Many Japanese idols – such as Hello! Project soloist Mano Erina – are known lovers of Korean music, but a recent photo of K-pop idol Lizzy from After School reveals that she might be a fan of Japanese music as well!
Lizzy was recently spotted at After School’s Taiwanese record company, Gold Typhoon Music, holding a copy of …
J-pop duo Puffy is celebrating 15 years in the industry this year, and on March 9th they are releasing a new album, “Thank You!“, to commemorate and give their thanks to all their fans.
They have just released the tracks that made it onto the album, and starting from their single back in 2005 to their latest single, “Happy Birthday“, …
Throughout the years, J-pop group Morning Musume has gone through eight generations of idols, and they’ve recently announced their ninth.
Considering how the group’s eighth leader, Takahashi Ai, will soon be graduating, Goo Ranking conducted a poll with fans to see who their favorite (and best) Morning Musume leader is.
Check out the list below, and see which spot your favorite …
Kuroyume has been pulling out all the stops to help promote their long-awaited return, and it looks like they’ve got yet another surprise for fans!
The band has just created an official YouTube channel to help fans keep up with their latest video content, and it’s already got two new videos. The first (taken on November 6th, 2010) shows the two …
Previously, tokyohive reported that Arashi would try to land three Guinness World Records through their 60 CMs for “Android au”.
Well on January 31st, KDDI (Japanese telecommunications operator) announced that the records have been certified! The boys made their mark in the following three categories…
This weekend truly has been the weekend of “GANTZ“.
The first of two “GANTZ” movies opened on a total of 410 screens and achieved a box office revenue of 592,823,900 Yen, which equals to approx. 7.2 million USD. A total revenue of more than 10 billion Yen for both movies combined should be a realistic goal for distributor TOHO, not to …
Aiba Masaki, member of the explosively popular boy band Arashi, has graced the latest edition of anan magazine!
The popular fashion and magazine is known for its fresh, cool image (and occasional semi-nudes), and Aiba’s photoshoot is no exception. The photos give off a feeling of intimacy with their morning-like lighting, stylishly simple clothing, and the Arashi member’s innocent but …
Punk band DOPING PANDA recently announced their return to the music scene with a new album, “YELLOW FUNK.” Now the band has revealed that they will also be starting a nationwide tour, called “YELLOW FUNK TOUR 2011“, in April to help promote the release.
This tour will be the first nationwide tour in about two years for the band. …
Pop duo DREAMS COME TRUE have announced that they will be holding a special summer tour called, “Shijyou Saikyou no Idou Yuenchi DREAMS COME TRUE WONDERLAND 2011.”
The tour will kick off in Hokkaido at the Sapporo Dome on July 24th, and from there it will move on to Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, and Okinawa. They have scheduled a total of 11 …
Yamashita Tomohisa also known simply as Yamapi made an appearance on today’s popular music program “Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ” hosted by comedian duo Down Town.
On the show, Yamapi performed his new single, “Hadakanbo” and he also got to meet actor, Seth Rogan, whom he admires. Seth was in Japan for PR purposes for his Hollywood movie, “Green …
Rock band the telephones have announced the special guests for each stop on their spring tour, “We Love JAPAN!! Tour ~Season 2~”.
Tickets are now on sale for the tour, which begins March 19th, and they will cost 3500 yen in advance, and 4000 yen at the door.
Check out the tour stops below!
It’s been recently announced that popular pop group, Perfume is scheduled to make an appearance on the February 7th edition of the SMAPxSMAP show which airs on Fuji Television.
Perfume previously made two appearances on the music section of the show but this time, the girls are invited on a popular corner called “Bistro SMAP.” This is the corner where the …
Female pop-rock group, SCANDAL will be releasing their 9th single “Pride” on February 9th, and a few days ago they revealed a short preview video for the upcoming single. Now, the official PV has been released!
As we reported earlier, “Pride” will be used as the ending theme song for ongoing anime “STAR DRIVER Kagayaki no Tact.”
Check out the …
The new song of singer-songwriter Rake has been appointed as the theme song for the new “Yokohama Tire” CM.
The 27 year-old singer made his major debut in January of last year and has gained a lot more fans since then. His new song is called, “100man kai no ‘I love you’“, and will go on sale on March 9th.
Rake said …
Actress Toda Erika sure is an attractive and stylish woman, and you often wonder how people like her manage to look so beautiful and be so cool all most of the time.
In a recent edition of the fashion magazine “non-no“, she tells us 24 important facts that make her who she is.
Along with a gorgeous pictorial, the “Toda …
