KinKi Kids World is for all English-speaking KinKi Kids fans who, despite the language barrier, have found themselves falling in love with KinKi Kids and their music, this is my humble attempt to bring us all closer to the world of KinKi Kids - Domoto Tsuyoshi 堂本刚 (244) and Domoto Koichi 堂本光一(51).
The contents of this blog are based primarily on contents found in other Chinese blogs, as I have only just started learning Japanese (which is とても むずがしです i.e. very difficult). I wish to thank all the Chinese Kinki Kids fans for their hard work and efforts in translating the Japanese materials/information on the KinKi Kids.
Created on 21 Sept 2008. Note: If you are an only fan or cannot accept KKL, please do not view this blog.
Showing posts with label KinKi Kids ♡Power of Love♡. Show all posts
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This year is the 15th anniversary of KinKi Kids' CD debut. However, many fans have been bemoaning the fact that there does not seem to be any celebration activities. Koichi and Tsuyoshi have both been busy with their solo performances. Even up to now, there is still no news that there will be the annual KinKi Kids' year end concert!
There have been rumours that Johnny's Entertainment agency does not care about the older idol groups and the management is only focused on the younger idol groups. I have to say with great regret that I do think the rumours are true. The management appears to just want easy money and the power that comes with being in control of the younger and more popular groups.
Just as one begins to wonder whether KK themselves care about KinKi Kids, they sent out a very clear message to all the KK fans out there - they do care!
24 Sep 2012 - Hey! Hey! Hey! (Live telecast)
Credit to: littlemo5124BKoichi appeared on Hey! Hey! Hey! live telecast to perform his solo song
- Danger Zone from his new Gravity album. Koichi was performing
outdoor and it was raining
The host asked him what would be his answer to the question "Eh?! Is that really so?".
He jokingly replied "Isn't it dancing in the rain?".
Then he flipped over his answer clipboard and on it, it is written:
(Even though it is our 15th anniversary...)
Koichi: Downtown is 30th anniversary? Takki & Tsubasa is 10th anniversary? KinKi Kids is 15th anniversary but there is totally nothing planned
Koichi looked to his right side and asked, "Why am I alone today?"
Downtown: Is there really nothing planned for 15th anniversary?
Koichi: None. (All the fans were going "ehhhhhh.....?!?!")
Koichi: I did ask whether it is true that there are no activities planned. The year is ending already.
Downtown: You need to quickly resolve that matter! (Downtown burst out laughing)
Koichi (laughingly): Sumi-masennnnn? (Excuse meeeeee...?) (I think Downtown cracked a dirty joke here...they are quite notorious for it. I shan't tell you what went through my mind when I heard that......definitely very KKL thoughts! Fufufu!)
25 Sep 2012 - Love Fighter
The next day, Tsuyohi updated his Love Fighter. Just 3 syllabus but enough to touch our hearts!
僕も(boku mo) (Me too)
Good for them! Way to go, Koichi and Tsuyoshi!
Whilst Japanese culture subscribes to obedience, respect for hierarchy, blah blah blah, there should be a limit to what one can tolerate! This is KinKi Kids' 15th anniversary, for goodness sake! How can the agency be so callous and not plan any activity to celebrate it? I never expected Koichi to be the one to raise this on national live TV. If it was Tsuyoshi, I wouldn't be surprised. I thought Koichi would be the type to handle such matters behind the scene. This really goes to show that even Koichi is fed up with the agency and has no choice but to take it up on national live TV where it can't be edited.
Tsuyoshi's sweet and yet so funny love song to Koichi for his 31st birthday!
The Tokyo Dome birthday cake with the lotus flower shaped musical candle and the whisper-sung Happy Birthday song! What wonderful memories this ML invokes!!!
The birthday game hosted by Tsuyoshi that finally led to his greeting "O tanjyobi omedeto"!
I think I will start first with Tsuyoshi's birthday love song for Koichi on 1 Jan concert! Fufufu! Well, it's obviously the most important and romantic moment in J con!
At the start of the 1st MC, when Koichi started introducing himself, Tsuyoshi suddenly ran to the back of the stage. As that section of the stage was in darkness, we couldn't see Tsuyoshi at all and Koichi pretended to look bewildered, looking left and right for Tsuyoshi, saying, "Is this my solo?".
At that very moment, we hear the strains of music and the spotlight shined on Tsuyoshi who was playing on the keyboard. (Wahhhh! I didn't expect Tsuyoshi to start on his love song so quickly! Fufufu!)
Koichi then commented, "I think this is going to take very long." (Lol! He definitely knows best since he's a very experienced "victim"!) And then, he said, "I want to sit down" and he then sat down on the steps leading up to the musicians' decks.
Tsuyoshi launched into his love song for Koichi's 31st birthday.
"I love you" MP3 Audio Clip Download link: Rayfile
(Note: I have taken the liberty of modifying some of the Japanese lyrics and my English translation may not be the same as the Chinese translation. As my Japanese is limited, I might be wrong and ask for your indulgence.)
光一 もうおじさん Koichi, you are already an ojisan (old man)
ねぇ光一 バーボンの用意はれきてるかい ne Koichi, have you prepared the bourbon?
光一 古着のジーンズなんて絶対はかないいって 可愛い笑顔で言った日もあったね Koichi, you once said that you will never put on secondhand jeans. You had such an adorable smiling face on the day you you said that ne.
でも光一 君はもうおじさんだね But Koichi, you are already an ojisan da-ne
だけどね光一 君は素敵だよ Even though so ne Koichi, you are lovely da-yo
君がいなければ 僕はいないだろう If you are not here, I guess there wouldn't be me
僕がいるから 君が笑ってくれるだろう？ Because I exist, I can be gifted with your smile, don't you agree?
「光一」 何度この名前を呼んだだよ 叫んだったよ Koichi, how often I have called out your name da-yo, cried out your name yo
悲しい夕日の色に* 負けそうな夜も Amidst the sorrowful colours of the sunset, in a seemingly defeated night
君の笑顔を思い出せば 涙が枯れたんのだ When I think of your smiling face, my tears will dry up (*At this romantic moment, Koichi accidentally touched the bottom of his mic, thus creating a loud feedback noise. Audience all burst out laughing at this point. Orz...baka as usual, our prince Koichi. Koichi apparently was already "corrected" during the concert on the first night by the Johnny's Juniors not to touch the bottom of his mic to prevent creating the feedback noise, but he still created it a few times on the first night!)
光一 ねぇ君が こうして いねるれることが いつまでも続くように歌うよ Koichi, ne, I hope to be able to sing forever of you thus
(Tsuyoshi then played a few more bars and slowly brought the music to a close.....or so everybody thought as the audience all started clapping and going "woah"......and then Tsuyoshi sang out "ne Koichi" and played on. Audience again all burst out laughing. Tsuyoshi managed to trick us all again. We KK fans are all so M......)
ねぇ光一 ねぇ光一 ne Koichi, ne Koichi
君が~wo~ 目を見つめろ Gazing intently at you
知らない僕がおどりだしてく An unknown self emerges 知らない愛がおどりだしてく An unknown love emerges
知らない愛がおどりだしてく An unknown love emerges
知らない君が輝きだしてく An unknown radiant you emerges
I love you
I love you
I love you you you
I love you
(I think somewhere in the above 2 stanzas, Koichi lied down on the steps in a very ojisan manner. Something like the red matchstick figure in the screen cap below. Sorry, my artistic skills unfortunately are also comparable to Koichi's......Then somewhere later down the line, probably in the next stanza, Koichi sat up and changed direction, laying his head down on the other side in exactly the same posture, save that it's symmetrical like a mirror image. That's why the fans keep laughing even though Tsuyoshi's lyrics were so touching. Our baka Prince strikes again...)
このメロディーが君を永久の 眠りへと誘うはずはないさ This melody should not induce you to sleep for eternity
起きてよ 僕を見てよ Wake up yo, look at me yo
僕の心の目は いつも君の愛を愛を愛を愛を見つめてる My heart is always gazing at your love love love love
I love you I love you
一方通行の I love you One-way traffic, I love you (I think this line uses one-way traffic as a metaphor to describe his love for Koichi. Since the street is a one-way traffic, there is no other way to go for his love to go. He can only love Koichi. Well, that's my interpretation.)
おじさん 起きたよ* Ojisan, wake up yo
(*This line is hilarious and all burst out laughing. On the big screen, we can see that Koichi also couldn't help but break out into a grin at this point. He was still lying in that ojisan manner on the steps at that point.)
風邪ひいちゃうよ You can catch a cold yo
仕事は始まったよ Work has begun yo
そんなとこじゃ風邪ひいちゃうよら
As you may catch a cold in such a "bed" yo-ra
僕の声であいためてよ
I will use my voice to warm you yo
起きたかな選らんよ？* (I think Koichi sat up at this point.) Have you decided to wake up yo?
寝起きが悪い君 顔が可愛い
Though you usually wake up in a bad mood, the look on your face then is adorable.
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you シルバーパンツ Silver pants
(I think it is around the above "I love you" stanza that Koichi started to massage and stretch his legs whilst seated on the steps. The "silver pants" is absolutely hilarious, referring to the silver pants Koichi was wearing then. I have to sheepishly confess I heard "silver butts" during the concert...Orz...don't ask me why.)
I love you
彼が生まれてきたことを誰もが光だと知ってるから
Your birth into this world lets everybody know the meaning of light
その輝きを僕らは絶やさぬように愛そう
Such radiance, we will love you so as not to let it be extinguished
その輝きを絶やさぬように僕らは愛そう Such radiance, we will love you so as not to let it be extinguished
シルバーパンツ Silver pants
Don't read this hidden paragraph below if you don't want to spoil your romantic impression of the love song, or you are anti-KKL or you are a passionate KKL. It's in black-coloured font and you can read it by blocking it.
OMG OMG OMG! The 2 of them are in their love-love state again! Do the 2 of you even remember that you are on LIVE TV?!?! Oh well, please carry on like this! I'm definitely not complaining!!! This is the best Christmas present from KinKi Kids to their fans! Fufufufu!
KinKi Kids appeared on Hey! Hey! Hey! together with the comedian duo Fujiwara. I know a numerous fans have already mentioned this on their blogs but I have to say that I did notice the same thing myself before I read the fans' blogs! Heeheehee! Pink pink love love!
Scene 1: One of the guys from Fujiwara said that when they went on Tsuyoshi's show Shoujiki Shindoi, he asked Tsuyoshi for his handphone number as he would like to become good friends with Tsuyoshi and he got it. Well, Koichi's face did not look too great to me.
Scene 2: After the other guy from Fujiwara got Koichi to perform a baka dance rendition of Garasu no shonen, that guy hugged Koichi very tightly and you should see Koichi's contorted face as he tried to push himself as far away as possible.
Contra this with Koichi's reaction to Tsuyoshi's 5 kisses at Phi Con. Well, you get my picture. And guess what is Koichi's aikata's expression? Tsuyoshi was smiling but it's not those hahaha, so funny laugh type of smile. I don't know how to describe it but wouldn't you think that 2 guy friends, no matter how close, will just laugh out loud at the pathetic plight of the other person who is in Koichi's position? But Tsuyoshi's reaction is not like that and that in itself is catalyst for us KKL fans to go PINK PINK !
Anyway, don't you think Tsuyoshi looks super kawaii during that "mysterious" smile scene?!
And don't miss the baka dance performance as Koichi is superbly hilarious in it! It is indeed very rare to see Koichi being asked to clown around on variety shows nowadays!
Koichi's "Joyful" Face Koichi's "Sad" Face Koichi's "Sexy" Rub Your Own Buttock Pose! Hahaha!
And check out the cover of their 1st single Garasu no shonen where Tsuyoshi's face is replaced by that Fujiwara guy who dared to "molest" our prince! I can't help but burst out laughing whenever I see this "mutated" cover.
And here's a kawaii picture of a "sulking" Koichi, and though we see only a little bit of Tsuyoshi's face, but I think we can see Tsuyoshi's "resigned" expression. Fufufu!
Nothing beats watching animation, so here is Koichi's baka dance performance in all its motion glory!
Having surfed the blogs of other KK fans, everybody has already broadcasted their birthday wishes to Tsuyoshi early in the day. And I have instead left it towards the end of the day. =.= Partly cuz I only woke up at about 4 pm this afternoon! Yes, please don't be shocked. I have the talent of sleeping long hours. But partly it's cuz I fell ill yesterday evening with fever and diarrhea, but I'm fine now. And I was thinking what I wanted to do for Tsuyoshi since it's the first birthday of his that I'm celebrating. So after surfing around and seeing all the wonderful things that other fans have done for him, I've decided I shall not be over-ambitious but shall instead just write him a simple letter to send him my well wishes. Of course it'll never reach his hands, and he won't understand it even if I do send it out cuz it's in English, but still, here it goes.
Dear Tsuyoshi
Happy 30th Birthday!
It's actually the first time I'm celebrating your birthday. Hmm...how did you first capture my attention? Well, it was sometime around mid of last year when I first saw the Phi concert kisses on Youtube! Fufufu! Yes, I have to admit it was your sensational kisses to Koichi that captured my fancy! LOL!
However, seriously speaking, if it was simply that, my fascination wouldn't have lasted long. I mean, other artistes have done even more sensational and erotic things on stage, and I don't see myself even bothering to bat an eye. So what kept me on wanting to know more and more about you (and of course Koichi) and falling more and more in love with you (and of course Koichi too)? [Side whisper: Tsuyoshi, I hope you understand that I have to mention Koichi now and then in case he thinks I'm sending a love letter to you and starts laser-eyeing me.]
On my road of discovery of KinKi Kids, I fell in love with the music of KinKi Kids - Harmony of December, Anniversary, Seppaku no tsuki (雪白の月), The Edge of the Word, Bonnie Butterfly, Snapshot, eien ni (永遠に), On the Night of a Blackout, etc etc etc. I was amazed that the pop idol duo that I thought wouldn't be able to sing well actually could sing so beautifully. Especially you, Tsuyoshi. Hearing your voice now and comparing against the voice of your younger days, I know how much effort you have put into improving your vocal skills. And I started listening to your solo works, and I was even more impressed. You can compose music and write lyrics. I am a literature student and words impress me deeply. And I was and still am totally won over by your lyrical talents. Your lyrics are beautiful, deep and meaningful. And your most recent new releases again prove your musical and literature talents.
Then, it was your strong and wonderful character. Your desire to present the genuine you to the world, your desire to live out the true you, your courage to do that, your innocence that shines forth from your eyes, your smiles and laughter from simple joys, your gentleness and sensitivity to others, your courage to walk out from your depression. In a way, I am glad that I only know you now. I am impressed by those fans who have walked with you since your youth, through your depression, through your period of silence and daze, through your rebellious and angry days, through your lost period, through the period where you didn't even want to walk out from your house for fear of being hurt and also hurting others who love you, through the days frought with rumours of the breakup of KinKi Kids, etc. Those were very tough days and it must have been very painful for you. Likewise, for the people who love you, including the fans. I am one of those lucky fans who are enjoying the sweetness of knowing you, without having to go through the bitterness. But I know those fans don't regret it, because they know you know, they know you love them.
There is so much of you that I can't seem to put down into words. I guess someone who is not a fan reading this will probably think this is just another star-crazed silly fan. I wish I can express myself better and convey to those reading this how amazing a person you really are. You are not just a star, you are Tsuyoshi, a unique individual gifted with many talents but nurturing a very sensitive soul. Your sensitive soul makes you troubled often and entraps you many a times when a more rational person would not think much of the matter, but without your sensitive soul, you would also not be who you are.
So on this 30th birthday of yours, I am glad to see a triumphant Tsuyoshi who has walked out from his lost wandering days and has now found his old self back, and my wishes to you would be that your everyday would continue to bring you hope, joy and courage to live out everyday as your true self, and to be able to see your kawaii smile reflecting geniune happiness over and over again.
With all my love Chrissy 10 April 2009
And to commemorate my first celebration of Tsuyoshi's birthday, let me indulge myself by reviewing the photos and video clips of the sensational Phi con kisses from Tsuyoshi to Koichi!!! [Side whisper from a stranger: Err......is this Tsuyoshi's birthday or your own birthday??? Me OS: Shhh!!! You're disturbing me!]
Kiss No. 1: Tsuyoshi kisses Koichi on the right cheek after Koichi complained about Nagase kissing him there at the Johnny's Countdown.
Kiss No. 2: Tsuyoshi applied a lot of the Lush lipcream (which was supposed to be the birthday present to Koichi) on his own lips, 'commanded' Koichi to close his eyes and then kissed him on the lips!!!
Kiss No. 3: Tsuyoshi was trying to pull Koichi up from the sponge cubes, and then Koichi pulled him down instead. Tsuyoshi then pushed Koichi flat down and fell on him and kissed him!!!
Kiss No. 4: Tsuyoshi tenderly kisses Koichi on his forehead.
Kiss No. 5: Koichi said that his right cheek has been kissed by Nagase, his mouth and forehead by Tsuyoshi, and his left cheek is still unkissed. Tsuyoshi pretended to ignore him and then pounced on him to claim his left cheek as well!!!
Kiss No. 6: Koichi kisses Tsuyoshi back! Finally! YEAH!!!
Harmony of December: And finally, the so very beautiful and romantic love song they sang to each other at the Phi concert.
*1991.05.05: First fateful meeting of KK at 12 year old
*2002-2003: F Con -～Fun Fan Forever～ *2003-2004: G Con *2004-2005: Anniversary Con -Font De Anniversary *2005-2006: H Con *2006-2007: I Con *2007-2008: Phi Con -We are Φn' 39!! and U? *Jul2008-Jan2009: KinKi You Con *2009-2010: J Con *2010-2011: Family Con - ～君も堂本FAMILY～ *2011.06.15: 31st Single - Time *2011.11.09: K Album *2011-2012: K Con - King・KinKi Kids *2012.01.11: 32nd Single - 変わったかたちの石
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