In 2018, Fujii Kaze released a video on his YouTube channel, a cover of m-flo‘s “come again” mashed up with Carly Rae Jepsen‘s “Call Me Maybe”, Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You”, and Nicki Minaj‘s “Super Bass.” It is the last song that has landed him in hot water.
With his international popularity rising, more people have found Kaze’s older content, including the video mentioned. There have been several reaction videos made for this video recently. This is how it was discovered that Kaze said “the n word.” In the Nicki segment, he covers her rap including the line “Entrepreneur n*ggas and the moguls.”
With this video gaining more negative attention, Kaze decided to delete the video and apologize for it. You can find his apology and one of the reaction videos featuring the his now-deleted video below.
On October 31, Hideaki Takizawa resigned as CEO of Johnny’s Island. His role will be taken over by 20th Century member Yoshihiko Inohara.
In mid-September, Takizawa told Johnny & Associates of his wish to resign from his position in the company. The company didn’t want to let him go, but decided to respect his request and accept his resignation. No reason for his resignation was given.
Inohara was chosen as Takizawa’s successor due to the wishes of the late Johnny Kitagawa. “I want people who have the experience of Johnny’s Jr. to take charge of the development of Johnny’s Jr.,” Kitagawa said.
Johnny & Associates believes that Inohara will succeed as the new CEO of Johnny’s Island due to his long career at the company, previously as a Johnny’s Jr. and as a V6 member. Him being the father of two children will also give him a unique perspective when dealing with Johnny’s Jr.
On the horizon for Inohara is “JOHNNYS’ World ~Next Stage~”, a stage show taking place on January 1 at Tokyo’s Imperial Theater. It will be a co-production along with Noriyuki Higashiyama and KinKi Kids‘ Koichi Domoto.
As an aside, upon hearing this as a rumor earlier today, I reached out to Johnny & Associates. My particular concern as an international fan was how this news was going to affect the outreach that the company has done as of late to us, via social media and the company’s first international debut with Travis Japan.
This week, AKB48 topped the Combined Single chart with their new single “Hisashiburi no Lip Gloss”, with 319,136 points in its first week.
LE SSERAFIM topped the Combined Album chart with their new mini album “ANTIFRAGILE”, with 50,803 points in its first week.
In January, the Nippon TV drama “Sukisuki Wanwan!” will premiere. The drama stars Yuta Kishi of King & Prince, in his first lead role.
In “Sukisuki Wanwan!”, Yuta plays the role of Yukii Kotaro, a man who quit his job to lead a life of nothingness. One day, he meets a man named Kinomiya Ten, played by Bishonen‘s Hidaka Ukisho.
As previously reported, Netflix is releasing a drama centered on the music of Utada Hikaru. “First Love Hatsukoi” will premiere on November 24. Mitsushima Hikari and Sato Takeru star in the drama as Noguchi Yae and Namiki Harumichi, respectively. Their younger selves will be played by Yagi Rikako and Kido Taisei, respectively.
The trailer for the drama has now been released. In it, the story of Yae and Harumichi is revealed, from the debut of Utada in 1998 with “Automatic” to the COVID-19 pandemic. Check it out along with the drama’s poster below!
This week’s episode was the first of two dedicated to ROCK IN JAPAN FES. 2022.
This week’s guests were Yuka, the dresscodes, and THE RAMPAGE.
Yuka – Partner
the dresscodes – Yarisugita Tenshi
THE RAMPAGE – Tsunage Kizuna
This week’s guests were THE ALFEE, Aoi Shota, =LOVE, and SixTONES.
THE ALFEE x Aoi Shota – Koibitotachi no Pavement
=LOVE – Be Selfish
Aoi Shota – PSYCHO:LOGY
SixTONES – Good Luck!
THE ALFEE – Hoshizora no Ceremony
