Watched the countdown yesterday. Thank goodness V6 and Tokio were there too. Sadly, Tackey & Tsubasa couldn't make it together. But it was their year of solos in 2008, I'm really happy they can manage alone, and it seems they really enjoy their individual projects, which is great!

Arashi are hosts again. With their singles doing so well last year, their faces looked as bright as a bubble. Countdown is the time I catch up on other Johnny songs released throughout the previous year. That means songs from V6, News, Kanjani8 and T&T are already familiar to me but those of Arashi, Kattun, Tokio, Kinki Kids etc. now would probably be the first time I'm listening to them.

( Songs in order of performance + spazz + gayness )

You've probably heard about this temporary unit TU-YU. Check out here & here for more info. Basically it was set up for a set of commercials to promote Maruchan instant noodles. Members of interest (to me) are Masuda (News), Nagano (V6) and Hikaru (HSJ?). The rest, have no idea who they are. To put it even more bluntly, I'm interested in these set of CMs due to cute Massu's appearance!! It made me all energetic after a tiring day. And no kidding, I've been in uni since morning. It must be Massu's power (smile) XD

Random CM clips:
[CM]TU-YU Maruchan CM --> MF
[CM]TU-YU Maruchan CM --> MF (i just realise, this file doesn't work for me because I'm missing a codec, so dl at ur own risk)
[CM]TU-YU Maruchan Akai Kitsune CM here. Thanks to neko_lovesyou

Hopefully I'll chance upon more clips for more Massu goodness! Otherwise, just view them on youtube here & here & here & ...

On to other things, got linked randomly to uta-net.com, cartoon pictures of japanese artists and bands. I see lots of wonderful singers I like. Some JE ones of interest:

V6:


NEWS:


Kanjani8:


HSJ (more for my sis to guess, we had a few sniggers about the exaggerated number of people in this group!!):


Take a guess ^_^ NEWS is pretty easy. Ryo is the easiest since he appears twice, but I think I got the rest of NEWS. um.. I'm a bit confused with V6. I so know which is Innochi! and I remember Ken's ears~ probably can pick which is Go. I'm assuming Okada features a moustache in this one? The artist is pretty talently though. He/She has most of their distinct features worked out.

Music for more randomness.