O P E N I N G

          ▪ Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones on VS Arashi, May 17 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Smith and Jones join the cast as plus one guests, sort of.
               ▪ They showed up late, stayed for one game, and then left. YAY.
               ▪ Ohno gets mad at the ~Hollywood STARS~ and says "don't even bother coming!"
               ▪ Arashi has to wait for the BIG STARS so long that even the audience gets to play.
               ▪ Smith was super energetic and adapted well to the situation.
               ▪ RheyRant on Hollywood/Japan, insincerity, exaggeration, etc.
               ▪ Sho: Have you seen 'Iwojima'? Nino: *embarrased* Jones: We'll play with international rules.
               ▪ Bobby: Wills is my buddy. MatsuJun: Dude, it's Will Smith, not Wills Mith.

 N E W S

V6/Arashi/Johnny's Jrs.
          ▪ Sakamoto and Kiriyama Akito to guest ep6 of Kagi no Kakatta Heya [ 1 ]
               ▪ Will air Monday May 21st.
               ▪ Kami wants Sakamoto. Melissa wants Akito.
               ▪ Sakamoto is known for his stage play work, next ep about theatre is perfect setting.

Arashi
          ▪ Sho to cover 2012 Olympics for NTV [ 1, 2 ] 
               ▪ This is Sho's 3rd time as the official caster for the Olympics.
               ▪ He was chosen because he's built a camraderie with certain Olympic athletes.
               ▪ Sho will report live from London in July.
               ▪ It's a no brainer Sho got pulled for this, considering Taichi's been taken by another network.

          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1 ] 
               ▪ FACE DOWN is Arashi's 34th #1 single with 526,000+ copies sold (beat NMB48~!)
               ▪ Tangenting about SmaStation and crazy Karaoke trends.

Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Tamamori to participate in "Living on 10,000 yen for a month" project [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ TV Asahi variety program Sudden Golden Legend is arranging this.
               ▪ 10,000 Yen will encompass living cost including food and uitily.
               ▪ The person with the most left at the end of the challenge wins.
               ▪ Gal Sone and Takahashi Shigeo also to participate.
               ▪ Tamamori admits to not be able to cook or pick the right foods to eat.
               ▪ Will Tamamori prevail? Will he bully Miyata to give him money for food?

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ This week's question: If there were a JE auction, what JE item would you like to be up for auction, and how much would you bid?
               ▪ Lots of crazy (slightly illegal) responses from our hosts but very few responses from our listeners *tear*
               ▪ Listener response from tsuyoboogie
               ▪ Is this the first episode of the JEScast? (Johnny's Entertainment Stalker Podcast? XDD)
          ▪ Next week's question: If you were the director of Arashi's Face Down PV, how would you change it? Or what kind of PV would you make for it?

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Akanishi Jin's JAPONICANA album.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ JE's being hated on by some magazine.
               ▪ Magazine targets Sakurai Sho, trying to uncover scandals.
               ▪ SHO DECIDES TO GET A SEX CHANGE AND CALLS HERSELF ~*SHOKO*~
               ▪ Sho has actually murdered Johnny and has been acting as the substitute for 20 years.
               ▪ ~*~SCANDALISED~*~

 N E W S

SMAP/Arashi
          ▪ Talent power ranking [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ ARASHI @ #1!!! SMAP - 9, Sho - 15, Aiba - 28, Ohno - 30, etc.
               ▪ Kimura/Taichi/Kusanagi tie at #66?
               ▪ Kusanagi is a better actor than Kimura? :x
               ▪ Can NEWS steal the #1 spot from Arashi? Find out next year!
TOKIO
          ▪ Taichi chosen as Fuji TV newscaster for the London Olympics [ 1 ]
               ▪ TOKIO's apparently cool with finding out important info about members via news papers...
               ▪ Wow, Taichi is the ~editor-in-chief~? Gotta have mad connections. :x
               ▪ JOHNNIES ARE TAKING OVER ALL INDUSTRIES! IDOL PRIME MINISTER! IT'S SHO!
KinKi Kids
          ▪ Domoto Tsuyoshi Live Shamanippon [ 1 ]
               ▪ Tour will span from May 29th July 29th, 41 total performances.
Arashi
          ▪ Face Down single and PV [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ]
               ▪ UTTER FABULOUSNESS! IT'S BEAUTIFUL! GORGEOUS AMAZING BEAUTIFUL!
               ▪ Woo, freestyle choreo!
               ▪ They're being...seductive? THEY'RE WEARING LEATHER PANTS.
               ▪ We're looking cool --> We're singing against a wall --> I'm slightly goofing around --> I have a scarf on my head.
               ▪ B-sides, who cares, Face Down is so good you don't have time for other shit.
               ▪ The B-sides somehow don't fit well in this single. Too different from Face Down.
          ▪ Heyx3, May 7 [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ]
               ▪ Aww, bb Nino is injured. :'(
               ▪ Possibly the best performance of the song thus far? Cool choreo!
               ▪ Is Nino's injury the reason for the PV not being dancey? :x
               ▪ Suzuki Fuku!! He has questions for Arashi! *turns into robot* *baka dance* *kime gao*
               ▪ Obligatory Amemiya song.
               ▪ Nino is so cheap he will use the street light to brighten his room, not his own.
               ▪ Ohno doesn't think Nino is good looking enough to be an idol.
               ▪ Sho secretly hates all Johnnies. He's publishing a slam book.
               ▪ Sho is secretly a Mean Girl.
NEWS
          ▪ NEWS Best release date and tracklist [ 1 ]
               ▪ To be released June 13th.
               ▪ LE comes with 28 page booklet. RE with 24 page booklet.
               ▪ LE has solos, RE has fan picked songs.
               ▪ I.Z.A.N.A.I.Z.U.K.I!!!!!
               ▪ Dreams. Breaks your heart. :( SNOW EXPRESS. SHARE!! KOYAMA SOBBING
               ▪ These are not being rerocorded?
               ▪ LE has three solos from each member!
               ▪ TEGOSHI HAS TAKEN AI NANTE AS HIS SOLO?!!? (this is a Ryo/Shige/Tego song)
               ▪ When is the new single coming?!
Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Fujigaya to star in new drama, Kitayama part of cast [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Drama titled Beginners, on TBS, Thurs, 9 PM.
               ▪ Goriki Ayame also joins the cast.
               ▪ Story set in police academy, with drop out students struggling to become police officers.
               ▪ Fujigaya's character was an aspiring marathon runner who became a delinquent after the death of his father.
               ▪ Kitayama is a fellow student who suffers from a weak constitution. Why does he wanna be a cop?
               ▪ Can Fujigaya actually lead a drama? Can Kitayama ever get a role without Fujigaya!?
               ▪ KisMai will be doing the theme song, no question, right?

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ If there were a JE auction, what JE item would you like to be up for auction, and how much would you bid?
               ▪ Nakai's Michael Jackson outfit? Shingo Mama outfit? Kimura's...anything? Arashi's see-through outfits?
               ▪ Jin's sunglasses? The blanket Yamapi used to hide his naked body in a photoshoot? Film reel of JE boys' AnAn shoots?
               ▪ TELL US WHAT YOU WANT!!

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Arashi's Wild At Heart single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Wink Up Dengonban
               ▪ JE boys need to be more clear on what they want from each other. XD
               ▪ Ueda tries to guilt Shige into giving him stuff for free.
               ▪ Senga must remind everyone of his existence.
               ▪ Takki is Super Creepy hoarding his kouhais' baby pics. :x

 N E W S

General
          ▪ Johnny's to create Chinese idol group [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ The group will be debuted in November at HSJ's stage.
               ▪ Members' ages will be in the middle school range.
               ▪ Auditions will be held in China.
               ▪ It's starting to sound more and more like JE is trying to copy AKB.
               ▪ DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PANDAS??

SMAP
          ▪ CDTV, Apr 29 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Nakai keeps making crazy faces. -_-
               ▪ Tsuyoshi has a hard time introing the song.
               ▪ The set with the reflecting upside down sky was cool.
               ▪ SMAP's blue/white outfits match the performance perfectly.

SMAP/Tegomass
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1 ]
               ▪ SMAP snatches #1 single spot with Sakasamo no Sora.
               ▪ TegoMasu are at the top of the DVD charts with TegoMass no Mahou.
               ▪ ARASHI SUB-UNITS? 8D

Arashi
          ▪ Music Station, May 4 [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
               ▪ How many times are they gonna rehash the boys' entrance into the jimusho story?
               ▪ Aiba correctly guesses Love So Sweet as the audience's most requested song.
               ▪ Arashi looks fantastic in their black and white coordinated outfits.
               ▪ You'd think Love So Sweet would get boring after so many times, but it's still awesome.
               ▪ BUT FACE DOWN IS EVEN MORE AMAZING OMG.
               ▪ COOL CHOREO! AWESOME SOUND! SHORAP!!!!

Kanjani8
          ▪ Papadoru SP, May 3 [ 1 ]
               ▪ WE ARE GONNA DO A PAPA THEME~! WHAT?
               ▪ Things make more sense if you're actually watching the drama.
               ▪ Yoko & Subaru go to meet a 10-person family that spends $750 in one trip to the grocery store.
               ▪ Yoko & Subaru working at a farm non stop for 24 hours!
               ▪ HIna and Ohkura babysit a spoiled ~4 year old (King Kong's Kajiwara's daughter) that won't stop crying.
               ▪ Little girls like Hina more than they do Ohkura.
               ▪ Hina and Ohkura draw a picture book for the little girl, awww.
               ▪ Hina wants a kiss from mom.
               ▪ Yasu goes to Papua New Guinea to learn to be a papa.
               ▪ If you wanna be a papa, you need to get a wife first.
               ▪ Yasu goes on a goukon with the local tribe.
               ▪ Yasu tries to convince the 68 year old tribe chief with 3 wives to not take a 4th.
               ▪ Yasu sleeps on a rock pillow. Catches a pig, giant spiders.
               ▪ Ryo and Maru go to Komoto's house. Little boy Koutaro is a huge K8 fanboy.
               ▪ Ryo: "How far should I go with [your wife]?"
               ▪ Ryo likes to wander into forbidden territory.

KAT-TUN
          ▪ Kame gets best actor in Nikkan Sports Grandprix [ 1 ]
               ▪ Kame wins for his role in Youkai Ningen Bem.
               ▪ Kame apparently acted with EVERY PART OF HIS BODY!!!

          ▪ Kame to be in new movie [ 1 ]
               ▪ Movie titled "Ore, Ore" (it's me, it's me) referring to the scam.
               ▪ Kame plays scamming ID thief while losing his own identity as he immerses himself in the fake personalities.
               ▪ Look forward to Kame cosplaying 25 different characters, e.g. "big breast, afro, tattoos, career woman, high schooler," etc.

Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ To have concert DVD [ 1 ]
               ▪ LE, 2 discs, with 20 mins off-shoot footage, and special CD with 5 tracks.
               ▪ RE with con footage only.

Ikuta Toma
          ▪ Bokura no Jidai, Apr 22 and Apr 29 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Okada Masaki and Oguri Shun sit down with Toma for some bromantic conversation.
               ▪ All three met during Hana Kimi.
               ▪ O: "I'm just here for Mirai Nikki." T/S: "YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR US?"
               ▪ Shun to Toma: "You're the king of continued love dramas this days."
               ▪ More on family, love, marriage, kids, friends, etc. Really fun to watch.

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ This week's question: What dramas are you watching or are interested in? What are your opinions?
               ▪ Responses from twitterverse!
               ▪ Obvious choices include Bakaleya, KagiHeya, PapaDoru, etc.
          ▪ Next week's question: If there were a JE auction, what JE item would you like to be up for auction, and how much would you bid?

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
TOKIO's Haneda Kukou no Kiseki/KIBOU album.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Reorganization of JE fan clubs [ 1 ]
               ▪ You & J has been dissolved and reorganized into clubs for each group
               ▪ Where did Jin’s fan club go?
               ▪ Jin’s is slow to come back… will it come back??
               ▪ Clubs are targeted to Japan so Jin doesn’t need a club? (Targeted at US)
               ▪ Bye Bye, You & J!! (T_T)

 N E W S ( A P R I L  2 1 - 2 7 )

     SMAP
          ▪ SMAPxSMAP books to be released [ 1 ]
               ▪ Shukan TV Guide‘s popular series ‘SMAP x SMAP Shinbun‘ will be made into ‘SMAP x SMAP Shimbun Complete BOOK (a temporary title)’
               ▪ Will release a total of 5 books; one book each month
               ▪ Footage and photos of the cast shooting unknown episodes will be included

          ▪ Sakasama no Sora PV and single [ 1 ]
               ▪ PV is surprisingly good
               ▪ Simple yet excellent in its simplicity
               ▪ Simplicity of the PV both reflects and enhances the simplicity of the song
               ▪ Song is enjoyable to listen to over and over
               ▪ At first didn’t like it but love it now
               ▪ ‘Keep my Love’ is a very pretty song
               ▪ Different sound from ‘Sakasama no Sora’ but pairs well

          ▪ Music Japan, Apr 22 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Talked about their past on NHK and showed old videos
               ▪ Goro on NHK in 1989?!? (Kami was 2 years old at that time XD)
               ▪ Cute to watch chibi SMAP <3
               ▪ Lots of clips from past dramas and talks about thoughts on past roles
               ▪ Kimura plays important people, Tsuyoshi plays normal people, Shingo plays characters, Goro plays elites, and Nakai plays geniuses
               ▪ Nakai blasphemies Perfume’s choreography XD

          ▪ Heyx3, Apr 23 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Kimura is abused by Hamada
               ▪ Everyone is scared of Downtown (except Kimura with Hamada)
               ▪ Summary of special songs for each member
               ▪ Kusanagi only has two SMAP songs he can sing: ‘Shake’ and ‘Celery’ :P
               ▪ AMEMIYA song was AWESOME!! Full of lots of lolz
               ▪ Nakai singing anthem, foreigner Tsuyoshi, Goro being stood up, etc. XDD
               ▪ Nakai’s voice makes Giants lose

          ▪ Kayou-Kyoku, Apr 24 [ 1 ]
               ▪ AKB48 are Nakai’s children
               ▪ SMAP has NEVER been out together (not even with Mori)
               ▪ Three song medley performed at Akasaka Blitz: Five Respect, This is Love, and Sakasama no Sora
               ▪ Staging and costumes felt right for This is Love and Five Respect but not Sakasama no Sora

     SMAP/Sexy Zone
          ▪ Music Station, Apr 27 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Sexy Zone’s the usual loud and non-rememberable performance of Lady Diamond
               ▪ Sexy Zone asks SMAP for advice for while being in dramas
               ▪…. Tsuyoshi recommends a… cooking pan...?
               ▪ Nakai gets asked for variety show advice and refuses
               ▪ Peyton is in love with Sakasama no Sora’s performance

     KinKi Kids
          ▪ Tsuyoshi to get new radio show [ 1 ]
               ▪ To air on FM Osaka on Wednesdays from 20:00 - 20:30
               ▪ To be called ‘Domoto Tsuyoshi’s Radio’
               ▪ Starts May 2 and airs for three months
               ▪ Show will feature Tsuyoshi’s ‘real words’ and try to cheer his listeners up

     Arashi/Kanjani8
          ▪ Ryo/Yoko on Himitsu no Arashi-chan, Apr 19 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Joined in on Last Mission corner
               ▪ The boys do weird missions like blowing out the most candles, finding a golden ball and putting balls in containers
               ▪ Yoko pretends to kiss…awkwardly… >.>
               ▪ Ryo is full of hot air XD
               ▪ Ohno is too boring to smoke
               ▪ Sho is confused as to rather Ryo is playing Ryo or being Ryo right then

     Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ Fan event in May [ 1 ]
               ▪ On May 19, will hold fan event along with 380 fans chosen by lottery at a theatre in Tokyo
               ▪ Sequel (?) to White Day fan event
               ▪ Will reflect back on Route 66 trip
               ▪ Applications will be accepted until May 13 at 23:59 JST.

     Kanjani8
          ▪ Papadoru! Tokubetsuhen - Variety SP for K8 for Golden Week [ 1 ]
               ▪ To air May 3, from 9-11pm
               ▪ Will focus on members in one day special experiences
               ▪ Ryo & Maru: Visiting Jichou Kachou's Komoto-san's family to experience a 'family holiday'
               ▪ Yasu: Went to Papua New Guinea, lived with local people
               ▪ Yoko & Subaru: Went to Hokkaido, helped take care of a large family
               ▪ Hina & Ohkura: Helped to take care of a 2 year-old

          ▪ Ryo on A-Studio, Apr 20 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Must-see interview as he talks about behind-the-scenes of Kanjani8 and NEWS and his split
               ▪ He felt very divided
               ▪ He was the youngest in K8 and so could just go with the flow
               ▪ But in NEWS he was the oldest and so he had to be a leader
               ▪ Eventually stopped trying and was able to be himself with K8
               ▪ Felt guilty because NEWS debuted first and got lots of money while K8 tacky debut
               ▪ Talks about differences in budgets for NEWS and K8
               ▪ Ryo has learned to endure and not be a spoiled idol
               ▪ Reverse of fortunes. K8 is now considered privileged while NEWS is struggling along
               ▪ Ryo piggy-backed Saito home?? XD

     Akanishi Jin
          ▪ 47 Ronin's release date is postponed [ 1 ]
               ▪ Release postponed to Feb 8, 2013
               ▪ Was supposed to be originally released around Christmas?
               ▪ Studio is re-editing it because they’re re-shooting scenes cause they didn’t like the original edit?
               ▪ Must be if they’re taking it out of the prime holiday release slot

     Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ To have second album [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Title to be announced
               ▪ Release date is June 6
               ▪ LE will have fourteen songs with bonus DVD with footage with album recording and cover shoot
               ▪ RE will have same songs plus personal messages from members

     Ikuta Toma
          ▪ Toma on Another Sky, April 20th [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Toma gets sent to London
               ▪ Toma is addicted to curry
               ▪ Goes to see War Horse stage play and meets the real not real horse <3
               ▪ Sees behind the scenes
               ▪ Paul Smith SURPRISE!!!
               ▪ Brown sweatshirt = okay for curry XDD
               ▪ Toma + Paul Smith = adorbs

     Multiple
          ▪ Playzone 2012 cast [ 1 ]
               ▪ Located at Aoyama Theatre (not in Osaka this year)
               ▪ Cast to include Imai Tsubasa, Nakayama Yuma, Yara Tomoyuki, 4U., TheyBudou, "MAD", TravisJapan, Sato Atsuhiro
               ▪ TravisJapan are 9 new Jr members
               ▪ Why “TravisJapan”? What does that name mean???????

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ This week's question is postponed because of too much talk and not enough responses
          ▪ Next week's question: What dramas are you watching or are interested in? What are your opinions?

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Yamashita Tomohisa's Ai, Texas album.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Spring 2012 Drama talk!!! (Warning, JE MOSTLY. But then again, that's most of the drama season.)
               ▪ How many dramas are in your queue? Hopefully not as many as Kamika's. (9)
               ▪ We flail about Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou (again) and the juniors.
               ▪ Comparisons between ATARU and Kagi no Kakatta Heya.
               ▪ OFC WE TALK ABOUT PAPADORU! ♥♥ Peyton had so much fun watching this!
               ▪ Oh shit, a non-JE drama?! (Toshi Densetsu no Onna with Nagasawa Masami/Mizobata Junpei.)
               ▪ Unexpected like on Kami's side for enjoying Mirai Nikki!

 N E W S ( A P R I L  1 4 - 2 0 )

     SMAP
          ▪ Nakai's ATARU's first ep. gets 19.9% rating [ 1 ]
               ▪ 19.9% !!!! Trending topic of "ATARU was interesting" on Twitter!
          ▪ And to think, Nakai had hoped just to get over 11%. (but he's probably just damaged from Konkatsu.)
               ▪ What got it such a high rating? We ponder why.
               ▪ Comparison slightly to Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri.

          ▪ Nakai on A-Studio, Apr. 13 and Ousama no Brunch, Apr. 14 [ 1 ]
               ▪ A-Studio interviewed Joshima to get information about Nakai (but he wasn't on! sad.)
               ▪ Nakai talks about how lucky he is for being in SMAP even though he cannot sing.
               ▪ LOL NAKAI WANTED HIS FIRST FULL NUDE TO BE IN ANAN. XDDDD

     TOKIO
          ▪ Matsuoka taken to hospital for dehydration [ 1 ]
               ▪ Dehydration from being in the sauna for 2 hours? Er.
               ▪ Suspicious? Are they covering something else up? ::CONSPIRACY THEORIES::

     KinKi Kids
          ▪ Tsuyoshi's Shamanippon album [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Ugh, it is so unfortunate that only Kami listened to the album--no real positive things to say. D:
               ▪ There were PVs of the instrumentals?! (Epic song titles according to Peyton.)
               ▪ KAMI IS NOT SMART ENOUGH TO COMPREHEND THE EPIC THAT IS TSUYOSHI.

     KinKi Kids/Sexy Zone
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Sexy Zone nearly sells 116k copies; Tsuyoshi nearly sells 72k copies.

     Arashi
          ▪ Ohno's drama's first ep ratings [ 1 ]
               ▪ Kagi no Kakatta Heya's first ep gets 18.3%, getting the #2 highest rating so far this season (1st being ATARU!)
               ▪ The arama post compares all of Arashi's Fuji TV first ep ratings. Ohno pwns all?

          ▪ Ohno on Waratte Iitomo, Apr. 16 [ 1 ]
               ▪ All ten people had to get the same response! o.o
               ▪ Ohno has no sense of reading the atmosphere--but who's surprised there? XD

     NEWS
          ▪ New single, best of album, and tour [ 1, 2 3 4 5 ]
               ▪ The best of album will have 2 discs: 1st will have all the A-sides and the 2nd will be fan selected.
               ▪ No dates have been said yet for release dates for the single/album or for the tour.
               ▪ Massu was the one who suggested the countdown!
               ▪ ??? WHY ARE SOLOS FROM MEMBERS THAT AREN'T EVEN IN NEWS ON THE LIST?!
               ▪ Peyton spends some time just singing at the end of this segment. XDDDD
           ▪ The process to vote is COMPLETELY CONVOLUTED (and I'm not even talking about Peyton's scenario).

     Kanjani8
          ▪ New single [ 1, 2 ] ,
               ▪ Song is 'Ai Deshita', theme song to Ryo's drama Papadoru. To be released June 13.

          ▪ Ryo on Ousama no Brunch, Apr. 14 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Ousama no Brunch hosts make Ryo and Yuka change how they address each other.
               ▪ RYO IS THE MOST ADORABLE EVER, OKAY?
               ▪ The kids want Yuka/Ryo to get along more, as their parents. ♥♥
               ▪ Interjected Papadoru talk as we compare drama!Ryo to real!Ryo.

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Yokoo/Nikaido to be in stage play [ 1 ]
               ▪ Stageplay is "Legend of Galactic Heroes ~Angel of Battlefields~" and will take place in August.

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ This week's question: If you could debut one Johnny's JR, who would it be and why?
          ▪ Responses from ichigosky, dearyx, mitani, riterandreader, @filmigirl and @Kou_Aoki1
          ▪ Next week's question: What dramas are you watching or are interested in? What are your opinions?
               ▪ Get responses in by April 29, 5pm EST!!

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
KAT-TUN's Chain album.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Arashi fans get pissed at 2ch netizens [ 1 ]
               ▪ Aiba is made to do 1 of 4 stunts chosen by fans in poll as part of Doyou no Aiba-chan.
               ▪ 4 choices: 1) 10 gags 2) eat wasabi sushi 3) love scene with onee 4) slapped by martial artist.
               ▪ Choice 1 and 3 were really popular so 2ch decided to troll and caused sudden rise in choice 2.
               ▪ Fans on Twitter saw this and went hysterical that they would cause Aiba's lungs to collapse again by eating wasabi-filled sushi.
               ▪ Wow! Power of the internetz :x
               ▪ Could wasabi-filled sushi really cause Aiba harm? Were fans over-reacting?
               ▪ Aiba performed the stunt after Arashi ni Shiyagare.

 N E W S ( A P R I L  7 - 1 3 )

     Sempai
          ▪ Higashiyama to dub Matt Damon's voice [ 1 ]
               ▪ To voice Matt Damon’s character in ‘We Bought a Zoo’
               ▪ LIES!! Not first time JE boy has voiced Hollywood character.
               ▪ Spent 8 hours recording for TWO DAYS without stopping! Higashi power!!

     Sempai/Kanjani8
          ▪ Higashiyama joins the cast for the Eito Rangers movie [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Higashi to play villain (for first time).
               ▪ Fearless leader of Dark Crusade whose activities include selling slaves… wait what??
               ▪ Ooohh! Higashi as a villain. Potential.
               ▪ We no curr. YAY! BECKY is in this! <3
               ▪ Will this lead to more villain roles for Higashi?
               ▪ Is Higashi a buffoon or natural villain type?

     SMAP
          ▪ Nakai on Pittanko Kankan, Apr. 6 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Nakai asks for a low-key (cause he has a cold) and instead they drag him all over Tokyo.
               ▪ Not-so-random baseball match with spontaneous (or not) participants.
               ▪ So much set-up… for a game that lasts barely 5 minutes.
               ▪ They offer to bring him to a doctor. Only the doctor is a comedian and they make Nakai part of the skit.
               ▪ Nakai gets his fortune read (“You love boobs”).
               ▪ Fortune teller BATTLE!!!!
               ▪ Nakai will never marry? Awww. Poor sad Nakai.
               ▪ Random trip to acting good luck charms (or something) shop with famous rock star.
               ▪ Finale at Oshio ATARU restaurant where they eat monja.
               ▪ Melissa is easily amused.

          ▪ SMAP Ganbarimasu, Apr. 7 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Nakai trolls Kusanagai … again.
               ▪ Nakai tricks Kusanagi into thinking he’s popular in Singapore and inviting him to fake Air Singapore event.
               ▪ Nakai’s skirt falls up, Kusanagi greets ppl by butting heads.
               ▪ The prank was explained IN FRONT OF HIM in English but Kusanagi didn’t understand. XDD
               ▪ Prank is revealed through fake memorial video. Tsuyoshi’s reactions are love.
               ▪ Shingo learns Mandan routine in 24 hrs.
               ▪ Kimura does 10 part-time jobs (without sleeping) in 24 hrs.
               ▪ He looked exhausted but learned to appreciate the work (especially mascots!!)
               ▪ Staff TOTALLY manipulate Kimura to keep going XD
               ▪ Kimura makes working look hot.
               ▪ Goro tries to get 1st on karaoke ranking for SMAP song.
               ▪ Fun to watch Goro get 120% into singing ‘Fly’.
               ▪ SMAP writes journal messages to each other. First ‘Gomen Nasai’ and then ‘Arigatou’.
               ▪ Through their stories, you get to learn more about them.
               ▪ Kimura thanks Kusanagi for hiding his … tsume (fingernails?). Apparently, no.
               ▪ tsume means (in this case) ‘hidden attack’. Thanks for being reserved about being in the spotlight.
               ▪ Shingo and Kimura. The wallet. KYUN!!
               ▪ Tsuyoshi thanks Goro for supporting him with unagi and sushi during naked-gate.
               ▪ Nakai apologizes to Tsuyoshi while asking for an apology.
               ▪ Goro apologizes for abandoning Tsuyoshi when confronted with bullies on the train.

     TOKIO/NEWS
          ▪ Massu to star in butai with Mabo in cast [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Butai to be titled ‘Haiiro Kanarina’.
               ▪ Plays character named Fuji who wakes up in Kana’s bed and can’t remember previous days.
               ▪ Kana: “It’s all right, we haven’t done anything yet” *smile*
               ▪ Bow chicka wow wow!
               ▪ Can Fuji solve the mystery and reveal his feelings to Kana?
               ▪ In Tokyo and Osaka.

     NEWS
          ▪ Mysterious Countdown Clock, counting down to Apr. 15 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Clock appeared on Johnny’s Entertainment website
               ▪ 4s were different coloured and given special animation.
               ▪ Well, only one 4 member group… >.>
               ▪ They coded the flash with the name “AlbumSingle”?? Spoiler much?!? O_O
               ▪ News announced new single and best of album.
               ▪ Will best of album be old recordings or re-recordings of old songs?
               ▪ Not sure which one we want… >.>
               ▪ New countdown (with four silhouettes) leading up to April 18 0:00 JST
               ▪ What is the new announcement? (new Jr. group debut?? Please no >.<)

          ▪ Mirai Theater's first ep, Apr. 6 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Koyama and Shige discuss their initial reactions to Yamapi and Ryo leaving.
               ▪ Shige went from elite to cast in shadow (in original NEWS)
               ▪ Koyama felt lost. “what are we going to do?”
               ▪ Old April Fool’s joke becomes real :x

     Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ To sing ending song to anime, Toriko [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Song to be titled, ‘Love Chase’.
               ▪ Will be produced by Monkey Majik. Go CANADA!
               ▪ Will air for first time as opening on April 15.
               ▪ Release date to be determined.

     NYC
          ▪ To have new single [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ NYC is still around?!
               ▪ Single to be titled ‘Haina’ and be end song of anime ‘Akarui Mirai’.
               ▪ LE A will have single, karaoke, PV, making of and choreo video.
               ▪ LE B will have single, karaoke, Wonderful Cupid PV, Haina cover shoot making, and Haina choreo video.
               ▪ RE will have three songs: Haina, Tic Tac ~Bokura no Harmony~, Ameoto.

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ Sato Shori finishes in 51th place in the Hawaii run [ 1 ]
               ▪ Placed 51 of 2,688 runners with time of 42 mins 42 secs.
               ▪ Placed 5th in 15-19 year-old division.
               ▪ JEs will now be debuted as marathon runners? >.>

          ▪ Lady Diamond single [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Kaze o Kite was the best.
               ▪ What’s the difference between NYC’s and Sexy Zone’s Yuuki 100%?
               ▪ Lady Diamond and High Hi People were … lackluster.
               ▪ PV keeps with random 90s theme.
               ▪ Takes TWO MINUTES for PV to start as they dress in costumes.
               ▪ Theme park has only one ride?
               ▪ Pink jacket and pants combo remind one of Michael Jackson x_x
               ▪ Plus random shots of boys and sparkly diamonds. Blah.
               ▪ Random haiku. ‘By Shori’
               ▪ Haiku = future dream boy.

          ▪ Ichiban Song Show, Apr. 4 [ 1, 2 ]

          ▪ Music Japan, Apr. 8 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Kikuchi Fuma sounded off. :x
               ▪ Yay that Fuma and NakaKen are getting more roles but… VOICE TRAINING PLZ!!
               ▪ Exact same as Music Station. Déjà vu.

     Johnny's Jrs.
          ▪ Uchi joins cast to JE/AKB48 drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ To join cast of Bakarea Koukou.
               ▪ Uchi plays older brother of Morimoto’s character.
               ▪ Irony that Morimoto had older brother in JE. :P
               ▪ Peyton continues to pimp drama (and Uchi).

          ▪ Yara stars in musical [ 1 ]
               ▪ To get first musical lead, 16 yrs after joining agency.
               ▪ Musical split into two parts.
               ▪ First is about Kenichi, who has leukemia, and the ppl he gets to know in the hospital.
               ▪ Second is a stage performance of a play Kenichi wrote about a shoe shiner and a group of clowns.
               ▪ April 10-14 in Tokyo.

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ Episode went too long so question was postponed until next week.
          ▪ Next week's question: If you could debut one Johnny's JR, who would it be and why?
               ▪ The Jr does not have to debut solo, you can also have them debut in a group.
               ▪ Sell Melissa as to why she should like your fave Jr.
               ▪ Get responses in by April 23, 9pm EST!!

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
KAT-TUN's Chain album.

 O P E N I N G

               ▪ YAY PEYTON IS BACK! Okaeri~
               ▪ P is now back from her Cali hiatus but is leaving us for solo podcast. :(

 N E W S ( M A R C H  3 1 - A P R I L  6 )

     KinKi Kids
          ▪ Shamanippon PV [ 1 ]
               ▪ ACID TRIP! ~creative~ ~artistic~ really cool.
               ▪ A little too repetitive? Definitely not the typical JE song.
               ▪ The ending is vey Lady Gaga?
               ▪ Tsuyoshi's music is very innovative and continues to do well in the market.

     Arashi/Kanjani8
          ▪ Sho/Ohno to guest Ryo's drama [ 1 ]
               ▪ Airs April 19th.
               ▪ Ohno and Sho will guest star as themselves.
               ▪ Will there be more JE boys making an appearance in this drama?
               ▪ JE is trying to manufacture a fantasy for you, not cater to yours. :(

          ▪ TORE, Apr. 2 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Hina, Ohkura, Maru and Aiba on the same team!
               ▪ Hina is frickin strong. Really great arm strength. "HINA IS SEX."
               ▪ Aiba and Hina end up in an awk position, lying on top of each other. :x
               ▪ Maruyama can't time his fall right. XD
               ▪ Aiba thinks noodles are a part of his body.

     Kanjani8
          ▪ Eito Ranger Movie Trailer [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Looks pretty serious, and real for a parody-type, light movie.
               ▪ The Eito Ranger costumes are all changed. D:
               ▪ Definitely looks like this has a good budget behind it.

          ▪ Ryo on All Star Kanshasai, Mar. 31 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Joshima was also present in the audience.
               ▪ If you're watching it for just Ryo, there isn't much to see.
               ▪ Ryo participates in some sour sorbet eating thing, and the whole
segment was fail.
               ▪ CHIBI RYO!!!!!! so adorb omg. Ryo is awkward cute while watching
himself being cute.

     KAT-TUN
          ▪ Sekaiichi Dame na Yoru 2, Apr. 3 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS?? IT'S SO MUCH BULLSHIT.
               ▪ KAT-TUN is pretty bad at hamming it up. They are so awk and not funny.
               ▪ Comparing Arashi vs Kanjani 8 vs KAT-TUN's ability to play along
with comedians.
               ▪ WHY AM I LAUGHING?? IT IS SO AWFUL AND EMBARRASSING.
               ▪ Kame has to smell something so terrible he actually starts tearing up!
               ▪ Ueda's smile is adorable~ A++!

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Senga to be a regular in a Nagoya-based variety show [ 1 ]
               ▪ Senga is from Nagoya, so makes sense.
               ▪ Let's research things about the city to the fullest!

          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2, 2 ]
               ▪ KisMai, 253K+ copies sold, #1 album!
               ▪ 1st male artists since 2006 to sell over 200K copies.

          ▪ Album to release in Korea [ 1 ]
               ▪ Same album as sold in Japan.
               ▪ Release date: April 4th.

          ▪ Music Station, Apr. 6 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ KisMai performed She!Her!Her amidst a live audience! Good energy.
               ▪ Fujigaya had to cut his HS graduation celebrations short and run to
MS to back dance for KT's Real Face.
               ▪ (Oshima Yuko is not preggers or leaving AKB)

     Kis-My-Ft2/Johnny's Jrs.
          ▪ Kisumai does opening song for the Bakaleya koukou drama, Miyata
joins cast [ 1 ]
               ▪ Title: Shake it Up.
               ▪ Miyata will be making his acting debut as a teacher in this drama.
               ▪ Will Miyata's character be otaku-ish? Can't see him being serious. XD

     A.B.C.-Z/Johnny's Jr
          ▪ A to Z documentary, Mar. 31 [ 1 ]
               ▪ The documentary was pretty lukewarm and not engaging at all.
               ▪ It was just a recording of things happening, not exactly telling a story.
               ▪ Hashi's personality came through at least!
               ▪ More Music Station stuff would have been cool.
               ▪ Maybe they could have gone on Jounetsu Tairiku?
               ▪ Tanaka Juri is hot.
               ▪ Aww, Tackey, he has so much faith in ABC-Z.
               ▪ The treatment of the chibi juniors was a bit bordering on child
abuse or something. :c

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ Has a regular radio show [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Title: Sexy Zone no QR Zone, Thurs, 11 20 to 11 30, during K8's Recommen.

          ▪ Ichiban Song Show, Apr. 4 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Pink suits, purple pants, sparkly diamonds, typical JE, not sexy,
which is good.
               ▪ Lady Diamond has an upbeat, cute feel.
               ▪ At least this song is not about tits. :x
               ▪ SEXY ROSE! vs SEXY ZONE!

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ If you could change ONE POINT in JE history, what would you change and why?
               ▪ Responses from @musical_malady, @tsuyoboogie, @Kou_Aoki1, dearyx, andx5yn4k4x
          ▪ Next week's question: If you could debut ONE Johnny's JR, who would it be and why?
               ▪ Suggestions for questions are welcome!

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Hey!Say!JUMP's Super Delicate single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Results of the 2012 February ‘TV Celebrity Image Survey’ [ 1 ]
               ▪ Arashi and SMAP only JE on this poll
               ▪ Poll is held twice a year and is used to decide casting for dramas and commercials, etc
               ▪ Poll takes into account reputation, awareness, popularity
               ▪ Kimura is #37, 36.8%
               ▪ Aiba is #15, 41.4%
               ▪ Aiba has a better image on TV than KimuTaku??!?
               ▪ Aiba has more versatility for advertising and a cleaner reputation (less scandal than Kimura)
               ▪ (Just wait, we'll discover that Aiba has 6 wives hidden somewhere... >.>)
               ▪ Sakurai is #22, 39.8%
               ▪ Sakurai is a little less relatable because he's genius boy?
               ▪ Ohno is #32, 37.5%
               ▪ Ohno is on TV a lot, and yet we don't feel like he's on TV a lot ("Fishing Leader")
               ▪ Nino is #42, 34.9%
               ▪ MatsuJun didn't make it onto the list?!?! (Or, at least, the Top 50)
               ▪ Out of Arashi, wouldn't Jun be on the top? Or in the Top 50, at least?

          ▪ LJ Exclusive: BREAKING NEWS!! JEPCast Girls to have their own debut under J&A!
               ▪ We just found out and wanted to share with you guys!! XDD
               ▪ The hosts have been contacted by Johnny and are to have their own debut!! XDD
               ▪ Kami, Rhey, Peyton and Melissa will debut as the 'Amerigirls' (even though Melissa isn't American :P)
               ▪ Debut single's tentative title is "Oh my boys"
               ▪ Song is all about unrequited love (for our JE boys XD)
               ▪ Debut tentatively scheduled for next year
               ▪ YAY!! We're to be affiliated!! XDD For how this will affect the podcast, go here.

 N E W S ( M A R C H  2 4 - 3 0 )

     SMAP
          ▪ To have new single [ 1 ]
               ▪ Titled "Sakasama no Sora" and to be released April 25th.
               ▪ Will be theme song for NHK drama Ume-chan Sensei.
               ▪ B-side titled "Keep My Love"
               ▪ LE includes PV+Making-of DVD.
               ▪ CDs come with B2-size posters.
               ▪ It’s a song called ‘Upside-down Sky’ to cheer on women with a PV of them indoors in suits?
               ▪ Huh?

     SMAP/Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Tamamori joins Nakai's drama cast [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Tamamori plays a med school student and Kuriyama’s younger brother.
               ▪ His role will be to explain Ataru's savant syndrome.
               ▪ 17 JE BOYS IN DRAMAS THIS SEASON?! JE TAKEOVER!

     Arashi
          ▪ To have new single and live DVD [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Face Down single scheduled for May 9th release. (Update: To be theme song for Ohno’s drama)
               ▪ Song expresses the agony of facing the other self inside of you, who you really are.
               ▪ LE will include CD with Face Down, and untitled track. Plus DVD with PV.
               ▪ RE will include Face Down and different untitled track.
               ▪ ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World DVD to be released on May 23rd.
               ▪ LE will include 48 page booklet and 80 mins of special footage.
               ▪ DVD will include footage of Kokuritsu con from 9/3/11. ARASHI DURING AN ARASHI!
               ▪ Girls, start saving money now!!

     Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ Secret Event with fans [ 1 ]
               ▪ On White Day (3/14)
               ▪ 100 lucky fans found tickets in single of Ai, Texas.
               ▪ Went on a bus tour around JE and Warner music buildings to a western-themed restaurant.
               ▪ Yamapi and his choreographer taught fans the Ai, Texas dance.
               ▪ Yamapi talked about his departure from NEWS, US holiday, played bingo with fans, took pics.
               ▪ Will Yamapi ever stop bringing up the issue of his departure?
               ▪ How can fans forget about it if you keep on bringing it up??
               ▪ Fans were so lucky! Wish we could have switched places with one of the fans.
               ▪ We hope another artist does a similar fan event.
          ▪ To have a new radio show [ 1 ]
               ▪ Will be titled Yamashita Tomohisa Cross Space
               ▪ Will air on Friday nights, 11.30 - 11.55, starting 4/6.
               ▪ Show will focus on revealing new faces of Yamapi and his guests through their interactions.
               ▪ IS Yamapi charismatic enough to pull this off? Will he be boring? :x
               ▪ Yamapi has never really hosted anything before…
               ▪ Yamapi was fun on Shonen Club but his gags were all visual.
               ▪ Is Johnny trying to use this as a way to improve Yamapi’s charisma on variety shows? (We hope so)

     Kanjani8/Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Kis-my-ft2 topped singles chart with SHE!HER!HER! at 193,000 copies.
               ▪ Third consecutive #1 single since debut.
               ▪ Kanjani8’s "KANJANI∞ GO-DAI DOME TOUR EIGHTxEIGHTER Omonnakattara Dome Suimasen" sold 44,000 copies.
               ▪ Highest-selling male artist in the first week in Blu-Ray Disc history.
               ▪ Also topped list for overall DVD sales with DVD+Blu-ray sales of 204,000 copies.

     Akanishi Jin
          ▪ Jin's concerts in Japan cancelled and made to pay costs [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ As punishment for not informing Johnny about his wedding beforehand, Johnny is cancelling Akanishi’s Japan concerts.
               ▪ Also, supposedly, Akanishi is being made to pay the cancellation costs himself.
               ▪ The concert (5 city, 7 domes) was never officially announced before its cancellation but the venues were booked.
               ▪ Announced in official circles, it appears this isn’t a rumour.
               ▪ However there is speculation that these actions are all for show so Johnny shows he’s in control.
               ▪ At least Johnny didn’t cancel his American tour!
               ▪ But, does this mean Johnny is temporarily suspending his activities in Japan? :x
               ▪ Where will Jin go from here?

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Held secret event in Osaka [ 1 ]
               ▪ Announced on the radio 30 minutes beforehand on March 21
               ▪ 10,000 (!) fans showed up and stood along the Dotonbori canal
               ▪ Sang “SHE!HER!HER!” and “Everybody Go” on top of a boat on the canal
               ▪ Also did famous Glico man’s pose (like sign) promoting Glico which makes the gum for their recent CM XD

          ▪ Coming Soon, March 26 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Promoting new album, Kis-My-1st
               ▪ Nakai: This is your time.
               ▪ Kis-my-ft2 went back to their home towns and found random ppl coming up to them saying they knew them.
               ▪ Senga received an email from someone giving their new address even though he never exchanged email addresses with this person.
               ▪ Talked about Secret Event. Apparently they found out the DAY BEFORE about this event.
               ▪ Apparently Johnny doesn’t only tell his talents about their DEBUTS a day before, he also plans his events that way.
               ▪ Kitayama was on the ocean (?) when he found out.
               ▪ Couldn’t JE let them know beforehand?!
               ▪ Makes you respect JE boys more knowing this.
               ▪ 5 out of 7 still live at home. Their parents even cook meals, do their laundry and wait up for them. Awww!! XD
               ▪ Performance was of Everybody Go. Was good but not special.
               ▪ Why not perform newer song from album?

          ▪ Music Japan, March 25 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Performed SHE!HER!HER! and joined in cooking corner (again).
               ▪ Cooking corner focused on cooking with herbs.
               ▪ Some would be sitting eating and then rest standing in back.
               ▪ Cutest part was when the front ones started sharing their food with the ones in the back.
               ▪ AWWW!! They’re a family. They’re sharing their food together XD

          ▪ Kis-My-1st album and DVD stuff [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
               ▪ CD 1: New songs, CD: old songs, DVD was history, PVs (Inori and Fire Beat) and makings
               ▪ Inori PV didn’t do the song justice. Sitting, boring, looking like dead fish.
               ▪ Favourite part was when they focus on Kitayama and Fujigaya when they clench their fists. Real emotion. Kyun.
               ▪ Fujigaya owns the couch. Like a boss.
               ▪ Fire Beat PV was cool… CG fire and effects. But not as good as when in concert.
               ▪ Very KAT-TUN feel with this PV. A lot of dancing.
               ▪ PV Making was fun and cute. Two PVs were shot one after the other.
               ▪ History portion on DVD has them talking about debut and their history, plus footage from the concert when their debut was announced.
               ▪ Album was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
               ▪ Has a super KAT-TUN vibe to it (debut-KAT-TUN)
               ▪ ‘Love meee’ has a current-Jin feel.
               ▪ ‘Take me’ sounds like you can almost hear Kame and Koki’s voices.
               ▪ Sound switches between rock, contemporary, ballads and typical JE fare.
               ▪ ‘Girl is mine’, ‘Catch & Go!!’, ‘Love meee’ are our favourite songs.
               ▪ Watch out Arashi! Melissa might make Kis-My-Ft2 her ichiban!
               ▪ From Disc 2 (old songs) to Disc 1 (new songs), you can definitely see the difference in their old and new sound.

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ Shori to run in Hawaii marathon [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Shori will be participating in 10k marathon in Hawaii.
               ▪ Other members will go to Hawaii as the ‘cheer group’…
               ▪ Okay? Yay? How are these decisions even made??
               ▪ Is Johnny trying to develop his Hawaiian fan-base?
               ▪ Will this be televised in Japan?

     Multiple
          ▪ Certain Johnny's deliver Marching J donations personally [ 1 ]
               ▪ Yabu, Hikaru, Yamada and Chinen deliver donations to Miyagi prefecture.
               ▪ Governor jokes and tells the boys not to get punished like Akanishi.
               ▪ Umm, … awkward... >.>

          ▪ Five Johnny's called for private dinner with Julie [ 1 ]
               ▪ Julie, niece of Johnny and J-storm president invites Ohno, Aiba,
Maruyama, Nishikido, Taguchi along with people from the press.
               ▪ Ohno served wine, Ryo was made to call a mag editor's daughter who's
a big fan.
               ▪ Are the boys being taken advantage of?
               ▪ Tokio's Nagase and Yamaguchi also showed up.
               ▪ Conspiracy, blah blah.

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ If *insert random JE boy or host here* ran the world, what do you think would happen?
               ▪ Lots of responses this week!! YAY!! XDD
               ▪ Responses from @zdorama, @musical_malady, ichigosky, misaki_yaotome, tinyangltin yangl (Kami), ginzarhapsody (Peyton)
          ▪ Next week's question: If you could change ONE POINT in JE history, what would you change and why?
               ▪ Or feel free to suggest us some new, awesome, EARTH-SHATTERINGLY JUICY!! questions. (Normal ones will do too)

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
V6's Bari Bari Buddy single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ FiVe members leave Johnny's and make own band [ 1 ]
               ▪ One member left to join Question?
               ▪ Three other members started a new group called Plan B
               ▪ Does this mean Johnny’s was Plan A? XD
               ▪ Have their own Youtube channel, PlanBsince2012
               ▪ Glad that a JE group is not waiting for Johnny to notice them and is instead making their own destiny
               ▪ Does this mean Question? is now the only backing band?
               ▪ Will Question? now be overworked like Ryo was as they fly across the country to back all JE groups?
               ▪ Has Uchi joined Question? (Darn Johnny’s Net not having a page for Question!!!)

 N E W S ( M A R C H  1 7 - 2 3 )

     TOKIO/Ikuta Toma
          ▪ 5LDK, March 15 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Yoshitaka Yuriko and Ikuta Toma were there to promote Bokura ga Ita
               ▪ Different program format, called “Machigaete-ra”
               ▪ Taichi serves a dish but makes a mistake for two or three of them
               ▪ The guests and TOKIO have to guess who got the wrong dish
               ▪ TOKIO must have been very… awkward with Taichi’s ‘Oh! Machigaete-ra!’ line
               ▪ Yoshitaka Yuriko asks Matsuoka and Joshima to do Tsundere moment
               ▪ Yoshitaka makes Taichi feel guilty for her getting the milk tea wrong
               ▪ TOKIO makes Ikuta do impression of Matsuoka he did at AnS
               ▪ Ikuta is wearing Yamapi’s jacket?? From one of his Ai, Texas perfs
               ▪ Ikuta went to Hawaii with Oguri Shun instead of being at Countdown (perks of being an actor?)
               ▪ Ikuta punched Oguri’s dad’s head??? Cause his dad took a long time to tell story so he tsukkomi’d him

     Arashi/Kanjani8
          ▪ Ohkura joins Aiba's drama cast [ 1 ]
               ▪ Joining ‘Mikeneko no Suiri’
               ▪ Will be playing Detective Ishizu, co-worker of Katayama, Aiba’s character

     NEWS
          ▪ Koyama/Shige to host a new show [ 1 ]
               ▪ NEWS NEWS!!!! XDDD (or, at least, part of them…)
               ▪ Will be hosting new show called ‘Mirai Theater’
               ▪ Every Friday from 11:30-11:58pm
               ▪ Will make comments as they watch VTRs and footage about people who have changed the world
               ▪ Will they be able to cover so much material in only half an hour?!?!
               ▪ Well, the half hour means it’ll be the ‘best of’ of this person and so, if it’s boring, we can just stare at Koyama and Shige for half an hour <3
               ▪ Will they do the theme song?

     Tegomass
          ▪ To have concert DVD [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ ‘Tegomass no Mahou’ to be released April 5
               ▪ LE will have two DVDs: concert, encore and documentary as well as Mahou no Melody PV
               ▪ RE has same material except no 40 page booklet (that LE has)
               ▪ Blu-ray version has same material as RE
               ▪ Fewer differences between editions means we can save our money! YAY!!

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ She! Her! Her! single and PV and making of [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ PV was WEIRD!!!
               ▪ Gas masked people in cells yelling at 7 people in capes
               ▪ They suddenly hold up a… wait for it!! GUM!! And the gas masked people cower then start yelling “She! Her! Her!” again
               ▪ Is this a KAT-TUN PV?
               ▪ The boys then throw off their capes and proceed to skate around with their sparkly breath
               ▪ Then they’re in a laboratory
               ▪ Kiss scene between Fujigaya and Tamamori?… PSYCHE!!
               ▪ Fujigaya makes out with a mannequin
               ▪ Token foreigner(s) alert!!
               ▪ Kis-My-Ft2 are Power Rangers? (or Arashi?)
               ▪ PV feels like an extended version of the commercial
               ▪ Even the CD cover feels like an extended version of the commercial
               ▪ Is the PV and CD a giant promotion for the gum? Or for Kis-My-Ft2? (We're confused @_@)
               ▪ PV Making was boring but we finally clarify what the name means
               ▪ ‘SHE!HER!HER!’ is the sighing sound, the other meaning was just coincidence >.>
               ▪ We finally understand why we don’t like the SHE!HER!HER! single
               ▪ At first it’s really good, but around 2:00 it feels really repetitive and gets annoying
               ▪ Second track, ‘Deep Your Voice’ was liked by Melissa but not Kamika
               ▪ Kamika didn’t like either song on the single
               ▪ Melissa liked first half of SHE!HER!HER and all of Deep Your Voice

          ▪ Coming Soon, March 19 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Talk about CM and dressing up as girls (took about 1hr30 for transformation)
               ▪ Boys did full transformation (short pants and tights)
               ▪ Boys started to understand girls feelings N: “Did you start to want to look pretty and be thought pretty by the other guys?” KFT2: Yes
               ▪ N: “You must like dressing like girls” KFT2: “NO! No, we don’t!”
               ▪ Album comes out March 28
               ▪ Album is full of new songs that the 7 members chose together
               ▪ Kitayama: “Chance to see new KFT2”
               ▪ Nakai SHOCKS KFT2 when he volunteers to come to their concert
               ▪ Performance was nice. Liked the steps near the end. Nothing special.
               ▪ Liked the rainbow lights in the background near the end. Nice touch.

          ▪ Kitayama and Miyata on NEP League, March 19 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Pretty decent
               ▪ Kitayama went to college (?) and talked about how Kitayama got more schooling than Miyata
               ▪ So, surprisingly Miyata answered more questions than Kitayama
               ▪ And, OF COURSE, Miyata brings out the Otaku dance

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ To be regulars in a variety show [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ To be on ‘Sennyuu Real Scope’ which is to be renamed ‘Real Scope Z’ and have a cast change
               ▪ Sexy Zone will be added, along with others, as regulars
               ▪ New single, Lady Diamond, will be used as theme song
               ▪ Is it too soon for Sexy Zone to be having a variety show? Or be regulars on golden time slot show?
               ▪ Uh oh! The show looks like a boring ‘learning show’ >.>

          ▪ Three members to be in dramas [ 1, 2, 2, 3, 4 ]
               ▪ Kikuchi Fuma to appear in ‘Mirai Nikki ~Another World~’
               ▪ Starts in April, every Saturday at 11:10 on Fuji TV
               ▪ Drama is based off manga but is original story
               ▪ Characters use diaries to kill other people and survive
               ▪ Death Note combined with Battle Royale?!?
               ▪ Kikuchi plays ‘Kosaka Ouji’, a college student and kouhai of the protagonist
               ▪ Will Kikuchi be someone who dies?
               ▪ Nakajima Kento to appear in ‘Kazoku no Uta’ starring Odagiri Joe
               ▪ Starts April 15, every Sunday at 9pm
               ▪ Odagiri plays a former rock star who finds out he has three daughters
               ▪ He has no choice but to live with them, and must figure out how to do that without anyone figuring out he’s their father
               ▪ Nakajima will be playing a popular young boy who intends to be a musician, working part time at a curry restaurant
               ▪ Marius Yo will be joining the cast of ‘Kodomo Keisatsu’
               ▪ Suzuki Fuku and Honda Miyu star as veteran detectives
               ▪ They get exposed to special gas that turns them into children
               ▪ Sound like Detective Conan much?!? XDD
               ▪ How many Johnny’s are there in dramas this season?! (A LOT!!)

     Multiple
          ▪ Johnny's World Stage Show [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Hey!Say!JUMP, Sexy Zone, A.B.C.-Z, Koichi Domoto, Tackey, Kamenashi, and 100 Jrs to be in large stage show starting in November
               ▪ To be called “Johnny’s World” and performed at Tokyo’s Imperial Garden Theatre
               ▪ Will feature Hey!Say!JUMP with others in supporting roles
               ▪ They go on an adventure to find a utopia in outer space, but in the process realise how special their home on Earth is
               ▪ Members from Kis-My-Ft2 will take turns every day
               ▪ Set to be the largest Johnny’s production to date
               ▪ Show will feature ‘4D fragrance tricks’? We don’t know to be happy or afraid…
               ▪ Johnny-san hints (again) that this show may go worldwide
               ▪ Will Johnny just stop hinting and DO IT ALREADY!!!
               ▪ Take our money Johnny! We’re waiting!!

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ Postponed so we can get more responses, so next week's question: If *insert random JE boy or host here* ran the world, what do you think would happen?

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
Kinki Kids' Kawatta Katachi no Ishi single.

 O P E N I N G

          ▪ Kis-My-Ft2 star as girls in new Watering Kissmint CM [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Kis-Mt-Ft2 do NOT make pretty girls… >.>
               ▪ Melissa didn’t recognize the boys at first :P
               ▪ Poor Yokoo! We forgot his name!
               ▪ Is Tamamori the ugliest girl ever?
               ▪ Tegoshi, Shige and Aiba are really pretty girls
               ▪ The theme song for this CM is SHE!HER!HER!
               ▪ Not sure if the song goes with the CM…
               ▪ Making of shows the boys’ ‘big transformation’ (they even did their nails!!)
               ▪ What is the point of the breath lazers? (and the nails?)

 N E W S ( M A R C H  1 0 - 1 6 )

     General
          ▪ Johnny's Jimusho charity event at Tokyo Dome [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]
               ▪ 180 Johnny’s members from various events participated
               ▪ Including Matchy, Higashiyama, SMAP, Tackey &Tsubasa, Yamapi, Hey!Say!JUMP, Sexy Zone and Johnny’s Jrs.
               ▪ Tokyo Dome on March 11
               ▪ Event lasted 12 hours and 173 000 people turned out for the event
               ▪ All money raised from Marching J (including from this event) will go to support children in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures (not pandas!!)
               ▪ Talents who could not come (Kanjani8 and Arashi) sent videos

     SMAP
          ▪ Kimura's caught speeding twice [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
               ▪ Kimura was caught speeding in September and January
               ▪ Caught speeding in Chiba and Tokyo in a ‘regular automobile’ (what’s an irregular automobile?)
               ▪ Kimura apologizes and promised not to let it again
               ▪ Toyota refuses to stop running CMs with Kimura
               ▪ Why is Japan so strict with speeding? (It was only 20km over the speed limit!!)
               ▪ We do that all the time, what’s the big deal (Don’t tell our local police forces >.>)
               ▪ Glad that Toyota stuck by him (though Kimura’s apology is clearly a token one)
               ▪ Kimura’s licence was suspended (we’re not sure for how long…)
               ▪ Why are they announcing it now? Cause Shukan Bunshun dug up the dirt? (probably)

     V6
          ▪ Sakamoto to have a weekly cooking show [ 1 ]
               ▪ Kami drools over Sakamoto’s cooking
               ▪ Will have weekly cooking show on Fuji TV starting April 2
               ▪ Titled ‘Non-Stop’ and airs Monday through Friday with Sakamoto being on the Friday episodes
               ▪ Sakamoto’s family owns a grocery store and so he’s always been around food
               ▪ One day he hopes to own a restaurant (30x30 squared)
               ▪ The show will feature Sakamoto going out to buy the food
               ▪ Kami will be one of the fangirls going out to random grocery stores to stalk Sakamoto (if she lived in Japan)
               ▪ Sakamoto is now the perfect man XD

     Kinki Kids
          ▪ Tsuyoshi's En wo Yuite to be used for Kintetsu line [ 1 ]
               ▪ Song will used as departure music at 5 stations on the Kintetsu line
               ▪ En wo Yuite is a love song to Japan and will be used for one year
               ▪ Departure music? Does this mean it plays as the train leaves so no one will hear it cause they’re on the train??
               ▪ Tsuyoshi has been relegated to elevator music :P

     Arashi
          ▪ Arashi's colors to light up Tokyo Tower [ 1 ]
               ▪ Tokyo Tower was lit up on March 16 in the Arashi colours (purple, blue, yellow, red, and green)
               ▪ First time the tower has been lit up with 5 colours
               ▪ The last episode of Lucky Seven was filmed on March 16 and includes a shot of the lit-up Tokyo Tower
               ▪ Lighting up is part of Fuji TV’s month-long Hana Arashi campaign featuring six programs
               ▪ Nino: “First Tokyo Tower, next Aiba’s family home” XDD Aiba: “Stop it! You’ll cause problems for my neighbours”
               ▪ Melissa is secretly Aiba’s fiancée
               ▪ Tangent about Aiba’s family restaurant, Keikarou
               ▪ We talk about JE boys and their families’ businesses

     Arashi/Ikuta Toma
          ▪ Toma on Arashi ni Shiyagare, March 10 [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
               ▪ THE BEST Arashi ni Shiyagare EVER!!! XDDD
               ▪ Ikuta is risou no musuko (ideal son), Arashi: No. No, you’re not.
               ▪ Ikuta Toma is not aniki so instead of lessons, he just brings up dirt on Arashi and their Jr days (dirt fight!!)
               ▪ Ikuta entered Johnny’s in February 1996 so he’s actually Nino, Aiba and MatsuJun’s sempai
               ▪ ‘Densetsu Ohno’: Ohno was a legendary JE boy that boys would hear about
               ▪ Ohno spent a long time performing in Kyoto (5 times a day) in different shows and they heard how amazing he was at dancing and singing but rarely saw him
               ▪ Ohno ignores the choreographer who yells at him and picks his nose in front of the audience :P
               ▪ Sho used to be Mr. Style?!?
               ▪ Sho started all the trends: jersey, color contacts, perm, dreadlocks
               ▪ Now we know who to blame for the JE perm trend XD
               ▪ ‘Before his character was formed’, Aiba got mad at Jun and kicked him before the start of Stand By Me musical they were starring in along with Nino and Ikuta
               ▪ Both were injured (Aiba from the hammer, and Jun from the kick)
               ▪ The show was delayed by ten minutes
               ▪ Aiba used to only wear two shirts: ‘trainspotting’ shirt and the ‘ecchi gorilla’
               ▪ Ikuta: “It’s too ecchi for television” but the producers bring out anyways (or do they?)
               ▪ Nino punishing others backfires and he gets hit by a ‘baba chop’ (karate chop) (with a side of ‘uffun gorilla’ XDDD)
               ▪ This craziness makes us miss Arashi no Shukudai-kun
               ▪ Ikuta fails at transition to promotion for ‘Bokura ga Ita’ XD (TWICE!)

     NEWS
          ▪ Shige to get new radio show [ 1 ]
               ▪ Hosting along with Garage Sale’s Gori
               ▪ Every Sunday from 10:05pm
               ▪ Will be three hours long (or, at least, first ep will be)
               ▪ Starts April 7 at same time as third ep of Blackboard that stars Shige
               ▪ Titled ‘Shige Gori no wktk Radio Gakuen’
               ▪ YAY!! More work for Shige!!
               ▪ Will this mean more work for NEWS? (we're eternally hopeful)

     Hey!Say!JUMP
          ▪ HSJ's First Asia Tour has some changes [ 1 ]
               ▪ Dates have changed in Hong Kong
               ▪ WAS March 24-25, NOW is May 26-27 at same location
               ▪ Cancellation of show in Bangkok
               ▪ No reasons stated (wonder why?)

     Kis-My-Ft2
          ▪ Kisumai gets a variety show! [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ To have new variety show on TV Asahi called ‘Hama Kis’
               ▪ Concept is a ‘variety school’ and will have comedian Hamaguchi Masaru, along with other guest comedians, teaching the fundamentals of variety shows to K2
               ▪ Begins April 4 on TV Asahi on Wednesdays from 1:21-1:51am at night
               ▪ Kis-My-Ft2’s activities are really pumping up!
               ▪ Is the increase in work too quick? Will they get too busy and burn out?
               ▪ We hope this won’t backfire and, if they don’t get the ratings, that it may be the ‘kis’ of death XP

          ▪ Heyx3/Waratte Iitomo, March 12 [ 1 ]
               ▪ Downtown can’t remember the ‘backdancers’’ names (Poor Senga looks so lost)
               ▪ Kis-My-Ft2 members use their knowledge of SMAP’s Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana’s choreo in order to be popular at school :P
               ▪ Little Honda Miyu admits she’s a Fujigaya fan and she dances the steps to Everybody Go! with them
               ▪ Fujigaya is so good with Miyu-chan XDD (up he goes on the ‘to marry’ list)
               ▪ This quickly devolves into the Otaku Dance (initiated by Miyata, ofc)
               ▪ The performance of Everybody Go! and SHE!HER!HER! lacks the previous energy
               ▪ No backflips or rollerskates
               ▪ Made up by cute Miyu-chan performing the choreo in the audience XDDD
               ▪ We STILL don’t get why this song is named ‘SHE!HER!HER!’
               ▪ Melissa tries to make this make sense in her own mind… she’s not sure if she succeeds
               ▪ It’s the chorus in the song but we don’t know why…
               ▪ Good song? Bad song? We’re divided on this
               ▪ Talk segment was really fun
               ▪ Look forward to their variety show (Will Miyata be an ‘Aiba’ or a ‘Taguchi’?)

     Sexy Zone
          ▪ To have 2nd single [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ To be released April 11
               ▪ Track names not released (including title track) except for B-Side ‘Kaze wo kitte’ (theme song of Nintama Rantarou)
               ▪ 3 editions include two LEs and one RE
               ▪ LE 1 will include 3 tracks and DVD with PV
               ▪ LE 2 will include same 3 tracks and DVD with PV MAKING OF
               ▪ RE will include 4 tracks including Yuuki 100% plus karaoke versions
               ▪ Will also include various bonus merchandise
               ▪ They’re announcing it before they even know the main track?! Why?
               ▪ One LE includes the PV and the other the making of with no difference in songs
               ▪ BLATANT grab for your money
               ▪ Beat JE by buying the two editions and share the cost and discs with a friend

     Multiple
          ▪ Oricon Charts [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Arashi sells over 550 000 copies of ‘Wild at Heart’
               ▪ 33rd #1 single which puts them 3rd most #1 singles out of any artist
               ▪ Akanishi Jin’s JAPONICANA album is 2nd on Oricon Chart at 70 000 copies sold
               ▪ Hey!Say!JUMP’s ‘Summary 2011 in DOME’ DVD sells 61 000 copies to take #1 spot on overall rankings in DVD category

 L E T T E R / Q U E S T I O N

          ▪ This week's question (after a loooooooonnnngggg delay): What is your impression of V6's Yasei no Hana PV?
               ▪ 'Yasei no Hana' (The Wildflower) is a beautiful song with beautiful lyrics (but the PV makes no sense)
               ▪ V6 are ghosts in a dilapidated room with... chairs... and the room is yellow... or so we think
               ▪ They're in suits, then jerseys and then suits again... (it's Sho's fault for the jerseys!!)
               ▪ random flower
               ▪ Watch the PV for the randomness, enjoy it for the wonderful song
               ▪ Song has a feel of music from the 80/90s American music era
          ▪ Next week's question: If *insert random JE boy or host here* ran the world, what do you think would happen?

Songs used in this week's podcast are from
NYC's Wonderful Cupid single.