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TVXQ banned in Japan?

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GhostWriter in Rumors | 28 Jul 2008 - 12:05 PM

 
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According to S-San's Blog (a Japanese staff member for TVXQ/Tohoshinki/DBSK) the rumor that TVXQ has been blocked from Music Station was confirmed. On his blog he wondered why TVXQ was on Music Station's #1 list this week, yet weren't invited to perform. Music Station is a highly popular music show in Japan, similar to MTV's TRL here in the states.

Rumors and conspiracy theories were created when TVXQ received many #1's on both the Oricon Daily and Weekly charts, yet weren't invited to the Music Station show. Almost every other artist who were in the top 10 let alone the artists who've reached #1 were invited to perform. Many people believe the reason for this is because Johnny's Entertainment has a secret pact with Music Station. Some people think that TVXQ poses a threat to Johnny's therefore the non-invites.

This is an unfortunate situation, but at the same time if the situations were reversed - I could see Korea doing the same thing to a Japanese artist. (thanks to Melissa & Sandra for the tip)



  
 

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Hideto16's avatar

WOW That’s Crazy!!!!....But Believable!!!

 
pangstar's avatar

first~ ^^
thats BS, total BS (sorry for my fangirl-ness)
which means Johnny’s Ent,can’t stand the heat,
my personal opinion is Avex has way better artists then
JOhnny, well except for Arashi, their pretty good ^^
but anyways best of luck to the boys,
and the 4th korean album :D
TVXQ <3333

 
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It seems S-san’s blog is down for maintenance at the moment.

 
.x. Sima .x.'s avatar

ther no.1, what else do they nd 2 do 2 get on 2 ‘music station’!?

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 12:21 PM

5. asha (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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wow- never saw that coming,lol

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 12:22 PM

6. kellly (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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i don’t even see them enough watching youtube. that’s one less show i get to see tvxq on!

 
smilez's avatar

man.. that sucks… i understand the situation, but someone has to be the bigger person n’ just let international artists perform if they make it to #1 ... i guess johnny’s ent. isn’t the bigger person n’ let that happen (for now, maybe???) ... if korea n’ japan or any other country keep this up… something is bound to happen…

 
blueangelxo8's avatar

why would TVXQ be banned?!?!?!?!?!?
I am so mad at music station!
TVXQ is a great group!

 
~Loco_Roco~'s avatar

This seems kind of odd. Avex has pretty good artists but Johnny’s beats them at popularity (except AAA maybe). Seeing TVXQ as a threat doesn’t make much sense. Artists like News and Kat-tun always get the #1 spot regardless of who they’re competing with. Were there any other Avex artists that were banned? Because if there were then this conspiracy would seem more believable. I’ve never known a label to have THAT much power… *shrug* :/

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 12:53 PM

10. nonono (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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^ they’re a boyband that’s why its more difficult to appear on MS. Other avex artists like BoA, Koda Kumi are female singers, so they don’t threaten the Johnnys

 
~Loco_Roco~'s avatar

^ This is true. Avex doesn’t have many boybands so that would make sense. I wonder what would happen to EXILE then…

 
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W-inds is banned from Music Station too, aren’t they?

Johnny is working with Music station; I don’t even think it’s a secret.  Does anyone else notice how flashy his boys get when performing?  Fireworks and everything xP

Johnny knows TVXQ is talented and he doesn’t want people to compare them with his boys HAHA we all know Johnny’s boys can’t dance (or even sing live)^^

 
LuCiF3rAnG3l's avatar

lol, DBSK is seen as a threat. That’s actually GREAT! Means that they’re really breaking through to the Music Industry in Japn. Besides it’s Music Station’s decision if they don’t want to have 15,000 people viewing their shows. Everyone already knows that DBSK is holding a steady place in Japan, they already proven that already. One less show to go to isn’t gonna hurt them. Besides they need to rest a bit anyways, their forth album is suppose to come out next month.

 
Sun-Hye's avatar

HELL YEAH!
GO DBSK! XDD
ahhaha
they’re seen as a possible threat…that’s totally wicked
<3
but im kinda glad becuase that means they get some more downtime so they can rest before their fourth album comes out and everything goes crazy again
<3333333333 DBSK FTW

 
Taejus's avatar

Hell yea TVXQ poses a threat to Johnny’s. Like I’d do the same thing if I were the dude. Like JE is like the biggest things in Japan. The guy just can’t afford to have some korean band destroy or hinder his comp.

TVXQ must be REALLY GREAT in Japan (heck, asia) to have caught JE’s attention!

 
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Johnny is SCARED!
The Johnny boys are all over Japan but now they have competition!
DBSK are better than all the JE boys. Look and talent.
Forget Music Station, DBSK is still #1 without having to perform there.

 
sukipyon's avatar

well yes DBSK are a bit better than kat-tun for example, tho i do love kat-tun loads.

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 01:21 PM

18. May (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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Johnny boys are smex.  Yum.

 
Taejus's avatar

sukipyon, are you trying to start an argument?
jk, jk, kattun is really great in many ways.

*wink*

 
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It’s not just DBSK, all boybands that are not from Johnny’s are not allowed to perform on Music Station (except for Exile and WaT~ not sure why). Look at W-inds, they’ve been around since 2001 and they have never been on Music Station once, however Keita Tachibana was allowed to perform on MS when he released solo album. Same goes for Lead, Flame, and all the other boybands that are not from JE. The only way I see for DBSK to be able to get on MS is if they stop dancing, because then they wouldn’t be considered a boyband anymore. Or if they get popular enough where TV Asahi can’t afford to not have them on. But I doubt this will happen. As much as I like DBSK, their popularity will never surpass JE’s groups whose singles sell at least 300/400k copies while DBSK’s singles sell around 50/60k.

 
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wow…that’s a suprise!

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 01:37 PM

22. rik (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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People have complained that its too hard to buy DBSK albums in japanese stores too. Because they have it hidden or in the foreign artist section when it should be in JPOP. They think DBSK can have even higher sales if their album wasnt so hard to find.

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 01:37 PM

23. hanniex (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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johnny’s entertainment apparently has a pact with the oricon chart people too. I wouldn’t be surprised honestly.

 
♥rein@♥'s avatar

Yes TVXQ is a thread ffor them
just give TVXQ a little more time
and MS will be beggin them to go hahahah

 
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what?!?!
i think not having TVXQ on their show is like not wanting to have the best of the best…shows that are about music try to have artists/groups that are very popular at the moment…like one of the comments says….by having TVXQ in their show would increase their audience/viewers….if JohnnyEntertainment sees TVXQ as a threat then he knows that their groups aren’t good as they want to protray them if he doesnt want to put his groups being compared to the best….but i do think it is suspicious if nonJE groups rarely perform in MusicStation….its like MusicStation might be a platform for artists of the same company to show off and not be really compared….

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 02:17 PM

26. Grats TVXQ (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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JE literally owns Japan with his Idol groups. If TVXQ’s seen as a threat then we should applaud them. Means they hella popular. This should be seen as a good thing, cause yeah its unfair but what can you do? Just gotta suck it up and release more #1 singles and stick it in JE/MS’s faces cause they dont need MS to promote them. They got talent, looks, and personalitiy so screw the haters =3

 
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I read this over Soompi, and i’m still pissed from when i read it.
Music Station is going to regret this when TVXQ becomes world freaking famous. But still, i’m glad they’re a threat to JE.
It is hard to buy TVXQ albums in japan, they hide them all in the foreign artists section. but it is considered jpop, it should be in the jpop section!
gahhhhhhhhhhh >P

 
Maddie's avatar

Whoaaa this is so interesting…! Haha, well that’s the real world - if you’re not good enough, people say you suck, if you’re too good, people start doing things to put you down. =/

Well…that all means that DBSK is A THREAT to the other idol groups! ^_^

 
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it’s not just DBSK…other boy bands or idol groups that are not Johnnies are not allowed in MS…W-inds(they’re so much better than the Johnnies), Lead, DA PUMP, and etc…they’re not allowed because Johnny doesn’t want them to…Johnny Kitagawa is one of the biggest sponsor in tv asahi and they rely on sponsorship…so obviously whatever Johnny wants they give it…
but when I realize for the first time when I saw DBSK’s new single topped their charts and thought that they won’t be invited and then JE groups perform in MS with their single not even debuting yet…I refuse in seeing any shows that JE’s are in because it’s totally unfair…idk…it’s just I love My DBSK boys more than Kame and Ryo…or Jun, Yamapi, Tackey, Yamada and etc…
and I already know that they won’t but I never know it will become such a big issue as this…and hey! the music show is freaking boring…they’re still invited in other prominent music shows like Hey!3x and Music Japan…Music Fighter, Music Fair 21, The M! and even CDTV…
and think about it DBSK one on one with JE…JE’s would flop…DBSK are taller than most, if not all, JE’s…
Junno who’s the tallest in KAT-TUN and most Johnnies is just as tall as Jae and Junsu who are shortest in DBSK…so with Changmin and Yunho…they would look like o_O don’t even add talents…because Johnnies will just die….

 
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i love some JE boys when it comes to acting. the only JE boyband i can listen to is Tackey & Tsubasa. funny thing, theyre singles are usually produced by AVEX. ha!

we’ll never know. maybe the power of bigeast and cassiopeia can bring the boys to MS.

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 02:52 PM

31. asha (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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to HPDANM:  why the heck are you talking about thier height?

 
ohgeeze.'s avatar

That just proves Dong Bang’s popularity.
Dong Bang as a threat?
That’s right bitches.

 
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That’s a good thing, I guess, since JohnnyEnt’s finally scared of the DongBang boys XD

 
~Loco_Roco~'s avatar

@ asha, I was thinking the same thing. XD Height doesn’t matter.
I like both groups but banning TVXQ because they’re a threat doesn’t sound like a good enough reason. If that were the case, this would have started during the “Purple Line” days. Every group from Avex can’t be banned either. It just doesn’t sound right.

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 03:09 PM

35. blueboxx (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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TVXQ has performed “Last Angel” with Koda Kumi on the November 16, 2007 Music Station before though.

 
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@asha…I’m just saying, no wonder Johnny doesn’t want DBSK and JE’s head to head together…they don’t want DBSK in MS because they might snitch some of their fans…height is considered one of the good looks in Japan…actually, everywhere…I’m just pointing out if JE and DBSK stand together…JE’s image as “idols” would lose to DBSK and Johnny doesn’t want that…not that I’m saying DBSK are idols…that’s why I said don’t consider talents…sorry if I didn’t elaborate on that…
@~Lora_Roco~ not all Avex artists are not allowed in MS but all idol groups or boy bands that are not Johnnies are not allowed in MS…it’s just that it’s not really right…There’s really no other reason for it but just the fact that they serve as threats to JE’s…when w-inds haven’t fully debuted yet they were invited in Shounen Club but as soon as they debuted they weren’t anymore…

 
mywhitelilacs's avatar

DANG!
if this is true then its a VERY low act..

TVXQ FIGHTING!!
they dont need Music Station to have ppl notice and hear their music!

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 03:12 PM

38. hanah (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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jealousy…looks bad for jpop

 
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Johnny’s scared of the boys.
That’s a good thing.
This just proves how strong’s DBSK foothold is in Japan.

 
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hmmmm….. interesting…. hopefully, it doesn’t create a big bad conspiracy…. O_o;;; don’t want history to repeat itself. T_T

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 03:22 PM

41. kpop_rubba (not logged in) (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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johnny’s is total shit. all their groups look like heroin addicts,which makes sense since statistics show many heroin addicts are also victims of sexual abuse… when i look at a johnny i dont see a pop star or performer; i see a victim.

 
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TVXQ only performed on Music Station once, but that was when they did that collaboration with Koda Kumi. lol Figures.  It’s also kind of weird that TVXQ were allowed on Utaban too.  They just need more collaborations with popular artists, then they’ll be able to slowly work their way in, so that Music Station has no choice but the feature. wink

 
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Well, there’s been a conspiracy for a long time even before THSK hit big that non JE boybands are not allowed to perform on music station.  They’re just gonna have to suck it up like the other popular non-JE boybands did and just do their thing on other music shows.  As for stores that keep putting THSK on foreign music shelves that’s just wrong.  When I went to Japan, I can easily find THSK stuff in the jpop aisle at HMV.  So if a popular store like HMV categorizes them as Jpop than other stores should too.  I don’t see what more THSK can do to be recognized as a true Jpop artist.

 
HPDANM's avatar

^true…so, yeah, it doesn’t really matter…we all know that there is a conspiracy…they have the power…
and yeah…the last time I came to a music store in Shibuya, DBSK is under JPop…just some stores that needs to reorganize their store or whatever…
@ohappiness….they did came but they were treated as back up dancers…well, most talented back up dancers at least…

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 03:40 PM

45. Nikki (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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I thought the whole JE situation subsided.. but I guess not. It really isn’t surprising tho, DBSK probably does pose as a threat to JE. Lol DBSK is taking over the music scene by storm!

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 03:41 PM

46. K. (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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I don’t think it’s true. EXILE are from Rhythm Zone, they’re a boyband too and they can perform in Music Station. Japanese ppl are just jealous that KOREAN band took the first place ;D

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 03:47 PM

47. Tayson (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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^No they aren’t. EXILE would probably be considered an exception because they aren’t your average idol groups. EXILE doesn’t rely on fangirls to keep their popularity up, but rather they have a wider age range.

 
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28 Jul 2008 - 04:03 PM

48. SNSD (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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WTF?!? Music Station sucks now =/ DBSK is TOO GOOD and TOO POPULAR for Johnny’s Entertainment’s stupid boybands *cough* Kattun, News…*cough*

 
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Wow..the height is was WAY stupid. I just have to add that in first. ANYWAY, Not really caring too much about this article(the the last sentence was COMPLETELY true), I have a question. Does Yoochun have a major HUGE tattoo on his, I think right arm? I saw a performance where he had like a sleeveless shirt on and to my surprise that thing was huge.

 
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c’mon..johnny’s ent has tons of so-called pretty boys….dong bang is jst 5 ppl..guess….johnny’s ent get scare =P..where arashi, NewS and kat-tun go???haha…can’t handle ta dong bang’s power.. awesome <3!

 


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