TVXQ #1 on Oricon Monthly

TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki has achieved another first as their popularity grows in Japan. They’ve achieved their first ever #1 ranking on the Oricon Monthly chart with Break Out!

Despite being released late in January (January 27th), the boys took the Oricon Monthly Sales chart for January by selling 255,917 units. Second place was You were… / BALLAD by popular J-pop artist Ayumi Hamasaki, which was released on December 29th and sold less than half of Break Out! with a sales tally of 113,546.

Congratulations to TVXQ, hopefully they can continue this momentum with the release of their Best Selection 2010 album on February 17th. Also remember to check out allkpop & tokyohive’s TVXQ #alwayskeepthefaith Giveaway!


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Jaejoong and Micky are on top of the Oricon Weekly

Last week, Jaejoong and Micky of TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki enjoyed much success, crushing the competition, with the release of their new single album "COLORS ~Melody and Harmony / Shelter." A week later it's on top once again, this time on the Oricon Weekly Sales Chart, selling nearly 150,000 units (149,363 to be exact). Good Night, Sweet Dreams to the competition because they crushed the competition once again as VAMPS came in at a distant second with only 31,504 units sold (COLORS first day sales nearly tripled the second place total weekly sales).

The album was practically first every day on the singles album chart this past week, so it was only a foregone conclusion that they would be first on the Oricon Weekly. This marks the seventh time that TVXQ has reached first on the Oricon Weekly Chart, which breaks their own record for a foreign artist... but this isn't the only good news.

“TVXQ 4th Live Tour 2009 – The Secret Code – FINAL In Dome” has also achieved first on both the Oricon Daily and Weekly DVD Charts, the first foreign artists in over 20 years to do so! This marks the first time that they have been able to accomplish such an impressive feat. This is very impressive for them and their popularity in Japan keeps on growing. Congratulations and hopefully their issues with SM are resolved soon. Make sure to check out the ONETVXQ Forums.


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TVXQ Stands By to Number 1

After debuting "Stand By You" at Number 2 on the Oricon Daily Chart with sales of nearly 100,000, TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki has overtaken Arashi's "Everything" on the latest Oricon Daily Singles Chart. For July 5th, Stand By You had a sales figure of 29,278 units while Everything came in second with a sales figure of 21,181 units.

TVXQ's sales was most likely boosted by their highly publicized Tokyo Dome Concerts. Their total sales for "Stand By You" has surpassed the 180,000 mark thus far. Congratulations to TVXQ and much continued success in Japan, thanks to kym for the tip.



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TVXQ is Number 10 for the first half of 2009

Oricon recently released their mid year album sales ranking for 2009 and TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki did better than most expected. “The Secret Code” came in at number 10 with a sales figure of 248,000 for the first half of 2009. This placed them above popular artists such as KAT-TUN who had 237,000 sales for "Break the Records -by you & for you-" and Utada who had 228,000 sales for "This is The One." BoA who released a combo "Best Album and American Debut album" was ranked 25th with a sales figure of 131,000.

Here are the Top 10 sales figures:
1. Mr Children - "Supermarket Fantasy" (1.2 million)
2. Exile - "Exile Ballad Best" (807k)
3. Dreams Come True - "Do Your Dreams come true?" (632k)
4. Remioromen - "Remio Best" (471k)
5. Ikimono-Gakari - "My Song Your Song" (404k)
6. Koda Kumi - "Trick" (385k)
7. Ayumi - "Next Level" (363k)
8. RADWIMPS - "Arutokorni no Teiri" (314k)
9. Unicorn - "Shamble" (250k)
10. TVXQ / Tohoshinki - "The Secret Code" (248k)

Some of you enjoyed TVXQ's Stand By You scans a few days ago and now you can enjoy the video for the off-shoot:

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This is good news for TVXQ and they should be even more excited with their Tokyo Dome concert just a few days away.


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[INFO] 090627 Oricon Ranking For Most Anticipated Single,Singles Released on 01/7

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TVXQ is Number 2 for the month of May

Popular group TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki placed second on the Oricon Monthly Sales chart for their One Piece OP single, "Share the World / We are!" The sales were tabulated from April 20th - May 17th and TVXQ had a sales of 129,000 during that time period.

TVXQ's 28th Japanese single titled Stand By You is scheduled to be released on July 1st. They will have very stiff competition with this release, Popular JPOP group Arashi will be releasing "Everything" on the same date. Other popular artists such as Flumpool, Gackt, and Mao Denda are also scheduled to release new singles around that time frame. TVXQ most likely won't be placing first like last time, but let's hope their Japanese fans go out and buy the album so they will be place high on the Oricon charts.


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Arashi's new single, including the theme song of Sakurai's drama sells 230,000 on first day

Arashi's 26th single "Ashita no Kioku/ Crazy Moon" sold 230,000 copies, and ranked 1st on the daily single ranking of 26th May. Arashi's previous single "Believe/ Kumori nochi Kaisei" sold over 500,000 copies in the first week, and is the best sold single in 2009 so far. The new single's first week sales is also expected to be high.

"Ashita no kioku" recorded in this single is the theme song of member Sakurai Sho's NTV drama "The Quiz Show", and is a medium number with lyrics intertwined with thoughts about un-erasable past and hopes for the future. "Crazy Moon" is on-air as the CM song for Kose's "Esprique Precious".

On the Daily Album Ranking, "Trash We'd Love" by the HIATUS, new project by Ellegarden's vocalist Takeshi Hosomi, sold 30,000 copies and ranked first.



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THSK’s ‘Share The World/We Are’ Single Surpasses 100,000 Sales in 2 Weeks

The cruise of Tohoshinki’s popularity is unstoppable in Japan.

Launched on the 22nd last month, Tohoshinki’s 27th single “Share The World/We Are” finally surpassed 100,000 copies sold after two weeks.

The first 6 days in ORICON Style, Tohoshinki’s single recorded 98,033 number of copies sold, continued to an addition of 15,575 copies sold the next week, resulted in total sales 113,608 copies in whole two weeks.

Tohoshinki sucessfully placed their new single to be the winner of ORICON Daily and Weekly chart while their 4th album sales has been a blast as well. Having 6 singles as ORICON Weekly top chart, Tohoshinki broke record as foreign artist who has most ORICON weekly #1 in Japan.

Meanwhile, Tohoshinki is now running their 4th live tour - The Secret Code 2009 with their first stage was in Kobe World Memorial Hall Japan on May 4th, despites the sprained ankle injury happened to one of the member, Xiah Junsu.


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TVXQ 27th Single breaks Oricon's No.1 overseas greatest records

TVXQ has once again occupied the number 1 position of Oricon's weekly chart.

TVXQ announced on April 22 that they have once again occupied the Oricon's weekly chart with their Japanese new single 'Share the World!'. With this, this had made TVXQ have 6 number 1 weekly charts which had made them the new No.1 'Overseas Artist.'

The group's 27th Japanese Single 'Share the World!' has also occupied Number 1 position for Oricon's album sales and Number 1 position for Oricon Weekly Chart.

Oricon has posted news on April 28 on how TVXQ has succeedly have their 6th Number 1 single on their weekly chart. Which set the Number 1 Overseas artists record.

According to recent news, TVXQ has also hitted number 1 with their hits 'Purple Line' back in Jan 2008, 'Beautiful You', 'JUMON-Mirotic' and 'Bolero/Kiss the Baby Sky'. This establishes the best record at the Japanese successive overseas artist at the beginning.

'Share the world' is currently being used as the 9th opening music for the anime-series 'One Piece' 'The Secret Code' (their latest hit) was also used in a series-drama.

The 27th single `Share The World' which meantime, shines to Oricon weekly single chart 1st place will be in Korea on May 6th in CD and CD+DVD 2 kind versions for domestic license sold. The DVD will contain `Share The World' music video sketch image and translation Text record especially which will cause a hot reaction.


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DBSK and F.T. Island both number 1 on ORICON’s

TVXQ or DBSK recently showed why they're the GODs of the East by grabbing the number 1 spot on Oricon's Weekly Singles Chart with their song Share the World/We Are! This is a new record because they're the first foreign artist to have their single win Oricon's Weekly Singles Chart six times! That's one for each of their five members, and one more for their fans!!! Just kidding, the last one is going to father SM.

The single was released on the 22nd of April, in which it also shot to number 1.

*1位　98,033　東方神起 「Share The World/ウィーアー！」
*2位　66,910　桜高軽音部 「Don't say "lazy"」
*3位　61,921　ゆず
*4位　61,608　桜高軽音部 「Cagayake! GIRLS」
*5位　35,012　EXILE
*6位　27,126　絢香
*7位　14,865　林原めぐみ
*8位　13,761　コブクロ
*9位　12,178　渡り廊下走り隊
10位　10,629　ヘタリア キャラクターCD Vol.2 ドイツ

On a side note, apparently F.T. Island was also number 1 on the chart!! No joke!!

51　2,089　F.T. Island

Except there's this weird number 5 in front of the 1. I don't know what that number 5 is for, but I hate it. Actually if you think about it, that number 5 is probably for the 5 members of F.T. Island. I know what you're thinking. "BULLSHIT!" And you would be right. Oh well, there's always next time F.T. Island.


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Oricon : Most Beautiful People

American magazine People will soon be releasing its "100 Most Beautiful People" list, so Oricon has put together a small survey about "beautiful" Japanese celebrities. 1,000 men and women participated in the survey, which asked about both male and female celebrities.

The #1 answer for male celebrities was young actor Hiro Mizushima (25), though the survey was conducted just before he announced his marriage to singer Ayaka (21). Among female celebrities, the recently divorced Norika Fujiwara (37) was the #1 choice.

Men:
1. Hiro Mizushima
2. Gackt
3. Masaharu Fukuyama
4. Takuya Kimura
5. HYDE
6. Hiroshi Tamaki
7. Junichi Okada
8. Koichi Domoto
9. Hideaki Takizawa
10. Shosuke Tanihara

Women:

1. Norika Fujiwara
2. Sayuri Yoshinaga
3. Yukie Nakama
4. Koyuki
5. Hitomi Kuroki
6. Nanako Matsushima
7. Misaki Ito
8. Yuko Takeuchi
9. Kou Shibasaki
10. Meisa Kurok

Survey conducted between 31 March 2009 and 3 April 2009 on a total of 1000 people, including middle and high school students, university students, men and women in their 20s, 30s and 40s.


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Oricon : Ikemens On Your Mind

Weekly entertainment magazine, Oricon Style, out on the 27th, has a feature 'The New Ikemens Illustrated' where the results of an ikemen ranking survey are revealed. The Number 1 'ikemen on your minds' is the drama Mei-chan no Shitsuji's Mizushima Hiro.

Voted in first place is Mizushima Hiro, who plays every girl's dream butler. "I was charmed by the drama Mei-chan. I think that Mizushima Hiro who suited the role so well is number one." (22, female) "He has appeal, and he acts naturally." (18, male) "He looks good, is pretty smart, and speaks English fluently. So overwhelmingly, he's the best." (28, female). Handling every role given easily, he has acting talent and the person himself being a perfect ikemen are the reasons for his Number 1 spot.

Ikemens On Your Mind Ranking
1. Mizushima Hiro 260 votes
2. Takeru Sato 139 votes
3. Miura Haruma 89 votes
4. Eita 54 votes
5. Oguri Shun 52 votes
6. Mizobata Junpei 50 votes
7. Matsuyama Kenichi 49 votes
8. Narimiya Hiroki 47 votes
9. Matsuda Shota 40 votes
10. Ichihara Sayato 38 votes



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Tohoshinki’s First Week Sales Record

Popular group Tohoshinki finally cracked the highest sales record ever since their career in Japan. Tohoshinki’s 4th album launched on March 25th, “The Secret Code” recorded first day sales 82,891 copies, and the next day on March 26th was sold 30,620 copies, thus the accumulation in 2 days straight is around 11,000 copies, placing them on the 2nd in ORICON album chart.

Tohoshinki made their highest first week sales record which is definitely their best result so far.

Meanwhile, Ayumi Hamasaki’s new album “NEXT LEVEL” was sold for 48,318 in the 26th, placed her on 1st in two consecutive days in ORICON album chart.


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OMG,I'm so proud of them!They are so successful in Japan rite now!I'm sure they will conquer Jpop someday.I'm so proud of our beloved oppas!Joongie,pls remember my love towards u always ^^ *tears*

TVXQ’s Secret Code on Oricon Charts

TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki's 4th Japanese album, "The Secret Code" was released in Japan today. The album placed second on the Oricon Daily Album Chart despite the heavy competition. Mega popular J-POP artist Ayumi Hamasaki was first on the chart selling 99,200 units on her first day. TVXQ placed second by moving 82,291 units. Another popular J-POP artist, Koda Kumi also released 2 albums today (best of compilation and driving album), but unfortunately for her she achieved only 5th and 6th place.

This is good news for TVXQ, their previous Japanese album "T" which was fairly popular achieved 52,273 sales in it's first week. Comparatively, "The Secret Code" surpassed that mark in a day. Also, BoA's Album which was released last week sold 81,627 units for the week. Namie Auro also released a new single last week and sold 75,456 units for the week. TVXQ should be well on their way to over 100,000 sales for the week and hopefully be in the Top 3 for the Oricon Weekly Sales Chart. Congratulations and good luck the rest of the week! Thanks to jaejin for the Tip.

TVXQ on NHK HARU UTA: (credits: DBSKnights33)

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No First Place for TVXQ on Oricon Chart this time

TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki has enjoyed first place on the Oricon Charts for their releases over the past year but this wasn't the case this time. With stiff competition, TVXQ placed 3rd on the Oricion Daily Sales chart. TVXQ's single "Survivor" had a total sales of 54,243 while KAT-TUN almost tripled this amount for their single "Rescue" with 143,941 sales.

Although TVXQ has been quite popular in Japan, they still have some way to go before they can compete with the Arashi's and KAT-TUN's of the world. But we know they can do it, continue to support them everyone! Thanks to Lady Tee for the tip.


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Owh,I expect this to happen anyway.I'm a fans of KAT-TUN too and they were great n soooo popular in Japan.But still,DBSK have more fans in other countries.

Oricon: ideal type of daughter

In celebration of Hinamatsuri on March 3rd, Oricon asked 900 men and women (between their twenties and their forties) what type of girl they would want to raise their daughter like, if they had one.

Talento Becky was ranked #1 overall and among the women surveyed. #2 was actress Aoi Miyazaki, who ranked first among the men surveyed.

1. Becky
2. Aoi Miyazaki
3. Nanako Matsushima
4. Aya Ueto
5. Norika Fujiwara
6. Yukie Nakama
7. Miho Kanno
8. Masami Nagasawa
9. Maki Horikita
10. Yui Aragaki


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Oricon news: "Arashi's new single, already this year's 4th best selling single on its release date"

The popular group Arashi's new single "Believe/Kumori nochi, Kaisei" debuted at Oricon Daily Ranking's top spot on March 3rd. It had record sales of 215,000, and only in its release date it made it to 2009's 4th best selling single, behind Akimoto Junko's "Ai no mama de..." (sales to date 336,000 since Jan 2008), Kat-tun's "ONE DROP" (sales to date 315,000 since Feb 2009), Shuchishin's "Yowamushi Santa" (sales to date 231,000 since Dec 2008).

Arashi/Yano Kenta starring Satoshi Ohno's "Believe/Kumori nochi, Kaisei" are both theme songs of the movie "Yatterman" (airing March 7th) starring member Sakurai Sho and TV Asahi Drama "Uta no Oniisan" starring Leader, Ohno Satoshi. Right now, it is only 121,000 copies away from 2009's most popular single Akimoto Junko's "Ai no mama de...," so depending on the sales from now on, it may break "Ai no mama de..."'s record sales and become this year's top selling single in just one week's time.



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Oricon Top 100 Singles in 2008

01) Arashi - truth/Kaze no mukou e
02) Arashi - One Love
03) Southern All Stars - I AM YOUR SINGER
04) GReeeeN - Kiseki
05) Shuchishin - Shuchishin
06) Mr. Children - HANABI
07) Aoyama Thelma - Soba ni iru ne
06) KAT-TUN - DON’T U EVER STOP
09) KAT-TUN - LIPS
10) Arashi - Beautiful days
11) Kanjani∞ - Musekinin Hero
12) Arashi - Step and Go
13) Sugimoto Masato - Waremokou
14) Fujioka Fujimaki to Ohashi Nozomi - Gake no ue no Pony
15) Mr. Children - GIFT
16) Shuchishin - Nakanai de
17) EXILE - The Birthday ~Ti Amo~
18) Namie Amuro - 60s 70s 80s
19) NEWS - Taiyou no namida
20) Aladdin - Hi wa mata noboru
21) Hey! Say! JUMP - Mayonaka no Shadow Boy
22) Jero - Umiyuki
23) NEWS - SUMMER TIME
24) KAT-TUN - White X’mas
25) Hey! Say! JUMP - Dreams come true
26) NEWS - Happy Birthday
27) Kanjani∞ - Wahaha
28) KinKi Kids - Secret Code
29) Kobukuro - Toki no ashioto (10 YEARS EDITION!!!!)
30) EXILE - LAST CHRISTMAS
31) Hey! Say! JUMP - Your Seed/Bouken Rider
32) B’z - BURN -fumetsu no face-
33) Hamasaki Ayumi - Mirrorcle World
34) Aqua Timez - Niji
35) SMAP - Dangan Fighter
36) Fukuyama Masaharu - Sou ~new love new world~
37) Akimoto Junko - Ai no mama de…
38) EXILE - Pure/You’re my sunshine
39) SMAP - Sono mama/White Message
40) UVERworld - Hakanaku mo eikyuu no kanashi
41) Hikawa Kiyoshi - Genkai funauta
42) Ayaka x Kobukuro - Anata to
43) V6 - way of life
44) MAXIMUM THE HORMONE - Tsume tsume tsume/[F]
45) Angela Aki - Tegami ~haikei juugo no kimi e~
46) Koda Kumi - MOON
47) Perfume - love the world
48) L’Arc~en~Ciel - NEXUS 4/SHINE
49) SMAP - Kono toki, kitto yume ja nai
50) Shimuzu Shota - HOME
51) Domoto Koichi - No more
52) L’Arc~en~Ciel - DRINK IT DOWN
53) Mizumori Kaori - Wajima asaichi
54) Ketsumeishi - Deai no kakera
55) Tendo Yoshimi - Shiawase wa sugu soko ni…
56) May’n/Nakajima Megumi - Lion
57) Kiyama Yuusaku - home
58) GLAY - VERB
59) RADWIMPS - Order Made
60) YUI - SUMMER SONG
61) YUI - Namidairo
62) Momotaros, Urataros, Kintararos, Ryutaros (CV: Toshihiko Seki, Koji Yusa, Masaki Terasoma, Kenichi Suzumura) - Kamen Rider Deno Climax Jump DEN-LINER form
63) Yamamini coopera Tatsurou - Zutto issho sa
64) Tegomass - Aiaigasa
65) Akikawa Masafumi - Sen no kaze ni natte
66) Sheryl Nome starring May’n - Diamond Crevasse/Iteza*Gogo kyuu ji Don’t be late
67) aiko - KissHug
68) ORANGE RANGE - O2
69) V6 - LIGHT IN YOUR HEART/Swing!
70) KOH+ - Saiai
71) V6 - Chou
72) UVERworld - Gekidou/Break the limit!
73) Tohoshinki - Beautiful you/Sennen koiuta
74) 244 ENDLI-x - Kurikaesu haru
75) Yazima byoumini coopersu - Nihon no mikata -Nevada kara kimamini coopera-
76) Sakamoto Maaya - Triangler
77) Hikawa Kiyoshi - Aishuu no mizuumi
76) Tohoshinki - Doumini coopere kimi wo suki ni natte shimattan darou?
79) VAMPS - LOVE ADDICT
80) Perfume - Dream Fighter
81) GLAY - Aka to kuro no MATADORA/I LOVE YOU wo sagimini coopereru
82) Ikimono-gakari - Blue Bird
83) Ranka Lee=Nakajima Megumi - Seikan hikou
84) Tackey & Tsubasa - Koiuta/PROGRESS
85) Porno graffitti - Anata ga koko ni itara
86) Koda Kumi - TABOO
87) T.M. Revolution - resonance
88) Aragaki Yui - Make my day
89) ZARD - Glorious Mind
90) ZARD - Tsubasa wo hirogete/Ai wa kurayami no naka de
91) Tohoshinki - Jumon -MIROTIC-
92) Yuzu - Story
93) DOHZI-T - Mou ichido… feat. BENI
94) aiko - Futari
95) Utada Hikaru - Prisoner Of Love
96) Momotaros, Urataros, Kintararos, Ryutaros (CV: Toshihiko Seki, Koji Yusa, Masaki Terasoma, Kenichi Suzumura) - Double-Action CLIMAX form
97) Porno graffitti - Gift
98) Porno graffitti - Itai tachi ichi
99) Spontania feat. JUJU - Kimi no subete ni
100) Mizuki Nana - Trickster


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Wow,dbsk was on the list!I'm sooo glad lol~Arashi rules Jpop last year.But yeah,their songs are great though(I'm Jpop n Kpop fans lol~)

Oricon Top 10 Album Daily Charts - Kumi Koda takes the #1 spot (1.28.09)

Kumi Koda takes the #1 spot with “TRICK” and good debut for Miho Fukuhara. Mai Kuraki drops to #8 and again, similar to a trend in 2009, not many albums are holding their footing for more than a week. 9 out of 10 of the albums this week are all new.

1. Kumi Koda - TRICK
2. Miho Fukuhara - RAINBOW
3. TERIYAKI BOYZ - SERIOUS JAPANESE
4. Kiyoharu - MEDLEY PREMIUM BOXES
5. C-ute - Akogare My Star
6. FLOW - #5
7. Hoobastank - Fornever Deluxe Edition
8. Mai Kuraki - touch Me!
9. Hitoshi Matsumoto, Mitsuyoshi Takasu - Hososhitsu
10. lego big morl - Quartette Parade


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