Most People Want To See Hamasaki Ayumi Without Makeup

Personal skincare company Unilever Japan created a skincare survey to coincide with their ‘Healthy Skin Day’. They approached 600 male and female participants ranging from their 20s to 30s. After calculating the votes, the results for ‘The Most Natural Skin’ went to ‘The Last Samurai’ actress Koyuki. In second place was ‘Ooku’ lead actress Kanno Miho, while third went to ‘Handsome Suit’ actress Kitagawa Keiko. The top votes in the category of ‘The Celebrity I Most Want to See Without Makeup’ went to Hamasaki Ayumi and the winner of the Miss Transvestite International, comedian Haruna Ai. The award for ‘Most Glowing Skin Couple’ went to Mizushima Hiro and Ayaka. When asked who’s skin they most wanted to have, the top choice once again went to Koyuki in the female category, while Kimura Takuya won for the male category.

Flower Boy Kimbum Is NOW A Singer

Flower boy Kimbum is known for his good looks, sweet smile and good acting skills.

Recently the handsome actor is reported to show off his singing skill and will debut as a singer in Japan.

Kimbum will release his debut single album on Nov 8th,2009 in Osaka Fanmeeting. The 3 hours event will took place in Osaka-NHK Hall from 3.00 pm local time with estimated 1500 fans at the event.

It is also said that the debut single album will come together with Behind The Scenes DVD and pictures of Kimbum.

After the Fanmeeting, Kimbum will go to Tokyo to meet dozens of local media including TBS TV, before ending his 5 days 4 nights promotion.

Meanwhile, here’s the tracklist from his upcoming Japanese album :

1. Intro (For Eve’s Lovers)

2. 성탄 전야(이브)의 하늘 (Christmas Eve’s Sky)

3. 지금, 만나러 갑니다 (I’m Going To Meet Her Now)

4. 지금, 만나러 갑니다 (한국어판) (I’m Going To Meet Her Now (Korean))

5. 성탄 전야(이브)의 하늘 (Instrumental) (Christmas Eve’s Sky)

6. 지금, 만나러 갑니다 (Instrumental) (I’m Going To meet Her Now)

Its been long!

Hey guys! Its been long since i haven’t updated my blog! sorry for that. i had many thigns to do thats why .

well ill put it back on

Compilation Album Unites Utada, Kumi, Ayumi, DCT

Hikaru Utada, Kumi Koda, Ayumi Hamasaki, and Dreams Come True are appearing together on a collaborative compilation titled “i Ai ~Zutto, Zutto, Aishiteru~.”

The album features songs chosen through a survey run by record label EMI, asking women in their 20s to name songs that represent eternal love. 15 tracks have been included on the album. One of them is Utada’s “Eternally -Drama Mix-,” which has only been released digitally so far.

The album goes on sale March 4.

Kannivalism: Pause Leads To Solo Activity

kannivalism canceled their would have been upcoming tour. The first date was scheduled to be April 11th. The band has not officially announced a break-up, but they are ceasing all activity in order to remain all together and all for one. In a message on their official site, they insisted that they were fighting hard to keep the band alive for everyone.

Ex kannivalism ex baroque and now again nearly ex kannivalism, guitarist Kei is starting up his solo career at long last. March 4th he’ll release his very first album, and it’s called “silk tree”.

Square Enix Wins $600,000 From Unlicensed Sword Sellers

4 firms had sold sword replicas based on Final Fantasy games, anime

Square Enix has announced on Tuesday that it settled its lawsuit against four wholesalers of unauthorized sword replicas from the Final Fantasy game franchise and computer-generated anime. Georgia’s Edgework Imports, Inc., Top Swords, Inc., and Wholesale Gallery, Inc. agreed to “a consent judgment for US$600,000 and injunctive relief” along with another company, California’s Pacific Solutions Marketing, Inc. The rest of the settlement terms for Square Enix’s first major American anti-piracy suit remain private. Square Enix had arranged earlier settlements with four other companies: KingofSwords.com, Master Cutlery, Inc., SwordDemon.com and TrueSwords.com.

The four defendants of the recently settled lawsuit gave the following prepared statement: “We regret having sold unauthorized replica merchandise based on the Final Fantasy franchise to our customers. We would not have begun importing and selling these swords if we knew that Square Enix would respond so aggressively to stop us. We will never make this mistake again.”

Yasuhiko Hasegawa, Square Enix’s general counsel, added, “We appreciate the efforts of our fans in identifying those who seek to sell them cheap replicas that undermine our efforts to bring only top quality goods and content to our customers.”

MNetWide Has Released Their 09 List Of Super 100 Flower Boys

1. Lee Minho
2. Kang Dong Won
3. Kim Bum
4. Yoongwoong Jaejoong (DBSK)
5. Matsumoto Jun (Arashi)
6. Kim Hyunjoong (SS501)
7. Nick Khun
8. Jung Il Woo
9. Oguri Shun
10. Jo In Sung

11. Moon Mason
12. Joo Ji Hoon
13. Vic Zhou
14. Taemin (SHINee)
15. Lee Yong Dae
16. Micky Yoochun (DBSK)
17. Akanishi Jin (Kat-tun)
18. Kim Jae Wook
19. Yamamini coopera Tomohisa/Yamapi (NewS)
20. Jang Geun Suk

21. Minho (SHINee)
22. Heechul (Super Junior)
23. Boyd Holbrook (model)
24. Kim Yo-Han
25. Lee Jun Ki
26. Ji Seung Jun (Shoot Dori)
27. Andrea Goldberg (Model)
28. Kibum (Super Junior)
29. Ji Hyun Woo
30. Yoo Seung Ho

31. Choikang Changmin (DBSK)
32. Tamaki Hiroshi
33. Yoo Ah In
34. Hongki (FT Island)
35. Mokomichi Hayami
36. TOP (Big Bang)
37. Hyunbin
38. Lee Seung Gi
39. Gaspard Ulliel
40. Kamenashi Kazuya (KAT-TUN)

41. Sungmin (Super Junior)
42. Hwang Kidong
43. Teppei Koike (WAT)
44. Lee Dong Wook
45. Mun Sungmin
46. Ricky Kaka
47. Se7en
48. Jung Eui Chul
49. Tsumabuki Satoshi
50. U-know Yunho (DBSK)

51. G-Dragon (Big Bang)
52. Zack Efron
53. Lee Dong Gun
54. Miura Haruma
55. Im Joo Hwan
56. Nicholas Holt
57. Cheon Jeong Myeong
58. Kim Hyungjoon (SS501)
59. Park Tae Hwan
60. Ryan Curry

61. Shin Min Cheol
62. Mitchell Scott Hewer
63. Kyuhyun (Super Junior)
64. Mingus Lucien Reedus
65. Kim Hyesung
66. Donghae (Super Junior)
67. Kim Dong Wook
68. Joe Cheng
69. Fredrik Stenman
70. Joseph McManners

71. Park Hae Jin
72. Siwon (Super Junior)
73. Kim Jung Hoon
74. Matsuda Shota
75. Kim Joon
76. Nu Min Woo (Trax)
77. Baek Ji hoon
78. Chase Crawford
79. Baek Seung Hyun
80. Onew (SHINee)

81. Evan Yoo
82. Toma Ikuta
83. Hong Jong Hyun
84. Jonghun (FT Island)
85. John G Weir
86. Song Joong Ki
87. Eita
88. Kim Si Hoo
89. Robert Pattinson
90. Lee Wan

91. Sung Je (Supernova)
92. Lee Hyun Jin
93. Matt Anderson (Volleyball player)
94. Jinwoon (2AM)
95. Jiro Wang (Fahrenheit)
96. Chris (Battle)
97. Ben Barnes
98. Kim Min Seok
99. Taegoon
100. Lee Hae Woo

Utada Hikaru: Next Release Has A Title

Utada, as she’s once again to be known, has got a name for her next album: “This Is The One”! The album will contain ten songs, like “Come Back To Me”, “Apple and Cinnamon”, “On and On”, “Taking My Money Back”, “Me Muero”, and five other songs. Two additional bonus remix tracks are also going to be on the track listing. The cover art is out too (see display pic)

SeoTaiji Releases Volume 8 Part 2 With Commemoration Concert

On March 14 and 15, Seo Taiji will hold the commemoration concert ‘Wormhole’ at Seoul’s Olympic Hall to mark the release of his 8th album second single.

The title of the concert is ‘Wormhole’ and Seo Taiji’s official site (www.seotaiji.com) reveals that ‘Disappearance’ is the keyword of the event.

In the meantime, a teaser event titled ‘missing taiji’ will kick off the release of the second single, and the exact release date of the single will be revealed on the homepage of the teaser event.

Japan Claims Victories At Oscars

At the 81st Academy Awards held on Sunday in Los Angeles, Japanese films went two-for-two as both nominees walked away with a prize. The bigger winner was Yojiro Takita’s “Okuribito” (“Departures” ), winning the title of Best Foreign Language Film. The critically-acclaimed movie has already won a total of 60 awards at home, including 10 in the Japan Academy Awards.

However, this Oscar is a perhaps an even more remarkable achievement, given that “Okuribito” is the first Japanese film to win the award since it was established as a competitive prize in 1956.

Kunio Kato’s “Tsumiki no Ie” (“La Maison En Petits Cubes” ) won Best Animated Short Film, the first Japanese win in that category. The last Japanese animated movie to win an Academy Award was when Hayao Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away” took Best Animated Feature Film in 2003.

This is only the second time that Japanese films have won two awards in the same year. The first was in 1955, when Teinosuke Kinugasa’s “Jigokumon” (“Gate of Hell” ) won Best Color Costume Design and the honorary award of “best foreign language film first released in the United States during 1954.”