Since producer Shin Kikuchi declared that this year's "FNS uta no natsu matsuri" will not be tolerating lip-syncing, almost all participants sang live. But a lot of fans have also been saying, "If this is the outcome, then they should have lip-synced instead".
This was first voiced out when Momoiro Clover Z performed with miwa. "MomoClo's getting in the way www" "They're totally drowning out miwa's singing." "They're horrible."
MomoClo also performed the classic "Cosmos" (Momoe Yamaguchi) with Masashi Sada later in the program. "This singing level... Aplogize! Apologize to Momoe-chan!!" "MomoClo's singing way out of tune, it feels like Masashi Sada's undergoing torture."
This was also true for Morning Musume who performed "Help me!!" and "Love Machine". "Eh! So the current generation of Morning Musume is this bad at singing?" "Is this an amateur singing contest?"
About Nogizaka46 who sang "Oide Shampoo": "They're so bad, right? wwwwwww" "It's like a school festival performance."
About Sexy Zone who performed "Sexy Summer ni yuki ga furu": "Practice singing first WWWWWW" "The singing is so bad, it's not sexy at all."
About Kis-My-Ft2 who sang "Donna toki mo" with Noriyuki Makihara: "Makihara's beautiful voice is being obliterated by Kis-My." "LOLing at the difference in their singing abilities."
But there are still people who commend them for singing live, which has even led to some celebrities such as Chiaki to comment:"I don't consider the ones lip-syncing as singers. From an aspiring singer". (Related post HERE)
「All journalists know this, but no one dares write about it...」 NMB48's Sayaka Yamamoto and One Ok Rock's Taka in a serious relationship? (partial translation) "Their relationship probably began once we entered the new year. Yamamoto who's a rock music fan and who even plays the guitar herself was introduced to Taka when she was partying with close musician friends. They have a common friend who reveals that 'Taka was able get her on the 2nd date'." - sports journalist
Sayaka Yamamoto is the captain of NMB48's team N, ranked 18th last year in the AKB elections but ranked 14th this year. Taka (Takahiro Morita) is the son of Shinichi and Masako Mori and was formerly a member of the Johnny's idol group NEWS. He was previously linked with Perfume's A-chan.
According to the sports journalist: "All journalists who follow these 2 groups know about this, but no AKB-related gossip can be run on these sports and entertainment papers".
"Even if this gets leaked out, Yamamoto is well-liked by the management so no punishment will come her way. She also looks after her juniors and is liked by the staff. Taka is also currently with an agency that has strong countermeasures against these gossips, and they will never admit to this as long as there is no strong evidence." Source: http://www.cyzo.com/2013/08/post_14102.html
( ﾟдﾟ) A serious relationship? Then it's alright ＿(__つ/￣￣￣/＿ ＼/ /
Aya Matsuura (27) and w-inds vocalist Keita Tachibana (27) submitted their marriage application on the 4th after 12 years of being in a relationship and will be having their wedding ceremony in Hawaii sometime this autumn. According to a few insiders, the two have submitted their application to the ward office on the 4th. Matsuura went to Hawaii last June to take a look at the venue and handle the preparations as they plan to hold the ceremony some time after October. The two have been going out since 2001, shortly after their debut. They split up once but came to terms and got together again. They have been living together in a high-rise apartment within Tokyo since last year.
"There was a time when she always ate ramen after drinking, and she just got bigger and bigger. People on the Internet started calling her "Debu-kyon" (fatty-kyon), a word play on her nickname 'Fuka-kyon'." -showbiz reporter
Fukada is now slender and looks like a different person in her TBS drama Na mo naki doku.
The most obvious change is her smaller face. According to Bunshun, Fukada was able to get a smaller face thanks to the Nishikura Aesthetic Salon. The salon, whose clientele also includes actress Jessica Michibata and talent Maomi Yuuki, does this by shifting the bones of the skull to make the face smaller.
The price is reportedly \210,000 for 10 minutes per area of the face.
"She apparently can't stop drinking, and she also goes to Menard Facial Salon. She limits her food intake to stay slim. I think she's starting to put in a conscious effort in maintaining her body now that she's in her 30s."
Fukada is currently dating Maasa Igarashi, 3 years her junior.
Anne Nakamura (25) has generated some buzz thanks to her quotes about AKB48's Minami Minegishi on NTV's Konya kurabetemimashita last July 31.
In the episode, they featured the "Women who are in their make-or-break year Special", and the guests were Nakamura, Minegishi, and Keiko Enoue of Niche. Nakamura was introduced as "the most dangerous woman in showbiz", and commented, "This is my make-or-break year", with enthusiasm.
When they were talking about "The day of their biggest loss in life", Minegishi confessed that it was the day she went bald.
Minegishi said, "It's been about half a year (from the incident), and most of my hair has grown back", to which Nakamura replied, "You look cuter than before". She then continues, "Previously, I was like, 'Ahhhh~~~", (this is an) idol!?", which stirred the studio up.
Enoue and Minegishi were in a heated discussion when Enoue said, "There was a time when people were telling me we (she and Minegishi) look alike", to which Minegishi says, "Oh, people always say that I look like the ugly ones like Kaoru Yahata-san and Enoue-san".
Nakamura then shocked Minegishi by telling Enoue, "It's alright. An ugly girl (Minegishi) is calling you ugly anyway".
Even the host, Football Hour's Terumoto Gotō said, "Oh no". Other than this, Nakamura boldly stated that, "I can't make a living just by being a model". "I joined a fashion show with a broken front tooth". "My target is SHELLY-san. I'll trample her down".
Nakamura also previously guested on TBS' Arita to Yarashii hitobito in June, where she commented, "I think that there's a very huge opening right now. A huge opening, within the wipe. I think it'll be important to come slide into that slot", referring to Mari Yaguchi's vacated position on the show. People will be looking out for more of her as she slowly raises her popularity with her frank quotes.
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQLt2gpCMAAuSkv.jpg:large?.jpg Handwritten messages L: I want to make a baby with Yamada-kun R: Yamada-kun's Calpis, please put it inside of Miku
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山崎P @Yoshii38 さしこコメント収録、１時間３０分待たされた。収録は５分。 Just finished getting Sashiko’s comment. I was made to wait for 1 hour and 30 minutes. The actual taping only took 5 minutes.
また騙された！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！ WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO SHE ISN'T A VIRGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'VE BEEN TRICKED AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ryo Aska of popular duo CHAGE & ASKA was caught on film as he was using drugs and was blackmailed by the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group, Weekly Bunshun can reveal.
According to ASKA and a close showbiz representative, ASKA used to live for 4 years in Hokkaido since his Jr. High days. That was where he got to know a member of the yakuza group, and eventually became his source for drugs. But there seems to have been some trouble with his recent transactions, leading to the yakuza group to use filmed evidence of ASKA using drugs through a glass pipe in order to threaten him.
Bunshun had the chance to interview ASKA in front of his house.
-----Are you a drug addict? "No, no, not at all. Not at all. Haha." -----We heard that you're being threatened by the Yamaguchi-gumi for some drug-related matters. "(short silence)..... Yeah, yeah, about that, they said, 'Lend us money'. Then I said, 'I don't want to'. Yeah, yeah, yeah, and that's why we got into an argument."
CHAGE & ASKA were supposed to have a live performance for the first time in 6 years this August, but was postponed by their agency due to suspicions of transient cerebral ischemia on ASKA. (Related post HERE) Apparently, ASKA was still being threatened by the yakuza at that point.
Will ASKA be able to make his return? All eyes will be on him, including the actions that the investigative teams will take.
* This was initially reported as "Mr. X" (big-time singer) by TouSpo."Mr. Z" (member of a major rock group in the 90s) (HERE) is yet to be revealed, but some 2channelers have come up with some more theories which we have included in this post.
(Selected parts of the article) iSAMU will be about the life of the artist Isamu Noguchi, born to a Japanese father and an American mother, and will be showing his ups and downs in life as an artist who represents the 20th century. Yosuke Kubozuka (Related post HERE) will be playing the role of Isamu.
Director Amon Miyamoto comments: "This time, I want to jump together with him. I want to fly to the end of the world him!" "Isamu-san is the type of man who puts his work on a rough place, and then changes that place. He's a person who doesn't look for fame, but he wants to resonate in people's minds. I want to make it as fundamentally close to Isamu-san as possible. I want to make it as close to his mind as possible."
(On choosing Kubozuka) "Yosuke Kubozuka to me is a very pure person. He absorbs everything like a sponge and is faithful. I believe that the flame within him and his pure sides fit Isamu-san perfectly."
