Jin Akanishi my all time favorite Japanese artiste and entertainer was born on July 4 1984. He is 29 years old today, now a father to baby Theia born Sept. 23,1912 and husband to japanese singer and actress Meisa Kuroki. Fans of Jin known as Loyal subjects, worldwide are tweeting about his birthday with the hashtag #HappyJinDay3013. The King is back!
Last two weeks of June, the was news from Warner Music Japan that Jin will be releasing a self composed song in japanese, a new single on Aug. 7, Hey, What's Up which will come in four editions with DVD, bonus song and a 24 page photobook. You bet I got one of the editions. I want to plaster my room with Jin's photos! Can't wait for the worldwide release of Jin's first Hollywood movie 47 Rounin as Chikara Ooshi the youngest ronin, in December 2013. Jin, so happy for your return. Love you always. Thank you for brightening up my life with your music.
To the coolest, talented multi tasking musical Jinius Jin Akanishi of Japan, otanjoubi omedetou. Happy 28th birthday baby! Your greatest talent is your ability to communicate the "feeling" of any song in any language to your listeners. No wonder I cry a river listening to your ballads or jump with glee when your songs in Japanese are played. On your first birthday as a husband ( hey there Meisa) and soon to be Papa, here is my yearly homage to my favorite j-idol. Just my favorite icons de jour that showcases your beauty and silliness. I love how true you are to yourself! Keeping the faith until you are back!
The orange and brown autumn landscape was a blur to the man on the superbike hurling at 100 km/hr down the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway. Clad in a custom made Italian black leather jumpsuit with red strips running down the side, gloves, Ferragamo biker’s boots and a mirror finished Shoei helmet, he was a picture perfect model for a sports bike magazine. But he was oblivious to his surroundings, except the biting chill of the wind as he revved up the engine that sent the Ducati 1098 R roaring down the highway. All he wanted to do was to get there, to finally be with the woman he loved.
Meisa Kuroki stood at the curb of the arrival area of the Tokyo International Airport in Narita watching the cars pick up their passengers. She pulled her coat tighter to keep out the cold and unconsciously played with the red ribbon on her right wrist. Her monogrammed luggage was already loaded into the limo that the agency sent to pick her up. She had a brief but polite argument with her Manager who refused to leave her behind. “It’s sixty kilometers to central Tokyo.”, he told her. “Daijobou desu. I’ll be fine.”, she told him, as he reluctantly entered the Mercedes Benz.
From behind dark Gucci glasses, she was searching the crowd for someone, the yearning in her heart was almost unbearable. She was starting to get uneasy as she sensed that some people already recognized her. She had ran all the way from the customs area, her long hair swaying with every movement, black Gucci boots barely touching the floor. The email said“ I’ll be waiting for you at Bay 8 of the arrival area at 5:30 P.M.”
And then she saw him by the 15 minute parking zone, nonchalantly leaning against a glistening red sports bike most probably an import, holding two top of the line Shoei helmets. Meisa smiled, remembering his penchant for anything foreign. He waved, and for a moment she glimpsed the bright red flash of an identical ribbon on his left wrist. Then she hurriedly walked towards the man. With every step of her Gucci-clad feet, she moved closer to her destiny.
Meisa’s thoughts were on her man. Seeing him again today made her heart beat faster. Truly distance made the heart grow fonder. He was a beautiful man but that was not why she loved him.
It was almost midnight, when I saw him at the club. I was off to Paris and London later in the week for three months to shoot a movie and some commercials. Summer was ending and Maki and I wanted to experience the Roppongi night life, after a TV appearance. I wanted to celebrate, I wanted to drink a magnum of champagne.
He was standing by the bar, eyes glazed, laughing, surrounded by a posse of his friends, just as handsome as he was. Maki and I knew some of them as we worked in several dramas together. He suddenly grabbed my hand, and we both recoiled in shock at the electricity as we touched. Ah the sweet pain of static in his touch. He mumbled something and I replied. Hahaha, if that was a pick up line, it worked.
The curious thing was we’ve actually met each other once before when his former bandmate, whom I worked with in a drama invited me to their show.There were no sparks at all between us. Betsu ni, nothing special. Here at the club, before the night was over, I started to feel comfortable in his presence, like I’ve come home. He was even crazier and more random than the stories I heard about him. He made me laugh, but I didn’t believe everything he said, because they were just too way out there for me. But I indulged him his fantasies because being with him felt so weirdly right.
The man lovingly watched Meisa cross the street. He was waiting like always, with infinite patience. His mind wandered to that night in Roppongi three months ago.
White nights in Tokyo, what’s a man to do? Shirota Yuu,Ryo and Yamapi kept me company as we hit the clubs in Roppongi. That’s what best friends were for, after all. I was wired from the adrenaline rush of the big bike competition in a race track in Akasaka earlier in the day. The Ducati’s superb performance was worth every Euro I paid for it. It was also one of those nights. I had to drink and dance to unwind, to get the loneliness and emptiness out of my system.
And then she walked into the club with Maki Horikita, two ingénue celebrities on a rare night out, trailed discretely by bodyguards from their Sweet Power agency.
I grabbed her hand impulsively, surprised at the sting of the static when we touched. "Sister Angela, I suppose?”, I blurted out impishly,referring to the character she played in the drama One Pound Gospel. “Exactly where have you been all my life?”, I continued, then I handed them both a drink.
"Have we met before?" , she asked me sweetly, as she took the flute of champagne. I could feel their bodyguards’ eyes boring a hole into my nape as they watched my every movement. My mind was in a fog from the champagne butI replied in jest"Don't you recognize me?We were lovers in another lifetime." Yuu and Yamapi guffawed at my vintage baka-foolish antics.
Her laughter was like a child’s ,she actually thought it was a joke.
"Baka/fool, we’ve met before! I was just teasing you.“,she said artlessly , ”Don’t you remember, several years ago I was a guest on your TV show where you had a birthday party?”. Of course I remembered. At the set of that episode of Cartoon Kat-tun my senses were overwhelmed by her beauty. But I pretended not to care. Now, I took in her wide eyed, quiet beauty like I was seeing her for the first time.
“Oh man, no fair.” YamaPi said as he pulled Maki to the dance floor,” They’re actually playing your song “Sun Burns Down.” Maki Maki was trying to make sense of the conversation but couldn’t . YamaPi and Horikitty looked like an old married couple dancing. They’ve been in a movie and some dramas together so they were comfortable with each other. Yuu headed for the sexy mixed babes like himself in the club and chugged shooters with Ryo until they almost passed out.
When I touched Meisa's hand, the past came rushing back to fill the vacuum of my memories. Could it be that she was really my lover from a previous lifetime? It came to me in a dream, hazy, in bits and pieces. In my dream, I couldn’t see her face because I always woke up before she took off her mask. This is really strange because I’m the kind of guy that doesn’t have dreams because I can’t remember them.
But now it all made sense. My intense feelings for her even then, made me remember in the present how that love was, as I searched and waited for her return. But why couldn’t she remember, I agonized. And why didn’t I recognize her immediately when we first met at the TV show? Love was never easy even in my dream because I was a samurai and she was a ninja princess.
It’s funny, how our paths must have crossed numerous times since we were both in showbiz. Of course we knew of each other from a friend of a friend of a friend, putting the six degrees of separation theory in motion. And when she showed up tonight, and we touched,I said to myself, at last the long wait is over.
That night at the club, after the initial shyness on her part we only had eyes for each other. I told her about my recurring dream of a forbidden love with a ninja princess who lived in Kyoto 400 years ago .I told her of the pain when we were forced to separate and I was sent off to Edo to become part of the Shogun’s elite samurai commando.
She listened patiently but skeptically nodding her head politely saying,“Oh just like the ninja lovers Oburo and Gennosuke from the anime Basilisk?” “Yes,” I replied,” only in my dream one was a samurai and the other a ninja. “
I was starting to believe my story, my dream. Did I just make it up as I went along, to hold her attention, to keep her by my side?
“ So I waited, from one lifetime to the next, kept alive and hopeful by her words of love “Aishisteru, come back to me!”, I continued.
Suddenly, somewhere from the depths of my being a haiku bubbled and needed release in writing. I scribbled it on a paper napkin, amazed I could compose in the din of the club, my brain in a champagne induced stupor.
Meisa joined her best friend Maki, and my ichiban tomadachi/ best friends YamaPi, Ryo,Yuu and the rest of the hot babes for a photo taken by the club’s manager . She looked adorable, like a happy little girl.
I slipped her the poem and winked as she gave me a look that said, “Nani-what is it?” “It’s a gift. Read it when you can.”, I murmured in English against her hair, resisting the urge to forced kiss her.
I staggered to the exit for a whiff of polluted Tokyo air. It cleared my head, I wasn’t hyper anymore. Suddenly Meisa was beside me with a bodyguard saying, “ Oyasumi….Good night. I had a great time.” “Presentu, arigatou desu.Thank you for the gift.”, she added in Nihonglish. It was three o’clock in the morning.
We sort of kissed. Our lips barely brushing the other in an air kiss but I could smell the sweetness of the champagne on her breath. Suddenly, I felt the invisible red thread of fate/akai ito tightly binding us forever. But only I knew it!
The next day I was at her apartment. I bribed my production assistant with promises of a hotpot dinner to bribe Meisa’s production assistant with a bento of sushi for her address and cellphone no. They didn’t really need the gifts. They were only too happy to help me out knowing how pissed old man Johnny-sama will be when he finds out I was romantically inclined towards someone. I didn’t really give a hoot anyway about all these rules that the jimusho-agency forced on us since we were juniors. After going solo and debuting in the U.S. music market I was even more determined that somehow there are things I just needed to do on my own.
Meisa opened the door like she was expecting me, and before I could finish saying “ I just had to see you again.” She placed a finger on my lips to silence me. And she looked at me like I imagined my ninja princess would look as she recited the lines I wrote:
How long is forever when I am in your arms? How long is eternity when we kiss? Tell me
I was captivated, I couldn’t tell if Meisa was acting or it was for real. And then she asked me the most random question.
“ What would you do if this were the last day of the world.”,she asked. I said” I’d spend it with you.” And then we kiss, just like that Britney Spear’s song and the rest of the week was a blur. We disappeared, left the bright lights of Tokyo for the serenity of a ryokan-innjust outside of Kyoto, where it all began 400 years ago in my dream.
And just like in the haiku, it felt like eternity when we kissed. “In love there is only one law, to make your love happy.”, I told her, borrowing a line from Stendhal, not sure if Justine Timberlake had a song with the same meaning. And then it was time for her to leave. We made no promises. We were both going to be busy. She was shooting a movie, some commercials and several magazine pictorials in Paris and London. I had the my live concerts in America and Canada, photo sessions,album recordings, and the post production work on my first Hollywood movie. We agreed not to communicate with each other. Because we knew if we heard each other’s voice, despite the distance, we would both drop everything and run back to each other in a heartbeat. What’s three months compared to 400 years of loving that we passed up in my dream.
Music- Jin Akanishi- Eternal
I tied a red ribbon around her right wrist and she did the same for me on my left wrist, as I told her about the ancient legend.
"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break."
Summer was ending but the white nights in Tokyo grew longer.
Music: Jin Akanishi- Seasons
And now its autumn, but never in my heart. The seasons change but not my love for her. I watched the woman I love come running back to me.
“Tadaima- I’m back.” Meisa said, her face glowing with anticipation. Jin lovingly looked at the smiling face of his beloved whom he wrapped in a tight embrace.“ Okaeri, mon amour. Welcome home,my precious one.”, Akanishi whispered to the woman he was waiting for.
Somewhere in the parking lot, a camera flashed. The couple laughed knowing that when the photos made it to the papers, their agencies will go ballistic. Throwing caution to the wind, they kissed, gently at first, then with passionate urgency. And just like in the movies, the world around them stopped, frozen in time like a special effect.
The sky in the horizon was bright red like the ribbon of fate that bound them as Jin zoomed towards the city with Meisaa on the Ducati 1098 R superbike. For Akanishi, who waited 400 years for his ninja princess to return, the dream had become reality.
Jin Akanishi sings about making love until the Sun Burns Down in this MV which is a mix of Mission Impossible + Entrapment meets Matrix in an abandoned warehouse somewhere in L.A. A few hours after its release the song is now No.1 on iTunes dance album chart and 24 on the albums chart. So lets keep dancin until the sun burns down! Buy at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=493579975
Lyrics to Sun Burns Down by Jin Akanishi
I got a one way ticket to Mars Girl, where we’re going we don’t need a car Just take my hand and let’s get out of here, right now All up on my body all night Silhouette is sexy in the moonlight You don’t have to be afraid to fly We’ll be there before you know
So baby let’s go Make love until the Sun Burns Down Do the impossible Make love until the Sun Burns Down
Just follow me got what you need I’mma take you there Just wait and see So baby let’s go Make love until the Sun Burns Down
I think I know just what you wanna do A bed of roses ain’t enough for you Next flight is leaving 30 minutes from now I see that look in your eyes All up on my body all night Silhouette is sexy in the moonlight You don’t have to be afraid to fly, fly We’ll be there before you know
So baby let’s go Make love until the Sun Burns Down Do the impossible Make love until the Sun Burns Down
Just follow me got what you need I’mma take you there Just wait and see So baby let’s go Make love until the Sun Burns Down
Hey girl we never do the regular Extraordinary is the move I’ve got supernatural plans for you So hold on tight and baby we can go
So baby let’s go Make love until the Sun Burns Down Do the impossible Make love until the Sun Burns Down
Just follow me got what you need I’mma take you there Just wait and see So baby let’s go Make love until the Sun Burns Down
My favorite artiste the Japanese superstar Jin Akanishi released this second solo single in Japan on December 28,2011 and its a beautiful ballad that he sings with real emotions. Katherina, the little girl is adorable in this video where Jin plays Papa, a role he says he's like to take on while he is still young.
きれいに咲いた春の花 Kirei ni saita haru no hana A beautiful spring flower bloomed 僕の目にわそう映らない Boku no me ni wa sou utsuranai I can’t see it, though it’s right in front of my eyes
君がここにいないなら Kimi ga koko ni inai nara because you’re not here この世界に見ろ物はない Kono sekai ni miru mono wa nai can’t see anything in a world where you’re not there Nothing matters Nothing matters Nothing matters
So now I'm sitting in the darkness So now I'm sitting in the darkness So now I'm sitting in the darkness Missing the light that you brought to my life Missing the light that you brought to my life Missing the light that you brought to my life
And it just ain't fair And it just ain't fair And it just ain't fair 君に届くように。。。I swear Kimi ni todoku you ni… I swear As I reach out to you… I swear
I'd rather have a rainy day with you than see the sunshine alone I'd rather have a rainy day with you than see the sunshine alone I'd rather have a rainy day with you than see the sunshine alone Or have a hundred days of winter with you here in my arms Or have a hundred days of winter with you here in my arms Or have a hundred days of winter with you here in my arms I'll be your shelter from the storm just to have you by my side I'll be your shelter from the storm just to have you by my side I'll be your shelter from the storm just to have you by my side 今会えるなら Ima aeru nara If I could meet you now 今会えるなら Ima aeru nara If I could meet you now
今の美しい輝き見るたびに Ima no utsukushii kagayaki miru tabi ni Now, remembering the dazzling times with you 君の微笑み思い出さずにいられない Kimi no hohoemi omoidasazu ni irarenai I can’t help but remember your smiling face 君のかけらの集めてしまう Kimi no kakera no atsumete shimau collecting the broken pieces of you かさむ記憶の中でわ会えるのに Kasumu kioku no naka de wa aeru no ni If only I could meet you inside these blurry memories
I'd rather have a rainy day with you than see the sunshine alone I'd rather have a rainy day with you than see the sunshine alone I'd rather have a rainy day with you than see the sunshine alone Or have a hundred days of winter with you here in my arms Or have a hundred days of winter with you here in my arms Or have a hundred days of winter with you here in my arms I'll be your shelter from the storm just to have you by my side I'll be your shelter from the storm just to have you by my side I'll be your shelter from the storm just to have you by my side 今会えるなら Ima aeru nara If I could meet you now 今会えるなら Ima aeru nara If I could meet you now
I need you back with me baby (baby) I need you back with me baby (baby) I need you back with me baby (baby) So, baby, come back to me So, baby, come back to me So, baby, come back to me So would you come back to me, dear? So would you come back to me, dear? So would you come back to me, dear? You know...今 You know... ima You know…right now My life without you My life without you My life without you かけた愛の歌 Kaketa ai no uta is like a broken love song 今あなたのいみはあなたに歌うとしたら Ima anata no imi wa anata ni utau to shitara If now I’ll sing to you what you mean to me あなたへと歌う私のことのはわ Anata he to utau watashi no kotonoha wa these words, my song for you 抱きしめた数だけ傷ついてくでしょう Dakishimeta kazu dake kizutsuiteku deshou won’t hurt you more than the times we’ve embraced, right?
I'd rather have a rainy day with you than see the sunshine alone I'd rather have a rainy day with you than see the sunshine alone I'd rather have a rainy day with you than see the sunshine alone Or have a hundred days of winter with you here in my arms Or have a hundred days of winter with you here in my arms Or have a hundred days of winter with you here in my arms I'll be your shelter from the storm just to have you by my side I'll be your shelter from the storm just to have you by my side I'll be your shelter from the storm just to have you by my side 今会えるなら Ima aeru nara If I could meet you now 今会えるなら Ima aeru nara If I could meet you now
Jin Akanishi my Louis Vuitton hobo ( check out that expensive leather jacket, the bling bling watch & neon green trainers) finally makes his US debut with the song TEST DRIVE featuring Jason Derulo. I miss Jin's signature hiprolls but Jason sure has got the moves. The feel is more of a Sex Drive than a Test Drive with Sexy Jin, sexy girls & hot cars! Its the ultimate dance music, now NO.1 on iTunes dance chart & No. 10 on the singles chart of iTunes. So Jin is now making his presence known in the Music worldwide, next stop Hollywood when 47 Ronin is released in 2012. Rock it Jin.
Jin Akanishi's US debut single TEST DRIVE featuring Jason Derulo will be available from iTunes and Amazon download on Nov. 8. For his Japanese fans, a Mini Album will be released on Dec. 7 with a DVD of Test Drive and The Making of ... plus remix of Test Drive and studio recordings of Paparats, My MP3 and Tipsy Love from his You & Jin and Yellow Gold 3011 solo concerts. I'm just gonna plaster this blog with photos of my favorite boyfriend's gigantic billboard on Shibuya and newspaper articles. Plus you get to listen to a song preview, of the dance music. Don't ya just love the CD cover! Its fierce, the microphone explodes because the singer and the song are HOT! Its gonna be the BOMB. Now this Japanese superstar singer, actor, composer, producer, dancer is truly operating at his most creative level. His songs carry a message of equality no matter the race or color and of love. Jin Akanishi is an imaginal at his very core, his heart. He is changing the world in his own way, at his own pace, sharing is love for music with the world.
And here is the article on Crunchyroll, once one of my favorite streaming sites and forum for asian entertainment from Warner Brothers Music:
Multi-talented Japanese music artist, JIN AKANISHI, is crossing over to the U.S. with energetic pop single, “Test Drive featuring Jason Derulo”
Press Release
October 11, 2011 4:27am PHT
Top-selling Japanese vocalist, musician and actor, Jin Akanishi, is about to take the U.S. by storm with his highly anticipated all-English single, “Test Drive featuring Jason Derulo,” slated to release in the U.S. on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. “I’ve been given this great opportunity to crossover to the U.S.,” said Akanishi, who signed a global deal with Warner Music Group in December 2010, “and I’m so excited to be able to share my music and style with more people.”
“Test Drive featuring Jason Derulo” will be available for purchase through all digital retailers and streaming services starting Tuesday, November 8th at 7:00AM PST. In concurrence with the release of “Test Drive featuring Jason Derulo,” Jin will also be answering questions from all his fans during a LIVE U-Stream session with details to be announced through his official Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/JinAkanishiMusic.
Akanishi, well-known for his unique talents from dynamic vocals to songwriting and hip-hop dancing, achieved superstardom in Japan and throughout Asia at a young age. As a former vocalist in the popular Japanese boy band, KAT-TUN, Akanishi set milestones with his original lyrics and energetic performances propelling all of their singles, albums and DVDs to #1 on the Japanese National Charts.
After a widely successful solo tour in Japan, Akanishi decided to take his music abroad. “You & Jin U.S.A” and “Yellow Gold Tour 3010” drew thousands of fans and packed venues in Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, New York and San Francisco without a U.S. release or support from a record company. After the success of his U.S. concert tours, Jin knew he made the right move to go solo. Now he’s ready to follow his dreams and fully transcend his talents outside Asia.
The overwhelming support from his fans all around the globe is the force behind Jin’s motivation to keep doing what he truly loves - entertaining the masses. His creative vision is to produce new music by merging his J-pop style with the U.S. music trends. His fascination with the U.S. culture and music has made him a big fan of Jason Derulo, The Stereotypes, The Black Eyed Peas, Lil Wayne, Dr. Dre, Nicki Minaj and many more avant-garde artists of the like.
Now on the verge of his first U.S. single release, “Test Drive featuring Jason Derulo,” and wrapping up the movie, “47 Ronin,” starring Keanu Reeves, Akanishi is just getting geared up for his new life in the U.S. limelight. “We are delighted that Jin is making his U.S. debut, following his sold-out tour here last year,” said Rob Cavallo, Chairman, Warner Bros Records, “Jin is a talented, versatile artist who is already a superstar in Japan, and we are looking forward to working with him to build his American fan-base and global career.”
Happy 27th birthday Jin Akanishi, actor, singer, composer, songwriter, model. The best is yet to come for you. Want to know more about the birthday boy. Follow the <3<3<3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akanishi_Jin and my own meme
Here are some links to videos about the man of the hour. Watch him in action.First a fan made birthday video by Ryuichi 2711 on You tube
http://youtu.be/10sMrHzurxI
Credit for gif:rokziie of livejournal
And a link to MTVIggy for performance videos of Jin Akanishihttp://www.mtviggy.com/artists/jin-akanishi/
In January and February of this year Jin held live concerts of Yellow Gold Tour 3011 in five cities in Japan. Warner Music Japan who handles Jin Akanishi's recording contract announced his US debut single a collaboration with Jason Derulo to be released on July 4 his birthday. This has been rescheduled due to Jin's Hollywood movie filming commitment. An Album will be released in Fall. In March, his first single Eternal was released and it topped the Oricon Chart.He also opened his twitter account https://twitter.com/#!/jin_akanishiJin also started filming in Budapest, Hungary his first Hollywood movie, 47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves ( yes of the Ted & Bill Excellent Adventurers, Speed, the Matrix and more), and A-lister japanese actors Sanada Hiroyuki,Asano Tadanobou and Kou Shibasaki. The movie in 3D will be released worldwide on November 2012. In April , news confirming Jin Akanishi's role as Ooishi Chikara the youngest of the 47 Ronin and best friend of half British half Japanese ronin Kai played by Keanu Reeves was released online. "Announcement for the new cast, is none-other than the man popular amongst youngsters, Akanishi Jin. Challenging this work as his Hollywood debut, he acts the role of "Ooishi Chikara". Being the son of Ooishi Kuranosuke (Sanada Hiroyuki), and also an ally of Kai (character of Keanu Reeves), he challenges a very important role.Auditioning by himself in Hollywood, Akanishi got the role of "Chikara" with his English forte. Training for sword fighting and horse riding, Akanishi overlays this role with his passionate image, even the Director Carl Rinsch praises "No one can take the role as good as him."Translated by : Stamine of LivejournalSource: http://47ronin.jp/news/index.htmlJin is currently filming at the Shepperton Studios in London, England and will move to Japan for the final shooting of the movie sometime in late July and August. May, saw the release of the DVD of Yellow Gold Tour 3011 which again No.1 on the Oricon Charts in Japan. In June, Jin Akanishi 's invasion of social networking sites continued as he opened his official website http://www.jinakanishiusa.com/the official Jin Akanishi channel on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/jinakanishiusaand a Facebook page http://www.youtube.com/jinakanishiusa
And even if nobody cares what I did to celebrate Jin's birthday, I'm gonna tell the world anyway. For the week before July 4 I marathon watched Jin's Yellow Gold Tour 3011 DVD with english subs ( yey Wendy is back!), video clips of Jin's solos and perfs starting from Kat-tun's pre-debut concert Kaizokuban in 2004 (this will always be my favorite live con esp. the song Gold where Jin hits the high notes), the Akanishi version of the Real Face music video circa 2006, Cartoon Kat-tun II from 2007, Queen of Pirates 2008 and Break the Records 2009, fancams of Wonder, LoveJuice, MTVIggy Times Square jumbotron perfs, fancams of Eternal during You & Jin and Yellow Gold Tour 3010 live concerts, various video clips of Jin from Summary 2006 , Oyakusama concert of 2003, Dream Boys of 2006 , Bandage and Eternal Music videos , Yukan Club for the fluff and the lulz ( I needed to laugh!), clips of Cartoon Kat-tun ( gads I miss the weekly dorkiness of Kat-tun) and Bandage the movie with english subs ( I cried like a baby again and its the 4th time I watched this movie! ). And I listened to Jin's songs on a loop! But since I have a life, I stuck a memo on my ref to remind me to rewatch Jin's dramas Anego & Gokusen 2 during the rest of the year!
Happy birthday Jin Akanishi, you've been rockin' my world since 2006.
El Bosque maravilloso bajo la luz de la Luna en Osaka, es un fanfiction para Nivel 6 en español.Gracias por tu ayuda, Sandra y mi primo Miguel por la idea para el tema. Disfrutate!
Érase una vez, un príncipe samurai japonés llamado Akanishi Jin, que vivia en un castillo en el bosque de Osaka. Él era un príncipe guerrero y un maestro de la espada.Pero había una cosa que quería... alguien a amar.
Un día, su padre, el rey samurai y su madre, la reina ninja le presentaron a una princesa filipina, Debuxa.( Debuxa es el otro nombre de Princesa Urduja) Debuxa fue enviado a Osaka por su padre, el príncipe mercader para aprender el camio de la espada. Fue un momento mágico para el príncipe Akanishi y la princesa Debuxa en el bosque maravilloso en Osaka.
Akanishi pensó," Es la cosa más hermoso que me visto."
Debuxa dijo a sí mismo, "No puedo creer que Dios creó un hombre tan hermoso."
Y así, Akanishi y Debuxa se reunieron en el centro de un bosque mágico en Osaka bajo de la luz de la luna en agosto.
De repente, Akanishi,el maestro de la espada, enseñó Debuxa el arte de la espada. Se transformó en una princesa guerrera.
Pasó un año, y luego llegó el momento de volver a su país. El joven príncipe era un guerrero feroz, pero ponia tímido cuando se trataba de amor.
Quería decirle, "Enamorado de ti."
Debuxa, quería decirle, " Tu eres todo para mí tambíen."
Era otra noche bajo de la luz de la luna en Osaka en el centro del bosque maravilloso.
Akanishi dijo Debuxa," ¿Cómo vamos a estar juntos? Quiero estar con tigo para siempre."
Debuxa se precipitó en sus brazos y luego se besaron, un puro primer beso bajo de la luz de la luna en medio de un bosque mágico en Osaka.
Akanishi ató un cinta roja en la muñeca de Debuxa como una promesa de su amor por ella y le contó la leyenda de hilo rojo.
"Hay un hilo invisible roja que conecta las personas destinadas a encontrarse. Hasta que nos veamos otra vez, guardame en su corazón para siempre."
Por fin, pasó otro año, y ahora Debuxa esta de vuelta en Osaka. Bajo de la luz de la luna en una noche de agosto, la princesa guerrera, finalmente se casó con su príncipe guerrero, Akanishi.
Creyó en el amor.
Entonces, vivieron felices para siempre en el castillo en centro del bosque maravilloso en Osaka.
This pimp post is really not major major I just wanted to meme about Jin Akanishi's first solo debut single Eternal and its couple song Murasaki. I got my cd today with the PV DVD and Making of PV from Yesasia thanks to my fangurl friend Katz and Ureshi doesn't quite describe my emotional state. Holding the cd and staring at the unique back shot cover, totally wiped out my stress over the major car trouble I encountered today!
I really love the song Eternal from the moment I heard the fanrecording of the song when Yamapi and Jin sang it together at Yamapi's concert last year. It was my jam and playing on a loop when a clearer version of it was fanrecorded at one of Jin's US live last year. Its so beautiful and haunting even if one doesn't know Japanese, the piano driven ballad just makes one cry especially when Jin sings it with so much passion. With the japanese lyrics translated into english it takes on deeper meaning. For me Jin Akanishi is one of Johnny Jimusho's greatest talents. Hell yeah, I'm gonna go for, one of the great talents in the japanese entertainment industry. Johnny Kitagawa the impressario has this radar for talents and when 14 year old Jin handed his name tag back to the old man when Jin failed the auditions, the old man told him to go back. And the rest is jpop history. Akanishi is definitely eye candy, really gorgeous though shy until he stands on stage and he just morphs into this awesome entertainer. Jin writes the lyrics to the songs whose music he composes and he also does some of the arrangements. He sings, plays the guitar, drums and piano, is an actor , a voice actor, a dancer and a producer. He's got a wild imagination that's totally ahead of his time. How else can he come up with the concept of Yellow Gold tour 3011. The Jinius is a man from the future. And Jin speaks english so his international fan base is really expanding. And I like how he does things at his own pace! I love how the PV is all about Jin singing Eternal with nothing else to distract one from its simplicity and beauty. But enough of my fangurl spazz!
Let Jin tell us what the song Eternal is all about.
“Going at my own pace. That is something that would never change. If it’s not in this way, I don’t think I would be able to do it.” Akanishi Jin (26) who is releasing his solo debut single “Eternal” on the 2nd of March, expressed his current feelings. From going abroad to study alone while he was in KAT-TUN, to the withdrawal, and now solo debut…..this is probably the Akanishi-styled way of living. “This song, was something I made 4 years ago, it was a song to celebrate the anniversaries of my relatives such as my parents’ wedding anniversary or birthdays. To make this as my debut song is a present to my fans as there seemed to be many comments asking to release that song.” After going solo, he said “Fans are part of the performers as well” and with that, all the names of the audience who went for the concert were shown on the screen. This might be a gesture of him showing his gratefulness towards the fans’ support? When he was asked to leave a message to the readers, “Please watch over me warmly just like how you would see your own son” giving a shy laugh after the message. Due to his America debut in summer, his current life revolves around traveling in and out of Japan. “There are too many things to do, that I don’t even have the time to be excited or anything like that, it does not even feel realistic to me. But basically, I am very slow to feeling this sort of things. About life in America, though I have gotten used to it but about the food……” seeming totally like a teenager who is obsessed with tasty rice balls.
And the couple song Murasaki or purple goes back to Jin's solo at my favorite Kat-tun Concert before the band debut- Kaizokuban.
This is Jin's j-web message about this song.
"The c/w "Murasaki" was a song that I wrote back in 2004. The way I sing changed as well from back then. The reason why I had "Murasaki" as the c/w song was because it is a present for the fans...a gratitude to everyone. The song had a good reputation since back then, so please don't ignore and listen to it (laugh). Single "Eternal", and coupling "Murasaki" as one set, please receive it as a present to you."
- About 'Eternal' -
'Eternal' was made because I wanted to make a song to sing on anniversaries. That was the intuition. All different kinds of anniversaries, birthdays, wedding anniversaries… to look back onto important things that happened .
About 'Eternal' PV -
The PV of 'Eternal' is very simple. I thought it should reflect exactly how the song goes. How it turned out to be a back-shot photo was due to inspiration, as well as the lighting and the image of me writing. This is how it turned up in my head.
It was revealed today that Akanishi Jin is #1 on the March 14th edition of the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with his solo debut single “Eternal.”
In just the first week alone, Akanishi sold 217,000 copies of his single, marking the first time a solo artist’s first week sales exceeded 200,000 in 2 years (the last time was in 2009 when Yusuke’s “Himawari” sold 219,000 copies).
Akanishi takes the top spot from the March 7th chart’s #1, Arashi, who are his seniors from the same agency.
And I wanted to share this intro to his japanese live last February, it tells so much about the person that is Jin.
source:http://worldofjin.wordpress.com/
PUPPET
I’m sitting here today because of the decisions I’ve made. So these are my last words for all of you I’ve betrayed, The ones who love it when I fit their mold, Who scream and cry now saying “he’s out of control”.
Since I can remember, you’ve told me what to do, The way I talk, the way I act, the way I tie my shoe. But even then I know I had the right to decide; Scared of punishment, I hid it deep inside.
And if I’m exiled for my sins, then fuck it, ‘Cause I no longer want to be anyone’s puppet.
母がくれた温もり 大きな愛に包まれて Haha ga kureta nukumori, ookina ai ni tsutsumarete
いつだって歩んでる Itsu datte ayunderu
友達の沢山の優しさを胸に Tomodachi no takusan no yasashisa wo mune ni
ふざけては喧嘩して 分かち合う喜び Fuzakete wa kenka shite, wakachi au yorokobi
数え切れないほどの思い出 Kazoekirenai hodo no omoide
これからも共に描くの Korekara mo tomo ni egaku no
例えばいつか違う世界で 生まれ変わっても Tatoeba itsuka chigau sekai de umare kawattemo
僕らはそれぞれ 同じように出会い Bokura wa sore zore, onaji you ni deai
同じように貴方を愛すでしょう Onaji you ni anata wo aisu deshou
乗り越えなきゃならないこともあるでしょう Norikoenakya naranai koto mo aru deshou
負けないで (負けないで) Makenai de (Makenai de)
何があっても (ずっと) そばにいるから Nani ga attemo (zutto) soba ni iru kara
例えば願いが 叶うなら Tatoeba negai ga kanau nara
悲しみの涙が Kanashimi no namida ga
もう二度と あなたにこぼれないように Mou nido to anata ni koborenai you ni
魔法をかけてくれますか？ Mahou wo kakete kuremasuka?
あなたと共に生きてる Anata to tomo ni ikiteru
素敵な笑顔で 胸張って 手をつないで Suteki na egao de, mune hatte, te wo tsunaide
寄り添って歩いてく そんな未来を待ってる Yorisotte aruiteku, sonna mirai wo matteru
今日もありがとう Kyou mo arigatou
English translation Words such as like or hate, I am unable to convey with such simple words, This special day which only comes once a year Over and over, till the end of time That innocent smile, the unchanging gestures, from the place closest to me Each and every one of them is my treasure
That you are living life with a smile Just from that knowledge alone I feel happy, warm, able to relent It is what lights up my future
A mother’s warmth, being cocooned within a great love With that I could go on for eternity
The kindness of our friends we keep to close to our hearts We sometimes mess up, and fight, but the happiness we share with each other The memories too many to be counted From now on, too, will we continue to create them?
Even if there comes a time, when we are reborn into a different world Each of us will meet again the same way, And I will still love you the same way
There may be things that we need to overcome Don't give up (don't give up) No matter what comes our way, (always) I am right by your side
If I can have my wish granted May I have a spell cast One that ensures you will not shed tears of sadness ever again?
A life with together with you With a brilliant smile, with confidence, and hand in hand Together we go forward I am looking forward to such a future
Thank you, too, for today
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