was a
Japanese variety show
A Japanese variety show is an entertainment television program made up of a variety of original stunts, musical performances, comedy skits, quiz contests, and other acts. Japanese variety shows are predominantly made to be weird and extremely fast ...
hosted by boy band
Arashi
is a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency. The members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi officially formed on September 15, ...
. It ran from July 2, 2003 to September 28, 2005 on
Nippon Television. It aired every Wednesday from 24:50 to 25:20 (
JST). ''D no Arashi!'' was Arashi's fifth variety show to be aired on NTV, and the second in the ''CxDxG no Arashi!'' series.
History
''D no Arashi!'' began in March 2003 as a segment of ''C no Arashi!'', a show where Arashi handled claims on behalf of various companies and organisations in Japan.
In the pilot episode, Sakurai reported on a student with all 1's (the lowest score) on his report card.
[ The title of the next series, ''G no Arashi'', was decided by playing darts in the final episode.
In Document Press Arashi, at least one member acted as a reporter and documented various topics. In October 2004, the show was revamped into a "Fool's Curiosity" competition.]
Segments
There were eight segments (or corners) in ''D no Arashi'', six of which were member segments. Each member had their own corner on the show where they would lead the other members or introduce a topic.
T no Arashi!
"T no Arashi! (provisional title)" was Sho Sakurai
(born January 25, 1982) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, news anchor, host and former radio host. He is a member of the boy band Arashi.
Sakurai began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent ...
's corner. The "T" stood for . Sakurai would introduce supposedly unbelievable pictures of things, such as strange bus stops, submitted by viewers of the show.
C no Arashi
Different from their preceding show's concept, the "C" stood for "Contest" instead of "Claim". With themes such as person with the longest tongue or person who is most flexible, the members of Arashi would watch each contestant demonstrate and vote for who they thought was the best.
A no Arashi!
Masaki Aiba
(born December 24, 1982) is a Japanese singer, actor, television personality, radio host and dancer. He is a member of the boy band Arashi.
Aiba began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & ...
's corner. Aiba would propose, often pointless, experiments for the other members of Arashi to try out.
Ni no Arashi!
Kazunari Ninomiya
, often called , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi.
His career began in the entertainment industry after joining the Japanese talent agency Johnny & As ...
's corner. Ninomiya would pull pranks on the other members.
M no Arashi!
Jun Matsumoto
Jun or JUN may refer to:
People and anthroponymy
* Jun (given name), a common Japanese given name
* Jun (singer), a member of South Korean boy band U-KISS
* Tomáš Jun, Czech footballer
* A spelling of common Korean family name Jeon (Korean surn ...
's corner. With the "M" standing for , Matsumoto would go out and do troublesome jobs.
O no Arashi!
Satoshi Ohno
is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host, artist, dancer, and choreographer. He is the lead vocalist and leader of the boy band Arashi, hence his nickname .
Ohno began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese t ...
's corner. Ohno would randomly select two out of 100 photos and draw the two subjects together in one drawing using his own imagination.
Distribution
Home media
VAP released all three series in a collection of two DVDs titled C×D×G no Arashi! Vol.1 and Vol.2. The DVDs peaked at number 3 and number 4 on the Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in ...
DVD chart.
References
External links
Official D no Arashi website
Japanese variety television shows
Nippon TV original programming
2003 Japanese television series debuts
2005 Japanese television series endings
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