my 5th YEAR anniversary of becoming a toma fan! (:

august 30/31 is my 5th year anniversary of becoming a toma fan!! ~___~ it's my TOMAnniversary...i'm really happy and i'll celebrate it today and tomorrow!! 

5 years...wow! i still remember being a newbie back then, not knowing anything about toma, asking other fans all kinds of questions, and trying to fit in. (if you look at my old posts on this blog, you'll see how it was like for me, being a new toma fan. i posted so much back then! haha.) 5 years later, i'm the one answering fan's questions and helping new fans. and in addition to this Toma Love blog (which somehow got so popular!), i'm the moderator at the Toma's Room LJ community too! and i'm also fangirling at my tumblr too! i never thought i would be so involved in this fandom, but i'm really happy to fangirl for toma along with so many friendly and awesome toma fans! all the time and effort is worth it! 

oh, i want to thank all the toma fans that have been nice to me or helped me or commented on my posts or wrote messages to me! thank you!!

toma is such a talented actor...so gorgeous and cool, but so adorable and funny, too. he is a truly amazing person...i love toma and i'll keep supporting him and his fandom! thank you, toma.♥ i wouldn't be who i am now if i wasn't your fan. you have already achieved so much in 5 years, but i know you will keep getting more popular and respected. and i know you will continue to make me smile and make me proud to be your fan. ~.~

http://kate-firefly.livejournal.com/38802.html
later on, i will post some pics here of how i celebrated my 5th TOMAnniversary.i'll just celebrate by eating some special food...xD

so...here are some pictures i want to share with everyone! after 5 years, i have quite a collection of toma stuff. it's mostly magazines and photobooks. but the things below are the ones that i treasure the most.♥

1) my very expensive official hana kimi dvd sets, Part I and II. it sounds crazy, but one of the main reasons i bought it was to get this tie! lol. i love ties, and i thought if i had this tie, i could wear it and feel like i'm one of nakatsu's classmates! yey!! xD (well, it took a long time for me to convert these japanese region dvd's to region-all so that i could watch it though! T__T i really need to re-watch it sometimes to get my money's worth, but it's got no english subtitles! hahaha.)

2) cezie gave me this big toma photobook she made for my birthday in 2010!! *___* she was a toma fan that i talked to a lot back then, and one day, she said she wanted to give me something for my birthday. and she sent me this photobook (she lives in canada, and i'm in the usa). wahhhhh!! i was so shocked and happy. i was only expecting something like a card or something small. there were so many recent toma pics inside and also old childhood pics of him!! ^__^ it was just really super sweet of her to spend time and money on this gift for me, and i will always treasure it! also, i remember her saying that the girl that worked at the printing place was a toma fan too!! lol. but it's too bad that we gradually talked less and less because she got busy (she's a nurse) and i don't know when was the last time we talked...it's sad when people leave the fandom without saying goodbye! =( 

but she wasn't the only nice toma fan to send me something...in 2010, anjerin-chan (from malaysia, who i have also lost contact with. =T) went on a trip to japan and she sent me some hanamizuki flyers (that i requested) and a nice little lavender flowers bookmark from a flower farm (tomita, i think?) in hokkaido!! ~__~ i kept 1 and sent the extras to mizza, mashi (we still keep in touch! ~.~), and some other fans. ^_^ then in 2011, mashi sent me some birthday presents! aww...i feel really lucky that some toma fans that know me through my toma blog liked me enough to send me stuff! thank you, again, anjerin and mashi!! *hugsss* (I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO SEND ME GIFTS! LOL. I'LL BE HAPPY ENOUGH IF YOU POST MESSAGES FOR ME ON MY CBOX OR COMMENT ON MY POSTs. ~_~)

3) my 2 favorite toma posters. there has only been 1 big toma poster included in a magazine (in recent years), and it's from the 1st time he was on the cover of Potato in 2009. i hope he can be on the cover of 1 of the main idol magazines sometime again, and it'll have a nice big poster of him inside! ~_~ the 2nd one is a pullout from wink up in the march 2009 issue. it was the 1st time i ever bought a japanese magazine! it's still my favorite toma mini poster because his hair, outfit, and his smile...everything is perfect! 

4) careline went on a trip to japan in 2010 and was able to see toma at a stage greeting for ningen shikkaku! she got some flyers for her friends and had 1 extra and asked if anyone wanted it. of course i quickly asked for it and she sent it to me (from germany)! *__* it's important to me because it's the flyer of toma's 1st movie. also, it's the kind that folds out, so there are 4 pages, actually! it's also the best quality toma movie flyer that i have. i have the hanamizuki one too, but it got bent during shipping. careline sent it to me in the same basic envelope that anjerin used for the hanamizuki flyers, but amazingly, it was not bent at all. whew!! ~___~ 

5) my cinema square magazine with toma on the cover... it's significance is that seeing the preview pics on mizza's LJ post is what got me and her talking more and eventually we became friends. and later on, while chatting, we came up with the idea for creating the Toma's Room LJ community!! of course, it's also because this is 1 of my favorite toma photoshoots. he's so cute and sexy in the pics!! ~.~ also, i remember it was particularly tough to special order this magazine from the sanseido japanese bookstore at mitsuwa. xD cuz the lady that worked there somehow couldn't find this issue online so that they could order it for me, but then i spotted it on the screen, off to the side! :D 

6) of course i had to include the toma an an issue!!!! ^_~ i think it might be the biggest toma magazine i have (except for the MORE fashion magazine). i was really surprised at the size, cuz i thought it was going to be the size of a wink up. it's so great to see such big sexy pics of toma!! xD in this picture, you can see that i put it on top of a blue bag. that is the bag that i hide it in, and i keep it on my bookshelf. hahaha. i used to look at it often back then, but i haven't looked at it much after that year. (see, i'm not a pervert! xD) but it's great to know that whenever i feel like seeing toma shirtless, i can just pull out this magazine. hahahahaha... 

so...i don't usually post clear pictures of myself, but i thought this time i'd make an exception, kind of. here are toma-related pictures of me (+ some explanation of each pic) 1 from each year, from 2007 to 2012! ^_^ 

(yes, i have a very round face + look young for my age! -__- i hope you aren't disappointed or think of me differently after seeing my pics. well, people who have come here a lot in the past already kinda know what i look like, from the pics of myself where you can see my face...the ones i used for my profile icon, though those were tiny pics. xD)

(see the full size pic here)

2007: i took this picture during the autumn. after it rained that day, the weather was so perfect! breezy and a little cold...the sky was so blue, with so many white clouds. i remember jogging for a while, listening to Ikemen Boogie. (also, it was 1 of the rare times that my bangs and haircut was perfect and exactly the way i wanted it! lol.)

2008: after i bought the hana kimi official DVD, of course i had to take pics of myself wearing the tie and crest. my 1st ever attempt at cosplaying! haha.

2009: me posing with 1 of my drawings. ~_~ (dunno why my lips look weirdly red, i never wear lipstick!) i spent sooooooo much time on 4 toma drawings that i sent to Wink Up and Potato, hoping they would print it in the birthday fan art section. but none of them were chosen. sighhhhh. oh well, it was nice to draw again after a long time. i used to draw/sketch a lot for fun...

2010: me looking tired cuz i woke up before dawn to work on my 3rd toma fic. lol. i first wrote a super long (interactive! xD) toma fanfic in december 2008. then i wrote the 2nd one, continuing the story, in december 2009. but the 3rd one was during march 2010. i love writing and it felt like i was really in the story with toma!♥ i still like writing toma fics, even if not much people read them. i want to write another one soon! i already have some good ideas! xD

2011: this picture is significant mainly because i'm wearing a nice pink spring dress that i really like, that i bought online from yesstyle. lol. no...cuz i'm holding an unofficial (badly subbed. xD) DVD of hanamizuki. it's my 2nd favorite toma movie, so far. i really loved the romantic moments and the lighthouse scenes. i really like lighthouses and i have a lot of lighthouse stuff! i have only been to 2 lighthouses but i wanna go see more in the future! and this movie made me a gakky fan! hehe. i still ship them and that's why in my last fic, they were a couple! ~_~

2012: i only took this pic recently, for this post! xD i'm holding a bokura ga ita booklet that jamie (jamieism.com) got for me. she lives in tokyo, but she is from the usa. (: she wants to be a manga artist. she was accepting commissions in december 2011, so i asked her to draw a picture (chibi version) of mizza and i. :D but because she was dealing with some personal problems, it took her a very long time to complete it, and by early 2012, i asked if she could send me a BGI flyer along with the drawing, if she sees them, and she said yes! in the end, she wasn't able to find a flyer, but she was able to get me this small booklet from a bookstore in japan. ~_~ it was really cool to get mail from someone in japan for the 1st time ever! *__* 

500TH POST!!!♥_♥ toma's bday card!!♥ old toma videos...old toma karaoke clips...a lot of older toma screencaps (LOL. mostly old stuff! xD)

so...i think i will finish this post by next week?? nothing much to talk about, Genji movie still not subbed, but i'll share some cute/funny screencaps from toma's bokura ga ita or genji promo time video clips that i finally watched (or were recently subbed)!! ~_~

-kate <3

i made it! it's late night of july 30 and i am gonna post this entry now. yey!! ~.~

-kate

hi~! how is everyone?

i hope it's not too hot where you are. luckily these days it's still warm days + cool/even cold nights for me. i heard from jamie's blog that it's very hot and humid in tokyo though...=T i have talked about this before, but if it's really hot where you live and you don't have an air conditioner (like me!) or have to spend some times outdoors, try wetting the sleeves of your shirt with some water, it'll help you keep cool! and while you're at home, you can get most of your shirt wet and it'll keep you cool for a long while!! ~__~ i discovered this 1 hot summer. hehe. (LOL. just looked for the toma bday card announcement post from july of last year and i also gave keeping cool tips! xD forgot this one, though: also, spray some water in your hair, cuz your head is where the most heat escapes yr body or something like that.)

oh, the london olympic games are going on now!! i am actually not that excited about it, but i'm rooting for japanese athletes!! hehe. (at least the ones that seem nice. lol. i really hate athletes that seem arrogant!) and american athletes too, of course. ~__~

(credit: tswift-gifs) this is kind of how i feel right now!! ~___~

THIS IS MY 500TH POST!!!!!!!! *____*

wowwwww.......after almost 5 years,

i reach the 500th post!!! 

ﾟ･:,｡★＼(^-^ )♪ありがと♪( ^-^)/★,｡･

(*･x･)/｡･:*:･ﾟ´★ﾟ･:*:･｡☆Congratulations ;*・’゜☆v(*’-^*);*・’゜☆ブイ♪ to meeeeeee!!

i wish i could do something to make this post more special

but i really couldn't think of anything much. lol. sorry.

but i just want to say a big "THANK YOU!" 

to everyone who comes here and keeps coming back,

and everyone who comments and leaves messages in my cbox!!!

you are all awesome and please keep visiting this blog 

and please keep supporting and loving toma!! 

i wish i could give everyone who comes here a hug today!! heehee.

*hugssssssss♥* i will try to keep going until i reach 1,000 posts,

and even after that!!!!!! 

i love toma and i love my TL-chan (this blog)!!♥

................... and here is my message in japanese! xD i used microsofttranslator.com (formerly known as babefish), so it's a pretty good translation...i hope it will read ok! and if you want to read it in romaji, copy it and paste it here: http://nihongo.j-talk.com/kanji/. =)

これは私の 500 の記事です!*____*

ほぼ 5 年後に… うわー、

500 の記事を達成 ！

ﾟ･:,｡★＼(^-^ )♪ありがと♪( ^-^)/★,｡･

(*･x･)/｡･:*:･ﾟ´★ﾟ･:*:･｡☆Congratulations; ※ ・'゜☆v （※ '-^ ※); ※ ・' 私に゜☆ブイ♪ ！

この記事をより特別に何かを行うことがしたいです。

しかし、本当に何も大いに考えることができなかった。申し訳ありません。(笑)

しかし、大きな「ありがとう ！」と言って一緒にいたい

誰にここに来るし、戻ってくるを保持、

すべての人のコメントし、私の cbox でメッセージを残す ！

すべての素晴らしいいるし、このブログを訪問してください。

サポートと愛情の当麻を維持してください ！

ここの抱擁を今日は誰を与えることがしたい ！heehee。

※ hugssssssss♥ ※ 1,000 通をまで続けるしようとする、

そして、その後も!

斗真を愛するし、私 TL ちゃん （このブログ） を愛する!♥

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i almost forgot that i should start collecting your names+messages for toma's bday card this year!!! o_O luckily i was able to find a nice colorful card recently (there seems to be less and less pretty cards. sighhh. T_T), and it's a unicef card too! it says buying that card helps unicef provide 4 packets of something (the name was kinda long. xD) to help prevent dehydration. BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A CARD FOR A FRIEND, but oh well....i will add to it, so it will read "our idol and friend of all seasons. we love you and think of you as our friend." or something like that... 

also, the pics of the pink cupcakes on the right side of this page look so yummy right?? i found it while writing my tomapi/gakky fic, and here is the recipe, in case anyone is interested. ~__~ credits + recipe for the yummy cupcakes: http://theregoesthecupcake.com/2012/02/11/chocolate-and-strawberry-cupcakes/)

SO, LET'S CONTINUE MY TRADITION OF SENDING TOMA A BIRTHDAY CARD EVERY YEAR! ~___~

(this is gonna be almost exactly the same message as last year's. lol):

i'm just sending it to the official Johnnys fanmail address. hopefully toma will get it. and hopefully he'll actually open it. lol. if anyone wants me to add their name to the card, please comment at the end of this post and i'll add u. usually there's not much people, so there should be enough room. 

it would be great if you want to write him a message too. on the bday card, i will write everyone's names, but for the messages, i'll write them on simple notebook paper i bought from kinokuniya (couldn't find any nice stationary that didn't look too flowery/girly. =T) and put them inside the card (similar to what i did last year).

go ahead and comment below with a short message (like 1 or 2 sentences) and your name (and what country you're from), and i'll write them in for everyone. remember, the DEADLINE to comment is probably mid-september!!! -___- (please remember that i'll be writing them by hand, so i won't be able to write it if you post it in certain languages, where it would be hard to copy the characters or something! xD)

for example:

happy bday toma! i love your dramas!

-Sarah (from France)

i will send the card probably around mid-september to make sure it gets to japan by october 7, toma's 28th birthday. ~___~ AND if you want to send your own bday card or letter to toma, that's great!! (just remember they don't allow gifts. they WILL send it back to you. =T and for letters, nothing bulky!!) i posted a few different addresses to send toma fanmail (except you probably shouldn't use the Winkup one anymore, since he does not have a column for the magazine anymore.) here:

http://ikutatomalove.blogspot.com/2008/09/toma-really-does-have-fans-all-over.html

just real quick, this month i was able to do something really cool and awesome,and it's the best thing that i got to do, so far, this year!! yeyyyy!!! ~___~

http://kate-firefly.livejournal.com/38279.html

my 1st time going to a BIG TIME RUSH concert!!! woo hoo!! ^____^

IT WAS REALLY FUN!!! I SANG ALONG AND JUMPED AROUND AND GOT HYPER AND EVERYTHING ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER GIRLS THERE. =D i loved that it was an outdoors concert too. we were up high and it was a cool, starry night. *_* for me, outdoors concerts definitely beats indoors concerts!!


oh, also, i was able to buy the Genji movie DVD at the video shop at mitsuwa!! ~__~ there are no subs, but it's kind of an official DVD, at least, and it was only $15!! (the official japanese DVD version is like $50 and not playable on american dvd players!!) i've only watched a tiny bit of it...still waiting for english subs!

......................... toma's messages ♥

for some reason, toma didn't write any new entry for this whole month!! =/ i'm sure he has a good reason...maybe just too busy with filming his movie. but it's strange and not like him to not post for so long. hmm... maybe something's wrong with his phone? or he's written a lot of entries by hand and will post them all up later? i don't know...=T

EDIT: kavya told me that toma updated his jweb, apologizing for not posting anything lately. he says it's because he was filming and says he feels very alone/isolated right now (something like that). =T (thanks to himawariyusuke for the translation!)

wow...filming must be really intense, that he didn't have time to post anything!! O___o poor toma. i guess it's just that all he does these days is study his script and film, and he has no time for anything else or meeting his friends or family, so he must be tired and feeling lonely. -__-

............................ top 10 7 toma things that happened during June ♥

1~ new VITZ cm! =D

you can DL it here: 

http://mt-memo.livejournal.com/23183.html

and see some screencaps here:

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/26824282437/toma-and-the-new-vitz-cm

2~ Bokura Ga Ita, parts 1 and 2 will be released on DVD: 

september 28 and october 19!! ~___~ i'm really looking forward to it!!

3~ http://toma-room.livejournal.com/90639.html

a bunch of old toma singing/misc. video clips!! some really RARE ones!! *__*  

i ended up sharing 11 folders, each around 50MB!!!! o_O 5 are singing-related and 6 are miscellaneous toma videos....fanmade MVs, old clips of him and yamashita and other johnny's jr's, old toma interviews, etc. etc.! i have a list of all the videos in each folder too, so you can choose which ones you want to DL and don't need to DL all of them. (^_^)v

4~ kavya made and shared many awesome karaoke (+subs) clips of toma and other johnnys artists singing back then!

http://toma-room.livejournal.com/90241.html

3TOPS singing Kimi to Boku no 6 Kagetsu- Karaoke

http://toma-room.livejournal.com/91041.html

4TOPS with KAT-TUN singing Hakka Candy- Karaoke

http://toma-room.livejournal.com/91193.html

Asahi Wo Mi Ni Ikou Yo & Love and Peace Karaoke

http://toma-room.livejournal.com/91775.html

Neko Neko Rocket -Karaoke  

http://toma-room.livejournal.com/92384.html

4TOPS, KAT-TUN, K.K.Kitty - Tulurira Karaoke

5~ Kawai Fumito of A.B.C-Z thanked toma in the wink up messages section (aug. 2012 issue)!

http://enshinge.livejournal.com/726822.html#cutid1

go to the link above to read the message! he thanked toma, kazama, and yamashita for congratulating him on his group's debut earlier this year. 

i was wondering where he met and talked to toma cuz toma rarely gets a chance to meet his kouhai's, and enshinge told me: "Toma said somewhere that he was out for food/drinking with some friends, he just happened to run into Kawai and hugged and congratulated him :)" 

awwwww. toma is a really great senpai!! ~__~

6~ some random toma-related polls at Toma's Room. hehe. 

(i miss seeing toma show up in random japanese polls about celebrities!! T__T well, there haven't been much interesting ones about male artists recently, anyway...)

http://toma-room.livejournal.com/91550.html

[POLL] do you think toma will ever get a role in a hollywood movie? do you want him to??  

http://toma-room.livejournal.com/91995.html

[POLL] if toma cheated on his girlfriend, would you still be his fan?what if someone cheated on u?

7~ RANDOM toma stuff:

--http://himawariyusuke.livejournal.com/27430.html 

toma talked about how much he loved and respected Kabuki...

--i found out u can watch Unubore Deka + some of toma's other dramas at seriesbrowser.com!! ~_~
(i've been re-watching unubore with my family recently. hehe.)

--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ccA3tMeLsY

old toma fanvideo with A LOT of his singing/dancing clips from jr. days!

.................... my favorite toma pictures (screencaps) ♥

again, only 1 new toma pic from +act!! o_o well, i hope you'll like all these screencaps i got from the bunch of toma video clips from the time he was promoting genji or BRI, which i finally got a chance to watch this month!!! ^_^

either a picture taken during his movie filming or they randomly took a pic of him playing paintball?? xD either way, he looks cool!! (credit: tomafanindia, weibo)

also, i like these 2 pics from the genji movie! 

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/26272360504

this is a nice pic, but from last year i think?? kinda looks like he has a beige towel wrapped around him. xD

http://tomaroom.tumblr.com/post/28215400263/fyjpnkrmags-japan-fashion-magazine-jelly

oh, 1 more thing, i made some toma collages!! my favorite toma kisses and hugs!

http://tomaroom.tumblr.com/post/26374205799/my-favorite-toma-kisses-the-most-passionate

http://tomaroom.tumblr.com/post/26440812947/just-hold-me

(SORRY, HAD TO ONLY POST THE SMALL VERSION SO ALL THE PICS COULD FIT, BUT JUST GET THE LINK OF THE PIC TO SEE THE FULL SIZE VERSION!! -___-)

............................. my favorite toma gifs from tumblr ♥

(sorry, i can't post them up because blogspot has a limit on how long the post can be, and i'm sharing too many toma screencaps this time, so i'll just post the links to the gifs! =T

old gif, but i really love this!! toma looks sooooooo cute!! it was supposed to be a friendly hug, but it almost felt like a romantic hug???? xD

gifs + credits:

http://sentimiron.tumblr.com/post/27715312178

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/26417990149

http://ltgmars.tumblr.com/post/26132771505

http://paranoid-rhythm.tumblr.com/post/26911909000/dont-get-me-wrong-youre-handsome-in-fact

http://tomaroom.tumblr.com/post/27350128957/tomas-love-scene-in-seaside-hotel-motel

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/27130010929/i-love-the-2nd-gif-where-he-goes-back-to-the

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/28040504553/toma-reactions-anyone

http://ltgmars.tumblr.com/post/27900722351

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/27838565210/sadame-chasing-bank-robbers-scene-xd

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/28121593115/i-had-to-make-a-gif-of-this-d-its-rare-to-see

toma's new movie role....a gorgeous, intelligent, emotionless murderer?!!! =0 and you can already watch the Genji movie right now! *_*

this is post #499!!! wow.... ~__~

just posting now 2 make sure the date of this post is within june. 

it's gonna take me a while to gather stuff for this post...so pls be patient! 

ja ne! 

-kate 

(did u notice i finally changed my profile pic 

here after, like 2 yrs now? hehehe...~_~)

hi everyone! ~_~

i made it!!! it's still june. xD it's june 28. thanks to kavya for pointing out that this is post #499 for me, and for toma's blog, his next post will be #499, too! heehee. it would be really awesome if i could update this post the same day that he does. we'll both post our 499th post on the same day! *__* hehehe. 

well, i made a new banner!! yey!! it's an infinity pool near the sea. wish i could be there right now. xDD thank goodness i'm in california, where our summers are not that hot, but it's been getting warmer and i've started to get bug bites. noooooo. T__T also, another summer thing that's happening soon is the 4th of july! so fast... that's why i'm using some blue text in this post, so that it will be red, white, and blue in some parts. xD

oh, i recently bought a simple birthday card that i might use for toma's birthday. i know it's early, but somehow, i always remember around june or july, to look for a nice bday card for him. xD cuz i usually send it around mid-september so it'll get to him in time for his birthday. ~__~

by the way, i posted random pics at my LJ and talked about my experience at an anime convention!! v(^_^)v my 1st time ever going!! 

http://kate-firefly.livejournal.com/37619.html

random pics of the sea, snacks, manga, kitty (+1 genji pic) from may + earlier this month...~_~

http://kate-firefly.livejournal.com/37759.html

my 1st anime convention! AM2. v(^_^)v lotsss of pics! xD

(credit: sumigomin)

SO, THE BIG NEWS THIS MONTH WAS THAT TOMA'S A KILLER (but still kind of a hero?) IN HIS NEW MOVIE!!!!!! O___O WHOAAAAA!!!! 

at first, i was really freaked out, because i hate violent movies about killers. T__T but after i read the news about the movie, it doesn't seem so bad. since his character is killing bad guys, and toma trained in martial arts for 6 months (since the start of this year) to prepare for the fighting scenes!!! *__* and finally, an intelligent character for toma! he's supposed to be an emotionless killer, but at least he's also gorgeous and extremely intelligent. hehe. but from the pics and video clip they released, toma's hair and clothes looks so similar to how he looked in ningen shikkaku!! =/ i don't want him to have that same look again...hopefully that was just for that 1 scene and he'll look better in the movie.

seems like most toma fans would loveeeee to see toma as the bad guy!! lol. and toma himself said in an interview a few years ago, that he wants to try an assasin role some time, so his dream came true (kind of...well, pretty close anyway)!! xD hehe. i'm really happy he got a really dark bad guy role this time, and it's an action movie, too! we get to see a different side of toma! i just hope he's careful during the fighting scenes and doesn't get injured. also, i hope toma's dark side isn't too scary. xD

(i wrote a long post about my thoughts about this new movie, here: http://kate-firefly.livejournal.com/37087.html)

filming only started june 7. not sure how long it will take, but i really hope toma gets a new drama where he's the lead actor before this year ends!!! pretty pretty pleaseeeeeee!!! it's been forever (3 years since majo saiban!)!!! -__-

......................... toma's messages ♥

(i'll just talk about some of the interesting things toma said in his jweb here, but remember if you want to read all his messages, go to http://tfgirls-team.livejournal.com to read them! ~_~)

on the same day that they announced toma was starring in the Nou Otoko movie, toma also announced it at his blog. ~__~ he said he did a lot of things (the martial arts training?) to get ready for this role and please support him. (Toma's Room Vol. 494. june 12. go here to read the full message: http://himawariyusuke.livejournal.com/26917.html) 

toma talked about how it was raining during a photoshoot... (he mentioned raindrops)

he said he likes location filming (for the movie i guess). he talked about how he wrote the kanji for "shadow" wrong in his previous message (adding an extra stroke), and so his "shadow" is especially dark. xD

meeting new people...the movie's director, staff, and actors, made toma happy. but he also has to meet the new him (i guess he means his character, "Nou Otoko").

[for some reason, toma has been writing his entries by hand, on a notepad and taking a picture of it instead of typing it on his phone. ~__~ he has nice~ handwriting! maybe because it's faster that way? he must be really busy with the filming + training...!! or maybe he just likes writing things down...hmm. i like jotting little notes down on paper rather than typing it too. my brother sometimes says i'm so "old school" (old-fashioned) when i use a pen/pencil to write something down. lol!]

on june 22 (Vol. 498), toma reminded everyone to watch Genji Monogatari because it's been released. he mentioned that he's writing the message as he's on a vehicle! (well, he said he was moving, so i guess he means he's on the subway. i don't think he'd walk and write at the same time? xD)

............................ top 10  6  toma things that happened during June ♥

(credit: tomafanindia)

1~ news about toma's new movie, Nou Otoko (Brain Man):

---Ikuta Toma to play a serial killer in ‘Nou Otoko’

by HPriest on June 12, 2012 at 1:19 am

On June 12th, it was announced that actor Ikuta Toma will be starring in Takimoto Tomoyuki’s new movie ‘Nou Otoko‘.

Based on an award-winning novel by Shudo Urio, Ikuta will play a mysterious man who commits countless murders in the name of justice. People call him ‘Nou Otoko’ (‘Brain Man’) and an ‘expressionless murder machine’ for he possesses intelligence and outstanding memory, yet never seems to show any emotions. Throughout this violent and mysterious story, the viewers will slowly be able to unravel the mystery that he is.

This role will mark the first dark hero in Ikuta’s career. He commented, “It’s a new challenge for me and I want to go all out for this movie.”

As there will also be a lot of action scenes, Ikuta prepared himself by practicing kalis (a Filipino sword) and Jeet Kune Do for almost half a year since January, proving that his ambitions are more than just nice sounding statements in news articles.

He added, “One of the highlights of the movie are the impressive and very realistic action scenes.”

Actress Matsuyuki Yasuko will play a neurosurgeon who wants to examine the protagonist and find out the truth behind the incredible abilities of ‘Nou Otoko’, while actor Eguchi Yosuke will play a role of a detective who drives ‘Nou Otoko’ into a corner while chasing a malicious serial bomber.

Matsuyuki commented, “I want to perform many intense dialogues and give delicate psychological descriptions.”

Eguchi added, “It certainly feels like the birth of a new kind of Japanese action movie.”

‘Nou Otoko’ is scheduled for release in February of next year.

Source: Sanspo

(sources: http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/06/ikuta-toma-to-play-a-serial-killer-in-nou-otoko/, http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20120612/joh12061205060001-n1.html.)

(note: a kalis is a "a type of double-edged Filipino sword, often with a "wavy" section". they are "comparable to the Japanese katana". credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalis. THERE ARE SO MANY TOMA FANS IN THE PHILIPPINES. I BET THEY'RE REALLY HAPPY TOMA HAS BEEN TRAINING WITH THIS FILIPINO SWORD! :D )

(note: jeet kune do is "a hybrid martial arts system and life philosophy founded by martial artist Bruce Lee with direct, non classical and straightforward movements". credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeet_Kune_Do)

---more news about the movie:

"a story about a good-looking yet deadly murderer"

"While the actor has lost weight after taking on Kali, Shooto, and Jeet Kune Do martial arts training, he has gained a lot more muscle."

"In preparation for the role's action scenes, Ikuta started learning various martial arts since six months ago at the request of the movie's director. In addition, the climax scene when Suzuki Ichiro faces off with a serial terror bomber will be filmed at a former hospital in Toyama Prefecture which was due to be demolished instead of relying on CG. Filming began in early June." 

(sources: 

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/toma-ikuta-plays-coldhearted-killer-in-next-movie/, http://doramaworld.blogspot.com/2012/06/ikuta-toma-starring-in-movie-nou-otoko.html,

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/3892582.html)

so it turns out that this killer is supposed to be really handsome!! xD i also read somewhere that he is supposed to have a "perfect body" too. toma's playing a handsome character again. xD of course it's not his fault that he's so handsome and ppl keep casting him for good-looking characters. ^_~ but i just hope that sometime, toma will get a role where the character description does not include something like "incredibly handsome", you know? xDDD of course, i don't want them to make him ugly, but...something in between would be nice. haha... i just 
want people to see that he's more than a pretty face, but i guess most people know that by now, anyway. 

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE MUSCULAR TOMA + TOMA FIGHTING SCENES!! :D :D :D i only remember he had some simple fighting scenes in his old butai's, and i already thought that he looked so cool!! xD

BUT they're blowing up a REAL building??? o____O seriously??? it sounds like it'll be a really cool explosion scene, but i can't help worrying about toma's safety. =T oh, the movie will be released in february!! MY BIRTHDAY MONTH!! yey!! ~__~

---- you can watch a really short video clip of some scenes from the movie, where toma is looking creepy and emotionless, here:

http://tomaroom.tumblr.com/post/24994553058/20120612-zip-i-dunno-why-everyones-like

---- this is the movie's official website:

http://www.no-otoko.com/

----toma's short comments about the movie and some additional info about the book the movie is based on. ~__~

http://himawariyusuke.livejournal.com/26876.html

2~ see how toma fans reacted to the shocking news of toma's killer role! xD a lot of people commented! 

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/3892582.html

http://toma-room.livejournal.com/88455.html

http://toma-room.livejournal.com/88824.html

(2 POLLs: how do you feel about toma being a killer in his new movie? AND would you want "toma underwear"? xD)

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/24941727933/honestly-he-looks-a-bit-scary-d

3~ you can DL and watch the genji movie already!! ^__^ 

seems like the movie was available for renting since june 15 (the dvd is on sale june 22), so a lot of people already ripped it and maybe a lot of toma fans (at least the chinese fans, anyway) already watched the movie before june 22! lol. i'll wait for the english subs for now, but if you want to watch the movie right away, go to the links below to get it. both versions below have chinese and japanese hardsubs. :D

http://mt-memo.livejournal.com/22799.html

thanks to memo_toma! (this version split into 6 parts)

http://ikuta-toma.livejournal.com/743870.html

thanks to hpswf1! (this version split into 3 parts + 2 other links to download, other that MF)

(it was just a skit, but lucky yuriko!! she got to be toma's "girlfriend" again. xD it was funny how they kept saying she's ugly though. lol!! toma looked so cool when he 1st appeared and was like "don't say my girlfriend is ugly." *__* kyaaaaa!!)

4~ some more toma tv appearances have been subbed (in english)! =) 

go to the links below to get them:

http://tfgirls-team.livejournal.com/4307.html

Warate Iitomo (March 16th, 2012) (the show where toma and his brother, ryuusei were there together!)

http://tfgirls-team.livejournal.com/5082.html

Picaru no Teiri (the show where toma falls madly in love with a weird girl!! xD)

5~ jun said that toma's eyes have "power" in a magazine interview!!

junma shippers must have been happy about this!! =P and i completely agree with jun. toma has such beautiful eyes and sometimes i have trouble looking directly at his picture, if he has an intense gaze for that pic. it feels like he is really looking at me and i have to look away! xD

read the whole translation of jun talking about eyes that have power and take a look at the scan of that interview question here: http://tfgirls-team.livejournal.com/4434.html#cutid1

6~ i shared more rare hana kimi video clips! ~___~

http://toma-room.livejournal.com/88983.html

MORE RARE VIDEOS f/the hana kimi DVD! different vers. of cheerleader scene, toma & maki dvd talk...  

.................... my 10 3 favorite toma pictures ♥

THIS IS THE ONLY NEW PIC FOR THIS MONTH. =T at least i like it more than last month's dark, black & white +act pic. and it's been so long since we got a toma yukata pic! ^.^ it has a nice summer feel to it... and they mention how the genji movie is on dvd now, i guess. :D (credit: CherryKakaaaaa)

2 genji screencaps. that little boy is so cute!! ~__~ i forgot that genji has some kids or at least one son. we get to see toma in daddy mode! hehe. =P (credit: weibo.com/zimaoyuyue)

a nice pic from the genji movie official website. ^_^
(it was posted here: http://www.facebook.com/IkutaTomaSan)

............................. my favorite toma gifs from tumblr ♥

toma was expecting some tomapi love questions?? xD

toma yelling for maou promos or something back then. xD 

even when he's yelling, he manages to look cute!! hehe.

(credits: 

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/25224601327/what-were-you-thinking-toma-xd-maybe-he-was

http://omoshro.tumblr.com/post/25367261690/vsa-20090607

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/25430678106

http://tomafanindia.tumblr.com/post/25705472073/have-some-screaming-and-coughing-toma-xd

http://ltgmars.tumblr.com/post/24656348975)