rushed sentence each. I guess we are getting to the guys who have their Chinese zodiac year up next.

Or maybe not. I can't believe it's over already. Probably because I managed to miss a big chunk of it because this stream was not easy to find.

Higashiyama Noriyuki married!

Higashiyama Noriyuki (aka the ageless one from Shounentai) has let it been known that he has registered for marriage to actress Kimura Yoshino. They still have not had the wedding ceremony and gave no word to when that would be.

Tokyograph article. (English)

News like this is nice to see first thing in the morning. I hope they both spend many happy years together as a couple.

News round-up

Since I have some free time I figured I should do a quick round-up of news pieces here and there from the past week or so.

First up is that Ikuta Toma's Genji Monotagari film has announced more of the cast and he will be joined by fellow agency member, Higashiyama Noriyuki, who will play the man the author of the original tale is based on used for inspiration.

Tokyo Graph article. (English)


Then Koyama Keiichiro will be starring in a play version of the 0 Go Shitsu no Kyaku drama. The play will only have the story that Koyama had a part in but it mentions that they will have Yokoyama Yu reprise his role via pre-recorded video segments during the play.

The play will run from November 13th to December 5th at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and the from December 17th to the 20th at the Sankei Hall Breeze in Osaka.

Tokyo Graph article. (English)


And then there are a couple of SMAP related pieces of news.

First Inagaki Goro will be in the upcoming drama Nagereboshi, which stars Ueto Aya. He will play her brother in the series.

Tokyo Graph article. (English)


And SMAP has gotten a mention in international news. In a BBC news online article about the recent troubles between Japan and China their canceled Shanghai concerts have a mention as one of the many affects this has had between the two nations.

BBC news article. (English)


Finally a little update about how the photo scanning is going along. I do have them all finally scanned so I just have to sort them all into ZIP files and upload them to a downloading site. Hopefully I'll have the time to do this before the week is over.

News round up

Unfortunately my mother pulled something in her back and ended up bedridden for the majority of this week. I've been helping take care of her while juggling my usual school schedule which is getting more work heavy now that it's heading into finals in a few weeks. I will try to at least keep up with news for this blog for the month if nothing else.

First up, it was announced that the concert in Thailand for the KAT-TUN world tour have been canceled. This is of course because of the recent unrest in the nation which has in the past few days included bloodshed. There is no word if the concert will be made up for but the rest of the concerts on the world tour leg are still scheduled to go on as planned.

Tokyograph article. (English)

Higashiyama from Shounentai will be starring in a drama for the summer season. The title is still unknown but it is being billed as a 'mystery medical' drama and it will air on TBS. He will be joined by Ohkura from Kanjani8 who will also have a role in the drama.

Tokyograph article. (English)

Also for those interested there was an article released for the current Junior concerts being held at Theatre Crea. The article focuses on A.B.C.-Z as they are the first group to perform as well as the only ones to have full solo concerts.

musicjapan+ article (English)

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)