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Tohoshinki 12th Single 「SUMMER ~Summer Dream/Song for you/Love in the Ice~」 東方神起 2007.8.1 On Sale CD+DVD RZCD-45629/B ¥1,890 (tax in) Tracklist: 01 Summer Dream 02 Song for you 03 Love in the Ice 04 Summer Dream (Less Vocal) 05 Song for you (Less Vocal) 06 Love in the Ice (Less Vocal) DVD Tracklist: Summer Dream (Video Clip) Off Shot Movie (First Pressing Only) CD Only RZCD-45630 ¥1,050 (tax in) Tracklist: 01 Summer Dream 02 Song for you 03 Love in the Ice 04 HUG (アカペラver.) 05 Summer Dream (Less Vocal) 06 Song for you (Less Vocal) 07 Love in the Ice (Less Vocal) Official Website

taken from jpopmusic.com

Dong Bang Shin Gi Open-Tickets; Fans Line Up for 10 days

Korea's top idol boy band "Dong Bang Shin Gi" (TVXQ) will hold a concert in Taiwan on October 5 and 6 of this year. Fans line up early in the morning to get the tickets. According to results from yesterday's sale, over 6000 tickets were gone within three hours. Because Japanese boy band NewS is also having a concert on October 6 in the Taipei Arena, TVXQ refuses to admit defeat and is planning to invite their fellow SM juniors, SUPER JUNIOR, to be their concert guests.

TVXQ's world tour concert will take place in Taiwan at the Chungshan Soccer Stadium in Taipei. Fans were already lining up to get the tickets 10 days prior to the official release. However, because the Chungshan Soccer Stadium had just finished holding a major soccer event, fans were forbidden to line up outside the stadium. Fans had no choice but to disperse and to line up all over again. There were also fights within fans for cutting in lines, but all the conflicts were resolved peacefully.

Yesterday was the first sale and there was already a long line of fans. There was also a pregnant woman of five months lining up along the rest. Some fans even flew to Tokyo, Japan three days ago to meet TVXQ at a signing event and then quickly flew back to Taiwan and lined up to buy the tickets.

Because on October 6, 7 Japanese boy band NewS will also be holding their concert in Taipei simultaneously with TVXQ, fans of both parties will definitely be tight with each other. Because both boy bands have contracts with Avex, thus in the same family, fans do not want to be too harsh with each other. Fans of both groups have even decided that they will watch TVXQ's concert first, and then watch NewS the night after.

credit goes to jpopmusic.com

Broasia


The 'FACE in Japan Premium Event' was held at the Tokyo Dome in Japan on the 14th as part of the Hallyu Expo. The event featured Lee Dong Geon, Uhm Tae Woon, Ha Ji Won, Cho Hyun Jae, and other actors along with performances by Kang Ta, Dong Bang Shin Ki, Big Mama, and others.

The most popular star of the event was Dong Bang Shin Ki. When the screen featured 'Tohoshinki' for the last performance, the quiet audience all stood up and cheered. Red glow sticks representing the group rose from the crowd as well.

After the performance, Dong Bang Shin Ki commented, "We held a performance in Budokan in June, and this is our first after ranking first on the Oricon charts on the 1st. We though they would all be fans of the other popular actors and actresses but were surprised they were our fans."

The crowd's response reflected the rising popularity and growth of Dong Ban Shin Ki in Japan. Their recent single 'Summer' ranked first on the Oricon Daily Chart and second on the weekly chart.

Their success can be contributed to the localization through Avex. The members used their fluent Japanese on stage and sang 'Summer Dream,' 'O-Jung.Ban.Hab' and other songs in Japanese, contrasting to other stars.

A personnel who participated in the Hallyu Expo event commented, "I was surprised and happy to see Dong Bang Shin Ki's poster on a department store building in the center of Shibuya. It is a moving experience to see photos of Korean stars in central areas of Tokyo."

Credit: SINA and asianfanatics

Concert to hold in October, TVXQ Heads to Taiwan to Thank Fans

DONG BANG SHIN KI (TVXQ) will soon hold their concert in the Taipei Chungshan Soccer Stadium in Taiwan on October 5th and 6th. On the 22nd of this month, the group will give an early visit to Taiwan to thank their fans. The five handsome young men knows that their fans in Taiwan are really supportive and warm, and thus they feel very thankful. Although they are admist a busy schedule, they decided that they must arrive to Taiwan to thank their fans before the concert.

Here is a list of TVXQ's schedule in Taiwan:

August 22: Arrive to Taiwan
August 23: Hold a press conference at Tapei's International Yuandong Restaurant
August 23 (evening): Hold a stamp fan-meet at the Taipei International Convention Center @ 6 PM (Taipei time)

Korean top idol group [TVXQ]'s member Hero JaeJoong was highly voted as the 'Most Gorgeous Male On Earth' by China's net-pal with his smooth skin and gorgeous looks,beating Jerry Yan from [Meteor Garden]. Another member of the group, U-Know YunHo came in third for the votings. It's no wonder [TVXQ] is being called the most goodlooking male group.

"The Most Gorgeous Male" voting campaign was being held in order to commemorate the lauching of [Meteor Garden 2] in China. The voting campaign started off on the 9th of July and lasted for a month. Earlier, the broadcasting station [Star World] in China had selected 80 gorgeous male artists recognised by the whole world to participate in the voting campaign, and JaeJoong had won 4180 thousand votes from the people in China as being the most gorgeous looking male.

There are some net-pal saying that, JaeJoong is the prettiest male on earth. There's also net-pal from Vietnam saying that JaeJoong is also recognised as the no.1 most gorgeous mal in Vietnam. As for the Thai fans,"I've also voted my sacred vote for JaeJoong, Young Woong JaeJoong who is a male prettier than a female HWAITING!" (*NOTE:The fan didn't actually said hwaiting but I have no idea how I should translate that 'hwaiting' phrase in English -.-" *)

TVXQ will be holding a conert in Taipei's ZhongSan Soccer Stadium on the 5th and 6th of October. The boys will also be arriving in Taiwan tomorrow to help promote their ticket. On the 23rd, they will be having a press conference in YuanDong Hotel. They are estimated to be having a "stamping" meeting (?) (*NOTE:no idea how I should translate it,but I think it's when the boys stamp their signature rather then signing them*)
around 6pm at Taipei's International Convention Center's Conference Hall,there are sure to be interesting performances by the boys then.

SOURCE: Yahoo!Taiwan, asianfanatics.net
Translator:Millie! fro TVXQmate forum

kyaaa~ jaejoong! my fave tvxq member! <3

Korean boy band TVXQ will sing the theme song for Bae Yong Joon’s new drama ‘The Story of the First King's Four Gods’. The song is composed by famous Japanese composer and director Joe Hisaishi.

The drama will be aired in several Asian countries. It has already received considerable attention because of the cast members Bae Yong Joon and Moon So Ri even before it starts shooting. TVXQ will release their 13th single ‘SHINE/Ride on’ in Japan on September 19.

http://www.asianbite.com/default.asp?Display=1068

The band Tohoshinki has risen to third place on Japan's Oricon Singles Monthly Rankings. In Oricon's public announcement on August 27th, sales volume of Tohoshinki's 12th Japanese single "SUMMER" accumulated to 120,507 copies that landed them on third place. This is another significant record, following their August 7th's record position of second place on Oricon Weekly Rankings.

Sales of the month in first place is the Johnny Junior project unit Hey!Say!7's "Hey!Say!" which sold 161,761 copies. In second place is Ai Otsuka's single with sales of 128,322 copies. Following Tohoshinki's third place is AquaTime (83,353 copies), Tackey & Tsubasa (70,959 copies) in fourth and fifth place. Rip Slyme (62,958 copies), Orange Range (57,000 copies), RSP (55,317 copies), Flowser (54,274 copies), Morning Musume (50,337 copies) ranked # 6 thru 10 place.

In the first week of August, only lagging very little behind Hey!Say!7, Tohoshinki placed number two on Oricon Weekly rankings. However, their breakthrough of 100,000 in sales in its initial release week is an accomplished achievement that was highly regarded. Afterwards, they slid down the chart, dropping out of the top 50 rankings, but came back on an upward swing on the fifth week, rising to # 34 place.

Translated by Ailin*@soompi
Source: Innolife

from asianfanatics.net

There is no age barrier when it comes to Japanese ajummas. A recent survey by Oricon News revealed that DBSK’s die hard fans in Japan are not teenagers, but ajummas in their forties. The percentage of ajummas who heard DBSK’s single and intend to purchase the album exceed any other age group.

DBSK members were probably shivering as they read the news - and who wouldn’t at the thought of serving as boy-toys for lonely ajummas who are old enough to be their moms! But in grand scheme of things, it really doesn’t matter who their fans are as long as their are raking in the yens.


Credits to PopSeoul

The 13th single of the group TVXQ (Dong Bang Shin Gi), called Tohoshinki in Japan, ranked second on the Oricon Charts the day it was released.

The single "SHINE/Ride on" which was released on the 19th ranked second on the daily single chart. First was "talkin' 2 myself" by Hamasaki Ayumi.

With this, Dong Bang Shin Ki has ranked 2 albums and 14 singles in the top 10 since their second single "Somebody to Love" in July of 2005.

Also, their 12th single which was released on August 1st ranked first on the Oricon daily single chart, indicating their growing popularity in Japan.

NEW SINGLE
「Forever Love」
東方神起
2007.11.14 OUT

CD+DVD
RZCD-45768/B
1890円 (tax in)

Tracklist:
1. Forever Love
2. Day Moon ~ハルダル~
3. Forever Love(Less Vocal)
4. Day Moon ～ハルダル～(Less Vocal)

DVD Tracklist:
Forever Love (Video Clip)
Off Shot Movie (First Pressing Only)


CD Only
RZCD-45769
1050円 (tax in)

Tracklist:
1. Forever Love
2. Day Moon ~ハルダル~
3. UNTITLED TRACK
4. Forever Love (Less Vocal)
5. Day Moon ~ハルダル~ (Less Vocal)

First Pressing comes with a 12 page booklet.


Official Website

credits to jpopmusic.com

yeah :)  i'm sooo happy when they began to sing in Japanese. pero namimiss ko nang mapanuod sila sa Korean channels. >.<

i got the info from CD Japan, oorder sana ako ng new album ni Ayumi at alice nine.  tas ito ang nakita ko! hehe. great! ^_^  i've been waiting for a new album from them! ^_^

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/list_from_code_banner.html?key=336642