Japanese pop star Mai Kuraki has decided to visit Korea in October, according to a press release on Friday.

The singer, set to give her first concert in Seoul in November, decided to visit beforehand to meet with her fans, Mnet Media explained in the statement.

The press conference and showcase scheduled for October 7 was originally intended only for the media, but has reportedly been changed to include the fans at the singer's request.

At the event, she will put on a duet performance with J-pop star and Korean songwriter Song Yang-ha, who penned her previous No. 1 single "Beautiful".

Kuraki debuted in 1999 with the single "Love, Day After Tomorrow", which sold 1.4 million copies in Japan. Since then, she has released 32 single albums -- all of which placed within the top 10 of the Oricon charts -- plus nine studio albums and eight DVDs.

Her second best album "All My Best", released earlier this month, reached No. 1 on Japan's Oricon weekly albums chart.

Tickets for the event will be available to people who bought her best album at Seoul's Evan Records and those who were selected from websites www.auction.co.kr and www.yes24.co.kr.

The concert will take place at Seoul's Ax-Hall on November 14.

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V6 commented on their press conference that, “Hallyu stars BoA and TVXQ are awesome”.

On the 19th of September, Japanese popular group V6 held a press conference at the Seoul Hilton Hotel. Yoshihiko Inohara said, “Korean artists who had debuted in Japan are really amazing.” He added, “We've met BoA a few times on TV programs. We had visited Korea a few years back, therefore when we saw Korean artists in Japan, we always perform the duties of a 'host' to them.”

V6 would be having their concert in Korea this coming November, and they said, “This is a new beginning and a challenge to us.”

V6 members consists of 2 subunits:

20th Century: Masayuki Sakamoto, Hiroshi Nagano, Yoshihiko Inohara.
Coming Century: Go Morita, Ken Miyake, Junichi Okada.

Source: BooTVXQ
Translation: sshutingg @ OneTVXQ.com
Credits: OneTVXQ.com { One World. One Red Ocean. One TVXQ! }

“…Chon-san went to go watch Tohoshinki’s performance in very very high spirits. But…
Due to a mistake in planning, when I went, they were already on their last song.
So there I am, wearing my Tohoshinki t-shirt, wearing a Tohoshinki towel on my neck, holding a Tohoshinki fan, I’m all totally ready…
But tomorrow, I shall have my revenge.”

“…To those asking ‘Why were you holding a Tohoshinki towel?’…
I’M A FAN!♪
They have beautiful singing voices, I fell in love with them in Ehime~.”

“Chon-san’s 5 Frame Comic Theater! YA~Y!!!!
Of course, the joke (not really a joke though) is the most popular request from everyone.
This is Chon-san with
‘TOHOSHINKI STYLE’☆

Fully equipped and very energetic♪
And right here, the member whose voice hypnotizes Chon-san the most was singing enthusiastically.♪♪♪
I was feeling way too good, I was shaking. lol

Well, this is the last song, and I was a very fired up person.

Coming to visit me while I’m feeling like that, all of my staff was laughing very loudly at my useless style here. lol”

Credit: ayoofic @ LJ + TVXQindo
Original source: Team Ayu

On last August 20th at musical event held in Tokyo Odaiba: “BOY POP FACTORY 09″, Micky Yoochun and Hero Jaejoong’s duet performance on stage led Fumiya to wrote about the memory of him meeting the two Tohoshinki members in his diary blog on the next day, August 21st.

“The atmosphere of the venue was heated up, two Tohoshinki members performed in one color creating big stage. No wonder the tickets went up high at the auction sales site to ¥ 200,000.” he started the introduction. “But I think the visitors there would feel a little awkward with the wide hot response by Tohoshinki fans, yet they’re really creating a good excitement atmosphere.”

“From two members of Tohoshinki I received CD and also handshake. Yatta! Yatta! It’s a rare chance to meet them.” he continued, “I feel the great charm and they’re really someone whom you want to meet. Tohoshinki is getting more and more popular these days. They’re good looking, having great songs, and also good in dance.”

At the Boy Pop Factory event, Tohoshinki’s Jaejoong and Yoochun sang 4 duet songs.


source: yonhap news
trans: sharingyoochun@wordpress
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- Fumiya Fujii is the lead singer in Japan's popular group, Checkers.