toma's new Lotte ACUO CM!! *_* (and his 2009 Goo Ranking)

TOMA'S NEW LOTTE CM!! ^_^
SUGOI!! didn't know he'd be doing more for them.

watch it here:
http://www.lotte.co.jp/products/brand/acuo/cm_acuo30_B.html
(thanks to strawberry_gemm for the link!)

it's another silly one, but toma's so cute in it.♥
and i love seeing toma in cozy winter clothes,
at night, in the street w/all the pretty lights in the bg...
i dunno, i like the cold, WINTER feel~ of it, hai~.

is that girl is just supposed to just be his friend, since he was paired up with a different girl before?? i guess it doesn't matter. haha. and we see his sensei f/the other CM again. i think it's really funny how in all the CMs, they have to hold the gum up, facing the camera, somewhat awkwardly, all the time, like that. LOL. i wonder what they're saying they can do with their cellphones at the end, though...maybe they can win something?? anyway...this gum can get you out of all kinds of sticky (pun intended!) situations, i guess!! buy some and bring it everywhere with you, it'll come in handy!! :P

i have 2 packets of this ACUO gum with me right now. and i'm chewing it too. haha. i buy them from the mitsuwa market sometimes. again, it's just a typical minty gum. but since toma is promoting it, i'll buy it!! xD

also, toma was 8th place in the 2009 Goo Keyword Ranking (male & female list) top 20!
omedetou, toma-kun!! Goo is a major japanese search engine, like Google. BUT TOMA WAS #1 LAST YEAR?? Wow, can't believe i forgot that!! =0 but this year he's right behind hiro and he got a higher rank than ohno and yamashita!! yeyyy. =) see the list of the top 20 male and female celebrities here: http://community.livejournal.com/japan_now/327833.html#cutid1


(credit: TIM 【Jo.In】, XQ)
oh, also, i forgot to mention this before,
BUT I LOVE LOVE HIS CURRENT HAIRSTYLE!!!
i know we already saw how his hair is in the clips f/hanamizuki,
(but most of that was a simple, bangs across the forehead style for the "old" toma, and that's not as nice as this current style) but only saw it clearly in pics in the photoshoot w/yamashita and the pics f/the concert. kakkoii, neeee. it's like a shorter version of the VOICE hair...i really like it. ^_^

It's always rain, rain, raining, I want you! ♪

[credit: TFS, http://community.livejournal.com/tomalicious_frm]

1 more video clip, a news clip about yamapi's concert and toma showing up!
thanks to salome for the link!! (if any1 else sees any more video clips from that night at youtube, please tell me. thanks!)
youtube.com/watch?v=hcqLQD1R3OI

i didn't know that yokubou no rain is kinki kids' song! u can hear their version of the song here:
http://www.imeem.com/frevaras/music/FXhvIW3l/kinki-kids-yokubou-no-rain/ yappari, i like the tomapi version more!! but it's nice to hear the original, longer version. :D

isn't it cool that i have rain banners up now, when this song is kinda about rain. haha. a happy coincidence, i only thought of using rain pics cuz it's raining a lot in tokyo now, but then now it can also be cuz i love yokubou no rain. it's raining (here at my blog), and i want toma!! xD

youtube.com/watch?v=J21wTwrDKVc
here's toma and yamashita singing it back in 2002, with the translated to eng. lyrics in the video description! such passionate lyrics, and toma really brings out that kind of hotblooded, intense feeling when singing/dancing!! *__* well, in general, toma's always very expressive... i especially love when toma, how to describe it...he quickly turns his head in different directions, and it makes his hair fly back and forth.♥ and i just noticed, i can hardly see yamashita's face most of the time, when it's a side view. eh!! i guess he forgot to turn around enough for the camera...

but i like TFS's translation of the lyrics more. it seems more accurate and makes more sense...u can find the karaoke + subbed version of this video somewhere at Tomalicious fansubs. ^^

this video is 1 of the first times i saw toma singing and dancing.♥
to see toma and yamapi singing this song again after so long...it's such an amazing feeling ne.

ja ne~

kate☂

recent toma msgs, news and links...

http://unleashthegeek.blogspot.com/2009/11/yahoo-japan-search-word-ranking-2009.html
[most searched ppl. toma is ranked 225!]

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=698379
[toma's hanamizuki movie news]

http://community.livejournal.com/japan_now/311750.html#cutid1
[more hanamizuki movie news]

sorry, this post is gonna be continued tomorrow.
now is not a good time and it's late and i gotta try to get some sleep...ja.

oh, wait, i just watched some fancam video clips of toma @yamapi's concert today at youtube!! u gotta check it out (be4 it's removed!). and there's a bunch of great quality pics @the toma LJ.

http://community.livejournal.com/ikuta_toma/495382.html
this is a sweet tomapi MV w/their dancing clip f/the concert. but if u click on it twice to watch it at youtube, on the side, the videos related to it (actually, it's a video reply, i think), u can see a [fancam] something...u can tell it's from the concert. it's a 4min. something video, u can see all (or most?) parts where toma appeared and THE BIG HUG toma gave yamashita!!! it's sweeter when u see that yamapi held on tight to toma a little bit, and toma was patting his back. awwwww!!!! ♥♥♥ i hope i can dream of these lovely moments f/the concert tonight.

good night, everyone.
sweet dreams~!

konbanwa!
i'm back. hai...

so here goes!

(more pics f/the concert. kyaa!! toma is so cool when he's singing & dancing.
credit: XQ, hpswf1)

some of my random toma thoughts from these days...

I WAS SO SO HAPPY FOR TOMA AND YAMASHITA, PERFORMING ON THE SAME STAGE TOGETHER, THAT I DIDN'T NOTICE TILL LATER...toma's not super tan at all!! thank goodness it was just a fake tan to make him look more fisherman-like. i thought it might be, cuz how could they let him get SO TAN like that, but i wasn't sure till now. whew!! some guys like ohno look good tan, i guess, but it's definitely not a good look 4 toma. lol.

and here's 2 more things i noticed/realized while re-watching maou that i didn't the when i watched it the first time:

-since Maou premiered on july 4, 2008, that means that naruse puts into action his plan for revenge exactly 11 years after his brother died, which was july 4, 1997! wow...

-in episode 6, when ikehata-san was led to the warehouse 74, i guess it's supposed to mean july 4, the day of that incident?! eh...


and here are the most interesting things toma talked about @tomagoto from early-late november (gotta check if he already posted some more msgs later...):

-toma says for Hanamizuki...he hasn't been in much love stories so "pure" like this, so the filming is exciting.

(finally, toma's got a role in a real romantic love story. yey!! for hana kimi and H&C, his character had a nice love story, but he was still part of an ensemble cast, so it's not the same as this, where the focus is entirely on 2 of them only. yeeeey~)

-toma plugs the majosai DVD set, saying "please take yoshioku toru home with you."

(kyaa!!♥ i wish i could!! lol, toma sure knows how to get girls to buy this dvd set!! sorry toma, i can't take toru home. haha. but i did take nakatsu home with me!!♥ heehee~)

-he saw some car accidents and asks everyone to be careful when driving in the rain. cuz if they're hurt, you can't go watch ningen shikkaku.

(xD a shameless plug for his movie!! but toma's concern for others...ahh. such a caring guy.
and he signs off: the former 1-day police chief (5 yrs ago). that's right!! ~_~ cuz he was a policeman in a drama, i think.)

-he used to lose a lot at "pay the bill janken" when he went eating with Yoko-Hina-Subaru. and he wants to be on Recomen again sometime.

(seems like toma often loses at pay the bill janken? lol.)

-he spent 2 days at press conferences, promoting ningen shikkaku. the reporters all seem to like the movie.

(i'm sure lots of ppl will like this movie!! the plot, the cast, everything about this movie seems awesome. ^_^ i bet toma and the movie will win some awards!!)


mood: morose
[credit: subliminalicon]

new bannerz!!

happy belated thanksgiving, y'all!! ^_^
i am thankful for various things and ppl in my life, but of course, most of all, for toma's existence in this world!!♥

eh...so i finally found some nice RAINY pics to use 4 the new banners. ah~ i love rain. (but not too much rain.) since it's raining a lot in tokyo these days and hopefully we'll also get some rain here soon... *fingers crossed*

i just love bokeh, don't u?? ~_~

so~ the pic here was maybe taken in Minneapolis, usa, while the umbrella pic (the whole picture looks much much nicer, so pls take a look at the whole pic!!) was taken in kyoto. :) i know this blurry rain pic kinda looks like the one i used at the beginning of this year, but trust me, it's different!! and prettier?? anyway, i hope everyone likes the new banners!!

[credit: XQ, thanks to hpswf1 4 posting]

no time to talk about toma & yamapi right now, but i've seen more pics and video clips.... ~_~ of course, i think this is my favorite pic. toma hugging yamashita in such a sweet and adorable way neeeee. ah, such a cute moment!!!!! the caption of this pic should simply say:
YOU'RE MINE!!♥


ooh, 49 followers, almost 50!! yey. =)
I'LL DEFINITELY POST AGAIN TOMORROW (i mean, today!)...
dewa~.

kate

TOMA AND YAMASHITA, TOGETHER AGAIN!!! <3

yamashita's been all over the news recently.
his new single, his solo concert, he's dating someone??, he's gonna be in Code Blue 2 in january, he's really popular right now!!

as a toma fan, i'm happy for him (and i'm sure toma is SUPER HAPPY for his friend), but finally, this is yamapi news i can get really excited over: yamashita AND toma together again! on stage! (i know toma's shown up before at NewS'concerts with yamashita there, but this time, it's ONLY TOMA and YAMASHITA! ^^)

nov. 21!!
toma shows up at yamashita's solo concert!!
dunno if they sang together, just saw 1 pic. but probably!! THEY MUST HAVE!! UWAAAA!! (u can see it at the link right below, that their photoshoot pics R at),

really hope some1 was recording that moment!! (though no one recorded/posted up video clips of toma onstage at any concert this yr or in recent yrs... =/)

AND toma x yamashita photoshoot+interview again!!! EH!! sugoi! ^o^

(credit: TIM 【Jo.In】, XQ. thanks to zoe_alexiel for posting,

http://community.livejournal.com/ikuta_toma/492561.html)

AND already some jan. 2010 magazine pics.
in the japan magazine world, it's already 2010!!
magazine-chan, wait for us, kudasai! xD
(u can get all the pics f/the toma LJ, as usual)

well, i'm sorry, but i gotta go to sleep soon,
it's getting CLOSE TO~ midnight.

i'll continue this post tomorrow, i promise.
here's some toma pics for u to look at until i can finish this post tomorrow. ~_~

ja ne!

[credit: oomontyoo, thanks to hpswf1@LJ for posting!]

JUST SOME YAMAPI NEWS, FIRST...
I'M HAPPY FOR HIS RECENT SUCCESS TOO...

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=699033
Fans of Tomohisa Yamashita placed idol in top Twitter trending topics,
Wednesday November 18, 2009 Japan

this is impressive!! his fans all twittered about him a lot on nov. 18 to celebrate the release of his single, Loveless, and they reached the #3 spot on Twitter trending topics!! though i don't use and don't like all the hype about twitter, but wow, that was cool, how they got to the #3 spot!! a lot of devoted yamashita fans worldwide ne.

also, recently, yamashita got a big breakthrough-- he's the first actor to appear in the coveted getsu-9 monday drama time-slot almost consecutively...he was in Buzzer Beat at that time this summer. not for fall. but then again for winter, Code Blue 2. it's unprecedented. it shows how popular he is right now!!

also, just this week, a pic taken of him and an actress (not the one f/be4. another one. geez, he's got a lot of rumored girlfs!!), forgot her name, holding hands outside a restaurant. u can go to http://unleashthegeek.blogspot.com for the news... i usually don't believe these kinda rumors, but holding hands? friends don't hold hands, right? wah, he's so busy and still finds time to date?? good for him. =)


but enough about yamashita's news,
let's talk about toma appearing at his concert!!! ^O^

UWAAAA!! reading toma's messages about singing Yokubou no Rain (Rain of Desire, i think it translates to) w/him, i was already so excited. but after reading the fan reports!!♥ i've always said i'm just a "kinda" tomapi fan, u know, i love toma, but tomapi...yappari, i have always had conflicting feelings...and never liked yamashita that much.

BUT REALLY, EVERYTIME I SEE THEM SO HAPPY TOGETHER IN PHOTOSHOOTS OR READ THEIR MESSAGES TO EACH OTHER OR TOMA TALK ABOUT SPENDING TIME W/HIM OR FAN REPORTS LIKE THIS OF TOMA SHOWING UP AT NEWS/YAMASHITA'S CONCERTS.....!! URESHII NE!!! REALLY SO HAPPY FOR THEM.♥

this time, it's the same feeling ♥, but more~ so!!
(especially since i recently wrote that long toma bio and went thru toma's history with johnny's, yamapi, and when they were broken up, and toma stopped singing...)

Yokubou no Rain!! it's THEIR song. so perfect!! i knew toma would show up at his concert, but i didn't think they'd sing an old song together, i thought it'd be one of NewS's songs. so surprised to know it was this song and they even danced together like they used to!!

though i'm not crying or screaming or almost-fainting or anything like that, but i'm really so touched and reading the fan reports made me smile. ~_~ and have this warm feeling in my heart ne.♥

(please please, let their be a fancam. though reading these fan reports, i already feel as if i was sitting there and crying with other fans that night, as toma and yamashita sang and danced together~~)

ummm...wow...still feeling overwhelmed. (in a good way~)


ok, i'll just summarize quickly, what happened, from the fan reports i read. my summary definitely does not do justice to these amazing tomapi moments that happened that night, so please read ALL THE FAN REPORTS HERE AT XDUSTBUNNYS' PAGE!! (it's friend-locked though. u'll get instructions of how to read her posts there.): http://xdustbunnys.livejournal.com/55696.html#cutid1.

-Sanspo news website suggests a name for their ikemen unit: IkuPi. xD (don't tease us like this!! we can't take it!!)
-toma is the surprise guest. lots of cheering when he appeared!
-they sang Yokubou no Rain together. just like they used to, the same dance, they are so in sync!!
-they had on matching outfits
-they hugged several times~ ♥
-they also sang COLORFUL and Himawari together. but mostly only yamashita was singing cuz toma was busy playing in the cart (each of them in one cart going around the audience). toma also shook hands w/some fans and blew kisses, he was so HYPER!! xD


*___* AHHHHHH~

and HERE'S WHAT TOMA SAID ABOUT IT~~
even though he didn't write much, u can feel the weight of his words, if u know what i mean...he really had fun, singing/dancing with yamashita again neeeee. (this is just a summary. please read his whole, translated by Inseiko, msg at Tomalicious.)

he interrupted yamashita's concert. they sang Yokubou no Rain. always in reflective mode, he said this song is "a song full of memories" they used to sing together. last time they (just 2 of them, singing, dancing) sang together was 7 yrs ago. it was the best.

the audience was cheering so much, they got excited and yamashita forgot some lyrics. his concert is very cool, his dancing is cool too. those going to see his concert, enjoy it!

thanks to the ppl who were in the audience who cheered for him.

"yamashita, thank you.
it was the very best of times."

Ciao ♥



uwaaaaa!!!
i think i can be happy all day now.
and for the entire day, i'll be preoccupied with thoughts of toma and yamashita together....and of course, listen to Yokubou no Rain a lot!!! ^.^