First post! So yeah... this is pretty much where I'll be rambling on about various rumors/gossip from good ol' Japan. There will be a lot of Johnny's Entertainment stuff but there'll be other entertainers/talent as well (if I feel like it). Whatever I think is interesting, I'll write about. Not gonna lie though, it's mostly Johnnys.

I'm not locking this, I just wanted to say this journal isn't meant to be malicious. Whether or not you choose to believe what's written is up to you. I get big lols out of most of this stuff and much of what I write is pretty tongue-in-cheek, so I hope you get a kick out of it. :D

That said...

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Seeing as how I am nearing the 1000 friends limit I won't be adding anyone else. But that really doesn't matter in the slightest since I have yet to lock any of my entries. Everyone is still free to read what I've posted.

June 20th was Aibu Saki's 24th birthday and FLASH magazine was there to stalk her and Nagase's celebration.

Nagase was seen leaving his home some time after 8pm. After circling the area, he drove to a nearby cake shop where he bought a birthday cake for Aibu. He carefully put it in his car and headed back home.

Afterwards he left his place again but this time on his 1942 Harley Davidson FL - constantly looking over his shoulder as he drove. He was being followed by the paparazzi. He stopped his bike and went up to their car to make fun their inability to follow someone without being noticed. "You guys are so obvious. If I were your boss, you'd be fired." After a little banter with the reporters (a couple of old guys who later said Nagase was a nice guy) he went back home and stayed put (the reporters continued their stakeout). Around 10 o'clock Aibu arrived by taxi.
I shall assume the rest of the story is as follows: Sex and cake. The end.

So perhaps the plan was to get pick up Aibu on his motorcycle but the paparazzi had to go and be a couple of buzzkills ruining everything with their fail thus causing the two to change their plans. But at least they were together.

sources: ズバリ！裏芸能 | 芸能7days

Back to the status quo.

Shukan Josei reports that about a month ago Kato Shigeaki of NEWS was spotted at the popular hostess club "B" in Roppongi. One customer recalls what he saw that night: "I was wondering why there weren't any girls at our table. When I looked in the back, I saw they were all surrounding this loud group of three guys. I was surprised to see one of them was Kato of NEWS."

Like Shige, "most of the women working at Club B are college students, so it was easy to make conversation."
Whatev, they were probably talking about how he kissed those chicks in his play. He upped his man cred.

As the club was about to close, Shige and his pals decided on a change of venue made their way to a nearby place called "E" where they waited in a lush private room costing tens of thousans of yen. A few minutes later the hostesses showed up and it was go-kon time.
More talk about college life I am sure.

They stayed till morning drinking tequila and champagne. Naturally there was karaoke. Shige happily sang many a NEWS song.

Well, even Shige needs to let loose every once in a while.

source: エンタメScoop

Just when things appeared to have settled down after Kusanagi Tsuyoshi's arrest for public indecency, Tokyo Sports reports someone caught the whole thing on video.

According to a Johnny's insider, "They were told there was no video of the incident when, in fact, someone in the area had filmed it and that person may even leak it. Both Kusanagi and Johnny's are terrified."

The alleged video shows a naked and indignant Kusanagi asking the now infamous question heard round the world, "What's wrong with being naked?" (now in t-shirt form! order today!) With the owner having filmed the entire incident, things could get really ugly. Kusanagi's seen cursing out the policemen and flailing about in a display "not at all worthy of pity." There are worries that if the video gets out, all the sympathy the public had for Kusanagi will disappear.
I dunno about that but, ohhh, the second-hand embarrassment. D:

So, if the jimusho knows about it, what have they done to stop the footage from leaking? Naturally they contacted the owner and offered to buy the video.
Hehe, I would like to know the proposed figure. How much is it worth?

Anyway, the owner was all ka-ching! show me the money!, and they had a deal! Johnny is winnar!

Except, not really! I lied. Johnny is fail because the owner got mad at the jimusho's "everything can be solved with money" attitude and turned them down.
Ruh roh!

As result, the owner just might make it public or give it to the media.
If the vid is real and the owner really wanted to stick it to The Man, he/she'd let it loose on the internet (preferably pixelated).

source: レッツ芸能ニュース

Oh right, I almost forgot about this. Tired. Too much 140 Mafia. D:

Aibu Saki's birthday is on the 20th, which, in Japan time, is tomorrow. So what, right? Well, people are keeping their eyes on that date because it could mean marriage for her and Nagase. Perhaps an announcement, perhaps marriage registration, who knows. Perhaps even... nothing!

Also, if we want to further this theory, in a couple months Okada Jun'ichi and Aoi Yu may also be getting hitched on her birthday August 17th. Although Coming Century is touring this summer the trio will be on a break that day (and several other days, so it's not that huge of a coincidence). So, nuptials pending? Big marriage announcement at Kamisen concert? Who knows.

source: 芸能7days

So last week perfume member Nocchi was Friday'd with Straightener front man Horie Atsushi.

This week, Friday is back with a scoop on fellow Perfume member Kashiyuka. Not much in the way of details yet, but basically she was spotted at a cafe on a date.

( pictures )

So who's the guy? Rumor is he's photographer Ota Yoshiharu. You can check out his work at his site.

source: エンタメScoop

johnnyshos has updated the Johnny's dating chart I posted way back ago. And it is brilliant.
Thanks so much for doing this!


Click the pic for the goods!

I was gonna wait for some more details but I'm bored. :)

So, as the title states, Oomoto Ayano, or Nocchi, of pop group Perfume was Friday'd with Straightener vocal/guitarist Horie Atsushi.

According to the report, they went to a drinking party together and afterwards stopped by the supermarket before heading to Nocchi's place. Nocchi got home first and Atsushi joined her 10 minutes later.

The internet is all abuzz over the article. And by internet I mean Perfume's legions of male fans.

( useless pics )

edit:
So here's what I found about the article. This happened early last month. The party broke up around 1am and everyone was outside waiting for taxis. Nocchi and Atsushi stood with a bit of distance from each other but got in the same cab. Despite being alone, they still sat apart from each other. The taxi stopped somwhere near Nocchi's apartment; she got out first and made her way home.

Atsushi, on the other hand, got out walking in the opposite direction to a nearby supermarket. After speaking with someone on his cell phone he then quickly left the store heading straight to Nocchi's apartment. He stayed the night and left some time the next afternoon.
Well aren't they clever.

And according to witnesses this wasn't the first time. Between March and May, while Straightner was on tour, Atsushi would take time to visit her. One photo is said to be of Atsushi leaving Nocchi's apartment. There are, however, no pics of the two together.

source: エンタメScoop | 芸能7days | ナリナリ

If you're a fan of KAT-TUN and/or Crystal Kay you probably know about "WONDER," the duet Akanishi and Kay wrote together. Rumor has it the song will be released to the public.

According to Tokyo Sports, they're gearing up to release the song within the year and have been preparing an "extreme" performance. They didn't go into details but mentioned embracing.
*gasp!* omghuggingwhut?!1

And what's a unit without a name? While it hasn't been decided, "Crystal Red" seems to be the favorite.
Really? Well, it's self-explanatory so they've got that going for them. I'm just glad they didn't go the Johnny route and use initials. JACK!

So, will WONDER really be released? Will Crystal Red really be their name? And will the duo sex it up on stage? Meh, it's Tokyo Sports so, no idea. But I think it'd be a nice change of pace.

Haha, if you google "crystal red" you will get car shrimp.

source: エンタメ芸能のツボ

Let's step back from Nagase's love life for a moment and talk about his new summer drama.

He will be starring in NTV's still untitled tentatively titled Karei-naru Spy airing Saturdays/9pm. This will be Japan's first spy comedy series.

Nagase plays Yoroi Kyosuke, a government spy who takes down terrorists like a "comedic James Bond" (oh, so you mean Austin Powers? lol). The drama is penned by Odoru Daisousasen writer Kimizuka Ryouichi who said, "I wanted a chance to work with Nagase. I think he's a modern day Ishihara Yujiro."

Yoroi is a gifted swindler sentenced to 30 years in prison for 13 counts of fraud. However, given his talents for swindling, in exchange for a dropped sentence he is scouted to work for the government's Secret Intellgence Department. Yoroi is a master of disguise who can become anyone: a teacher, doctor, host, pilot, even Korean actor Yon-sama (Bae Yong Joon).

And what's Bond with out a Bond Girl? There will be a beautiful female spy along with female guests in terrorist roles so expect some romance. He will have "unique" spy gadgets and... damn, this sounds pretty great.

His role is described as wild, sexy and silly. Nagase said he wants to have fun making the drama and I'm sure he will. And I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun watching it.

[edit] ~ More reports have come out and I'm trying to sift thru the details.
- Nun, monk, and bus driver are part of his disguise repertoire.
- His gadgets will include a shoe that turns into a cell phone, a cell phone that shoots poison darts, and a ring that turns into a pistol among other nifty things
- The head of the terrorist group is called Mister Shou (?)
- Yoroi's team will also have a former member of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and a teenaged hacker (prolly won't be miura haruma but i'd lol so hard if it were)
- Each mission will conclude in one episode.

Gimme the cast, damn it!

Okay, so I checked out the site and it has all the cast listed as "secret" but here are some character names.
Dorothy
Kurusu Ken'ichi
Osamu
Ellis/Elise
Josephine
Kiriyama Seiichi

I'm guessing the first 3 are the ones mentioned in the articles but I could be wrong.
Any casting ideas/wishlists?

source: Sanspo | Nikkan Sports | Sports Hochi | Sponichi

Let's see what these two are up to.

According to Shukan Josei, on the night of May 4th Nagase Tomoya and Aibu Saki were spotted at a video rental store. They were mindin their biz lookin around and didn't seem to mind if anyone saw them. At first they were all over the store but then settled down in the Japanese films section looking at their own movies laughing, joking and being flirty with each other.

Because I'm sure everyone wants to know what they were wearing, a witness said Nagase had on baggy pants and a cap while Aibu was wearing skinny jeans, a hat similar Nagase's, and a certain sparkly object on her left ring finger.
Ohhh, he liked it so he put a ring on it. ;P (her agency denied it and gave the "friends" response though)

Supposedly Aibu's CM contract had prevented her from getting married, but that ran out at the end of April, which means she should now be in the clear.

So what's going on here... Are they engaged? Will there be an announcement soon?
'Tis the season to get married.

source: 芸能7days

Sup guys. Fandom sure is abuzz today. Are we at war yet? Has the Tego army bombed the Akanishi troops? Is Jin gonna have to choke a bitch? This is all very serious.

Anywayyy, today's topic: Tina! That is, Hina and Toda Erika. To recap, late last year Murakami Shingo and Toda Erika were rumored to be dating. Followed by denial, we're friends, yadda yadda yadda. Well, Shukan Josei is reporting that they really are together as witnesses have come forward with the info.

One witness said it was around midnight when they saw them together. "They were clinging very closely to each other, since it was late and not a lot of people were around. I wondered if it was okay for them to be so open about it."

Another witness recounts the couple's shopping trip at a supermarket located at the bottom of a certain high-rise condo. "Murakami appeared to have injured his leg/foot. Erika was very concerned and helped hold him up. She looked just like a young mother with her basket on her arm picking out groceries."
Aww, Hina got a booboo. And a wifey.

They've been spotted at that market several times, which makes sense because that certain condo is Hina's building. A resident had this to say: "After shopping late at night and then cooking, it's probably too much trouble to go back home. Maybe they're living together. A lot of families live in this building so there's plenty of security."
Cuz she'd totally move in for the security.

Anyway, looks like they might be playing house. Shacking up, evennn! /Snagglepuss
I guess now we wait for Hina to tell us no again.

source: エンタメ芸能Scoop

Well, let's see here. According to Jitsuwa Knuckles (a super sketchy mag, just look at their site. i mean, really), late one night in Sangenjaya, witnesses spotted two people having an argument, one of whom was Matsuyama Ken'ichi.

It went something like this:
"You like someone else don't you?!"
To which Matsuyama replied, "No! There isn't anybody else."
Heartbreaking. Did they work it out? I just gotta know.

By the way, Matsuyama's talking to a guy.
He's gay whut? What about Koyuki? What the deal?

But wait, there's more. They are also claiming Matsuyama had invited out an "urisen boy," or prostitute.

K-kun, who works with the prostitute in question said, "My sempai would happily tell me, '〇ル (__ru) asked for me'."
〇ル is how they refer to Matsuyama. The mag didn't write the first character but it's possible it could be エル meaning eru or L as in his character from Death Note.

With all the speculation about him and Koyuki lately this took me by surprise.
Famous actor, gay, and with a prostitue. A gossip trifecta. lol

source: ズバリ！裏芸能

Last one, I promise. This is about Yoko! For reals this time!

Bubka reports Yokoyama Yu was spotted in Tokyo wearing a very odd disguise.
Yes, this is the gossip.

Late March, Yoko was at some place in Roppongi playing pool with a good looking young guy. This was actually his younger brother who had just arrived in Tokyo. It'd been a while since he had a night out with his brother, so they were really enjoying themselves.

Not only did they have fun but they managed to draw a lot of attention. Well, mainly Yoko and his silly outfit. Casual clothes, sunglasses, and... a strange blonde wig? Everyone in the place was pretty much like, wtf?
I'd like to know more about the wig in question. Was it big? Bright? Curly? What made it so strange?

As if that weren't enough to make him stand out, he chatted away loudly in Kansai-ben.
Well of course.

The reason behind the wig remains a mystery, but perhaps there is none other than Yoko's a goofball. And that's fine by me. lol

source: エンタメScoop

Okay, so the title may be a little misleading, but Tokyo Sports says the people behind the franchise have big plans. None of which include ending the series.

As I'm sure you know, this summer Gokusen The Movie hits theaters with Kamenashi Kazuya as part of the cast. Yes, Kame's back as Season 2's Odagiri Ryu - this time as a student teacher.

Kame's role wasn't a sure thing though. There was some dispute over casting him because well... his drama bombed.
And they can't have him tainting the masterpiece that is Gokusen, right?

Anyway, here's how it all panned out, some of which I believe I've already written about.
1) Then end of Gokusen is really just the end of Gokusen for Nakama Yukie/Yankumi. Farewell, dear teacher.
2) There are plans for Gokusen 4, which will begin at the end of the year. In this series Kame's Ryu will play an important role supporting Yankumi's successor. No mention who she may be although a previous article named Ueto Aya as a possibility.
3) A possible Gokusen spinoff in which Kame will play the lead. I just... what?

Whatever, this is massive overkill. Give it a rest, guys.

source: エンタメ芸能のツボ

According to Shukan Jitsuwa, actress Mizukawa Asami is dating Sakurai Sho of Arashi.
Whuuut? I dunno... I luv em both but I can't see it.

Mizukawa seems to be a favorite of advertisers and appears in quite a few CMs. Even Old Man Kitagawa has taken a liking to her, so naturally she appears in dramas with Johnnys.

Last July she invited Sho to her birthday party. *GASP!*
Objection. Relevance? ...I guess that's sposda mean something other than they might just be friends.

A showbiz insider claims they're lovers. Not to mention, they're close in age and get along very well.
Well, case closed then!

Eh, not really much to go on here... But if it turns out to be true, I'm happy for them. Oh yeah, apparently she was rumored to have dated Aiba. Don't know when though.

source: 日刊芸能エンタンテ

So remember my last post about Teppei and Yoko? Well, take Yoko's name and replace it with Yasu's.

As someone who pays better attention to gossip than I do kindly pointed out, back in October it was reported Yasu was the one dating Itou Ayaka/Maria, not Yoko.

Bubka had actually written "'Y' from the group 'K'" and since the blog from which I found the article said it was Yoko, I went with it like a doofus completely forgetting about Yasu. Apparently they realized the same thing as well and have since changed the name.

My apologies.
Damn it, I wanted it to be Yoko.

Back to the status quo. Hey, Bubka, long time no see.

Actor Koike Teppei has been making many a late night appearance at certain bar in Nishiazabu, but not alone, of course. His partner in crime is Yokoyama Yu of Kanjani8 (who can currently be seen spilling hotness all over The Quiz Show).

Among the girls spotted with Teppei and Yoko are model Sasaki Nozomi, gravure idol Toda Rei, actress Sakura Chisato, and Maria - the singer formerly known as Itou Ayaka.

Rumor has it Itou Ayaka used to date Nakamaru Yuichi of KAT-TUN but now (in the fine tradition of Johnnys sharing their ex-girlfriends or, on the flipside, in the fine tradition of a jyani-kui) she's dating Yoko.

Then there's Toda Rei who seems pretty intent on snagging a boy of her own. According to a yarakashi - because who better to go to for info than a rabid fan who probably stalks them? - Toda was was orignally very much into Ohkura; she had her sights set on him back when he'd come to the same bar. Unfortunately for Toda, Ohkura wouldn't give her the time of day, so now she's moved on to Teppei. And unfortunately for Teppei, he's a sucker. Oh, Teppei.

Eh, well they're not getting into any trouble so party on.

source: エンタメ芸能Scoop

[edit] Damn, it was really Yasu.

SMAP member Kusanagi Tsuyoshi has been arrested for public indecency.

According to authorities, around 3am Kusanagi was at Hinokichou Park in Akasaka causing a drunken and naked ruckus. His junior was making its debut.

Residents of the neighborhood reported him to the police who then rushed to the scene.

Despite police warnings he continued to carry on, so he was placed under arrest. He is currently in police custody.

Dude, whut. LOL. Guys, learn to handle your liquor. Nobody wants to see your junk.

source: Sanspo

[edit] A Johnny's rep spoke to the massive amount of reporters crowded outside the jimusho to basically say they're still figuring everything out and will send out a statement by later this evening. source: FNN

The did send out an apology fax.

I should really be sleeping.

If you're a member of news_jpop you probably saw the post about Kusano at Pi's birthday party. (in case you can't see it there's a pic here) Well, here are a few more details - both Flash and Shukan Josei had articles about the party.

April 9th Pi had his party at a member's only bar in Nishiazabu. He arrived around 10pm and Ryo came after. Next up a gaggle of model-looking chicks carrying presents. Shirota and Akanishi showed up around 1:30. Tanka Koki and Ohkura Tadayoshi were there as well.

They left the place around 3am with the girls in tow. With Pi were the usuals: Akanishi, Nishikido, Shirota and some other tall idol guys.
And Kusano, whom it seems the mag mistook for one of Pi and Jin's foreign friends. LOL
Or perhaps I'm just seeing what I want to see...

A passerby said, "I was expecting them to take the girls home with them but they ended up seeing the girls off in taxi; I was quite surprised. After that the "troop" went off by themselves talking and joking and disappeared into the streets."
No birthday orgy? Lies.

The guys were being silly and were speaking English for some reason. One of them, a little worried about being seen by the public shouted, "Hurry up!" Of course, Akanishi was speaking English as well, but would occasionally break out in Kansai-ben.
Haha, goober.

Despite the jimusho wanting the group to break up and end all the partying and stuff, they're still at it.
Friends forever... with you everywhere. Talkin bout' friends forever... always will be there ♪
Sorry, Saved By The Bell moment.

Anyway, looks like a good time was had by all. Except for the girls who probably thought they were gonna get some. Penisly speaking.

Sleepy time. 'Night all.

source: エンタメScoop