Kame & Jun's Double Date

Kamenashi Kazuya was seen with Matsumoto Jun and two other pretty girls at a soccer match. It was supposed that they have gone on a double date to watch a soccer match.

This +1 Football Match features Nakata Hidetoshi. They were seen sitting in the VIP section in side by side, Matsujun's date, Matsujun, some random guy, Kame and then Kame's girl.

As most people who were there, are probably hardcore soccer fans, they are not really concern about who were sitting near them except for a few people closest to them. Kame and Jun seemed very comfortable talking and behaving intimately in an open public space with their dates, enjoying themselves.

However, at about 42 minutes after kickoff, Kame's face appeared on the big screen, to his left you could see a guy wearing a black shirt and on the right was the shoulder of a girl with straight brown hair wearing a black and white striped shirt. A quick shot i guess. Other observers noticed Kame's date resembles the model Rina (who has been linked to Akanishi Jin) and Kame's date. Jun's date was said to be very pretty as well so it is highly possible that both of them are in the industry too.

When questioning Rina's agency, they commented, "She was doing a location shoot for ViVi in Izu and Shimoda (in Shizuoka) at 7pm. And it was confirmed she was in Shimoda until about 8 - 9pm and arrived at Tokyo only after midnight. If she was out with Kamenashi it would be okay (not bad for her image), we would not mind but it was someone else. She's half Japanese, half American so people often mistake similar looking girls for her."

This was published in the 26th June 2008 issue of Josei Seven.

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AAA Releases New Single "No Cry No More"

AAA, has announced on their official website that they will release a new single. “No cry No more” will be the group’s 28th single and is scheduled for a summer release, June 22nd. It will also be a TVCM theme song to Ito Yogurt’s “Body Cooler“.

The single will come in three versions: 2 limited editions and 1 regular edition. The limited editions will both come with DVDs and different jackets.

Maeda Atsuko's Solo Debut

Rumors of a solo debut by AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko are now confirmed. Her first single is titled “Flower” and will be used in her movie “Moshi Koukou Yakyuu no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no Management wo Yondara” (“Moshidora”), which opens in theaters on June 4, 2011.

Maeda personally announced the news on Saturday during AKB48?s handshake event at Nagoya Dome. The song is said to be a slow ballad and will be released on CD on June 22. There will be 3 versions, with different coupling songs and DVD content. It will be released through King Records, the same label as AKB48. More details will be revealed at a later date.

Source: jpopfun.com

Hiroshi Tamaki Stops By Taiwan to Promote Concert

Singer and star of popular Japanese drama "Nodame Cantabile", Hiroshi Tamaki, makes his first stop in Taiwan to promote his concerts.

This is Tamaki's first ever visit to Taiwan and he is greeted by around 200 excited fans at the airport. Before Tamaki was interviewed, he made a special note to express his gratitude, saying, "After the 311 disaster, Japan received a lot of aid from Taiwan and other countries. As a Japanese, I want to say a special "Thanks!" to the people of Taiwan,".

Fans often compare Tamaki to Shinichi Chiaki, the character he plays in "Nodame Cantabile", to which Tamaki shyly says, "(I'm) not as perfect as everyone thinks, however, I will work hard to become the nice and serious guy that fans envision,". When asked about his impression of artists in Taiwan, Tamaki laughs and says, "Lee Hom Wang, because the way our names are written in kanji is pretty similar, I often mistake it for my own name (玉木宏 vs. 王力宏),".

Tamaki will hold his concerts "Tamaki Hiroshi R.G.B. 2011" in Taipei on July the 2nd and 3rd. He will be in Hong Kong the following week, performing on the 9th and 10th.

Source: jpopasia.com

Jolin Tsai Touches Fan

It was around last year Jolin Tsai payed a visit to one of her fan's that suffered from muscle dystrophy. However, the muscle dystrophy was already at its final stages. A video of Jolin Tsai comforting the fan's parents was uploaded to the internet and was played on his memorial service a couple of days ago.

Jolin is clearly upset in the video, holding back tears while saying that Ying-Chi's parents have to be brave, regardless of what happens. She also said that even though they're tough in front of him, they clearly must hurt inside and she expressed her worry for them.
During the memorial service Ying-Chi's parents started crying uncontrollably when they watched the video message.

The idea to film this came from Xu Feng Ming who was filming a documentary about muscle dystrophy. The director, Xu was the one that secretly asked Jolin to record this video in a way to help motivate Ying-Chi's parents to continue to live on.

Source: jpopasia.com

Saung Udjo Angklung, Indonesian Traditional Music (サウンウッジョアンクルン、インドネシア伝統音楽)

The place is so nice, comfortable, and uniquely traditional. Located in Jl. Padasuka no. 118, Bandung. The show was started on 15.30 WIB-17.30 WIB everyday. It was built on 1966 by Udjo Ngalagena (Alm) that was usually called with Mang Udjo. He had a wife named Uum Sumiati. Saung Angklung Udjo (SAU) was a place for music performances, education center, and vacation place for culture as well. It has tradition culture of West Java. SAU tried to goals Abah Udjo’s dream where he was known as Legend of Angklung, they wanted to make Angklung as an art and a culture identity that can be proud of. “Saya mendapat pesan dari Bapak Angklung Dunia, Daeng Soetigna (Alm), untuk meneruskan misinya memperkenakan ANGKLUNG ke semua orang di seluruh dunia agar dikenal dimana-mana, dengan sebuah gagasan bahwa melalui penampilan kesenian musik ANGKLUNG, akan dapat membantu mendorong terciptanya kedamaian di dunia, yang kita cintai dan kita tinggali ini” Their show seperated in 11 parts. There are:

1. Wayang Golek Demonstration. It was a Sunda culture than show a drama of wood dool that tells about ceremonies happen in Indonesia. In each Wayang show, it will reflect moral so that we will always obey Him and be good for others.
2. Helaran. An Angklung show that usually played in traditional ceremony khitanan or even the ceremony of planting seed. It shows the thankfullness to God for all of His blessings given to us.
3. Traditional Dances. In each traditional dances will have a story in it. Legend story or traditional story. Depends on the show. Such as:
4. Topeng Dances. The mask itself represent the character of human that refers to tempramental, unpatient, slooby.
5. Merak Dances. It is a traditional dance from West Java to show the beauty of Peacock and tells about the beauty of color.
6. Calung
7. Arumba
8. Mini Angklung
9. Padaeng Angklung
10. Combine Rehearsal Angklung
11. Here, we, the audience have an opportunity to play Angklung. Each of us will get an angklung and the host will take a hugh paper shows 1-7. Where 1=C, 2=D, 3=E, 4=F, 5=G, 6=A, and 7=B. And we will play together there.