KARA's Gyuri & Jiyoung scouted in Japan + Thanks Japanese fans + Herp derp DSP surprised by success

[queefing.livejournal.com]

Girl idol group Kara, who achieved great popularity in Japan after their official debut on the 11th, held a hand shake event at Tokyo’s Shinkiba Studio Coast.

Japanese online media YomiWoori introduced the event with a picture of the girls kneeling down and posing with fans. On this day, member Gyuri revealed a surprising behind-the-scenes story during their stay in Japan. In Japanese, the singer said, “Jiyoung and I were walking in Harajuku eating crepes when we were suddenly scouted (streetcasted). A magazine reporter asked to take pictures of us, but we said, ‘Sorry, Japanese is very hard for us,’ and escaped.”

In addition to talking about the occurrence, Kara did not forget to thank their fans. Each member expressed their thanks to fans and revealed their future plans. The youngest member, Jiyoung, expressed, “From now on, let’s not be apart and meet frequently.” Nicole said, “We won’t lose sight of our goals and will always work hard so please cheer for us.” ‘Goddess’ Gyuri, “Thank you for coming out to see us in such hot weather. Please enjoy the event." Lastly Seungyeon, “We didn’t think that we could come this far. Please take care of us.”

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Kara's Agency DSP Media expressed, "We were surprised" they couldn't believe they'd do so well. In addition DSP reps also said, "We thought it would be great if we could slowly climb up step by step to be Top 10 on the Oricon Chart but Mister ranked 5 instead and even maintained that position for quite some time. It's an unexpected result, we and Universal are all very surprised."

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translated: aank1 @ karaholic




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Comments

[wendybaconator.livejournal.com]

They're number 15 today.

[wendybaconator.livejournal.com]

Oh, I thought your cut said daily. Sorry. :)

[queefing.livejournal.com]

yes weekly and don't front #15 would've still been impressive as their first week ranking.

[royalantares.livejournal.com]

EMERSONNNNNNNNNNNNN.

[taylorniw.livejournal.com]

It would be impressive, but Oricon is also super easy to chart on. You can get Top 10 with less than 10k sales in slower weeks.

[queefing.livejournal.com]

moot point. they've made it to #5 and sold 29k their first week with their debut single. that's better then big bang's debut single first week sale of 26k and an impressive start for any girl group in japan. anyways they've exceeded people's expectations and i'm happy for them.

[ethereal-limbo.livejournal.com]

do you sleep?

[sonicphotonic.livejournal.com]

I want a KARA truck.

[perfume.livejournal.com]

Advertisement trucks in Japan are genius. Though it sucks if some other artist you don't like starts promoting and that song drives you nuts, hurrhurr.

[queefing.livejournal.com]

[soheefan.livejournal.com]

Is Jinyoung the short haired one thats not Nicole or the long haired one thats not Gyuri or Hara?

[mls-addxn.livejournal.com]

the long haired one that's not Gyuri or Hara XD

the other short haired one is Seungyeon

[soheefan.livejournal.com]

Ahh thanks. I was thinking that if she was the long haired one, i could see her being scouted in Japan lol. She's pretty. And Gyuri is just a given. She has one of the most gorgeous faces in kpop. I dont even think she looks korean most of the time

[mls-addxn.livejournal.com]

IA. Gyuri is really beautiful <3 btw, her name is Jiyoung :)

[queefing.livejournal.com]

easiest way to tell: she has straight cut bangs.

[mappingemotion.livejournal.com]

That truck is so cool! Is it flashing or is it just my eyes?

Gyuri looks perfect, as usual.

[perfume.livejournal.com]

I always lol at these celebrities-getting-scouted stories. I could understand KARA in Japan since they just debuted there (and prolly didn't have stage makeup on), but the others with established talents in their own motherland...

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

‘Sorry. Japanese is very hard for us,’ and escaped.

LOL I can imagine that

[aunts.livejournal.com]

lawl that truck is so qt.

I love Japan at night. :(

[jiujin.livejournal.com]

didnt see a kara truck but a uverworld one <3 when i went to shibuya =~=
but the fanboys in tower records were amusing XD

[leftysrockk.livejournal.com]

Lawl Gyul (and Jing) being scouted.

The truck is amaze.

gif ofc.

[leftysrockk.livejournal.com]

Re: gif ofc.

[queefing.livejournal.com]

you is good job.

Re: gif ofc.

[leftysrockk.livejournal.com]

Re: gif ofc.

[cristela.livejournal.com]

ZOMG i am loving all these gyuri gifs!!
/saves

[albeitalways.livejournal.com]

congrats kara! ^^
i hope they'll get to hold a concert in japan someday.

[ethereal-limbo.livejournal.com]

of course DPS would be surprised with their shitty management skills.

[ethereal-limbo.livejournal.com]

fawk, DSP*

ruined a nice snark comment. :'(

[queefing.livejournal.com]

hehe double penetration /13yearold

ikr? look what a month under UMJ management as opposed DSp has done from them. shitty DSP.

[leftysrockk.livejournal.com]

DSPoor is more like it.

[cher-ex3.livejournal.com]

A++

[faister.livejournal.com]

herp derp dsp indeed.
lmao i love the kara truck. lol @ jiyoung and gyuri being scouted.

[toomanysides.livejournal.com]

I love Kara so much these days...

[toomanysides.livejournal.com]

oh and DSP sucks

[gogomonkeygo.livejournal.com]

Yay perfume at number 1.

[super-genin.livejournal.com]

ikr! perfume and kara! Yaaay!

also:

[gogomonkeygo.livejournal.com]

AHhhh!! I love this picture. =)

[lapetite-indigo.livejournal.com]

LMAO @ DSP being surprised at their success.

Yes, when you actually promote an artist they usually do well. Take this lesson back to Korea and USE IT! Imagine what you could have done with SS501 or Kara's other jams.

[aly4818.livejournal.com]

LOL SAUCE ALLKPOOP ICWUDT

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

I heard "Mister" the other day in a 100 yen shop lol I almost started dancing, but I realized how insane that would look.