Monthly Archives: March 2011

Salyu reveals PV for “Tsuzuki wo”

Salyu revealed an interesting video promoting the song “Tsuzuki wo” from her latest album, “s(o)un(d)beams”, on TOYS FACTORY’s official YouTube channel!

Salyu has been going by the name “salyu x salyu” for her most recent project, which aims to use Salyu’s own voice as an instrument in her songs. Much like her previous music video for “Tada no Tomodachi”, …


AKB48 Research Students to release a single

16 AKB48 Research Students have been chosen to do the theme song for the 14th season of NHK’s “Ojarumaru” program. The group’s name will be called “Ojarumaru Sisters“.

The single is set to drop on April 13th, and the tracklist is as follows:

01. Hatsukoi wa Minoranai

02. Title Pending

03. Hatsukoi wa Minoranai (Original Karaoke)

4. Title Pending (Original Karaoke)

Check back with tokyohive for …


UVERworld announces new single, “CORE PRIDE”

Rock band UVERworld has just revealed that they will be releasing their 19th single in May!

Titled “CORE PRIDE”, the single is scheduled to drop on May 11th. No further details have been revealed so far, but the announcement on UVERworld’s official website promises that more info will be revealed soon.

Stay tuned for updates on this upcoming release!

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May J. uploads an acoustic version of “Kimi no Tonari ni” for earthquake victims

R&B singer May J. uploaded a special video onto avex network’s official YouTube channel to spread her message of support to earthquake victims.

In the video, May J. expresses her sympathy towards those affected by the Tohoku earthquake. Afterwards, she delivers a beautiful acoustic version of “Kimi no Tonari ni”, a song from her fourth album “COLORS”.

Check out May J.’s powerful …


Kijima Sayaka poses for Sankei Sports

Gravure idol Kijima Sayaka (25) paid a visit to Sankei Sports in Osaka for a mini swimsuit photography event.

Kijima also commented about something she’s really into lately; snowboarding. She mentioned that she’s obsessed and has gone into the snowy mountains every weekend this winter.

Check out some of her shots below!

Source: Sanspo


S/mileage releases CM for “Koi ni Booing Boo!”

S/mileage has recently released a CM for their 5th single “Koi ni Booing Boo!“. The upcoming single is slated for release on April 27th!

Check out the cute piggy girls below!

Tip: alyssa


w-inds. releases new app on GREE + new “Handy Photos”

Dance vocal unit w-inds. recently released an app through the Apple store, and now they have just announced a new application. The application is in collaboration with Japanese social network, “GREE“.

“w-inds. for GREE” will be a limited time only app that users can use for free. Fans will also be able to see photos that have not been published before …


Matsuura Aya reveals theme song preview and teaser for her new drama

tokyohive previously reported that Matsuura Aya would be starring in the ABC TV drama, “Sakura to Satsuki“.

Up-Front Agency has just revealed the drama’s theme song on their official YouTube channel. The theme song is titled, “Futari Osaka” and is naturally sung by Matsuura Aya. The YouTube clip also gives us a glimpse of a few scenes from the drama …


Are you ready to enter SDN48’s “Red Zone” in the Weekly Playboy?

SDN48, the mature sister group of AKB48 is back with another pictorial featuring some semi nude shots for Weekly Playboy.

At the end of last year, during the promotion cycle of their first single, the girls already gave us quite the eye candy with a sexy nude pictorial for the popular weekly idol and gravure magazine. This time we only …


Berryz Koubou reveals solo shots for “7 Berryz Times”

Hello!Project has revealed new solo shots of Berryz Koubou on their official homepage.

The new shots were taken for the group’s new album, “7 Berryz Times” which dropped earlier today on March 30th.

Check out the pictures below!

Source: Hello!Project Official Site


Vanilla Mood to perform live at La Donna

Since they debuted, music group Vanilla Mood has more or less been inactive on the scene. Debuting back in 2006 with only two mini albums and one single, the girls only released a total of one song last year, “Tales Weaver Exceed by Vanilla Mood ~Tales Weaver Presents 6th Anniversary Special Anime~“.

Aside from member Yui performing solo shows, the group …


Oricon releases their “Skinny Song” ranking

Oricon has recently released a ranking for songs that are the best at making you skinny.

The results are based on how many calories you can burn through singing the song. They say that both powerful ballads and up tempo songs are great for burning calories. You can burn the most calories by singing with a loud voice as well as …


Kuraki Mai sings national anthem at soccer charity match

On March 29th, a soccer charity match, called “The Tohoku Earthquake recovery support charity match Ganbarou Nippon!“, was held at Nagai Stadium, Osaka, and singer Kuraki Mai showed up to sing the national anthem.

Kuraki sang “Kimigayo” in a capella and received great applause from the audience.  Kuraki commented after the performance, “I was very touched to see the players who …


DOPING PANDA releases free acoustic versions of new album tracks

DOPING PANDA’s new album, “YELLOW FUNK“, will be released on April 13th, and five of the songs on the album will have acoustic versions available on the mobile site “SMA☆Artist” for free.

The five songs available in acoustic versions are “the anthem“, “catastrophe“, “save your love“, “song for my harmonics“, and “You can change the world“. All have been …


T.M.Revolution’s nine hour charity concert to be streamed live!

On April 2nd, starting at 3:00 PM, T.M.Revolution’s planned charity program, “Hisaichi ni YELL wo Okurou! Ima Koso Tachiagare NIPPON! STAND UP! JAPAN“, will be streamed live on GyaO! and Nico Nico Live Broadcast.

The program’s main personalities will be T.M.Revolution, SHOGO (175R), Tsuchiya Reo (RAG FAIR, Zboned Zubon), and Micro (HOME MADE Kazoku). There are many other celebrities …


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