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Takuya in HK news 1st day report| 2nd day report|last day report




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SMAP BirdMan~013 Album Track List:

theme of 013/idea /living large /Fly (higher take)/NATSU ~ natsu~/namida no kakera /"BLUES MASTER" kill /aitakunatte /kimi wo suki ni natte /asahi wo mi ni ikou yo (mellow session take)/BIRD MAN/Five True Love



wanna view Takuya new JCB CM + FLY promotion video look? goto:easyfinder




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According to Tokyo Sports news, it said on 6/21 7pm, a freelance photography met Takuya and his girlfriend ( Kaorin ) entered a gym club. After 20mins, 2 of them leave the gym and that time the photoman took their pictures and found out by Takuya. Takuya felt very angry and asked him to get out of the car, this situation stands for around 5 mins..then 2 secure guys ( protect Takuya ) asked the photoman to get out of the car..while he got out of it, Takuya teared(?) the guy's hair and also hit his head..finally, the photoman called the police. After the police listened to their stories, they thought the photoman did wrong because he didn't get Takuya's permission before taking any photos. Last, the photoman apologized and went to see doctor.URL: sun news




yesterday, there were 5,000 fans went to see Takuya live Shibuya Spain radio show, he talked about 013 BirdMan album and inside you can find his solo called "Natsu~summer~".listen@ TFM( for limited time only)



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Takuya is again voted as the " favorite guy " for 6 straight years from readers of AnAn magazine !! Congratulations!!



Note: more about 'FLY' single!

'FLY' = 30th SMAP single therefore to celebrate it, you won't find any words printed on the cover of the 1st edition single, it's a treasurable single for fans !!!


taken from: victor
Here's the SMAP 'FLY' single jacket !! release date: 6.23.99 w/ 2 songs : FLY + End of Time.




In 'Stop the Smap', Takuya mentioned that the filming for 2046 was going to begin soon and that he'd cut his hair for the movie. He warned his fans not to be too shocked when they saw his new hairstyle on stage. This homepage (belongs to Garfield) has made a discussion board for the movie starting with a quote from tonight's 'Stop the Smap'.
http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb194514



taken from:mainichi

Hey! Here's the latest look of SMAP from their FLY single (release date: 6.23.99). You can see their 15 mins promotion video from 013 concert video and if you wanna see their performances, check out 6.28.99 Smap x Smap!! appledaily



Gosh! Takuya was voted as the 'worst smoker' by the 'smoking problem organization' (?) .WHY? as you can see he always smokes in dramas and so his image can give negative effects to his young fans. (+.+)appledaily



taken from : orientaldaily

Takuya went to an island for shooting this new TBC CM , it featured him and his CM girlfriend taking pictures by digital cam. The slogan "If you have a smooth skin, you can probably feel Takuya + his GF's atmosphere"sun + chunichi


SMAP new single "FLY"(theme song of NTT CM) will be released by 6.23.99 and their new album " Bird Man ~ 013 " will be out by 7.14.99.



taken from:Shueisha+ pix easyfinder

Takuya is on this issue of Men's Non-No Magazine and you can also find him on the this issue of Non-No magazine!!(with Hikaru Utada ) appledaily



Takuya has voted as the ' most ideal type daddy ' by 124 primary school students in Japan. (^_^)/ appledaily



wanna see Takuya new Whisky CM images, go to : easyfinder



Takuya has a press conference this morning announcing he will shoot a HK movie [2046] this June. This movie will show by next year in Europe & Asia. He wished to work with Wong Kar Wai as early as he can. URL : zakzak & mainchi



translated by KK--Thank you!!--

"2046"-- A Production of 60 million Remuneration of Takuya up to 200 million yen Kimura Takuya finally confirmed that he would participate in Wong Kai Wai's first science fiction movie "2046". According to reliable source, the remuneration for Kimura for participating in "2046" is 200 million yen and the production costs of the film is 60 million instead of 20 million according to the rumours. The production costs for this movie is the highest among Wong's movies. Both the casting and the production costs are of magnificent scale. Discussion with some more superstars to participate in the movie is still continuing. There will be more surprises forthcoming. According to the reliable source, the production house said that when Kimura was discussing with them on taking part in the movie, Kimura mentioned that he liked this movie and his role very much. In particular, when he realised that he would have opportunity to work with Tony Leung and they will be acting together in various scenes, he was very excited about this. When both sides discussed about his remuneration, he proposed a "very special" figure hoping that both sides will come to an agreement.
Kimura heard that Tong Leung is very fond of surfing [KK: I only heard that Tony Leung loves water-skiing, may be surfing is his new interest]. He wishes to meet Tony Leung to discuss with him about the movie and go surfing with him to improve each other's surfing skill. In "2046", another main focus is Lau Kar Ling. The production house disclosed that she will have "erotic" performance in the movie. However, how erotic that will be? We have to wait and see.



According to this article, it said after Takuya went back to Japan, he will start shooting a new version "Suntory" Whisky CM. This time, Takuya will wear a "fly" (insect) style sun-glasses the concept is came up by Takuya himself. sun



here's a detail report about Takuya in HK :(taken from 4/19 OrientalDaily)
translated by KK

Kimura Takuya wishes to come to Hong Kong very soon Kimura Takuya arrived HK the night before yesterday. After staying in HK for 19 hours, he left HK yesterday and returned to Japan. He successfully came to an agreement with Wong Kar Wai and officially agreed to participate in Wong's first science- fiction movie "2046". We had a very short interview with him.
His visit to HK and meet Wong Kar Wai are supposed to be confidential. When he arrived, he left the airport through the special passageway. We discovered that he stayed in Shangri-La Hotel. Though he had traveled a long way to HK, he recovered quickly after one night. At around 11:30 a.m. yesterday, he had lunch with Wong Kar Wai at the Chinese restaurant of Shangri-La Hotel.
To avoid any disturbance, the security guards of the hotel were also present. Kimura might have known that the media was waiting outside the restaurant. When he left the restaurant, he smiled and let the reporters take photos. He was very cooperative. It seems that he had an enjoyable meeting with Wong Kar Wai. His attitude was completely different from last time when he came to HK to take photos for his photo album. He is very nice and friendly and kept smiling all time. When he left the hotel to the airport, Wong kar Wai and his team saw him off at the entrance of the hotel.
We kept on following his car. Though they recognised our presence, they did not increase the speed. They were very cooperative. Since Kimura had to use the special passageway to leave, when they arrived the airport, one of his officers went in to arrange for the check-in and other immigration procedures. While waiting, their car had to go round the cargo area of the airport and we had to follow.
After three rounds, Kimura's car stopped at the petrol station. We stopped right a way and proceeded forward to see if they could have an interview with him. We were blocked by Kimura's officers. They explained to us that Kimura had to visit the toilet at the petrol station and requested us not to take photos. We agreed and were a bit surprised that Kimura, as a Japanese superstar, did not mind using a public toilet. When Kimura came out, he appreciated that we were cooperative and agreed to have a short interview. We also obtained his autograph.
Kimura said that first time when he met Wong Kar Wai, he found that Wong was very artistic. He looked forward to working with him in HK. He was asked whether he and Wong had come to an agreement. He replied with a smile and said that it was still under negotiation. Regarding remuneration, how is it different from Japan? Kimura politely replied that this was confidential. He believed that after all the details of the agreement had been settled, he would come to HK again soon. When Kimura arrived the airport, lots of his fans were waiting for him. When they saw Kimura, they were very happy and came over to greet him. Kimura was very nice. He smiled, turned around and waved hands to his fans when he walked in the special passageway.



Takuya stayed in HK for only 17-19 hours, he went to meet Wong Kar Wai ( the director of Chung King Express )in a restaurant and he confirm to shoot a movie called " 2046 " soon !! pix + info:orientaldaily 4/19 + netvigator + pictures & chinese news + sun news



I'm so surprised to hear Takuya appeared at Hong Kong airport by 4/17,at 10pm . He secretly went to HK for 3 days ( estimate ) as a private trip. When fans found him out, he quickly ran away from the 'secret tunnel'. You can also see the pix from here : sun (^_^)/



Remember Takuya went to Hikaru's concert ? You can see his photo from: easyfinder HP but don't you think he's Takuya? cos the photo is a bit unclear.



On 3/26, Takuya appeared on Tsuyoshi's program " pu sma". What they did was, Tsuyoshi followed Takuya all day without being notice. 1st- Takuya came out from Fuji TV station and waved hands with his fans 2nd- he went to his car and when he hit the traffic lights, he started to do exercises 3rd- he went to a record store, we thought he will buy " Utada Hikaru" CD but no ! instead, he bought a " Morning Musume" CD. 4th- he went to give blood + played with kids in the park. Last, Tsuyoshi came out and said the truth to Takuya ( that he followed him ) but Takuya didn't feel angry at all. He also played a game with Tsuyoshi that is the " name game " because many people don't know how to write " taku " in Chinese/ Kanji. So Tsuyoshi asked people to write it..last, no one knows how to write and the punishment game came, Tsuyoshi has to put a plate of cream to Takuya's face!! This made Takuya very angry..ha ha ! remember to rent it!! sun news



Recently, Utada Hikaru was invited on a radio program and guess what? Takuya called her and gave her a big surprise!! Utada is a fan of Takuya too..she said " If I can talk with Takuya then entering the entertainment industry will be easy/happy." She also cried out " Kimura Takuya da! " but Takuya replied " please use respectful terms "..ha ! funny! now, you can hear this radio program on the net on 4/12 : all night nippon don't miss it !!



Takuya is on this issue "FINE" surfer magazine remember to get it ! There's total 11 pages featuring Takuya doing surfboarding in HAWAII!!! FINE


On 3/31, Takuya will have a one episode drama called *u*¢‚É‚ąSļ––‚Č•ØŒź*E*t‚Ģ“Į•Ź•Ņ*v( Japanese ) ..he will act as a photography reporter(chinese: doggy team ) who chase for entertainers secrets+gossip news. appledaily



There's a new courner for Takuya in sma sma,he will go to busy districts in Tokyo and then throw empty tins on the street to see if there's anyone will pick it up and put in the litter. What a great idea !! for more chinese news go to:appledaily



Last, Takuya didn't attend Faye's concert because he's too busy!! That's too bad but at least, he gave her flowers so this shows that Takuya is a polite guy ! ii hito ne!!



about Takuya's priest look in his spring drama(one episode only) - appledaily I think it's from 3/22 sma sma kimura takuya special ( that's what I guess ? )




note the pink color golden-fish printed shirt is given by Norip NOT takuya!!!

Continue(3/13)...from today's Oriental Daily, it said Takuya didn't go to watch Faye' s concert. BUT instead, Takuya gave a basket of flowers to her & he will attend tomorrow's concert. Let's go and see the biggest size pic--> oriental daily 3/12: Faye Wong is now having a concert in Japan & guess what? Takuya might watch this concert on the 2nd night. Wow! wonderful!This is what I got from Oriental Daily.


remember shingo and goro's punishing game ? yes! it will show by april 5th called " '99 sma sma spring special" remember to watch it !!



just read a news, it said takuya might shoot a summer drama with "fukuda kyoko" ( the actress who played in god please give me wings w/ takeshi kaneshiro ) ...i think this drama will be very interesting! but it's not confirmed yet ! appledaily



hey! do you wanna watch smap & takuya CMs from your PC ? now, you can download fro this Chinese HP : zerorunner ..you can see SMAP NTT & Takuya New CMs !!! it's a must see !!!



yo! nakai 's april drama is coming up on 4/11. title : good news ( TBS ) . the story is about some bad things is going to happen during the wedding ceremony between nakai and the main actress .you can see pix and news .nakai's style is pretty cool!



recently, there's many international fans fax to takuya on his radio program " what's up smap ? " but most of them are written in English so takuya can't understand it! well, I found an English translation page , read it and you will know what i mean : TKR Room



hey! takuya will have a smapxsmap special again on 3/22 , the title is : kamisama o miteita *w*_—l‚ØŒ©‚Ä‚¢‚**x( Japanese) it means seeing/looking for god (?)anyway, can't wait to see it !



you can find a small piece of lyrics written by Jan Lamb Hoi Fung ( from his latest album"goodtimes") delicated to SMAP and Takuya ...I've scanned the lyrics , take a look -->>


smap new NTT CM is now showing on Japan TV + magazines , u can see a small pic here



here's another request on kaorin's(takuya's girlfriend) photos:

| one + two + three |


someone asked me to post back the takuya hk trip news , here it is :

| hk1 + hk2 + hk3 + hk4 + hk5 |



takuya said he's not going to shoot spring drama with hirosue ryoko! cos the author changed the content again and again...that's too bad!



a famous hong kong comendian+actor " chow shin chi " met takuya in japan ( by chance), he asked takuya to sign his signature on his t-shirt. mr.chow likes takuya very much not because he's good-looking but he's taller than him. mr. chow even said " i look better than takuya ! " ( oh! man !! ) | URL: sudden weekly |