On May 17th, it was announced that Tamamori Yuta from Kis-My-Ft2 will be participating in the “Living on 10,000 yen for 1 month” project on TV Asahi’s variety program ‘Ikinari! Ougon Densetsu‘. He is the first talent from Johnny’s Jimusho to participate in this project.
“Living on 10,000 yen for 1 month” project is one that features participants surviving on 10,000 yen for …
On June 27th, Luna Sea guitarist INORAN will be releasing his new album, “Dive youth, Sonik dive“, to commemorate his 15th year anniversary. It’s been revealed that Tsuchiya Anna will be participating in the album with the song “no options“.
INORAN, who wanted to do a rock duet for “no options”, approached Tsuchiya for her powerful voice. Tsuchiya accepted …
On May 14th, Fuji TV announced that they will be adapting 11 of Higashino Keigo’s best short stories into one omnibus drama called ‘Mokuyo Gekijo – Higashino Keigo Mysteries‘.
The drama will be comprised of 11 episodes, featuring 11 different stories and starring 11 different actors. Of course the name Higashino stands for amazing mystery novels, but it’s his varied use …
Earlier this week, idol group Denpagumi.inc revealed the short version of their upcoming music video for “Tsuyoi Kimochi Tsuyoi Ai” on YouTube!
The song will be released through their new single “Denparade JAPAN / Tsuyoi Kimochi Tsuyoi Ai“, and is a cover of the Ozawa Kenji song of the same name. The music video features the girls of Denpagumi.inc being projected …
Hello! Project has revealed through their official website that Morning Musume member Niigaki Risa will be releasing her own physical cover album, “Hello Cover”!
The album will be available on e-Line UP!, and will contain the songs Niigaki released as digital downloads from December 2010 until March 2011. All of the songs are solo covers of Hello! Project tunes such as “Chu! Natsu Party” and “Furusato”. Fans who would like to purchase the album can pre-order it from e-Line UP! until May 31st for 3,000 yen.
Check out the cover and track list for the album below the cut!
On May 15th, actors Okada Masaki and Oguri Shun attended the final stage greeting for their hit film, ‘Uchuu Kyodai‘.
During the event, Okada was moved to tears by Oguri’s surprise letter. As a matter of fact, Okada had first planned to give Oguri a surprise letter on this day. However, upon hearing about the surprise, Oguri also wrote …
On May 16th, child actress Ashida Mana held a release event for her 2nd single, “Zutto Zutto Tomodachi“, at Ario Kameari in Tokyo.
Despite it being a weekday, over 2,000 people gathered at the event. Ashida called out, “In 3 days I did my best to memorize the song!” and performed her new song for the very first time.
Together …
On May 13th and 14th, Saotome Taichi(20) and model Nishiyama Maki(26), reported their heated argument through their blogs with an apology for their fans.
They announced this since they their fight was caught by tabloid magazine ‘Josei Jishin‘ and reports surfaced that photos will be published on May 15th. The couple apologized to their fans directly before the fight would …
On May 16th, it was announced by TV Tokyo that the iconic low-budget adventure drama ‘Yuusha Yoshihiko to Maou no Shiro‘ is going to return with a second season in October.
The original series of ‘Yuusha Yoshihiko to Maou no Shiro’, starring actor Yamada Takayuki, aired last summer and was able to charm many viewers with its homage to the popular …
Female visual kei band exist†trace is the focus of Kawaii Girl Japan’s latest interview. In the interview they talked about how they felt when performing in front of their American fans earlier this year.
The band toured the east coast of the United States in March, with performances in places such as New York and Philadelphia. In their interview, …
It has just been revealed that in order to help promote her new album, popular singer Amuro Namie will also be releasing an additional “PLAYBUTTON” version!
The album, still untitled, will be released in the traditional CD+DVD and CD-only version in addition to a third ‘PLAYBUTTON’ version. The ‘PLAYBUTTON’ is a music playback device that looks similar to a tin …
The jacket cover for NEWS’s upcoming best-of album ‘NEWS BEST‘ has been revealed.
This is their first best-of album, and all their greatest hits will be included in the album. The album is scheduled for release on June 13th.
Check out the jacket and track list below.
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NEWS BEST
<Limited Edition> (With 28 pages(tentative) booklet)
01：NEWS Nippon
02：Kibou～Yell～
03：Akaku Moyuru Taiyou
04：Cherish
05：TEPPEN
06：Sayaendou
07：Hadashi …
On May 15th, Fuji TV announced that they will live broadcast AKB48’s ‘4th Senbatsu General Election‘ on June 6th. This will be the first time to live broadcast on a TV station.
This year’s broadcast will the biggest in their election history with a total of 237 girls (152 girls last year) from AKB48 and its sister groups participating in the …
Kimura Kaela has announced that she will be holding her annual live event, ‘Onnakusai Otokokusai‘, at the end of the year.
This year will mark Kimura’s 5th time holding ‘Onnakusai Otokokusai’. To commemorate this occasion, she is currently in the middle of planning out something special for her fans. More details will be revealed at a later date.
In related news, Kimura …
On May 8, guitarist Hotei Tomoyasu (50) announced on his public blog that he will move to England this summer.
He explained, “I have lived to pursue my dream. And this year as I celebrated my 50th birthday, that dream still continues to cheer me up. That dream is to travel the world. I want to go to London, the birthplace …
