Uta no Oniisan DVD

Title: Uta no Oniisan DVD
Price: 15,960 yen (inclusive of tax)
Number of discs: 4
Produced by: Media Factory
Date of release: 24 July 2009
Total run time: 430 minutes

The 60th Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2009)

Best Drama: Mei-chan no Shitsuji

Best Leading Actor: Matsuyama Kenichi (Zenigeba)

Best Leading Actress: Kanno Miho (Kiina)

Best Supporting Actor: Sato Takeru (Mei-chan no Shitsuji)

Best Supporting Actress: Katase Nana (Uta no Oniisan)

Best Directing: Zenigeba

Best Script: Arifureta Kiseki

Best Theme Song: Kumorinochi, Kaisei by Yano Kenta starring Satoshi Ohno

The Television Special Award: Aibo

Sakurai Sho to appear in "Uta no Oniisan"

Sakurai Sho of Arashi will appear in "Uta no Oniisan" which stars Ohno Satoshi from the same group. He will appear as himself to promote his new movie, "Yattaman" during the children's show which Ohno's character Yano Kenta appears in. In the scene, Ohno will have a monologue lamenting why the kids flock to Sakurai once they see the latter.

Source: Nikkansports

Winter 2009 Drama Satisfaction Ranking - After first episode O.A. (Oricon)

1) Triangle (FujiTV)

2) Hisatsu Shigotonin 2009 (TV Asahi)

3) Kiina (NTV)

4) Love Shuffle (TBS)

5) Uta no Oniisan (TV Asahi)

6) Tokumei Kakaricho Tadano Jin (TV Asahi)

7) Voice (FujiTV)

8) Tenchijin (NHK)

9) Reset (NTV)

10) Mei-chan no Shitsuji (FujiTV)

Top 10 most anticipated Winter 2009 dramas (Ori Star)

1) Voice ~ Inochi Naki Mono no Koe (FujiTV)

2) Mei-chan no Shitsuji (FujiTV)

3) Love Shuffle (TBS)

4) Tokumei Kakaricho Tadano Jin (TV Asahi)

5) Triangle (FujiTV)

6) Tenchijin (NHK)

7) Kiina ~ Fukanou Hanzai Sousakan (NTV)

8) Zenigeba (NTV)

9) Uta no Oniisan (TV Asahi)

10) RESCUE ~ Tokubetsu Koudo Kyuujotai (TBS)

Uta no Oniisan Press Conference - Sports Hochi's report

Arashi's Ohno Satoshi stars in "Uta no Oniisan" as Yano Kenta and will be making his solo debut under this name. His solo single, "Kumorinochi Kaisei" will be released on 4 March. Ohno expressed his surprise at being able to release a solo CD and said that he tried very hard to reflect the cheerful atmosphere displayed in this song. He mentioned that this song is very suitable for the drama and he was smiling all the time when he was recording the song.

Although Ohno had sung solo in Arashi's albums before, this is the first time that he is releasing a solo song in the form of a single. His fellow members expressed their earnest wishes to hear the song as soon as possible so Ohno felt that they contributed to the production of the single in one way or another. Arashi will also be releasing their new single "Believe" on the same day.

Johnny's artistes who had released singles under their character names included Kokubun Taichi and Domoto Tsuyoshi who formed the unit "Toraji Haiji" in Jan 2005 as well as Kamenashi Kazuya and Yamashita Tomohisa who formed the unit "Shuuji to Akira" in Nov 2005. Both singles grabbed the Oricon No.1 single title at that time thus Ohno feels a certain amount of pressure for him to do well. He added that if he did not enter showbiz, he might just be like Yano Kenta in the drama who is living aimlessly.

Source: Sports Hochi

Uta no Oniisan's production press conference

The press conference for "Uta no Oniisan" was held on 15 Jan 09 at TV Asahi where cast members Ohno Satoshi, Kimura Yoshino, Katase Nana, Maruyama Ryuuhei and Chisa made appearances. Ohno made fun of his colourful costume while co-star Kimura Yoshino remarked that Ohno was very cool and calm on the set. Even if she changed the lyrics suddenly to catch him unawares, he was never affected by it. Ohno replied jokingly that Kimura should have paid more attention to her lines instead of trying to play pranks on him. This drama is also the first leading role for Chisa who is the vocalist for the group, GIRL NEXT DOOR.

The theme song of the drama, "Kumorinochi, Kaisei" will be sung by Ohno under his character name, Yano Kenta. This song is scheduled to be released on 4 March 09.

Source: Sanspo

Winter 2009 Drama Preview - Uta no Oniisan

Title: Uta no Oniisan
Broadcast by: TV Asahi
Time slot: Fridays, 11.15pm
O.A. Start Date: 16 Jan 09
Starring: Ohno Satoshi
Official website: here


Only reason for watching this:

For Oo-chan! ^__^ Well, it will be interesting to see how he transforms from Maou to a cutesy and unwilling big brother to children. There is a big gap between both roles so it is worth checking out for the sake of seeing how Ohno copes with this change. Although I think that this drama will get cheesy to a certain extent, I think I can bear with it unless it gets overboard.

Ohno Satoshi to star in "Uta no Oniisan" (Winter 09 drama)

Source: Yomiuri Hochi

Ohno Satoshi from Arashi will star in TV Asahi's comedy drama for winter 09, "Uta no Oniisan" (The Brother of Songs) which will be broadcast from 16 Jan 09 on Fridays at 11.15pm. This is the 2nd time that he is starring in the lead role since "Maou" in summer 08.

Ohno plays the role of Kenta who will be quite different from the usual cheerful and children-loving uta no oniisan in a music programme for children. Kenta takes on the new job of being the singing brother in the programme after the band he belongs to is dismissed, his girlfriend dumps him and his family looks down on him as a good-for-nothing. He must now try to prove himself in his new role while interacting with children which is what he has not done before. Due to the nature of this role, Ohno will have to sing and dance in the drama.

Filming will begin on 18 Dec 08.