Kisumai's Kiseki covered
Playing some catch up with some things I missed while getting adjusted to my move. Figured I would start with the covers that have been revealed for Kis-My-Ft2's upcoming single, Kimi tono Kiseki. From...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 6 July 2008 review
This month is the episodes filmed at NHK Hall Osaka, so it gives us the chance to see what has changed with the Kansai Juniors after about a year. The episode opens up with the main Kansai Juniors...
View ArticleIf you squint Sexy Zone has five members
Well the covers for Sexy Zone's upcoming concert DVD/BD release are out and they are just about as disappointing as the ones for the group's past single Real Sexy/BAD BOYS. The only plus is that it is...
View ArticleJohnny's net become multilingual
Starting on the 1st of August Johnny's net, the official website for Johnny's & Associates, has become multilingual. It has added an English, Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese) and Korean...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 13 July 2008 review
And now for the second Osaka episode of Shounen Club for 2008. Like with the previous episode it opens up with the main Kansai Juniors performing an Arashi song, this time it is Kitto Daijobu. We do...
View ArticleShiritsu Bakaleya Koukou movie review
Like Piece this is something I have been meaning to review some time ago but kept putting it off. But now that I want to get through my backlog it is time to finally write this up. So the basic plot is...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Yabu Kota
Yabu Kota Group: Hey! Say! JUMP Birthdate: January 31, 1990 Watching through the years of Shounen Club episodes I can say I have seen Yabu grow up. From the cute little thing he was back when...
View ArticleThe horrors for Fujigaya and Senga
Catching up with some tidbits of news. The first is that Senga Kento will be making his big screen debut in a horror film called Bilocation. The movie stars Mizukawa Asami and will also have Johnny's...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 3 August 2008 review
We are back to Tokyo again for this month's episodes but not back to all the usual Juniors. In the introduction we have a couple added faces in Kato Shigeaki taking Nakamaru Yuichi's place as host with...
View ArticleDreamboys take to the races
The main cast and the title of the next Dreamboys musical has been announced. The lead will be Tamamori Yuta with Senga Kento and Miyata Toshiya also co-staring. Actress Otori Ran (retired Takarazuka...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 10 February 2008 review
We get the return of an old Shounen Club feature this episode. This time with the introduction song the Juniors introduced are all by their individual names. It is the usual groups, with Yamashita...
View ArticleOther Idols Master Post 008
Yamashita Sean will be in another play this coming August. He will be in the cast of Tomoe Gozen which stars Kuroki Meisa. The play starts August 4th and ends August 25th with only a run in...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Arioka Daiki
Arioka Daiki Group: Hey! Say! JUMP Birthdate: April 15, 1991Daiki is the member of Hey! Say! JUMP that I keep feeling bad that I do not pay as much attention to as others even though I do like him. He...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 2 March 2008 review
And we enter in the final month for this season of the program. The introduction of the Juniors for the episode is the more basic one with everyone just dancing as they are introduced. While Nakayama...
View ArticleOther Idols Master Post 009
From L to R: Kana, Aya and Li Sadly I have to start out this post with the news of members leaving a group. Kana and Li from the indie idol group Love La Doll will be leaving the group to pursue a...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 9 March 2008 review
And now the final episode of this season of the show. We start off with the Juniors singing Ao no Jidai. There are no introductions past having those singing having their names on the screen, which is...
View ArticleThe kids grow up so fast.
Even though it has been noticeable that Matsushima So has been growing quite a bit recently watching the latest Shounen Club episode (July 3, 2013) makes it even more apparent. He and Yo Marius had an...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Matsumura Hokuto
Matsumura Hokuto Group: n/a Birthdate: June 18, 1995Hokuto is one of those Juniors that caught my attention from the first time he showed up on Shounen Club. There was just something about him that...
View ArticleTantei Gakuen Q final impressions
And I have gotten around to finishing this series so I can move onto another. The series ends strongly, in fact the final three episodes are easily my favorites from the series. The episodes leading up...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 2 September 2007 review
Finally back to having the regular Juniors of the program being the focus again. From the introduction it looks like both J.J.Express and Junior Hey! Say! 7 are missing a member each. For HS7 it is...
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