Our CM Pick of the Day goes to SMAP’s Nakai Masahiro for his Nissin udon commercial.

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Our Music Show Segment Pick of the Day goes to Nakagawa Shoko’s appearance on TBS “Utaban”. Utaban is a music show hosted by Downtown’s Ishibashi Takaaki and SMAP’s Nakai Masahiro where they have 2-3 music artists/bands as guest, interview them and the guests perform on the show.

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Eyes were on SMAP leader Nakai Masahiro (35) who was the captain of the red team at Kouhaku Uta Gassen.  Media have kept their eyes to see if there were any truth to the rumors that Nakai and pop diva Koda Kumi (25) are a couple.

After Kouhaku Uta Gassen, Nakai made his first comment to the media regarding the rumors and denied the rumor that he and Koda Kumi were a couple.

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All eyes are on Nakai Masahiro (35, leader of SMAP) and Koda Kumi (25) at the rehearsals for Kouhaku Uta Gassen (the New Year’s Eve - Crimson Red vs. White NHK special).

Last week, a tabloid revealed photos in their magazine taken in December of the two together and entering Nakai Masahiro’s apartment.  So, on the Japanese entertainment gossip sites, a lot of buzz are focused if the SMAP leader and the pop diva would be seen together at Kouhaku, especially during the rehearsals.

After SMAP’s rehearsal of “DANGAN FIGHTER”, Kimura Takuya (35) was asked about the two which Kimura answered in English with “I don’t know”.

Wada Akiko was asked since she was with Nakai Masahiro during rehearsals and she replied that she couldn’t say but that the two are good people.

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