Yamapi takes on evil role in Chinese movie “Decoders”

Yamashita Tomohisa will be filming a Chinese movie for the first time, joining Chinese actor/singer Han Geng and Taiwanese/British actor Rhydian Vaughan in “Decoders”.

The storyline is about an otaku, a undercover police and his girlfriend teaming up to maintain safety in cyberspace. Yamapi will take on the evil role – the leader of a Singapore cybercrime squad. He will pit his wits against Han Geng, Rhydian etc.

They will be filming in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London in future for 70 days.

Stills from his movie:

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In other news, Yamapi mentioned in his solo live tour that he went for Yakiniku with Kame recently, and felt very motivated after the meeting. He also showed off a photo of them together to concert goers.

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Movie sounds boring but KamePi is sweet.

Kame comments on Koki’s dismissal from KAT-TUN

 

Kame appeared on NihonTV’s “Zukkiri!” on 11th October and talked about Koki’s departure from KAT-TUN.

He confessed that he came to know about Koki’s dismissal from the agency 2 days after his contract was cancelled. Koki then contacted the members directly and they sat down to talk about it. It was decided that they would draw the line once and for all.

The reasons for Koki’s dismissal was due a variety of reasons like running a bar, conducting a live concert without agency consent, dj-ing at a club, trouble involving women, tattoo etc.

Kame said ” There are rules from our agency which we have to abide by. Even from our point of view, his actions were already over the top.”
When asked about the sidelines which Koki runs, Kame said “As reported, things like running a shop. We also came to notice it.”

On the future of KAT-TUN, Kame said “There’s no other way but to continue as KAT-TUN. There’s no way we will cause trouble like this again. I promise to protect the group moving forward.”

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Not a fan of KAT-TUN but it’s sad that this group is breaking up like NEWS. And poor Kame has to shoulder the responsibilities of explaining this to the media! 

Kamenashi Kazuya forms a band and releases theme song for new drama “Sayonara Arigatou”

After what seems like years, Kamenashi Kazuya is finally back with a drama called Tokyo Bandwagon. Based from Yukiya Shoji‘s popular novel of the same title, “Tokyo Bandwagon” depicts the life of Hotta family, a large family who runs a secondhand bookstore and cafe in downtown Tokyo. Known for being meddlesome, the family will try to solve mysterious cases that arises in their area. Kame plays the 2nd son of the Hotta family who is kind at heart but an ex-yankee. He will team up with Tamaki Koji(his father in the drama) to form Hottake Band and release the drama theme song “Sayonara Arigatou“.

Here’s a live performance of the song!

After seeing this, i’m quite pleasantly surprised. The song is lighthearted and upbeat, and Kame seems to be enjoying himself while he sings with a smile. I guess this is much better than the dark/cool songs from KAT-TUN. I’m looking forward to watching the live perf of this!

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Song will be released on Nov 6. Purchase HOTTAKE BAND’s new single here!

Sayonara Arigato [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] / Hottake Band

Sayonara Arigato [Regular Edition] / Hottake Band