Aryshino Daily

Minggu, 17 Juli 2011

SHINee’s Minho and Taemin sing at someone’s wedding!

Here is the fancam of SHINee’s Taemin and Minho singing at someone’s wedding,check out their short performance here!

The video above focuses on TaeMin and Minho too,check out the video which focuses on JongHyun

“Korean Incheon Music Wave” promotional Video.

The 2011′s Korean Incheon Music Wave Concert is confirmed to be held at Incheon Munhak Olympic Stadium on 13th August. In which the leading K-pop artists like Super Junior, Shinee, SNSD, 2PM, 2AM, fx, Kara, missA, T-ara, MBLAQ, 2Nei, SECRET, FT Island, CNBLUE, SG Wannbe, Sistar and Son Dambi will perform.
The popularity of these k-pop artists has been already evident through Hallyu Wave, so, ofcourse the concert is garning so much international attention. It’s said that a big group of French tourists have already booked their seats and it is expected that more international k-pop fans will make their way to Incheon Munak Stadium. This concert would also be a great way to promote Incheon Tourism.
To grab great attention orgaisers has released tempting promotional video.

Celebrities love Valentino’s Lace Dress

Celebrities (L-R above) such as Im Su Jeong, Yeom Jeong Ah, Kim So Eun and SNSD’s Jessica have been caught wearing the same Valentino lace dress over the span of about 3 months.
Im Su Jeong first wore the dress to a production briefing of Come Rain, Come Shine on January 20, 2011.
Yeom Jeong Ah then wore the dress about a month later at MBC Royal Family press conference on February 24, 2011.
Kim So Eun, ambassador of the 5th Korea International Youth Film Festival, wore the same dress to the press conference of the Film Festival on March 29, 2011.
The latest star to jump on the bandwagon is none other than, Jessica of Girls’ Generation who wore the dress to the Suecomma Bonnie fashion show during Seoul Fashion Week on March 31, 2011.

The extremely popular cocktail lace dress is designed by Valentino for their Resort 2011 collection. It’s currently retailing for USD$3980.00 on valentino.com.

Tohoshinki, along with other K-POP groups are active in the Japanese market

On the 14^th of July, Oricon (Japanese Music Chart) summed up the sales of Music Merchandise for the first half of the year 2011 which include Singles, Albums and DVD.
Representative from Oricon stated “Comparing the sales of the Music Merchandise this year to the previous year, the market has decreased in size, but in general, Japanese Idol Group AKB48 as well as Korean Idol Groups Tohoshinki, SNSD and KARA have combined together to produce a ‘catalyst’ effect. In fact, for 6 years starting from the year of 2005, the sales for singles for the first half of the year increases each year.”
The representative also added that “Actually, the sales for Music DVD set the highest sales record in the market with 349.5 billion yen.”
Tohoshinki who have obtained a high popularity in Japan, lead the Music Merchandise sales. Other artists who have obtained the top front positions for sales include SNSD who obtained the 10^th position for album sales, KARA who obtained the 2^nd position for Music DVD sales and 12^th position for singles sales, and Jang Geun Suk who obtained the 15^th position for singles sales. In addition, Korean artists are given great appraisals in regards to their music which include album and Music DVD.
The total sales for singles released by K-POP singers is 151.5%. In addition, the album sales have set a growth record with 116.9% as well.
Due to recession in the music industry as well as the impact of the Earthquake that have occurred in Japan, even though this is the period whereby there is an instability in the music industry, the singles that are sold for the first half of the year has exceeded the sales that was obtained for the previous year.
Representative from Oricon stated that more outstanding K-POP groups will be debuting in Japan and Oricon hopes that the good result can be maintain for the next half of the year.

Japan’s NHK airs encore special on SNSD with additional footage

As reported earlier, Japan’s broadcasting network NHK recently decided to air an encore special on SNSD!
Universal Music Japan updated SNSD’s official homepage on July 11th by writing, “NHK has decided to air an encore special on their ‘M Presents SNSD Special’. The special received a lot of love when it first aired last month, and the show has been receiving much requests for another airing.”
The ‘SNSD Special’ aired in early June and featured clips of the girls promoting in Japan, in addition to interviews and other behind-the-scenes footage.
Representatives continued, “The ‘SNSD Special’ will release more never-before-seen clips which will bring an additional 18 minutes of air time. We ask that viewers – both new and from the past airing – not miss the new special.”

Music Core performances from July 16th

MBC’s Music Core is back once again with yet another fun and exciting show!
Besides the usual stages, MBLAQ, and GP Basic made their respective comebacks while Kim Hyun Joong begun follow-up promotions with “Kiss Kiss“.
With SHINee’s Minho and Onew on a temporary leave of absence, 2PM’s Chansung and Nichkhun became special 1-day MCs alongside Suzy and Jiyeon.

Korean Stars, popular choice to endorse convenience stores in Japan

Via tokyohive:
It has become a recent trend for major convenience store chains in Japan to sign endorsement deals with Korean celebrities. Tokyohive previously reported that Tohoshinki (TVXQ) and Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) would be starring in a new commercial for 7-Eleven starting this month. On top of that, ‘Winter Sonata’s’ Bae Yong Joon has also signed a contract with Family Mart near the end of June 2011.
There’s no stopping the Korean wave as it has been revealed on July 15th that Korean actor Jang Geun Suk has signed a one year endorsement deal with LAWSON.
With LAWSON being a company that markets to women, they’ve produced various kinds of sweets and bentos (lunch boxes) specifically for women. Jang Geun Suk is currently very popular among Japanese women, so LAWSON will be using his charm to directly go after the female consumers. Jang Geun Suk will serves as the image character for the store as well as star in two commercials throughout his one year contract. There will also be limited edition goods and special tie up products sold at various times.

Family Mart turned to Bae Yong Joon’s immense popularity from his starring role in ‘Winter Sonata‘. With Bae Yong Joon being one of the main pioneers to bring Korean dramas to the forefront in Japan, he will help target the more mature female consumers. The first special campaign with Bae Yong Joon will be a special “birthday memorial wine” that will be sold on August 29th for his birthday, on top of special original goods.

Tohoshinki and Shoujo Jidai have already been featured in 7-Eleven ads for a campaign to win special original items. When you purchase the targeted items, you get a free screen saver for your cell phone or computer. With the help of Tohoshinki and Shoujo Jidai, 7-Eleven is looking to reach the younger consumers.
Convenience stores play a big part in a typical Japanese person’s life. With Korean celebrities signing endorsement deals with these companies, it only proves that the Korean wave is starting to become a bigger part of the Japanese lifestyle.