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Arashi Reveals Short Preview of "Endless Game"



It was earlier reported that Arashi will be releasing a new single "Endless Game" which will be out this month. And now a short version of the single is revealed.

In previous news, it was said that "Endless Game" is the theme song for member Sho Sakurai's currently airing Fuji TV drama "Kazoku Game" that started last April. Details for this single were already revealed and it will officially be out on May 29.

In the mean time, check out the short PV below!

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Arashi's Sho Sakurai Admits His Family Didn't Approve Of His Idol Career Before



During the Fuji TV talk show TokuDane! where Arashi's Sho Sakurai guested, the popular idol member admitted that his parents got mad when they found out that he will be entering Johnny's Entertainment and will be taking on an idol career. He said that he kept his application a secret from his parents.

Aside from his parents, his grandparents were also not convinced of the career he was pursuing and would frequently ask the 30-year-old idol when he will quit. Being discouraged since his family weren't that supportive anyway, there was some point where Sakurai also thought about quitting, "I was thinking that I'd probably quit Johnny's Jr. when I was about 17 or 18. Well, I liked what I was doing and was treating it as something like an extra-curricular club activity," which was mainly the reason why he continued on with it.

The time when his parents finally accepted his career was when they agreed to go to his solo concert when he was around 22 or 23 years old because even when Sakurai already became part of Arashi, his family weren't going to their concerts but that time, he casually invited them and asked, "I have a concert this weekend, can you come?" and their response was "Maybe we should". Sakurai commented, "I think that was the time they finally accepted me. They've been coming to our (Arashi) concerts ever since."

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Arashi Talks About Their Upcoming Fuji TV Special "Atarashi Arashi"



Arashi willl take on a different twist on a television program as they do Fuji TV's 2-part special "Atarashi Arashi" where they will be teaming up with certain directors according to their assigned project.

Satoshi Ohno is assigned to do the "mischief" project where he will be doing a graffiti. Sakurai Sho was delighted to know that he will be doing the "real face" task where he will be spending a day with a stranger.

Jun Matsumoto's patience will be tested as he will be assigned for the "challenge" project where he should keep away from pressure and maintain his poise after doing the so-called "Ultimate Challenge".

While Masaki Aiba will take on the "gourmet" tour and hopes he will be given a Hawaiian vacation. And lastly, Kazunari Ninomiya will be doing a comedy skit performing it with two female entertainers for his "comedy" project.

"Atarashi Arashi" will air for two Saturdays starting on July 13 at 11:30PM (JST) and July 20 at 11:40PM (JST).

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Arashi announces 'ARAFES' at National Olympic Stadium & 5-Major Dome tour + new album



On June 30th, Arashi held an event titled, "Arashi no Wakuwaku Gakkou ~Mainichi ga Kagayaku 5-tsu no Jugyou~" at the Tokyo Dome, and made some surprise announcements which shook the entire venue with loud cheers from the audience of 45,000.

It was near the end of the event when Aiba Masaki began to speak, "Attention please. We have an announcement to make." Then, "ARAFES" showed up on the big screen, and it was announced that there would be a 2-day live concert at the National Olympic Stadium on September 21st and 22nd.
"ARAFES" is a type of live concert in which the set list is based on the fans' requests. Ninomiya Kazunari stated, "We will perform 10 songs from our singles, 10 songs from our albums, and 10 songs from our coupling songs." This will be the 6th consecutive year for the group to hold a live concert at the venue.

As it was an unexpected announcement, the shouts of joy from the audience did not stop. However, it wasn't the only surprise. The second announcement was that Arashi's 12th album was set for release this fall. Aiba told the audience, "We just started working on it, so it's not even titled yet, but please look forward to it everyone."

Leader Ohno Satoshi followed up by saying, "We made an announcement about our album release, which means..." It was the cue to the announcement of their 5-major dome tour. There will be a total of 16 stages for the dome tour, and including the 2-days live at the National Olympic Stadium, 870,000 fans are expected to be attending their live concerts. The dome tour will kick off on November 8th, and will end on December 22nd.

Matsumoto Jun said to the audience, "It's great to see you guys excited. We will work hard on the preparation, so please look forward to it."

At the end of the event, Sakurai Sho shouted, "We'll see you again at the National Olympic Stadium!"