SMAP news roundup. Since people have been asking...
I adore this pic on so many levels! Long live SMAP!HET
Lots of news going around with the boys of SMAP. Remember next year will be SMAP's 20th anniversary since they formed in 1988!
Shingo made a guest apperance inthe fouth episode of "Galileo" with a full fledge 39 second shower scene, where ALL was shown (well, not full frontal, but everything else.) It was awesome, it was fantastic, it was amazing. And I'm not even a Shingo fan! But I applaude Shingo playing a serial killer in this dorama.
Tsuyoshi just finshed up fliming in his movie "Yama no Anata" and the flim has plans to be shown in the Spring!
Goro has a new dorama which has just been confirmed for next year, in January and will be shown on the 9:00pm time slot on sunday's. It's called Sasaki Fusai no Jinginaki tatakai and his leading lady will be Koyuki. The pair will play lawyers who are headed for a divorce. I'm told it's a comedy. "Inagaki and Koyuki play the Sasakis, two lawyers with opposite personalities. They've been married for three years, but their heated quarrels lead them to the courtroom to settle a possible divorce, with the two representing themselves."
Avril Lavigne was recently on SMAPxSMAP and you can see her and SMAP singing her hit single in Japan on youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QzNmwb0VPQ0 This is not for the faint of heart! I feel for Goro in this!
Former SMAP member Mori, who left the group to be a racecar driver has a few CM's out, related to motorbikes. You can see them on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkvhstIRFWI
There is a massive rumor going around that one of the SMAP members that isn't Nakai would be up to host the Kouhaku this year. http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/p-et-tp0-20071024-273795.html
Shingo's movie Saiyuuki ~ Journey to the West is going to be released on DVD January 1, 2008 WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES. I've read it's very limited with only about 58,000 copies.
Next week (this week? not sure..) the Backstreet Boys will be the guests on SMAPxSMAP. I freakin' love BSB/SMAP singing together. Oh SMAPSTREETBOYS, you have been missed!