(the) Road to the Deep East

Every oppais existing in this world has the time to be owned by somebody. And now one pair precious boobs are going to be owned by a man.

Megumi, 26 year-old actress of 94cm boobs, who was a very popular gravure idol 10 years ago marries a vocal of Dragon Ash, Furuya Kenji(KJ).

According to media reported, Megumi has already been in the 3rd months of pregnancy. So, these precious Japanese national treasures will be used as the God designed few month later.



It's a very sad news, but inevitable tragedy for all J-boob lovers. And another interesting point of this news is how media reported about her husband, Furuya Kenji's occupation.

Sankei (MSN) reports, “Vocal of popular hip-hop group, Dragon Ash”.

Hip-hop group?

Well, certainly, for a certain period, Dragon Ash had been a hip-hop group. They released a song titled 'I Love hip-hop' and their representative song 'Grateful Days' sold over 1.5 millions of copies in Japan, and even today, it is the most famous hip-hop song in Japan.

*Some might have recognized them for the theme of the movie 'Battle Royale'.

However, Dragon Ash fans and music fans know Dragon Ash is not hip-hop group anymore. After a painful tragedy, they changed their style, and they are more closer to latin or rock recently. KJ, Furuya Kenji doesn't rap anymore, just sings with a guitar in his hands.
(reference: their latest single, Velvet Touch)

To summarize what happened to Dragon Ash, well, they became too popular and were attacked by other existing hip-hop groups. In 2002, King Giddra, the group ZEEBRA belongs to, released an album including '公開処刑 feat. Boy Ken' (koukai shokei = public execution) and disrespected Furuya.

"Lyric Pakuri(copy), Flow Pakuri, Stage deno furumai mo cho pakuri (the act on the stage is also pakuri)."
"U LUV HIP HOP but HIP HOP Don't LUV YOU"


As you can see the clip from 'Grateful Days', the person who sings this lyrics had been a close friend of Furuya and they made the million hit together. It must be a huge shock for Furuya. In hip-hop world, the person who was disrespected usually creates an 'answer song' and revenge the enemy, but Furuya didn't, because he'd respected ZEEBRA very much. Instead of making an answer song, this group left from hip-hop world, slightly. (*1)

Hence, it is very ironical that some media still call Dragon Ash hip-hop group. I guess not only Sankei, many TV news or other news papers will report about Megumi's husband's occupation is a hip-hop artist. It must be a pain for Furuya that he is reported as such.

Maybe the most adequate word is 'mixture group' but maybe there aren't so many Japanese journalists who know this word, or they thought common readers can't understand what 'ミクスチャー'(mixture) is.

*It looks Asahi and Nikkan had already sensed that Dragon Ash is not hip-hop group, and they just report 'the vocal of Dragon Ash', though.

Anyway, now Furuya got a wife, got boobs which almost all Japanese men and some men in the world envy and hanker for. It's the new start of his greatest days. She will make him happy when the sky is gray calling him 'Darling, Darling.' I wish Megumi supports and encourage her husband by all means, and Furuya regains the courage and pride to fight against hip-hop again.

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Personally, I think the loss of Dragon Ash was the great loss of Japanese hip-hop world. Certainly, Furuya's rap was pakuri of ZEEBRA as he criticized himself, but he was a talented track maker of a certain sampling sense.

And after this incident, Japanese young hip-hop musicians are daunted by ZEEBRA and other musicians of old generation, and began to create more moderate, 'Kayokyoku(popular music)' song. (Rip Slyme, Kick the Can Crew(KREVA), Ketsumeishi... etc.) I love this Kayokyoku J-hip-hop, but after Dragon Ash left hip-hop, hip-hop of traditional style has never been popular again. I think this is the another loss.