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Kouhaku: Tohoshinki appeared as 5, they held rehearsals shutting out the media

The Korean dance and vocal group Tohoshinki appeared as 5 in December 30, for the rehearsal for the year end NHK "Kouhaku". It was a very tight security, all the media was shut out. We media were able to see the rehearsal from the monitor screen. The 5 members hardly looked at each other while singing "Stand by U".

Tohoshinki’s activities in Korea has stopped since Jaejoong (23), Yoochun (23), and Junsu (22) had filed against their Korean management company SM Entertainment regarding their exclusive contract in late July. The five performed together after 3 months’ susupension in “Best Hits Music Festival 2009” at “Kobe World Hall” in November. On this occasion, the 3 members who have filed the suit and Yunho (23) & Changmin (21) traveled on different planes.

Tohoshinki will be on the upcoming ‘ARENA37°C January issue Special Edition – ARENA INDEX 2010’.

This issue will publish the ‘path that the 5 of them took in 2009 and the success of being able to realise their dream of standing on a stage at Tokyo Dome.” It will also cover the hot selling Tohoshinki 4th Album – ‘The Secret Code’, and of their talents in composing songs. It will be an issue that focuses on the 5 who have always enjoyed singing in the year of 2009.

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We received the Excellent Work Award!

Today Changmin's style makes him look more mature than usual! Changmin got a little embarrassed when the staffs praised him!!

☆☆☆☆☆

Jun-chan…

He's resting right now….

2009-12-29 14:20:33

ToJaeTen

To all the ToJaeTen {T/N: Tohoshinki + Jaejoong + Tengoku (Heaven)} members,
I am really sorry to inform you,
but I will not update information about Tohoshinki’s private life here in this blog for the time being.
For the “Heaven’s Postman”, that is one of my works,
so I will continue to write here.

The reason why I have reached these conclusions are,
there are some fans that dislike me in writing articles about Jaejoong and me here.
I do not want to inform you in details, it is such a sad story.
Please sense what I want to say.

Since I have my real job as a scriptwriter,
I do not want to be upset by the things which are not related to my works.
As the athletes control their bodies, I have to control my spirits in order to write scripts.

And please, if persons related to Jaejoong and Tohoshinki read this article, keep the situation a secret to them. Please, please.
It is not my purpose to make them feel sad.

My feelings to Jaejoong, the respect to Tohoshinki’s talents, and the evaluation to Jaejoong as a actor will not change by this incident.
And, of course, my love to them, too.

My works for “Heaven’s Postman” is proceeding.
I think that the date when I can meet the vigorous Jaejoong is nearby.

This is the last message that I will convey to you.

Oh, I would like to emphasize this point. I do not hold any distrust to all of you “ToJaeTen” members.
I thought that it was a very good thing that people come to know me through Tohoshinki,
and on the contrary, people come to know Tohoshinki through myself.
So I have been writing articles about them here.

And most of you were really very nice persons.
So I tried my best (that is, the ToJaeTen project).

How should I put in words…since I am doing such works,
my naïve part gets me into troubles,
and thus, I had to come up to this point.

But I think that I am connected to all of the “ToJaeTen” members,
and the project was a really delightful one.
Let’s meet in the movie’s preview, once it is completed!

Maybe, in the future, when the excitement over this affair blows over, I will be able to write about them again.
I would be delighted if such a day will come.


T/N: 10 hours have passed since this article was posted, and there are now over 470 comments for this one article. All of them are thanking Kitagawa for her efforts she put into the “ToJaeTen” project, and also apologizing for the words of some fans which made Kitagawa unhappy. I sincerely hope for the date when Kitagawa resumes writing articles about Jaejoong and Tohoshinki will come soon, her strong support has been a ray of sunshine to Tohoshinki fans during these hard days.

Korea's popular group Tohoshinki, who is attending Kouhaku Uta Gassen for the second consecutive time in two years, also attended the rehearsals held on the 29th. In the midst of disbanding rumours, their rehearsal was not revealed to the press. The 5 members were unable to respond to interviews, and the mood was one of high alert.

On the Internet, fans have been expressing their worries - "This might be the last Kouhaku Uta Gassen where you can see all 5 of them together." In the midst of that, the 5 members of Tohoshinki participated in the rehearsal held at NHK Hall, at 7pm, which was after the "interview period".

Press coverage at the venue ended at 6pm. During the rehearsal, at the time when the press was shut out of the venue, an official from AVEX warded the queries of the media and only explained that "it was due to their schedules". In the end, their stage was not revealed, the members could not meet the press, and there was a tense mood all around.

Tohoshinki will be attending the TBS 「Japan Record Awards」 on the 30th and TBS 「Countdown TV」 on the 31st. There has been no announcement for any schedule that will take place from 1 January onwards. The members arrived in Japan a few days ago, but AVEX declined to disclose whether they came together, as well as other similar queries.

Rumours of disbanding emerged in July when the 3 members, Jejung, Junsu and Yuchun, came into conflict with their management company over their exclusive contracts. They attracted a lot of overseas attention when the 5 of them did not perform together in Korea even once, after the outbreak of the conflict, but continued to appear on Japanese television. However, in the middle of this month, an event that was planned to be held in Japan in January (10 performaces) was suddenly cancelled, and the fan's worries about their disbandment grew even more.

It has not been decided yet, as to whether or not they will be having promotions for the remaining contract they still have with 「Oronamin C Drink」, their new single 「BREAK OUT!」 which will be released on 27 January, and their 'Best Album' which will be released on 17 February.

The fans' wish for the New Year is "peaceful settlement". They'll be keeping a close watch on whether or not the year-end performances will be their last.

Fanaccount

TOTAL SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we had literally 100 people who came!
even though it’s a small amount in Asian terms, it’s still a great achievement for UK fans
it was literally red ocean in Trafalgar Square yesterday~~
so many people! loads of tourists were taking pictures of us
and i’m sure we spread the DBSK love to them xDDDD
HD pics are coming their way
because we had people record us and take pics and leave messages for DBSK with really good cameras
those should be coming to the UK admins, and we’ll make a collab video
and then post it onto nights ^^
but here’s a little taster!!
we practically took up 3 whole carriages of the train :3
and spreading DBSK love to all the passengers~~
they seemed to be enjoying it as much as we did xD

video

2009

12/30(Wed) - 18:30～22:30 『The 51st Shine! Japan Record Awards』
※This year as well, thanks to everyone's support, 『Stand by U』 was awarded as an excellent piece of work.

12/31(Thurs)- 9:55～12:30 TBS 『Sanma Tamao Makes Your Dreams Come True SP』
※This is a re-broadcast of the programme that was aired in January this year. Don't miss it!!!

12/31(Thurs)- 19:15～23:45 NHK 『60th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen』

12/31(Thurs)- 23:45～29:00 TBS 『CDTV SPECIAL! New Year's Eve Premier Live 2009→2010』
※Live broadcast


2010

1/8(Fri)- 25:20～26:15 NTV 『MUSIC FIGHTER Highlights』
※Clips of their talks during past appearances will be aired.

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Starting from today the 29th, rehearsal for Kouhaku has started!

Today rehearsal was named "All Voices Together", so today's focus is singing & musical performances.
What we did today were things such as confirming with the choirs and dance formation.
Tomorrow will be dress rehearsal, which will also become a "Camera Rehearsal".

[Non-related parts are omitted]

Cassies never fail in making us surprise XD

Let's see what they can do !

On the Special Year End show of SBS : SBS Gayo Daejun 2009, even DBSK didn't attend (Hix I miss last year performance of them in SBS Gayo ~ the strip off , piano, dance battle ;__;) but "Always Keep The Faith" still there !

The banner with the meaningful Sologan of All Cassies around the world appeared on the screen of SBS Gayo Daejun attracted a lot of people

★ 9 Questions to Tohoshinki ★

Junsu

Q. What is one thing that you want to say about 2009?
Junsu: Hardships and adversities.

Q. What was your best memory of 2009?
Junsu: Of course, it has to be the stage of Tokyo Dome.

Q. When did you feel the happiest in 2009?
Junsu: When we were singing "Stand by U" at Dome.

Q. You did say that you wanted to spend 2009 happily, were you able to do that?
Junsu: I think I wasn't able to do that. I'll try to achieve that again next year.

Q. What was one thing you wanted to achieve in 2009 but couldn't?
Junsu: To climb to the top of Mount Fuji.

Q. What did you do in your off time, please tell us!
Junsu: Exercising.

Q. What words did you use the most in 2009?
Junsu: Who's that!!

Q. What was one thing that surprised you the most in 2009?
Junsu: Sprain.

Q. Please tell us one thing that you want to challenge yourself in 2010!
Junsu: I want to sing a lot of good songs.

T/N: About Mount Fuji, Junsu was the first one who said that he wanted to climb Mount Fuji with other members. He even said that twice in Zoom In.

JJ: Hi. This is THSK's Jaejoong. Congratulations to Taegoon's first concert in Japan. Since I'm on my own, I'm seriously embarrassed... Taegoon and I were friends since we were really young. Really close friends, even now. Finally, Taegoon is able to do a debut concert in Japan, I'm really happy for him. Although I'd love to give him support, honestly, I'm in Korea right now. I'm disappointed that I can't be there, but please give Taegoon a lot of support.

To taegoon, also, take care of yourself and don't get hurt. I'm really sorry I can't be there but I'm waiting for the day Taegoon and I can be there standing together in front of you all. I am working hard for that day to come. Please support me! Taegoon, work hard! :)

JS: To the audience members watching, Hi! This is THSK's Junsu! I heard Taegoon was hosting his first concert in Japan and was very touched. Taegoon and us (THSK) are very close friends. I'm sure Taegoon will show an impressive performance in dance and singing to all of you. Please look forward to and enjoy it! I also am looking forward to meeting all of you! :) Taegoon, work hard! Bye bye!

Junsu had his money taken away

Eunhyuk: When I was in middle school, there was once our S.R.D* members arranged to go to the amusement park and have fun. Who knew, that morning, my stomach hurt like mad, and I gave them a call saying I couldn’t go. After that, I kept lying on the bed. Later at night, they called to say, at the amusement park entrance, they met a group of hyungs who were snatching money, and all their money got taken away. In the end, they could only stand at the main gate and take a look, before coming back.

Leeteuk: Yeah, I have an impression, I took their money and had fun. (ROFLMAO! Go Teukie!!)

Eunhyuk: Oh, so it was you… Anyway, thinking about it now, at that time, my stomach hurt at the right time.

*S.R.D is a group that was formed by Eunhyuk, Xiah Junsu and 2 other friends wile they were in school. S.R.D stands for Sing, Rap and Dance.

TVXQ members Changmin brought sadness among fans for his weak and thin appearance.

Changmin’s recent appearance that was captured, showing the lean figure of him, has been matter of concern among his fans.

This picture which is assumed to be taken by fans has been spread through fansites showed the spirit-less Changmin, steadily skinnier, with no smile, and his expression was also dark.

After the picture was spread rapidly through internet portal sites, fans showed their concern towards this situation by leaving comments such as “You should eat food more.” “He’s too thin” “His small face looks even much smaller”

Long time no see.

Yesterday, the 4 of us were singing the whole time.

Jaejoong, Junsu, Yoochun and I.

We were laughing the whole time.

Their Japanese is too good.

They’ve been working very hard.

Tomorrow, we will all appear on 51st Japan Record Award.

Please look forward to it.





Đã lâu không gặp.

Hôm qua, 4 người chúng tôi hát cùng nhau rất lâu.

Jaejoong, Junsu, Yoochun và tôi.

Tất cả đều cười suốt.

Tiếng Nhật của họ thật tuyệt.

Họ đang làm việc rất chăm chỉ.

Ngày mai,  chúng tôi sẽ cùng tham dự ‘51st Japan Record Award’.

Hãy đón xem nó nhé.

source: Tachibana Keita’s Blog
translation: linhkawaii @ OneTVXQ.com
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Asia’s superstar group TVXQ’s first Philippine CD release “The 3rd Asia Tour Concert Mirotic Live Album” debuted at #3 in two of the country’s biggest record retail chains – Odyssey and Music One! The album charts are based on the total sales tabulated from the three Music One record stores (Glorietta, Greenbelt and Qu…ezon Avenue) from December 14 to 20, 2009 and Odyssey’s more than 50 record stores nationwide.

DBSK was in 27th of 2009 pop culture leading power 30. (No activity in Korea in 2009 but still on TOP XD)

Major criteria for the selection includes ▶Cultural and social influence ▶Power to move the public ▶Economic importance and influence in the business of public culture and so on. Even though the activity made throughout this year had a great influence in the selection, we also carefully considered symbolic power, representation, popularity and so on.

The survey was conducted on 64 businessmen, who are working in the related fields of public culture, for a week starting the 9th of December. Method of the survey was for the subject to select 5 comprehensive ‘power-leaders’ that compositely cover all broadcasting, music businesses, singers etc., and to select 2 people representing each category. We applied different weights for their ranks, the ‘comprehensive’ #1 to #5 were each given 5 to 1 points, and each category’s #1 and #2 were recorded as 2 and 1 points each. These points were summed up, and hence the best public culture leaders of 2009 were selected.

xU : Some that I know XD

2, Yoo Gaesuk
3, JYP
4, Kang Ho Dong
6, Lee Soo Man
7, Lee Byun Hyun
8, Bi Rain
9, Bae Jong Jun
10, Yang Hyun Seok
14, SNSD
18, Big Bang
26, 2PM
27,DBSK

It has been confirmed that Chinese fans are planning to take legal action against SM Entertainment and the Chinese sponsoring company for the cancellation of the Shenzhen 'TVXQ Thrid Asia Tour-MIROTIC' concert that was to be held on November 21st.

A representative of Chinese TVXQ fansite Baidu BAR said in an e-mail interview that, "We were severely hurt by this event," and "We could have understood if the concert had been canceled for reasons beyond anyone's control, but we cannot sit idly by and let these deceptive tricks go," and stated that they are receiving legal counsel for this case.

The representative highlighted the forged note of confirmation from the members to state that they would participate in the concert and said, "This case includes fraud. This is the thing that we find hardest to accept," and "We are beginning to take legal action against SM Entertainment and the Chinese sponsor company by asking for Perpetuation of Evidence and other actions."

They stated, "The Shenzhen concert was set by SM and the Chinese sponsor company without consultation after the three members handed in their provisional disposition request so it was an unfair to the members of TVXQ."

Regarding the forged signatures, the Chinese fans showed their disappointment by saying, "In the end, SM did not give us a proper answer." They also directly criticized SM by saying, "They do not respect their singers, hurt their fans and use media play in their favor. Therefore, we will no longer cry to understand or trust such a company."

They said, "We are fans who support TVXQ and we hope that this cancellation of the concert does not affect the members in a bad way," and "We will not let the company put all the blame on the members of TVXQ." They also showed their unwavering support by saying, "We are Chinese fans who grew with TVXQ for six years and we believe in them." They also stressed that, "We hope that this concert does not put any more stress on the members who are already strained from the legal dispute."

They also said, "We hope that people, like the media, do not get fooled by rumors and partial explanations that switches black and white and make the wrong assumptions. We hope that they judge this event thinking of what is the real problem of this whole situation." They also said, "We hope that the public loves them and keeps a fair and understanding eye on them."

The Chinese fans also said, "We are not strong, and we lack experience but we will unite and let the truth be revealed."

TBS Channel will be airing a re-run of the concert of Korea's most popular group TVXQ, which was held in July at the Tokyo Dome.

Date: 30th January 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 19:00 ~ 21:00
Source: LINK

The DVD for this concert, "4th LIVE TOUR 2009 ~The Secret Code~ FINAL in TOKYO DOME" has also been released.



Đài TBS sẽ phát lại concert của một nhóm nhạc nổi tiếng nhất Hàn Quốc TVXQ, buổi diễn đã được tổ chức vào tháng 7 ở Tokyo Dome.

Ngày: 30/1/2009 (vào thứ 4)
Thời gian: 19:00 ~ 21:00
Nguồn thông tin: LINK

DVD “4th LIVE TOUR 2009 ~ The Secret Code~FINAL in TOKYO DOME” cũng đã được phát hành

Source: TVXQYard
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As part of BS 5's special program "2010, The Engine of The Future", an episode of "The Creator Of Wild Enthusiasm - Masato Matsuura" will be aired on the 1st of January 2010 at 9pm.

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This episode will interview Matsuura on his thoughts since his start of working at a records shop, till his position of Avex president since the 90s, using various top hits to reminisce those times.

At the same time, the show will also broadcast "a-nation 09", featuring Avex artists like EXILE, TRF, Every Little Thing, Ayumi Hamasaki, Koda Kumi, misono, Otsuka Ai, Tohoshinki, Maki Goto, GIRL NEXT DOOR and others interviews.

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According to Korean Cassies, this is the ranking of ‘Star of Korea Mobile 2009’.

1. Dong Bang Shin Ki – 64.5%
2. Super Junior – 14.2%
3. SS501 – 9.7%
4. Rain – 3.1%
5. FT Island – 2.1%


source: BaiduTVXQ
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This is a special year-end feature of Tohomobile.

★ 9 Questions to Tohoshinki ★

Jaejoong

Q. What is one thing that you want to say about 2009?
Jaejoong: 2009 was the year when our dream was granted.

Q. What was your best memory of 2009?
Jaejoong: To be able to hold a Dome Live.

Q. When did you feel the happiest in 2009?
Jaejoong: When everyone at Dome was singing together with me.

Q. You did say that you wanted to compose a lot of songs in 2009, were you able to do that?
Jaejoong: I was so busy… that I couldn’t compose a lot T_T

Q. What was one thing you wanted to achieve in 2009 but couldn’t?
Jaejoong: To travel together with the members.

Q. What did you do in your off time, please tell us!
Jaejoong: Moving/changing residence.

Q. What words did you use the most in 2009?
Jaejoong: Hanpane~! Sukoburu genki!! Sugge~~ arigatou!! [This is serious/no kidding~! Extremely energetic!! Thank you~~ very much!!]

Q. What was one thing that surprised you the most in 2009?
Jaejoong: Everyone’s scream at a-nation~

Q. Please tell us one thing that you want to challenge yourself in 2010!
Jaejoong: I want other artists to sing the songs that I composed.