Haha, I know 818 (Aug. 18) has nothing to do with Shota, but I really like the number "818."

My train pass usually runs out on Feb. 19th and Aug. 19th of each year, so if I add money on to my pass on 8/18 every year, I get this for 6 months:


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YASUDA!!!!!! Everyone please watch the June 1 Shonen Club if you can!!!!! He sang the song beautifully <3 <3 <3 He did well with the talking, too!! I felt like a mother watching him, hoping he won't "suberu," but he didn't!! Yay!!!! Can't wait for next week, either!!! (Although it'll be on while the Eco show is on...)

By the way - the newest UFO CM ( Read more... )

Wheeee Shota's going to sing tomorrow on Shonen Club!!! Here's the mini report on J-web:

The theme for the June 1st episode is "TIME"

The guest is K8's Yasuda. He is going to sing "Sorezore no Kimi to" (please see HERE for the translation of the lyrics I did a while ago) from his solo entertainment show "818." It's the first time he's performing this ( Read more... )

It's April and it feels like Christmas already!

Today I FINALLY got my Osaka tickets in the mail and as a pleasant surprise the 818 pictures I ordered on J-web as well! Yay! The Art Performer is soooooooooooooooooooooooo cute <3 <3 <3 <3 I knew from the tiny little preview they had when I ordered these, but seeing them in person... ahhhh so cute!! ( Read more... )

I was bored this morning so I finally sat down to organize my tickets and stuff from the shows I went to. Since the last "book" ran out of pages (I was using the small Christmas K8 notebook that came with TV Guide two years ago so I didn't do too much more than just paste the tickets, haha) I started a new one. I cut out some magazines and printed ( Read more... )

Here are the translations for the four "Character Interviews" on the 818 pamphlet.

On each page, it has a note saying "This interview is fiction. Please enjoy it as a narrative of this imaginary character."

A BOY   INTERVIEW 001


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Yay, I've finally got down to write the story report for 818!!

This is quite long (19 pages on Word!) and it is a very detailed description of the story. I left out my comments and thoughts because I wanted to report on the story itself, as it had a very nice plot and message. For my random thoughts, comments and many pictures, please read this post ( Read more... )

Here is the song list by the 818 Musician. The songs are requested by the fans and Shota sang on his guitar; no background music whatsoever. Forgive me if there are any mistakes, but this is what I could gather from all the reports.

<818 MUSICIAN’S SONG LIST>

February 10 - Watashi Kagami, Heavenly Psycho, Tsubomi (Kobukuro)
February 11 - Heavenly ( Read more... )

In his most recent J-web entry, Shota said he filmed for a new UFO commercial! He said he was talking with Hina, the big guy in the commercial (Don Frye) and his translator, and enjoyed the multicultural conversation he had. Yay, so it'll probably be Hina and Shota this time! :-)

Yay for their eco-show, too! 13 hrs of live TV plus the whole week up ( Read more... )

If I had the time, I probably could come up with 818 (eight hundred eighteen, yes) things that were good about 818 (Hachi * Ichi * Hachi), Shota's solo entertainment show that ended on Feb. 26... but, since that is beyond crazy, I have thought of listing 8+1+8 = 17 great things about 818 instead, haha.

I am definitely going to write a report on 818, ( Read more... )