YAMAPI holds his first solo concert in Korea

NEWS member Yamashita Tomohisa held his first solo concert in Korea on the 16th. This concert was part of his Asia tour, “TOMOHISA YAMASHITA ASIA TOUR 2011 Super Good Super Bad.”

When the concert began, Yamashita thanked his Korean fans for all their support for Japan during these turbulent times. Soon after, the KBS88 Gymnasium was filled the screams of “YamaP!!” Yamashita commented that of all the stops on his tour, Korea had the most power. He said, “I’d like to share this power with Japan.“ Yamashita also shared that he loves to drink but during the concert he wanted to have fun as if he were drinking with everyone. With Johnny’s Entertainment group ABC-Z as his backup dancers, Yamashita and his fans got fired up for an entertaining concert.

Yamashita constantly shouted out “Thank you” and “I love you” out to the fans in Korean. When he tried to speak in English, the fans spoke by shouting out that they would prefer him to speak in Japanese. A surprised Yamashita promised that he will practice more Korean for his next concert. He also expressed his interest for the Korean culture, telling everyone that he esst Korean food at least three times a week and even had a lot of Korean food when he arrived in Korea. He also shared that he reads letters from his Korean fans as well.

The two hour concert brought in a total of 4,000 fans. Pleased with the theatrics of the concert, fans called Yamashita up for two encores. Yamashita will have another concert on the 17th.

Source & Photo: Yonhap News

The Best 2011 Rain Asia Tour

Singapore, 21 April 2011 – The Heavenly King of Korea, Bi Rain also known as Jung Ji Hoon is holding The Best 2011 Rain Asia Tour in Singapore on Sunday, 22 May at 7:00 PM at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. This will be the first live performance in Singapore since 2007 when the Korean superstar held his concert here.

Other than performing his hit songs from the past nine years of his singing career, Rain expressed that he wanted to promote environmental protection through his concert. The Best 2011 Asia Tour therefore features a distinct “green” theme; the Asia Tour communicates a specific “green” message for each of the country that Rain performs. At the Singapore league, Rain will promote water conservation. The spectacular 2.5 minutes scene of rain falling in the concert will happen in Singapore Indoor Stadium. Almost 1000 liters of water will need to be used to produce the rain effect. In an effort to conserve water, the production team will collect the used water and recycle the water for plant watering.

The Best 2011 Rain Asia Tour in Singapore is a massive project jointly organized by J Tune Entertainment and CJ Entertainment from Korea as well as Faith & D Entertainment from Singapore. The huge stage with a long runway is designed especially for Rain. Many props and equipment used for the show have to be custom-made. State-of-the-art technology is deployed for Rain to perform mind blowing laser show. The cost to stage the show exceeded $1.5 million.

Faith & D Entertainment is pleased to announce that, despite the high production cost, ticket prices are capped under $300 – certainly a surprise to everyone as it has been widely speculated that ticket would escalate above the $888 mark.

The ticket prices are $288, $268, $238, $168 and $118. Tickets will be sold via SISTIC.


Priority Ticket Sale

OCBC Credit and Debit Card members will enjoy priority sale.

Friday, 29 April 2011

A total of 1,000 Mosh Pit Tickets will be on sale Exclusively for OCBC Credit and Debit Card members.
Location: Bugis Junction Shopping Mall SISTIC Booth
Sale Time: Tickets will start sale at 3 PM

Each person is entitled to purchase a maximum of Four (4) tickets per transaction.

Saturday, 30 April 2011 till Monday, 2 May 2011

All Categories of Tickets will be on sale Exclusively for OCBC Credit and Debit Card members. Card holders may purchase at SISTIC booth or at SISTIC website.

Each person is entitled to purchase a maximum of Four (4) tickets per transaction.

Public Ticket Sale

Tickets for The Best 2011 Rain Asia Tour in Singapore will start sale at SISTIC outlets and website on Tuesday, 3 May 2011 at 12 AM

The Best 2011 Rain Asia Tour in Singapore is supported by the Korean Tourism Organization and PUB, with the following partners.

The Official Card:
OCBC Titanium Card

Official Partners:
Marina Bay Sands
Bugis Junction
Sarang
Carrefour
City Tours

Source credit: Press Release by Faith&D Entertainment

According to Japanese men, which male celebrity has ideal skin?

In recent years, men’s beauty and skin care has taken a step into the spotlight in Japan. More and more men have become aware and careful about their skin and maintaining a clean look.

Oricon recently surveyed men between the ages of 10 and 40, asking ,“Who has the ideal skin”, and the results have been revealed!

Captivating the attention of many people after his win at the 14th Annual Junon Boy Contest, Koike Teppei has been deemed to be an “ikemen” since his debut. Through his activities in acting and singing, he’s managed to maintain beautiful skin. Koike commented, “I was never really conscious about my skincare but I’m happy. I don’t have much advice but I eat a lot of vegetables. I also have dry skin so I always use lotion.”

Partner in singing duo WaT, Wentz Eiji was chosen in second place. Many people seemed to have been captivated by his appearance in a shaving commercial. Poll takers commented, “He is half so I get the impression that his skin is clean and is a nice pale color.” Third place was SMAP’s Kimura Takuya. What seemed to have captured the attention of many men taking the survey was that despite the fact that Kimura is nearing his 40s, he himself remains youthful but his skin is also amazing as well.

Check out more of the survey results below!

1. Teppei Koikei

2. Eiji Wentz

3. Takuya Kimura

4. Haruma Miura

5. Osamu Mukai

6. Satoshi Tsumabuki

7. Masaharu Fukuyama

8. GACKT

9. Masaki Okada 

10. Tomihisa Yamashita (Yamapi)

Female Idols Who Would Still Look Awesome Ten Years from Now

Just in time for Sophie Marceau’s new movie L-age de Raison’s (Dear Me in English) theatrical release in Korea, an interesting poll asking viewers to choose which Korean female idol will still look great ten years from now, like Marceau, was conducted. Despite being 45 years old, Merceau’s (born Sophie Daniele Sylvie Maupu) beauty still radiates. The poll was conducted from April 5th to the 12th. IU and f(x)’s Sulli tied for second with 39% of the votes.

Teenagers IU and Sulli have won the hearts of older fans with their bubbly and energetic personalities. They were followed by Girls’ Generation’s (SNSD) Yoona and KARA’s Goo Hara, who also tied with 11% of the votes each. L-age de Raison (Dear Me) is a romantic movie about a forty year old woman who receives a letter from her seven year old self regarding her future goals and as a result, looks back at her life. L-age de Raison (Dear Me) will premiere in Korean theaters April 28, 2011.

Even ten years from now, IU, Sulli, Yoona, and Goo Hara will still be under thirty. Truth be told, girls are at their prettiest when they’re in their twenties.

Poll results:

Written in Korean by hurlkie@soompi; translated by hotshotlover30@soompi

Photo by Bong Sook Hee of Studio V (studio_v@naver.com)

Korea’s Most Beautiful and Perfect Groups

A beauty salon in Korea, recently conducted a survey to see which Korean artists top the level of perfection and beauty as a whole. Check out the top 5 with us. 3000 Korean artists under 128 companies were ranked based on height, weight, facial features, and the overall level of beauty and perfection.
Here is the list of the groups that topped the ranking:

1. Super Junior
2. Dong Bang Shin Ki (TVXQ) (JYJ)
3. SHINee
4. KARA
5. T-ara

Individual:
1. Kim Jaejoong
2. Choi Siwon
3. Lee Minho
4. Kim Heechul
5. Kim Hyun Joong
6. Kim Kibum
7. Yu Seungho
8 Kim Bum
9. Nickhun
10. Jung Yunho

Keep in mind that these results are only based on one particular study at a salon. It does not give any conclusions on a bigger platform, and is for the simple enjoyment of smaller studies.