And finally, GIFT is here! At my LJ that is, although it's been all over the net for weeks now...
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Subaru is friends with Yellow Monkey's Kazuya Yoshii! How awesome! I never knew that! XD

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So I guess we all know what's the connection between all 3 GIFT singles, that is when you look inside. :) That's pretty neat! XD

Btw, if GIFT is only 1 single and the songs are spread out in 3 versions (you know, like what Yamapi has with Loveless), the first week's sales would have been around 345k already. Pretty impressive! So I guess, I don't ( Read more... )

Selected songs from the week of 10/12~14/12/2009:

"Kimi ni Sayonara wo" by Keisuke Kuwata

"New World" by w-inds.

"Mamoritai ~White Wishes~" by BoA

"Setsugekka -the end of silence-" by GACKT

"Kimi ga Suki" by Shota Shimizu

"Around The Clock" by Nothing's Carved In Stone

I don't really have a clear favourite from this bunch, though I'm leaning a bit for ( Read more... )

Tsuushin last night revealed that M.com who wrote the lyrics for One day in winter is in fact, Maru-chan! XDDD *searches for his other credits* Oh, and also the lyrics for Hoshii Mono wa, besides his own solos! :)

TV:

22 December - Kanjani8 on Music & Entertainment Gachikame7 (Yomiuri TV)
23 December - Kanjani8 Special (TV Tokyo)25 December - ( Read more... )

Before anything, I'm really really sorry for not putting these under cut. Unfortunately, LJ decided to act weirdly every time I tried to do it. And then, it decided that it wouldn't work properly for bold or italic or colours. *sigh ( Read more... )

TV:

6 December - Ohkura & Yasu on Shounen Club (NHK)
15 December - Kanjani8 on Best Artist (NTV)
20 December - Kanjani8 on Shounen Club Premium, Christmas Special as premium show performers (NHK)
8, 15, 22, 29 January 2010 - Hina (with Yoko as moderator) in 0-gou Shitsu no Kyaku: Fourth Story (25:05-25:20)

Magazine covers:

19/12~25/12 - ( Read more... )

I'm very very very angry right now. Who the hell leaked the GIFT singles weeks before the released date???! The excitement will fade even before they're officially released and didn't I warn about this affecting the sales, more negatively than positively?! I just want to whack whoever's leaking it in the first place and put some sense into her/his ( Read more... )

TV:

20 November, 27 November & 4 December - Maru & Yasu (with Yoko as moderator) in 0-gou Shitsu no Kyaku: Second Story Sainou no Aru otoko (25:05-25:20)
21 November - Kanjani8 on MUSIC FAIR (Fuji TV)
26 November - Kanjani8 on Best Hits Kayousai 2009 (YTV)
28 November - Kanjani8 on MUSIC FAIR (Fuji TV)
20 December - Kanjani8 on Shounen Club ( Read more... )

KANJANI8 DOME CONCERT 2009-2010

Kyocera Dome, Osaka:
30 Dec - 18:00
31 Dec - 22:00 (will last until after midnight)
1 Jan - 18:00

Some singles info:

GIFT ~Shiro~

Tracklist:
01. Fuyugoi
02. Kimi no Uta wo Utau

GIFT ~Aka~

Tracklist:
01. I wish
02. Minus 100 Do no Koi

GIFT ~Midori~Tracklist ( Read more... )