Rock singer, Himuro Kyosuke raised a total of 669,220,940 yen (around $8.7 million USD) from his charity live and this large sum was donated to the disaster area; Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate.
As we reported earlier, Himuro held a charity live at the Tokyo Dome on June 11th, and 12th, and it was the first time for Himuro to …
Left to right: Kudo Haruka, Sato Masaki, Ishida Ayumi, Iikubo Haruna
Left to right: Kudo Haruka, Sato Masaki, Ishida Ayumi, Iikubo Haruna
On September 29th, the 10th generation members of idol group Morning Musume were revealed during the concert, “Concert Tour 2011 Aki Ai BELIEVE~Takahashi Ai Sotugyou Kinen Special~“, which was held at the Nippon Budokan. These four members were chosen from an astounding 6,000 applicants.
Fans at the concert were introduced …
On September 28th, AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko attended a presentation event for Tiffany’s new bridal jewelry collection, “Tiffany Grace“.
Maeda attended her first luxury event wearing a tiara, pendant, ring, and bangles that reportedly cost a total of over 10 million yen. She expressed, “This is the first time in my life that I wore such expensive jewelry. I am happy. I’m …
Singer-songwriter Angela Aki will be an English teacher for NHK E-tele’s new program, “Angela Aki’s SONG BOOK in English“, starting January of next year.
On September 15th, which was also her 34th birthday, Angela announced that she was 5 months pregnant with her first child. The show will start right before she is scheduled to give …
On September 29th, popular idol group AKB48 opened their official Akihabara shop “AKB48 CAFÉ & SHOP AKIHABARA” in Tokyo. Members Shinoda Mariko (25) and Takahashi Minami (20) appeared at the grand opening press conference along with the other members.
Takahashi charmed the audience immediately when she bluntly said, “Please start the AKB conference as I wish to speak with fans.” Watanabe …
Earlier this month, rock band LM.C announced that their next single “The LOVE SONG” would be the opening theme song for anime series, “Nurarihyon no Mago ~Sennen Makyo~“.
The single will be released on November 9th and also be available on the band’s first best-of album, “☆★Best the LM.C☆★2006-2011 SINGLES“, which is due out October 12th.
Since those releases seem far …
Pop duo KinKi Kids will be releasing their first new album in two years titled, “K album“!
The album’s theme is based on bonds, paths, gratitude, and passion. It’s considered to be a type of memorial work tagged with some well-known names like Yamashita Tatsurou, Yoshida Takuro, Dreams Come True, Akimoto Yasushi and more.
“K album” will arrive in two versions: a …
Throughout the month of September, idol group AKB48 has been hyping their fans up with their 23rd single, “Kaze wa Fuiteiru“.
The single is due out October 26th and a preview for its PV was previously released. The wait is finally over, as the group has unveiled the full video to “Kaze wa Fuiteiru”.
Check it out below!
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Pop rock band SCANDAL have announced that they’ll be holding their first live performance at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan on March 28th, 2012!
This achievement will make SCANDAL the first girl band to perform at this prestigious venue in only five years and seven months since their formation. No other girl band achieved this in a shorter amount of time.
Leader Haruna commented, …
On September 28th, rock band baroque officially announced their revival through their website. They will be holding a one-man live called “baroque Re: First Live IN FUTURE” at the TOKYO DOME CITY HALL on January 6th, 2012.
baroque is a four-member band comprised of with Ryo (Vo), Kei (G), Akira (G), and Bansaku (B). The band was formed in 2001, and …
Oricon has just unveiled their chart rankings for the best-selling comics for the week of October 3rd.
Check out the top 5 after the jump!
Oricon is back with an update of who killed the charts this week for October 3rd. Check out the chart-toppers for CD singles, CD albums, and music DVDs after the jump!
It’s been revealed that EXILE’s ATSUSHI will be making a guest appearance in the Japanese edition of BOYZ II MEN’s new album, “TWENTY“.
In 2006, ATSUSHI was featured in BOYZ II MEN’s original album, “The Remedy“, on the collaboration song, “Muzak feat. ATSUSHI (EXILE)“. Regarding their collaboration, member Wanya Morris commented, “ATSUSHI is an important page in our 20 year career. …
Fuji TV has just announced that 2PM’s Taecyeon is going to become a regular on their upcoming Sunday drama “Boku to Star no 99 Nichi“.
“Boku to Star no 99 Nichi” stars Japanese actor Nishijima Hidetoshi and South Korean actress Kim Tae Hee as the two main characters.
Earlier this month, it was already announced that the young actress Sakuraba …
On September 28th, actress Sawajiri Erika attended a PR event for the hair care brand “syoss” to introduce their newest product and her new commercial.
The concept of “syoss” is to offer hair care products that have the same quality as the products you can only find at professional hair salons.
Sawajiri commented about their products, “To me all their products seem …
