Utahiroba Jun: Even if this is a VK fanboy's blog, you can't call it that.

Fangirls are a dime a dozen for the VK industry, but what fan boys are a tiny bit harder to come by. Celebrity fanboys seem to be things of legend. So, now, we bring you another Kishidan Banpaku-related story. Golden Bomber's Utahiroba Jun fanboys about meeting the GazettE's Reita backstage on his Ameblo blog. Translation was requested by Denise Mello on Facebook :) It was sudden, but the other day at Kishidan Banpaku, I was given the chance to speak to the GazettE's Reita-san. I've already known about the GazettE, onesidedly, for about 10 years now, and by chance, I saw them at an unimaginably tiny live house. After that I spent...

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Kishidan Banpaku Part I - DJ Ozma & Golden Bomber

Olympics was a perfect name to give to Kishidan Banpaku This music festival, although relatively small, featured some of the biggest names in the music industry. MICHIDO caught the second day of Kishidan Banpaku and its star-studded lineup up close and personal. The lineup started strong with Golden Bomber followed by Unicorn, the GazettE, Kishidan, T.M. Revolution, VAMPS and Hamasaki Ayumi. DJ Ozma opened the second day. The variety of artists in the lineup resulted in an equally colorful audience. Audience members arrived in punk shredded jeans, bikinis and, a personal favorite, Kishidan-esque biker gang uniforms and pompadours. DJ Ozma...

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Vogue Fashion's Night Out 2012

Tokyo has always been a place a hub of fashion, and September 8th was no exception. Vogue's annual Fashion's Night Out (FNO) made Omotesando the place to be. Omotesando is a shopping haven for people looking for both haute couture as well affordable, but still trendy street fashion. All of this came together at Fashion's Night Out, where stars like Tsuchiya Anna, Tominaga Ai and JuJu made appearances at the opening ceremony. The event as a whole was a celebration of beauty. Despite the official event being run by Vogue, Tokyo was bustling with people on the streets parading their own sense of fashion, from the individuals striding around...

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