The Kago Ai Thread (加護亜依)

[oaxiac]

Trailer for the new Kago flick "The Haunting Lover". Looks like cheesy fun.

[kuro808]

^ Supposedly it is a horror film, I do wonder because of how we see the comedic effects change that

[J-Triumf]

More house music for Kago on the way, as she'll be appearing as a "special guest DJ" for House Nation Jewel Girl on August 20th in Osaka:
http://iflyer.tv/event/63807/HOUSE-NATION-JEWEL-GIRL-with-/gallery/0/image/78661588add27f8

Considering her appearance in LA earlier this year I wonder if this is something she might take seriously sometime in the future...or she'll just fiddle with mixer knobs again.

[tiny]

Kago to perform live in New York on 9/11 at a special event at Webster Hall.
http://www.kddimobile.com/WebContents/jp/event_kagojazz.html

KDDI has uploaded some videos featuring Kago on YouTube.
http://www.kddimobile.com/WebContents/jp/gallery_kago.html

eta: "The Haunting Lover" will be out on DVD soon. YesAsia has the all-region version with English subtitles: http://www.yesasia.com/global/the-haunting-lover-dvd-us-version/1023000934-0-0-0-en/info.html

[daigong]

here's the rip



PLOT: Based on a 1940s true story, a large medicinal manufacturing plant in Guangzhou, "Kwong Cheong Tong", is hiring. With his luck, Leung Kwong (Vanness Wu) is hired simply due to his resemblance to their missing Third Master of 10 years. While at work, Leung encounters strange incidents one right after another. In one case, Leung was attacked and was saved by the mysterious Fu Rong (Li Xiao Lu) who claims that Leung is actually Third Master who she has been waiting for. To get to the bottom of the mystery of the missing Third Master, Leung goes to Singapore with his girlfriend, Hsiao Chen, to find the truth. Their trip only brings them back to the original source, "Kwong Cheong Tong". The longer it takes to Leung to solve the mystery, the deeper he falls into the persona as Third Master.

Director: Wing Kin Yip
Starring: Ai Kago, Xiaolu Li, VanNess Wu, Yongjian Ye
Genre: Horror
Language: Cantonese / Mandarin (Dual Audio)

Looks like Aibon plays the girlfriend Hsiao Chen, and I expected the ghost lol

NICE Another appearance in NY. The Jazz record doing her good ....maybe she'll stop by the NYAF

[J-Triumf]

Go DJ! Yeah that's my DJ! Go DJ! Yeah that's--wait, I think I made that reference before...

Damn, she's gonna be in NYC on 9/11...that's deep.

Definitely cute with her Engrish...also: lol, Seth McFarlane lookalike.

[kuro808]

^ Her English is getting better and the look a like

[Scramasax]

Lol.  Looks like she has an army of ninjas at her disposal.

[donkey]

I just recently watched a fansub of Shabekuri 007 (2009.12.21) and Yaguchi was talking about Minimoni.  And she only mentioned Kago Ai as the "other girl."  And when I see video concerts of the 4th gen singing, it's always Kago Ai that is missing.  Is Kago Ai a complete outcast from the H!P family or does she not want to be part of that stuff anymore?  Sorry if this is rehashed stuff, I just recently discovered the greatness that is Morning Musume about two weeks ago.

[Scramasax]

Perhaps both, but I get the impression she's a pariah from H!P/UFA.  Especially right after her termination, they made as though she didn't exist.  A little while ago, they released a MM CD collection where they had pictures of all the old members, including Kago.  I think it was the all-coupling collection.  Anyway, that's the first I think they've aknowledged her existence since then.  However, I think a lot of the members still overlook her.  Either they're told to, or they were told to a while ago and were never told to stop.  Who knows.

[pikapikapika]

What the hell is the over-acting guy doing at the end of that video

[daigong]

back in Japan?!

9/5、加護ちゃんが秋葉のパチンコ屋に来て、ドンドンジャラジャラパチンコマンを歌うのれす。


source: http://twitpic.com/2j9njz

[J-Triumf]

POST #700 IS DEDICATED TO PICSPAM

Randomly browsing the picroda and stumbled upon these...anyone wanna take credit for uploading?

First, Kago's looking surprisingly badass promoting something called "Millenium", which, to the best of my research, seems to be a series of movies from Sweden.

I don't necessarily consider her the hottest former H!P member, but every now and then she does something like this, and it's like DAMN!

Either she loves taking pics of the back of her iPhone, or someone (either her or Apple) needs to discover the timer function.


Step aside, Mano, here comes Kago Piano!


Whether in stripes or in a hood, she still manages some cuteness.


Also, just found out that her upcoming NY show might be an "invitation only" event. More info here:
http://www.kddimobile.com/WebContents/jp/event_kagojazz.html
Saturday, September 11 at 1PM, Webster Hall. Word on the street (and by street I mean Hello! Online forum) is that people at Webster Hall don't even know it's going on. Considering my recent experience with advertising her appearances in the US back in March, NYC residents might wanna do more research before considering a visit.

[J-Triumf]

Wow...apparently Kago ran into Nacchi somewhere. I wonder how that went...

http://twitter.com/lovbus/status/22873618502

Lots of people retweeting it too.

[twissie]

^
^

Okay, wow. Kago promoting The Girl Who Played With Fire (or.. either of the other films in the series) which indeed is a series of Swedish films... there are some American remakes in the works too. But haha~ @____@;; Now there's a combo I never thought I'd see. Kago looks amazing, though wow D: Are they going to make Japanese versions? xD;;; Having Kago play the lead would have been... frickin weird, but hot! xD;;;;;

And lol, daigong! Yeees. Kago is set to visit a store in Akiba later this month. I walked past that sign EVERY SINGLE DAY. FFFFFF xD;;;;;

[J-Triumf]

Oh snap, Aibon's gonna be on American MTV! Or at least an online subsection of it...
http://www.mtviggy.com/slideshow/Ai-Kago-Visits-MTV-Iggy

(in before "OMG SELLOUT SHE SUCKS NOW" )

[kuro808]

^ lol she is still the j-pop star we know of but I guess invading the american charts

[J-Triumf]

No chart invading yet, but here's the interview that came with those photos...
http://blog.mtviggy.com/2010/09/23/qa-with-ai-kago-a-j-pop-princess-reemerges-as-a-jazz-singer/

Do you still keep in touch with Tsuji Nozomi?
I still talk to her sometimes but I haven’t yet met her new family. I did see a picture of the family online and thought they were so cute.

Also...

I hate paparazzi so much. But the paparazzi is interested in me, which means everybody is interested in me. The whole thing is… I hate paparazzi, but the fact that they take pictures of me means that [the public] is interested in me. So, even though I don’t like them, it’s part of my world.

There’s people where everyone knows their face, right? But that creates the opportunity for fans to actually get more interest in me, and get to know me.

Everything is connected, all things in life. The paparazzi like me, and that’s going to be published in the newspapers, and newspapers will be used when people pick up dog crap and stuff. So everything is recycled or connected. And I think that’s useful. Everything is connected, so the whole thing makes sense to me.

[Meania]

Avex are releasing a Kago Ai Clock iPhone App! It costs $3 and it's available on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad~

The first iPhone apps featured the popular Japanese idle, Ai Kago, titled “Ai Kago Clock”.
In this application, Ai Kago tells users the time with various photos. Ai Kago Clock features 124 photos and 14 types of Kago’s own voice alarm

Ai Kago Clock

[J-Triumf]

Aibon's coming back to SoCal soon! She'll be appearing at the Mitsuwa in Torrance on the 19th.
http://www.j-plaza.jp/blog/?p=871