D no Arashi (Dの嵐!, Document Press Arashi!) was a Japanese variety show hosted by boy band Arashi. 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.

D no Arashi
GenreVariety show
Directed byShinsuke Miura
Presented byArashi
Narrated byKiyoshi Kobayashi[1]
Opening theme
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes116
Production
Producers
  • Toshio Matsuzaki
  • Yuko Iizuka
  • Kenji Suga
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkNippon TV
ReleaseJuly 2, 2003 (2003-07-02) –
September 28, 2005 (2005-09-28)
Related
  • C no Arashi!
  • G no Arashi!

History

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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.[3] In the pilot episode, Sakurai reported on a student with all 1's (the lowest score) on his report card.[3] The title of the next series, G no Arashi, was decided by playing darts in the final episode.[4]

In Document Press Arashi, at least one member acted as a reporter and documented various topics.[5] In October 2004, the show was revamped into a "Fool's Curiosity" competition.[6] Arashi split into one MC and two teams of two and tried to pique a special guest's curiosity with unusual experiments, information, and interviews.[6][7]

Segments

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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!

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"T no Arashi! (provisional title)" was Sho Sakurai's corner. The "T" stood for Tōkō (投稿, submissions). Sakurai would introduce supposedly unbelievable pictures of things, such as strange bus stops, submitted by viewers of the show.

C no Arashi

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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!

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Masaki Aiba's corner. Aiba would propose, often pointless, experiments for the other members of Arashi to try out.

Ni no Arashi!

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Kazunari Ninomiya's corner. Ninomiya would pull pranks on the other members.

M no Arashi!

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Jun Matsumoto's corner. With the "M" standing for Mendokusai (めんどくさい, troublesome), Matsumoto would go out and do troublesome jobs.

O no Arashi!

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Satoshi Ohno'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

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Home media

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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 DVD chart.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "C×D×G no ARASHI! vol.2 [DVD]" (in Japanese). CD Journal. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "What is the song that plays in the opening of "D no Arashi"?" (in Japanese). CD Journal. December 9, 2003. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "C no Arashi". C no Arashi. Episode 116 (in Japanese). September 28, 2005. Nippon Television. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "D no Arashi". d no Arashi. Episode 36 (in Japanese). March 12, 2002. Nippon Television. Archived from the original on March 6, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "D no Arashi". D no Arashi. Episode 1 (in Japanese). July 2, 2003. Nippon Television. Archived from the original on March 6, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
  6. ^ a b "D no Arashi". D no Arashi. Episode 67 (in Japanese). October 13, 2004. Nippon Television. Archived from the original on March 6, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
  7. ^ "NTV Entertainment" (PDF). Nippon Television. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
  8. ^ "C×D×G no ARASHI! Vol.1" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  9. ^ "C×D×G no ARASHI! Vol.2" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
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