It's been so long since I posted here! I started a new job in September.. and taking advantage of the month I had before starting, my summer has been amazing and filled with trips. :D I've been really busy trying to learn the ropes in my new position, and haven't been active in fandom, but now I'll hopefully be able to post more often again.. RL  ( Read more... )

From Junpei's August interview with Mina magazine:

"A man's secret words"

The senpai I respect is Yamashita Tomohisa-kun.
To my generation who watched Dragon Zakura, Nobuta's Shuji and Akira as students, Yamashita-kun is the existence of a star.

So, being able to costar in a drama together made me really happy.
Yamashita-kun, not only at work, but in ( Read more... )

Aikawa Sho-san

When Sho-san was on Porori Bus, he was asked to write the unexpected friendships he had with other entertainers, and he named Higashiyama, Uchimura Teruyoshi, Yamapi, Matsuoka (Tokio), 玉ちゃん(couldn't figure out who this was)

When he was asked about Yamapi, Sho-san said that after acting together, Yamapi came to play at his house.. ( Read more... )

Messages left by the Jrs:

Kishi Takayoshi:
I like Yamashita-kun's dance.
It would be great if I could dance like that one day.

Matsumura Hokuto (from Nakamura Yuma with B.I. Shadow):
I want to become someone who can sing a solo during a concert.
Immediately creating something right now is probably impossible though.
If I can sing "After the Rain" by ( Read more... )

( U-kun's radio... )

From a Japanese blog of a man around 5 years older than Yamapi:

There was a foreigner who looked a lot like Yamapi in front of me.
So, without thinking, I told him, "You really look like Yamapi.."
Then, he said something like "Thank you" in Japanese, and nodded slightly.
I made a mistake after all
( Read more... )

This is from a Japanese blog, she was recalling a time when she went to see Yamapi filming his commercials
March 22, 2010

( Read more... )

This is from the blog of a staff member who has worked with Pi in the past: 
March 23, 2010

( Read more... )

Asari Yousuke was recently on Hanamaru Cafe, and talked about Pi.
There was one time he asked Pi to go drink together was just after Code Blue 1 was done filming, and they talked about acting..
The place they were in played some Western music that isn't usually played in Japan, and Pi asked the waiter, it's this this song right? And the waiter said ( Read more... )

Kimura Takuya mentioned Pi on his radio show today! A Yamapi fan wrote in asking Kimura whether they interacted off camera.
The day of Smap X Smap filming, Kimura was reading a magazine in front of the mirror.
"Good morning, please take care of me today," someone's voice sounded..
Kimura was like, "Eh?" and looked up. Through the mirror, he saw that ( Read more... )