It was announced that the total number of sales for singles which were written by lyricist Akimoto Yasushi has reached a whopping 68,591,000 copies, which made him the most commercially successful lyricist in Japan.
After including the sales from the latest Oricon weekly ranking, Akimoto surpassed late lyricist Aku Yu’s record of 68,319,000 copies by 272,000 copies.
Akimoto has written the lyrics …
It was announced that Takei Emi will star in TV Asahi’s upcoming late-night mystery drama “Otenki Oneesan” that will begin airing in April.
In the drama, Takei will play as a weather woman named “Abe Haruko.”
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Abe Haruko is somewhat of a weather prodigy as she acquires her qualification to become a certified weather forecaster at the young age of 11. She serves …
Check out the results of Oricon weekly charts for February 18th to the 24th after the cut.
It was announced that four beautiful actresses Toda Erika, Ishihara Satomi, Nagasawa Masami and Eikura Nana will appear in new CM for “Rêveur Hair care series.”
There are five new CMs in total: Toda in ‘Green no Onna’ version, Ishihara in ‘Purple no Onna’ version, Nagasawa in ‘Orange no Onna’ version, Eikura in ‘Pink no Onna’ version, and the ‘Kaien’ version …
The official YouTube channel of Morning Musume shared the ‘loose shot ver.’ PV for “Brainstorming“!
Cross Gene is making their Japanese debut with “Shooting Star“, and after teasers showcasing some intriguing light saber action, the full PV has been released!
The group performed the single for the first time during a promotional event in Japan for the drama ‘Big‘, but their release isn’t until March. Their debut single album will also include the track “Solar“.
Although we have …
Shinohara Ryoko is starring in a new drama series (currently untitled) on Fuji TV that will start airing in April.
It is said that 60% of unmarried women between the ages of 25 ~ 35 find themselves becoming more masculine. The drama will feature “Oyaji Joshi (lit. old-guy woman, a woman who acts like she is an old man )” who …
Actress Matsushita Nao will star in a new Fuji TV drama “Kamo, Kyoto e Iku” which will start airing in April. The drama will be a comedy setting at a Japanese-style hotel in Kyoto, and Matsushita will be playing a landlady at the long-established hotel.
“Ueba Kamo” (Matsushita) is a career woman who works as a government official at the Ministry of …
It was announced that Yamada Yusuke’s popular novel “Real Onigokko” will get a serial drama adaptation titled “Real Onigokko THE ORIGIN“, and Hongo Kanata will be taking the lead role.
“Real Onigokko” has been adapted into comic, game, and live-action movies previously, but according to Hongo, the TV drama adaptation will be the one that stays true to the original novel …
(02) 'Ted' / (01) 'A Good Day to Die Hard' / (03) 'Toaru Majutsu no Index'
(02) 'Ted' / (01) 'A Good Day to Die Hard' / (03) 'Toaru Majutsu no Index'
‘A Good Day to Die Hard‘ earned its second weekend box office victory and ‘Ted‘ continues to impress with its popularity in Japan.
In third place opened the anime ‘Gekijouban Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki‘. It’s the latest work from this popular franchise …
IU is scheduled to release her Japanese mini-album ‘Can You Hear Me?‘ on March 20 and earlier today footage of her recording for the track “New World” was revealed.
The official YouTube channel of EMI Music Japan shared the recording video for “New World“, which is the 5th track off of her mini album. The video shares nearly a minute and …
Previously, it was reported that popular duo Yuzu’s 11th album “LAND” was set for release sometime in May, and now the official release day of the album has been revealed to be on May 1.
This is their first album in 2 years and 3 months since their previous one “2-NI-” (released in February 2011), and it will include tracks …
SEKAI NO OWARI has announced that they will be releasing their new single, “RPG“, on the 1st of May. They have also announced that they will holding an outdoors event called ‘Honoo to Mori no Carnival‘ in October.
This announcement was made during the final night of the band’s tour, ‘ARENA TOUR 2013: ENTERTAINMENT‘, on February 23rd at Yoyogi National Gymnasium. …
MISIA, who recently celebrated her 15th anniversary, has released her latest best-of album, “Super Best Records -15th Celebration-“. In the first week, it sold 65,000 copies and topped Oricon’s weekly album chart for the week of March 4th.
This is the first time MISIA has topped the charts in 8 years and 8 months. Her last chart-topper was her ballad best-of …
PASSPO☆ have revealed the jacket covers for their upcoming best-of albums, which will be released on March 27th.
The jacket cover for “PASSPO☆Best 1” features the girls in red outfits, while the jacket cover for “PASSPO☆Best 2” features them in yellow-green. The girls wore the yellow-green costumes on February 24th during their one-man live at Akasaka BLITZ, and it …
