IBP Asian Gossips

Arashi Members Speaking a Brand New Language in the New CM

Arashi member Sho Sakurai and Jun Matsumoto made their appearance on the CM production press conference of mobile phone brand “au” in Tokyo. When Sakurai went on the stage, he said: “*+?@^\…” something so mysterious that no one could understand. However, Matsumoto continued saying: “*+?@^\…” and kept audience’ mouths wide open. In fact, it...

Kitagawa Keiko and Okada Masaki Promote Matataki

Actress Kitagawa Keiko (23) and actor Okada Masaki (20) appeared together at Nogi Jinja Shrine in Tokyo’s Akasaka on the 6th to wish for the success of their new film, Matataki. Based on the novel by Kawahara Ren, the story focuses on a woman who loses her boyfriend in a car accident. Traumatized by the event, she becomes unable to recall memories of their final moments together. At yesterday’s...

Yuchun’s BeeTV drama

Details of the new BeeTV drama series starring TVXQ’s Yuchun (23) were revealed earlier this week. Titled “Beautiful Love ~Kimi ga Ireba~,” the drama is Yuchun’s first in Japan, and it will have him speaking entirely in Japanese. Yuchun plays the son of a business conglomerate family, who meets a magazine writer aiming to become a novelist. A love story develops over ...

ARASHI’s new TV show ‘ARASHI Ni Shiyagare’ good start: 17.3% viewer ratings for its 1st episode.

Popular group ARASHI’s newest task at Nippon TV hosting a new variety show called ‘ARASHI Ni Shiyagare’ (premiered last Saturday April 24) reached a rating of 17.3% according to a study by Video Research Ltd released here on April 26.Meanwhile, another Nippon TV show, the drama ‘Kaibutsu-kun’ where its lead role is played by Ohno Satoshi of ARASHI as well, got 15.6%...

No Hopes of Reconciliation for Shibasaki Kou and Tsumabuki Satoshi

The stars of the movie Dororo, Tsumabuki Satoshi and Shibasaki Kou were said to have broken up a year and a half ago. In light of Shibasaki’s recent break up from UVERworld’s Takuya, there have been rumours of a reconciliation between the two actors, much to their fans’ delight. However, according to this week’s edition of Josei Seven, any hopes of the two getting back...