O P E N I N G

          ▪ Reorganization of JE fan clubs [ 1 ]
               ▪ You & J has been dissolved and reorganized into clubs for each group
               ▪ Where did Jin’s fan club go?
               ▪ Jin’s is slow to come back… will it come back??
               ▪ Clubs are targeted to Japan so Jin doesn’t need a club? (Targeted at US)
               ▪ Bye Bye, You & J!! (T_T)

 N E W S ( A P R I L  2 1 – 2 7 )

     SMAP
          ▪ SMAPxSMAP books to be released [ 1 ]
               ▪ Shukan TV Guide‘s popular series ‘SMAP x SMAP Shinbun‘ will be made into ‘SMAP x SMAP Shimbun Complete BOOK (a temporary title)’
               ▪ Will release a total of 5 books; one book each month
               ▪ Footage and photos of the cast shooting unknown episodes will be included

          ▪ Sakasama no Sora PV and single [ 1 ]
               ▪ PV is surprisingly good
               ▪ Simple yet excellent in its simplicity
               ▪ Simplicity of the PV both reflects and enhances the simplicity of the song
               ▪ Song is enjoyable to listen to over and over
               ▪ At first didn’t like it but love it now
               ▪ ‘Keep my Love’ is a very pretty song
               ▪ Different sound from ‘Sakasama no Sora’ but pairs well

          ▪ Music Japan, Apr 22 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Talked about their past on NHK and showed old videos
               ▪ Goro on NHK in 1989?!? (Kami was 2 years old at that time XD)
               ▪ Cute to watch chibi SMAP <3
               ▪ Lots of clips from past dramas and talks about thoughts on past roles
               ▪ Kimura plays important people, Tsuyoshi plays normal people, Shingo plays characters, Goro plays elites, and Nakai plays geniuses
               ▪ Nakai blasphemies Perfume’s choreography XD

          ▪ Heyx3, Apr 23 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Kimura is abused by Hamada
               ▪ Everyone is scared of Downtown (except Kimura with Hamada)
               ▪ Summary of special songs for each member
               ▪ Kusanagi only has two SMAP songs he can sing: ‘Shake’ and ‘Celery’
               ▪ AMEMIYA song was AWESOME!! Full of lots of lolz
               ▪ Nakai singing anthem, foreigner Tsuyoshi, Goro being stood up, etc. XDD
               ▪ Nakai’s voice makes Giants lose

          ▪ Kayou-Kyoku, Apr 24 [ 1 ]
               ▪ AKB48 are Nakai’s children
               ▪ SMAP has NEVER been out together (not even with Mori)
               ▪ Three song medley performed at Akasaka Blitz: Five Respect, This is Love, and Sakasama no Sora
               ▪ Staging and costumes felt right for This is Love and Five Respect but not Sakasama no Sora

     SMAP/Sexy Zone
          ▪ Music Station, Apr 27 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Sexy Zone’s the usual loud and non-rememberable performance of Lady Diamond
               ▪ Sexy Zone asks SMAP for advice for while being in dramas
               ▪…. Tsuyoshi recommends a… cooking pan…?
               ▪ Nakai gets asked for variety show advice and refuses
               ▪ Peyton is in love with Sakasama no Sora’s performance

     KinKi Kids
          ▪ Tsuyoshi to get new radio show [ 1 ]
               ▪ To air on FM Osaka on Wednesdays from 20:00 – 20:30
               ▪ To be called ‘Domoto Tsuyoshi’s Radio’
               ▪ Starts May 2 and airs for three months
               ▪ Show will feature Tsuyoshi’s ‘real words’ and try to cheer his listeners up

     Arashi/Kanjani8
          ▪ Ryo/Yoko on Himitsu no Arashi-chan, Apr 19 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Joined in on Last Mission corner
               ▪ The boys do weird missions like blowing out the most candles, finding a golden ball and putting balls in containers
               ▪ Yoko pretends to kiss…awkwardly… >.>
               ▪ Ryo is full of hot air XD
               ▪ Ohno is too boring to smoke
               ▪ Sho is confused as to rather Ryo is playing Ryo or being Ryo right then

     Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ Fan event in May [ 1 ]
               ▪ On May 19, will hold fan event along with 380 fans chosen by lottery at a theatre in Tokyo
               ▪ Sequel (?) to White Day fan event
               ▪ Will reflect back on Route 66 trip
               ▪ Applications will be accepted until May 13 at 23:59 JST.

     Kanjani8
          ▪ Papadoru! Tokubetsuhen – Variety SP for K8 for Golden Week [ 1 ]
               ▪ To air May 3, from 9-11pm
               ▪ Will focus on members in one day special experiences
               ▪ Ryo & Maru: Visiting Jichou Kachou’s Komoto-san’s family to experience a ‘family holiday’
               ▪ Yasu: Went to Papua New Guinea, lived with local people
               ▪ Yoko & Subaru: Went to Hokkaido, helped take care of a large family
               ▪ Hina & Ohkura: Helped to take care of a 2 year-old

          ▪ Ryo on A-Studio, Apr 20 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Must-see interview as he talks about behind-the-scenes of Kanjani8 and NEWS and his split
               ▪ He felt very divided
               ▪ He was the youngest in K8 and so could just go with the flow
               ▪ But in NEWS he was the oldest and so he had to be a leader
               ▪ Eventually stopped trying and was able to be himself with K8
               ▪ Felt guilty because NEWS debuted first and got lots of money while K8 tacky debut
               ▪ Talks about differences in budgets for NEWS and K8
               ▪ Ryo has learned to endure and not be a spoiled idol
               ▪ Reverse of fortunes. K8 is now considered privileged while NEWS is struggling along
               ▪ Ryo piggy-backed Saito home?? XD

     Akanishi Jin
          ▪ 47 Ronin’s release date is postponed [ 1 ]
               ▪ Release postponed to Feb 8, 2013
               ▪ Was supposed to be originally released around Christmas?
               ▪ Studio is re-editing it because they’re re-shooting scenes cause they didn’t like the original edit?
               ▪ Must be if they’re taking it out of the prime holiday release slot

     Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ To have second album [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Title to be announced
               ▪ Release date is June 6
               ▪ LE will have fourteen songs with bonus DVD with footage with album recording and cover shoot
               ▪ RE will have same songs plus personal messages from members

     Ikuta Toma
          ▪ Toma on Another Sky, April 20th [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Toma gets sent to London
               ▪ Toma is addicted to curry
               ▪ Goes to see War Horse stage play and meets the real not real horse <3
               ▪ Sees behind the scenes
               ▪ Paul Smith SURPRISE!!!
               ▪ Brown sweatshirt = okay for curry XDD
               ▪ Toma + Paul Smith = adorbs

     Multiple
          ▪ Playzone 2012 cast [ 1 ]
               ▪ Located at Aoyama Theatre (not in Osaka this year)
               ▪ Cast to include Imai Tsubasa, Nakayama Yuma, Yara Tomoyuki, 4U., TheyBudou, “MAD”, TravisJapan, Sato Atsuhiro
               ▪ TravisJapan are 9 new Jr members
               ▪ Why “TravisJapan”? What does that name mean???????

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ This week’s question is postponed because of too much talk and not enough responses
          ▪ Next week’s question: What dramas are you watching or are interested in? What are your opinions?

Songs used in this week’s podcast are from
Yamashita Tomohisa’s Ai, Texas album.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Spring 2012 Drama talk!!! (Warning, JE MOSTLY. But then again, that’s most of the drama season.)
               ▪ How many dramas are in your queue? Hopefully not as many as Kamika’s. (9)
               ▪ We flail about Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou (again) and the juniors.
               ▪ Comparisons between ATARU and Kagi no Kakatta Heya.
               ▪ OFC WE TALK ABOUT PAPADORU! ♥♥ Peyton had so much fun watching this!
               ▪ Oh shit, a non-JE drama?! (Toshi Densetsu no Onna with Nagasawa Masami/Mizobata Junpei.)
               ▪ Unexpected like on Kami’s side for enjoying Mirai Nikki!

 N E W S ( A P R I L  1 4 – 2 0 )

     SMAP
          ▪ Nakai’s ATARU’s first ep. gets 19.9% rating [ 1 ]
               ▪ 19.9% !!!! Trending topic of “ATARU was interesting” on Twitter!
          ▪ And to think, Nakai had hoped just to get over 11%. (but he’s probably just damaged from Konkatsu.)
               ▪ What got it such a high rating? We ponder why.
               ▪ Comparison slightly to Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri.

          ▪ Nakai on A-Studio, Apr. 13 and Ousama no Brunch, Apr. 14 [ 1 ]
               ▪ A-Studio interviewed Joshima to get information about Nakai (but he wasn’t on! sad.)
               ▪ Nakai talks about how lucky he is for being in SMAP even though he cannot sing.
               ▪ LOL NAKAI WANTED HIS FIRST FULL NUDE TO BE IN ANAN. XDDDD

     TOKIO
          ▪ Matsuoka taken to hospital for dehydration [ 1 ]
               ▪ Dehydration from being in the sauna for 2 hours? Er.
               ▪ Suspicious? Are they covering something else up? ::CONSPIRACY THEORIES::

     KinKi Kids
          ▪ Tsuyoshi’s Shamanippon album [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Ugh, it is so unfortunate that only Kami listened to the album–no real positive things to say. D:
               ▪ There were PVs of the instrumentals?! (Epic song titles according to Peyton.)
               ▪ KAMI IS NOT SMART ENOUGH TO COMPREHEND THE EPIC THAT IS TSUYOSHI.

     KinKi Kids/Sexy Zone
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Sexy Zone nearly sells 116k copies; Tsuyoshi nearly sells 72k copies.

     Arashi
          ▪ Ohno’s drama’s first ep ratings [ 1 ]
               ▪ Kagi no Kakatta Heya’s first ep gets 18.3%, getting the #2 highest rating so far this season (1st being ATARU!)
               ▪ The arama post compares all of Arashi’s Fuji TV first ep ratings. Ohno pwns all?

          ▪ Ohno on Waratte Iitomo, Apr. 16 [ 1 ]
               ▪ All ten people had to get the same response! o.o
               ▪ Ohno has no sense of reading the atmosphere–but who’s surprised there? XD

     NEWS
          ▪ New single, best of album, and tour [ 1, 2 3 4 5 ]
               ▪ The best of album will have 2 discs: 1st will have all the A-sides and the 2nd will be fan selected.
               ▪ No dates have been said yet for release dates for the single/album or for the tour.
               ▪ Massu was the one who suggested the countdown!
               ▪ ??? WHY ARE SOLOS FROM MEMBERS THAT AREN’T EVEN IN NEWS ON THE LIST?!
               ▪ Peyton spends some time just singing at the end of this segment. XDDDD
           ▪ The process to vote is COMPLETELY CONVOLUTED (and I’m not even talking about Peyton’s scenario).

     Kanjani8
          ▪ New single [ 1, 2 ] ,
               ▪ Song is ‘Ai Deshita’, theme song to Ryo’s drama Papadoru. To be released June 13.

          ▪ Ryo on Ousama no Brunch, Apr. 14 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Ousama no Brunch hosts make Ryo and Yuka change how they address each other.
               ▪ RYO IS THE MOST ADORABLE EVER, OKAY?
               ▪ The kids want Yuka/Ryo to get along more, as their parents. ♥♥
               ▪ Interjected Papadoru talk as we compare drama!Ryo to real!Ryo.

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Yokoo/Nikaido to be in stage play [ 1 ]
               ▪ Stageplay is “Legend of Galactic Heroes ~Angel of Battlefields~” and will take place in August.

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ This week’s question: If you could debut one Johnny’s JR, who would it be and why?
          ▪ Responses from ichigosky, dearyx, mitani, riterandreader, @filmigirl and @Kou_Aoki1
          ▪ Next week’s question: What dramas are you watching or are interested in? What are your opinions?
               ▪ Get responses in by April 29, 5pm EST!!

Songs used in this week’s podcast are from
KAT-TUN’s Chain album.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Arashi fans get pissed at 2ch netizens [ 1 ]
               ▪ Aiba is made to do 1 of 4 stunts chosen by fans in poll as part of Doyou no Aiba-chan.
               ▪ 4 choices: 1) 10 gags 2) eat wasabi sushi 3) love scene with onee 4) slapped by martial artist.
               ▪ Choice 1 and 3 were really popular so 2ch decided to troll and caused sudden rise in choice 2.
               ▪ Fans on Twitter saw this and went hysterical that they would cause Aiba’s lungs to collapse again by eating wasabi-filled sushi.
               ▪ Wow! Power of the internetz
               ▪ Could wasabi-filled sushi really cause Aiba harm? Were fans over-reacting?
               ▪ Aiba performed the stunt after Arashi ni Shiyagare.

 N E W S ( A P R I L  7 – 1 3 )

     Sempai
          ▪ Higashiyama to dub Matt Damon’s voice [ 1 ]
               ▪ To voice Matt Damon’s character in ‘We Bought a Zoo’
               ▪ LIES!! Not first time JE boy has voiced Hollywood character.
               ▪ Spent 8 hours recording for TWO DAYS without stopping! Higashi power!!

     Sempai/Kanjani8
          ▪ Higashiyama joins the cast for the Eito Rangers movie [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Higashi to play villain (for first time).
               ▪ Fearless leader of Dark Crusade whose activities include selling slaves… wait what??
               ▪ Ooohh! Higashi as a villain. Potential.
               ▪ We no curr. YAY! BECKY is in this! <3
               ▪ Will this lead to more villain roles for Higashi?
               ▪ Is Higashi a buffoon or natural villain type?

     SMAP
          ▪ Nakai on Pittanko Kankan, Apr. 6 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Nakai asks for a low-key (cause he has a cold) and instead they drag him all over Tokyo.
               ▪ Not-so-random baseball match with spontaneous (or not) participants.
               ▪ So much set-up… for a game that lasts barely 5 minutes.
               ▪ They offer to bring him to a doctor. Only the doctor is a comedian and they make Nakai part of the skit.
               ▪ Nakai gets his fortune read (“You love boobs”).
               ▪ Fortune teller BATTLE!!!!
               ▪ Nakai will never marry? Awww. Poor sad Nakai.
               ▪ Random trip to acting good luck charms (or something) shop with famous rock star.
               ▪ Finale at Oshio ATARU restaurant where they eat monja.
               ▪ Melissa is easily amused.

          ▪ SMAP Ganbarimasu, Apr. 7 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Nakai trolls Kusanagai … again.
               ▪ Nakai tricks Kusanagi into thinking he’s popular in Singapore and inviting him to fake Air Singapore event.
               ▪ Nakai’s skirt falls up, Kusanagi greets ppl by butting heads.
               ▪ The prank was explained IN FRONT OF HIM in English but Kusanagi didn’t understand. XDD
               ▪ Prank is revealed through fake memorial video. Tsuyoshi’s reactions are love.
               ▪ Shingo learns Mandan routine in 24 hrs.
               ▪ Kimura does 10 part-time jobs (without sleeping) in 24 hrs.
               ▪ He looked exhausted but learned to appreciate the work (especially mascots!!)
               ▪ Staff TOTALLY manipulate Kimura to keep going XD
               ▪ Kimura makes working look hot.
               ▪ Goro tries to get 1st on karaoke ranking for SMAP song.
               ▪ Fun to watch Goro get 120% into singing ‘Fly’.
               ▪ SMAP writes journal messages to each other. First ‘Gomen Nasai’ and then ‘Arigatou’.
               ▪ Through their stories, you get to learn more about them.
               ▪ Kimura thanks Kusanagi for hiding his … tsume (fingernails?). Apparently, no.
               ▪ tsume means (in this case) ‘hidden attack’. Thanks for being reserved about being in the spotlight.
               ▪ Shingo and Kimura. The wallet. KYUN!!
               ▪ Tsuyoshi thanks Goro for supporting him with unagi and sushi during naked-gate.
               ▪ Nakai apologizes to Tsuyoshi while asking for an apology.
               ▪ Goro apologizes for abandoning Tsuyoshi when confronted with bullies on the train.

     TOKIO/NEWS
          ▪ Massu to star in butai with Mabo in cast [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Butai to be titled ‘Haiiro Kanarina’.
               ▪ Plays character named Fuji who wakes up in Kana’s bed and can’t remember previous days.
               ▪ Kana: “It’s all right, we haven’t done anything yet” *smile*
               ▪ Bow chicka wow wow!
               ▪ Can Fuji solve the mystery and reveal his feelings to Kana?
               ▪ In Tokyo and Osaka.

     NEWS
          ▪ Mysterious Countdown Clock, counting down to Apr. 15 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Clock appeared on Johnny’s Entertainment website
               ▪ 4s were different coloured and given special animation.
               ▪ Well, only one 4 member group… >.>
               ▪ They coded the flash with the name “AlbumSingle”?? Spoiler much?!? O_O
               ▪ News announced new single and best of album.
               ▪ Will best of album be old recordings or re-recordings of old songs?
               ▪ Not sure which one we want… >.>
               ▪ New countdown (with four silhouettes) leading up to April 18 0:00 JST
               ▪ What is the new announcement? (new Jr. group debut?? Please no >.<)

          ▪ Mirai Theater’s first ep, Apr. 6 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Koyama and Shige discuss their initial reactions to Yamapi and Ryo leaving.
               ▪ Shige went from elite to cast in shadow (in original NEWS)
               ▪ Koyama felt lost. “what are we going to do?”
               ▪ Old April Fool’s joke becomes real

     Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ To sing ending song to anime, Toriko [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Song to be titled, ‘Love Chase’.
               ▪ Will be produced by Monkey Majik. Go CANADA!
               ▪ Will air for first time as opening on April 15.
               ▪ Release date to be determined.

     NYC
          ▪ To have new single [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ NYC is still around?!
               ▪ Single to be titled ‘Haina’ and be end song of anime ‘Akarui Mirai’.
               ▪ LE A will have single, karaoke, PV, making of and choreo video.
               ▪ LE B will have single, karaoke, Wonderful Cupid PV, Haina cover shoot making, and Haina choreo video.
               ▪ RE will have three songs: Haina, Tic Tac ~Bokura no Harmony~, Ameoto.

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ Sato Shori finishes in 51th place in the Hawaii run [ 1 ]
               ▪ Placed 51 of 2,688 runners with time of 42 mins 42 secs.
               ▪ Placed 5th in 15-19 year-old division.
               ▪ JEs will now be debuted as marathon runners? >.>

          ▪ Lady Diamond single [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Kaze o Kite was the best.
               ▪ What’s the difference between NYC’s and Sexy Zone’s Yuuki 100%?
               ▪ Lady Diamond and High Hi People were … lackluster.
               ▪ PV keeps with random 90s theme.
               ▪ Takes TWO MINUTES for PV to start as they dress in costumes.
               ▪ Theme park has only one ride?
               ▪ Pink jacket and pants combo remind one of Michael Jackson x_x
               ▪ Plus random shots of boys and sparkly diamonds. Blah.
               ▪ Random haiku. ‘By Shori’
               ▪ Haiku = future dream boy.

          ▪ Ichiban Song Show, Apr. 4 [ 1, 2 ]

          ▪ Music Japan, Apr. 8 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Kikuchi Fuma sounded off.
               ▪ Yay that Fuma and NakaKen are getting more roles but… VOICE TRAINING PLZ!!
               ▪ Exact same as Music Station. Déjà vu.

     Johnny’s Jrs.
          ▪ Uchi joins cast to JE/AKB48 drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ To join cast of Bakarea Koukou.
               ▪ Uchi plays older brother of Morimoto’s character.
               ▪ Irony that Morimoto had older brother in JE.
               ▪ Peyton continues to pimp drama (and Uchi).

          ▪ Yara stars in musical [ 1 ]
               ▪ To get first musical lead, 16 yrs after joining agency.
               ▪ Musical split into two parts.
               ▪ First is about Kenichi, who has leukemia, and the ppl he gets to know in the hospital.
               ▪ Second is a stage performance of a play Kenichi wrote about a shoe shiner and a group of clowns.
               ▪ April 10-14 in Tokyo.

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ Episode went too long so question was postponed until next week.
          ▪ Next week’s question: If you could debut one Johnny’s JR, who would it be and why?
               ▪ The Jr does not have to debut solo, you can also have them debut in a group.
               ▪ Sell Melissa as to why she should like your fave Jr.
               ▪ Get responses in by April 23, 9pm EST!!

Songs used in this week’s podcast are from
KAT-TUN’s Chain album.

 O P E N I N G

               ▪ YAY PEYTON IS BACK! Okaeri~
               ▪ P is now back from her Cali hiatus but is leaving us for solo podcast.

 N E W S ( M A R C H  3 1 – A P R I L  6 )

     KinKi Kids
          ▪ Shamanippon PV [ 1 ]
               ▪ ACID TRIP! ~creative~ ~artistic~ really cool.
               ▪ A little too repetitive? Definitely not the typical JE song.
               ▪ The ending is vey Lady Gaga?
               ▪ Tsuyoshi's music is very innovative and continues to do well in the market.

     Arashi/Kanjani8
          ▪ Sho/Ohno to guest Ryo's drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ Airs April 19th.
               ▪ Ohno and Sho will guest star as themselves.
               ▪ Will there be more JE boys making an appearance in this drama?
               ▪ JE is trying to manufacture a fantasy for you, not cater to yours.

          ▪ TORE, Apr. 2 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Hina, Ohkura, Maru and Aiba on the same team!
               ▪ Hina is frickin strong. Really great arm strength. "HINA IS SEX."
               ▪ Aiba and Hina end up in an awk position, lying on top of each other.
               ▪ Maruyama can't time his fall right. XD
               ▪ Aiba thinks noodles are a part of his body.

     Kanjani8
          ▪ Eito Ranger Movie Trailer [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Looks pretty serious, and real for a parody-type, light movie.
               ▪ The Eito Ranger costumes are all changed. D:
               ▪ Definitely looks like this has a good budget behind it.

          ▪ Ryo on All Star Kanshasai, Mar. 31 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Joshima was also present in the audience.
               ▪ If you're watching it for just Ryo, there isn't much to see.
               ▪ Ryo participates in some sour sorbet eating thing, and the whole segment was fail.
               ▪ CHIBI RYO!!!!!! so adorb omg. Ryo is awkward cute while watching himself being cute.

     KAT-TUN
          ▪ Sekaiichi Dame na Yoru 2, Apr. 3 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS?? IT'S SO MUCH BULLSHIT.
               ▪ KAT-TUN is pretty bad at hamming it up. They are so awk and not funny.
               ▪ Comparing Arashi vs Kanjani 8 vs KAT-TUN's ability to play along with comedians.
               ▪ WHY AM I LAUGHING?? IT IS SO AWFUL AND EMBARRASSING.
               ▪ Kame has to smell something so terrible he actually starts tearing up!
               ▪ Ueda's smile is adorable~ A++!

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Senga to be a regular in a Nagoya-based variety show [ 1 ]
               ▪ Senga is from Nagoya, so makes sense.
               ▪ Let's research things about the city to the fullest!

          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2, 2 ]
               ▪ KisMai, 253K+ copies sold, #1 album!
               ▪ 1st male artists since 2006 to sell over 200K copies.

          ▪ Album to release in Korea [ 1 ]
               ▪ Same album as sold in Japan.
               ▪ Release date: April 4th.

          ▪ Music Station, Apr. 6 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ KisMai performed She!Her!Her amidst a live audience! Good energy.
               ▪ Fujigaya had to cut his HS graduation celebrations short and run to
MS to back dance for KT's Real Face.
               ▪ (Oshima Yuko is not preggers or leaving AKB)

     Kis-My-Ft2/Johnny's Jrs.
          ▪ Kisumai does opening song for the Bakaleya koukou drama, Miyata joins cast [ 1 ]
               ▪ Title: Shake it Up.
               ▪ Miyata will be making his acting debut as a teacher in this drama.
               ▪ Will Miyata's character be otaku-ish? Can't see him being serious. XD

     A.B.C.-Z/Johnny's Jr
          ▪ A to Z documentary, Mar. 31 [ 1 ]
               ▪ The documentary was pretty lukewarm and not engaging at all.
               ▪ It was just a recording of things happening, not exactly telling a story.
               ▪ Hashi's personality came through at least!
               ▪ More Music Station stuff would have been cool.
               ▪ Maybe they could have gone on Jounetsu Tairiku?
               ▪ Tanaka Juri is hot.
               ▪ Aww, Tackey, he has so much faith in ABC-Z.
               ▪ The treatment of the chibi juniors was a bit bordering on child abuse or something. :c

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ Has a regular radio show [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Title: Sexy Zone no QR Zone, Thurs, 11 20 to 11 30, during K8's Recommen.

          ▪ Ichiban Song Show, Apr. 4 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Pink suits, purple pants, sparkly diamonds, typical JE, not sexy,
which is good.
               ▪ Lady Diamond has an upbeat, cute feel.
               ▪ At least this song is not about tits.
               ▪ SEXY ROSE! vs SEXY ZONE!

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ If you could change ONE POINT in JE history, what would you change and why?
               ▪ Responses from @musical_malady, @tsuyoboogie, @Kou_Aoki1, dearyx, and x5yn4k4x.
          ▪ Next week's question: If you could debut ONE Johnny's JR, who would it be and why?
               ▪ Suggestions for questions are welcome!

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Hey!Say!JUMP's Super Delicate single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Results of the 2012 February ‘TV Celebrity Image Survey’ [ 1 ]
               ▪ Arashi and SMAP only JE on this poll
               ▪ Poll is held twice a year and is used to decide casting for dramas and commercials, etc
               ▪ Poll takes into account reputation, awareness, popularity
               ▪ Kimura is #37, 36.8%
               ▪ Aiba is #15, 41.4%
               ▪ Aiba has a better image on TV than KimuTaku??!?
               ▪ Aiba has more versatility for advertising and a cleaner reputation (less scandal than Kimura)
               ▪ (Just wait, we'll discover that Aiba has 6 wives hidden somewhere… >.>)
               ▪ Sakurai is #22, 39.8%
               ▪ Sakurai is a little less relatable because he's genius boy?
               ▪ Ohno is #32, 37.5%
               ▪ Ohno is on TV a lot, and yet we don't feel like he's on TV a lot ("Fishing Leader")
               ▪ Nino is #42, 34.9%
               ▪ MatsuJun didn't make it onto the list?!?! (Or, at least, the Top 50)
               ▪ Out of Arashi, wouldn't Jun be on the top? Or in the Top 50, at least?

          ▪ LJ Exclusive: BREAKING NEWS!! JEPCast Girls to have their own debut under J&A!
               ▪ We just found out and wanted to share with you guys!! XDD
               ▪ The hosts have been contacted by Johnny and are to have their own debut!! XDD
               ▪ Kami, Rhey, Peyton and Melissa will debut as the 'Amerigirls' (even though Melissa isn't American )
               ▪ Debut single's tentative title is "Oh my boys"
               ▪ Song is all about unrequited love (for our JE boys XD)
               ▪ Debut tentatively scheduled for next year
               ▪ YAY!! We're to be affiliated!! XDD For how this will affect the podcast, go here.

 N E W S ( M A R C H  2 4 – 3 0 )

     SMAP
          ▪ To have new single [ 1 ]
               ▪ Titled "Sakasama no Sora" and to be released April 25th.
               ▪ Will be theme song for NHK drama Ume-chan Sensei.
               ▪ B-side titled "Keep My Love"
               ▪ LE includes PV+Making-of DVD.
               ▪ CDs come with B2-size posters.
               ▪ It’s a song called ‘Upside-down Sky’ to cheer on women with a PV of them indoors in suits?
               ▪ Huh?

     SMAP/Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Tamamori joins Nakai's drama cast [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Tamamori plays a med school student and Kuriyama’s younger brother.
               ▪ His role will be to explain Ataru's savant syndrome.
               ▪ 17 JE BOYS IN DRAMAS THIS SEASON?! JE TAKEOVER!

     Arashi
          ▪ To have new single and live DVD [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Face Down single scheduled for May 9th release. (Update: To be theme song for Ohno’s drama)
               ▪ Song expresses the agony of facing the other self inside of you, who you really are.
               ▪ LE will include CD with Face Down, and untitled track. Plus DVD with PV.
               ▪ RE will include Face Down and different untitled track.
               ▪ ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World DVD to be released on May 23rd.
               ▪ LE will include 48 page booklet and 80 mins of special footage.
               ▪ DVD will include footage of Kokuritsu con from 9/3/11. ARASHI DURING AN ARASHI!
               ▪ Girls, start saving money now!!

     Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ Secret Event with fans [ 1 ]
               ▪ On White Day (3/14)
               ▪ 100 lucky fans found tickets in single of Ai, Texas.
               ▪ Went on a bus tour around JE and Warner music buildings to a western-themed restaurant.
               ▪ Yamapi and his choreographer taught fans the Ai, Texas dance.
               ▪ Yamapi talked about his departure from NEWS, US holiday, played bingo with fans, took pics.
               ▪ Will Yamapi ever stop bringing up the issue of his departure?
               ▪ How can fans forget about it if you keep on bringing it up??
               ▪ Fans were so lucky! Wish we could have switched places with one of the fans.
               ▪ We hope another artist does a similar fan event.
          ▪ To have a new radio show [ 1 ]
               ▪ Will be titled Yamashita Tomohisa Cross Space
               ▪ Will air on Friday nights, 11.30 – 11.55, starting 4/6.
               ▪ Show will focus on revealing new faces of Yamapi and his guests through their interactions.
               ▪ IS Yamapi charismatic enough to pull this off? Will he be boring?
               ▪ Yamapi has never really hosted anything before…
               ▪ Yamapi was fun on Shonen Club but his gags were all visual.
               ▪ Is Johnny trying to use this as a way to improve Yamapi’s charisma on variety shows? (We hope so)

     Kanjani8/Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Kis-my-ft2 topped singles chart with SHE!HER!HER! at 193,000 copies.
               ▪ Third consecutive #1 single since debut.
               ▪ Kanjani8’s "KANJANI∞ GO-DAI DOME TOUR EIGHTxEIGHTER Omonnakattara Dome Suimasen" sold 44,000 copies.
               ▪ Highest-selling male artist in the first week in Blu-Ray Disc history.
               ▪ Also topped list for overall DVD sales with DVD+Blu-ray sales of 204,000 copies.

     Akanishi Jin
          ▪ Jin's concerts in Japan cancelled and made to pay costs [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ As punishment for not informing Johnny about his wedding beforehand, Johnny is cancelling Akanishi’s Japan concerts.
               ▪ Also, supposedly, Akanishi is being made to pay the cancellation costs himself.
               ▪ The concert (5 city, 7 domes) was never officially announced before its cancellation but the venues were booked.
               ▪ Announced in official circles, it appears this isn’t a rumour.
               ▪ However there is speculation that these actions are all for show so Johnny shows he’s in control.
               ▪ At least Johnny didn’t cancel his American tour!
               ▪ But, does this mean Johnny is temporarily suspending his activities in Japan?
               ▪ Where will Jin go from here?

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Held secret event in Osaka [ 1 ]
               ▪ Announced on the radio 30 minutes beforehand on March 21
               ▪ 10,000 (!) fans showed up and stood along the Dotonbori canal
               ▪ Sang “SHE!HER!HER!” and “Everybody Go” on top of a boat on the canal
               ▪ Also did famous Glico man’s pose (like sign) promoting Glico which makes the gum for their recent CM XD

          ▪ Coming Soon, March 26 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Promoting new album, Kis-My-1st
               ▪ Nakai: This is your time.
               ▪ Kis-my-ft2 went back to their home towns and found random ppl coming up to them saying they knew them.
               ▪ Senga received an email from someone giving their new address even though he never exchanged email addresses with this person.
               ▪ Talked about Secret Event. Apparently they found out the DAY BEFORE about this event.
               ▪ Apparently Johnny doesn’t only tell his talents about their DEBUTS a day before, he also plans his events that way.
               ▪ Kitayama was on the ocean (?) when he found out.
               ▪ Couldn’t JE let them know beforehand?!
               ▪ Makes you respect JE boys more knowing this.
               ▪ 5 out of 7 still live at home. Their parents even cook meals, do their laundry and wait up for them. Awww!! XD
               ▪ Performance was of Everybody Go. Was good but not special.
               ▪ Why not perform newer song from album?

          ▪ Music Japan, March 25 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Performed SHE!HER!HER! and joined in cooking corner (again).
               ▪ Cooking corner focused on cooking with herbs.
               ▪ Some would be sitting eating and then rest standing in back.
               ▪ Cutest part was when the front ones started sharing their food with the ones in the back.
               ▪ AWWW!! They’re a family. They’re sharing their food together XD

          ▪ Kis-My-1st album and DVD stuff [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
               ▪ CD 1: New songs, CD: old songs, DVD was history, PVs (Inori and Fire Beat) and makings
               ▪ Inori PV didn’t do the song justice. Sitting, boring, looking like dead fish.
               ▪ Favourite part was when they focus on Kitayama and Fujigaya when they clench their fists. Real emotion. Kyun.
               ▪ Fujigaya owns the couch. Like a boss.
               ▪ Fire Beat PV was cool… CG fire and effects. But not as good as when in concert.
               ▪ Very KAT-TUN feel with this PV. A lot of dancing.
               ▪ PV Making was fun and cute. Two PVs were shot one after the other.
               ▪ History portion on DVD has them talking about debut and their history, plus footage from the concert when their debut was announced.
               ▪ Album was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
               ▪ Has a super KAT-TUN vibe to it (debut-KAT-TUN)
               ▪ ‘Love meee’ has a current-Jin feel.
               ▪ ‘Take me’ sounds like you can almost hear Kame and Koki’s voices.
               ▪ Sound switches between rock, contemporary, ballads and typical JE fare.
               ▪ ‘Girl is mine’, ‘Catch & Go!!’, ‘Love meee’ are our favourite songs.
               ▪ Watch out Arashi! Melissa might make Kis-My-Ft2 her ichiban!
               ▪ From Disc 2 (old songs) to Disc 1 (new songs), you can definitely see the difference in their old and new sound.

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ Shori to run in Hawaii marathon [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Shori will be participating in 10k marathon in Hawaii.
               ▪ Other members will go to Hawaii as the ‘cheer group’…
               ▪ Okay? Yay? How are these decisions even made??
               ▪ Is Johnny trying to develop his Hawaiian fan-base?
               ▪ Will this be televised in Japan?

     Multiple
          ▪ Certain Johnny's deliver Marching J donations personally [ 1 ]
               ▪ Yabu, Hikaru, Yamada and Chinen deliver donations to Miyagi prefecture.
               ▪ Governor jokes and tells the boys not to get punished like Akanishi.
               ▪ Umm, … awkward… >.>

          ▪ Five Johnny's called for private dinner with Julie [ 1 ]
               ▪ Julie, niece of Johnny and J-storm president invites Ohno, Aiba,
Maruyama, Nishikido, Taguchi along with people from the press.
               ▪ Ohno served wine, Ryo was made to call a mag editor's daughter who's
a big fan.
               ▪ Are the boys being taken advantage of?
               ▪ Tokio's Nagase and Yamaguchi also showed up.
               ▪ Conspiracy, blah blah.

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ If *insert random JE boy or host here* ran the world, what do you think would happen?
               ▪ Lots of responses this week!! YAY!! XDD
               ▪ Responses from @zdorama, @musical_malady, ichigosky, misaki_yaotome, tinyangltin yangl (Kami), ginzarhapsody (Peyton)
          ▪ Next week's question: If you could change ONE POINT in JE history, what would you change and why?
               ▪ Or feel free to suggest us some new, awesome, EARTH-SHATTERINGLY JUICY!! questions. (Normal ones will do too)

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
V6's Bari Bari Buddy single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ FiVe members leave Johnny's and make own band [ 1 ]
               ▪ One member left to join Question?
               ▪ Three other members started a new called group called Plan B
               ▪ Does this mean Johnny’s was Plan A? XD
               ▪ Have their own Youtube channel, PlanBsince2012
               ▪ Glad that a JE group is not waiting for Johnny to notice them and is instead making their own destiny
               ▪ Does this mean Question? is now the only backing band?
               ▪ Will Question? now be overworked like Ryo was as they fly across the country to back all JE groups?
               ▪ Has Uchi joined Question? (Darn Johnny’s Net not having a page for Question!!!)

 N E W S ( M A R C H  1 7 – 2 3 )

     TOKIO/Ikuta Toma
          ▪ 5LDK, March 15 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Yoshitaka Yuriko and Ikuta Toma were there to promote Bokura ga Ita
               ▪ Different program format, called “Machigaete-ra”
               ▪ Taichi serves a dish but makes a mistake for two or three of them
               ▪ The guests and TOKIO have to guess who got the wrong dish
               ▪ TOKIO must have been very… awkward with Taichi’s ‘Oh! Machigaete-ra!’ line
               ▪ Yoshitaka Yuriko asks Matsuoka and Joshima to do Tsundere moment
               ▪ Yoshitaka makes Taichi feel guilty for her getting the milk tea wrong
               ▪ TOKIO makes Ikuta do impression of Matsuoka he did at AnS
               ▪ Ikuta is wearing Yamapi’s jacket?? From one of his Ai, Texas perfs
               ▪ Ikuta went to Hawaii with Oguri Shun instead of being at Countdown (perks of being an actor?)
               ▪ Ikuta punched Oguri’s dad’s head??? Cause his dad took a long time to tell story so he tsukkomi’d him

     Arashi/Kanjani8
          ▪ Ohkura joins Aiba's drama cast [ 1 ]
               ▪ Joining ‘Mikeneko no Suiri’
               ▪ Will be playing Detective Ishizu, co-worker of Katayama, Aiba’s character

     NEWS
          ▪ Koyama/Shige to host a new show [ 1 ]
               ▪ NEWS NEWS!!!! XDDD (or, at least, part of them…)
               ▪ Will be hosting new show called ‘Mirai Theater’
               ▪ Every Friday from 11:30-11:58pm
               ▪ Will make comments as they watch VTRs and footage about people who have changed the world
               ▪ Will they be able to cover so much material in only half an hour?!?!
               ▪ Well, the half hour means it’ll be the ‘best of’ of this person and so, if it’s boring, we can just stare at Koyama and Shige for half an hour <3
               ▪ Will they do the theme song?

     Tegomass
          ▪ To have concert DVD [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ ‘Tegomass no Mahou’ to be released April 5
               ▪ LE will have two DVDs: concert, encore and documentary as well as Mahou no Melody PV
               ▪ RE has same material except no 40 page booklet (that LE has)
               ▪ Blu-ray version has same material as RE
               ▪ Fewer differences between editions means we can save our money! YAY!!

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ She! Her! Her! single and PV and making of [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ PV was WEIRD!!!
               ▪ Gas masked people in cells yelling at 7 people in capes
               ▪ They suddenly hold up a… wait for it!! GUM!! And the gas masked people cower then start yelling “She! Her! Her!” again
               ▪ Is this a KAT-TUN PV?
               ▪ The boys then throw off their capes and proceed to skate around with their sparkly breath
               ▪ Then they’re in a laboratory
               ▪ Kiss scene between Fujigaya and Tamamori?… PSYCHE!!
               ▪ Fujigaya makes out with a mannequin
               ▪ Token foreigner(s) alert!!
               ▪ Kis-My-Ft2 are Power Rangers? (or Arashi?)
               ▪ PV feels like an extended version of the commercial
               ▪ Even the CD cover feels like an extended version of the commercial
               ▪ Is the PV and CD a giant promotion for the gum? Or for Kis-My-Ft2? (We're confused @_@)
               ▪ PV Making was boring but we finally clarify what the name means
               ▪ ‘SHE!HER!HER!’ is the sighing sound, the other meaning was just coincidence >.>
               ▪ We finally understand why we don’t like the SHE!HER!HER! single
               ▪ At first it’s really good, but around 2:00 it feels really repetitive and gets annoying
               ▪ Second track, ‘Deep Your Voice’ was liked by Melissa but not Kamika
               ▪ Kamika didn’t like either song on the single
               ▪ Melissa liked first half of SHE!HER!HER and all of Deep Your Voice

          ▪ Coming Soon, March 19 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Talk about CM and dressing up as girls (took about 1hr30 for transformation)
               ▪ Boys did full transformation (short pants and tights)
               ▪ Boys started to understand girls feelings N: “Did you start to want to look pretty and be thought pretty by the other guys?” KFT2: Yes
               ▪ N: “You must like dressing like girls” KFT2: “NO! No, we don’t!”
               ▪ Album comes out March 28
               ▪ Album is full of new songs that the 7 members chose together
               ▪ Kitayama: “Chance to see new KFT2”
               ▪ Nakai SHOCKS KFT2 when he volunteers to come to their concert
               ▪ Performance was nice. Liked the steps near the end. Nothing special.
               ▪ Liked the rainbow lights in the background near the end. Nice touch.

          ▪ Kitayama and Miyata on NEP League, March 19 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Pretty decent
               ▪ Kitayama went to college (?) and talked about how Kitayama got more schooling than Miyata
               ▪ So, surprisingly Miyata answered more questions than Kitayama
               ▪ And, OF COURSE, Miyata brings out the Otaku dance

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ To be regulars in a variety show [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ To be on ‘Sennyuu Real Scope’ which is to be renamed ‘Real Scope Z’ and have a cast change
               ▪ Sexy Zone will be added, along with others, as regulars
               ▪ New single, Lady Diamond, will be used as theme song
               ▪ Is it too soon for Sexy Zone to be having a variety show? Or be regulars on golden time slot show?
               ▪ Uh oh! The show looks like a boring ‘learning show’ >.>

          ▪ Three members to be in dramas [ 1, 2, 2, 3, 4 ]
               ▪ Kikuchi Fuma to appear in ‘Mirai Nikki ~Another World~’
               ▪ Starts in April, every Saturday at 11:10 on Fuji TV
               ▪ Drama is based off manga but is original story
               ▪ Characters use diaries to kill other people and survive
               ▪ Death Note combined with Battle Royale?!?
               ▪ Kikuchi plays ‘Kosaka Ouji’, a college student and kouhai of the protagonist
               ▪ Will Kikuchi be someone who dies?
               ▪ Nakajima Kento to appear in ‘Kazoku no Uta’ starring Odagiri Joe
               ▪ Starts April 15, every Sunday at 9pm
               ▪ Odagiri plays a former rock star who finds out he has three daughters
               ▪ He has no choice but to live with them, and must figure out how to do that without anyone figuring out he’s their father
               ▪ Nakajima will be playing a popular young boy who intends to be a musician, working part time at a curry restaurant
               ▪ Marius Yo will be joining the cast of ‘Kodomo Keisatsu’
               ▪ Suzuki Fuku and Honda Miyu star as veteran detectives
               ▪ They get exposed to special gas that turns them into children
               ▪ Sound like Detective Conan much?!? XDD
               ▪ How many Johnny’s are there in dramas this season?! (A LOT!!)

     Multiple
          ▪ Johnny's World Stage Show [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Hey!Say!JUMP, Sexy Zone, A.B.C.-Z, Koichi Domoto, Tackey, Kamenashi, and 100 Jrs to be in large stage show starting in November
               ▪ To be called “Johnny’s World” and performed at Tokyo’s Imperial Garden Theatre
               ▪ Will feature Hey!Say!JUMP with others in supporting roles
               ▪ They go on an adventure to find a utopia in outer space, but in the process realise how special their home on Earth is
               ▪ Members from Kis-My-Ft2 will take turns every day
               ▪ Set to be the largest Johnny’s production to date
               ▪ Show will feature ‘4D fragrance tricks’? We don’t know to be happy or afraid…
               ▪ Johnny-san hints (again) that this show may go worldwide
               ▪ Will Johnny just stop hinting and DO IT ALREADY!!!
               ▪ Take our money Johnny! We’re waiting!!

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ Postponed so we can get more responses, so next week's question: If *insert random JE boy or host here* ran the world, what do you think would happen?

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Kinki Kids' Kawatta Katachi no Ishi single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Kis-My-Ft2 star as girls in new Watering Kissmint CM [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Kis-Mt-Ft2 do NOT make pretty girls… >.>
               ▪ Melissa didn’t recognize the boys at first
               ▪ Poor Yokoo! We forgot his name!
               ▪ Is Tamamori the ugliest girl ever?
               ▪ Tegoshi, Shige and Aiba are really pretty girls
               ▪ The theme song for this CM is SHE!HER!HER!
               ▪ Not sure if the song goes with the CM…
               ▪ Making of shows the boys’ ‘big transformation’ (they even did their nails!!)
               ▪ What is the point of the breath lazers? (and the nails?)

 N E W S ( M A R C H  1 0 – 1 6 )

     General
          ▪ Johnny's Jimusho charity event at Tokyo Dome [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]
               ▪ 180 Johnny’s members from various events participated
               ▪ Including Matchy, Higashiyama, SMAP, Tackey &Tsubasa, Yamapi, Hey!Say!JUMP, Sexy Zone and Johnny’s Jrs.
               ▪ Tokyo Dome on March 11
               ▪ Event lasted 12 hours and 173 000 people turned out for the event
               ▪ All money raised from Marching J (including from this event) will go to support children in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures (not pandas!!)
               ▪ Talents who could not come (Kanjani8 and Arashi) sent videos

     SMAP
          ▪ Kimura's caught speeding twice [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
               ▪ Kimura was caught speeding in September and January
               ▪ Caught speeding in Chiba and Tokyo in a ‘regular automobile’ (what’s an irregular automobile?)
               ▪ Kimura apologizes and promised not to let it again
               ▪ Toyota refuses to stop running CMs with Kimura
               ▪ Why is Japan so strict with speeding? (It was only 20km over the speed limit!!)
               ▪ We do that all the time, what’s the big deal (Don’t tell our local police forces >.>)
               ▪ Glad that Toyota stuck by him (though Kimura’s apology is clearly a token one)
               ▪ Kimura’s licence was suspended (we’re not sure for how long…)
               ▪ Why are they announcing it now? Cause Shukan Bunshun dug up the dirt? (probably)

     V6
          ▪ Sakamoto to have a weekly cooking show [ 1 ]
               ▪ Kami drools over Sakamoto’s cooking
               ▪ Will have weekly cooking show on Fuji TV starting April 2
               ▪ Titled ‘Non-Stop’ and airs Monday through Friday with Sakamoto being on the Friday episodes
               ▪ Sakamoto’s family owns a grocery store and so he’s always been around food
               ▪ One day he hopes to own a restaurant (30×30 squared)
               ▪ The show will feature Sakamoto going out to buy the food
               ▪ Kami will be one of the fangirls going out to random grocery stores to stalk Sakamoto (if she lived in Japan)
               ▪ Sakamoto is now the perfect man XD

     Kinki Kids
          ▪ Tsuyoshi's En wo Yuite to be used for Kintetsu line [ 1 ]
               ▪ Song will used as departure music at 5 stations on the Kintetsu line
               ▪ En wo Yuite is a love song to Japan and will be used for one year
               ▪ Departure music? Does this mean it plays as the train leaves so no one will hear it cause they’re on the train??
               ▪ Tsuyoshi has been relegated to elevator music

     Arashi
          ▪ Arashi's colors to light up Tokyo Tower [ 1 ]
               ▪ Tokyo Tower was lit up on March 16 in the Arashi colours (purple, blue, yellow, red, and green)
               ▪ First time the tower has been lit up with 5 colours
               ▪ The last episode of Lucky Seven was filmed on March 16 and includes a shot of the lit-up Tokyo Tower
               ▪ Lighting up is part of Fuji TV’s month-long Hana Arashi campaign featuring six programs
               ▪ Nino: “First Tokyo Tower, next Aiba’s family home” XDD Aiba: “Stop it! You’ll cause problems for my neighbours”
               ▪ Melissa is secretly Aiba’s fiancée
               ▪ Tangent about Aiba’s family restaurant, Keikarou
               ▪ We talk about JE boys and their families’ businesses

     Arashi/Ikuta Toma
          ▪ Toma on Arashi ni Shiyagare, March 10 [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
               ▪ THE BEST Arashi ni Shiyagare EVER!!! XDDD
               ▪ Ikuta is risou no musuko (ideal son), Arashi: No. No, you’re not.
               ▪ Ikuta Toma is not aniki so instead of lessons, he just brings up dirt on Arashi and their Jr days (dirt fight!!)
               ▪ Ikuta entered Johnny’s in February 1996 so he’s actually Nino, Aiba and MatsuJun’s sempai
               ▪ ‘Densetsu Ohno’: Ohno was a legendary JE boy that boys would hear about
               ▪ Ohno spent a long time performing in Kyoto (5 times a day) in different shows and they heard how amazing he was at dancing and singing but rarely saw him
               ▪ Ohno ignores the choreographer who yells at him and picks his nose in front of the audience
               ▪ Sho used to be Mr. Style?!?
               ▪ Sho started all the trends: jersey, color contacts, perm, dreadlocks
               ▪ Now we know who to blame for the JE perm trend XD
               ▪ ‘Before his character was formed’, Aiba got mad at Jun and kicked him before the start of Stand By Me musical they were starring in along with Nino and Ikuta
               ▪ Both were injured (Aiba from the hammer, and Jun from the kick)
               ▪ The show was delayed by ten minutes
               ▪ Aiba used to only wear two shirts: ‘trainspotting’ shirt and the ‘ecchi gorilla’
               ▪ Ikuta: “It’s too ecchi for television” but the producers bring out anyways (or do they?)
               ▪ Nino punishing others backfires and he gets hit by a ‘baba chop’ (karate chop) (with a side of ‘uffun gorilla’ XDDD)
               ▪ This craziness makes us miss Arashi no Shukudai-kun
               ▪ Ikuta fails at transition to promotion for ‘Bokura ga Ita’ XD (TWICE!)

     NEWS
          ▪ Shige to get new radio show [ 1 ]
               ▪ Hosting along with Garage Sale’s Gori
               ▪ Every Sunday from 10:05pm
               ▪ Will be three hours long (or, at least, first ep will be)
               ▪ Starts April 7 at same time as third ep of Blackboard that stars Shige
               ▪ Titled ‘Shige Gori no wktk Radio Gakuen’
               ▪ YAY!! More work for Shige!!
               ▪ Will this mean more work for NEWS? (we're eternally hopeful)

     Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ HSJ's First Asia Tour has some changes [ 1 ]
               ▪ Dates have changed in Hong Kong
               ▪ WAS March 24-25, NOW is May 26-27 at same location
               ▪ Cancellation of show in Bangkok
               ▪ No reasons stated (wonder why?)

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Kisumai gets a variety show! [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ To have new variety show on TV Asahi called ‘Hama Kis’
               ▪ Concept is a ‘variety school’ and will have comedian Hamaguchi Masaru, along with other guest comedians, teaching the fundamentals of variety shows to K2
               ▪ Begins April 4 on TV Asahi on Wednesdays from 1:21-1:51am at night
               ▪ Kis-My-Ft2’s activities are really pumping up!
               ▪ Is the increase in work too quick? Will they get too busy and burn out?
               ▪ We hope this won’t backfire and, if they don’t get the ratings, that it may be the ‘kis’ of death XP

          ▪ Heyx3/Waratte Iitomo, March 12 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Downtown can’t remember the ‘backdancers’’ names (Poor Senga looks so lost)
               ▪ Kis-My-Ft2 members use their knowledge of SMAP’s Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana’s choreo in order to be popular at school
               ▪ Little Honda Miyu admits she’s a Fujigaya fan and she dances the steps to Everybody Go! with them
               ▪ Fujigaya is so good with Miyu-chan XDD (up he goes on the ‘to marry’ list)
               ▪ This quickly devolves into the Otaku Dance (initiated by Miyata, ofc)
               ▪ The performance of Everybody Go! and SHE!HER!HER! lacks the previous energy
               ▪ No backflips or rollerskates
               ▪ Made up by cute Miyu-chan performing the choreo in the audience XDDD
               ▪ We STILL don’t get why this song is named ‘SHE!HER!HER!’
               ▪ Melissa tries to make this make sense in her own mind… she’s not sure if she succeeds
               ▪ It’s the chorus in the song but we don’t know why…
               ▪ Good song? Bad song? We’re divided on this
               ▪ Talk segment was really fun
               ▪ Look forward to their variety show (Will Miyata be an ‘Aiba’ or a ‘Taguchi’?)

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ To have 2nd single [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ To be released April 11
               ▪ Track names not released (including title track) except for B-Side ‘Kaze wo kitte’ (theme song of Nintama Rantarou)
               ▪ 3 editions include two LEs and one RE
               ▪ LE 1 will include 3 tracks and DVD with PV
               ▪ LE 2 will include same 3 tracks and DVD with PV MAKING OF
               ▪ RE will include 4 tracks including Yuuki 100% plus karaoke versions
               ▪ Will also include various bonus merchandise
               ▪ They’re announcing it before they even know the main track?! Why?
               ▪ One LE includes the PV and the other the making of with no difference in songs
               ▪ BLATANT grab for your money
               ▪ Beat JE by buying the two editions and share the cost and discs with a friend

     Multiple
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Arashi sells over 550 000 copies of ‘Wild at Heart’
               ▪ 33rd #1 single which puts them 3rd most #1 singles out of any artist
               ▪ Akanishi Jin’s JAPONICANA album is 2nd on Oricon Chart at 70 000 copies sold
               ▪ Hey!Say!JUMP’s ‘Summary 2011 in DOME’ DVD sells 61 000 copies to take #1 spot on overall rankings in DVD category

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ This week's question (after a loooooooonnnngggg delay): What is your impression of V6's Yasei no Hana PV?
               ▪ 'Yasei no Hana' (The Wildflower) is a beautiful song with beautiful lyrics (but the PV makes no sense)
               ▪ V6 are ghosts in a dilapidated room with… chairs… and the room is yellow… or so we think
               ▪ They're in suits, then jerseys and then suits again… (it's Sho's fault for the jerseys!!)
               ▪ random flower
               ▪ Watch the PV for the randomness, enjoy it for the wonderful song
               ▪ Song has a feel of music from the 80/90s American music era
          ▪ Next week's question: What would happen if *insert random JE boy or host here* ran the world?

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
NYC's Wonderful Cupid single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Where in the World is Ishibashi? (Part 2) [ 1 ]
               ▪ Tunnels to host a special music show.
               ▪ March 21 from 7-11:03pm on Fuji TV
               ▪ 15 years of footage from various Fuji TV music shows
               ▪ Will include footage from Domoto Kyoudai and Johnny's Countdown as well as FNS Kayousai and Hey!x3
               ▪ Doesn't Japanese TV have enough special music shows already?!?
               ▪ Hopefully they'll have enough time to go through all the footage without rushing
               ▪ (Maybe Nakai will make a surprise appearance)

 N E W S ( M A R C H  3 – 9 )

     General
          ▪ Another/last Marching J event [ 1 ]
               ▪ Held on March 11 at Tokyo Dome
               ▪ Funds will go to needy families (no more pandas!!)
               ▪ Johnny's has decided to pay for the pandas with their own money
               ▪ FINALLY they've gotten the message and seen the light!!
               ▪ But this begs the question… why are they even still spending money on getting pandas?

     SMAP/Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ Hikaru joins Kusanagi's drama cast [ 1 ]
               ▪ Hikaru's name is listed on the drama site
               ▪ Role in drama is unknown but speculation that he will be a medical student
               ▪ YAY! Hikaru gets to stretch his acting chops!!
               ▪ Will he follow the recent young JE-boy trend and be a 'delinquent' medical student? XD

     TOKIO/Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Yamapi's 'Ai, Texas' sells 126 000 copies to end up at #1
               ▪ TOKIO's 'Haneda Kuukou no Kiseki/KIBOU' ends up #5 with just under 26 000 copies sold

     KinKi Kids
          ▪ Tsuyoshi on Kurobara, Feb. 19 and Mar. 4 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Neither of the hosts saw it but, based on the teasers, they think it's worth watching
               ▪ Teaser 1: 'In which Tsuyoshi thinks women are better cheaters and warns about the dangers of alcohol'.
               ▪ Teaser 2: 'In which Tsuyoshi talks about marriage and children and teaches Nakai-sempai how to be a gentleman'

     Arashi
          ▪ Wild at Heart single and PV [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ]
               ▪ PV was very fun to watch but general consensus that was not best Arashi PV ever
               ▪ One wonders specifically where Nino, Aiba and Sho's hands and legs were in the cramped room
               ▪ Did they pull off the 70s part right or is Melissa just imagining things?
               ▪ Melissa 'pulls a Peyton' and points out how this PV is combination of past PVs
               ▪ Sho should be banned from wearing cropped pants (Aiba can wear whatever he wants <3)
               ▪ Thank goodness MatsuJun is wearing pants XD
               ▪ Wild at Heart is the best song on the single
               ▪ Coupling songs were good but forgettable.
               ▪ How Can I Love has a dark feel while Tsuite Oide has a similar feel to Wild at Heart

     Arashi/Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ Heyx3, Mar. 5 [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 ]
               ▪ Performance of 'Wild at Heart' is full of fun and energy!!
               ▪ JunToshi pairing is cute and the dancing is fun to watch
               ▪ We like the kicking up of the mics
               ▪ Arashi look good in red and black (no cropped pants!!)
               ▪ Overall, much better than the PV
               ▪ Interview shows footage from Sho's B-Day surprise at the concert
               ▪ Downtown makes fun of Jun for not wearing the policewoman costume
               ▪ Johnny's thinks bare legs are wrong but fishnet stockings are okay?!?
               ▪ Top 10 Ranking of favourite songs, some surprising results (A.Ra.Shi isn't at #1??)
               ▪ Hey!Say!JUMP perform 'Super Delicate'
               ▪ Rhey thinks Yamada should have been named Sexy Zone
               ▪ We momentarily forget Yamada is 19 and Rhey feels like a pedo
               ▪ Rhey is too distracted by Yamada to actually pay attention to the performance

     Arashi/Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ Music Station, March 9 [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
               ▪ Arashi performs 'Wild at Heart' and it was AWESOME!!! (again)
               ▪ MatsuJun's chain comes off (twice) and Aiba messes up on the choreo (as MatsuJun points out but we can't notice where)
               ▪ Everyone was smiley and enjoying themselves during the performance
               ▪ Arashi talks about if they cook
               ▪ MatsuJun cooks italian (from Bambino experience) including TIRAMISU!! O_O *impressed*
               ▪ Aiba made Miso Shiru EXPLODE!! (and was distracted all day at work because of it)
               ▪ Ohno cooks beef when he goes fishing (wait, what??)
               ▪ Nino is skipped over (#foreveralone) 
               ▪ Sho can't cook regardless of his current CMs; Us: 'We'll cook for you, Sho!!'               ▪ Yamapi talked about what he did recently: Singing 5 hours of Karaoke with Toma including Kinki Kids song which they used to backdance for
               ▪ Expectedly bad 'Ai, Texas' performance
               ▪ Yamapi is more dead-fish-eyes than usual

     NEWS
          ▪ Shige to be part of the 3rd night of the Blackboard drama miniseries [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Set after the Touhoku earthquake
               ▪ Matsushita Nao will play an English teacher whose students make rumors that she's in love with the student she tutors
               ▪ This is very similar to 'that Miura drama' (aka. Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta)
               ▪ Shige will play a fellow teacher

     Tegomass
          ▪ Music Fair, March 3 [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
               ▪ Sweet, pretty performance, blah, blah… LET'S TALK ABOUT TEGOSHI'S HAIR!!!
               ▪ Tegoshi's hair is platinum blonde! WHAT THE HECK!!
               ▪ Is this a wig? No! Someone should have stopped him from doing this to his hair… >.>

     Akanishi Jin
          ▪ Japonicana Album [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ 'That's What She Said': beat=good, lyrics=this song should never see light of day
               ▪ Who the heck let Jin release this kind of song?!?
               ▪ Rest of album was not as offensive and pretty good
               ▪ Some familiar songs, some new catchy songs
               ▪ Favorite songs: Aphrodisiac and Pin Dom (no, this isn't a 'Pin' love song XD)
               ▪ Jin sounds better live. Studio recordings don't do his voice justice
          ▪ Music Japan, Mar. 4 [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
               ▪ Jin tries to show off by saying he 'reads books' in his dressing book. Reality? It's manga. 
               ▪ Jin seems nervous with Perfume
               ▪ Talks about happening at concert in US
               ▪ Went to meet a friend outside concert location and guard wouldn't let him back in. He had to call staff.
               ▪ Performance was not on point vocally. No dancing makes it very boring. (No chest to distract you XD)
               ▪ Was Jin deliberately hiding his ring hand?
          ▪ Best Hit USA, Mar. 6 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Show PV with Japanese subtitles
               ▪ The subtitles make the lyrics sound like bad pick up lines XD
               ▪ Did they mis-translate "supernatural plans" as "supernatural PLANES"?!? [We checked, they did XDDD]
               ▪ Talked about how recording in US was surprisingly the same to recording in Japan
               ▪ Talks about how he loves listening to Lil Wayne and he wants to do a collab with him
               ▪ Jin loves Lil Wayne's lyrics (does this explain the lyrics in 'That's What She Said'?)

     Kanjani8
          ▪ Eito Rangers Movie [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ]
               ▪ Eito Ranger skits will be turned into a movie!! YAY!!!
               ▪ To be released July 28, 2012
               ▪ Set in a fictional city in 2035 and they will be fighting against a terrorist organization
               ▪ Will include character side-stories
               ▪ Taichi Hiroshi will play 'Captain Silver'
               ▪ They messed with the Eito Rangers costumes!!!!! NO!!!!!
               ▪ What's with the new 'Captain Silver' character? Is he a mentor or something?

     Hey!Say!JUMP/Johnny's Jrs.
          ▪ Takaki to appear in the Johnny's Jrs./AKB48 drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ Takaki will play older classmate who have repeated school for two years 
               ▪ Supposedly Takaki's character gonna be watching over them in drama and in real life? 
               ▪ Will his character be a 'responsible delinquent' (who's just an idiot)?
               ▪ Takaki will make sure that the boys and girls follow the school rules in real life to 'ease fans' minds' >.>

     Multiple
          ▪ Ongaku no Chikara, Mar. 7 [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ]
               ▪ NTV's special music program for the recovery efforts for the Tohoku earthquake.
               ▪ Sho hosted, and Arashi, KAT-TUN, Kanjani8, TOKIO and V6 performed
               ▪ Part of the program was Arashi's visit to the disaster area and their mini-concert in Miyagi
               ▪ Arashi visited two families and the little boy gave them (AND the cameraman) candies X'D AWWWW!!!
               ▪ Families were brought in from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima to see the performance
               ▪ Arashi performed Wild at Heart, Kansha Kangeki Ame no Arashi and Happiness. REALLY good choice of songs for this type of crowd. Really impactful
               ▪ KAT-TUN performs Going! and Birth
               ▪ Going was good and Birth had some fan-service (thanks Koki <3)
               ▪ Kanjani8 performed Monjai Beat 
               ▪ Not as energetic as we expect from Kanjani8 (why only one song? *tear* they couldn't take K8 at full power!!)
               ▪ TOKIO performed Kibou and Ambitious Japan
               ▪ Performances were good. New appreciation for Ambitious Japan, tho Rhey lowered her love for Kibou
               ▪ V6 performed WA ni Natte Odorou and Bari Bari Buddy
               ▪ They were joined by a bunch of little girls in funky outfits. It was cute XD

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ Due to a lack of responses, this question will be postponed (again) til next week!
          ▪ Next week's question: Which is your impression of V6's Yasei no Hana PV?

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Akanishi Jin's Seasons single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ FOURTH YEAR JEPCAST ANNIVERSARY, 200TH EPISODE, LIVE WITH AUDIENCE~
          ▪ Thank you so much for supporting us for this long, please continue to do so in the future as well.

 N E W S ( 0 4 : 0 4) ( F E B R U A R Y  25 – M A R C H  0 2 )

      SMAP
          ▪ Nakai to host new prime time music show [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ To air on TBS. This is the successor to The Music Hour.
               ▪ AKB48 and Esumi Makiko will co-host.
               ▪ Mix between a live perf and variety show.
               ▪ Tuesdays at 9 PM, starting from April.
               ▪ ESUMI MAKIKO IS NO ISHIBASHI!!
               ▪ Does this show sound a bit like Utawara..?
               ▪ "There is Nakai good-looking and Kimura good-looking"

      TOKIO
          ▪ Haneda Kuukou no Kiseki/Kibou single and PVs/Making of [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Kibou vs Haneda Kuuko? Which do you like more?
               ▪ Great single since all the songs can appeal to different people.
               ▪ TOKIO in moving company gear~!
               ▪ Haneda Kuukou no Kiseki PV garners totally opposite reactions from the hosts.
               ▪ Cool green screen/Mad Men backgrounds, but cheap looking explosions. :\
               ▪ The concept is cool, but gets boring and repetitive really quickly.
               ▪ Mabo's hips don't lie~
               ▪ TOKIO has a hard time jumping. WE ARE OLD
               ▪ Hmm, could TOKIO make it in the western market if they were really good at English?

          ▪ Music Japan, Feb. 16 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Nagase whips out his gun at an airport and scares people.
               ▪ Relax, it's only a lighter. XD
               ▪ TOKIO impromptu gag corner with travel goods!!
               ▪ Nagase demonstrates head/umbrella.
               ▪ TOKIO tries to persuade Joshima to use a portable bidet on camera.

          ▪ Music Station, Mar. 2 [ 1 ]
               ▪ The set is like an intricate cocktail lounge in an airport type thing.
               ▪ The chick on the bongos makes you realise how important that sound is to the song.
               ▪ Did Nagase really mess up on the lyrics here?

     KinKi Kids
          ▪ Tsuyoshi to release an album [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ The title is really long, lol, check the posts.
               ▪ LE A: ten songs, three of which only on this edition.
               ▪ Ellipses = DoTs? j_linker444 is so clever!
               ▪ Really long booklet also included.
               ▪ LE B will have DVD.
               ▪ RE also has special songs.
               ▪ This is like, 20 songs, that's a lot of work.
               ▪ The sales figures for this would be interesting…

      Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ Ai, Texas single and PV [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ The PV sucks. GO TO TEXAS TO FILM YOUR TEXAS PV.
               ▪ Complete green screen, walking on treadmill, yawn, zzZz.
               ▪ This PV takes "promotional video" too literally.
               ▪ Would this PV have looked like this if he still were on a JE label?
               ▪ Yamapi: "OOH LOOK THIS SONG HAS TEXAS, FLAIL~ I'LL SING THIS!"
               ▪ I, Texas? Why not I, Texas.
               ▪ What does this song have anything to do with Texas? Or Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata.
               ▪ Texas = MEAT.
               ▪ Doesn't this sound like Daite Senorita? TBS IS REALLY BAD FOR PI. D:
               ▪ CANDY and Perfect Crime are more along the line of songs that fits him.
               ▪ GIVE YAMAPI HIS AUTO TUNE!!

          ▪ Music Japan, Feb. 26 [ 1 ]
          ▪ Coming Soon, Feb. 27 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
          ▪ Heyx3, Feb. 27 [ 1 ]
          ▪ Ayashii Uwasa no Atsumaru Toshokan, Feb. 28 [ 1 ]
          ▪ Reco Hits, Feb. 28 [ 1 ]
          ▪ Waratte Iitomo, Feb. 29 [ 1 ]
          ▪ Our Music, Mar. 2 [ 1 ]
          ▪ Happy Music, Mar. 2 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Yamapi discusses why he's left NEWS on HEYHEYHEY. (Are his reasons all bullshit?)
               ▪ YAMAPI'S SINCERITY IS KILLED BY HIS DEAD FISH EYES D:
               ▪ Lol, what if he knocked the mic over a la THE Daite Senorita perf? XD
               ▪ HE LOOKS REALLY GOOD OMG Yakuza/Stripper/Host!Yamapi, we like! *___*
               ▪ COMING SOON was the worst of the perfs, but Bokura no Ongaku was relatively good.
               ▪ Takki misses Yamapi.
               ▪ Yamapi and Toma go out to karaoke!
               ▪ Kinki Kids songs are a staple for Yamapi and Toma at karaoke.
               ▪ Yamapi looks like a person with no real life apparently.

      Kanjani8
          ▪ Ryo to star in a new drama [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ]
               ▪ Title: Papa wa Idol. Ryo plays himself. (An idol secretly married to an older, single mother)
               ▪ Kanjani 8 members to have roles as themselves, too.
               ▪ Will air on Thursdays at 9 PM.
               ▪ This is a remake of Mama wa Idol from the 80s.
               ▪ Timing for this drama couldn't be more perfect after Jin's marriage.
               ▪ How close to Ryo's own character will this role be?
               ▪ K8's totally gonna do the theme song, ofc. What'll the tone be like..?

      KAT-TUN/Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ HSJ, #1 single, Super Delicate sells ~249K copies. 9 consecutive.
               ▪ KAT-TUN has most consequitive #1 . Disappointing sales numbers though.

      Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ Ousama no Brunch, Feb. 25 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Okamoto shows off his English. Yabu fails at understanding.
               ▪ Chinen keeps staring at Hikaru? Why, cuz he likes him?
               ▪ Takaki has perfect hair.

      Sexy Zone
          ▪ Nakajima Kento to go to Meiji [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Nakajima will be studying sociology.

      A.B.C-Z
          ▪ A.B.C.-Z documentary on Fuji TV [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Will follow and track them up to their debut, behind the scenes stuff, rehearsals, trainings, etc. footage.

      Johnny's Juniors
          ▪ New drama series starring Johnny's Jrs./AKB48 [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
               ▪ Drama is created by Akimoto
               ▪ Perfect way to capitalise on the two agencies' popularity.
               ▪ Morimoto (lead role), Matsumaru, Juri, Taiga, etc., to appear.
               ▪ NTV will broadcast starting April.
               ▪ Rules: no exchanging emails, must go home and sleep early, no dating.
               ▪ Rules are for the ACTORS, not the characters. Policing the idols.

          ▪ DVD for Kiriyama Akito's Beautiful Sunday butai [ 1 ]
               ▪ DVD was filmed at the 3/1/12 show. No bonus footage.

      Multiple
          ▪ Shigotonin on Kanjani8 no Shiwake, Feb. 18 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Lots of trivia about Johnny's history, mostly the oooold groups.
               ▪ Ryo and HIgashiyama, Secret Agent Man duet!
               ▪ KAT-TUN is Kanjani's KOHAI. GET IT RIGHT.
               ▪ Yasu fails as a Kinki Kids fan.
               ▪ Crossdressing men show up.
               ▪ Please don't squirt on me.

  L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N ( 1 : 3 1 : 0 1 )

          ▪ The hosts answer your (and their own) burning questions XD
          ▪ Next week's question: What is your impression of V6's Yasei no Hana PV?

  I N T R O D O N ( 2 : 1 3 : 2 8 )

          ▪ Hosts vs Listeners, who will win?!??! (We're totally confident… >.>)

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
SMAP's Boku no Hanbun single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Mid-season JE drama talk!
               ▪ WE LOVE YAMAPI/EIKURA NANA. Too bad the drama sucks.
               ▪ CHINEN DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A COLLEGE KID!!!
               ▪ Yamada and Chinen could switch roles in their current dramas.
               ▪ Risou no Musuko is a fabulous drama but Chinen couldn’t carry it like Yamada does.
               ▪ Fujigaya is playing Kitayama’s character from Misaki No. 1. Yawn.
               ▪ OMG NO KAMI SPOILS LUCKY SEVEN (episode 5). D:
               ▪ Oh wow, Koyama actually has things to do in Lucky Seven?!?!
               ▪ Peyton continues to be in love with 13 sai no Hello work.
               ▪ YOKO IS AWESOME CAUSE HE KISSES A GIRL, OKAY?
               ▪ Goro who? MUKAI OSAMU IS HOT.

 N E W S ( F E B R U A R Y  1 8 – 2 4 )

     Sempai
          ▪ Four Leaves’ Kita Koji dies of liver cancer [ 1 ]
               ▪ He was 63, and is survived by wife and a 13 year od daughter.
               ▪ He was an Olympic hopeful gymnast in his youth.
               ▪ Thanked Johnny and Mary on his last blog entry.

     SMAP
          ▪ Kusanagi to star in a Fuji TV drama [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ 37 sai de Issha ni Natta Boku.
               ▪ Kusanagi plays a man who changes jobs at 37 and becomes a doctor.
               ▪ Why did they get rid of the hikikomori-aspect? We think that would’ve been fascinating.

     V6
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ They were up against AKB48. Sold 58K copies. AKB sold 1.2 mil.

          ▪ Coming Soon, Feb. 20 [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
               ▪ Okada invites Nakai to dance along with V6.
               ▪ Nakai dances in his seat while making a derpy face.
               ▪ WHO IS HEAVING LIKE DARTH VADER
               ▪ Happy birthday, Go! No one got him any gifts. CAUSE HE NEVER GETS ANYONE GIFTS.
               ▪ Miyake never does ANYTHING. Too busy being Korean. Or commentating for Sumo.

     Arashi
          ▪ Aiba/Ohno to star in separate dramas [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
               ▪ Ohno’s drama titled Kagi no Kakatta Heya will be replacing Lucky Seven.
               ▪ It will be a crime drama.
               ▪ Ohno’s character has an obsession with keys and locks. (DETECTIVE CONAN!)
               ▪ Toda Erika to star opposite him, as a lawyer.
               ▪ Why is Fuji airing another detective drama in this time slot…
               ▪ Aiba’s drama, Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri, is also a detective drama.
               ▪ Aiba is a detective who who fears heights, ghosts, women, and blood.
               ▪ Together with a cat, he attempts to solve mysteries.
               ▪ SHIMURA DOUBUTSUEN –> SHIYAGARE –> NEW DRAMA. AIBA NIGHT!!
               ▪ LOL Will they use the cat from Sailor Moon?!?!
               ▪ DOUBLE A-SIDE SINGLE??? Maybe just for NTV?

     Kanjani8
          ▪ Eight x Eighter Concert DVD [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Recording of New Year’s Eve perf, including digest of other performances, and Eito Ranger.
               ▪ “Nishikido’s BJ session during rehersals”
               ▪ First It’s been a long time since a K8 DVD will include MC segments.

     KAT-TUN
          ▪ Chain Album and Lock on PV/Making of [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ]
               ▪ General likes around the Lock on PV!
               ▪ Kami is shocked to learn that the robot was female. she’s slow.
               ▪ No games in this making of, but they did show the batsu game that Nakamaru/Junno had to go on!
               ▪ Seems like they’ll be alternating between batsu games and actual games.
               ▪ Rhey dies at this point. you know, her router. not her in general.
               ▪ Kami isn’t too fond of this album–there seems to be a lot of slower songs. Well, when you take out all the singles.
               ▪ Peyton is just more critical of the album.
               ▪ We LOVE the hidden track–”Chains of Love” is the title? ♥♥♥
               ▪ Koki’s solo is just what. Don’t even bother to listen?
               ▪ Most of the solos sound like something the members have done before. EXCEPT Taguchi which rocked.
               ▪ Nakamaru’s solo is Peyton’s favorite; Ueda’s is her second!
               ▪ Peyton thinks this is the least innovative of KAT-TUN’s albums since Best of. o.o

     Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ Okamoto accepted to Sophia University [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Will be attending the Faculty of Liberal Arts.
               ▪ Okamoto chose this school because they teach all their classes in English.
               ▪ Okamoto now has to call Peyton, Peyton-senpai!!!!!!

          ▪ Super Delicate single and PV [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ]
               ▪ JUMP Around the World is about as cheesy as it sounds–they say Hey!Say!JUMP throughout.
               ▪ Hey!Say!BEST’s Su.Ri.Ru > Hey!Say!7 Wonderland Train
               ▪ What WERE those outfits?! (They model a bit.)
               ▪ We reveal that Rhey has broken her vow of pedo-ness and has become a fan of Yamada!!!! DDDDD
               ▪ LOL Kami is slow and didn’t realize the lyric was HSJ’s inside joke throughout the making of
               ▪ Peyton loves this making of SO MUCH.
               ▪ Okamoto’s rap pwns everyone.
               ▪ There was just so many fun parts to this making of–seriously, take a watch! ♥

          ▪ Music Station, Feb. 24 [ 1 ]
               ▪ This performance was fucking epic.
               ▪ Must’ve been weird dancing in front of gigantic photos of themselves on these moving blocks.
               ▪ WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE JUNIORS? They were not necessary in the least!
               ▪ HSJ worked really well with the blocks–they didn’t seem to hinder the performance at all.
               ▪ What could possible be cute and molesty that Peyton loves so much? you’ve so heard it before.

     NYC
          ▪ Nakayama to voice act for John Carter [ 1 ]
               ▪ Nakayama will be voice-acting for the character “Edgar”.
               ▪ He even went to the Los Angeles premiere of the movie!
               ▪ We also learn that he’ll be attending Komazawa University.

     Johnny’s Jrs.
          ▪ Kansai Johnny’s Jrs. Spring Break concerts [ 1 ]
               ▪ Concerts at the Shochikuza from March 24 – April 5, 22 total.

     Multiple
          ▪ Arashi holds mini-live in Miyagi for Tohoku disaster victims [ 1, 2 ]
          ▪ Power of Music 2012 Artist Lineup [ 1 ]
               ▪ “Nittere-kei Ongaku no Saiten Ongaku no Chikara 2012″, NTV’s special music program for the recovery efforts for the Tohoku earthquake, airing March 7.
               ▪ Part of the program is Arashi’s visit to the disaster area and their mini live in Miyagi.
               ▪ Sho will be hosting, and Arashi, KAT-TUN, Kanjani8, TOKIO and V6 will perform.

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ Due to the delay of the post and the next episode being 200, this question will be postponed!
          ▪ In two weeks’ question: Which is your impression of V6′s Yasei no Hana PV?

Songs used in this week’s podcast are from
Kis-My-Ft2′s We Never Give Up! single.