Johnny's Under 100: Jesse
JesseGroup: noneBirthdate: June 11, 1996I have always liked Jesse, though mainly at first just because I thought he looked like a cute kid. I was happy when he finally got a group with Hip Hop Jump,...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 7 September 2008 review
This episode gives two Shounen Club debuts, one for a member of Sexy Zone and the other for one of the Bakaleya6.Everyone missing from last month's episodes are back on the show, so it should be back...
View ArticleShinryochu ~In the Room~ mid-seasons impressions
And I continue on with this drama that I hope to finish off by next week.At this point I can say that I am completely this series just for the sake of completing it and because I like some of the...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 14 September 2008 review
And we hit the second episode of the month, with next month set to bring us some changes.We start off with a basic introduction of having group names or individual names for the Juniors not in groups...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Hashimoto Ryosuke
Hashimoto RyosukeGroup: A.B.C-ZBirthdate: July 15, 1993I only took notice of Hasshi after Hey! Say! JUMP debuted and he was made center of a trio of Juniors. I was surprised to learn that he was the...
View ArticleBye Bye Sexy Zone Bye
Sexy Zone is set to release another single this year, the release date is October 9 and the single will be a double A-side. The song that currently has a titled announced is Bye Bye Du Bye -See you...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 5 October 2008 review
This episode not only gives us the Shounen Club first appearance of A.B.C-Z but also of Nakajima Kento.The kicks off with an introduction/group number of the main Juniors singing Arashi's Kotoba yori...
View ArticleJWeb is now international
The official Johnny's phone app, J-Web, has followed suit after Johnny's net went multi-lingual and supports English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and Korean for their paid J-Web services. You have...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 12 October 2008 review
And we have an episode that Yabu Kota is not one of the guests in.Did not mention it with the last episode but Sanada Yuma and Nozawa Yuki still are treated as prominent Juniors and get individual...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Ueda Tatsuya
Ueda TatsuyaGroup: KAT-TUNBirthdate: October 4, 1983There is a brightness to Ueda that does not get to shine a lot with the image he portrays as a member of KAT-TUN. Being the “cool” group being full...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 2 November 2008 review
And with this episode we sorta have B.I.Shadow now.From the introduction at the start of the program the three original members of B.I.Shadow have definitely been grouped together as a trio but they...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 9 November 2008 review
I cannot believe I am almost through all the 2008 episodes. I feel like I am actually catching up to the newer episodes now.This episode actually starts with the theme, Arigato (thank you), announced...
View ArticleShori 49
The next late night NTV drama to replace Kamen Teacher has been announced. It is titled 49 and will star Sato Shori for his debut in a leading role. The drama will begin on October 5.The Juniors that...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Matsushima So
Matsushima SoGroup: Sexy Zone/Sexy BoyzBirthdate: November 27, 1995The most overlooked member of Sexy Zone, though he shows a lot of potential. He is also growing up rather fast now and it is looking...
View ArticleJunior News Round-Up 005
There are a couple of drama casting news bits as the full casts of the upcoming dramas for the fall season are being announced.First up is Jesse having a supporting role in Kimura Takuya's drama Ando...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 7 December 2008 review
This month's episodes seem to be ones for new groups as we get to see two of them with this episode, but only get the name of one of them.The episode opens up with the usual introduction segment as the...
View ArticleKanjuu Might Debut!
It was announced at one of the performances of the stage show Another that Johnny Kitagawa is thinking of debuting a new unit with its members being all Kansai Juniors. His plans would be to debut a...
View ArticleYuma is no longer a university student
Apparently Nakayama Yuma quit university and has instead been focusing on his career. He has expressed interest in going to a school to learn English but not returning to university.JE Fandom...
View ArticleChinen Yuri back in high school, kinda
It has been announced that Chinen Yuri will be part of the cast of Nishikido Ryo's upcoming drama on Fuji TV, Yorozu Uranaidokoro Onmyona e Yokoso. He will play the role of a first year high school...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 14 December 2008 review
And we have the final regular episode of 2008, but there is still a Christmas special for the year.In the introductions we get the name for the group of younger Juniors that Tanaka Juri is fronting,...
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