[274] The One Where Nino Is Forever Alone

O P E N I N G

          ▪ Top 10 artists you'd like to get married to [ 1 ]
               ▪ Seven of the ten boys mentioned are Johnnys. WHAT.
               ▪ Is it any wonder Sakurai Sho tops the list? MARRY ME, SHO.
               ▪ MatsuJun, Aiba, Ohno, Kame, and KinKi all make the list.
               ▪ NO ONE WANTS NINO, BOO HOO.
               ▪ People actually want to marry Koichi? Even though he's Mr. Awkward?

N E W S

September 7 - 13
SMAP
          ▪ SMAPxSMAP's 40 min non-stop medley [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Lots of clips of baby!SMAP. SO YOUNG.
               ▪ SMAP in clown outfits submerged in water performing?
               ▪ Very cool to see SMAP's evolution from debut to now in one flow
               ▪ Current!SMAP attempting do choreo they used to do back in the day is hilar
               ▪ SMAP in Black. Suits. HELLO HOT
               ▪ There were three sets prepared for this medley.
               ▪ Shingo keeps refusing Tsuyoshi's advances of lurve~
               ▪ Fans join in with the performance at the end for Joy, very cool.
               ▪ Nakai and Shingo fall to their knees as soon as the singing stops.
               ▪ Nakai admitted to not having sung any of it? So all of it was lip synched?!

KinKi Kids
          ▪ To have new single [ 1 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Double A Side : Mada Namida ni Naranai Kanashimi ga / Koi wa Nioi e to Chirinuru wo
               ▪ Theme : sad, tragic love songs in up tempo
               ▪ There will be 3 Edtions. Two B Sides. PV, Making Ofs
          ▪ Tsuyoshi's Mabataki single and PV [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Song is very Tsuyoshi, mellow and calm. KIND OF BORING.
               ▪ The face censors are the only in the documentary are the only thing of note?
          ▪ Tsuyoshi on Music Station, Sept 6 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Grey, calm. (DULL)
               ▪ Performed the piano ver of the song...so kind of even more low key.
          ▪ Tsuyoshi on Waratte Iitomo's Telephone Shocking, Sept 11 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Tsuoyoshi is already 34?!
               ▪ Tsuyoshi used to get scolded for his sense of fashion, lol
               ▪ He gets treated to a meal before a 2 hour lecture. Then gets told to ignore it all. wtf?
               ▪ Tsuyoshi has 30               ▪ guitars!
Arashi
          ▪ To have new album [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Release: October 23rd, titled LOVE.
               ▪ Two Editions. RE has 16 tracks. LE has 60 pg boklet
               ▪ Bonus DVD for PV for PARADOX
               ▪ Arashi ni Shiyagare gets revamped! [ 1 ]
               ▪ Instead of learning from celebs, the theme will be thinking with them (??)
               ▪ Also, ladies are now welcome on the show, lol.
               ▪ Arashi also produced and performed to express their gratitude to fans
               ▪ They sang Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi and Endless Game
Kanjani8/Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ Chinen joins Ryo's drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ Chinen plays Sawazaki Shunta, a 10th-grader who works part-time in Ryo's Fortune-telling shop as his shikigami
               ▪ Wasn't Chinen recently playing a college student? He's regressed back to high school...
Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Kitayama to star in drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ He will play the lead in Saibanchou! Onaka Sukimashita!
               ▪ He is playing the role of a lawyer
               ▪ It will be a 15 minute one situation comedy

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
TOKIO's Tegami single.