* Nakamura came home, seeing what looks like a bedroom that has just been used after having sex. Umeda was hiding naked in the closet. He was made to kneel down and bow and an evidence picture was even taken.
* Yaguchi made Nakamura hush about this incident, but her agency found out about it a month later. She then made an excuse "I couldn't stand how my husband was treating me violently".
* Nakamura: "Our bedsheets were always changed to new ones whenever I came back home from other locations".
Tabe-chan's partner, a co-star in Ōoku... who could it be? Kubota seems like the most likely, but she seems like the type who likes older men, so could it also be Tiovita? But Ōoku really produces these couples at a pretty high percentage, like Masato Sakai LOL
* At the product launch of Top Valu on the 28th, Yusuke Iseya was persistently asked, "Is your relationship (with Masami Nagasawa) going well?", but avoided answering any of these.
* Iseya talked about the joint movie with South Korea THE TENOR ～LIRICO SPINTO.
* According to Shuukan Josei released on May 28, Arashi's Masaki Aiba purchased a mansion (apartment) in a secluded, executive residential area within the city worth ¥150 million. His mansion looks like a "celeb designer mansion" with a live-in housekeeper, 2-storey high, and approximately 190 sq.meters wide. * Aiba used to reside in a 24-storey tower mansion before transferring to an 8-storey mansion after the 3/11 earthquake left cracks on the building. He wasn't able to modify his current mansion and decided to transfer to a new one.
* Leah Dizon announced on her blog (dated May 27) that she would set foot once again on Japan
* "I'll be going to Japan soon! I'm really excited about it! I'll take a lot of pictures and upload them on my blog!!"
* There are apparently 4 more men who are suspected to have had affairs with Yaguchi. Umeda's name happened to come up first, but there really was a possibility that she was habitually bringing men into her house.
* The other men under suspicion: A married Johnny's talent, an actor friend who attended their ceremony, and 2 others who disappeared with her into the night after gōkon parties.
* Shun Oguri's name was also mentioned yesterday (see below).
* This probably wasn't the first time Nakamura found out about her affairs.
Monday nights at 9 on FujiTV.
* Tomohisa Yamashita is now 2nd behind Takuya Kimura for the most number of starring roles on the Monday night at 9 pm slot (Last was 2010's Code Blue)
*Yama-P will be playing a struggling camera man who accidentally shoots Karina being dumped by her fiance. Just when the two are getting closer to each other as they both carry their burden of failed romances, Erika, Yama-P's kouhai in highschool, appears.
* Sunday Japon shown on the 26th of May. Talents Terry Ito, Ayako Nishikawa, and Mitz Mangrove discussed Yaguchi's scandal (related post here). Nishikawa: "I actually heard this rumor already some time ago and couldn't believe it. She hasn't admitted it so I really don't know if this is the truth. But if it is, then she totally lacks common sense, and she probably isn't that concerned about her married life. To think that she had a good image when she got married, I think everything just crumbled down to the ground. She got what she deserves." * About bringing a lover into the apartment "They probably were in bad terms already. You'd know if someone else was in your room, right? I guess their relationship was already at a point where she felt that she couldn't care less if she sleeps with another man." Mitz: "Maybe Yaguchi-san felt like she was the head of the family, thinking 'this is my house, I am in charge here'." Terry: "She's actually done things far worse than that. We know that, no one just spills the beans." "The incident happened in February and was kept under wraps up until recently. This means that a lot of things happened in the past 2 to 3 months. Even still, she has been updating her blog with a straight face on. You could say that she's a stupid woman." "So what could Yaguchi be thinking now? She shouldn't think of things for herself, like if she can still return to showbiz. Will she be able to put herself down and protect Nakamura? Nakamura might be seen as a sad or stupid man depending on that, but what comes next will detmine how we will evaluate Yaguchi as a person."
* On FujiTV's TokuDane!
* Sho Sakurai sent his resume to Johnny's 'on a whim' which led to his debut.
* "When I came home one day, my resume was on the living room table. My parents told me, 'What is this, we haven't heard of this!'. I kept my application a secret from my parents, and of course they got mad at me." * "Whenever I visited my grandparents' house, they would always ask me when I'd quit, and my parents would just keep silent about it." * "I also thought that I'd probably stop at some point. I was thinking that I'd probably quit Johnny's Jr. when I was about 17 or 18. Well, I liked what I was doing and was treating it as something like an extra-curricular club activity." * "Even when we became Arashi, my family never attended our concerts. But there was a time when I held a solo concert when I was 22 or 23 and asked them in the living room, 'I have a concert this weekend, can you come?'. They then said, 'maybe we should'. I remember that scene pretty well. I think that was the time they finally accepted me. They've been coming to our concerts ever since."
hyde's rock unit VAMPS will be releasing a new single, 「ＡＨＥＡＤ／ＲＥＰＬＡＹ」on July 3. The song 「ＡＨＥＡＤ」will be used for Sony's Xperia UL commercial in which hyde will also be appearing.
* One CD gives the fan the opportunity to vote once for the member of his/her choice in the ongoing elections which will determine the members and the groups who will sing their 32nd single. http://i.imgur.com/uytlY4t.jpg
* It was initially reported that she was living separately from her husband, then Nakamura added to the speculation when he said in a program that "She doesn't even cook for me. There's discrimination within the household (because of the earnings)".
* But apparently, he walked in when Yaguchi was in their bed with another man on February 23. Nakamura left their apartment, and they've been living separately ever since.
Keiko Kitagawa's blog entry: "The unforgettable event 10 years ago"
"I was a regular highschool student who did not excel at anything, and I haven't even decided on what to do up to the night before the audition. "Before going to bed, I finally decided after thinking it over. I cut a sweet potato in half, wrapped it in cling wrap and put it in my bag together with a carving knife. "On the day of the audition, I felt out of place when I was mixed in together with all of these pretty girls who were so talented as they sang, danced, performed ballet, and calisthenics. I felt miserable as I just silently started carving the sweet potato in front of the judges, and for some reason I passed. "I'm still indebted to Shirakura-san and Director Tasaki who were kind enough to let me and my sweet potato stamp through. "With these bonds that I have created, I am really grateful of the fact that I have been truly blessed with the people around me who have helped me as I am still standing here after 10 years. I still cherish these miracles and meetings with other people up to this day"
* "Ummm, that's.... I'm just living in the moment and doing whatever I want to do now. I have released a lot of songs, and a lot of people have suddenly gotten to know me in these past 2 years, but I don't want it to pass by like a fad no matter what. I want to continue my career as an artist." * "I just want to bring forward the things that I've always wanted to do, may it be fashion or music." * "It's not that I hate the 'idols', but I really think that I'm not an idol. I think that the people who are calling me an idol don't really know that much about me." * "But I guess the things I do are similar to them, like wearing flashy clothes then smiling when I sing and dance." * "I think that a lot of people think that this 'Kyary Pamyu Pamyu' character is being created by a bunch of adults from behind the curtains, and a 20-year-old girl is just playing the part of something that's completely fabricated."
* "Well, I won't deny that I'm not doing everything by myself as the people around me have been giving me support, but I'm still doing things my way within my own ability."
