Earlier this month rock band Plastic Tree announced a new single to be released February 29th.
“Joumyaku” is the band’s first single since transferring to Flying Star Records. As a gift to their fans, the band has posted a 30 second preview of the song.
Check out the teaser below.
Sankei Sports reports that actor Yamada Takayuki (28) will be getting married to a non-celebrity woman on the New Year’s Day.
According to Sanspo, Yamada’s girlfriend is 35 years old, 7 years older than Yamada. They started dating about 2 years ago. Their relationship was reported by some gossip magazines back in February 2010 so the couple have been enjoying their …
At the ‘62nd NHK Kohaku Utagassen’ held at NHK Hall on December 31st, the Red team broke their six consecutive losses at this event with the power of artists such as Ashida Mana and AKB48 thus winning for the first time in 7 years since the ‘55th Kohaku Utagassen’ held in 2004. Although the White team is leading in overall …
Idol group Dorothy Little Happy has announced their first single and mini album for 2012. The single “HAPPY DAYS!” and mini album “DEMO SAYONARA 2012” will both be released on January 11th.
The single will come in three types, in which each type will have a different coupling song. The first press will come with a photo trading card.
“DEMO SAYONARA 2012″ …
On December 31st, NHK held its 62nd annual Kohaku Uta Gassen program, featuring famous artists of all ages in an intense battle between the red team and the white team.
Check out performances from the program beneath the cut! (More will be added as they are found.)
A few days ago, rock band L’arc~en~Ciel announced the track list to their upcoming album, “BUTTERFLY“.
The album is scheduled to hit stores on Februrary 8th and will have 11 tracks. The limited edition will come with P’UNK-EN-CIEL’s first album “P’UNK IS NOT DEAD“, which will contain coupling songs including ones that have been remixed and remastered. It …
Back in November, tokyohive posted the list of winners for the ‘53rd Japan Record Award’. However, that list was incomplete, as the event withheld its winners for the ‘Best Song’ and the ‘Best New Artist’ awards.
On December 30th, it was revealed that the seven members of idol group Fairies was chosen as this year’s Best New …
On December 30th, artists attended the rehearsal for the 62nd Kohaku Uta Gassen at the NHK Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Kobayashi Sachiko (58), who’ll appear on the Kohaku stage for her 33rd consecutive time, astounded everyone there with her 2.5 ton “lion prop”.
When Kobayashi appeared on stage in her gold-colored dress, the stage slowly began to rise and …
On December 30th, TBS held its 53rd Japan Record Awards to honor those who were outstanding in the music industry for the year of 2011.
As reported earlier, AKB48 took home the prestigious Japan Record Award with their single “Flying Get“, but there were may other memorable moments that night.
Check out some of the performances below!
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With 2012 just around the corner, Fuji TV’s new drama ‘Lucky Seven’, which stars Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun, is approaching its first broadcast date.
With this highly-anticipated action drama in mind, goo asked its users, “What are your favorite dramas starring Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun?”
Check out what the users picked as their favorites after the jump!
On December 29th, rock band SHAKALABBITS appeared on an annual music festival ‘COUNTDOWN JAPAN 11/12’ and marking their first performance with new member and bassist YOSUKE, who is also the younger brother of their guitarist TAKE-C.
YOSUKE will be replacing the former founding member KING who left the band on November 20th after their performance at Utsunomiya University. …
After teasing fans with previews earlier this month, idol soloist Kikkawa Yuu has finally revealed the full PV for her new song, “Konna Watashi de Yokattara“!
The sweet PV features sweet close-up shots of the idol as she sings her latest tune, dance scenes, and even some adorable scenes of Kikkawa lip-syncing through puppets.
Check out the PV for yourself …
Harajuku fashion icon Kyary Pamyu Pamyu recently revealed her latest collaboration with the adorable and quirky Mameshiba characters, advertising her upcoming single “Tsukema Tsukeru“!
The commercial, which began airing on December 28th, features various Mameshibas with legs dance alongside Kyary and her back-up dancers in scenes from her “Tsukema Tsukeru” PV. These specially-designed Mameshibas were created under …
It has been revealed that there is a new ‘Odoru Daisousasen‘ movie in the works! Although this news is exciting, it comes with some bittersweet news as well. The popular series that stars Oda Yuji is said to come to a end with this new movie currently titled, ‘Odoru Daisousasen THE FINAL‘. The production crew has already began …
On December 29th, the rehearsal for the “62nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” was held at the NHK Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo. At the rehearsal it was revealed that popular unit NYC (Nakayama Yuma, Yamada Ryosuke and Chinen Yuri) will be performing on Kohaku with a total 244 Johnny’s Jr. boys as their back dancers. It will be a performance with the biggest …
