Oricon's Only★Star Live Ranking 2012

In the latest issue of Only★Star magazine where popular group Arashi is the cover, 500 readers were surveyed about what concert do they "want to go or see" and concerts' they "want to go and see again".

In both categories, Arashi got the top spot. It was no surprise that the 5-member group lead both categories especially with their upcoming "AraFes" where the fans was given the chance to decide on the concert's setlist. Furthermore, readers commented that Arashi's concert DVDs makes them want to see the group live because of their charm and impressive production numbers.

Here is the full ranking:

“I want to go/see ranking“

1) Arashi

2) Mr. Children

3) Namie Amuro

4) SMAP

5) Lady Gaga

6) Dreams Come True

7) AKB48

8) Kanjani8

9) Perfume

10) EXILE

"I want to go/see again ranking"

1) Arashi

2) Kanjani8

3) SMAP

4) KinKi Kids

5) Mr. Children

6) L’Arc~en~ciel

7) KAT-TUN

8) Yuzu

9) Namie Amuro

10) GLAY

24 Hour Television’ T-shirt designed by Nara Yoshitomo & Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi has almost 600,000 sales in 1.5 months

As announced previously, the design for the charity T-shirts of this year’s ‘24 Hour Television‘ was completed jointly by Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi and modern artist Nara Yoshitomo. In 1.5 months, sales of the T-shirts have reached 596,203 (as of August 9th). This surpasses the 458,306 shirts sold in 2008, and currently holds the record for most number of ‘24 Hour TV’ T-shirts sold. With sales averaging at about 2000 daily, it is expected that sales will surpass 600,000 soon, if it hasn’t already done so.

This year’s charity event is titled “24 Hour Television 35 Ai wa Chikyuu wo Tsukuu” and the theme is “Mirai (Future)”.

On the front of the T-shirt is a picture of a child with the words ‘Mirai’ in his eyes and two halves of a dicotyledon sprout, signifying a start towards the future, on his head . The back of the T-shirts carries a calligraphic rendering of the words “Mirai”, written by Ohno in bold strokes. It is the first time multiple artists have collaborated for the T-shirt design.

The event will be broadcasted on August 25th and 26th.