AKB48 sister group, SDN48, has recently posed nude for Weekly Playboy, and they’ll be gracing the cover of this week’s edition of the publication.
The 12 members involved with the photo shoot were the same ones selected to be a part of the group’s first single, “GAGAGA“, and all of the girls are over the age of 20.
Still, …
Yesterday, on November 28th, hip-hop duo Hilcrhyme held a special fan event at the Kawasaki Lazona to celebrate the release of their second original album, “MESSAGE.”
The venue was packed with fans for the special launch event. Members TOC and DJ KATSU put on quite the show and performed the album tracks “Daijoubu,” “Travel Machine,” “Shampoo,” as well as some other …
Pop-rock group flumpool has finally revealed the title, cover, and track list for their upcoming album, “Fantasia of Life Stripe,” slated for release on January 26, 2011.
This new album will be flumpool’s second full album and includes a total of 14 tracks. The album includes flumpool’s previous 2010 single releases such “Zanzou”, “reboot ~ Akiramenai Uta~”, “Nagareboshi”, and “Kimi …
It has been recently revealed that Nana Tanimura, who just released her infectious, uptempo new single, “TOXIC“, worked with Korean composers for the two newly released tracks.
“TOXIC” was composed by PJ/Lee Jong Hoon, while “CIRCUS WORLD” was composed by none other than S.Tiger, producer for Korean music acts such as 4minute and BEAST!
Funky songstress MiChi is gearing up to release her latest work, “LOVE is.“, a 4-track EP, on December 22nd. The songs are said to be “uptempo and full volume” with a hybrid sound. It is produced by Tomokazu “T.O.M” Matsuzawa, and is her first non-single release …
AKB48 sister group, SDN48, has been making news for their simultaneous debut in Korea and Japan. To help promote their major label debut single, “GAGAGA,” they held a special launch event yesterday on November 28th at the Yomiuri Land Open Theater in Tokyo.
For the event, the selected 12 members for the debut track of “GAGAGA” performed the new single. …
Greetings to all the tokyohive readers out there!
As you hopefully know by now, we’re constantly looking for new and innovative ways to improve the site, and we’re pleased to introduce what should become a weekly feature – the Japan Box Office Report.
The new feature will aim to give our readers a solid indication of the state of the …
After snatching two awards for her newest song, “Toilet no Kamisama” at the Japan Record Awards 2010, singer-songwriter Uemura Kana decidedly deserved to receive an invite to this year’s “Kouhaku Uta Gassen.” But she must be over the moon with how well her career is going this year, as an announcement was made today that TBS was going to produce …
Korean group Choshinsei, also known as ‘Supernova’, has been taking Japan by storm since their debut in 2009. This year, the group has already released a whooping six singles, and their newest one, “Shining☆Star“, is ready to hit shelves on December 8th!
The six recently performed the new track on Melodix. In a portion before the performance, an interviewer and …
One of the things that most people seem to forget about Twitter is that, once you tweet, it’s not only your followers who read your thoughts – it’s the whole world. In less than .01 seconds, millions of people around the world are able to see them.
Unfortunately for visual kei rocker Aoi of the GazettE, …
Sakai Noriko, a popular actress who was convicted of drug possession last year, will publish an autobiography titled “Shokuzai” on December 3rd. Sakai was charge with violating the Stimulant Drug Control Laws, and is currently under probation.
The book will consists of eight chapters (224 pages long), through which she will talk about her background, her glorious days as a …
The highly anticipated upcoming movie, “SPACE BATTLESHIP Yamato“, starring Kimura Takuya (SMAP), will be released soon on December 1st, and there was a countdown event at Akasaka Sacas on November 28th.
Kimura who plays the main character, Kodai Susumu, made appearance at the event as a secret guest, and 8,500 fans welcomed him with big cheers and clapping. At Akasaka Sacas, …
Rapper/R&B artist Dohzi-T, who recently unveiled news about his upcoming 5th album “GOLD“, has released a promotional video which features a mix of tracks from the upcoming album! The album will feature artists such as newcomer AISHA and TAKA from DEEP.
“GOLD” is the rapper’s first album since the release of “4 ever” almost one year ago. …
It has been reported that the leader of the wildly popular group Arashi, Satoshi Ohno, has been spotted in New York! He is reportedly in the Big Apple celebrating his 30th birthday with pop artist Yoshitomo Nara.
Ohno, a man of many talents and interests, sat down with Nara as part of a TV project last year to discuss …
It’s been reported that “Ninkyo Helper“, a 2009 drama series starring SMAP’s Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, will be broadcasting a special episode on January 9th. “Ninkyo Helper” is a drama about a Yakuza member, ‘Hikoichi’ who was sent to the “Taiyo” care home in order to work as a social worker. The drama series pulled an average viewer rating of 15%, and also …
