KAT-TUN 2 Me

I wonder if Jin, the resident English speaker, understands what that means. If he does, you can bet he’s laughing his ass off.

Choose your punchline!

a. What, were all the “kiss me, I’m impotent” shirts taken?

b. And you thought Momoko’s “rock like fuck” jacket was surprising

c. Johnny’s has clearly started taking drastic measures to avoid losing their stars to shot-gun weddings

~Celestia~

High quality versions of the new KAT-TUN calendar photos have surfaced. You’ll have to excuse me for not being able to find a way to properly introduce this, because right now I am having a lot of trouble putting together a coherent sentence. My impulse is to just type aldksfnalneasndfklandsfioaewrouaeiwhrnfaoedfij for a few pages, but I am going to try to control myself in order to share some of the sweetest eyecandy I’ve ever (seen? tasted?) only made sweeter by the fact that it will soon be mine in hardcopy. Out of the 79 calendar pages containing pictures, most of them full page or double page spreads, I’ve picked some of my favorites that I didn’t previously share. It was a difficult task because almost every picture is stunning, and I made myself give the other members a chance instead of just posting all the pictures of Jin.

No reason not to start with a picture of Jin though, is there? He looks a like some kind of young businessman, and since he’s wearing all black he’s most likely the type that’s evil and corrupt and powerful and deceptively charming and sexy andadlfk;neoiwrnafioboidcvuweqdlakneoickl

I’m back. Cap’n Junno here snapped me out of my reverie.

And suddenly he’s blonde again! Seems that the shirtless pics were taken quite a bit earlier than the rest of them. Anyway, Junno might win for best shirtless photo-shoot. Doesn’t he just look positively swishy? Kame’s was good, but you know, those two freckles on his chest are kind of distracting. Junno suffers from no such affliction.

Ueda looks so…Ueda-like in this picture, and I mean that in the best possible way.

Hold up! Why is the driver’s seat on the left side of this car? Japanese people drive on the left side of the road, so the Kame should be sitting on the other side. Was this photo taken outside of Japan, or did they ship in a car that cannot be driven on Japanese roads just for the purpose of this shoot?

I think there’s not enough Maru-love in this blog, so here’s a picture of him with a puppy. Awwww

This man has the sexy pissed-off stare down to an art form.

Holy fucking shirtless KAT-TUN, this picture alone might be worth what ever ridiculous amount I’m paying to have this shipped to me from Japan. I very much want to nibble at their collar bones. Don’t they look delicious?

You thought I could think of a clever sign-off at a time like this? HA!

~Celestia~

I had no intention of buying the new KAT-TUN calendar… that is until today when some previews were released. I kind of blacked out for a while, and next thing I knew I was staring at an “order confirmed” e-mail. Look at it though! It’s practically a photobook, because it’s in that spiral-bound form. Instead of only 1 picture a month, there’s pictures dispersed throughout! Lots and lots of smexy KAT-TUN, and yes there is shirtlesness. Unfortunately, the spiral bound style will make it hard to scan, but I promise to do my best when my copy arrives! Here are my favorite previews!

Cover! Uhh, what are you doing Koki? Also, I when I said that Jin’s clothes often resemble robes, i didn’t mean that he should wear an actual bathrobe on the cover of the calendar…*imagines him wearing nothing but the bathrobeish thing* Kyaa! I take it back!!

Bakanishi looks so studious

Moar JinJin!

Group shot. Blonde Junno ought to please somebody

Kame is so much prettier since he’s gained a bit of weight/muscle,isn’t he? I mean, he’s still awfully skinny, but his face looks much nicer now.

And so does his body. *drools* Still has tiny tiny nipples though., lol.

Another group shot. Very nice, though I’m kind of wondering what Ueda’s hand is doing.

Oh, I think I’m going to be verrrrrrrrry happy with this purchase.

Thank’s for stopping by,

~Celestia~

I’d like to congratulate Arashi one of their strongest first week single sales ever! Reported sales for “Step and Go” this week are around 324,223 copies, which blows most of their past singles out of the water in just the first week! I’m not exactly sure what the first week sales figures for their earliest couple singles are, but I think it’s safe to say that this is the highest they’ve been in at least 7 years. I am thoroughly impressed that a group can be around for 8+ years and be steadily gaining popularity. Not just popularity, but increasing in CD sales, even as the the course of Arashi’s existence has seen such a dramatic increase in music downloading. Further evidence : each album that they have produced in the last few years has sold more than the one before it.

Other congratulations include congratulating them on getting a prime time TV show (a huge f’king deal, btw) and the announcement of their new dome tour (May-July) at domes Osaka, Nagoya, Fukouka, Sapporo and Tokyo. So far, only Kinki Kids and SMAP have done that tour route. It’s another BFD, and further supports the theory that Arashi are pretty much SMAP’s heirs.

Finally, I’d also like to congratulate them on producing one of my favorite song lyrics in J-Pop: “WE. ARE. COOL. YEAH!!” It’s not the fact that saying so pretty much negates any possible coolness. No, it’s the way they shout that particular line, with all the same enthusiasm that they had when Matsujun’s hadn’t yet learned to pluck his eyebrows, and Ohno somehow looked older than he does today* There’s nothing like a bunch of 24-27 year-old men wearing the most ridiculous costumes that Johnny’s wardrobe department can come up with shouting “We are cool!!” to a crowd of 50,000 people and having those people enthusiastically agree with them.

If you’re keeping track of releases, next week is NEWS (2/27) (but I hate the song, so it’d better not do better than Arashi or KT, grrr), followed by SMAP(3/05), followed by Kanjani (3/12), followed by a week’s break (gasp!), followed by V6 (3/26). I’m not particularly interested in any of that other than to comment that the other groups need to get through their rotation so KAT-TUN can have a turn again! Oh, and new KT album, please! We are desperately in need of one since the last one was so distressingly Jin-less, and another album would likely mean another tour and another tour means a very happy Celestia.

*really, what’s up with him? He’s the oldest in the group (27), he does the most actual singing and dancing in performances, and yet he still looks and sounds the least tired at the end of concerts. The rest of them are pretty much collapsed on the stage panting when they finally finish the last song, and he’s bouncing around, smiling, and flashing peace-signs. Even the other members comment that he seems to somehow get younger every year. The man has discovered the fountain of youth. It’s the only explanation .

Photo-spreads of KT from April magazines are already starting to come out (April? WTF, it’s still February). Anyway, I found the shots from this one to be particularly interesting. It seems like the theme is household stuff, but then a few don’t fit the motif at all. I’m kind of baffled by them. Baffled, but charmed none the less.

I’m going to save the best for first.

Excuse me for a moment. Apron clad JinJin!!! KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Whew. Okay, but seriously, has he gotten even hotter lately? Is that even possible? The picture on the top left in particular makes me go into paroxysms of fangirly glee.

Ueda does some yoga while Junno contemplates ironing the camera. I guess it only makes sense since there isn’t an ironing board or even any clothes around.

For some reason, it would make me happy if these socks actually belonged to Junno.

Hold up. Don’t Ueda’s lips look unusually bright here? Please tell me it’s just the light and they didn’t actually put hot-pink lipstick on him.
Nakamaru takes a nap. Lol

Here’s where my interpretation of the theme starts to break down. Apparently Koki’s favorite thing to do around the house is sit on the stairs looking kind of stoned.

And Kame? I don’t think he’s even around a house. He’s just out looking dapper somewhere.Also, return of apron-clad Jin. <3

This one is from a different magazine, but it’s full of awesome stuff, including Kame going “Kyaa” and covering his crotch, Ueda shirtlessly proving that he is NOT a girl (and that he has very toned abs despite being far too skinny), and Jin in a tank top, because I really enjoy his bare arms. gawd he’s so pretty. mmmm.

In other news, I recently realized that Taguchi was born exactly 6 days after I was, same year and everything. We should celebrate together! Sorry this entry is more full of me squealing than usual.

TTFN,

~Celestia~

I know I should update my other blog, but I’m spending far too much time making concert screen-caps, and I can’t post until they’re perfect. In the meantime, please enjoy this media-based post.

Behold picspam! I REALLY like all of these brand-new photos. If anyone can get me an actual copy of this magazine, I might just be indebted to you for life. Look how pretty…

click for big on the 2nd two!

You know what, I’m officially giving myself permission to post things about my other, non-KAT-TUN related Johnny’s interests in this blog when I feel like it. That’s the beauty of it being my blog and me being able to do whatever the hell I want with it, you see? Of course, the majority of my Johnny’s interests lie with KAT-TUN, but you’ve probably figured out by now that Arashi also holds a special place in my heart. Here is further video evidence of the reason why. It’s the encore from their most recent concert DVD. I like posting things that make me happy, in hopes that it might make others happy as well, and if you can watch these and not end up with a smile on your face then I’m afraid you might be dead inside.

I have never seen a group appear to be having as much FUN during a concert as Arashi, and I’ve heard many a music-idol name concerts as their favorite part of the job. They’re clearly exhausted and running on adrenalin, but you can see nothing but pure joy on their faces, especially when they’re singing their debut song/theme song (2nd clip). Matsujun in particular is just reveling in it. There was once a heyheyhey telephone box segment where the telephone asked who loved Arashi the most, and everyone argued that it was themself, but Matsujun was the eventual winner. Ohno claimed 2^nd and gave Nino 3^rd (though Aiba and Sho weren’t very happy about that). It makes me sad that I can’t even imagine an argument among KAT-TUN over who loves their group the most. Sigh. Anyway, that’s even more reason to love Jun despite his horrible nasally singing.

…Jin’s still hotter though. AND he can sing.*returns to staring at the pictures at the beginning of the entry*

Is this too much media stuff for one entry? I have super-fast internet at my school, so it’s hard for me to tell sometimes.

KAT-TUN has been on the cover of just about every magazine in Japan lately (a only a slight exaggeration), with some cover shots being better than others. What was up with the one where they were all holding lemons? For some reason, this one kind of made me laugh. It’s not so terrible on first glance, but if you look at everyone individually…

Kame (is the least funny looking in this)Top of the pyramid! I am the K of KAT-TUN, and therefore better than all of you. I am also too awesome for facial expressions.

Taguchi: Hey guys! I think there’s a camera over there! Guys! Do you see it too???

Jin: Uggg. Kame is touching me. Okay, just breathe and try to smile. It’ll be over soon. Does this look like a real smile? (no Jin, it does not. I love your genuine smiles/smirks, but your fake smile is just goofy. Stop doing that)

Maru: Wha? Oh sorry, nodded off there. Can I go back to bed yet?

Ueda: Grrr. Baring my teeth like this is sexy, right? It must be, because I sure do it a lot.

Koki: Huh?

Oh no. I can’t bear to let this entry end on a bad picture of Jin. We need a recent good picture! clicksies for larger.

Ahhh. I feel better now,

~Celestia~