[TRANS] PINKY Magazine 3月: TVXQ tattletales... (Part 2)

Yunho ♥
My Goal for 2009
YH: First of all, I'd like to improve my Japanese-speaking ability. Also, I'd like to grow both emotionally and internally. In my private time I'd like to go to Las Vegas! I went before for work, but shooting while looking at the Grand Canyon and the wonderful scenery is something that really remains in my memories!

My Recent Favourite Item


YH: A hat I got from someone, by a brand called "Clover". When I want to look cool I use it to hide one of my eyes a little, and when I want to look cute and fashionable I push the hat to the back of my head and put on glasses. This is something I was taught by a famous fashion editor!

This Is What's Cool About Yunho!
YC: I think the part of him that properly protects his friends is really cool. I love the Yunho that treasures "a man's friendship".

JJ: He's manly! The bigness of all of Yunho's gestures and actions, that kind of thing is really cool. When he sings and when he dances, too.

JS: He's really professional and someone who will do his best and work hard for absolutely anything. I think that's wonderful.

CM: He's manly. He's a person who treasures friendship.

I Want Yunho To Stop Doing This!
YC: Lately it seems like he's been having various problems, and when he's off from work he's not with the members, but is constantly together with his friends. It makes me feel just a little lonely... I've been close to Yunho since the very beginning so I don't take it to heart, but let's contact each other a bit more. Whether it's time to have a meal or time to just talk, let's make more and more of them!

JJ: Sometimes his actions are too big, and when he talks or dances, there are times when he hits the people next to him (laughs)! Yunho totally doesn't notice. I have also been hit by him, a lot of times.

JS: The amount of things he forgets is outrageously huge~! His wallet, cellphone...there's just all sorts of stuff he quickly loses or forgets. The members worry at those times. It's fine since he always finds his things, but it's that kind of, there are so many things he forgets and loses that it's like if he loses everything he might be left with nothing.

CM: It would be good if he tidied up our room just a bit more! It's not just our room, he has this habit of messing things up anywhere he goes~

To Yunho: I Wasn't Able To Say It Before, But I Confess...
YC: Yunho invited me to have a meal with him and his friend who is a Korean entertainer. I promised I would go too, but when I got home I was really tired. I came to feel, "I'm not really in the mood..." and called him to turn him down. I'm sorry for not keeping my promise that time!

JJ: Don't talk on the phone in my bedroom! Yunho doesn't talk on the phone in his own room, he talks while going back and forth, here and there, between the other members' bedrooms and the living room and stuff. Whatever it is, in my bedroom, just don't talk on the phone there!!!!

JS: I know very well that being in the leader's position is really difficult, but...until now and in the future too, you've really done your best and will keep doing your best for Tohoshinki. I am grateful.

CM: I might look like the type of person who doesn't like tidying up, but I am extremely particular about cleanliness! Unexpectedly!! UNEXPECTEDLY!! Yunho scolds me too much for being like that. But I....can't say this to Yunho.

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Translation Credits: pinkulemon @ LJ

[SHOW] Heyx3: English Subbed!

Love it when they are on Hey!Hey!Hey! The one Japanese show I always look forward to watching them on!

Be sure to turn on the Close Caption (subbing) feature on in your Youtube window. Its the "CC" option under the corner right arrow key.







Subs thanks to: purplefanatic91@YT.

Special appearance by Japanese comedian, Sekine.


For the international fans ^^:
[Part 1] 090212 HEYHEYHEY sub Espanol (Spanish)
[Part 2] 090212 HEYHEYHEY sub Espanol (Spanish)
[Part 3] 090212 HEYHEYHEY sub Espanol (Spanish)

[TRANS] PINKY 3月: Counselor's Office

Fan 1: I am also interested in the boy my best friend likes. We're not dating, but we've been meeting up in secret and I feel guilty about it.

YH: Why Did I Fall In Love With You...........? (T/N: The title of their song, どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう 8D)

YC: Idiot~! Ahahaha!!!

JJ: *plainly* Men choose friendship over love!

YC: I'd give up on a girl if my best friend liked her, definitely.

JJ: I'd do something about it to make myself not fall in love with her. I'd look for all her bad points and give up.

PINKY: How about Junsu?

JJ: AS SOMEONE WHO'S HAD THE EXPERIENCE!!

All: *burst out laughing*

JS: If I fell in love with her it would be a showdown! I would fight in order to obtain love.

YC: But isn't love not something to do with who wins or who's in the wrong?

JJ: That's certainly true. For example, if I ended up falling in love with the girl Yoochun liked, I'd say, "Yoochun, I'm going to give up on her so you definitely have to give her happiness." And then, if Yoochun broke up with her......I'd date her *laughs*! I'd say, "I'll give you happiness in Yoochun's place."

CM: Huhhhh...*sighs* I've always thought this, but....if that person really was a best friend I was really close to, a BEST FRIEND (T/N: said in English), I would give up on her first.

JS: Changmin is really that type of guy!

PINKY: Everyone, have you had that kind of experience? Where you stole your friend's girlfriend or something...Ah, you're grinning!!

CM: Me?!?! No, not me! IT'S NOT ME!!

JS: No, there was, but he only realized after doing it...

JJ: WHY IS JUNSU ANSWERING!

CM: I've never told Junsu that......

All: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

CM: But he's right...

JS: I know just by looking at your eyes...

YC: There was, there was something like that! The girl I liked had a boyfriend at first. When she broke up with him and was feeling really depressed, I started dating her myself!

YH: As for me, a long time ago, two months after I broke up with my girlfriend, my best friend started going out with her...

(The five members simultaneously start talking about their own stories)

PINKY: Um~ our reader's problem...?

YH: I think it might be good for her to talk to her best friend honestly about what's been going on. And I think she should confess to that guy about her feelings. If you like him that much, you should say so, after all. If not...it would be better for you to give up on him soon.

YC: He may not be the guy of your destiny.


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Translation Credits: pinkulemon @ LJ

[Info] TVXQ is Number One on G-Music Chart

G-Music is a Taiwanese music chart, and in their 2008 album rankings, Mirotic came in first when the percentages were compared, and T came in 6th.

To make the first sentence of this post clear: This chart is only made up of Japanese and Korean artists because they seperated these Asian artists into a different category from artists who release mainly in Chinese. So yes, there are other albums that are number one, but in different categories

But this is still pretty exciting :].

Source: G-Music.com.tw
Credits: chia @ DNBN + allkpop.com

[Info] Oricon Weekly Ranking - Bolero / Kiss the Baby Sky / Wasurenaide

They're First on the WEEKLY AGAIN!! HURRAY! Anyone wants to translate the article below?

[Info] Korean boy band's video showcases Saipan

SaipanTribune Monday, January 26, 2009

The sand, surf and scenery of tropical Saipan served as the backdrop for recent videotaping by popular East Asia boy band “TVXQ.”

Also marketed as Tohoshinki in Japan and Dong Bang Shin Ki or Dong Bang Shin Gi in Korea, TVXQ visited the Northern Mariana Islands on Jan. 13-17, 2009, to videotape for an upcoming music video and SBS TV, one of three major national channels in Korea.

With a band name roughly translated as “Rising Gods of the East,” TVXQ members Xiah, Micky, Hero, Max, and U-Know showcased several island locations during the taping, including the white sand beaches of Managaha Island and the scenic natural sites of the Grotto, Bird Island, Suicide Cliff and Banzai Cliff. They also visited the Korean Peace Memorial and highlighted the numerous outdoor sports activities available year round at their lodging at Pacific Islands Club Saipan.

“TVXQ is a South Korean band that also happens to be quite popular in our major tourist market of Japan, so we're quite fortunate to have them videotape here,” said Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Perry Tenorio. “Their visit provides a unique vehicle for us share the beauty of our islands with their many music fans throughout Asia.”

Since their debut in 2003, TVXQ has become one of the most popular singing groups in East Asia, gaining great popularity in such countries as China, Singapore, Thailand, and other East Asian regions. Their repertoire across these diverse markets ranges from a cappella to pop. (MVA)

Source: Saipan Tribune
Credits: xietin & fangirlmitz

[INFO] THSK 4th Japanese Album - The Secret Cord

Now, the vocal group TVXQ have the most momentum.
Full of hit singles. To be released on March, TVXQ's 4th album title, "The SecretCord" is already determined!

In the NHK Kohaku festival they sang "どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう?"... A hit throughout Asia, "Jumon-MIROTIC-"... and then there was their latest single release... "Bolero" was fully recorded and included in the enhanced 4th abum. The DVD includes a audio speech by each of the members and their fan Sekine Tsutomu is also included in the 3rd LIVE TOUR digest video recording.

At the same time, the title of the album and arena tour has already been announced and decided, "4th LIVE TOUR 2009 ~ The Secret Cord ~". Following to last year's, it will become the arena tour resulting to high performance as being expected from TVXQ.

Also today, the movie - Subaru - with the main theme, "Bolero" and a song in the NTV "Zoom In!! SUPER" "Zoom In! Saturday," the theme of the autumn weather "Kiss The Baby Sky" recorded in a powerful triple-side single was released! In particular, the musical arranger and songwriting members, Yoochun Jaejoong music being recorded, was in the spotlight.

Source: News2u

I believe its out for Pre-Order in CD Japan. Check these links out:
New album release from Dong Bang Shin Ki (Tohoshinki) includes single track "Doshite Kimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimattan Daro?," theme song to the TV drama "Taioushinjiki," "Sennen Koiuta," main theme to the film "Subaru,""Bolero," intro theme to the anime series "ONE PIECE," "We Are!," and more for 14 tunes total (subject to change).
Jacket A - 2CD + DVD - ￥4800 / USD 53.13
Jacket A edition includes bonus CD and DVD with seven music videos and digest fotage of their "3rd Live Tour 2008 - T -" performance.
Jacket B - 2CD - ￥3333 / USD 36.89
Jacket B edition includes bonus mix CD.
Jacket C - ￥2667 / USD 29.52

TVXQ Signature Jewellery

동방신기와 팬의 여러분이 한 살이 될 수 있는 아이템을!
그렇다고 하는 컨셉의 아래 태어난 이번 쥬얼리 「signature」.
동방신기를 이미지 한 매력은, 센터에 다이아몬드를 다룬 고급감 흘러넘치는 디자인.
이면에“TOHOSHINKI”의 문자가 각인 된 이니셜 매력은, 전18형. 좋아하는 이니셜을 선택해!

Rough translation:
a) according to http://kridinky.livejournal.com/ , the metal is only 0.925 sterling silver and the diamond is only 0.03 carats.
b) have a diamond in them
c)“TOHOSHINKI” letters were stamped on back
d) have a high class feeling

Price: For the letter A + Charm, it's 通常価格：¥25,000(税込)
(25,000 yen is roughly $281)

Purchase Link: http://shop.mu-mo.net/st/event/0901toho/index.html

Credits: DNBN + suah @ LJ

[Preview] Nobody Knows

DBSK / TVXQ / Tohoshinki - Music Station: Single Ranking Chart [Bolero]

They continue to score high in the weekly sales, their 6th #1 in a row. (For those not wishing to see the entire long segment of rankings, just skip to the very end ^^)

090122 Junsu's surprise call to Seungri (Big Bang)

A few weeks ago, Seungri from rival idol group Big Bang ahd confessed in an interview that was a huge fan of Xiah Junsu (even before his debut) and wanted to get closer to him. Junsu called in (recorded) to give him a message!

English Subbed YT video:

KaejinLove

Alternative link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KDka0ZRH3o

Aww~ Seungri is so cute ^-^


While we are on the Big Bang x Junsu topic, check out the Piano Battle Junsu with Taeyang on the December 2008 end of the year show on SBS:



(Seungri had said in an interview later that he had wished to be the one that battled with Junsu on the same stage)

[SALES] Daily Oricon Ranking - Bolero / Kiss The Baby Sky / Wasurenaide

Post by rembflower @ dbsgLJ:

The Daily Oricon Ranking for Ｂｏｌｅｒｏ／Ｋｉｓｓ　Ｔｈｅ　Ｂａｂｙ　Ｓｋｙ／忘れないで on its first day is out!



#1!!!

Yay! Debuting with #1 with 35,847 units and a huge gap between 1st and 2nd place. Another weekly #1, anyone? :D

Also, for today Doushite shot up to #37 and Beautiful You at #39. ^^

Comparison with Tohoshinki's previous singles:
　　　　　　Bolero　　呪文　 どうして　Beautiful　Purple
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
月 　　　　---,---　 ---,---　 ---,---　 ---,---　 ---,---
火 　　　　*35,847　*30,596　*30,688　*21,137　*16,3

18
水 　　　　---,---　 **5,721　**4,859　**5,239　***,***
木 　　　　---,---　 **2,155　**1,962　**1,915　***,***
金 　　　　---,---　 **1,369　**1,421　**2,257　***,***
土 　　　　---,---　 ***,***　***,***　***,***　***,***
日 　　　　---,---　 ***,***　***,***　***,***　***,***
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
指数合計　 *35,847　*39,841　*38,910　*30,548　*16,318
オリ枚数 　 ***,***　*70,655　*68,417　*62,139　*40,033

Comparison with the other singles this week:
　　　　　 東方(新)　 水樹　 Buono!　 秋元　 アクア バクチク
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
19（月）　 ---,---　 ---,---　 ---,---　 **1,390　***,911　***,757
20（火）　 *35,847　**7,349　**5,275　***,***　***,***　***,***
21（水）　　　
22（木）　　　
23（金）　　　
24（土）　　　
25（日）　　　
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
指数合計　 *35,847　**7,349　**5,275　**1,390　***,911　***,757

Sales so far:
35847 x 1.75 = 62,732 copies

From Oricon and DNBN.

[VID]090122 DBSK - 6th Oricon Chart Topper! No# 1
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[ACTS] Cassiopeians donate to the Fruit of Love charity

On behalf of Xiah Junsu's birthday on the 1st, his fans had decided to donate 9 million won (approx. $6,700) to a Korean Charity called "Fruit of Love." This donation was made under Junsu's name and has been made for the past few years. The fans stated that "rather than a present, we thought that it would be bigger and more meaningful to donate to a charity under Xiah Junsu's name."

Another group of fans, from the fan site DNBN, had also collected and donated 5 million won (approx. $3,700) to the charity for DBSK's 5th year anniversary.

Ah, those lovable Cassiopeians. You kids need to learn from these unnies (and oppas, I guess).

Source: AllKpop

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From sharingyoochun@wordpress:



Recently, instead of spending all of their fanclub’s money to buy bling bling for the boys, Cassiopeia spare some of it for the needs.

On last December 14th, at Kwangwoon University’s Auditorium where Junsu’s fanclub members celebrated Xiah Junsu’s birthday titled XIAHDAY, 2000 fans gathered, instead of making a simple single party, they had a fund-raising event.

In this event, the fans sold a lot of cute stuffs such as wallet, cellphone ring, mouse pad, earrings, and other XIAH goods which successfully proceed 4.000.000 won (US$ 4000) that has been donated through Fruit of Love in the name of Xiah Junsu.

The donation certificate then was forwarded to Junsu as a birthday gift from them.



Junsu got his birthday present, and now the whole 5 also got their precious present to commemorate their 5 year debut anniversary.

At the 5th anniversary concert, shockingly some fans came not only to meet the boys, but also held a fund raising event right on the spot and successfully gained $500.

Not only from the on-the-spot fund raising, these Cassie, who held their event by the name “DNBN 2nd DONATION LOVETIC” also had had on line fund raising from December 9th to December 26th.


source: Fruit of Love homepage
news written by: sharingyoochun@wordpress <-- Our new affs!~ XD

Beautiful DBSK Piano Covers

I decided to make a post on some recent piano covers I have heard...you find alot of them on the internet for DBSK (especially thanks to Lina, our buddy blogger, for transcribing so many for DA!)

These covers bring an added sentimental touch to these songs. I especially found Bolero cover to be even more breathtaking than the original song.

BOLERO by dorismusik

You can download this cover on her video page here.

DON'T SAY GOODBYE (Mirotic Album) by dorismusik


MIROTIC by chibiyumiii


Do you guys have recent favourite you want to share?

Speaking of piano, an internationally acclaimed Korean pianist wanted to play a peice for DBSK! That would be quite an honor if it were to happen.
You may have heard of him -- Yiruma. (Alot of Twilight fans might know who I am talking about, especially if you had heard the popular fan-suggested unofficial Bella's lullaby on Youtube which, combining other similar videos, had well over 3 million hits! River Flows In You is a song composed and played by Yiruma!)

Over at Dnbn, a TVXQ fan posted an article which featured Yiruma and in the article he stated:

"I want to give a music piece to an idol group like TVXQ."

Yiruma is a world famous Korean pianist / composer. He's 30 years old, born in Seoul but moved to London when he was a child. After his musical education, he moved back to Korea and started composing music for various venues (mostly dramas and movies). Although he had dual citizenship (Korean and British) he gave up his British citizenship so he could serve in the military for mandatory service (Navy back in 2006). He was discharged not too long ago and he married a former Miss Korea.

Yiruma stated that he wanted to make music for the idol group TVXQ / DBSK because he wanted to make music for a talented group. Yiruma makes some awesome piano pieces (some of the best in the world in my opinion). He made a nice one for K-flow (Kinetic Flow which you can listen to below). If he does make a piece for TVXQ, it's guaranteed to be a hit.

Source: AllKpop

[TRANS] What's In Feb 09 - 50 Questions

Summary: Magazine is split into many parts. I'll do this first and hopefully, the rest soon :D Junsu's and Changmin's answers are the most interesting, especially when you compare them. (: and Jaejoong.... *sigh* obsession with clothes

1. What did you dream of yesterday?
YH: I can’t remember
CM: Didn’t dream
JJ: Can’t remember
YC: I didn’t dream
JS: I didn’t dream

2. What’s the first thing you see in the morning?
YH: Hand phone
CM: Manager’s face
JJ: Manager’s smiling face
YC: Hand phone
JS: Manager’s face

3. What do you feel like doing most right now?
YH: Snowboarding
CM: Travelling
JJ: Jogging
YC: Fishing
JS: Travel

4. What’s your hand phone ringtone?
YH: Hand phone ringtone (T/N: Think he means default ringtone)
CM: Vibration mode
JJ: [Mirotic]
YC: It’s usually on silent mode
JS: [Don’t Say Goodbye]

5. What do you do when you’re alone?
YH: Drive
CM: Read books
JJ: Sleep
YC: Roll around at home
JS: Drive

6. If you had a week’s holiday, what would you do?
YH: Ski resort
CM: Travel
JJ: Travel alone
YC: Snowboard
JS: Travel

7. What’s the pride of your room?
YH: Prizes we received
CM: It’s wide
JJ: Sofa
YC: Pecha (T/N: No idea what that is either.)
JS: The big window where the morning sunlight comes in from

8. What do you do to cheer yourself out when you’re sad?
YH: Dance, exercise
CM: Drive
JJ: Talk a walk
YC: Drink and talk to my brother
JS: Drive

9. What was your scariest experience so far?
YH: When I fell from the rooftop in my church
CM: When I saw a ghost (T/N: The Junsu? Or the bird? He mentioned it here)
JJ: When I injured my leg during a dance rehearsal
YC: When I first came to Japan
JS: When I heard Changmin sleep talk

10. The last time you cried?
YH: Award ceremony
CM: During a Korean award ceremony
JJ: None
YC: Not really
JS: A little during a Korean award ceremony

11. When did you feel that you’re really blessed/happy?
YH: When I’m singing on stage
CM: When I’m singing on stage
JJ: Award ceremony
YC: When I stand on stage
JS: When I lie on my bed after a day’s schedule

12. What’s your ideal type?
YH: Someone who’ll only believe in me, an optimistic person
CM: Someone who’s mature, with deep thoughts
JJ: A woman with pretty hands
YC: A gentle woman
JS: A bright/cheerful woman

13. Something a female does that makes your heart beat faster?
YH: When she brushes off the dirt/lint on my clothes
CM: When she places her hands on her chest when bowing
JJ: Nothing special, just when I feel she’s feminine
YC: When she’s washing clothes
JS: When she places her hands on her chest when bowing

14. What will you give to your girlfriend?
YH: I’ll write a song for her
CM: A bouquet
JJ: I’ll write a song for her
YC: Myself
JS: Necklace

15. What do you want for your next birthday?
YH: Shoes
CM: Car
JJ: Car
YC: Time to spend it with the people I treasure
JS: Holiday

16. If you found a million yen?
YH: Give it to the people in need
CM: Give it to the police
JJ: Give it to the police
YC: Save
JS: Give it to the police

17. If you were reborn as a girl tomorrow?
YH: Cry my heart out
CM: I want to go to an onsen
JJ: I want to buy clothes!
YC: I want to go to an onsen (T/N: hot spring)
JS: I want to go to an onsen

18. What do you want to say ‘bye-bye’ to?
YH: Injuries
CM: Cold/Flu
JJ: Muscle training
YC: Troubles
JS: Everything sad

19. You see a shooting star. What will you wish for?
YH: That time will fly faster. I want to be 30
CM: That my family will be healthy
JJ: That THSK will be a band that receives more love
YC: Happiness
JS: I want to win the lottery

20. A recent lie you told?
YH: None
CM: I didn’t lie
JJ: None
YC: Saying I wasn’t sick
JS: I can’t remember

21. What left the deepest impression on you in Japan?
YH: Eating at a restaurant with a pretty night view near the Tokyo Tower
CM: Budokan live
JJ: Appearing on [Kouhaku]
YC: Budokan live
JS: Budokan live

22. Your favourite Japanese food
YH: Motsunabe
CM: Ramen
JJ: Udon
YC: Ramen
JS: Natto

23. What food would you recommend that has kimchi in it?
YH: Tuna Kimchi rice
CM: Kimchi fried rice
JJ: Kimchi jjigae
YC: Kimchi jjigae (T/N: Kimchi stew)
JS: Kimchi fried rice

24. Your ‘enemy’ is?
YH: Myself
CM: Junsu
JJ: Myself
YC: Supper
JS: Changmin

25. What hair style would you like to try next?
YH: Permed hair
CM: Please give me Jude Law’s hairstyle
JJ: Blue hair
YC: Long and permed hair
JS: Bald

26. A secret you’ve never told anyone
YH: I don’t have anything to say
CM: No comment
JJ: I don’t tell my secrets ^^
YC: Actually, I’m lonely
JS: None

27. What’s a ‘rumor’ that you found interesting recently?
YH: That the economy will get better
CM: That the ice in the North Pole will melt
JJ: That Changmin has caught a cold
YC: I’m not interested in them
JS: Beckham’s AC Milan

28. How do you relieve stress?
YH: Drive
CM: Eat, sleep
JJ: I just blank out
YC: Supper
JS: Game

29. A recent drama/movie you’ve watched.
YH: [Mamma Mia]
CM: [Hanazakari no Kimitachi e]
JJ: [Ponyo]
YC: [Naruto]
JS: [24]

30. What would you do if you could read minds?
YH: I’d like to know what others think of me
CM: I’ll just read them
JJ: I would be boring if I could read everyone’s mind
YC: I think I’d be really distressed, and wouldn’t want to meet people
JS: Enter FBI

31. When do you feel lonely?
YH: Before I sleep
CM: Before I sleep
JJ: When I’m separated from my members
YC: When we’re on the move after our schedule ends
JS: I don’t really feel it

32. The theme song for today is?
YH: [Kiss shitamama sayonara]
CM: [Killing Me Softly]
JJ: [Wasurenaide] (T/N: Please don’t forget)
YC: [Kiss the Baby Sky]
JS: [I Believe I can Fly]

33. The first time you travelled overseas?
YH: Taiwan (T/N: That would be 2004 for the Golden Melody Awards, I think)
CM: Taiwan
JJ: Taiwan in summer 2004
YC: 1998, America
JS: Taiwan

34. What do you collect?
YH: Card keys (T/N: Hotel card keys?)
CM: CD
JJ: Accessories
YC: Plastic models from [Gundam Seed]
JS: Beautiful pictures from around the world

35. Who’s the person you want to meet most now?
YH: Obama
CM: Obama
JJ: Monkey King (T/N: Character from [Journey to the West], Sun Wu Kong, or Son Oh Kong in Korean)
YC: Santa Claus
JS: Jesus

36. Which animal do you think you resemble?
YH: Tiger
CM: Deer
JJ: Cat
YC: Polar bear
JS: Hyena

37. Truthfully, what’s your fetish?
YH: Voice
CM: Feeling
YC: Pretty nails. Not really magnificent things..
JJ: Forehead
JS: Hands

38. What do you buy unintentionally at convenience stores?
YH: Milk
CM: Hot lemon juice
JJ: Health drinks
YC: Donuts
JS: Fried chicken

39. Where do you start washing your body from in the bathroom?
YH: Hair
CM: Face
JJ: Chest
YC: Right arm
JS: Hair

40. When were you most embarrassed?
YH: When many people saw me fall
CM: When I fell in front of many people
JJ: During my audition
YC: When I fell in front of people
JS: When I was in 1st grade of elementary school, I went with my mum to the ladies section of the public bath and saw my female classmate…

41. Which part of the body do you first notice when you meet someone?
YH: Eyes
CM: Clothes
JJ: Nothing in particular, but I would notice how they pose
YC: Legs (Naturally since you bow when greeting someone)
JS: The overall atmosphere

42. If you had a kid, what kind of ‘dad’ will you be?
YH: A dad who’s like a friend
CM: I want to be a dad who’s like my dad
JJ: A tolerant dad
YC: A dad who would participate actively in my kid’s sports day
JS: A dad who’s like a friend

43. What’s something you have to do without fail every day?
YH: Celebrate
CM: Game
JJ: Half- bathing
YC: Watch [Detective Conan]
JS: Talk to my brother on the phone

44. If you could turn back time, where do you want to go back to?
YH: High school
CM: High School
JJ: Middle school
YC: Elementary school
JS: I don’t want to turn back time. The present is good!

45. What do you want to happen tomorrow?
YH: That our schedules will be cancelled and we’ll have a break
CM: That I’ll quickly recover from my cold
JJ: Win the lottery
YC: I want it to snow
JS: Turn invisible!

46. What will you be doing 10 years from now?
YH: Continue making music
CM: Continue making music and preparing for my wedding
JJ: Together with THSK
YC: The same thing as I’m doing now
JS: Singing on stage

47. What kind of year will 2009 be?
YH: A year where we’ll have lots of things to smile about
CM: A year where we’ll be able to carry out our activities without falling sick
JJ: A year busier than 2008
YC: The best year
JS: A year where we’ll all be healthy!

48. If you became the editor of [What’s In?]
YH: Only report about THSK!
CM: THSK’s tour around the world
JJ: Half of the magazine will be THSK
YC: Have a barbeque with all the staff and artistes!
JS: Have a [Globe-trotting with THSK] corner

49. A message to our readers
YH: Please support us in 2009 too
CM: Good luck!
JJ: To the readers, I’m always grateful to you
YC: Take care of yourself, don’t catch a cold!
JS: Thank you for always reading this magazine

50. A message to [What’s In]
YH: Thank you [What’s In] for always reporting on THSK from the very first time we arrived in Japan till today
CM: Please take care of us in future!
JJ: Although I feel like we’re indebted to [What’s In] since our debut days, please help us in future!! We’ll work hard
YC: Please take care of us in future. The cover too.
JS: Amongst all the magazines in Japan, [What’s In] was the first that ran a series on us. I was really happy. Please help us in future

Translated by: Sparkskey in this post
Credits to: DNBN
*translated from Korean, so if there are any mistakes, please point them out

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE OUT WITHOUT PERMISSION

[Announcement] LETS BRING DBSK TO MALAYSIA

Posting on behalf of Malaysian fans. If you're one, please support the cause.

THE 3RD ASIA TOUR MIROTIC in MALAYSIA is 70% ON!!
CALLING FOR ALL FANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD; malaysia, thailand, singapore, brunei, indonesia, philippine, australia, american, etc.

Greetings to all fellow cassiopeians and bigeast from all over the world.
Recently Malaysian fans specifically were shocked by the rumour that Malaysia might not
be included among the destinations for the 3rd Asia tour.
Various efforts and petitions were carried out and here comes the news for all of you.

One of the organizers has responded to us this morning, and they asked for the details below:

NAME:
HP NUMBER:
IC / ID NUMBER: if u are not malaysian, any number on ur identification card..ur pasport number?? ur citizenship...definitely got number...
AGE:
YOUR CHOICE OF TICKET:
a- MYR 100 - MYR 200
b- MYR 200 - MYR 300
c-MYR 300 - MYR 400
d- MYR 400 - MYR 500
e- MYR 500 and above

PLEASE FILL UP ALL THE DETAILS REQUIRED AS IT IS ASKED BY THE ORGANIZING COMPANY

in case you already sent it before this, dont bother about that, please resend it again
to my email (mazliana.ar@gmail.com) with title MIROTIC CONCERT

WE NEED AT LEAST 5000 PEOPLE JOINING THIS AND WE HAVE TO SUBMIT IT BY THIS 29 JANUARY 2009
PLEASE SPREAD THIS ALL OVER PLACES

REMINDER :
1) please write your data in CAPS LOCK & TIMES NEW ROMAN (make it easy for us, please)
2) if you send to me, dont send to other email..because there are many other people working on this,choose one of the email and send your data

PLEASE~~~~~~WE ALREADY TRIED OUR BEST TO BRING IT ON, NOW ITS YOUR TURN TO CONTRIBUTE!

~lynn~

[INFO] Walking 1-Band Corporation

Walking 1-Band Corporation
5-member Male Group TVXQ Shoot Domestic Top Asia Goal
STAR 2009-01-13 12:00:04


TVXQ's first appearance on December 31 at Japan Tokyo Shibuya NHK Hall for the 59th NHK Kohaku strengthened their position in Japan, signifying a great ending for the year 2008. At the
Kohaku, Japan's most prestigious end-of-the-year festival, they judge strictly by the popularity on music sales, download and during awards season. The "Red and White Song Battle" divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. TVXQ's 4 Japan singles were Oricon Weekly # 1's on the chart in consecutive weeks, establishing a record as the first foreign artist having the most number 1 in Japan, placing light to South Korea.

DBSK's 4th Album MIROTIC on January 6 by combining the offline and online sales total to 502,837, becoming also the first music artist to pass the half-million mark in five years since Kim Gun Mo's 8th album in 2003. Also, TVXQ were payed per CF an amount totalling to 800million won, proving their advertising influence.

Source: 이우인 News + DNBN
Trans: fangirlmitz
Full credits when taking out!

[INFO] TVXQ Ranked 6th Among All Kouhaku Singers

[Infoseek Search Keywords Ranking (08/12/30~09/01/05)]
TVXQ Ranked 6th Among All Kouhaku Singers

Kouhaku Singers
This week, we will reveal the search ranking of the Kouhaku Singers!

The singer that ranked 1st is Ayumi Hamasaki whom brought a brilliant opening despite having her right hand just recovered after wounded for 3 weeks. In the 2nd rank is EXILE whom sang ‘Ti Amo’ and obtained the Nihon Record Taisyo. 3rd rank is Shuuchishin and Pabo who appeared as ‘Shuuchishin with Pabo’ on the show, their performance obtained the highest rating record of 47.8% among all the singers. In the 4th rank is Fujioka Fujimaki and Oohashi Nozomi who had left a cute impression to everyone after singing the theme song of Ponyo On The Cliff. There were feedbacks from many people saying that they ‘had only watched that part for the whole show’. In addition, beside those singers from the Red team that were mentioned earlier, there are still Perfume, ranked 5th in place and SPEED who had been active again after 9 years and other 11 groups of people. As for the White team, those who have been listed are Tohoshinki who ranked 6th in place, Mr. Children who ranked 13th, Yutaka Mizutani who ranked 16th and other 9 groups of people, looking at this ranking, Red is the dominant team.

Credits: Hey!JJ + TVXQBaidu + Fangirlmitz
Trans by: Jaesica

[INFO] TVXQ 4th album MIROTIC through the half-million mark

TVXQ 4th album MIROTIC through the half-million mark
Star News Article January 8, 2009 08:52

[MTStarNews] The Youth Protection Committee classified TVXQ's 4th abum MIROTIC as harmful for the youth, but 100 days after the said album was released it has already reached 500,000 sales.

On the 8th, TVXQ's agency SMEntertainment said, "Since TVXQ's MIROTIC album was released September 26 last year until January 6 it has been sold online 167,697 copies, from off-line 335,140 copies amounting to after 103 days a total of 502,837 copies" they revealed.

This 2008 (the MIROTIC) album is among the all-time record-high sold. Not since Kim Gu Mo's 2003 8th album (Hestory) of 520,000copies has there ever been another artist that sold over 500,000.

TVXQ's album November last year was branded as having harmful lyrics by the Youth Protection Committee, but as if to mock the decision, album sales are increasing more and the phenomenon finally led to the breakthrough of the half a million mark.

Meanwhile, TVXQ is scheduled to have the 3-day (February 20-22), "TVXQ THE 3rd ASIA TOUR CONCERT-MIROTIC" at the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Stadium.

Source: aoi@mtstarnews.com + 이쁘제@DNBN
Trans: fangirlmitz

HAHAHA ~ TVXQ Attacks a Female High School

Sorry I am a few days late in putting this up... I had meant to right after the Japanese "school attack" show below (which if any of you have not watched, is great way to cheer-up ^^).

A newly released version for the HAHAHA commerical [well techically its not a commercial but a public message] for Samsung's campaign to spread happiness and laughter in these depressing times (i.e. recession). This time, the CF features high school students studying...encouranging them to cheer up and be positive~

SCHOOL ATTACK Version

^ From what I have read, the students in this class had no idea they were going to show up! TVXQ made a random "surprise attack," on a female high school and performed the "Hahaha" campaign song. The students blogged about this online after it was filmed and alot of people from other schools commented wishing they were the lucky ones to get this close-up exclusive performance XD The students in the school said they would be working even harder in their studies now that DBSK gave them this encouraging message.

DANCE Version


BTW, Goodluck to all those that have exams!

{TRANS} SM-YG-JYP, overseas into World War Three, who will be the winner?

Thanks to the 7 Minutes in Fandom Heaven team!

SM-YG-JYP, overseas into World War Three, who will be the winner?

[SPN News] At the beginning it was only BoA and TVXQ, both SMEntertainment, but now also Seven and BigBang of YG as well as Park Jin Young of JYP attacked the market of United States and Japan, launching the challenge with each other.

Among the overseas activities of singers, SMEntertainment's TVXQ, BoA and Super Junior are the most conspicious. But this year, YG and JYP also put forward a formal plan for the focus of overseas activities of their stars.

The first is SMEntertainment's BoA and TVXQ, witness to every singer's dream to stage for the American dream POP market and the world. TVXQ's 2nd record market is in Japan devoting all of their efforts as the focus of their activities.

...

Last year after appearing for the first time on NHK Kohaku debut in Japan the status of the show proved that they will continue to carry out activities in Japan without pause. TVXQ in mid-January this year will release their single Bolero while afterwards on March they will release a formal album. For the first half of this year, they plan to focus on activities in Japan. All four of their singles released last year recorded on Japanese Oricon Weekly Chart at number 1 equally to Arashi as having Most No.1 Oricon Weekly Singles record in a year in the Japanese market. The record also garnered a lot of Asian music people's attention.

Source: SPN News + DNBN
Translation: fangirlmitz (most updated affs ever~)
**Retained from the news only the parts about TVXQ.

[BLOG] JP Professor Gives High Appraisal to Tohoshinki @ Kohaku

Another file to archive into our Opinions and Blogs by other celebs and notable figures about DBSK.

Japanese Professor Ashida, a critic and writer, rates the Kouhaku performances yearly on his personal blog. The boys are 5th in the ranking with 80 points and he has a high review and regard of them, comparing them with top artists and biggest sellers in Japan, even as Kouhaku was his first time seeing/hearing the boys.

Note that the following ratings/review are Professor Ashida's personal opinion on his blog (not official). TV ratings based on how many people stayed tuned to watch Tohoshinki's performance are on this post.

His review:

8）東方神起（初出場）
『Purple Line～どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう？』　80点。
いいねぇ、東方神起。初めて聞きました。歌がうまい。SMAPよりも上手いのはもちろんのこと、EXILE、ゴスペラーズよりもはるかにうまい。平井堅のバラードよりもはるかに声量がある。EXILEを尊敬しているらしいが、比べものにならないでしょ。口先だけのEXILEの歌唱よりはるかに上だし、EXILEの堅い踊りに比べれば東方神起の踊りの方がはるかに上質。メンバーの個性もそれぞれはっきりしていてグループの力を存分に発揮している。たぶんBack
Street boysあたりをイメージして作っているのだろうけれども、そこまではいけないにしても日本の男性グループボーカルよりもはるかにいける。

This is a rough translation that someone did about their review.

8) Tohoshinki (First time performer)
Good, Tohoshinki. Its the first time I have listened to them. Songs are good. Certainly better than SMAP.

Even comparing with Exile, Gospellers they are better. Ballad sounds more powerful than Ken Hirai ... etc. Each member has their own individual personality to shine. Their image is probably created to be like Back Street Boys. Their vocals are much better than those Japanese boy groups so far.

The rest of the list of performers, based in the points they received by the Prof:

第1位：Perfume（初出場）『ポリリズム』　90点。
第2位：倖田來未（4回目）『TABOO』　85点。
第3位：平原綾香（5回目）『ノクターン』　80点。
第3位：森山直太朗（3回目）『生きてることが辛いなら』　80点。
第5位：東方神起（初出場）『Purple Line～どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう？』　80点。
第6位：いきものがかり（初出場）『SAKURA』　80点。
第7位：前川清（18回目）『東京砂漠』　80点。
第8位： Mr.Children（初出場）『GIFT』　75点。
第9位：氷川きよし（9回目）『きよしのズンドコ節』　75点。
第10位：秋川雅史（3回目）『千の風になって』　74点。
第11位：秋元順子（初出場）『愛のままで・・・』　72点。
第12位： Aqua Timez（2回目）『虹』　72点。
第13位：水谷豊（初出場）『カリフォルニア・コネクション』　70点。
第14位：中島美嘉（7回目）『ORION』　70点。
第15位：藤岡藤巻と大橋のぞみ（初出場）『崖の上のポニョ』　70点。
第16位：SMAP（16回目）『この瞬間、きっと夢じゃない 紅白SP』　70点。
第17位：羞恥心 with Pabo（初出場）『羞恥心～陽は、また昇る 紅白スペシャル』　70点。
第18位：アンジェラ・アキ（3回目）『手紙～拝啓十五の君へ～』　70点。
第19位：石川さゆり（31回目）『天城越え』　70点。
第20位：徳永英明（3回目）『レイニーブルー』　70点。
第21位：一青窈（5回目）『はじめて』　70点。
第22位：コブクロ（4回目）『時の足音』　70点。

Source/Credits: x_tsurara_x @ LJ + luffa @ DBSKer
Related Links: Professor Ashida's blog

[ACTS] Yunho donates 600,000 won for Scholarship fund

Yunho of popular boy band, Dong bang shin ki visited his old high school, Kwang-il High school on January 2nd to pay respects to his teachers in the New Year. After meeting his teachers and signing for his hubaes (juniors), the DBSK member set up a scholarship fund of 600,000 won for 6 students. Afterwards, Yunho took 70 of the school people out to lunch (and hopefully paid).

And in parting, Yunho told his younger classmates to “dream big.”

Source: Popseoul

TVXQsoul reported:

Alumni TVXQ leader Yunho with his parents visited his alma mater Kwangil High School, 5 years after graduating last February 2004 when he was 19.

Yunho paid for the scholarships of 6 junior students and met with the principal and his previous teachers. He also had an autograph signing session and gave an inspirational speech for the success of the dreams of the students through having passion and then had a picture taken with some of his fans.

[SHOW] Dreams Come True: DBSK's Surprise Appearance at Japanese High School

OMG. I totally DIED with laughter, joy, and surprise watching this. This is like EVERY FAN'S DREAM COME TRUE! 3 lucky high schools got to realize this dream. [From TBS's show Sanma Tamaos Lets Help Your Dream Come True - Special.]

You must, I repeat YOU MUST watch this! It is currently one of the most-watched videos in Japan and Korea (under different links) You won't even need subs {English subs are out!}...the reactions alone are must-sees! I will try to put the download up for this in a couple of hours.

I highly recommend seeing the videos in Large HD quality here:
PART 1- http://youtube.com/watch?v=58bO2JkFfWw&fmt=22
PART 2- http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ec2Iq74BeFA&fmt=22


LQ embed (for all the lazy people ^^):



coooolzx

{EDIT} ENG SUBBED (by jaynerox91)
Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Yz1TRJBN34&fmt=18
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=DIpxTgIvZmI&fmt=18

[Spoiler: This a SPECIAL episode, similar to the Korean "School Attack"/"School of Rock" show, however this program usually doesn't do this sort of thing. They did this surprise because the girls once revealed to TBS on camera that they wished to see the "cool" guys of Tohoshinki who are "awesome dancers" and dance with them. Well, they got their wish and some! Very touching episode and even more exciting and personal than School Attack.

If you didn't get the gist of what happened at the end of part 1, the girls are asked to learn the dance steps of Purple Line in a few hours and then perform in front of the ENTIRE school (on national television too!) with DBSK.]

ETC...
Most-watched video link in Japan & Korea: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lV9STZLpZuY&fmt=18
http://youtube.com/watch?v=q0WaPk72mwM&fmt=18

[INFO] DBSK, SHINee, Rain - Unauthorized Usage of Music

In the aftermath of the completion of the various Gayo Daejuns in Korea, there was news last Friday that some singers had used some music for their performances without the required permission from copyright holders.



According to reports, DBSK leader U-Know Yunho and Rain had used Justin Timberlake Magic as the background music for their performances in the SBS Gayo Daejun and KBS Gayo Daechuk respectively. But the tune was apparently used without any permission being sought from the copyright holders. In addition, Shinee’s Taemin has also met with the same problem, using Usher Dat Girl Right There for his performance at the SBS Gayo Daejun.

A representative from SonyBMG who holds the rights for both songs expressed that Magic and Dat Girl Right There were songs that had not been released officially through any channels. They thus do not understand how they had gotten their hands on the songs. Although Magic was illegally uploaded in October last year but it wasn’t included in any of Justin Timberlake’s album thus they are wondering how did they get their hands on the track then.

DBSK and Shinee’s manager responded by saying that they didn’t know that the song was obtained through illegal means and expressed their regrets. Rain’s management, J. Tunes expressed that they did not use the music illegally on purpose but only knew that it was an American song. Some Korean netizens felt that it was a national insult. Even though the singers have called on fans not to download music illegally, why are they infringing on copyrights themselves?

Credits: coolsmurf @ wordpress.com + uponashore @ dbsgLJcomm

[INFO] Kohaku ratings bounce back with White Team win

The audience ratings for NHK's 59th Kohaku Uta Gassen have been announced. Ratings were up from last year, reaching 35.7% for the first half and 42.1% for the second half.

The news was a welcome change, as the past two years had dipped below the 40% mark. The second half of the show had ratings of 39.8% in 2006 and 39.5% in 2007, which are the 3rd and 2nd worst performances in the show's history.

The first half ratings were also an improvement, climbing up from 30.6% in 2006 and 32.8% in 2007.

This Kohaku Uta Gassen was the fourth consecutive victory for the White Team (male artists), bringing their overall total record to 31 wins and 28 losses. It was a convincing win, as the White Team received nearly 206,000 votes compared to the Red Team's 112,000.

The boys actually received the second highest ratings during the first part of the show with 38.6% ratings. Ohashi Nozomi singing Gake no Ue Ponyo got the highest in the first part with 41.1%. The boys performing after her might have helped a little since her song is one of the year's most popular. Meanwhile, SMAP's performance drew the most rating with 47.9%.

Source: TOKYOGRAPH

Credits: asianpopguru @ dbsg LJ comm

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Ratings from Speed is Back:

First Part Ratings

1 Ayumi Hamasaki 33.8
2 Akira Fuse 34.4
3 GIRL NEXT DOOR 36.2
4 Kenichi Mikawa 35.5
5 Natsuko Godai 34.2
6 Takeshi Kitayama 33
7 Fujioka Fujimaki & Nozomi Ohashi 41.1
8 Tohoshinki 38.6
9 Kaori Mizumori 35.4
10 Aqua Timez 34.5
11 Yusaku Kiyama 33.8
12 Junko Akimoto 34.6
13 Kimaguren 35.6
14 Ikimono Gakari 37.2
15 Kiyoshi Maekawa 34.2
16 Miyuki Kawanaka 32.4
17 Ayako Fuji 33.3
18 WaT 34.2
19 Mitsuko Nakamura 32.6
20 Porno Graffiti 34.3
21 Ai Otsuka 36.4
22 Ken Hirai 38.1
23 Fuyumi Sakamoto 36.2
24 Masafumi Akikawa 37.2

Second part ratings

1 Perfume 39,3
2 Jero 41,9
3 SPEED 43,0
4 TOKIO 41,2
5 Thelma Aoyama feat.SoulJa 40,7
6 Mizutani Yutaka 43,3
7 Ayaka 41,8
8 Hideaki Tokunaga 42,0
9 Kumi Koda 40,5
10 Hiroshi Itsuki 37,3
11 Angela Aki 38,4
12 Moriyama Naotaro 38,4
13 aiko 38,1
14 Shuchishin with Pabo 43,8
15 Kobukuro 43,0
16 Ayaka Hirahara 40,6
17 EXILE 42,4
18 Yukiko Kobayashi 43,8
19 Saburo Kitajima 42,7
20 Hitoto Yo 41,5
21 Mika Nakashima 42,6
22 Mr.Children 45,8
23 Sayuri Ishikawa 46,4
24 SMAP 47,9
25 Yoshimi Tendo 45,6
26 Shinichi Mori 46,6
27 Akiko Wada 46,3
28 Kiyoshi Hikawa 47,0


With 1% being the equivalent of approximately 1 million viewers, approximately 38.6 million viewers were watching Tohoshinki.

[VID] Wake up with DBSK at 6am - First day of 2009

The year is looking GOOD. To make up for my lack of updates, I give you the first video/appearance of DBSK for 2009! Wohoo~! Happy New Years everybody :D

The boys look stellar and very happy on this bright and early morning show, even with their super tight, strenuous, and tough schedule (the PD shows their overnight schedule 2:04 on the show before they came on set). Now here is an example we can ALL follow when we have to go back to DREADED classes and school/work >_< ... whoops, I mean, YEY for classes! :D

These guys are killer role models for me when I feel like calling in sick and running away from work.

010109 Tohoshinki @ NTV {Zoom in Super}

Credit: sarangheJJoongie3

[VID] Tohoshinki @ 081230 TBS The 50th Japan Records Awards

Opening:


"Purple Line" & "Why Did I Fall in Love for You?"

[VID] Tohoshinki @ Kohaku (Japanese Year-End Music Festival)

Terribly sorry I have been late at updating. I have been very sick for the past few days...^^; This made me feel a whole lot better though! XD

The much anticipated Kohaku performance (click on "CC" for english subtitles):


credit: joongiefied

They performed Doushite and Purple Line, their Oricon #1 hits.
Btw, both the MCs are people that DBSK has interacted with. The female MC is Mari Sekine from Music Station and the male is SMAP leader Nakai who runs a talk show DBSK and Koda Kumi were on together. I am glad to hear they both regard the boys so highly ^^

The performances have to be kept short because Kohaku is a competition between the male and female teams and multiple artists are invited to perform.