Vox’s posts tagged ninomiya kazunari

Ryusei no kizuna tomorrow!

nobody@vox.com(K.) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:28:59 +0000

Join http://ryuseinokizuna.groups.vox.com/ and post news about the dorama if you're interested!

Forgot to post this pic aeons ago lols.
But anyway, I just saw the cutest.. the uber uber cutest bespectacled Nino chan with his hot hamburger-palmtop (or hamburger-handtop) pic ever last night!! (thanks stef!) yeah, hopefully will sketch/paint that xD
Will reply more another time, thanks again!
Now I shall go back to rest, want to make it to work tomorrow (not that I really want to but aaah RL).
(speaking of RL... it's now $1AUD = 63 yen O_O oh the horror..!!) aaaaah fight song fight song!

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STORM NEWS! & INTERNATIONAL PETITION!!!

nobody@vox.com(Arashi4dream) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:29:28 +0000

HELLO MINNA!

We already begin this project an International Petition to ask for the creation of an International Club for ARASHI. To make our dream come true we need all ARASHI FANS to sign it. Please go to this page to get more information:

http://storm-news.vox.com

Also, We just start an English version of the Only online program dedicate to spread the love for ARASHI in the Internet STORM NEWS!. This is a show it was created for arashi4dream & it's part of ARASHI-PERU. We already finished our first season & we began our second season. We are very excited about this & we'll love to count with all the ARASHI FANS because this a program create it for fans by fans.

ARASHI ARASHI ROCKS!!!

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streetscape.

nobody@vox.com(K.) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:52:07 +0000

Haven't done streetscape for a long time.
Haven't done sumi-e (ink painting) for a long long time.
So I did two versions heh.
(and yes, at least the sumi-e one is ninochan)

I stayed home today since I've got a bad cold (sore throat, coughing blood etc).......
but I could enjoy sketching and painting so it's all good!

PS: okaeri, Arashi! otsukaresama!

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Nino pic#100 =D

nobody@vox.com(K.) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:43:22 +0000

Yay! Reached Nino chan solo picture#100! =D
To those who paid attention, I tend to name my artwork Nino##...ymmdd.jpg and now it's up to #100!
Well, unofficially it's already over 100 since I sometimes name it differently lols.
I must say sketching/painting Nino is addictive!
So, many more Nino to come xD

ps: the in-progress pic#99 ^^

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AAA TAipei 1st nite

nobody@vox.com(VyLeTtE) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:07:37 +0000

First nite con finished last nite... i guess all of us are super tired.... after queing for almost 4hrs for con goods, we just went back to the hostel... just to bathe and freshen up for the concert..

opening song is love so sweet.. i dont remember well the songlist but they sang one of my faves... asu ni mukatte hoero.... truth, one love, oh yeah, lucky man, hadashi no mirai, step and go, truth, ramarkable, sirius (waaah i really love this song), happiness, we can make it, life goes on (waaah i also like this song even before... i love their step here haha)... no wish last nite (hoping there is tonite)... ending song is beautiful days... solo songs same in national stadium con.. except jun.. who sang yabai2 :) aiba-kun almost fell as he stepped on the moving cart again har3..... and as it stopped,,, he almost fell again hahahaha i swear aiba-kung looks so much better in person!!! im not saying this because he's my ichiban ne... he really is gorgeous!!!! they all looked good last nite!!!!!

the con started at exactly 7.30pm... and lasted for 2hours, 31minutes and 51seconds :d...

for their individual thank you speeches... it started with sho-kun... same order as last aaa in taipei,,, sho-kun, oh-chan, aiba-kun, nino, matsujun.... i find it cute how aiba-kun sort of like said "yosh" after his part as if saying "what a relief" he didnt make any mistake in his speech (compared to last aaa where he had to repeat a phrase 3x)...

they also sang lucky man and hadashi... their hadashi places were the same as in aaa taipei in 2006... we were seated at the 3rd floor, section I... so just imagine how happy i was that aiba-kun was in that place waaaahhhhh...

they sang this one song which cathy and i are not familiar with... rina said it seems like an old song... hmmm gonna find out later on what it is...

sho-kun looked soooo good!!! kat i swear!!!! ahahahha he danced well (well atleast for me he did har3) .. riida as always dances well and his voice is really great!!!! nino looked so hot in his solo... he wore a dfrent pair of glasses in niji compared to time con... and as expected.. everyone went ga-ga when he removed it :) jun.. oh well jun will always be our domyouji-sama... he sent a flying kiss to people in the 3rd floor waaahhh

they sang 2nd chorus part of a.ra.shi in chinese.... they sang 1st part till 1st chorus of kansha kangeki ame arashi in chinese also.. i dunno what they call that thing.. but its the one they used in blue in aaa taipei 1... it was located in front of 2,8 section... just below the 3rd floor... all of them were in there... it went up... far enuf for people in the 3rd floor to see them clearly...

that's it for now... only 15mins allowed to use the net here in the hotel har3...

oh MC tok was about hyd... jun "assigned" each member to the members of f4... sho was tsukushi har3... didnt understand much since twas in jap and translated in chinese..

will post more when we get back home... oh and by the way we were atthe airport also when they arrived... we had a jun and ohno moment!!! waaaaahhhhh wont elaborate now .... will post more details when we get home!!!

bye for now..... need to eat bfast since we forgot to eat yesterday from too much excitement har3....

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to avoid major sulking...

nobody@vox.com(K.) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:43:10 +0000

.. I went to have dinner with my friend at our favorite Japanese cafe/restaurant ; D~
Then came home and touched up the megane Nino chan... he now looks better and less sulky lols.
Reply/catch up later!

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From Cover to Cover - Prologue

nobody@vox.com(Shoko) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:00:34 +0000

From Cover to Cover

Prologue

“All right, who took my hair gel?” I asked, quickly rifling the things in my bag for the said object and not finding it.

“Here! Catch,” Aiba replied sheepishly as a tube came careering towards me. “Thought I would borrow it. The back sticks out.” He pointed to the back of his head in explanation.

Unable to see the connection of the back of his flat skull and hair gel, I settled for ignoring him and seeing to my own hair. Personal grooming always took time and effort, yet the look must be calculated to affect a casual feel that had been thrown on without effort. I was the prince of such calculated styles and would not forgo my styling routine for hail, snow or friends.

Nino sat next to me and sneered while affecting a look of mock fascination. “I envy you. Who would look at you anyway if they didn’t know it is you? Oh wait! But they would know it’s you! Besides, why is it that you can never see that it’s pointless to do anything with your hair if you’re going to hide it under a beanie?”

“A beanie with fluffy dangling furry boing-boing balls of wool at the end,” Aiba chimed in, trying to tie his toy dog’s ears in knots. That idiot sometimes had the attention span of a three year old, the vocabulary of a preschooler, and the emotional range of a teaspoon.

“Nino, Nino, Nino,” I chided in a voice of long suffering patience. “A few locks are supposed to peek tastefully out of the beanie, ne, to give the impression that it was just pulled on.”

“Pull what?” asked Ohno or Riida or Captain as he is affectionately known amongst the rest of us in Arashi. “Don’t pull a thread or the sweater will get undone.”

“Thank you for the helpful titbit,” Nino declared in flat, barely concealed sarcasm.

Sho cleared his throat and slung his bag over his shoulder. “Leave Jun alone. He’s clearly rushing somewhere. I’m going off. The rest of you, behave, yes? Yes. Good!”

So much like the mother telling her brood to behave, I reflected, turning my attention to my hair once again. I wondered if Sho realised the boys didn’t care much for his pearls of wisdom. However, I had better things to see to than to fend off the rest of my friends, such as the image I wanted to convey that day.

At last, my coiffure was done. The beanie with dangling woolly bits was carefully placed over my hair and arranged just as I wanted it and I was ready to go. As it was, I was going to be late.

“Where are you going? Are you going somewhere to eat? Can I come too?” Aiba asked excitedly as he quickly put on his sunglasses and shoes.

Nino’s ears picked up on that and the evil, feral smirk of doom lighted on his lips. “Is MatsuJun treating? Then Oh-chan and I are coming along.” Only Nino would jump at such opportunity. He was emperor of the misers, prince of the stingy pokers, duke of the parsimonious, whose wallet has only seen the light of day once by my count on one of the television shows where Arashi were guests .

“That’s very generous of you,” Riida smiled cheerfully.

I groaned aloud and mentally cursed my fate for having these oblivious idiots as my friends. “I’m not going to have a meal. There’s a book signing event at Fujiwara no Shikibu Bookshop that I can’t afford to miss.”

“That much care over your appearance and you think you’d be able to wow the author? How will he or she or it know who you are under that beanie and sunglasses?” Nino sniggered. “I doubt he or she or it would care because he or she or it would have been signing autographs for most of the afternoon already.”

“You’re saying that because you’re not a fan of anyone!” I pointed out, checking that I had taken everything I needed with me in my bag.

“Nino’s his own fan,” Ohno stated plainly, wrapping an arm around his so-called significant other.

“Kimura Takuya the second trumps you, Jun-kun,” Nino laughed cockily and brushed his forelocks away from his face. One day that annoying bugger will get a set down from someone if he wasn’t careful. I only hope I wasn’t going to be the one to do it.

“Suit yourself, ne,” I replied with a leer just to tease him. “I’m going off!”

I actually made good time, I realised on checking my watch when I arrived at Shikibu Bookshop. I still had fifteen minutes to spare before the author in question would be leaving for the day. Shikibu Bookshop was a quaint old place. It smelled musty. Yet, contrary to the atmosphere it exuded from the outside, it carried contemporary books, the latest best-sellers, out of print titles and speciality books on various academic subjects that I wasn’t sure people still studied. I did not know how an obscure shop like this could survive in the heart of Tokyo, but it did.

It did not look like much on the outside, but the moment a customer stepped in, he or she would be drawn in. Shikibu Bookshop had a steady clientele of housewives, salarymen and academics. If memory serves me correctly, I believe it has been around for ages. I stumbled upon it quite accidentally. I had been meaning to locate the older, more obscure non-romantic novels by a novelist I particularly liked. I always made it a point to read as much of an author’s work as possible so as to understand the progression of their style and their way of thought.

I read some of Sakiyama Jewel’s contemporary novels and they were impressive. A little note on the back blurb attributed an old story set in Second World War to her as well. With that as the impetus, I strove to find as much as of her earlier work as possible. They were not easy to find and I was frustrated with Kinokuniya constantly informing me that the titles I wanted were out of print.

One fine day, I picked up the newspaper Sho had left carelessly on the sofa in Arashi’s room at JE Central and learned that this same Sakiyama Jewel would be holding a book signing event at Shibuku Bookshop. Unfortunately, I had missed the event at the time due to filming commitments. However, when I finally decided to visit the bookshop, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was well-stocked with Sakiyama sensei’s earlier works. Since then, I tried to make a monthly trip to the bookshop if only to browse.

On one such browsing expedition, I learnt of Sakiyama Jewel’s latest novel and the book signing event she would be holding at Shibuku Bookshop. Thus, here I was, having rushed from photo shoot in the morning and a recording in the afternoon to a bookshop in the early evening. Why? Ano ne, just to catch a glimpse of the elusive author who gave no interviews, yet remained intensely popular and who had a new book out. It was an opportunity not to be missed, especially as I was quite a fan of her older, more obscure writing.

There were fifteen more minutes and only five people left in the queue for her autograph. However, decent copies of her latest offering were no where in sight. I refuse to buy a book that has its spine cracked, its pages dog-eared and is covers smeared with the prints of a thousand other people who had touched it. There was something very unsanitary about it, and cheap. A new book should be pristine and glossy like a beautifully made up woman. I firmly rejected the cracked spine, dog-eared, handprint smeared copies of the books positioned in a small pyramid near the main doors and combed the shelves for a half decent copy of her book. After searching the bookshop, I found, shelved under her name, a copy of her latest novel that had miraculously not been manhandled. By which time, I joined the queue where the two remaining people were waiting for their books to be signed.

Sakiyama Jewel, the author, was just a passable woman with moderate beauty and a mouth that I thought was a little too wide. She was all right if I were to compare her to the frights that most Japanese high school girls had become, but she wasn’t a face I would remember if I passed her on the street. It wasn’t a face that made a man turn around for a second glance. Merely passable as far as beauty went, which was fine, seeing how she was an author and not a model or an actress.

Pasting a smile on my face as she signed the book of the person before me and made the obligatory small talk, I walked up confidently to the table hoping to her autograph when a gruff woman of the large-boned and highly muscular persuasion stopped me.

“It’s now 6pm. No signatures after 6pm,” the woman’s voice boomed. My! How annoying. I hated it when people denied my reasonable requests on technicalities.

I gave the woman a winning smile that usually left fans swooning. “Look here, I won’t take much time. I only want Sakiyama sensei to sign it and I’ll be on my way.”

“Sakiyama sensei does not entertain the likes of you who do not respect her need to rest,” the woman snarled, apparently immune to my charm. I didn’t see how that was possible. That smile always worked whenever I chose to deploy it.

This failure had put me a little out of countenance even though I tried not to show it. “Given how she has already signed a slew of books, what is one more?” I asked in my politest tone.

“You did not stand in the queue for long, you wouldn’t know. Sakiyama sensei has been here since 3pm and is very tired. I advise you to pay for your purchase and leave before I throw you out for disturbing the peace,” the woman barked disagreeably and cracked her knuckles. She really was very brutish with short hair, eyes set too closely together and a too wide mouth. Her nose was the only redeeming feature on her mannish, large-boned, highly muscular frame for its perfect aquiline straightness. That was an aristocratic nose if I ever saw one.

“It is not good business etiquette to throw your customers out of the shop,” I stated, staring at my glossy fingernails to quell the anger that was beginning to rise. I was as tired, if not more so than the author. What was so difficult about just signing the book for me?

“It may not be good etiquette, but utterly necessary if you persist in your demands,” Sakiyama sensei said with chilling hauteur as she rose from the table shakily and held on to the edge. “My manager has given you a perfectly reasonable explanation. I regret not being able to sign your book, but a true fan would not seek to cause trouble at the launch of his favoured author’s latest opus.”

“Calling it an opus when the critics haven’t reviewed it yet is premature,” I responded with a slight hint of annoyance.

“An author’s pride in her work is not to be underestimated. There is a sheer amount of work, research, continual rewriting and drafting involved. Do you dare say you understand the complexity of what it takes to write a novel? I care not for the opinion of the critics. The Endgame is my latest opus and the best I have written since my very first foray into publishing. I will not brook the insolent, unsolicited opinions of a literary barbarian such as you!” she coldly declared, as her manager clambered over to her side and supported her.

Who did this woman think she was calling me a barbarian? Me? I took pains with myself to be anything but an uncouth slob. “I have never met such an uppity author in my life,” I angrily replied.

“It pleases me to be the first,” she answered frostily. “Kujo-san, please see me inside.”

“Of course, sensei,” the larger woman answered while giving me the evil eye.

Hardly anyone talked to me like Sakiyama sensei did. As far as I could remember, I was always petted and admired and spoken to kindly. Even the producers on my dramas, the directors of our PVs, and the people organising concerts were very accommodating towards my requests for changes. It was very refreshing to be talked down to for a change instead of being either fawned upon or indulged without questions. Although I was terribly amused by the exchange and the way she talked back to me, I wouldn’t back down just yet. My anger had yet to run its full course and I wanted to leave her with a parting shot before I went somewhere else to stew over my misfortune of encountering such a horrible human being. “I see I made a mistake in believing in your talent,” I derided with a smirk as a stalked off, “The author of When Today is Yesterday has plainly let her recent successes go to her head.”

“You’ve read When Today is Yesterday? You’ve actually read it?” she shouted back at me, her voice expressing confusion, surprise, delight and angry hurt.

I didn’t look back or deem it fit to answer, I just chucked the book that I had been holding at an obliging nearby shelf and stalked out of the bookshop. As I did so I made a mental note to never go to a book signing event by this author again. I would, instead, tell everyone I knew who read her work, what a disagreeable woman she was.

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kansha, game, ranking, upgrading... and breaking... :(

nobody@vox.com(Leo) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:04:30 +0000

taken from leoatobe.livejournal.com
Sep. 25th, 2008|04:06 pm

before anything else...
today is the 2nd game for...

no matter what happens today...

ANIMO La Salle!!!

in another note,
last saturday oops it was sunday...
, aichan and i finally had ryochan and silver upgraded.
also had the money to buy
yatta!!

ryochan(left) and silver (right) before surgery .... hehe

but, sad to say
after tons of surgery...
and after going back and forth to the repair shop over the weekend...
... nantokamaru.... namaru for short...
finally breathed it's last breath yesterday.

damn. after like more the 5 years of using intel pentium III 800mhz.
i guess it's time to retire namaru.
otsukaresamadeshita :)
* i just need to get my work files and tons of downloaded jpop
files from it...

on a happier note, arigatou melai! :)
for the very belated birthday present :)

as for mixed feelings...
Anan Male Ranking for 2008
~ really really happy for my Jin(3) and Toma(21)...
~ but... damn!!!! +7 places?!?!?!!?
does he have that many fans!?!?!?! damn!!!
and even higher than nino!??!!?
* at least i'm NOT his fan!!! grrrr.

2008 Anan's Top Male Idol
()compared to last year's ranking
1. Kimura Takuya (15th year at #1 spot) (-)
2. Fukuyama Masaharu (-)
3. Akanishi Jin (+5)
4. Matsumoto Jun (+1)
5. Nakai Masahiro (-2)
6. Yamashita Tomohisa (+8) - omedetou aiahp
7. Katori Shingo (-1)
8. Okada Junichi (-4)
9. Oguri Shun (+10)
10. Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (+1)
11. Kamenashi Kazuya (-1) :( why kame... why dropped down??
12. Inagaki Goro (-3)
13. Tsumabuki Satoshi (-6)
14. Sakurai Sho (+7) !?!??!??!!??! grrr...
15. Domoto Koichi (-)
16. Ninomiya Kazunari (+2) he should be higher than no. 14
17. Eita (+9)
18. Nagase Tomoya (-2)
19. Tamaki Hiroshi (+5)
20. Nishikido Ryo (+2) he should be higher than no. 14
21. Ikuta Toma (new) yay toma! :) heart heart hehe, he should be higher than no. 14
22. Kenichi Matsuyama (new)
23. Takizawa Hideaki (-11)
24. Ohkura Tadayoshi (+3) tachon :), he should be higher than no. 14
25. Mokomichi Hayami (-8)
26. Koike Teppei (-3)
27. Ichihara Hayato (new)
28. Narimiya Hiroki (-)
29. Koide Keisuke (+1)
30. Miura Haruma (new)

* credits to mulun@lj for posting this in kattunlove and ginger_ale from Smappies Jdorama

leo must rest.

also been buying a lot of books hehe :)
and ueda... sigh... ueda.

edward cullen...

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way to go SHO!

nobody@vox.com(Leo) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:43:07 +0000

taken from leoatobe.livejournal.com
Sep. 7th, 2008|02:44 am

hmmm as if things aren't too hectic and tiring for me now...
(i guess the boracay was no enough... or did nothing at all.. sob sob)

well what can i say, Mr. Sakurai is definitely something!!!

"Apparently, he made a rule for himself that he’d never sleep with a fan since they have big mouths."
~ at least he's smarter than aiba!!! hahaha remembering the aiba cellphone pics

"Sho is currently rumored to be dating an older woman, and how much he changed and grew into a serious mature guy. It says that Sho became into a great person because of these experiences from his junior days…"
~ yeah yeah yeah very MATURE!!!! bwahahahahha

SHO scandal

Sho, Aiba and Nino SCANDALS

and to think i just got new blog on wordpress... hehe
leoatobe.wordpress.com

*now i'm glad i lost "that" necklace.. gomen gaby.

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嵐 5 dome tour documentary shashinshuu + new song!..."Arashi Is Alive!"

nobody@vox.com(MorningBerryz) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:26:45 +0000

I had no idea how thick this pb was when I first placed my order for it! Shueisha publishing has released quite a treat for Arashi fans in the form of a gigantic 256 page color/black & white photo book which is almost the thickness of my white pages phone directory!!! And for only 2190 yen it's one of the best Arashi pb purchases you could make for the cost. Arashi's 5 dome tour is covered comprehensively through great and dramtic picutures covering everything from the arrival, the fans, tons of live shots, backstage photos, down time photos and lots of candid moments all caught in wonderful photography throughout!

I was also caught off guard by its inclusion of an audio CD!! The single track contained here is "Re(mark)able" which is noted to be Arashi's 2008 Asian Tour's "message song." Here have a listen while you scroll down through a few scans and pics that I've included. It was quite difficult choosing which shots to include as 256 pages to choose from can do that to a fan. =D But here's the ones that I've chosen from the lot: These member profile photos (Matsujun atop post) are some of the best that I've ever seen!! And Nino still my favorite member although with all of the Hana yori dango that I've been watching lately Matsujun is threatening to take over my top spot! And just under a month until Arashi's new single "Beautiful Days" is released! The LE is already out of print but the RE is still availble here and it includes a bonus track not available on the LE. I'm looking forward to the pv which will be included with the LE this time around!! ^-^

Here are just a few more scans from the AIA photo book and I took some snaps at the very bottom of a few two page photos which really dominate this pb...so many of them but I don't have the software nor the know how of putting two separate page images together neatly so I chose not to scan any of those as they wouldn't look very good here. :P Arashi sugoi! The live concert shots are great but what I really love are those candid photos of the members...personable and fun. :) Hehe pushups! Nino seems to love cards... :)
Love these shots!! Here are just 3 of those two page images that I mentioned earlier and there are tons and tons of them in this pb!!! And don't forget to brush or else!........... ^-^

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am I back?

nobody@vox.com(K.) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:46:08 +0000

Don't get me wrong, I love Nino chan very very much!
But I just can't bring myself to watch the Ryuusei no Kizuna team in TFPII due to a "little problem"...
~~and due to that same "little problem", I can't bring myself to create the Ryuusei no Kizuna vox group.....~~
EDIT: okay, Nino love won - Ryusei no Kizuna vox group <- please join if you're interested.

aaaaaaah.
We have 10 more days to hope for someone coming up with a method to put mosaic over that #@%* "little problem" on the screen xD

Meanwhile, it's been a long time.. I miss painting! (this is most likely to be left unfinished, unless I get time to go and touch up the highlight.....)
Alas, whenever I see a picture of a person with a pair of glasses, I immediately think of Sarah Palin >"< ~~oh, and Stephen Colbert too <3 did I just heart that?~~

Catch up/reply another time!

ps: Big O, good luck with the debate!!

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[new CM] Ryusei no Kizuna

nobody@vox.com(ghol88) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:36:25 +0000

here's the latest CM.

credits to gachapin

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Arashi.... here we come!!!!

nobody@vox.com(VyLeTtE) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:31:46 +0000

after reading jen and cathy's posts about our taiwan visa.... i wanted to post right away har3... unfortunately still toxic with work... so im gonna make this short and simple...

next week, we won't just be breathing the same air as arashi in taipei... we would literally be exchanging oxygens with the boys for 2 nites at the taipei arena *woot woot*...

as of last count, there are 23 people coming from my country watching them... for 2 nites also har3...

will do a more substantial post probably later... back to work now...

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Arashi.... here we come!!!!

nobody@vox.com(VyLeTtE) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:31:41 +0000

after reading jen and cathy's posts about our taiwan visa.... i wanted to post right away har3... unfortunately still toxic with work... so im gonna make this short and simple...

next week, we won't just be breathing the same air as arashi in taipei... we would literally be exchanging oxygen with the boys for 2 nites at the taipei arena *woot woot*...

as of last count, there are 23 people coming from my country watching them... for 2 nites also har3...

will do a more substantial post probably later... back to work now...

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