Death Note [ デスノート]

Light Yagami is a genius high school student who resents the relentless increase of crime and corruption in the world around him. His life undergoes a drastic change when he discovers a mysterious notebook, known as the "Death Note", lying on the ground. The Death Note's instructions claim that if a human's name is written within it, that person shall die, as well as various other rules. Though Light is initially skeptical of the notebook's authenticity, he realizes that the Death Note is real after experimenting with it on criminals. After meeting with the previous owner of the Death Note, a Shinigami named Ryuk, Light plans to become a god and establish a new world order by passing his keen judgment on those he deems evil and anyone who gets in his way.

Soon, the number of inexplicable deaths of reported criminals catches the attention of International Police Organization and a mysterious detective known only as ''L''. L quickly learns that the serial killer, dubbed by the public as "Kira" (キラ, derived from the typical Japanese pronunciation of the English word "killer"), is located in Japan. He also concludes that Kira can kill people without laying a finger on them and that he is in Japan after using a convicted criminal named Lind L. Tailor, whose capture was kept secret and who was condemned to die at that hour, and pretending Tailor is L so that Kira would kill him. He then reveals this was only being broadcast in the Kanto region of Japan, and that the first Kira killing was of a criminal only broadcast in Japan. Light realizes that L will be his greatest nemesis, and a nuanced game of psychological cat and mouse between the two begins.

L realizes Kira is getting information from inside the task force and sends 12 FBI agents to follow people connected to the Japanese police. Light tricks Raye Penber, his tail, into showing his ID, after which he kills all the FBI agents. Naomi Misora, Raye's fiancee, suspects Kira was one of the people he tailed, but Light finds out and makes her commit suicide using the Death Note.

Noticing Raye Penber's odd behaviour, and the fact that Raye's fiancee is missing, L begins to suspect those Raye Penber was investigating, and places cameras in their homes. Light realises their presence, but continues the killings with help from a miniature TV. L finally decides to remove the cameras, and enrolls at the same university as Light. His suspicions grow of Light, but he asks him to join the taskforce.

Misa Amane, another Death Note owner, finds Light, after sending a video in which she claims to be Kira. She possesses Shinigami eyes which allow her to see a person's name and lifespan, but at the cost of half her remaining lifespan to obtain this information. Ryuk offered Light Shinigami eyes when Raye Penber was following him but Light declined. Obsessed with Kira after the death of her parents' murderer who was being acquitted for lack of evidence, she devotes herself to helping Light, but is captured by L. Light makes a plan involving renouncing ownership of both Death Notes and all of his memories of them, and turns himself in to L for surveillance, as Rem threatens to kill him if Misa is not freed. Together, Light and L investigate eight people from the company "Yotsuba" who are using a Death Note for their own profit. While arresting the third Kira Higuchi, Light recovers all his memories when he touches the Death Note. Using a death note fragment in his watch, he kills Higuichi thus becoming the owner of the Death Note. He remembers and continues his plan of compelling the former owner of Misa's Death Note, theshinigami Rem, into killing L and his assistant Watari, which causes Rem to lose her life, as a Shinigami is not allowed to purposely extend a human's life. Light then gets her Death Note. Meanwhile, Misa again acquires her memories and the Shinigami eyes from Ryuk.

After L's death, Light is given the position of the "new L" by the Japanese Task Force. Four years later, Near and Mello - two children who were raised to be successors to L in an orphanage founded by Watari - appear, with the goal of finding Kira. In the meantime, Kira has gained much public support, and has contacts. Mello, one of L's successors who has joined the Mafia, kidnaps the Director of the NPA, but after Kira kills him, he kidnaps Sayu Yagami, Light's little sister, as a bargaining chip to get the Death Note. The Japanese Task Force plans to go to Los Angeles to rescue Sayu but ends up losing the Notebook. The Task Force later attempts to retrieve it and succeeds in doing so, they also get Mello's real name due to Soichiro making the deal for Shinigami eyes with Ryuk. However, as a result of an explosion that Mello uses to cover his escape and one of his henchmen, Light's father Soichiro Yagami dies.

Near begins to suspect the second L of being Kira thus causing some members of the Japanese task force to also openly suspect him. Realizing the risk of being caught, Light has Misa give up ownership of her Death Note. He then finds his next successor, Teru Mikami, a strong, almost crazed Kira supporter, who trades for the shinigami eyes and kills Kira's last spokesman - for his greed - who helped Near escape from a crowd of Kira supporters. Mikami later recruits a new spokesman for Kira, Kiyomi Takada, a newscaster and one of Light's former college girlfriends. Teru Mikami and Kiyomi Takada continue killing criminals while Light is unable to do so himself, but has revealed he is Kira to Kiyomi. Kiyomi is later kidnapped by Mello and is forced to kill him with a hidden piece of the Death Note. Light kills Kiyomi by making her commit suicide by setting fire to the location and everything she wrote on, to avoid her implicating him after she uses the note to kill Mello. Mikami, unaware of this action, writes her name in his notebook which is hidden in a bank vault, exposing it to the members of the SPK. Near has its pages replaced with a fake version and, in a final confrontation with Light, is able to use it to prove that Light is Kira. Realizing that Light had lost, Ryuk writes down Light's name in his own notebook, killing him with a Heart Attack.

Super Junior[ 슈퍼주니어]

Super Junior, often referred to as SJ or SuJu (슈주), is a boy band from South Korea formed by SM Entertainment in 2005. With a total of 13 members, they are one of the largest boy bands in the world. The group consists of Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kimbum, Kyuhyum. The former Chinese member Han Geng was chosen from three thousand applicants via auditions held in China by SM Entertainment in 2001. As of 2010, only 10 members are active, due to Han Geng leaving SM Entertainment, Kangin's leave of absence for mandatory military service and Kibum's pursuit of an acting career. However, the other members have insisted that the three are still part of the group.

Super Junior has released and contributed in 20 different kinds of records with varying degrees of success. Over the years, they have been divided into smaller sub groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. Largely due to Super Junior's success as entertainers, other Korean entertainment managements began to train their music groups in other areas of entertainment, such as acting and hosting. In addition to their commercial success, Super Junior has earned seven music awards from the M.net Asian Music Awards, eleven from the Golden Disk Away, and is the second singing group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the 2008 MTV Asian Awards after JTL in 2003.

Super Junior are known for doing performances that are heavily centered around their choreography, and are acclaimed for their highly synchronized dances. The group's pre-debut performance was a hip hop dance and they have also joined B-boy battles and performances throughout their career.

Their dance styles are widely termed as street dancing, with a majority of their choreography containing hip hop dance moves such as popping, waving, floating, and liquid dancing. Dances in the form of martial arts are widely used in their dance routines as Han Geng and Sungmin are professionally trained in that area. Shindong was the main choreographer for "U" and for a majority of the group's other dance sequences. Eunhyuk choreographed the dance for "Boom,Boom" (Fourth Album) and also worked with the other members to create the dance choreography for "Don't Don" and "Marry U", both promotional singles for the group's second album. The dance for their hit single "Sorry, Sorry" was choreographed by Nick Bass and Trent Dickens, who has also worked with Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson. Nick Bass also had choreographed the dance for "BONAMANA". While the dance for "It's You" was choreographed by Jae Won (SM's choreographers). The dance for "No Others" was choreographed by THE GEMINIZ, Rino Nakasone and Maryss From Paris. Super Junior sub-unit, Super Junior M's "Perfection" was choreographed by Misha Gabriel who also one of MJ's "This is it" dancers.

Bad Guy [나쁜 남자]

The Plot

For the first five episodes, this drama will present you the background set up of Gun Wook’s life, we see that after the Hong’s kick him out for being the “wrong” Tae Sung, his adoptive parent die in a car accident caused by the rain + a dog that ran into the road. That was bad, but still not enough to be the reason of the whole drama-plot-revenge

And you will see the mastermind Shim Gun Wook with his wall of plan to ruin the Haeshin Group. He put all his efforts, his money, his time, his hatred, and eventually his life to get all information about Haeshin in that wall. And he finally get closer and closer to the family.

Gun Wook wants to emotionally screw with Mo Ne so that it irritates Tae Ra and he wants to emotionally screw Tae Ra by unnerving an otherwise steady, level-headed woman who is married and has a daughter. And then he’ll go in for the kill with Tae-sung by becoming his personal assistant.

I think the motive to revenge is too weak. I mean, ok, all you have were gone and they who made you like this were still live happily and peacefully, but I still don't get it, does he has to do the revenge like that? Tae Sung is not guilty, why Gun Wook has to kill him. If he wants to destroy then destroys Mrs. Shin, but Shim Gun Wook seems to miss this. Strange.

And Moon Jae In gets caught in the middle of everything because she is a worker in the Haeshin group. 
 

The Main Casts :

 

1. Kim Nam Gil as Shim Gun Wook
He is the main character here. Shim Gun Wook is a well educated, sexy, ambitious, very manipulative, and got a hidden revenge to the large corporation - the Haeshin Group. He does not suddenly hate them, there is always a background about it. And usually, Korean drama used a childhood background as a motive.

Twenty years ago Shim Gun Wook or Choi Tae Sung (His childhood name) had forcibly taken to the Hong (the Haeshin) family, they said he was Hong Tae Sung, President Hong's secret son from another woman. So, his adoptive parent had to surrender him to the Hongs with broken hearts. Little Choi Tae Sung or now Hong Tae Sung becomes a little prince in that family, they seemed really love him and wanted him. But one day, a DNA report came out that apparently, he's not the real son of President Hong. It made President Hong in rage and threw him out from their house in the middle of a heavy rain. They called his adoptive parent to pick him up. Unfortunately, his adoptive parent died in a traffic accident making him an orphan instantly. And this made him "mad" and set up a plan to take over the Haeshin group using his skills and charisma.

Choi Tae Sung had been adopted by an American family and brought to the States. Twenty years later, he comes back to Korea under the name of Shim Gun Wook and starts to get the Haeshin into his trap. First, the Haeshin's little princess, Hong Mo Ne, then goes to Hong Tae Ra, becomes Hong Tae sung's personal assistant, gets President Hong's trust and finally he (by accident) makes Hong Tae Kyun the Haeshin's eldest son, died in a car accident. Sound creepy, right?

One day, he finds out that his adoptive parent were killed under Mrs. Shin's order and not just an accident, so he plans to ensnare her and finally Mrs. Shin goes to the prison. Finish? not yet, Mrs. Shin opens a secret that he is actually the REAL Hong Tae Sung, and she said : "How do you feel after you've destroyed your own family, your father and brother? I won after all." It breaks him, shattered in pieces and decides to kill himself.

Kim Nam Gil acts as good as usual, not as spectacular as his Bi Dam's character but he's so intense and impressive here.

2. Han Ga In as Moon Jae In
A smart and beautiful woman. An art curator at the DiDin Art Gallery within the Haeshin Group company. But she is not the usual Korean drama-woman-main-character like, she is a gold digger. She pursues Hong Tae Sung after she had knowledge that he is the second son of Haeshin. She desperately want to be a rich family daughter in law. But she meets Shim Gun Wook and this makes her confuse between happiness and wealth.

In the end she realizes what's best for her, but it's too late.

3. Kim Jae Wook as Hong Tae Sung
He brought to the Hong family as the "real" Hong Tae Sung. Raised in a wealthy family and had everything he want. He changes woman like he changes for clothes, living in careless way, and irresponsible man.

But actually, what Hong Tae Sung wants is his family's attention, they spoiled him with everything but love. He just want his mommy's love and he seeks the love from Choi Sun Young, the only woman that he loves. Until, he finds out about her tragic death and makes him down once again. Finally he finds the love from Moon Jae In and he has to compete with Shim Gun Wook to win over Moon Jae In's heart.

4. Oh Yeon Soo as Hong Tae Ra

She is the eldest daughter of the Hong family, a perfectionist, a high-class married woman, with famous prosecutor hubby and beautiful daughter in tow. And she meets Shim Gun Wook, who turns her world upside down and makes her decide to leave her husband. Never realizes that this is also Shim Gun Wook's plot of revenge.

5. Jung So Min as Hong Mo Ne

The youngest princess in the family. Spoiled of course, gets everything she wants. She is fascinated by Shim Gun Wook when she met him on her yacht. Yes, her private yacht. She's already enganged at that point with other chaebol's son, but her attraction to Gun Wook makes her ditches her fiancee. In the end, she's the one who shot Gun Wook.

Additional Casts :

1. Jun Gook Hwan as President Hong
Typical Korean daddy and leader of a chaebol group. He loved Choi Tae Sung or Hong Tae Sung so much and that love turned to anger when he thought that he'd been deceived. So, President Hong threw the boy in the middle of heavy rain outside their house and left a scar (seen and unseen) within the boy's heart. Actually, he's deceived by his own wife.

2. Kim Hye Ok as Mrs. Shin or President Hong's wife
She is the real villain here. But she did that because she was angry and jealous. She switched the DNA report of the two Hong Tae Sung, she decided to raise the fake Hong Tae Sung because she could not stand to live with her husband's secret son from other woman. A simple reason to make a child's world turn upside down.

Gackt Camui [神威 楽斗]

Gackt Camui (神威 楽斗, Kamui Gakuto, born July 4, 1973) is a Japanses Musician, actor and author. Usually referred to by his mononymous stage name, he is known for his career as a solo artist and as the former vocalist for the defunct band Malice Mizer.

He has released fourteen albums and thirty-eight singles as a solo musician, which have sold over 10 million copies in Japan. His single ''Returner ~ Yami no Shuen~'', released on June 20, 2007, was his first and only single to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts. He became the first Japanese artist to release his music catalog on iTunes in October 2007. His music has been used as theme songs for various anime, television dramas, and video games, such as New Fist of the North Star, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, and Kamen Rider Decade, amongst others.

As an actor and writer, he co-starred and co-wrote the 2003 film Moon Child and acted in the NHK drama Furin Kazan as Uesugi Kenshin. He made his international film debut in the film Buraku in 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Gackt was born in Okinawa, Japan, on July 4, 1973. His father was a music teacher primarily playing the trumpet and his mother was also a teacher. According to Gackt's autobiography, he was a mischievous child and enjoyed taking risks; at age seven he nearly drowned while swimming off the coast of Okinawa. After this near-death experience, he claims to have the ability to see and speak with deceased family members, and people. At the age of ten, he was hospitalized with a gastrointestial condition and had to remain at the hospital for a prolonged time. He made the acquaintance of several terminally ill children, some of whom died during his stay.

Influence

Gackt's musical education began at age three, when his parents initiated his classical piano education. He has credited the classical pianist and composer Frederic Chopin with being "the one who taught me the beauty, depth, fun, sadness, kindness of music; that music could grant people courage, and the meaning of the layers of sound. It isn't an exaggeration to say Chopin is the foundation of my music." Having only listened to classical Music and enka while growing up, he did not become interested in rock music until he was a young adult. He cites Led Zeppelin's ''Stairway to Heaven'' as being particularly inspiring. Gackt mentioned in a magazine that the heavy metal band Metallica influenced his style in the single ''Jesus'' with their song ''One''.

Wheesung

Choi Hwee-Sung (born February 5, 1982), better known by his first name Wheesung, is a South Korean R&B singer.

1999: Début

Wheesung began his career in 1999 with the short lived Korean boy band, A4. He left after the band's first album debut, citing musical differences between himself and the other members of the band. After being released from A4, he signed onto M Boat, a former sister company to YG Entertainment. He underwent a few years of vocal training under the label and released his first solo album Like A Movie in 2002. The album became very popular after receiving praise from many well-known artists, including Seo Taiji and Shin Seung Hun. In 2003, he released his second album, It's Real. It proved to be as popular as his first, making him the best selling artist of 2003 in Korea. Unlike his debut album, It's Real wasn't restricted to R&B and it included different musical elements like pop and hip-hop. Wheesung left YG Entertainment after his contract expired in March 2006. He signed a new contract that is reportedly worth 1.5 million won with his new company Orange Shock Agency. It was stated that he will be composing and producing more with his new company giving him more freedom to do so.

 

Pre Star-1 Show

In April 2009, Wheesung is the MC/host of a new Mnet TV show called "Pre Star-1 Show. This show gives opportunities for new talented singers to introduce themselves, a platform for them to reach out to more fans. Every month about 9-10 teams will be introduced on Mnet.com and the team which receives most response from the netizens will be chosen onto the show. The chosen team/singer will also be given the chance to perform with popular stars. Wheesung's Pre-Show 1 Show’ started airing on 24 April on Mnet Cable Channel.

 

Korean Cover of Craig David's Insomnia

In late 2008, Wheesung was asked by British R&B artist Craig David to record the Korean version of his hit single ''Insomnia''. The music video was released on February 17, 2009 and Wheesung's comeback performance was broadcast by Mnet on February 19.

 

Performances in the US

Wheesung had participated in several Kpop concerts in Los Angeles, California, which include the Hollywood Bowl, and the Victory Concert. On June 19, 2009, Wheesung and Lena Park held a concert in Los Angeles Disney Consert Hall. After the concert, Wheesung planned to stay in Los Angeles for a month to work on his new album with producer Lee Hyun-do. The new album will go back to the r&b/hiphop style similar to "With Me" and "Incurable Disease". The new album is set to be released in August 2009. Wheesung also claimed in an interview that he wants to visit Pink's Hot Dogs while in LA. On June 27 and July 4, Wheesung performed at "Insomnia Concert" and club Le Cercle in LA. On July 11, he performed at the HALO nightclub in Hollywood.

 

Collaborations

Wheesung has collaborated with many artists. In late 2008, Wheesung has collaborated once again with Lee Hyori who featured as his girlfriend in his music video of "별이 지다.." (Fading Star) in the "With All My Heart and Soul" album. In 2009, Wheesung seeks help from producer Lee Hyun-do, they will collaborate to produce the new album which the release date has been set in August 2009.

 

Label changes

Wheesung started his singer career in YG Entertainment, when his contract expired in March 2006, he changed his label to Orange Shock. In June 2009, Wheesung changed his label again from Orange Shock to POP/UP Entertainment, which houses stars like JK Kim Dong Wook and group M to M. Wheesung has decided to change his label because former producer, Park Gun Tae, concentrated more on producing and working by himself. Wheesung gave thanks to Park Gun Tae for his growth as an artist and hopes to learn from him as a little brother, no longer as an artist under a producer.

Antic Cafe [アンティック]

Antic Cafe's an all boy Japanese visual rock band formed in 2003 and signed to the independent label Loop Ash. They formed as an oshare kei band, and now describe themselves as "Harajuku Dance Rock". The group has released five full-length albums and three EPs. On September 1, 2009, the band announced that after their live on January 4, 2010, at the Nippon Budokan, they will be suspending activities and put the group on a hiatus, however they have stated they will not be disbanding.

An Cafe was formed in May 2003 by vocalist Miku, guitarist Bou and bassist Kanon. Miku's former band, Revirii, had disbanded two months earlier in April, and even though the band did not have a drummer at this point, they started to perform at several events. They were later joined by Teruki after he left his former band, Feathers-Blue.

In 2004, An Cafe released their first demos and signed a record deal with Loop Ash. Their first release, ''Candyholic'', was released in March and reached the second spot on the Oricon indies single chart. The band continued touring and releasing, including their first album, Shikisai Moment, in 2005. The band released even more singles in 2006 until their second studio album, Magnya Carta (a play on ''Magna Carta'').

In 2007, the band announced their first overseas appearance at Project A-Kon. The announcement of this was followed shortly by the departure of guitarist Bou. The last performance with Bou was on April 30, 2007, and was featured in a DVD titled Hibiya On ☆The☆ 0 New Sekai. After Bou left the band, two new members were announced: Takuya was to replace Bou as the guitarist and Yu-ki was to join An Cafe as a keyboardist. The first single with their new lineup was announced as ''Kakusei Heroism'' followed by '' Ryusei Rocket''. At the end of 2007, An Cafe announced their first overseas tour, taking place in Europe in 2008.

In the opening weeks of 2008, An Cafe announced their upcoming single, ''Cherry Saku Yuki!!'', in February, as well as their next studio album, Gokutama Rock Cafe, which was released on April 9, 2008.

An Cafe's EP, Harajuku Dance Rock, was released by the La based Maru Music on March 13, 2009. This special release was made exclusively for overseas fans in North America and Europe.

BB Parallel World, An Cafe's fourth studio album, was released in Japan on September 9, 2009; and in Europe on October 2, 2009. It contains title track singles "Aroma", "Summer Dive" and "Natsu Koi ★ Natsu GAME", and eight other songs.

In 2010, An Cafe announced that they will be taking a break from activities. It is unknown as to how long they will be on hiatus, but they have not stated they will be disbanding. The message, issued on their official homepage, claims that "after the Budokan show, each member will concentrate on their own activity to be prepared for the band to restart in the future." The aforementioned Nippon Budokan show took place on January 4, 2010.

In wake of the hiatus, several members are now involved in other projects. Kanon is heading a mobile phone game called Pinky☆Distortion, which is to be released in July 2010. He will also be a guest at Otakon 2010 as a panelist and a guest DJ, as well as pairing up with Kanon Wakeshima to form a duo act called kanonxkanon. Miku is serving as the vocalist for the new visual-kei band, Lc5, which started in June 2010. Teruki is playing as a support drummer for the band DOG in the parallel world orchestra.

Secret Garden [시크릿 가든 ]

Kim Joo-Won ( Hyun-Bin) is from a wealthy family, smart and good looking. He runs the luxurious Roel Department store, which his family owns. Oska (Yoon Sang-Hyun) is a popular singer around Asia, but he doesn't have musical talent. He is also a womanizer. Joo-Won and Oska are also cousins and highly competitive towards each other.

On a request by Oska, Joo-Won goes to pick up actress Park Chae-Rin from a shooting set. Joo-Won mistakes stunt woman Kil Ra-Lim (Ha Ji-Won) for Park Chae-Rin and takes stunt woman Ra-Lim to a hotel. Oska made the request in an attempt to prevent Park Chae-Rin from revealing their relationship to the press. At the hotel, Joo-Won discovers that the woman he picked is not actress Park Chae-Rim but a stunt woman. During this time, Joo-Won starts to experience strong feelings for the feisty stunt woman, even though she isn't his type. Joo-Won tried getting Ra-Lim out of his mind for Ra-Lim does not own a high status life nor is even rich. Nevertheless, Joo-Won can't stop thinking about Ra-Lim.

Later, Joo-Won sneaks into an action school to watch Ra-Lim. Meanwhile, Ra-Lim tries her best to ignore Joo-Won because she knew Joo-Wan belongs to another higher social level compared to her. Nevertheless, Ra-Lim can't help her blooming feelings towards Joo-Won.

Yeun-Sul (Kim Sa-Rang) and Oska are ex-lovers, but they can't seem to forget each other. Because Yeun-Sul had a high-living status, she was arranged to attend a blind date with Joo-Won. Even though Jo-Wan made it clear that he doesn't have interest in her, Yeun-Sul keep pursuing Joo-Won. Yeun-Sul knows Joo-Wan is Oska's cousins and wants to use Joo-Wan to get under Oska's skin. Yeun-Sul then manages to become the director for Oska's next music video. The video shoot takes place on Jeju Island.

Meanwhile, stunt woman Ra-Lim is a fan of Oska's music and wins a contest to go to Jeju Island with Oska himself. Ra-Lim also wanted to take part in Oska's music video. Joo-Won learns that Ra-Lim won the contest to spend time with Oska and decides to follow them to Jeju Island.

On Jeju Island, the main participants all gather. While they were mountain biking, Ra-Lim somehow gets separated from Joo-Won and Oska. Joo-oan searched frantically over Ra-Lim's disappearance and went searching for her. Eventually, Joo-Won was able to save Ra-Lim but ended up stranded in a mysterious place called 'Secret Garden'. Mysteriously, the owner of 'Secret Garden' seems to know Joo-Won and Ra-Lim very well. The owner presented two bottles of alcohol to Joo-Wan and Ra-Lim. They manage to get their way back to the hotel before night and went their separate ways. At night, Joo-Won and Ra-Lim face sleeping difficulties and took this time to clear their minds while having sips of their gifted alcohol individually. And a twist of intrigue took place in the plot when both Ra-Lim and Joo-Won switched souls!

One Ok Rock

One Ok Rock (stylized as ONE OK ROCK) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005, composed of four members, Taka, Toru, Ryota, and Tomoya. It originally contained a fifth member, Alex, but he has since left the group.

The foundation for One Ok Rock began when Toru Yamashita, then a high school student, wanted to start a band. Toru told his friend Ryota Kohama, who had been a fellow member of hip hop dance group, Heads, to learn the Bass and asked Alex to join. After seeing Taka, a vocalist, perform in a cover band, Toru saw him as the best possible candidate for a vocalist in their band, and insisted that he join. Tomoya, the last member to join, joined One Ok Rock as a drummer in 2007. Tomoya had played with band on all their albums but only became an official member when they debuted.

The band name, One Ok Rock, came from "one o'clock," the time that the band used to practice on weekends. However, noticing that the Japanese language made no distinction between r's and l's, they changed "o'clock" to "o'crock" (or "o'krock") which then was separated to become "ok rock".

After Alex left the band in May 2009, the band released the single "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" on February 3, 2010. It was featured 9th in the Weekly Oricon Charts. They released their fourth studio album titled Niche Syndrome on June 9, 2010.

Ayumi Hamasaki [ 浜崎 あゆみ]

Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ Hamasaki Ayumi also 浜崎 歩; born October 2, 1978) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also called Ayu by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop'' because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment. In 1998, under the tutelage of Avex CEO Max Matsuura, she released a string of modestly selling singles that concluded with her 1999 debut album A Song for xx. The album debuted atop the Oricon charts and stayed there for four weeks, establishing her popularity in Japan.

Her constantly changing image and tight control over her artistry has meant that Hamasaki's popularity extends across Asia; music and fashion trends she has started have spread to countries such as China, Singapore, and Taiwan. She has appeared in or lent her songs to many advertisements and television commercials. Though she originally supported the exploitation of her popularity for commercial purposes, she later reconsidered and eventually opposed her status as an Avex "product".

Since her 1998 debut with the single ''Poker Face'' Hamasaki has sold over 50 million records in Japan, ranking her among the best-selling singers in the country. As a female singer, Hamasaki holds several domestic records for her singles, such as the most number-one hits overall by a female artist, the most consecutive number-one hits (also by a female artist), the highest sales, and the most million-sellers. Since 1999, Hamasaki has had at least one single each year top the charts. Hamasaki is the first female singer to have eight studio albums since her debut to top the Oricon and the first artist to have a number-one album for 12 consecutive years since her debut.

Personal Life:

Hamasaki dated singer-actor Tomoya Nagase since her brief acting career, and they publicly announced their relationship in 2001. Six years later, the media circulated rumors that the couple were about to get married; however, on July 13, 2007 Hamasaki announced that they had broken up. Though Hamasaki did not explain the reason for the split, she stated that they had parted amicably and the two remained friends.

In a January 8, 2008 entry on her TeamAyu blog, Hamasaki announced that an inoperable condition, possibly tinnitus or Meniere's disease, had caused complete deafness in her left ear. She disclosed that she had been diagnosed with the condition in 2006 and that the problem dated back to 2000. Despite the setback, Hamasaki stated that she wished to continue singing, and that she would "not give up" on her fans and that "as a professional", she wanted to "deliver the best performance for everyone".

On January 1, 2011, Hamasaki announced her upcoming marriage to Austrian actor and model Manuel Schwarz, whom Hamasaki met in August 2010 on the set of her music video ''Virgin Road''. On January 2, her office announced that she and Schwarz had gotten married in the United States the day before.

SuG [サグ]

Sug (typeset as SuG in promotional work and サグ, sagu in Japanese) is a Japanese rock band that formed in 2006. They are also part of the visual kei movement of Japan. The band has released two Eps, two full-length studio albums, and several singles. Until 2009, the band was signed to "Indie PSC", a subdivision of PS Company. As of 2010, they have signed onto a major label, Pony Canyon, and joined the forefront of major bands on PS Company.

The band's tagline in promotional work is Heavy Positive Rock.

Vocalist Takeru and guitarists Masato and Yuji had previously performed in a band called Travel. After Travel disbanded, they joined with AmeriA's bassist, Shouta, to form Sug in October 2006. The drummer Mitsuru then joined in November of the same year.

Shouta left the band in February and was replaced by Chiyu on bass. Their first release was "7th Breeze" on the compilation album Cannonball Vol. 03. The band signed to the visual-kei label PS Company, and in August 2007, the band released their first single, "Scheat" Months after the release of their first single, Sug released their first EP entitled Love Scream Party. To promote their music outside of Japan, Sug performed at "J-Rock Invasion" in Germany alongside Kagarra, Kra, Alice Nine, and Screw--all of whom are also signed to CLJ Records, a German label.

Mitsuru left Sug after their live on May 9, 2009. It is supposed that Mitsuru left citing creative differences to the remaining band members. Their support drummer at the time, Shinpei, became a full-time member of the band after Mitsuru's departure.

Following the announcement of their single ''Gr8 Story,'' SuG announced their move onto major label PS Company during the live event called "SuG Fes 2009 Alternative POP Show ~ Vol.6" on November 30, 2009. ''Gr8 Story'' was released through Pony Canyon, and the title track was used as the ending song for the anime Reborn! According to the band, the song is "rather punkish", yet with a catchy tune and an "easy-listening appeal".

Their second studio album and their first album through Pony Canyon,Tokyo Muzical Hotel, was released on March 9, 2010 (SuG Day). Their third studio album and their second album through Pony Canyon Thrill Ride Pirates, is set to be released on SuG Day, March 9 2011.

Taekwondo [태권도]

Taekwondo (태권도; 跆拳道; Korean pronunciation) is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae(태,跆) means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon (권, 拳) means "to strike or break with fist"; and do (도, 道) means "way," "method," or "art." Thus, taekwondo may be loosely translated as "the art of the foot and fist" or "the art of kicking and punching."

As many other arts, it combines combat techniques, self-defense, sport, exercicse, and in some cases meditation and philosophy. In 1989, Taekwondo was claimed as the world's most popular martial art in terms of number of practitioners.

Gyeorugi(pronounced, a type of sparring, has been an Olympic event since 2000.

There are two branches of taekwondo development:

• "Traditional taekwondo" typically refers to the martial art as it was established in the 1950s and 1960s in the South Korean military; in particular, the names and symbolism of the traditional patterns often refer to elements of Korean history.
• "Sport taekwondo" has evolved in the decades since then and has a somewhat different focus, especially in terms of its emphasis on speed and competition (as in Olympic sparring). Sport taekwondo is in turn subdivided into two main styles; One derives from kukkiwon, the source of the sparring system sihap gyeorugi which is now an event at the summer Olympic Games and which is governed by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). The other comes from the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF).
  
  
  
  

Although there are doctrinal and technical differences between the two main styles and among the various organizations, the art in general emphasizes kicks thrown from a mobile stance, employing the leg's greater reach and power (compared to the arm). Taekwondo training generally includes a system of blocks, kicks, punches, and open-handed strikes and may also include various take-downs or sweeps, throws, and joint locks. Some taekwondo instructors also incorporate the use of pressure points, known as jiapsul, as well as grabbing self-defense techniques borrowed from other martial arts, such as hapkido and Judo