O P E N I N G

          ▪ Hidamari no Kanojo trailer [ 1 ]
               ▪ Jun plays ad executive who meets up with old childhood friend (Ueno) and falls in love
               ▪ But Juri’s character is keeping a secret… *dundundun~~~~*
               ▪ *SPOILER* It is not a disease but YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT IT IS!!!

N E W S ( A P R I L  2 0 - 2 6 )

     TOKIO
          ▪ Yamaguchi on Oshareism, Apr 21 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Shows clips of house
               ▪ Has a TON of surfboards!! And an amazing picture of him surfing
               ▪ Has a board for diff waves and situations
               ▪ He just “ended up” running for 4 hours up a mountain, 35 km
               ▪ All of TOKIO work hard in the gym
               ▪ Leader “drinks while walking”
               ▪ 5 and 2 yr old sons, love Kamen Rider
               ▪ Fights with son, pretending to both be Kamen Riders
               ▪ Sons look like him
               ▪ Sons miss him but are quick to wish him goodbye XP
               ▪ Sons are Nagase and Leader fans, will watch concert DVDs
               ▪ Put picture of him in Hawaii up on Zip!
               ▪ But friend realized later that his zipper was completely open
               ▪ They decide on their concert outfits and get designer to make it
               ▪ They don’t consult each other to make it match
               ▪ TOKIO goes their own way for individual projects, but come together to decide music stuff
               ▪ Matsuoka is already getting undressed by encore and is gone by concert end. ????
               ▪ Had days without money for food, electricity during junior days
               ▪ They went on location to Enoshima and ate lots of Shirasu (pancake, and don)
               ▪ Starting new show, ‘Shiawase! Bombi Girl’ on April 23

     TOKIO/V6
          ▪ Okada on TOKIO Kakeru, Apr 24 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Have to guess how to write reading of kanji for dish
               ▪ “Tiger fish”??
               ▪ Eikura gets it after seeing dish (seen it on TV)
               ▪ Yamaguchi picks guesser and, if they get it right, everyone gets to eat
               ▪ Else no one gets to eat (except Yamaguchi)
               ▪ Joshima seems to get all right on first try
               ▪ Okada likes to do martial arts training on days off, has instructor certification in 3 of 7
               ▪ Nagase makes Joshima fight Okada, “Don’t you like Sumo?”
               ▪ Eikura guesses wrong and Joshima looks so smug that he got it
               ▪ Change to rule where correct guesser gets to eat
               ▪ Last guess and everyone gets it but Okada XDD

     V6
          ▪ Okada on Picaru no Teiri, Apr 24 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Return of the pervy skits!! (Kami’s favorite)
               ▪ Surprise, surprise! They’re in a library and Okada is the teacher…
               ▪ Okada beats up the boys and hits on the ‘pretty’ girls

     V6/Arashi
          ▪ Okada on Arashi ni Shiyagare, Apr 20 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Okada apologizes for taking sempai spot from Ohno
               ▪ Sakurai gets (really hard) book
               ▪ MJ gets stained glass window
               ▪ Aiba gets LED lantern for camping
               ▪ Nino gets rock climbing shoes
               ▪ Ohno gets camera
               ▪ The gifts are perfect for them, but they all reflect Okada’s interests
               ▪ Okada doesn’t remember Aiba dancing behind him
               ▪ To test if he was there, Arashi (incl Aiba) has to remember dance for V6’s songs
               ▪ Okada is Nino’s counselor, listening to Nino’s problems
               ▪ MatsuJun had a bit of a rebel/yankee period during 2004 XDD
               ▪ Supposed to use his martial arts moves to whip MJ into shape
               ▪ Instead Okada teaches MJ to beat HIM up!
               ▪ Okada has stopped calling Sakurai ‘Bambi’
               ▪ Has grown to respect him; calls him ‘Sakurai-kun’
               ▪ Time slip to 2002 (Kisaratsu set)
               ▪ Bu-san and Bambi; “You’re no longer ‘Bambi’, you’re shika (deer)”

          ▪ Okada on VS Arashi, Apr 25 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Arashi comes out to an early lead
               ▪ Okada gets made fun of by Arashi
               ▪ Sho lets his guard down, potentially leading to Arashi losing?
               ▪ Okada is a troublemaker XD

     Arashi
          ▪ Aiba Manabu ep01, Apr 21 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Teach about different Japanese dishes
               ▪ Japanese are obsessed with bread??
               ▪ Next episode may teach about different theme (we hope)

          ▪ Aiba on Otameshika, Apr 22 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Have to stay until guess top 10 items at restaurant/location
               ▪ This week is at Lawson’s (the convenience store??)
               ▪ Try their best to get perfect
               ▪ Aiba is cute/confident

          ▪ Nino-san ep01, Apr 24 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Each episode will have different concept
               ▪ This week “Nino na no ni”: Focuses on unexpected people/things
               ▪ 29 yr old living at home; tried to start company – failed, tried to run for office – failed. Owes money
               ▪ 13 yr old selling card game, sales of over $750 000
               ▪ 78 yrs old but does DJ as DJ SumiRock
               ▪ Next week will have different theme (looks more interesting)

     Kanjani8
          ▪ Hesomagari/Koko ni Shikanai Keshiki single and PVs [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Hesomagari PV
               ▪ K8 is stuck in a wind tunnel
               ▪ Yasu’s hairstyle w/ headband looks like a woman about to do laundry in the 80s
               ▪ Wind testing as they sit on small tricycles
               ▪ K8 gets tossed into space with the 80s garbage
               ▪ Koko ni Shika nai Keshiki PV
               ▪ K8 perform on rooftop
               ▪ Each member looking at different landscapes
               ▪ I would love to know what rooftop they filmed on top of
               ▪ Is this in Osaka? (Melissa thinks so)
               ▪ Singles: strong songs, Hesomagari was more upbeat while rest were more thoughtful

          ▪ LIVE MONSTER, Apr 21 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Performed ‘life’
               ▪ Retold timeline of when each member joined Johnny’s and their pics at the time
               ▪ Hina and Okura look TOTALLY different!!!
               ▪ Performed ‘Koko ni Shika nai Keshiki’ and ‘Rollercoaster’

          ▪ Music Japan, Apr 25 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Shown billiard tricks and split into two teams (w/ Perfume) for billiard battle
               ▪ They try and trick each other
               ▪ Hina tries to show off and misses but is still cool
               ▪ “If you hit, you’re a star” “I’m already a star”
               ▪ And Okura wins it all!!!
               ▪ Win trophy and giant eight ball helmets
               ▪ Perform “Hesomagari”
               ▪ White shirts with funky pants
               ▪ Crazy eyes Subaru!! XD
               ▪ Vocals are all flat

          ▪ Music Station, Apr 26 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Set is a ship deck (really cool)
               ▪ Clothing is same as PV
               ▪ Choreo feels more polished and exciting
               ▪ More energetic!!

     KAT-TUN
          ▪ Kame in Italy for Ore, Ore World Premiere [ 1 ]
               ▪ Received favorable response from audience with lots of laughs
               ▪ Also signed autographs afterwards
               ▪ Miki would like to do another international movie with Kame (potential??)

     Multiple
          ▪ 9th TV Navi Reader's Choice Drama of the Year Annual Awards [ 1 ]
               ▪ Lots of Johnny’s dramas on the list, including Best Drama, Best Actor and Best Rookie Actor

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Sexy Zone's One Sexy Zone album.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Big Shot Single Actors You Want to See Get Married [ 1 ]
               ▪ Four out five SMAP members are on the list!
               ▪ (Only cuz Kimura is already married)
               ▪ Ranking: Shingo, Nakai, Kusanagi, Goro.
               ▪ (Fukuyama Masahiro is at #1. Surprise surprise)

 N E W S ( A P R I L  1 3 - 1 9 )

     SMAP
          ▪ SMAP Ganbarimasu 2013, Apr 14 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Theme: SMAP joins TV Asahi as new temp employees.
               ▪ Goro can't handle his ID lanyard snagging on his hair.
               ▪ Kimura learns to work as a cameraman...and climbs mountains with comedians...
               ▪ Kimura only got 47/100 at his task. CUZ HE MADE PEOPLE NERVOUS WITH HIS STAR PRESENCE
               ▪ LOL Tsuyoshi's an announcer-- the one who's always stumbling over his words. XD
               ▪ Tsuyoshi trains with tongue twisters.
               ▪ Tsuyoshi's task is announcing at a pro wrestling match..?!
               ▪ Tsuyoshi's knowledge of prowres is pretty low, but he makes up for it in loudness.
               ▪ Tsuyoshi gets too into it and gets up on a table. Gets 42/100!
               ▪ Goro is an AD and has to help film food...and he fucks up. XD
               ▪ Goro only manages a 38/100...but complains a lot.
               ▪ Shingo is at the general affairs department.
               ▪ Shingo finds underwear hanging and drying on a banister by the elevator..?
               ▪ Shingo pretends to detonate the TV Asahi building with his cellphone! Gets 92/100!
               ▪ Nakai is assigned to sports news. And didn't have anyone to teach him stuff at all. :(
               ▪ Nakai has a really hard time, lots of conflicts, and drama, and treated awfully. Gets 5/100.
               ▪ SMAP could have produced a mini show but this kind of failed and left a bad taste...

     SMAP/Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ Arioka on Nakai no Mado, Apr 17 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Johnny's otaku special! Celebs who are hardcore fans of JE!
               ▪ Arioka's a huge fan of Katori Shingo. Knows all his songs and dance moves. Even teaches Nakai a few.
               ▪ Kasuga (Audrey) is creepily into Hikaru (HSJ), like a stalker. Has a body pillow he sleeps with. o.O
               ▪ Nakai fails at JE intro don. Also fails at SMAP intro don. FAILS EVEN AT NAKAI INTRO DON. fail.

     V6
          ▪ Okada on Shabekuri 007, Apr 15 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Okada's gaze is too strong! Gets taught how to stare at boobies without getting caught.
               ▪ Who's got best handle on his finances in JE? Inocchi? Nino? Sho?
               ▪ Who's got a bad case of terminal spending syndrome? (hint: Korean)
               ▪ If Matchy, Higashiyama and Sakamoto invited Okada to dinner at the same time, whom would he pick?
               ▪ Okada shows off some sweet martial arts moves. *_*

     V6/KinKi Kids
          ▪ Okada on Domoto Kyoudai, Apr 14 [ 1 ]
               ▪ This is Okada's first time on Shin Domoto Kyoudai.
               ▪ Tsuyoshi takes offence that Okada's there to promote, not visit his Sempais.
               ▪ Okada's hobby is climbing mountains...but he doesn't enjoy climbing?
               ▪ Okada's second hobby is READING. Hentai manga? XD (No, history books)
               ▪ KOICHI thinks Okada is gloomy. KOICHI. OKAY.
               ▪ Tsuyoshi: (Okada,) you're so popular but you're really boring."
               ▪ DUDE. *__* Okada's action scenessssss *__* So good.
               ▪ Okada pushes down a dude to the ground. Tsuyoshi joins in. The guy kinda likes it.
               ▪ Koichi: one of the seven wonders of the Johnny's dorms.

     Arashi
          ▪ To have new single [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Endless Game, theme song to Kazoku Game.
               ▪ LE will include PV DVD.

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ Music Japan, Apr 18 [ 1 ]
               ▪ SEXY ZONE HAS A FRONT 3/ BACK 2 FORMATION. WHAT WHY
               ▪ The single covers also prominently portray front 3 (sometimes only front 3)
               ▪ The back two are dressed almost the same as back dancers...WHAT IS THIS

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Kis-My-Ft2's Ai no Beat single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Impressive Combi in Police/Detective Dramas [ 1 ]
               ▪ 14 - Nakai + Kuriyama Chiaki Ataru 13 Shingo + Yamapi Monsters 12 Okada Junichi + Susumi Shinichi SP 4 Sho + Keiko Nazo Toki

 N E W S ( A P R I L  0 6 - 1 2 )

     TOKIO/Arashi
          ▪ Arashi on TOKIO Kakeru, Apr 10 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Revenge for VS Arashi!
               ▪ Arashi must guess difficult kanji things to win at delicious foods
               ▪ OHNO IS THE KANJI BOSS IN ARASHI!?! no.
               ▪ MatsuJun likes to read for pleasure~ *_*
               ▪ Ohno Immitates Matsuoka...not as good Toma, but pretty good!

     V6
          ▪ V6 Love Victory, Apr 9 [ 1 ]
               ▪ WHAT IS THIS LOVELINESS OH MY GOD WHY CAN THIS NOT BE A REGULAR SHOW FOREVER
               ▪ Sakamoto breaks his arm, and the nurse puts the moves on him by putting his arms
               ▪ Inocchi seducing a girl...a little dubious there...kind of criminal.
               ▪ Okada is sick of making out?!!?
               ▪ Do you want Morita Go to trap you in his arms?
               ▪ ABS OF STEEL OH MY GOD MIYAKE KEN HOW HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING THIS
               ▪ Miyake Ken's scenario is apparently very close to his real life :o

     Arashi
          ▪ To sing theme song to Sho's drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ Endless Game will be the theme to Kazoku Game.

          ▪ Sho on Picaru no Teiri, Apr 9 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Picaru cast hijacks Sho's dressing room and sets up a restaurant.
               ▪ Arashi likes to sing only Arashi songs at karaoke.

     Tegomass
          ▪ To have new single [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Seventh single, May 22nd, Neko Chudoku
               ▪ PV + making of + TegoMass Catness Sensei (?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?)

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Arashi's Popcorn album.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Johnny's Entertainment groups liked by Men [ 1 ]
               ▪ Is it like, "ooh~ I wanna marry hiiiii~m"? Nah, just regular fanboys.
               ▪ Top 3: SMAP, TOKIO, ARASHI. Who's surprised?
               ▪ KisMai is in the top 5! They're doing rather well!

 N E W S ( M A R C H  2 3 - A P R I L  0 5 )

     KinKi Kids
          ▪ Koichi celebrates the 1000th performance of SHOCK [ 1 ]
               ▪ ...Hasn't the whole country seen this already.
               ▪ This thing has been going on for 12 and a half years. Jesus.
               ▪ Koichi trying to achieve world record on the most number of times an indivisual has rolled down the stairs...

          ▪ Tsuyoshi to have first cover album [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Album will be titled "Kaba." SO ORIGINAL.
               ▪ LE will include bonus DVD called Kaba Channel.

     Arashi/TOKIO
          ▪ VS Arashi SP, Apr 4 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Arashi challenges TOKIO to two rounds of KICKING SNIPER!
               ▪ J and Sho are the only polite ones when talking to their sempai.
               ▪ Matsuoka gets mad at Ohno and kicks Aiba's ass and send him flying.
               ▪ Yamaguchi wants to know why no one will comment on his sushi chef outfit.
               ▪ TOKIO invites Arashi over to their show, for revenge! Ohno just downright refuses. Rude.

     Arashi
          ▪ Nino on Picari no Teiri, Mar 20 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Nino infiltrates the set of the parody show itself.
               ▪ Nino is perfect for this cuz he is the king of pranks, and likes money.
               ▪ PLEASE WATCH THIS YOURSELVES TOO FUNNY

     Arashi/Kanjani8
          ▪ Nino on Getsuyoubi Kara Yofukashi, Mar 25 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Nino is invited to surprise Hina.
               ▪ Hina is always saying how he's no good; Nino will get him to admit his idolness.
               ▪ Hina pulls the weight of half of all of Johnny's. But he also pulls have the weight in K8...
               ▪ Hina: "where did I mess up my math..?"
               ▪ Hina pees in the bath. Nino drools...for the thrill of doing something bad...

     Arashi/Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Music Station, Mar 29 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Arashi has sold 25,230,000+ copies of their work. And that's only #9.
               ▪ Aiba has to admit that he's the type to get squished between two memebers.
               ▪ Jun thinks Aiba likes to get squished between Ohmiya.
               ▪ Kitayama's apartment is triangle shaped. It seemed cool at first, now it's annoying.
               ▪ Kitayama and Tamamori share a twin bed together. Miyata is jealous he doesn't get the same treatment.
               ▪ KISS UMAI... Melissa is a necrophiliac who likes KisMai corpses piled on top of each other.
               ▪ Arashi performs in front of 1200 fans in a mini concert. SO COOL *_*

     Kanjani8
          ▪ Yoko leaving Recommen, Maru replacing him [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ OH NOOOOOOOOO WHY
               ▪ Isn't this a bit too sudden? Announcing it in the last few minutes of the episode..?

          ▪ Hina to host new FujiTV variety show [ 1 ]
               ▪ Show will be titled: My Fair Boy, how to create a gentleman
               ▪ Hina and Ayabe will be talking to ladies, who will groom/help them transform themselves into fine gentlemen

     KAT-TUN/Hey!Say!JUMP.
          ▪ Nakamaru graduates from Waseda | Inoo graduates from Meiji [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Nakamaru graduated with a degree in human sciences.
               ▪ Nakamaru's thesis was on localisation of dark music, got an A+.
               ▪ Inoo graduated from the dept of Architecture.
               ▪ Apparently Inoo sometimes had to sleep and cook in a lab...

     KAT-TUN
          ▪ New single [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ FACE 2 FACE will be released May 15th.
               ▪ Will be theme to Kame's Ore Ore movie.
               ▪ Will include Taguchi solo and PV.
               ▪ LE will include PV + Making DVD + Special clip.

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Kitayama to participate in Ikinari Ougon Densetsu [ 1 ]

          ▪ Single and PVs [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Kiss Umai. IS AWFUL. Save your product placement for your ads, not your PVs.
               ▪ KisMai are necromancers reanimating mummies with their FIRE LIPS UMAI KISSU
               ▪ KisMai front three have a harem of foreign girls+back four.
               ▪ Relatively, SOS PV is lot cute.
               ▪ It's your run of the mill happy go lucky johnny's pop.
               ▪ Their grey blazer with blue/orange thingies were cute!

          ▪ Album [ 1 ]
               ▪ SO MANY SONGS WOW
               ▪ Over all, a good album, but vocals kind of fell flat on a few tracks. Amature-ish.
               ▪ Fujigaya's oversexed songs need to be toned down a bit.
               ▪ Album is a good mix, a has a bit of everything for everyone.
               ▪ Kitayama's Rock U is pretty cool.
               ▪ We both liked Rocking Party a lot!

          ▪ Mini-DVD [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ OH NO THERE IS A NEW MEMBER IN KISMAI! A GHOST NAMED YOSHIO
               ▪ KisMai's more concerned about how to make it work with a new invisible member rather than FUCK GHOOOOOST
               ▪ KisMai possessed by the ghost, yay. This is stupid.

          ▪ Last SP Busaiku, Mar 24 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ KisMai has to reconcile with ex-girlfriend they dumped VIA TEXT MESSAGE. setting up for failure.

          ▪ Music Japan, Mar 24 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Performed Kiss Umai.

          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1 ]
               ▪ THREE NUMBER 1s for KISMAI!!! Single, Album, DVD!!!!!
               ▪ 220K+ copies of album, 214K+ copies of single, 125K+ copies of DVD sold!

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Arashi's Popcorn album.

O P E N I N G

          ▪ KAT-TUN in New York [ 1 ]
               ▪ Choreographer tweeted pic of KAT-TUN
               ▪ MSA Agency: Global choreography agency?? What??
               ▪ Koki shaved his head again??? Not sure how I feel.
               ▪ Boys clearly did not get their hair styled or anything so surprised photo posting was allowed…
               ▪ Why are KAT-TUN in NY?

N E W S ( M A R C H  1 6 - 2 2 )

     TOKIO
          ▪ Tegami single and PV [ 1 ]
               ▪ The most inefficient postal service EVER XDD
               ▪ The entire PV is them passing along the letter
               ▪ Matsuoka passing to Matsuoka
               ▪ NO!!! The letter is on fire!!
               ▪ Nagase is serving himself
               ▪ the robot <3
               ▪ The are new things you keep finding as you rewatch the PV
               ▪ Tegami: Can really hear the piano compared to the perf
               ▪ To be: More rock feel to this one. High energy song. Feels like would be a start to anime.
               ▪ (Should have been A-side)
               ▪ Yuuyake no Machi: Feels a bit… country…. But rocky? O_o Just Melissa?

          ▪ Ousama no Brunch, Mar 16 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Cover shoot, behind the scenes
               ▪ TOKIO are dirty when they’re supposed to be sweet XD
               ▪ Mabo has a calligraphy pen in his bag (?)
               ▪ Joshima’s hobby is to mix fruit and yogurt?? WTF??
               ▪ Nagase wants Joshima to go to heaven “be at peace”
               ▪ Taichi just wants to go to lunch with Joshima

          ▪ Taichi on Shabekuri 007, Mar 18 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Clues for guest: Johnny’s, honor student
               ▪ “Honor student” means ‘that person’, right? Plus the sakura. (Sakurai)
               ▪ Kokubun: I’m not the person you were expecting, was I???
               ▪ Shabekuri and Kokubun have no idea why he was called ‘honour student’ XD
               ▪ Taichi has a SURPRISING amount of male fans!
               ▪ Ranks other Johnny’s on chart, based on charisma, artistic, interesting character, natural/normal
               ▪ Matsuoka: dead centre between all
               ▪ Joshima: He is DEFINITELY normal, but also is surprisingly artistic (directs location shots)
               ▪ Sakurai: “He’s most perfect in Johnny’s.”
               ▪ Sakamoto: Artistic/gifted (Does auditions for plays)
               ▪ Left Johnny’s but ended up wanting back in. Called and asked Taichi to speak to Johnny for him.
               ▪ Nino: Charismatic and gifted (Johnny’s shadow leader (?!), Nino calls and Taichi comes running)
               ▪ Higashi: SUPER charismatic and gifted
               ▪ Toma: Talented but more ‘common’-type person
               ▪ Hina: Slightly normal/artistic

          ▪ Ichiban Song Show, Mar 20 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Reenact Joshima’s first meeting with Higashi
               ▪ First word exchange with Higashi: stupidly pushed bidet button, “nani yatten da, omae?”
               ▪ Joshima was having trouble adjusting to the dorm, and Higashi bought him Omuraisu to feel better
               ▪ Taichi and the peach (waits in park, “sorry, there wasn’t any”)
               ▪ Higashi answers questionnaire
               ▪ “I remember talk at toilet. Actually, I had the same thing happen to me, so I was glad"
               ▪ Hard to handle kouhai: Kokubun
               ▪ “He doesn’t follow the rules, soon to go off and play” “Has a baby face but really is cunning”
               ▪ Perform ‘Tegami’, good but nothing too exciting

     Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ Ke Sera Sera single [ 1 ]
               ▪ That PV is a real trip O_O
               ▪ THE LION! Pi said in his ninki, he really liked hanging with the Lion
               ▪ The PV reminds me of a Kyary Pamyu PV, design, colours, song, etc.
               ▪ In particular the scene where he’s on the throne, with the guards and the lion in front
               ▪ That vine must be hiding the chain on the lion keeping it from possibly attacking
               ▪ The leopard print jacket really works with the PV, and Pi is CLEARLY having fun with this <3
               ▪ Wish had making for this…

    Kanjani8
          ▪ New single [ 1 ]
               ▪ Titled “Hesomagari/Koko ni shika nai keshiki”
               ▪ Will be theme song for Ohkura's drama/Ryo's movie
               ▪ LE A: a-sides and ‘this moment’, ‘Hesomagari’ PV and making
               ▪ LE B: a-sides and ‘myself’, ‘Koko ni shika nai keshiki’ PV and making
               ▪ RE: a-sides, ‘this moment’ and ‘myself’, ‘ai deshita “8EST” Remix’
               ▪ To be released April 21

          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Topped DVD and Blu-ray charts, “KANJANI∞ LIVE TOUR 8EST!!”
               ▪ Sold over 237k+ copies of Blu-ray and DVD
               ▪ Set a new Blu-ray record for male artists

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ New single [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ To be titled, “Real Sexy!/Bad Boys”
               ▪ ‘Real Sexy!’ is theme song for ‘Cho Sennyuu! Real Scope Hyper’ on Fuji TV
               ▪ ‘Bad Boys’ is theme song for Nakajima’s drama ‘ Bad Boys J’ (explains the song title…)
               ▪ To be released May 1
               ▪ Tracks include A-sides plus ‘Just Ima shika nai’ and ‘High!! High!! People ~movie remix~’
               ▪ LE A: DVD with ‘Real Sexy!’ PV
               ▪ LE B: DVD with special movie in New York starring. Shori, Kento and Fuma.
               ▪ Also includes a 12-page photo booklet.
               ▪ LE C: DVD with making for ‘Real Sexy!’ PV. Also includes a 12-page photo booklet.
               ▪ RE First Press: Picture disc, and an original trading card randomly selected from 5 kinds

     Johnny's Jrs
          ▪ Twenty-Twenty debut group [ 1 ]
               ▪ New unit will include 40 juniors from East and West
               ▪ (Hellooooo AKB48~~)
               ▪ Aged from 7-20 years old
               ▪ Aim to debut at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
               ▪ WOW! That is 7 years from now… O_o
               ▪ Wait, wait, the group is to be made up of 700 trainees?? Wait, what?? What about the 40?

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Arashi's Popcorn album.

O P E N I N G

          ▪ Artists With Sexy Voice that Gives the Thrills [ 1 ]
               ▪ Yamada, Fujigaya, Ohno make chills run down your spine?
               ▪ Who's your pick for the list? NO ONE WORKS FOR US :x (maybe Kimura?)

N E W S ( M A R C H  9 - 1 5 )

     V6
          ▪ Okada to star in movie adaptation [ 1 ]
               ▪ Higurashi no Ki by Hamuro Rin.
               ▪ This is a period drama. Yakusho Koji, Horikita Maki also star.
               ▪ Okada plays Shouzaburo who watches over the protagonist who's condemned to seppuku.

     Arashi
          ▪ Aiba to host solo variety show [ 1 ]
               ▪ Title: Aiba Manabu, Sundays on TV Asahi, starting April 21
               ▪ Learn Japan's undiscovered knowledge together with Aiba
               ▪ Aiba wants to graduate from "Aiba-chan the tennen." (NOT A CHANCE)
               ▪ This sounds like HnA. Concept is gonna change as soon as ratings drop. :x

          ▪ Popcorn concert DVD [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Released April 24th.
               ▪ 2 disks, footage from Tokyo Dome con in December.
               ▪ NAKED J TRAUMA AAAAH

          ▪ Nino on Honma Dekka, Mar 13 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Nino gets life counseling.
               ▪ Nino wonders if he should be worried being labled a cheapkate. (YOU'RE NOT WORRIED SHADUP)
               ▪ Nino hasn't bought anything in like. THRE YEARS?!?
               ▪ If Nino were to quit being an idol, he could live on $0.80/hr part time job.

          ▪ Nino on Pon, Mar 15 [ 1 ]
               ▪ DON'T CALL ME NINOMI
               ▪ One year old NIno bawling his eyes out! + Magic tricks~! *_*

     Arashi/A.B.C-Z
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Calling/Beathless at #1 with 756K+ copies sold in a week. JESUS WOOOOOOO
               ▪ ABCZ at #2 with 33K+ copies sold with their Twinkle Twinkle DVD!

     Tegomass
          ▪ Otameshika, Mar 4 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Tegoshi is a cupcake head.
               ▪ TegoMass are apparently CHOKKAN IDOLS
               ▪ Tegoshi demonstrates his godly intuitive powers :O

          ▪ Music Fair, Mar 9 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Apparently before debut, TegoMass went karaokeing with Johnny o.O
               ▪ Despite being the kohai, Tegoshi was totally condescending towards Massu (like usual)
               ▪ According to TegoMassu, they work well as a duo because they're complete opposites
               ▪ Aww, Massu being al cute and poking Tego's arm when Tego praises him!

     Tegomass/A.B.C-Z
          ▪ Music Japan, Mar 10 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ A.B.C-Z performs Twinkle Twinkle...kind of. CHEESEY. Their sequin costumes are too clowney.
               ▪ Hashi's hair is orange EW
               ▪ TegoMass get trapped inside a giant soap bubble...

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Busaiku to be a regular show [ 1 ]
               ▪ YAY GIVE US MORE BUSAIKU
               ▪ Starts April 21, after midnight, on Sundays on the Kanto local channel (FujiTV)

     Multiple
          ▪ Ashita E concert, Mar 9 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Six hour concert in memory of 3/11
               ▪ Original Smile T__T
               ▪ Mae Ni, This is Love, Dear Woman, Ganbarimashou are other songs SMAP performed.
               ▪ Tsuyoshi totally stutters on his words...Shingo enunciates extra to make up for it. XD
               ▪ Everyone on stage for Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana. T_T So poingnant.
               ▪ Yamapi performed Ue wo Muite Aruko, Nayami no Mori no Naka de.
               ▪ KisMai performed Everybody Go!!! Natsukashii~! (Also, SHE HER HER. WHY?!!?) also We Never Give Up
               ▪ OH MY GOD BACK FOUR ALSO MATCHED WITH THE FRONT THREE FOR SHE HER HER ALL IN WHITE

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Sexy Zone's Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Artists you want to go on a karaoke date with!
               ▪ Ohno, Tegoshi, Aiba, Kame, Domoto Tsuyoshi all on the list. ARASHI as a whole!
               ▪ Who remembers Arashi bursting into random karaoke boxes and surprising random people?!!?
               ▪ Tsuyoshi doesn't seem the karaoke type...maybe more than Koichi!
               ▪ Golden Bomber is number one on the list, by the way.
               ▪ Tegoshi would probably hog the mic at the karaoke. -_-

 N E W S ( M A R C H  0 2 - 0 8 )

     SMAP
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1 ]
               ▪ Top of the charts Mistake/Battery! Most consecutive top 10 singles with 49!
               ▪ 161K+ copies sold!

     Arashi
          ▪ Breathless/Calling single and PVs [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ alskjdlaskjdlkasjd;laks;dlkas;ldk
               ▪ ;lkf;sldkf;lskdf;lks;dlfk;slkf;lskd;lfk
               ▪ s;ldkf;sldkf;lskd;flks;dlfk;sldkf;lsf
               ▪ AWESOME CHOREO *___*
               ▪ Visually lovely PV, dark themes,
               ▪ Calling PV, opposite...lots of colours! Still keeping with the dark.
               ▪ Who are these male dancers trying to maybe sort of kill Arashi!?!?
               ▪ Aiba almost strangled...
               ▪ If Calling sounds like KAT-TUN, it also looks it, too! WAREHOUSE!
               ▪ The B-sides are very ARASHI-like! Good, strong single!

     Tegomass
          ▪ [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
               ▪ This is the same old TegoMass we know and love (?)
               ▪ TegoMass' style is pretty stagnant, the same old boring stuff. Nothing innovative.
               ▪ At least they had more than $0.10 for the budget...
               ▪ All the songs on this single kind of flow together, which is kind of good and bad...

          ▪ Ichiban Song Show, Mar 6 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Just a standard perf, pretty singing, girls screaming, yay.

     Yamapi
          ▪ Kayou Kyoku, Mar 5 [ 1 ]
               ▪ What the hell is this kid wearing?
               ▪ Yamapi is stuck in this downward spiral of shittiness. WE EXPECT BETTER.
               ▪ The boxtop leg/cane dance just makes you look weird, dude.
               ▪ That jacket slidey thing peekaboo shoulder is not hot.
               ▪ Nakai wants to know what the hell Ke Sera Sera really means.

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Kitayama to be in drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ Kasuka no Kanojo with SMAP's Shingo.
               ▪ This is that ghost drama...
               ▪ Kitayama will be playing an English teacher!
               ▪ Wasn't Kitayama playing a highschooler like, yesterday.

     A.B.C-Z
          ▪ Twinkle Twinkle A.B.C-Z single and extras [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Wait, when did this song go from English to Japanese? Where's the transition?!!?
               ▪ Kawai is the only sane person in the skit and WTFs at everything.
               ▪ What clown/circus ring master outfits are these.
               ▪ Don't question Goseki's Bondage kinks!
               ▪ It's a one camera single continuous shot PV. Which is cool.
               ▪ WHY COULDN'T DESPERADO BE AN A SIDE?! SO MUCH BETTER!
               ▪ Two elderly ambulance workers TRYING TO take a patient to the hospital
               ▪ Captain of the soccer team wants to play but coach won't let him. GOSEKI IS A GIRL
               ▪ Baka Assassins galore~

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Domoto Koichi's Gravity album.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ God Song Ranking
               ▪ Favourite songs from SMAP, KinKi Kids, Arashi, K8, NEWS, Yamapi, V6, KAT-TUN, HSJ, KisMai, T&T!
               ▪ Why's TOKIO not on the list?!
               ▪ Love So Sweet and One Love are Arashi's top 2! Still... also makes it onto the list!
               ▪ Orange is the most loved song by SMAP!
               ▪ Ai no Katamari tops KinKi's list. Fitting.
               ▪ K8: Musekinin Hero. HSJ: Super Delicate. KisMai: She!Her!Her! V6: Wa ni Natte Odorou. KT: Real Face. NEWS: Chankapana. Yamapi: Ai, Texas. T&T: Yume Monogatari.

 N E W S ( F E B  2 3 - M A R  0 1 )

     SMAP
          ▪ Goro to be in drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ TBS Spring Drama: Take 5. Japanese version of Oceans Eleven??
               ▪ Goro plays a policeman who was demoted, and thus joined the group of thieves.
               ▪ This will be a suspense, thriller, comedy, human drama.

          ▪ Nakai/Tsuyoshi to star in separate drama SPs [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Both SPs will be on TV Asahi.
               ▪ Nakai will be playing the role of a chef in Aji Ichimome.
               ▪ Tsuyoshi will be playing a police detective who was framed for attempted murder and imprisoned, exonerated (?), and then reprised his role.

          ▪ Mistake/Battery single [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Battery is a throwaway PV basically. There's really not much visually pleasing..not even the dancing.
               ▪ The Mistake PV is beyond gorgeous with the all the darkness and the vibrant reds.
               ▪ Shingo and Tsuyoshi work through the lyrics during the making of to explain the meaning ...
               ▪ ARE THOSE PETALS OR FEATHERS!? the big debate!

          ▪ CD TV, Feb 23 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Performed Mistake! Looking gorgeous in black and red!
               ▪ Kimura shows off his monomane/ventriloquism skills?

          ▪ Kayou Kyoku, Feb 26 [ 1 ]
               ▪ SMAP are ossans that totally run out of breath after dancing and can't even talk!
               ▪ Performed Mistake and Tabidachi no Hi: the graduation song!
               ▪ Apparently Kimura, Nakai and Mori, all three had auditioned for 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei!

     SMAP/Arashi
          ▪ Music Station, March 1 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Why is Nakai starting a fight with Nino in MiniSte? And Goro's helping?!
               ▪ Everyone in this episode was all kind of high or something...
               ▪ Goro becomes part of Perfume doing Chocolate Disco.
               ▪ Nakai revives his feud with Ohno and lunges at him while the other members must hold him back.
               ▪ No, Ohno does not get his dance moves from Nakai!
               ▪ Tsuyoshi starts his own mini fight with Shingo?
               ▪ Somehow Tamori-san gets caught in the fray. Ohno ends up in Shingo's arms.
               ▪ Aoi Inazuma is SMAP's #1 dance song? Kimur'as GETCHU~ is the moe point! *_*
               ▪ Battery performance got a cool stage...but can this song be salvaged in any way?!
               ▪ Mistake gets better the more you hear it!
               ▪ BREATHLESS. to be cliche. LEAVES YOU BREATHLESS.
               ▪ So glad they went the choreography route! *__* SO GOOD.
               ▪ It's like Nino got five injections of Kakkoii-ness for this perf? Is it the dark clothes, the hair?
               ▪ Calling sounds kinda like a KAT-TUN song (but so much better)

     TOKIO
          ▪ Matsuoka to be in drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ Senyu Tantei Tokage, starring Matsuda Shota
               ▪ Famous eccentric detective who left the police force after the death of his partner
               ▪ Mabo will play a detective.

     V6
          ▪ Go to be in stageplay [ 1 ]
               ▪ Natagiri Maru, based on Richard III
               ▪ Play will Start in October in Osaka, and end in Tokyo in December

     Tackey & Tsubasa
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1 ]
               ▪ Takizawa Kabuki 2012 #1, 9th consecutive #1 DVD! Tied with Koda Kumi as most #1 DVDs by a solo artist!
               ▪ 15K copies sold.

     Tegomass
          ▪ Music Fair, Feb 23 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Performed "Thunderbird" with TM Revolution, with an orchestra backing them.

     KAT-TUN
          ▪ Taguchi to go to Thailand for J Series Festival [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ This is a historical cooperation between Thai and Japanese broadcasting industry.
               ▪ Kanno Miho will be joining Taguchi for the ceremony on March 17!
               ▪ Taguchi will be promoting Legal High.

          ▪ Nakamaru to be in drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ Machigawarechatta Otoko, on Fuji TV.
               ▪ This is a human comedy, set in a sushi restaurant, about a chef, spanning over ten days.

     Kanjani8
          ▪ Ohkura to be in drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ TV Asahi, with Takei Emi: Otenki Oneesan.
               ▪ Ohkura plays a noob police detective.
               ▪ Takei Emi apparently had a crush on Ohkura when she was in junior high, aww!

     Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ Tour 2013 [ 1 ]
               ▪ April 14 Shizuoka - Aug 23rd Miyagi, 15 dates!
               ▪ Will also be holding Johnnys World Thanksgiving Festival in Tokyo Dome/Kyocera Dome in March.
               ▪ Is there a possibility of a single announcement soon?

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Miyata to star in stageplay [ 1 ]
               ▪ Kifushamu Koku no Bouken, adventure fantasy play. May 18 - June 20, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, 33 shows.

          ▪ Busaiku, Feb 24 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ The more they air these SPs the more people search KisMai + Busaiku.
               ▪ Tamamori says he will quit the group if Miyata does better than him. Thenhad to bows down.
               ▪ Nikaido has the most losses, Fujigaya is the KING.
               ▪ For the muscle training #2 should have actually been #1.
               ▪ Nikaido works out to BSB's I Want It That Way?! Miyata trains to Stand by Me?!

     Multiple
          ▪ Manga-based drama with NakaKen, Nikaido, Hashimoto [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Bad Boys J. Nakajima is the lead, rich kid rebels against parents and joins a biker gang.
               ▪ The other boys also play leaders of biker gangs.
               ▪ What kind of biker gang names themselves Paradise Butterflies? (Ladies~!)

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Domoto Koichi's Gravity album.

O P E N I N G

          ▪ Strongest Team ranking of 2013, which team do you want to join? [ 1 ]
               ▪ Hello, can we say super heavy Arashi bias.
               ▪ If Nino were your manager, would you actually get any jobs?
               ▪ Can you really get any work done if Kimura were your coworker?!?!

N E W S ( F E B  1 6 - 2 2 )

     SMAP/Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Kayou Kyoku SP, Feb 19 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Love song special~! Lionheart, Stay, Munasawagi are SMAP love songs SMAP likes.
               ▪ Nakai: I don't know that SMAP song. Goro: no, you know it, you just can't sing it.
               ▪ SMAP perform Orange. What a touching song. T__T
               ▪ Catch a sneak peak to Mistake, SMAP's up coming new song!
               ▪ Kimura reads "Mistake" as "Matsutake." Hungry~
               ▪ Nakai points out the distinction between the KisMai back 4 and front 3 oohhhh.
               ▪ Unmei Girl and My Resistance medley was...cute and fun...sliding and everything.

     TOKIO
          ▪ Lyric single [ 1 ]
               ▪ Good Tokio single...nothing super different than their usual stuff.
               ▪ Nagase wrote this song!

          ▪ Music Station, Feb 22 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Colourful! Balloons!

     V6
          ▪ OMG album [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Supernova! Well shot PV. The whole thing looks like it's shot in one (maybe two or three) shot(s).
               ▪ "The circular motion of the camera reflects the circular narrative of the PV"
               ▪ They spent money on this. We know where KAT-TUN's PV money went...
               ▪ What's with Okada stealing HATS!
               ▪ CLUB SUPERNOVA YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE
               ▪ Nagano is foreveralone.gif who gets no girls, or just being connoisseur of good alcohol
               ▪ OTONA GUYZ! Bizarre but yes so awesome.
               ▪ Okada piling Miyake on top of Go in a shopping cart and being all BroT3 the entire time~ <3
               ▪ What's with the seizure inducing colours?!? But cute colourful jackets and skinnies...
               ▪ Senkou Hanabi, DIS, Shinai Naru Kimi E, Only Dreaming, Maybe are all great!
               ▪ WHAT THE HELL IS ORZ?!!?
               ▪ Some lucky fan's flailing "oh my goodness!" was the inspiration for the album title!
               ▪ They celebrate Go's birthday!!! Filmed early, so Go's all confused hahaha.
               ▪ Sakamoto singing Shelter, and V6 doing the dance in the karaoke booth.

     Arashi
          ▪ Nino to host variety show solo [ 1 ]
               ▪ Nino-san, starts in April, on NTV.
               ▪ There will be a total of 10 epsiodes, on a trial basis, best of 10 directors will be chosen as regualr.
               ▪ Nino apparently is more interested lately in doing variety shows than dramas...as he told Yoko and Becky.

     NEWS
          ▪ Massu to be in new butai [ 1 ]
               ▪ Strange Fruits.
               ▪ Tokyo, Osaka, dates in May and June.

     Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ To have new single [ 1 ]
               ▪ Kei (Kaibutsu) Sera Sera -- theme song for Goro's night drama...
               ▪ DVD will have PV + Making of
               ▪ Love Chase SP event movie, Cross Space digest movie also included
               ▪ The covers look really weird. This is becoming a pattern. :(

     KAT-TUN
          ▪ Kame's new movie Ore Ore will be turned into a manga [ 1 ]
               ▪ Cool story bro
               ▪ (Uchida Yuki kisses Kame, that's hot. The rest looks creepy/not interesting/Kame's hair looks like a wig)

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ My Resistance/Unmei Girl single [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ My Resistance PV had a very Taiyou no Namida feel? A bit of Typhoon Generation, too?
               ▪ Why do they have the same shiny necklace? Was there a sale, and they all bought it?
               ▪ How did they remain dry through the rain..?
               ▪ Were there making ofs for these PVs?
               ▪ UNMEI GIRL!! HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. VALENTINE'S DAY THREW UP ON KISMAI.
               ▪ Shoe shaped chair thing they were ritualistic skating around was kind of cool...musical chairs!
               ▪ Tamamori almost fell off the screen, lol! But adorable smile~!
               ▪ Kitayama riding on Nikaido's back...wanna see making of footage of that!
               ▪ B-side: Forever With U was. Really nice.
               ▪ KisMai receive V-day choco from
               ▪ Miyata's is kinda pissy offy.
               ▪ Yoko can't believe he's getting choco and not the other members. XD
               ▪ Tamamori is flushing your choco down the toilet, you stalker weirdo.
               ▪ Fujigaya's is tolerable because he was cute. So was Senga!

     Kis-My-Ft2/Sexy Zone
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1 ]
               ▪ KisMai gets #1 with My Resistance/Unmei Girl, 316K+ copies sold within first week! Woo!
               ▪ SexyZone #1 on blu-ray chart, 12K+ copies sold.

L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ Live listeners ask your hosts various questions as to what being in fandom means, if JE can make it outside of Japan, would they cover Korean groups, etc.

I N T R O D O N

          ▪ As always, listeners vs. hosts. WHO WILL REIGN SUPREME?

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Tackey & Tsubasa's TEN album.

O P E N I N G

          ▪ Nakai wants a solo debut [ 1 ]
               ▪ Is he joking? We hope so!
               ▪ Nakai can write songs really well, maybe he’ll have a ‘ghost singer’ sing for him?
               ▪ Or maybe he’s been using a ghost singer the entire time??? Except the ghost can’t sing
               ▪ So his solo album will be him revealing his REAL voice #twilightzone

N E W S ( F E B  9 - 1 5 )

     TOKIO
          ▪ To release new single [ 1 ]
               ▪ Titled ‘Tegami’ to be released March 20
               ▪ Theme song for “Daijoubu Sankumi” movie starring Kokubun Taichi
               ▪ Has ‘adult sound’??
               ▪ LE: ‘Tegami’ and DVD of PV
               ▪ RE: ‘Tegami’ and ‘Sunset City’

     V6
          ▪ Music Lover, Feb 10 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Is this their first time?
               ▪ Nagano joined 26 years ago
               ▪ Sakamoto joined in 1987 (when Kami was born!!! O_O)
               ▪ He joined so he could quit high school XD
               ▪ Sakamoto clears some rumors and confirms others
               ▪ Go doesn’t want to brag
               ▪ Inocchi is the boss of the juniors
               ▪ Okada was last to join, after winning on show
               ▪ Miyake refused to join without Go
               ▪ Performed ‘Ai Nan Da’, ‘Darling’, ‘Believe Your Smile’ and ‘SUPERNOVA’
               ▪ “SUPERNOVA!! Put it on repeat!! You’ll love it!” – Kami
               ▪ V6 rocks Kami’s world

     KinKi Kids/KAT-TUN
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ KAT-TUN received 20th consecutive #1 single for ‘EXPOSE’ with 154,000+ copies sold
               ▪ This is the second group to receive most consecutive singles, after Kinki Kids
               ▪ Domoto Koichi tops music-DVD and overall DVD charts with “Document of Endless Shock”
               ▪ This is his 6th consecutive #1 music DVD overall with 50,000 copies sold

     Kanjani8/Ikuta Toma
          ▪ Janiben, Feb 13 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Toma used to do lunch show with Yoko and Hina, “Chanel!”
               ▪ Ichiban Tennen: Yoko (everyone agrees)
               ▪ Always loses phone (“I just lost it yesterday” but found it)
               ▪ Yoko buys lip cream then throws out bag its in and then wonders why can’t find it XD
               ▪ 2002 ‘Another’ butai; Toma was guesting
               ▪ Have a slight break so Yoko says should go drink upstairs
               ▪ Forgets about his own cue for his solo XD
               ▪ Yasu got too into dance at concert rehearsal and fell, “DAIJOUBU!”
               ▪ Toma is excited to see his growing plants when he gets home
               ▪ Dad kimochi <3
               ▪ Would want to co-star with Ryo in something (out of all eight)
               ▪ Maru is Toma-fan (Creepy)
               ▪ Maru: “If I kissed you, what would happen?”
               ▪ Make Hamburg
               ▪ “It’s a butt” “No! It’s a brain!! (Nou)”

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ To release single and album [ 1 ]
               ▪ 7th single, 2nd album and a short movie!! will be released on March 27
               ▪ Single will be double-A side “Kisu-umai ~Kiss Your Mind~/S.O.S”
               ▪ LE-A: Two A-sides and DVD with ‘Kisu-umai’ PV and making
               ▪ LE-B: Two A-sides and DVD with ‘S.O.S’ PV and making
               ▪ RE: Two A-sides and ‘keep on smile’
               ▪ ‘keep on smile’ will be new ‘Moshimo Tours’ theme song
               ▪ First press will include mini-photo booklet, random 1 out of 2 types
               ▪ Album LE w/ DVD: 13 tracks, DVD includes ‘Kis-My-History’
               ▪ Talks about everything they’ve done since 1st album
               ▪ Album LE w/ CD: same 13 tracks, plus special ‘Kis-My-Zero 3’ CD with 9 tracks
               ▪ RE: same 13 tracks+2 extra tracks (yet untitled)
               ▪ Short movie DVD
               ▪ First Press LE: DVD with ‘YOSHIO –NEW MEMBER-‘ and making + CD with untitled track
               ▪ RE: Same DVD contents, First Press will include photo booklet

          ▪ Music Station, Feb 15 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Performed ‘My Resistance ~Tashika na Mono~’
               ▪ Set is clearly worth a LOT of $$$
               ▪ This felt like shorter version than last perf
               ▪ Sounded better when it was only from thoughtful to uplifting tone instead of constant switch

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ Kikuchi Fuma to enter Keio University [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Second Johnny’s to attend after Sakurai Sho
               ▪ Will study a "variety of political, social, psychological issues as well as music”
               ▪ NO! There is only one KEIO BOY!!! *sob* *sob*
               ▪ No, but seriously, congrats! <3

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Kanjani8's Aoppana single.